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• Let a sincere commitment to the common good shape every conversation and every vote.
• This bill deals with the Civil Rights Act found in RSA 354-B.
• This is not the act most people think of when they think of civil rights protections.
• It turns the whole concept of civil It turns the whole concept of civil rights<04:33:15.320>
• <04:37:59.080> rights protection of civil rights protection of civil rights and<04:38:00.961

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• I know, I know, I think this is a commitment.
• A lot of the youths who commit homicide.
• That Special Commitment Fund. was essentially a speed bump toward commitment. It created a filter.
• I committed a kid that committed credit card abuse.
• If they commit a felony.

Bills: HB31, HB3360

Keywords: juvenile justice, community supervision, felony offenses, treatment of children, juvenile facilities, chemical dispensing device, solitary confinement, rehabilitation, criminal proceedings, delinquency, 1184, house, all

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• <03:42:02.920> penalty the minor is subject to a civil penalty the minor is subject to a civil
• <03:42:36.840> various prohibits minors from committing various prohibits minors from committing
• of a civil order against stalking. stalking. stalking.
• <03:45:13.480> The commits the prohibited conduct. The commits the prohibited conduct.
• <03:45:29.480> orders<03:45:29.840> against section eight and civil orders against

Keywords: 926, house, all

Summary: The House first suspended the rules briefly to make announcements, including welcoming former representative Doug Gage to the gallery. It then returned to House Bill 211 on data brokers and personal information, where the Appropriations Committee explained a $50,000 appropriation to the Secretary of State for a consultant-led study on an accessible deletion mechanism for consumers to delete personal data held by data brokers, with interim and final reports due in 2027 and 2028. The committee reported a 9-0-2 vote in favor, and the House agreed to the Commerce and Economic Development Committee’s amendment and ordered third reading. Floor debate on H. 211 focused heavily on the bill’s deletion and exemption framework. Supporters argued the bill is needed to give Vermonters meaningful control over their data and to prevent data brokers from commingling information for unrelated uses. Opponents warned the bill could conflict with existing federal frameworks such as the Fair Credit Reporting Act, Gramm-Leach-Bliley, and the Driver’s Privacy Protection Act, and could make credit, banking, insurance, fraud prevention, and identity verification harder. In response, the sponsor said the bill uses use-case-based exemptions rather than broad entity-level exemptions, noted testimony from banks, insurers, a data broker, a former data broker employee, and the Attorney General, and said no constitutional concerns were raised. The House ultimately adopted the amendment and advanced the bill. After H. 211, the House moved to House Bill 577, establishing the Vermont Prescription Drug Discount Card Program. Committee reports from Health Care, Ways and Means, and Appropriations were read into the record, and the Colchester member described the bill as a way to lower prescription drug costs by joining the multi-state Array Rx program. The bill would let any Vermont resident obtain a free discount card for FDA-approved prescription drugs, with claimed savings up to 80% on generics and 20% on brand-name drugs. The House then proceeded to second reading on H. 577.

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• <03:26:43.520> These<03:26:43.840> are<03:26:44.080> big since the civil war
• These are big since the civil war.
• <03:45:39.520> As<03:45:39.840> a involuntary commitment settings.
• As a involuntary commitment settings.
• We want to be want to be civil.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• We have also done the hard work to make sure that we are maintaining our state’s commitment to wildfire
• I remain committed.
• And so I'm committed to being part of this community, staying engaged. ...from social networks to food
• And so I'm committed to being part of this community, staying engaged and working with all our awesome
• Please commit to joining Senator Perez and pushing for investment in survival services for warriors.

Summary: The Assembly Budget Committee met to consider the final three-party agreement for the 2026-27 state budget and 19 implementing bills, including two budget bill juniors and 17 trailer bills. Committee leadership and administration officials described the budget as a balanced plan that reduces out-year structural deficits, maintains large reserves, and makes major investments in health care, education, housing, child care, public safety, and other core services while also responding to expected federal cuts and fiscal uncertainty. The Department of Finance outlined the package’s major components, including Medi-Cal adjustments, education funding increases, higher education changes, child care and human services updates, housing and homelessness funding, energy and transportation provisions, and tax and general government changes. Members asked questions about several provisions, including CSU enrollment targets and turnaround plans, the Prop. 98 settle-up mechanism, the plastics market development payment program, housing accountability measures, NextGen 9-1-1 implementation, and veteran services. Staff and administration witnesses explained that the higher education language is intended to improve campus-by-campus reporting and oversight, that Prop. 98 settle-up would be finalized later through the statutory certification process, and that NextGen 9-1-1 now includes one-time funding, quarterly reporting, an independent technical review, and a state audit. Members also discussed the HAP homelessness funding increase to $900 million and the balance between accountability and timely distribution of funds. The most extended exchange centered on comparisons between funding for veterans and Medi-Cal/immigrant health coverage. Republican members argued the budget spends far more on undocumented immigrant services than on veterans, while Democratic members and Finance staff responded that the comparison was misleading because many veterans’ services are federally funded and the state budget also includes dedicated veteran support. The chair and other members emphasized that the budget reflects difficult tradeoffs and that the package protects vulnerable populations, preserves health care access, and advances affordability. No final vote was described in the excerpt, but members indicated support for the overall package and said they would support it on the floor.

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• I had committed to be... a pain in everyone's neck so that we could get that torn down.
• I want to start by acknowledging that our commitment isn't to just grow the educational programs.
• Our commitment is to create educational opportunities for New Mexico.
• Especially on your civil right Employee civil rights claims that you have, I'm trying to figure out on
• That particular situation to decrease quit violating someone's civil rights, but also how.

Keywords: 996, all

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• Is that still a commitment that you guys are at? Mr.
• But I did make a commitment, and I think the executive made you that commitment too.
• audit, and so the executive did make a commitment to look at the bill and review it.
• In 2006, I had a civil engineer who was kind of doing that.
• These are in civil Child protective services cases.

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• Your commitment to education, innovation, and opportunity is making a genuine difference, not just in
• And he committed $50 million at that time.
• We're already known for our business-friendly climate and our commitment to economic prosperity.
• Senate Bill 2620 by Creighton, relating to the civil liability of certain businesses in connection with
• Senate Bill 2682 by Hinojosa of Hidalgo, relating to civil liability for online impersonation, to State

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, heard an invocation, and adopted the previous day’s journal. Members then adopted Senate Resolution 358 honoring the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley on its 10th anniversary, with remarks highlighting UTRGV’s growth, degree production, research expansion, medical school, and role in serving the Rio Grande Valley and South Texas. The chamber also recognized the doctor of the day and adopted additional resolutions, including one for Denton County Days at the Capitol and another recognizing Texas HBCU Day. The Senate gave extensive recognition to outgoing Texas A&M University System Chancellor John Sharp through Senate Resolution 368. Senators from both parties praised his long public career, leadership of the A&M System, support for regional universities, and bipartisan approach. The resolution was adopted after multiple members added their names. The chamber also heard from advocates with the Texas Streets Coalition, and received gubernatorial nominations for the State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors and the Texas Commission on Fire Protection. On legislation, the Senate passed several major bills. Committee Substitute Senate Bill 27, relating to rights and support for public school educators, was debated and amended to address teacher vacancies, bilingual certification testing, paid leave options, classroom removals, and appeal rights, then passed unanimously. Senate Joint Resolution 12, proposing a constitutional amendment on parents’ right to direct a child’s education, advanced on a 22-9 vote. Committee Substitute Senate Bill 1741, aimed at preventing foreign influence and intellectual property theft at public institutions of higher education, passed unanimously. Committee Substitute Senate Bill 29, the business entities bill, also passed after debate over corporate governance and shareholder protections. Senate Bill 857, authorizing law enforcement to tow certain vehicles driven by unlicensed or uninsured drivers, passed despite some concern about towing abuses during disasters. The Senate also took up Committee Substitute Senate Bill 1536 on dementia and Alzheimer’s training for certain guardians, but the transcript ends as that bill is being laid out.

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• Require board proceedings to be subject to the Kentucky Rules of Civil Procedure and the Kentucky Rules
• Require board proceedings to be subject to the Kentucky Rules of Civil Procedure and the Kentucky Rules
• wanted to make a point in is, you know, if the Commonwealth of Kentucky is going to take on the commitment
• <00:30:16.159> and<00:30:16.840> responsibilities<00:30:17.840> to commitments and
• responsibilities to commitments and responsibilities to offer<00:30:18.480> the<00:30:18.799>

Keywords: 0:16 – CALL TO ORDER 0:20 – ROLL CALL 0:56 – ELECTION OF CO-CHAIRS 1:54 – APPROVAL OF MINUTES 2:10 – OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL 3:28 – PERSONNEL BOARD 4:30 – EDUCATION AND LABOR CABINET, BOARD OF EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 5:18 – PUBLIC PROTECTION CABINET, OFFICE OF CLAIMS & APPEALS 12:03 – PUBLIC PROTECTION CABINET, DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL 12:54 – CABINET FOR HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES, DEPARTMENT FOR MEDICAID SERVICES 14:54 – CABINET FOR HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES, DEPARTMENT FOR COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES 31:44 – NEXT MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT/ADJOURNMENT, 958, all

Summary: The Administrative Regulation Review Subcommittee met to reorganize its leadership for the new term, renewing Representative Derek Lewis as House co-chair and Senator Steven West as Senate co-chair. The committee then approved the minutes and moved through a series of agency regulations, generally adopting staff-suggested amendments without objection. Among the regulations reviewed were an Attorney General rule changing how a commission reviews and distributes funds and how grant reporting is handled; Personnel Board changes abolishing and renaming certain job classifications and adjusting probationary periods; an Education and Labor Cabinet rule removing references to local board of education members; several Public Protection Cabinet rules covering Board of Claims and Crime Victims’ Compensation procedures; an Alcoholic Beverage Control rule on direct-to-consumer shipping forms; and a Medicaid Services emergency regulation establishing the Kentucky Trauma Hospital Rate Improvement Program for rural hospitals serving many Medicaid patients. The committee also heard that the Board of Claims and Crime Victims’ Compensation regulations included both staff and, in one case, an agency amendment, which were approved. The most extended discussion came on the Department for Community Based Services’ regulation increasing per diem rates for private child-placing therapeutic foster care levels 2 and 3. Committee members questioned the estimated $10 million biennial cost, the source of the funding, and why the cabinet had not yet filed regulations implementing Senate Bill 151 on kinship care. DCBS staff said the rate increase was discretionary and intended to address placement crises for children with high needs, while acknowledging they could not personally explain the budget decisions. A kinship caregiver testified in support of the rate increase but urged the cabinet to also implement SB 151 and expand support for kinship families. The committee expressed frustration over the lack of SB 151 implementation but stated the rate increase itself was appropriate and allowed the regulation to proceed.

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• <00:09:09.640> rights<00:09:10.040> including violations of civil rights including
• violations of civil rights including quote<00:09:11.440> dangerous<00:09:12.120> and<00
• rights to be education's office of civil rights to be sure<00:10:06.680> any<00:10:07.040>
• MDE remains committed to supporting and uplifting all our students, educators, and schools.
• <01:02:19.480> to environments mde remains committed to environments mde remains committed

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Kennedy has proven his commitment to the role of Secretary of the HHS, and I will vote in favor of him
• I did make that commitment.
• And in both my live and written questions for the record, he failed to commit to protecting access to
• He failed to commit to protecting the people who are protecting us.
• The problem that the CDC has is that every day these noble civil servants and workers. protect us from

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• Individuals often get civil committed for substance use disorder; those are housed often in the care
• <00:34:59.400> committed<00:34:59.800> for<00:35:00.040> substance often get
• civil committed for substance often get civil committed for substance use<00:35:00.680> disorder<
• The chair moved House File 1379 to the Committee on Judiciary Finance and Civil Law.
• Chair,” and moved that House File 1429 be re-referred to the Judiciary and Civil Law Committee.

Bills: HF696, HF1429, HF1379

Keywords: HF696, rural EMS, ambulance, emergency medical services, uncompensated care, payment pool, rural health, Office of Emergency Medical Services, public safety answering point, PSAP, nontransport, unpaid ambulance calls, EMS reimbursement, rural ambulance provider, general fund appropriation, Minnesota health finance, specialized life support, metropolitan counties, emergency response funding, HF1429

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• that have already been committed to would stall. bill so it's a it's an area of bill so it's a it's
• <01:04:47.200> uh<01:04:47.359> over we've committed uh over we've committed uh over
• some funds yet that aren't committed some funds yet that aren't committed that<01:05:34.240>
• They commit those funds to projects, but they do not disburse funds at the time they commit them, because
• <01:29:37.560> of becomes leaner and the commitment of becomes leaner and the commitment of

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• We applaud your commitment to unnoticed.
• suicide<00:26:44.720> before And often they commit suicide before And often they commit suicide
• We must fulfill America's commitments to Taiwan. We must fulfill America's commitments to Taiwan.
• commitment to these timeless values. commitment to these timeless values.
• threatened a whole civilization to die. threatened a whole civilization to die.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Friday, May 15, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• <00:28:40.560> to<00:28:40.640> Minnesota's for their commitment to Minnesota's for
• their commitment to Minnesota's natural<00:28:41.440> resources.
• I'm a licensed civil engineer with Moore Engineering.
• I think it's important for us to continue to do it and do it in a civil respect.
• be very civil about it and respectful. be very civil about it and respectful.

Bills: HF4211, HF3426, HF4819, HF3466, HF3793, HF3339

Keywords: air pollution, lead emissions, continuous emissions monitoring system, CEMS, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, MPCA, environmental monitoring, emission compliance, air quality, public health, industrial pollution, permitted facility, residential exposure, toxic metals, emission limits, pollution control, stack monitoring, real-time emissions monitoring, natural resources, environment

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• <02:05:25.920> actions and Mullica concerning civil actions and Mullica concerning civil actions
• Um, I read it as seeking civil remedies for damaging behavior. >> I don't want to call it bad behavior
• remedies for civil remedies for >> I<02:18:54.319> don't<02:18:54.399> want<02:18
• <02:34:51.040> liberties violations of people's civil liberties violations of people's civil
• <04:19:18.000> a If criminals know they can commit a If criminals know they can commit a violent

Keywords: 981, all

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• <00:13:01.639> fully showed us what it means to commit fully showed us what it means to commit
• the crime or arrested for of committing the crime or arrested for committing<00:40:31.160> the
• <00:44:23.880> other now been charged with committing other now been charged with committing
• convicted or who admit to committing convicted or who admit to committing such<00:59:44.480>
• away from where the crime was committed away from where the crime was committed if<01:01:07.240>

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, January 7, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• Commitment before you can switch over to another state?
• So the service commitment, every graduate who goes into the Guard does OAE years to the National Guard
• UNM ROTC is committed to the Air Force Arts Commission of Commissioning Officers of Care.
• Pretty much, I'd say it is 80 to 85% committed already.
• I can't commit or make promises; I don't want to commit to everybody else, but I think we need to continue

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• At its core, SB 1013 is about a simple principle: protecting the privacy, safety, and civil liberties
• The threat to civil liberties is not hypothetical. The threat is real, documented, and ongoing.
• The threat to civil liberties is not hypothetical. The threat is real, documented and ongoing.
• That is my continued commitment. Who are here with us to my left.
• That is my continued commitment, is to find a balanced approach, and that will continue to be where I

Summary: The Assembly Transportation Committee met first as a subcommittee due to the lack of a quorum, then later obtained a quorum and took up several bills. The committee heard SB 1064, which would reduce the frequency of Clean Truck Check testing for low-use heavy-duty vehicles; supporters said it would ease burdens on rural agricultural businesses, while clean air advocates opposed it as weakening an important emissions program. The bill was approved and sent to the Assembly Appropriations Committee. The committee also heard SB 1174, which would give Caltrans bid preferences to construction firms with employee stock ownership plans; supporters argued it would build worker wealth and improve project quality, while contractor groups opposed it as likely to raise costs and reduce competition. That bill was approved and sent to the Assembly Judiciary Committee. The consent calendar items SB 607, SB 962, and SB 990 were also approved. The committee then heard SB 1279, which would allow Long Beach to place additional speed safety cameras on Pacific Coast Highway. Long Beach officials and several safety and advocacy groups supported the bill, citing high fatality rates and repeated pedestrian crashes on that corridor, while some members raised concerns about fines, affordability, and whether cameras would address pedestrian-related collisions. The bill passed as amended to the Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee. SB 1213, the Clean Truck Transportation Act, would require more price transparency for medium- and heavy-duty zero-emission truck incentives and direct agencies to explore alternative financing tools; supporters said it would improve affordability and competition, while one manufacturer and the trucking association raised implementation concerns. It passed to the Assembly Natural Resources Committee. The committee also heard SB 1013, which would tighten rules for automated license plate reader use by limiting retention to 30 days, requiring audits and training, and restricting access and hot list use. Privacy advocates supported the bill as overdue accountability, while law enforcement groups argued the retention limit would hinder investigations and that some technical definitions needed work. The bill passed to the Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee. SB 1315, dealing with advanced driver assistance systems, would prevent automakers from disabling a consumer’s ability to drive their own vehicle through software updates and would encourage DMV testing questions about ADAS responsibilities; after amendments, industry opposition softened and the bill passed to the Assembly Judiciary Committee. Finally, SB 1246, on autonomous vehicle emergency response, would require U.S.-based remote drivers, quicker on-scene response, and better coordination with local agencies; first responders and labor groups supported it, while AV industry groups remained opposed unless amended. The bill passed to the Assembly Communications and Conveyance Committee. The transcript ended as the committee began hearing SB 1250, a planning bill to incorporate wildlife connectivity into transportation asset management, with the sponsor and supporters explaining it would improve safety and habitat planning without mandating specific projects.

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• At its core, SB 1013 is about a simple principle: protecting the privacy, safety, and civil liberties
• The threat to civil liberties is not hypothetical. The threat is real, documented, and ongoing.
• The threat to civil liberties is not hypothetical. The threat is real, documented and ongoing.
• That is my continued commitment. Who are here with us to my left.
• That is my continued commitment, is to find a balanced approach, and that will continue to be where I

Keywords: 988, house, all