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• and our human rights act and<00:22:11.200> um<00:22:11.360> a<00:22:11.600> variety
• Again, I don't think we ought to take great comfort and pat ourselves on the back for performatively
• And I got to say, I'm not particularly impressed with performative indignance about a human atrocity
• impressed with performative impressed with performative indignance<00:29:58.399> about<00
• c> indignance about a human atrocity that indignance about a human atrocity that ended<00:30:01.760><

Keywords: 1183, house

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• What advancements have been made to make those reactors safer, particularly from human error?
• What advancements have been made to make those reactors safer, particularly from human error, because
• But Three Mile Island, as well as Fukushima, were human-error events; they were able to do what they
• Monica Madrid, with the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, CHIRLA, in support.
• It'll help us perform these critical fuel management projects much faster.

Keywords: 988, house, all

Summary: The committee heard a long series of bills, beginning with AB 2026 on groundwater recharge. The author and supporters said the bill would streamline permitting, codify existing CEQA exemptions for recharge diversions, and help California capture flood flows for storage in aquifers. Water agencies and local districts supported the measure, while environmental groups and some irrigation districts opposed it or sought amendments, warning about CEQA, streambed, Delta, and tribal-resource concerns. The bill was held open pending a quorum. Members then heard AB 1577 on data center energy accountability, which would require monthly reporting of energy use and related information to the Energy Commission and local agencies. The author and the Little Hoover Commission argued the bill would improve transparency, help protect ratepayers, and support grid planning. Data center industry and business groups opposed it as duplicative, burdensome, and uniquely targeted, while several environmental and local-government groups supported or supported if amended. The bill was left with a due-pass recommendation once a quorum was present. The committee also took up AB 2245 on producer responsibility for vehicle lubricant products and containers, AB 2170 on CEQA language-access and environmental protections in overburdened communities, AB 2059 on rural transportation/VMT analysis, AB 1808 on Western Joshua tree permitting and fee relief, AB 2182 on industrial energy efficiency program changes, AB 2231 on streamlining two hospital projects, and AB 2433 on density bonus housing incentives. Each bill drew a mix of support from sponsors, local agencies, labor, housing, or environmental justice groups and opposition or concerns from business, local government, or conservation organizations. Several measures were amended in committee, and multiple bills were reported out on due-pass or due-pass-as-amended votes, with some roll calls left open for absent members.

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• I'm going to read from my testimony to the House Health and Human Services Committee from 2022 to give
• They're saying if you have licensed dentists performing dentistry for educational purposes, that any
• What I'm attempting to do here is replace the former... performer.
• What I'm attempting to do here is replace the former... performer.
• But at the end of the day, we're all human.

Bills: SB1041, SB1088, SB1118, SB1128, SB1168, SB1176, SB1189, SB1207, SB1250, SB1272, SB1274, SB1286, SB1428, SB1457, SB1461, SB1503, SB1519, SB1537, SB1582, SB1618, SB1654, SB1713, SB1827, SCR1012, SCR1020

Keywords: electronic monitoring, nursing care, assisted living, resident rights, privacy, consent, surveillance, cybersecurity, homeland security, artificial intelligence, state appropriation, VPN security, zero trust, housing, zoning, middle housing, urban development, duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes

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• subject to these performance subject to these performance metrics.<00:26:26.240> Am<00:26
• these performance mechanisms, right? these performance mechanisms, right?
• So if you were to do a performance-based rate making or to do a performance incentive mechanism, you
• :29:17.760> mechanism<00:29:18.080> you performance incentive mechanism you performance
• meeting or exceeding the performance meeting or exceeding the performance target<00:38:10.480>

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• best way to put it in one word probably is to say he was a philanthropist, philo anthropos, love of humanity
• Bishop Robinson's father, Ulysses Robinson Jr., was a pastor, radio announcer, and gospel music performer
• Higher ed comes specifically from their performance formula, so any increases and decreases in funding
• appropriations in this batch are specifically for higher ed and are specifically based on their performance

Summary: The House convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, established a quorum, and received a Joint Budget Committee report on several bills. The chamber also recognized guests, including state troopers, a doctor of the day, visitors from civic and advocacy groups, and students from the Arkansas School for Math, Science, and the Arts. The House adopted House Resolution 1034, supporting Arkansas poultry producers in the Illinois River watershed and urging good-faith negotiations, by a 97-0 vote. It also adopted House Concurrent Memorial Resolution 1001 honoring Bishop Kenneth Liddell Robinson, Sr., by a 98-0 vote. The House then considered several amendments to appropriation bills, including changes affecting the Department of Education, public safety, county jail reimbursement language, Agriculture fee waivers, the Drug Task Force, pregnancy help organizations, and tire recycling fees. All of those amendments were adopted without recorded opposition. The chamber then moved through a budget calendar, with leadership explaining that some bills were general appropriations, some were reappropriations for ongoing capital projects, and four were supplemental appropriations. On final passage, House Bill 1006 passed 87-5; House Bill 1053, the appropriation for the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, failed 71-19; House Bill 1086 passed 96-0; House Bill 1087 passed 81-8; House Bill 1088 passed 97-0; House Bill 1094 passed 96-1; House Bill 1084 passed 96-0; House Bill 1097 passed 75-16; and House Bill 1098 failed 0-85 after Representative Henley spoke against it and said leadership had not responded to questions. The House then adopted a motion to adjourn until 11 a.m. the next day.

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• That could be performed by community-based care providers and better refine the performance measures
• that are included in their contracts, um, as well as the data used to determine their performance.
• That's what I wanted to ask that because I wanted to make sure we're looking at the human cost of what

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• providers to work better together to identify other functions that live at the age. agency that could be performed
• by community-based care providers and better refine the performance measures that are included. included
• in their contracts, as well as the data used to determine their performance.
• see them take that's what I wanted to ask that because I wanted to make sure we're looking at the human

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• aimed at building a civilization of love, a culture of life and the conditions necessary for broad human
• trafficking, and the defense and promotion of human dignity and prosperity.
• This is an inhumane affront to people's God-given human dignity that will cause immense suffering and
• Birch, the Holy See has long been outspoken on a variety of global human rights issues.
• Jed, you pointed out that Chile has a strong influence. a record of democracy and standing for human

Keywords: legislative process, public involvement, community engagement, transparency, introductions

Summary: The meeting was characterized by a series of introductions and personal anecdotes shared by the committee members, with a focus on the importance of community engagement and transparency in legislative processes. Members expressed their commitment to open hearings and the necessity for public involvement in discussions impacting constituents. Several members remarked on how personal experiences shape their legislative priorities, thus reinforcing the human element of governance. However, there was a noticeable absence of discussion regarding specific bills, indicating that the session may have been more exploratory or introductory in nature.

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• Once determined that a human risk exists, an opportunity for early detection comes with the knowledge
• 00:03:35.000> a hidden dangers once determined that a hidden dangers once determined that a human
• risk exists an opportunity for human risk exists an opportunity for early<00:03:38.280> detection
• They're on to the next adventure, um, and so there are a number of different drum songs or performances
• But in 2022, the state average for all Native students was 61%, with Onamia High School performing at

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• to show you the most common types of Medicaid fraud, which are billing for services that are not performed
• So, we do perform a number of different checks on providers during the enrollment process to ensure that
• Being used on various particular topics of the MCO's performance and so forth, and I just want to see
• I just want to make sure there is an actual human being that we're trying to provide service and get
• being that we're trying to provide human being that we're trying to provide service<00:55:48.000>

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The subcommittee met to review the Department for Medicaid Services’ program integrity work. Commissioner Lisa Lee and Program Integrity Director Jennifer Dudinsky outlined Kentucky Medicaid’s structure, funding, enrollment, and spending, including FMAP rates, the size of the Medicaid and KCHIP populations, the number of providers, and 2024 expenditures. They also described the managed care and fee-for-service populations, noting that managed care serves most members while fee-for-service is concentrated in long-term care and waiver populations. Most of the discussion focused on fraud, waste, abuse prevention, and provider oversight. The department described its provider enrollment and certification checks, revalidation requirements, site reviews, fingerprinting for some high-risk providers, and termination grounds such as false application information, Medicare actions, unreported ownership changes, and abandonment of a provider number. Members asked about nonprofit ownership reporting, MCO fraud oversight, and how the department tracks unusual CPT code utilization, especially in behavioral health. The department said it uses data analytics, audits, policy review, and collaboration with behavioral health staff to monitor those trends. Dudinsky explained the division’s four branches: provider licensing and certification, audits and compliance, recovery, and third-party liability/estate recovery. She described prepayment and postpayment audits, referrals of credible fraud allegations to the Attorney General, monthly meetings with the AG’s office, and coordination with the Office of Inspector General, CMS, HHS OIG, MCOs, and other partners. She also explained payment suspensions, stand-downs during law enforcement investigations, and recovery efforts for overpayments, provider/member fraud, and third-party liability. The department said its recovery and avoidance efforts produced more than $251 million in savings so far in 2025. No votes or formal actions beyond approving the minutes were taken.

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• Federal Health and Human Services Agency.
• <00:23:41.679> Services So, the uh Health and Human Services So, the uh Health and Human Services
• <00:47:05.760> their time at work or couldn't perform their time at work or couldn't perform
• <01:09:14.239> vaccines decades in the use of human vaccines decades in the use of human vaccines
• Chan Health and Human Services. So, Dr. Chan Health and Human Services.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The New Hampshire House Special Committee on the COVID Response Efficacy met to continue its fact-finding review of the state’s pandemic response, with the chair restating the committee’s mission and focus on federal guidance, federal funding, emergency use authorization vaccination efforts, long COVID, patient rights, and vaccination policies. The chair said the committee had previously reviewed materials about the U.S. Supreme Court declining to hear a COVID vaccine case and CDC internal emails about vaccine risks, and introduced additional research on CDC testing and communications failures. A large portion of the meeting was devoted to summarizing articles and a recent U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations report titled *Unmasked: How Biden Health Officials Purposely Turned a Blind Eye Toward COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Signals*. The chair argued that CDC testing and guidance were flawed, citing delayed data publication, confusing guidance, a faulty early COVID test, missed opportunities to study silent spread, and alleged suppression of safety information. The Senate report was described as alleging that FDA and CDC officials knew their surveillance systems could mask vaccine safety signals, that officials discouraged internal analysis from being shared externally, and that newer analytical methods identified multiple statistically significant adverse-event signals. The chair also discussed the V-safe system, VAERS, and claims that federal officials downplayed or concealed adverse-event data. Members and the chair connected these federal issues to New Hampshire, noting changes in the state’s health care landscape since the pandemic, including more urgent care facilities and satellite ERs. The chair suggested New Hampshire should develop independent scientific assessment resources to validate federal information in future emergencies. Representative Wheeler noted that the materials would be entered into the committee record and made available on the House website. No votes were taken; the committee discussed the materials, invited further questions, and indicated that a proposed committee communication would be revisited later after additional supporting information is gathered, with a goal of issuing a statement by the end of June.

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• AI treatment chatbots, just as they would for a human provider.
• We do not want to replace that human interaction. We don't want to lose those cues.
• We do not want to replace that human interaction. We don't want to lose those cues.
• This is not a human being. This is not a trained therapist. This is not a validated instrument.
• This is not a human using right now.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee met with a quorum, approved the prior meeting minutes, and then heard testimony on the use of artificial intelligence in therapy and mental health settings. Representative Lisa Willner and Brenda Rosen of NASW Kentucky argued for “guard rails” on AI chatbots so they cannot present themselves as licensed therapists or replace school counselors, psychologists, or social workers. They said AI can support licensed professionals, but warned that chatbots cannot reliably recognize nonverbal cues, escalate crises, or provide accountable care, and they cited examples of harmful chatbot interactions, including a suicide case and a chatbot telling a user to “Please die.” The witnesses also raised concerns about data privacy, commercialization of sensitive mental health conversations, and the use of personal clinical content to train AI models. They said minors should require parental consent and suggested transparency about how a chatbot is trained and who created it. They distinguished between unvetted consumer chatbots and AI tools that have been scientifically validated or approved as digital therapeutics, noting that some evidence-based tools may be useful for specific conditions such as depression, anxiety, or eating disorders. Committee members asked whether regulation should be handled by the legislature or by professional boards, and whether a multi-state model would be preferable to 50 different state approaches. The witnesses generally favored expert-led standards and said a board or panel of experts could review and approve mental health chatbots, but members cautioned that boards can become too restrictive and that legislation should preserve flexibility and avoid discouraging children from seeking help. The discussion ended with a request for the witnesses to restate their proposed policy ideas, including privacy protections, bans on commercialization, limits on training AI with clinical content, transparency requirements, and informed consent.

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• In the course of perfecting iron as a low-cost, high-performing battery component, we’ve learned that
• So we spent the last eight years or so perfecting that reaction in our battery to optimize performance
• So we spent the last eight years or so perfecting that reaction in our battery to optimize performance
• Um, and as Jason mentioned, performance.
• being a monopoly over a basic human being a monopoly over a basic human need.<01:21:55.520> And

Bills: HF4059, HF76

Keywords: climate change, greenhouse gas emissions, financing, sustainability, environmental policy, renewable energy, Minnesota Climate Innovation Financing Authority, earned incentive release credit, release credits, supervised release, corrections, Minnesota Department of Corrections, sentence reduction, good time, prison time, incarceration, violent offenses, murder, criminal sexual conduct, sex offenses

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• Heavenly Father, we come before Thee acknowledging our weaknesses and human frailties.
• senator, for President Albritton, Heavenly Father, we come before Thee acknowledging our weaknesses and human
• Did you yourself or the staff analyze partisan performance metrics when drawing these lines?
• When I say to you that this map performs poorly, it does.
• It performs poorly. It's going to perform poorly than the current map.

Summary: The Senate convened in special session with an opening prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, then moved to the special order calendar to consider congressional redistricting legislation, beginning with Senate Bill 8D and then substituting the identical House Bill 1D. The bill would establish Florida’s congressional districts. Senator Gaetz, presenting the measure, said the Governor had proposed the map to address population growth and to draw race-neutral districts, and argued that mid-decade redistricting is legally permissible and has occurred before in Florida and other states. He repeatedly said the Legislature could accept, reject, or amend the proposal, but that the Governor had the prerogative to propose it. The floor debate focused heavily on the legality and timing of the map, especially after the U.S. Supreme Court’s Louisiana redistricting decision was announced during the session. Several senators, including Rouson, Sharief, Smith, Polsky, Arrington, Bracy Davis, Bernard, Nathan, and Berman, questioned whether the map complied with the Florida Constitution’s Fair Districts Amendment, the Voting Rights Act, and equal protection principles. They raised concerns about the short notice, lack of statewide public hearings, the use of partisan data, the absence of sworn testimony from the Governor’s representatives, the claimed severability of the Fair Districts Amendment, and the impact on minority communities and communities of interest. Gaetz generally declined to offer legal opinions, saying those issues would ultimately be for the courts, but he relayed the Governor’s position that race-based provisions in the Fair Districts Amendment are unconstitutional and that the proposed map is race-neutral and compact. Members also debated whether the map’s population data and compactness scores justified the district lines, with critics arguing that the plan cracked and split communities in places such as Central Florida, Tampa Bay, and South Florida. Gaetz said the Governor’s office relied on 2020 census data plus updated population estimates from the Office of Economic and Demographic Research and the American Community Survey, and that the mapmaker said he drew the map himself without outside consultants. After questions concluded, the Senate adopted a motion to substitute HB 1D for SB 8D, read the bill a third time, and proceeded to debate the House bill. The transcript ends during debate, with no final vote on passage shown.

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• first responders, and establish data reporting requirements to improve transparency and program performance
• Patine, on behalf of the Coalition for Human and Immigrant Rights, is also in support.
• Good at today, Patine, on behalf of the Coalition for Human and Immigrant Rights, also in support.
• On behalf of the Coalition for Human Immigrant Rights, also in support. Thank you.
• And so this simply just says, let's take care of our human beings.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• I want to move on to kindergarten performance, measuring math progress.
• Literacy performance demonstrates sustained upward momentum and narrowing achievement gaps.
• They continue to perform well above the average, but they saw a 0.35 decline.
• innate performance?
• The performance in math mirrors what we're seeing in NAEP results nationally.

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• In short, ACA4 will not only humanely house people and boost affordable housing construction, it will
• I'm in support with the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, CHIRLA, in strong support of the Community
• Thank you Monica Madrid on behalf of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights Chirla proud co-sponsor
• AB 902 support from San Diego Humane Society.
• Society, AB 1319 support from San Diego Humane Society and Monterey Bay Aquarium, AB 1417 support from

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• But in the moment when my family needed you most, politics disappeared and humanity showed up.
• That little boy forever changed me as a human being.
• and Emergency Preparedness, provides for authority and responsibilities to require the office to perform
• Representative: Members, SB 280 requires that anyone performing or offering services related to water
• issues. ...whether we should extend for a two-year period based on performance issues of the three-year

Bills: HR265, HR266, HR267, HR268, HR269, HR270, HR271, HR272, HR273, HCR107, HCR108, HCR109, HCR110, HCR111, HR257, HR258, HR259, HR260, HR261, HR262, HR263, HCR105, HCR106, SCR30, SB57, SB157, SB202, SB237, SB276, SB450, SB465, SB501, SB525, HR3, HR80, HR197, HR243, SCR5, SCR35, HB4, HB623, HB944, HB986, HB1098, HB1222, SB34, SB164, SB172, SB198, SB208, SB232, SB281, SB286, SB317, SB322, SB334, SB380, SB385, SB409, SB417, SB421, SB430, SB439, SB447, SB458, SB510, SB398, HB646, HR84, HR188, HR205, SCR19, SCR3, SCR6, SCR18, SCR11, SCR22, SCR2, SCR20, SCR24, HCR6, HB301, HB359, HB657, HB675, HB680, HB727, HB302, HB819, HB1257, HB1258, SB8, SB10, SB11, SB12, SB13, SB14, SB16, SB17, SB18, SB20, SB21, SB22, SB40, SB48, SB55, SB69, SB75, SB77, SB78, SB85, SB102, SB115, SB133, SB140, SB148, SB151, SB165, SB169, SB170, SB185, SB197, SB200, SB217, SB235, SB278, SB280, SB291, SB300, SB303, SB315, SB324, SB330, SB411, SB416, SB420, SB436, SB438, SB449, SB455, SB456, SB477, SB489, SB521, SB45, SB58, SB71, SB81, SB92, SB100, SB109, SB141, SB156, SB181, SB203, SB204, SB205, SB207, SB213, SB214, SB216, SB229, SB257, SB274, SB290, SB304, SB374, SB379, SB396, SB410, SB425, SB427, SB429, SB479, SB522, HCR72, HB633, HB603, HB940, HB251, HB775, HB998, HB1191, HB625, HB1255, HB901, HR20, HR74, HCR65, HCR71, HB284, HB306, HB341, HB366, HB393, HB458, HB577, HB582, HB605, HB614, HB733, HB752, HB773, HB798, HB911, HB955, HB996, HB1035, HB1069, HB1113, HB1140, HB1180, HB1240, SB82, SB89, HB258, HB842, SB149, SB382, SB441

Keywords: Pineville High School, Lady Rebels, softball, LHSAA, Louisiana High School Athletic Association, Class 5A, state championship, high school sports, student athletes, commendation, resolution, athletics, girls softball, championship team, Pineville, school recognition, sportsmanship, coach Allison Frye, Louisiana legislature, House Resolution

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• and Military Families at Syracuse University, transitioning military members are promoted faster, perform
• and Military Families at Syracuse University, transitioning military members are promoted faster, perform
• Upstanding human being; we thank him for his service.
• Combat does something to the human brain. It really just does. Hypervigilance is a thing.
• They have performed life-saving procedures under high-pressure conditions in combat zones, disaster responses

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Veterans and Federal Affairs held its second public hearing of the 2025–26 session, with opening remarks from Chairs John Velis and Joe McGonagle outlining testimony on 20 House bills and 18 Senate bills. The hearing covered a wide range of veterans issues, including municipal veterans assistance funds, pension equity, expanding the Office of the Veterans Advocate, veterans service officer staffing, disability benefits eligibility, service dogs, POW tax relief, courtesy parking spaces, women veterans and motherhood, and workforce-related licensing and employment measures. Chairs emphasized the hybrid format, three-minute testimony limit, and written testimony process. Several bills drew support focused on expanding services and access. Representative Arena-DeRosa spoke for bills to broaden municipal veterans assistance funds to cover housing and legal expenses and to study enhanced pension equity for veterans, citing burn pit exposure and shorter life expectancy among veterans. Senator Fattman, Representative Peas, and Veterans Advocate Bob Notch supported bills expanding the Office of the Veterans Advocate to include active-duty service members and their families, arguing it would improve transition support, coordination with state agencies, and retention of military talent in Massachusetts. Representative Arriaga backed a bill to incentivize municipalities to provide full-time or regional veterans service officers and another to study the impact of combat on women veterans and motherhood. Representative Moulton/another sponsor also sought to exempt veterans’ disability payments from income calculations for other state benefits, and Representative Hong and Senator Scanlan supported a state service dog program, POW income tax relief, and courtesy retail parking spaces for veterans. Testimony also focused on workforce and claims-assistance issues. The Military Officers Association of America and James Keene urged passage of bills waiving duplicative education requirements so qualified veterans and military medics can become licensed practical nurses, arguing it would help address health care shortages and recognize military training. Brave Veterans Inc. called for a Veterans Research Trust Fund to protect data and program evaluation work during budget cuts. On claims assistance, one witness supported criminal penalties for unaccredited agents who charge veterans for VA claims help, while a private consulting firm opposed the bill, arguing it would restrict lawful speech and veterans’ choice and that existing federal and HERO Act safeguards already address abuses. The VFW strongly opposed paid claims consulting, said its accredited service officers provide free help statewide, and urged more public awareness of existing free services. No votes or final committee actions were taken during the hearing.

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• Welcome to the full Health and Human Services Committee meeting.
• Some people are going to have to engage with a portal and a human in order to demonstrate compliance
• We had limited data visibility into real-time performance.
• More work around data and performance management, expanding our resources and capacity, and then expanding
• We had limited data visibility into real-time performance.

Keywords: House Room C, General Assembly Building, 976, house, all