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• And we know this because the learning.
• knowing that their child isn't learning? knowing that their child isn't learning?
• actually where children are learning actually where children are learning will<00:14:40.640>
• The kids aren't learning.
• The kids aren't learning.

Keywords: House streaming session for Thursday, March 12, 2026, 957, house, all

Summary: The House met in Annapolis on February 27, 2026, with 128 members present. After a prayer, the chamber adopted the previous day’s journal and recognized a resolution honoring Brunswick High School’s first Tech Challenge team, Minerva’s Mechanics, for winning the FTC Regional Championships and qualifying for the World Championship in Houston. The resolution was read and adopted with applause. The main legislative item was House Bill 355, concerning the Education, Sexual Abuse and Assault Awareness and Prevention Program and human and sex trafficking; the House adopted the favorable committee report and ordered the bill printed for third reading. The next bill, House Bill 534 on nonpublic school transcripts and prohibiting punitive measures related to student debt, also received a favorable report. Debate then centered on an amendment offered to HB 534 that would have tied school funding to student choice for students in repeatedly one-star-rated schools and allowed parents of habitually violent or disruptive students to consider military boarding school options. The sponsor argued Maryland’s public schools, especially in Baltimore City, were failing students despite heavy spending, citing low literacy, violence, and the book Failure Factory; several members echoed concerns about school performance, bureaucracy, and the need for educational freedom. Opponents and procedural speakers said the amendment was not germane to HB 534, which they described as a narrow bill about transcript access for students leaving nonpublic schools with unpaid fees, often students with disabilities. The floor leader urged the body to resist the amendment and stick to the bill’s actual subject. Despite multiple members explaining their votes in support of school choice and criticizing the Blueprint and school outcomes, the House ultimately took a roll call on the amendment after a voice vote was challenged. The transcript cuts off during the roll call and does not show the final recorded result on the amendment.

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• I am encouraged to see our younger generations learning about microeconomics and using that knowledge
• Like many rural communities, Lindsay families face serious barriers to accessing services.
• Like many rural communities, Lindsay families face serious barriers to accessing services.
• We must recognize that access to care is not equal.
• As you all know, constitutional rights are only as good as our access to them.

Summary: The Assembly met in session, established a quorum, and opened with an Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month ceremony. Members adopted House Resolution 35 recognizing May as AAPI Heritage Month, with extensive floor remarks from caucus leaders and members highlighting AAPI history, contributions, and solidarity with other communities. The chamber then honored 14 AAPI honorees from across the state, including public servants, advocates, artists, health professionals, and community leaders, before moving to the regular file. On the floor, the Assembly passed a series of bills on social media harms to minors, labor privilege, foster care family-finding, low-impact camping areas, student body association governance, drink-spiking prevention at music festivals, behavioral health access, greenhouse gas recapture, physical therapy access, housing enforcement, insurance licensing, density bonus clarification, water district proxy voting, park district updates, secured transactions, and property tax relief during emergencies. Most measures passed with broad or unanimous support; notable votes included AB 2 on social media platform accountability passing 59-0, AB 1109 on union communications privilege passing 45-4, AB 409 on student body association open meetings passing 55-6, AB 518 on low-impact camping passing 55-0, AB 668 on drink-spiking protections passing 72-0, AB 348 on behavioral health access passing 69-0, AB 663 on HFC recapture passing 71-0, AB 574 on physical therapy access passing 68-0, AB 712 on housing enforcement passing 57-1, AB 943 on insurance pre-licensing reform passing 63-0, AB 87 on density bonus law clarification passing 63-0, AB 523 on Metropolitan Water District proxy voting passing 62-1, AB 769 on park district code cleanup passing 68-0, AB 771 on secured transactions passing 69-0, and AB 1416 on property tax installment deferrals passing 66-0. The Assembly also took up AB 446, the Surveillance Pricing Protection Act, which would prohibit businesses from using personal data to charge different prices for the same product or service. Supporters described the practice as predatory and discriminatory, while noting ongoing concerns about preserving legitimate discounts and loyalty programs. The bill was presented as a consumer protection measure aimed at preventing hidden price discrimination and reducing cost-of-living pressures. The transcript ends amid repeated and partially duplicated readings of AB 446, without a final vote shown for that item.

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• Back then, our access to justice movement was just getting off the ground.
• I'm going to talk about four broad areas: delivering critical services, enhancing access to justice,
• Second, access to justice.
• Our Access to Justice Commission has been a game-changer.
• Hawaii ranked sixth among the states for our efforts to increase access to justice.

Keywords: House Agenda:, 910, house, all

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• They're learning public speaking by giving demonstrations.
• Members learn how to lead meetings, collaborate with peers, and serve their communities.
• They learn accountability. They learn how to problem solve.
• They learn how to respectfully engage with differing perspectives.
• I learned so much from them.

Bills: HR1052, SB2184, SB171

Keywords: 4-H, youth development, community service, education, volunteering, Oklahoma, statutory revision, consolidation, law amendment, emergency legislation, legal clarity, SB171, state government, Capitol security, peace officer commission, legislative security, Department of Public Safety, Commissioner of Public Safety, President Pro Tempore, Speaker of the House

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• Learning their names made me feel real, and it made them real to me.
• Learning their names made me feel real, and it made them real to me.
• Learning their names made me feel real, and it made them real to me.
• Learning their names made me feel real, and it made them real to me.
• <02:48:19.240> format<02:48:19.720> for digitally accessible format for digitally accessible

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee met on March 13, 2025, and took up several firearms and fireworks measures. On SB 227, which would create an illegal fireworks enforcement division in the Department of Law Enforcement and appropriate funds, DLE supported the bill, saying fireworks enforcement has become a full-time job requiring dedicated staff rather than a collateral-duty task force. Members discussed whether the bill and the related task force bill were both needed; DLE said yes, explaining that the new division would provide full-time state employees while the task force funding covers interagency costs such as transportation, storage, overtime, and personnel. Testimony on SB 227 was reported as 12 in support and 6 in opposition. On SB 222, which would fund the illegal fireworks task force and extend its sunset to June 30, 2030, DLE and the Honolulu Police Department supported the measure, emphasizing continued enforcement pressure and interagency coordination. An opponent from the Libertarian Party of Hawaii argued the bill was a waste of time, criticized fireworks prohibition as cultural overreach, and performed a song in opposition. Representative Shimizu asked about results from the extra enforcement effort, and DLE said enforcement has driven up street prices and made investors think twice, which they described as a goal of pricing people out of the market. The chair reported 13 testimonies in support and 6 in opposition. The committee then heard SB 1324, a more comprehensive fireworks bill that would revise definitions and penalties, create first- and second-degree fireworks offenses, add infractions, and increase penalties for serious injury or death. DLE and the Attorney General strongly supported it, saying the bill would improve enforcement, address black-market activity, and help prosecutors when fireworks have already exploded and evidence is destroyed. The Public Defender opposed the bill, arguing existing laws already punish these offenses and that the real issue is enforcement; the office also raised constitutional concerns about the bill’s concurrent civil infraction and criminal trial process. Honolulu Police supported the bill, while the Honolulu Prosecutor’s Office said the alternative definitions would help in cases involving exploded versus seized fireworks. The chair noted 17 testimonies in support, 7 in opposition, and 3 comments, and members discussed whether the bill could be amended to address the public defender’s concerns. The committee also began hearing SB 308, which would expand the state’s magazine-capacity restrictions to firearms with detachable magazines over 30 rounds, with a grandfathering provision for certain magazines obtained before January 1, 2026. DLE supported the bill as a fair balance that would grandfather existing magazines while preventing new high-capacity acquisitions. Opposition testimony from Jerry Yuan of the Pool, Oil, Rifle, and Pistol Club argued the proposal was another shifting restriction and opposed magazine bans generally. The hearing continued with additional testimony not fully captured in the excerpt.

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• I myself, growing up, calling it Chinese New Year and it wasn't until recently that we've all learned
• And he said this with no evidence, in the first hours when families are just learning about lost loved
• The message we wanted to send to our youth who are afraid to go to school and learn.
• Because access to justice involves counsel. It is why I became a lawyer.
• So I would encourage folks to do more learning about this.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• So, I had plenty of time to learn about issues that were going about.
• So, I had plenty of time to learn about issues that were going about. >> [snorts] I also had the opportunity
• <00:01:07.040> about So, I had plenty of time to learn about So, I had plenty of time to learn
• But we were still able to be successful with that because I took the extra time to research and learn
• And I wouldn't have learned that except for conference committee two days ago.

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: Representative Schomacker delivered a lengthy farewell-style floor speech reflecting on his path into public service, from growing up around news and debate, to starting a teenage Republican group, serving as a page, and eventually being unexpectedly recruited to run for office. He described being elected despite early polling that had him far behind, and said the experience taught him to hold competing viewpoints at once and to focus on getting work done rather than ideological tests. He then reviewed major policy accomplishments from his legislative career, especially in health and human services. He highlighted work on the Lewis and Clark water project for Luverne, the competitive workforce factor in disability waiver rates, expansion of bed capacity at Regions Hospital, and, most prominently, the overhaul of long-term care nursing home funding to a value-based reimbursement system. He emphasized that these efforts required extensive research, negotiation, and input from stakeholders, and said they helped support local care, businesses, and communities. Schomacker also spoke about the importance of long-term care in his district, the aging population, and the role nursing homes play in emergencies. He thanked family, staff, colleagues, mentors, and friends for their support over 16 years in the Legislature, sharing several personal anecdotes and expressing gratitude for the relationships built across party and committee lines. The speech ended with applause and well-wishes; no formal vote or bill action occurred in the excerpt.

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• you are to neighbors, accessible you are to neighbors, community<00:04:05.599> members.
• about how microbiology can um learning about how microbiology can cause<00:07:21.039> some<00
• nutrition, learning where their food comes from, all of that is good.
• <00:26:27.520> nutrition, farmers and and kids learning nutrition, farmers and and kids learning
• 00:26:28.880> comes<00:26:29.120> from, learning where their food comes from, learning

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• pretty packed agenda today, and I'm having computer trouble, which is making it difficult for me to access
• How that transcript or that recording may be accessed, what agency is okay with video compared to what
• I think I've found that everyone seems to be very accessible, very willing to collaborate, very much
• At the end of the '25 session, TSP received additional limitation to hire—limitation, I'm learning in
• Again, increased funding to access that prevention and de-escalation intervention training.

Keywords: 907, all

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• It does not limit the quality... of the CPAs that we are having, so it just makes this more accessible
• Officers, even if they're there to respond to an incident, are permitted access to have their firearms
• When changes of control occur, we must make sure that the availability, accessibility affordability,
• They were also, you know, learning things like woodshop and really trying to get their life together.
• I learned about some information regarding strip searches being done on children. And, Mr.

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• Restrict access: don't have one person have access to, you know, everything, the information systems
• Restrict access: don't have one person have access to, you know, everything, the information systems
• Restrict access: don't have one person have access to, you know, everything, the information systems
• Restrict access: don't have one person have access to, you know, everything, the information systems
• Restrict access: don't have one person have access to, you know, everything, the information systems

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Finance Committee met on January 9, 2025, to focus on internal controls, fraud prevention, and legislative oversight of state agencies. Legislative Auditor Judy Randall explained Minnesota’s internal control framework, based on the GAO Green Book, and described five core controls: assigning responsibility, separating duties, restricting access, maintaining policies and procedures, and keeping records. She tied each control to examples from recent audits, including DHS’s Medicaid provider debt recovery, the Minnesota State Academies’ travel reimbursement issue, privileged access at the Minnesota State Lottery, missing mileage-verification procedures at the Board of Firefighter Training and Education, and weak documentation in the Board on Aging’s senior nutrition program. Deputy Legislative Auditor Jod Mson Rodriguez then presented a new follow-up report on implementation of prior recommendations from 2022 through 2024, including special reviews. She said the office gathers agency documentation, evaluates progress, and categorizes recommendations from implemented to not applicable, while noting that some items require more work to verify and that this reflects OLA capacity rather than agency performance. Examples included the Department of Commerce, where some policy changes were verified but further work would be needed to confirm consistent investigator compliance, and the Metropolitan Council, where more data analysis would be needed to determine whether bonus payments were properly earned. She also noted that a legislature-directed recommendation to require grant manager training had not been implemented. Overall, OLA reported that state agencies had implemented or partially implemented close to 70% of its recommendations, while the legislature had implemented or partially implemented about 40% of recommendations from the last three years. Members generally praised the office’s work and discussed how agencies respond after reports are issued. Senator Westrom raised concerns about a recent media report on alleged fraud in CCAP, and Randall said OLA was aware of the issue but could not discuss details. Senator Draheim asked about post-report agency engagement, and Randall and Rodriguez said follow-up varies, with some agencies seeking private meetings and others engaging less, but that the follow-up process often prompts further discussion and improvement.

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• Madam Chair, Senator, if I can add, one thing that I also learned from the global health team is that
• And he said, I learned later they were probably laughing at us because we were in there with just hard
• Food pantries and food banks report that local procurement diversifies diets, improves access to... .
• Much of our clientele that is accessing emergency feeding, the emergency feeding network, is in fact
• We get the full range of folks accessing our services.

Bills: SB66, SB79, SB108

Keywords: environment, cleanup, contamination, uranium mining, abandoned sites, state funding, mosquito control, public health, surveillance, prevention funds, local government grants, food security, agriculture, food bank, regional program, appropriation, 996, all

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• a point to try to work as much as I can in various hospitals throughout the state just to kind of learn
• about um the the just to kind of learn about um the the state<00:25:57.600> of<00:25:57.760><
• to emergency care, not to operate access to emergency care, not to operate without<00:34:34.399>
• I do have an issue with rural hospitals and critical access hospitals because we are requiring them,
• hospitals because we and critical access hospitals because we are<00:37:03.359> requiring<00:

Bills: SB63, SB80, SB63, SB80

Keywords: immigration, law enforcement, fingerprints, DNA collection, illegal aliens, Alabama state law, SB80, Buddy Sharpless Education Institute, Alabama Local Government Training Institute, county commissioner training, local government training, ethics training, State Ethics Commission, county commissioners, Association of County Commissions of Alabama, local emergency management director, public officials, municipal officials, Alabama Code Title 11, Alabama Code Title 31

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• So I feel like I might be following a pretty good act that you already learned most of this, so I'll
• And as you learned just yesterday, the majority of the revenues for the Early Childhood Education and
• In access and affordability and all these things that go into behavioral health in general in a couple
• Assume that we're going to have better access.
• a lot over the years I've been working on it and one of the most upsetting things that I've learned

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• And there have been times when people have lost access to care, but this one hurt.
• <00:03:08.319> And<00:03:08.560> there access to certain services.
• And there access to certain services.
• <00:03:12.560> Um access to care, but this one hurt.
• Um access to care, but this one hurt.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Article 1, section 8 of the constitution guarantees that uh people provided uh with justice have equal access
• So we did not have access to the decision-makers in that.
• So we did not have access to the decision-makers in that.
• That, uh, lesson learned for future, but that's what the situation was.
• that's what the learned for future, but that's what the situation<00:32:32.960> was.

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: The committee took up House File 3874 and laid it over for possible inclusion in a finance bill. The Minnesota Judicial Branch, represented by State Court Administrator Jeff Shorba and Chief Judge Michael Fritz, presented a supplemental funding request focused on two main areas: judicial safety and security, and the employer share of Minnesota Paid Leave costs. Shorba said the branch was grateful for prior budget support but noted it did not receive salary increases for staff or judges and did not get funding for juror per diem. He explained that the branch is seeking funding for personal data protection, home security, two additional judicial security positions, security for the chief justice at public events, and a revived courthouse security grant program. Much of the testimony centered on rising threats against judges and court staff. Shorba and Fritz described increases in incidents, threats, and disturbances, and Fritz gave several examples of threatening behavior involving judges’ homes, personal information, and online doxxing. They argued that the branch needs better threat assessment, coordination with local law enforcement, and security measures at homes, courthouses, and online. Members expressed support for the concerns and asked questions about how threats are currently handled and whether state patrol officers assigned to security duties would need additional training. The second major topic was the judicial branch’s request for funding to cover its employer contribution to Minnesota Paid Leave, which took effect in January 2026. Shorba said the branch followed MMB’s calculations and expected the cost to be addressed through broader state government funding, but the branch did not receive an operational adjustment. He said the branch is now having to hold positions open to absorb the cost. Members questioned why the request was not included in the earlier budget process, and Shorba responded that the branch believed the issue would be handled centrally and later learned it had not been funded for the judiciary. No vote on the funding requests was taken in the discussion shown.

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• It ensures Texans are treated fairly and reasonably by giving them the same access to parts, tools, and
• The independent repair shops do not have access to this telematic information, which is over the air.
• That was used in the repair industry, and so we will not have access to that information.
• Even more impactful than AI and machine learning, quantum computing is the next frontier.
• of the bill is to ensure those entities still have access to that information without a close.

Bills: HB106, HB144, HB145, HB252, HB1732, HB2221, HB2467, HB2468, HB2517, HB2518, HB2963, HB3016, HB3689, HB3960, HB4386, HB4490, HB4751, HB5247, HJR175, HB2213, HB106, HB144, HB145, HB252

Keywords: HB 106, oil and gas, Railroad Commission of Texas, overhead electrical lines, electrical distribution system, power line maintenance, administrative penalty, Natural Resources Code, oil and gas lease, well operator, energy safety, utility infrastructure, regulatory compliance, cleanup fund, oil and gas regulation and cleanup fund, production safety, leasehold operations, electric utility, distribution poles, inspection

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• we have seen with greater clarity over the past several years, ensuring supply chain security and access
• I believe that if confirmed, the lessons I have learned on my Navy journey would translate well to the
• How can you streamline the access of this material?
• Artificial intelligence, quantum mechanics, machine learning. And advanced manufacturing.
• Project the APEX accelerators, which exist across the country, to go ahead and provide access to small

Keywords: defense industrial base, small business, workforce development, acquisition processes, national security, cybersecurity, critical minerals

Summary: The meeting of the committee revolved around critical discussions on enhancing the defense industrial base, focusing on small business engagement and the importance of streamlined processes in defense contracting. There was a significant emphasis on the need for more investment in the defense manufacturing sector, particularly in the face of competition from countries like China. Some members expressed frustration over the treatment of small businesses, citing barriers that prevent these innovative companies from effectively participating in defense contracts. The need for a workforce capable of meeting the common challenges posed by evolving technologies and geopolitical threats was also highlighted throughout the meeting.

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• And we've learned a lot through this process over the over the 3 years early on in the process.
• So therefore, I've learned a lot of or 3 years. I have my co-producer here with you today.
• Like I said when I started other 2, I don't want my children to have access to.
• And Steph still have access to it instead of it being regulated in a proper way.
• So if that's an important because we have always it's it's about public access.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• as he stated, this bill contains three distinct proposals the legislature can advance to increase access
• <00:04:10.079> to<00:04:10.239> Home care if they don't have access to Home care if
• they don't have access to Home Care Care Care Services<00:04:12.640> we<00:04:12.760> know
• <00:04:37.400> to<00:04:37.680> Home advance to increase access to Home advance to
• increase access to Home Health<00:04:38.320> Services<00:04:39.320> first<00:04:39.520>

Keywords: 1183, house