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• so those folks have their birth certificates in state databases.
• so those folks have their birth certificates in state databases.
• so those folks have their birth certificates in state databases.
• so those folks have their birth certificates in state databases.
• so those folks have their birth certificates in state databases.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• all of our surrounding states.
• <00:03:33.440> and across the nation. 31 states do this and across the nation. 31 states do
• it, we didn't have 31 states who did it. it, we didn't have 31 states who did it.
• So, I'm our surrounding states.
• about to start college at Arizona State about to start college at Arizona State and<00:14:42.560

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:02 Roll Call 00:00:23 HB 414 Discussion 00:01:58 HB 414 Vote 00:22:34 HB 43 Discussion 00:24:56 HB 43 Vote 00:26:37 HB 518 Discussion 00:27:37 HB 518 Vote 00:45:20 Adjournment 00:46:35, 958, all

Summary: The committee met with a quorum and took up three bills. House Bill 414, sponsored by the chair, would require collection of DNA at booking for felony arrests. Supporters, including Sen. Julie Rocky Adams, Michelle Kyper, and Ashley Spence, argued that felony-arrest DNA collection is already used in many states and in the federal system, helps solve cold cases, and can exonerate innocent people. Kyper and Spence gave detailed personal testimony about sexual assaults and how delayed DNA collection allowed serial offenders to remain unidentified for years. Members asked about the removal of a $5 fee in the committee substitute and about what happens to DNA if a case is dismissed; the sponsor said the fee was removed to treat DNA collection like other booking procedures, and that dismissed-case language was taken out because of concerns about duplicate samples. The committee adopted the substitute and passed the bill favorably on a roll call vote. House Bill 43, sponsored by Rep. Diana Gordon, would create a grace period for deputy coroners to complete required annual training when extenuating circumstances prevent timely completion. Gordon said the bill was a repeat of last session’s HB 403 and was intended to let deputies remain employed rather than lose their license and reapply. After a brief question about how often extensions would be used, she said the grace period would be discretionary and limited to unusual circumstances. The committee then passed the bill favorably by roll call. House Bill 518, also with a committee substitute, addressed local tax collection and payment procedures. The sponsor described it as a compromise between business groups and local governments, aimed at simplifying payment of local occupational license fees and net profits taxes by requiring cities and counties to offer electronic payment options. Testimony from the Kentucky League of Cities, the National Federation of Independent Business, and the County Judge/Executive Association focused on reducing paperwork for businesses while preserving local control and avoiding forced centralization. The committee adopted the substitute and passed the bill favorably on a roll call vote.

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• At the state level, cargo theft is underreported. Often miscategorized as simple property crime.
• There's a freeze on new talent coming into law enforcement for in my home state of Michigan defunding
• the state.
• HSI when investigating cargo theft that crosses state lines?
• Nine of the men were in the United States illegally and the other six are residents of Sinaloa.

Keywords: Committee, Transportation, aviation safety, confirmation, Lieutenant Commander, Deputy Secretary, Bradbury, Hafensteiner, aircraft incidents

Summary: The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation convened to consider the promotion of Coast Guard Lieutenant Samuel Hafensteiner to Lieutenant Commander and the nomination of Stephen Bradbury as Deputy Secretary of Transportation. The meeting highlighted ongoing concerns regarding aviation safety, especially in light of recent aircraft incidents. Members discussed the critical need for knowledgeable leadership within the Department of Transportation to address these safety challenges effectively. Mr. Bradbury's background as a former General Counsel of the Department was presented as a strong asset for the role he seeks.

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• States and Minnesota. States and Minnesota.
• states right now.
• <01:07:37.360> positive<01:07:37.720> state significant um state positive state significant
• across our state. across our state.
• So state.

Bills: HF3919, HF1335, HF3864, HF3916, HF3728

Keywords: veterans benefits, Secret War, Laos veterans, eligibility process, burial fees, veteran designation, electronic license, driver's license, digital credential, transportation, data privacy, authentication, license plates, vehicle registration, validation stickers, Minnesota statutes, transportation policy, aeronautics, transponder, aircraft safety

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• I guess my question: the state doesn't keep a statewide database for notaries, do they, or do they?
• It's the sixth largest in the state, with over 200,000 people.
• And after last night's State of the State, I know we're not getting an NDI for all new computer systems
• states at that $600 amount.
• ACD, State Public Advocate. I'm opposed to any new increased fee. ACDNA, State Public Advocate.

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• They use TEC database search records for state, federal, local and foreign criminal records.
• Six, the Department of State database, consular consolidated database, does searches for identity, travel
• Six, the Department of<03:14:43.439> State<03:14:43.760> database,<03:14:44.319> consularor
• of State database, consularor of State database, consularor consolidated<03:14:45.680> database
• States.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Provide to folks in the state.
• Yes, that's a state digital service.
• states are being successful in that, i.e., remote workers, out-of-state workers.
• It's at the state and federal level.
• Built custom for one state, and they sell it to other states. I have a problem with this.

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• Former State Senator Vinny DiMasi spent 26 years in this building.
• He is now at Bridgewater State University. He's a business owner.
• All in favor, former state senator, Okay, cool. Thank you.
• All in favor, former state senator Vinnie de Mesaido, currently from Plymouth at Bridgewater State University
• And let's include that in the database that we will produce.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Cabo Verdean Cultural Center Feasibility Commission met to continue its work toward making recommendations to the Legislature on establishing a cultural center in Boston. The chair reviewed the commission’s mandate, upcoming monthly meetings, site visits, listening sessions, and the plan to eventually hire a consultant for the feasibility study. Members also discussed the importance of capturing the broader 200-plus-year Cape Verdean history in Massachusetts, especially in light of Boston’s 250th anniversary and Cabo Verde’s recent 50th independence anniversary. A major portion of the meeting focused on reviewing and narrowing a list of potential additional commissioners. Members discussed the need for geographic, sector, and generational diversity, and several commissioners raised concerns about overrepresentation from New Bedford and the need to include people connected to other Cape Verdean communities such as Brockton, Boston, Wareham/Onset, Taunton, the Cape, and Haverhill. Testimony and comments emphasized including people with skills in arts, culture, history, construction, philanthropy, law, education, museum curation, and community organizing. Members also discussed whether to use a slate, an inventory of skills and regions, or individual votes, and whether abstentions should be treated as “reserve your rights” instead. The commission voted to appoint three individuals: John Cruz, former State Senator Vinny deMacedo, and Angelo Lopes Barbosa or a designee from the Center for Cape Verdean Studies at Bridgewater State University. The body then voted to pause the remaining commissioner appointments until the next meeting and directed the chair and staff to create an inventory of candidates by skills, region, and other relevant criteria. Members also agreed to add two newly suggested names—former Brockton City Councilor Tina Cardoso and Maria Gomez-Pena—to the candidate list. The chair said the next meeting would be scheduled for January, and the meeting adjourned after the commission approved the motion to adjourn.

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• We had horse racing gaming in the state for a century.
• A lot of the money flows out of state.
• So I think a self-exclusion database is a nice idea.
• So I think a self-exclusion database is a nice idea.
• So I think a self-exclusion database is a nice idea.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• All other support and opposition can be stated at the standing mic when called upon to simply state name
• All other support and opposition can be stated at the standing mic when called upon to simply state name
• All other support and opposition can be stated at the standing might when called upon to simply state
• And in March, the state of...
• It's been seven years, as you stated in your opening testimony, since the California State Auditor first

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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• All other support and opposition can be stated at the standing mic when called upon to simply state name
• That means more skilled and reliable crews delivering projects to the state.
• As stated previously, PCH isn't a waterfront highway in Long Beach.
• And in March, the state of... ...the state of Washington signed legislation to regulate ALPR use and
• It's been seven years, as you stated in your opening testimony, since the California State Auditor first

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Kuckians and those that visit our state. Kuckians and those that visit our state.
• Clerk, please call the roll. missing persons databases. One NCIC missing persons databases.
• lines in a it reaches out across state lines in a national<00:13:38.399> database<00:13:39.760
• And thankfully she was recovered by the United States...
• out and thanked me for this state out and thanked me for this state employees<00:18:48.400> who

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Senate convened with an invocation and Pledge of Allegiance, established a quorum, excused absent senators, and approved the journal from February 17, 2026. The House communicated passage of several bills and requested concurrence, and committee reports were received, including favorable reports on Senate Bills 70, 74, 80, 127, and 154. Senate Bill 191 was also reported and then recommitted to the Appropriations and Revenue Committee. Senate Bill 104 was passed over and retained its place on the calendar. The chamber then took up and passed Senate Bill 47, which provides line-of-duty death benefits for search and rescue volunteers, with supporters emphasizing the dangerous emergency work these teams perform and the need to treat them like other first responders. Senate Bill 159, concerning missing and unidentified persons and aligning Kentucky with federal “Billy’s Law” database requirements, also passed unanimously after testimony about its value in helping families and law enforcement. Senate Bill 85, allowing state retirement beneficiaries to establish special needs trusts, passed unanimously as well, with members describing it as a way to provide long-term security for dependents with special needs. The Senate also adopted Senate Resolution 78 honoring the CSX Santa Train and Senate Resolution 76 honoring Frank Ryard and the Ryard’s Scoreboard for its long-standing role in Kentucky high school athletics. Members spoke about the scoreboard’s importance to athletes, families, and sports coverage statewide. Later, new bills and a concurrent resolution were introduced, including measures on state government, duty-related disability benefits, arrest-related deaths, detainee fatality review, carbon dioxide sequestration, and a mental health alternative response task force. The Senate received notice that Senate Bill 172 had been delivered to the Governor, then recessed for committee meetings and adjourned until February 19, 2026.

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• I'm the Superintendent and founder of School of Dreams Academy, a state-operated school in Los Lunas.
• The total state match requested at this meeting is $252,759. Next, we have a few award languages.
• The next item, also provided as an exhibit, is the Accountability and State Government Act.
• We created a database that is substantially complete and active.
• of the outside documents that are moved into the database all match.

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• the state already has?
• They would see a response from the state-to-state system. ...of record was the state of California.
• As with most systems, as is with state-to-state, there are layers of access controls.
• And so we're only uploading what is required by the state-to-state agreement that all states have agreed
• State would be risking having their Real IDs be not compliant in that state.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Attorney Andrew Luger said that we have a serious problem with fraud in our state.
• We cannot allow another Feeding Our Future to happen in our state.
• We cannot allow another Feeding Our Future to happen in our state.
• Senate File 1123 also focuses on state grant reform.
• <00:32:09.880> government was being discussed in state government was being discussed in state

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• So, the Oklahoma State Athletic Commission was founded in 1999.
• Our temps are around the state of Oklahoma. They attend the events, they inspect at our events.
• We need a new database. We have Excel, that's our database.
• We have at least 1, maybe 4, wrestling every single weekend all over the state.
• Just that would be somebody we would hire anywhere in the state of Oklahoma.

Keywords: 914, all

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• State your name again.
• You lay out in this kind of a database, and a database that could be ongoing that, hey, you're in the
• database, go to work.
• We need that database.
• When I hear the state didn't respond, my understanding is that when the state was asked to respond, they

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• Paul today to state who came to St.
• And if you have never the state capital.
• burial eligibility, Maxis database burial eligibility, Maxis database access<00:21:34.799> for
• Minnesota could become the fourth state Minnesota could become the fourth state to<00:26:49.039>
• <00:46:32.000> haven't Olsen stated, the numbers haven't Olsen stated, the numbers haven't

Keywords: 1183, house

Bills: HB146, HB322, HB469, HB1183, HB1481, HB1509, HB1510, HB1511, HB1514, HB1515, HB1516, HB1520, HB1522, HB1524, HB1531, HB1535, HB1548, HB1550, HB1559, HB1573, HB1574, HB1590, HB1593, HB1601, HB1603, HB1615, HB1628, HB1643, HB1644, HB1645, HB1648, HB1663, HB1667, HB1671, HB1678, HB1679, HB1682, HB1688, HB1691, HB1692, HB1695, HB1696, HB1697, HB1716, HB1721, HB1724, HB1725, HB1728, HB1730, HB1733, HB1737, HB1738, HB1739, HB1740, HB1741, HB1742, HB1752, HB1753, HB1764, HB1768, HB1769, HB1777, HB1782, HB1790, HB1799, HB1810, HB1823, HB1824, HB1832, HB1839, HB1840, HB1844, HB1845, HB1850, HB1851, HB1858, HB1860, HB1864, HB1870, HB1873, HB1875, HB1877, HB1878, HB1880, HB1881, HB1886, HB1888, HB1890, HB1892, HB1893, HB1898, HB1921, HB1934

Keywords: judiciary, Hawaiian language, Ōlelo Hawaiʻi, language access, cultural preservation, voter registration, automatic registration, state agencies, electoral participation, opt-out system, disability, parking, travel placard, accessibility, mobility, retirement, pension, law enforcement, public safety, Hawaii Revised Statutes

Bills: HB146, HB322, HB469, HB1183, HB1481, HB1509, HB1510, HB1511, HB1514, HB1515, HB1516, HB1520, HB1522, HB1524, HB1531, HB1535, HB1548, HB1550, HB1559, HB1573, HB1574, HB1590, HB1593, HB1601, HB1603, HB1615, HB1628, HB1643, HB1644, HB1645, HB1648, HB1663, HB1667, HB1671, HB1678, HB1679, HB1682, HB1688, HB1691, HB1692, HB1695, HB1696, HB1697, HB1716, HB1721, HB1724, HB1725, HB1728, HB1730, HB1733, HB1737, HB1738, HB1739, HB1740, HB1741, HB1742, HB1752, HB1753, HB1764, HB1768, HB1769, HB1777, HB1782, HB1790, HB1799, HB1810, HB1823, HB1824, HB1832, HB1839, HB1840, HB1844, HB1845, HB1850, HB1851, HB1858, HB1860, HB1864, HB1870, HB1873, HB1875, HB1877, HB1878, HB1880, HB1881, HB1886, HB1888, HB1890, HB1892, HB1893, HB1898, HB1921, HB1934

Keywords: judiciary, Hawaiian language, Ōlelo Hawaiʻi, language access, cultural preservation, voter registration, automatic registration, state agencies, electoral participation, opt-out system, disability, parking, travel placard, accessibility, mobility, retirement, pension, law enforcement, public safety, Hawaii Revised Statutes