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• FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE RETIRED MILITARY OR DISABLED MILITARY WE OFTEN HAVE THE DV MONITOR ON OUR PLATE

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• ongoing staff and core work to protect the environment and human health, including issuing permits, monitoring

Bills: HF2439

Keywords: environmental protection, pollution reduction, waste management, climate change, funding allocations

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• because of a glitch in the system, he didn't even have an opportunity to be held accountable. ankle monitor

Bills: SJR2, SB4, SJR36, SJR2, SB4, SR42, SR74, SR76, HCR5, SB710, SB710

Keywords: SJR 2, Senate Joint Resolution 2, constitutional amendment, homestead exemption, property tax relief, school property tax, ad valorem tax, residence homestead, school district taxes, Texas Constitution Article VIII, public school finance, homeowner exemption, elderly exemption, senior tax relief, disabled exemption, tax year 2025, voter approval, November 2025 ballot, local government, Ways & Means

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• grant funds provide an opportunity to provide educational opportunities, telehealth and health monitoring

Summary: The Committee on Commerce and Tourism met briefly and first announced that Senate Bill 232 by Senator Rodriguez was temporarily postponed at the sponsor’s request. The main item was a presentation from Leo Garcia of the Office of Broadband on Florida’s broadband programs, current deployment progress, and upcoming funding opportunities. Garcia said the office is administering multiple grant programs that have awarded hundreds of millions of dollars for broadband infrastructure, community facilities, and digital device access, with a focus on rural areas, workforce development, and digital literacy. He also described the state’s strategic plan and partnerships with local governments, ISPs, workforce boards, community colleges, and community action agencies. Garcia explained that Florida has already deployed over 1,100 miles of fiber and enabled about 4,300 connections, and said the remaining unserved and underserved locations should drop significantly by the end of 2026 before the BEAD program addresses the rest. He said BEAD is a fully federal program for Florida, providing $1.16 billion from NTIA, with most of it reserved for infrastructure and additional amounts for workforce training and cybersecurity/digital literacy. He noted that Florida is prioritizing fiber but will also use fixed wireless or satellite where fiber is not cost-effective or feasible. He also said the office is seeking additional spending authority for the Digital Capacity Grant Program. Members asked about county coverage, especially Duval County, and Garcia said Duval and Monroe had not yet received funds because they currently have limited unserved or underserved areas, but they are expected to be addressed through BEAD and related workforce and literacy efforts. Senator Davis raised permitting delays as a major challenge, and Garcia said the office is exploring ways to help local communities process permits more quickly. Senator Wright asked about competition with satellite-based broadband providers, and Garcia said the state is technology-agnostic but prioritizes fiber for reliability. There were no public comments, no votes or formal actions taken, and the meeting adjourned.

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• as I have developed some of the annoying things of aging, I have a team of people that regularly monitor
• people things of aging, I have a team of people that<01:37:43.679> regularly<01:37:44.400> monitor
• that regularly monitor me and all that. that regularly monitor me and all that.
• I was able to get another set of eyes on it, and we're continuing to monitor that, and I expect the same
• is So neither profession is perfect, which is why we have bodies like OPR to guide us and monitor

Keywords: 926, house, all

Summary: The House began with several announcements and recognitions, including a lengthy tribute to Representative Carolyn Brangan of Georgia on her retirement and years of service, followed by remarks from Brangan explaining that she is leaving to care for her husband during cancer treatment. Additional members offered brief reflections, including one on the end of the session and another welcoming students from Founders Memorial School to the gallery, and a member from Brattleboro highlighted a collaborative mural in the card room titled “These Green Hills, Vermont State Symbols and Personal Reflections.” The body then took up its calendar. It adopted Joint House Resolution 12, authorizing limited remote voting in joint committees through the remainder of the calendar year, with an ADA-related accommodation for members physically present but unable to access a meeting room. The House also suspended rules to take up and concur in the Senate amendment to House Bill 935 on emergency management. The committee report described grant programs for emergency response and technical rescue, new definitions and shelter-planning language centered on “whole community,” a wildland fire response task force, and an emergency rulemaking provision requested by the Agency of Natural Resources; the committee approved the Senate proposal on an 8-3 straw poll, and the House concurred. The House next adopted the conference committee report on House Bill 952, the capital construction and state bonding budget adjustment bill. The report explained changes made in conference, including shifting funds to cover a higher-than-expected bid for the St. Johnsbury facility, restoring some funding for maintenance at the women’s correctional facility in Chittenden County, and setting aside $750,000 toward planning for Wi-Fi installation in correctional facilities. It also noted a lease-related language change for a Vermont Huts project at Little River State Park, with notification to the institutions committee chairs. The House then took up Senate Bill 64 on optometrists’ scope of practice; the committee presentation supported allowing specially credentialed optometrists to perform certain minor surgical, laser, and injection procedures, citing improved access, safety, cost, and workforce development, and the bill was read for second reading with committee recommendations for concurrence.

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• 07.119> additional<00:36:08.000> administrative >> Trying to determine eligibility, monitoring
• So there would be additional monitoring that would need to happen during this time.
• So there would be additional<00:36:27.760> monitoring<00:36:28.160> that<00:36:28.320><
• c> would<00:36:28.560> need<00:36:28.640> to additional monitoring that would need
• to additional monitoring that would need to happen<00:36:28.960> during<00:36:29.200> this<

Bills: HB1559, HB2012, HB2297, HB2122, HB2345, HB2398, HB2534, HB2621

Keywords: telecommunication devices, student use, public schools, student engagement, educational outcomes, confiscation policy, mental health, statewide policy, community literacy, education, Title I funding, reading proficiency, underserved communities, family engagement, tutoring, literacy support, adult education, community education, literacy programs, workforce development

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• know, we require cannabis businesses to report detailed information into a statewide seed-to-sale monitoring
• statewide information into a statewide information into a statewide seed-to-sale<00:23:00.760> monitoring
• <00:23:01.360> system seed-to-sale monitoring system seed-to-sale monitoring system uh<00:
• > the<00:23:34.680> bill,<00:23:35.480> uh Section one is about protecting monitoring
• system data, classifies data reported through the statewide monitoring system as not public data, which

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• lot of structure, a lot of coordination, requires staff time, business partnerships, and systems to monitor
• And if no one is responsible for monitoring it, it doesn't get done.
• And if no one is responsible for monitoring it, it doesn't get done.
• Business partnerships and systems to monitor progress.
• And if no one is responsible for monitoring it, it doesn't get done.

Bills: HF3650, HF2238

Keywords: student career pathways, education framework, experiential learning, employer engagement, career technical education, HF2238, Minnesota, workforce development, construction trades, youth skills training, youth apprenticeship, pre-apprenticeship, construction training, career and technical education, CTE, child labor laws, minor labor, labor exemption, workforce pipeline, skilled trades

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• hearing grew out of a series of briefings that legislators and state leaders got from the people who monitor
• hearing grew out of a series of briefings that legislators and state leaders got from the people who monitor
• hearing grew out of a series of briefings that legislators and state leaders got from the people who monitor
• hearing grew out of a series of briefings that legislators and state leaders got from the people who monitor
• hearing grew out of a series of briefings that legislators and state leaders got from the people who monitor

Keywords: 918, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Rules and Administration Select Subcommittee on Federal Impacts on Minnesotans and Economic Stability met on February 20, 2026, to hear from Minnesota Management and Budget State Budget Director Anna Mingi about federal funding changes affecting the state budget. Before testimony began, Senator Rasmusson objected to a draft committee report that had been prepared in advance of the hearing, arguing it was inappropriate to summarize testimony before it occurred. The chair responded that nonpartisan staff had prepared the draft from Mingi’s submitted presentation and could revise it after the hearing if needed. Director Mingi explained that federal dollars make up more than one-third of state spending and support about 650 federal awards totaling over $23 billion this year, with more than $15 billion supporting state entitlement programs. She said the federal funding environment had changed significantly since January 2025 through executive orders, pauses, terminations, new grant conditions, delayed awards, and the July 2025 passage of H.R. 1, the federal reconciliation bill. Her main focus was H.R. 1’s effects on health care and food assistance, including work requirements for some adults, changes to eligibility for legal non-citizens, limits on retroactive Medicaid coverage and directed payments, new limits on provider taxes, and SNAP changes that shift some benefit and administrative costs to the state and counties. She estimated H.R. 1 would reduce federal funds to state-administered programs by about $327 million in the current biennium and $1.6 billion in the next, with additional costs to hospitals, counties, and other partners beyond the budget horizon. Members asked follow-up questions about whether the estimates were relative to the forecast and whether federal Medicaid funding would still rise over time. Mingi said the estimates were based on the November forecast baseline and that Medicaid federal dollars would likely continue growing overall, though the law still creates significant losses relative to prior projections. Senator Rasmusson emphasized that point in remarks to the committee. The discussion then shifted to federal grant pauses and cancellations: MMB’s tracker showed about six awards on hold totaling roughly $491 million, 13 confirmed cancellations across areas including clean energy, education, food assistance, and public health, and additional threatened or litigated cuts not included in those totals. Mingi identified two canceled violence-prevention-related grants, including a FEMA public safety grant and a justice reinvestment grant, and noted that CDC had recently moved to cancel or seek cancellation of several Minnesota public health grants, including a $65 million public health infrastructure award.

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• So, we do monitor dairy farms, but we'll be going to just testing milk silos at plants coming up soon
• So those are, um, being able to go out, monitor throughout the projects, as well as closeout, and that
• able and So those are um mile or being able and going<00:47:39.520> out<00:47:39.760> monitoring
• throughout the the going out monitoring throughout the the projects<00:47:42.240> as<00:47:42.480
• So we are certainly, and I have Devon helping me monitor um and dig deeper into that.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• The proposed solution for the Red Oaks phase 2 monitoring area is to design and construct new municipal
• This will allow homeowners with contaminated wells in all 96 properties in the monitoring area to connect
• <00:12:35.760> area<00:12:36.240> to properties in the monitoring area to properties
• in the monitoring area to connect<00:12:36.720> to<00:12:36.959> a<00:12:37.120> safe
• high-risk service areas that right now require manual operation using farm tractors and on-site monitoring

Bills: HF2080, HF356, HF1968, HF228, HF569, HF603, HF692, HF1455, HF2224, HF1361

Keywords: contamination, water supply, municipal bonds, environmental mitigation, city funding, Sauk Rapids, PFAS contamination, drinking water, pollution control, bond issuance, Cokato, capital investment, school infrastructure, state bonds, HF228, Lakes Area Police Commission, Lindstrom, Chisago City, regional training facility, public safety facility

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• needs to go to Human Services to get the full discussion about all of the parts and the electronic monitoring
• needs to go to Human Services to get the full discussion about all of the parts and the electronic monitoring
• needs to go to Human Services to get the full discussion about all of the parts and the electronic monitoring
• needs to go to Human Services to get the full discussion about all of the parts and the electronic monitoring
• The electronic monitoring and all of the other, I mean, collectively the bill, should be discussed there

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Under an abbreviated inspection, they would be subject to under 100 regulations that would be monitored
• Under an abbreviated inspection, they would be subject to under 100 regulations that would be monitored
• Minnesota, where a new and potentially transformational way of looking at regulation and quality monitoring
• of looking at regulation<01:18:49.320> and<01:18:49.520> quality<01:18:49.880> monitoring
• <01:18:50.600> was regulation and quality monitoring was regulation and quality monitoring

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Representative Gomez, we are also following and monitoring that trend from other states, and we are looking
• I think we've used some data analytics tools to help us monitor activity, but...
• it in the artificial intelligence space at this point in time, but it is something that we are monitoring
• > each<00:24:20.720> of<00:24:20.880> the<00:24:21.039> employees can monitor
• what each of the employees can monitor what each of the employees are<00:24:21.880> seeing<00

Keywords: 1183, house

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• One of the programs that I oversee is the Minnesota Prescription Monitoring Program, or PMP, and we are
• Additionally, the board oversees several programs, including the state's prescription monitoring program
• third part of this request focuses on maintaining the service level of the Minnesota Prescription Monitoring
• 00:59:48.000> biom request in this proposal past biom request in this proposal past biom monitoring
• with uh firefighters we are monitoring with uh firefighters we are currently<00:59:51.440> working

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Health and Human Services Committee met on January 28, 2025, to review Governor’s budget proposals for several health-related licensing boards. The chair said no formal action would be taken and noted that final budget language was not yet available. The committee began with an overview from Bridget Anderson of the health-related licensing boards, who explained that the boards are fee-funded, operate as independent executive agencies, and handle licensing, complaints, rulemaking, and disciplinary matters. She also noted that the Board of Dentistry’s budget includes the Administrative Services Unit and criminal background check program, which can make the budget graphs appear larger than the dentistry board’s own operations. The Board of Dentistry requested funding for a new administrative staff position, estimating about $100,000 in salary, insurance, and fringe costs, to replace support lost when an administrative position was reclassified. Anderson said the board handled more than 300 complaints last year, with cases becoming more complex, especially involving surgical and implant procedures and imaging. Members asked about dental Medicaid access, but Anderson said that issue would be better directed to DHS’s Medicaid oral health division. The Board of Behavioral Health and Therapy requested a full-time position due to rapid growth in the number of regulated professionals, from about 4,000 in 2014 to nearly 10,000 now, and also sought authority to set a fee for out-of-state applicants under the Counseling Compact, with a cap of up to $100 though the board expects to charge much less. The Board of Podiatric Medicine asked to raise its fee ceiling, saying fees had not been increased since 1999 and that the board now faces a structural deficit of about $40,000 per year and declining reserves. Several senators expressed concern about “not-to-exceed” fee authority, calling it too open-ended and suggesting the legislature should scrutinize specific fee needs rather than approve broad ceilings. Similar concerns were raised during the Board of Chiropractic Examiners presentation, where the board sought $100,000 in additional spending authority and a fee increase after 32 years without an adjustment; members questioned the proposed ceiling approach and asked for more historical information before deciding. The Board of Dietetics and Nutrition Practice also discussed fee-setting authority, with the executive director explaining that the board had previously lowered fees without clear authority and later faced audit questions; she requested funding for a vacant administrative position, saying applications and revenues have increased sharply and no fee increase would be needed. The final presentation began with the Board of Pharmacy, which said it serves more than 26,000 licensees and oversees the Prescription Monitoring Program and opioid product registration. The board requested an extension of previously appropriated general fund dollars through fiscal year 2027 to continue paying legal costs tied to the insulin safety net lawsuit, emphasizing that this was not a new funding request but an extension of existing authority. No votes or formal actions were taken during the meeting.

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• First off, I’m sure the folks in support have excellent intentions to protect, monitor, and enforce the
• threats, and that's really what the second section, paragraph 14, subparagraph 14, talks about: monitoring
• talks<00:52:17.520> about<00:52:18.200> is<00:52:18.960> um<00:52:19.440> monitoring
• <00:52:20.079> those talks about is um monitoring those talks about is um monitoring those
• And 46% of New Hampshire's ... is on private wells, so being proactive with monitoring and evaluating

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on HB 332, a bill to add protection and remediation of surface waters as a new authorized purpose for New Hampshire village districts. Prime sponsor Rep. Rosemary Rung said the bill is intended to give local voters in lake communities a voluntary tool to address cyanobacteria blooms and other water-quality problems through village districts, including the ability to raise revenue, adopt ordinances, and pursue treatments or watershed management measures. She emphasized that the proposal is meant to complement, not replace, state law and that any district action would still need to comply with existing permitting and environmental requirements. Supporters, including Andrea Laro of New Hampshire Lakes and Elizabeth Harper of the Lake Sunapee Protective Association, said the bill would help municipalities collaborate on lake protection when state resources are limited. They argued that local districts could bring subject-matter expertise, access grants and technical assistance, and respond more quickly to problems such as septic impacts, runoff, culvert repairs, and in-lake treatments. They also suggested clarifying the bill’s wording around “protection and remediation” to better define the scope of authorized activities. Opponents, including Steve Wolf and Chris Norwood of the New Hampshire Association of Realtors, argued that village districts can already be overly broad and sometimes expand beyond their original purposes. Wolf said existing town and state agencies already handle shoreline protection and warned that village districts can impose ongoing taxes and create governance problems. Norwood urged a study bill instead, citing concerns about the scope of village districts and examples where some districts have taken on planning and zoning powers beyond their original mission. No vote or final action on HB 332 was taken in the excerpt.

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• operating a nuclear power plant, they do warrant a moratorium on nuclear plant construction and closer monitoring
• operating a nuclear power plant, they do warrant a moratorium on nuclear plant construction and closer monitoring
• operating a nuclear power plant, they do warrant a moratorium on nuclear plant construction and closer monitoring
• operating a nuclear power plant, they do warrant a moratorium on nuclear plant construction and closer monitoring
• Operating nuclear power plant, they do warrant a moratorium on nuclear plant construction and closer monitoring

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Our staff see a little bit more of an overwhelming commitment to the monitoring responsibilities, and
• Second, to fund additional staffing for monitoring and security.
• Second, to fund additional staffing for monitoring and security.
• But what I can say is that our team is spending a lot of time and energy in a couple of different monitoring
• And so our team does play a role in helping to monitor those and are oftentimes in contact with incarcerated

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The hearing was held in Clinton Town Hall as part of the Joint Committee on Ways and Means’ budget review, with local officials welcoming legislators and noting the long agenda of many panels. The main presentation was from Secretary Terrence Reedy of the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security, who outlined the Healey-Driscoll administration’s FY26 proposal for the secretariat, including a $1.7 billion budget and a 7% increase over FY25. He described investments in emergency preparedness, hate-crime prevention, reentry programming, technology modernization, internships, and public safety training, while also noting some reductions driven by resource constraints, including cuts to certain grant programs and administrative costs. Committee members also raised concerns about federal uncertainty and how it could affect state budgets and public safety planning. A major portion of the questioning focused on the Department of Correction. Secretary Reedy and Commissioner Sean Jenkins said the biggest challenges are staffing, officer wellness, facility safety, and contraband—especially K2. They described steps taken at MCI Souza and other facilities, including reducing population at the maximum-security unit, changing management, removing metal products and free weights, improving screening and roll calls, adding a rapid response team, and increasing investigative and technological efforts to combat K2. They also discussed the closure of MCI Concord, saying it was driven by high maintenance costs and staffing needs, and explained that savings are being used to improve staffing patterns and address deferred maintenance over time rather than producing immediate large budget reductions. Members also questioned the budget’s impact on police training and community policing. The administration defended the increase in police academy tuition from $3,200 to $6,000 as reflecting true training costs and said it would still be subsidized by the state, while acknowledging the burden on small municipalities. They said the MPTC is expanding regional training and considering proposals such as Greenfield Community College’s. On community policing, officials emphasized uniform statewide training, de-escalation, and communication skills. The State Police also announced an outside review of the academy by the International Association of Chiefs of Police and said the next class will be split into two smaller groups to improve oversight and allow quicker implementation of recommendations. Other topics included ICE and federal immigration enforcement, with Reedy saying state law prohibits Massachusetts law enforcement from acting in a civil immigration capacity and that no state dollars were used in the Tufts-related ICE operation mentioned by a member. Senators and representatives also raised the upcoming FIFA World Cup, warning that it will require significant public safety resources and likely federal funding. Additional discussion covered restorative justice and juvenile diversion, health care costs in DOC, electronic health records, and the need for more diverse and culturally competent public safety staffing. No votes were taken during the hearing.

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• And then also the time away when you only have two to three sheriff's deputies monitoring an entire county
• And then also the time away when you only have two to three sheriff's deputies monitoring an entire county
• And then also the time away when you only have two to three sheriff's deputies monitoring an entire county
• And then also the time away when you only have two to three sheriff's deputies monitoring an entire county
• And then also the time away when you only have two to three sheriff's deputies monitoring an entire county

Bills: HF3700, HF3982, HF3927, HF3933, HF3949, HF4238, HF4275, HF4476, HF4504

Keywords: Duluth, Lake Superior Zoo, capital improvements, funding, bonds, appropriations, capital investment, port development, grant caps, state assistance, navigation facilities, Dakota County, state bonds, park improvements, infrastructure, transportation, safety, congestion, water infrastructure, bond issuance

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• The changes that happened in terms of monitoring and protection, but certainly a stressor the young people
• The changes that happened in terms of monitoring and protection, but certainly a stressor the young people
• the the changes that happened in terms the the changes that happened in terms of<00:18:36.960> monitoring
• > and<00:18:37.920> and<00:18:38.040> protection,<00:18:38.840> but of monitoring
• and and protection, but of monitoring and and protection, but certainly<00:18:39.280> a<00:18

Keywords: 1187, senate, all