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• Medicaid service to try to narrow in and say where are we, where's the most need, or the most intervention
• <03:59:49.880> to<03:59:50.040> reduce<03:59:50.359> the or the most intervention
• to reduce the or the most intervention to reduce the cost<03:59:50.800> of<03:59:50.960> the
• training<04:19:46.279> and<04:19:46.439> we<04:19:46.600> have Crisis Intervention
• training and we have Crisis Intervention training and we have a<04:19:47.159> comfort<04:19:47.520

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee heard an overview from the Agriculture Commissioner on the department’s major divisions and staffing. He described the Office of the Commissioner, Agricultural Development, Pesticides, Regulatory Services, Weights and Measures, Animal Industry, Plant Industry, and Soil Conservation, noting that many programs are federally funded or supported by dedicated fees and fines. He said the department has 44 full-time positions plus one DoIT employee shared with other agencies, and that HR services are now contracted through Administrative Services. He also explained that Soil Conservation is administratively attached to the department and funded through Moose Plate grants and county contributions, not direct state funding. Members asked about specific program functions and issues, including weights and measures inspections, animal health, bird flu response, internships, invasive species, and the Big E/New Hampshire building. The commissioner said weights and measures covers nearly all commercial measuring devices and products sold by weight, and that inspectors are currently part-time police officers, though the department is discussing removing that requirement. He said the department is actively involved in bird flu monitoring, including regular calls with USDA and the state veterinarian and collecting milk samples from dairy farms. On invasive species, he focused on Japanese knotweed and bittersweet, saying the department has only one staff person working on the issue, mainly as a coordinator with DOT and towns, and that eradication is extremely difficult. He also said the department does not run student internships and refers inquiries to UNH Cooperative Extension. The committee discussed budget and revenue issues, including three new general fund positions, one of which is the assistant commissioner and another a biological scientist for invasive species. The commissioner said the department had been in “triage mode,” that an assistant commissioner was needed because of workload, and that the department is a net positive to the General Fund each year. He said some fees and fines have not been updated in decades and would require legislation to change, including a proposed $5 fee for each animal database certificate to help fund a system that costs about $250,000 annually to maintain. In response to questions about budget reductions, he said the department protected personnel, reduced the cost-of-care fund, fair grants, and land preservation funding to about $25,000 each, and did not plan to buy new vehicles or computers. He also said he could not support including the $50,000 Conservation District resilience grant program in his budget under the current reduction targets, though he remained hopeful it might be funded another way.

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• We are seeing addictive behaviors.
• We're seeing, um, disorderly behavior, you know, increase in schools.
• > um<00:04:56.680> disorderly behaviors.
• We're seeing um disorderly behaviors.
• behavior, you know, increase in schools. behavior, you know, increase in schools.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• disorder, a disease that's scientifically defined as a disease that impacts your brain and your behavior
• This training helps officers distinguish ASD-related behaviors from defiance, and This training helps
• officers distinguish ASD-related behaviors from defiance or non-compliance and provides information
• And if this behavior is deemed as noncompliant to an officer, the officer might use force, which will
• And if this behavior is deemed as noncompliant to an officer, the officer might use force, which will

Bills: S0132, S0418, S0646, S0820, S1734

Keywords: voting rights, felony conviction, database, Florida Commission on Offender Review, restoration of rights, autism spectrum disorder, law enforcement, communication, training, blue envelope, blue card, drug paraphernalia, narcotic testing, fentanyl, controlled substances, civil forfeiture, juvenile justice, detention, Medal of Heroism, probation officers

Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice met with a quorum and took up several bills. SB 646, relating to drug paraphernalia, was presented by President Gates as a narrow measure to allow drug testing tools such as fentanyl test strips and reagent kits to detect dangerous adulterants and help prevent overdose deaths. Senator Osgood spoke in strong support, describing the bill as important for people in recovery. The bill had one support appearance and was reported favorably by unanimous roll call. The committee then heard SB 418 on law enforcement interactions with individuals with autism spectrum disorder. Senator Jones explained that the bill requires autism awareness and communication/de-escalation training for officers and creates a voluntary Blue Envelope Program for drivers with ASD. Multiple advocates, including Disability Rights Florida, an Autism Society representative, parents, and a retired federal officer, testified in support, emphasizing safety, communication, and the need to avoid tragic misunderstandings during police encounters. Senators also discussed whether broader disability training should be considered in the future. SB 418 was reported favorably unanimously. Next, the committee considered SB 132 on restoration of voting rights, which would require the Florida Commission on Offender Review to create and maintain a public database to help people determine whether they have completed sentence requirements for rights restoration and to publish clearer instructions for eligible individuals. An amendment was adopted to make the database subject to legislative appropriation. The bill was then reported favorably. The committee also approved SB 1734, which recognizes juvenile probation and detention officers as officers under state law and extends training, certification, and certain benefits, and CS/SB 820, which strengthens reporting requirements for problem-solving courts and sets annual reporting deadlines. Both bills were reported favorably after brief discussion and support appearances.

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• whose behavior goes far beyond<00:42:00.720> advocacy<00:42:01.359> and<00:42:01.599><
• Um, can you maybe explain some of the other activities or behaviors that would qualify for harassment
• Um, can you maybe explain some of the other activities or behaviors that would qualify for harassment
• activities behaviors that would qualify<00:43:20.000> for<00:43:20.240> harassment?
• behavior. I think we have a pretty high behavior.

Bills: SB3082, SB3110, SB3251

Keywords: military families, family leave, qualifying military exigency, Hawaii Revised Statutes, financial support, Hawaii National Guard, civil-military program, education, collective bargaining, exemption, SB3251, Hawaii public safety, ICE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Border Patrol, law enforcement hiring, state employment ban, police powers, Department of Law Enforcement, DLNR

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• The number one goal for OSSI is to develop behavioral threat assessment and management teams in each
• The 24-hour course helps set up and manage, teach you how to manage a behavioral threat assessment and
• It's the gap that we have to fill in Oklahoma: behavioral threat assessment and management.
• So, with the behavioral threat assessment, prevention is our goal.
• My only question was just a little bit more on the behavioral assessment team and management.

Summary: The committee heard extensive testimony on Oklahoma school safety from Commissioner Tipton, OSSI director Mike Fike, OACTIC director Alan Young, OSBI lieutenant Isiles Keene, and Rogers County Sheriff Scott Walton. The main focus was a statewide school-safety framework built around response, prevention, and recovery. Witnesses described training law enforcement in the LASER active-shooter response model, adding A-TURK training for coordinated law enforcement/fire/EMS response, expanding run-hide-fight and Stop the Bleed instruction for educators and staff, conducting risk and vulnerability assessments, and using the Rave panic-button system and the ProtectOK tip app to speed reporting and dispatch. They also emphasized behavioral threat assessment and management (BTAM) teams as a prevention tool to identify and support at-risk students before violence occurs. Members asked about administrator and teacher training, school counselor involvement, how apps are deployed on personal versus school devices, and whether schools are actually using the programs. Witnesses said administrators, counselors, and SROs should be part of BTAM, that training is most effective when it is realistic and repeated, and that Rave is geofenced and typically invited onto devices by schools. Several members stressed that school leaders must buy in for safety plans to work, and one member raised concerns about traumatic training and the need for mental-health support as part of prevention. Witnesses said mental-health referral and monitoring are part of BTAM, but the school and local partners must manage the process. OSBI’s lieutenant added broader context, comparing school safety to fire safety and noting that Oklahoma still lacks some statutory requirements for intruder drills and stronger penalties for school threats. He also discussed possible future tools such as surveillance analytics, gunshot detection, ballistic-rated doors and walls, and better access controls, while warning that technology should supplement, not replace, basic safety systems and training. Sheriff Walton closed by describing rural response challenges and his foundation’s effort to place ballistic shields in schools and police cars, arguing that human resources and rapid communication remain the biggest gaps. No votes or formal actions were taken in the meeting.

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• I'm hopeful that this emphasis on behavioral health and the laws that we're bringing forward will help
• general behavior and work performance while they're inside.
• Chair and Secretary, you're asking for money for behavioral health and medical services.
• We know that behavioral health is a huge driver... Of why people end up in prison.
• Conversations that we're having about behavioral health.

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• I don't think he's going to change his behavior if we reprimand.
• I don't even think he's going to change his behavior if we censure.
• This is a pattern of behavior incident.
• He showed absolutely no behavior.
• He treated questions about his behavior.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• avoid using any trademarked or copyrighted images, and please refrain from profanity or uncivil behavior
• , as such behavior may be grounds for removal from the hearing without the ability to rejoin.
• <00:15:02.040> as from profanity or uncivil behavior as from profanity or uncivil behavior
• as such<00:15:02.480> Behavior<00:15:02.839> may<00:15:03.000> be<00:15:03.199>
• grounds<00:15:03.480> for<00:15:03.720> removal such Behavior may be grounds for

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The House Committee on Transportation met on April 1 and first took up HR 63 HD1 and HCR 70 HD1, which urge the Department of Transportation to facilitate and accelerate adoption of sustainable aviation fuels to help decarbonize Hawaii’s transportation sector and meet climate goals. Testimony was mixed: supporters included representatives of Island Energy Services, Par Hawaii, Alaska/Hawaiian Airlines, Life of the Land, and the Hawaii Renewable Fuels Coalition, who said aviation emissions are a major challenge for Hawaii and that further research and development of renewable fuels is needed. Opponents, including the Environmental Caucus of the Democratic Party of Hawaiʻi and Energy Justice Network, argued the resolutions would undermine the state’s greenhouse-gas reduction commitments, rely on non-carbon-free fuels, and could create land, water, and biosecurity concerns. One member, Rep. Moroka, said his concern was the word “accelerate” because of potential damage from improperly stored biofuels. The committee voted to pass HR 63 HD1 and HCR 70 HD1, with Rep. Moroka voting no and the remaining voting members in favor. The committee then heard HR 136 and HCR 142, which urge the Hawaii Tourism Authority and the Department of Transportation to expand the airport greetings program to display kākau art in all neighbor island airports. The only noted testimony was written comments from the Hawaii Tourism Authority, and there was no additional oral testimony or discussion. The committee voted to move the measures out as is, and the recommendation was adopted without opposition. The meeting adjourned after both sets of measures were approved.

Transcript Highlights:

• We are seeing addictive behaviors.
• something<00:02:22.480> that's behaviors.
• You have something that's behaviors.
• We're seeing um disorderly behaviors.
• behavior, you know, increase in schools. behavior, you know, increase in schools.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Summary: Senator Erin Maye Quade discussed her package of bipartisan AI-regulation bills, saying consumer-facing AI is largely unregulated and has already caused harm to children, adults, the environment, consumer prices, and privacy. She argued the federal government has not acted, so states are stepping in, and said the issue is drawing support across party lines because the harms are affecting red, purple, and blue states alike. She described a bill aimed at AI chatbots and children, citing reports of self-harm, suicide, disordered eating, harmful behavior, and other unsafe interactions. She said chatbots are designed to maximize engagement, avoid friction, and keep conversations going, which can be especially dangerous for developing brains and can lead to explicit or boundary-pushing content without human oversight. Maye Quade also outlined bills to bar health insurers from using AI in review, evaluation, determination, or appeals processes, saying insurers already deny claims too aggressively and AI speeds up denials. Another bill would prohibit AI-driven surveillance pricing, which she said allows companies to use personal data to charge different customers different prices for the same product. A final bill would require notice when people are interacting with AI and provide access to a human, which she said is important for both routine customer service and high-stakes situations like medical appointments. She acknowledged possible court challenges but said coordinated state action could effectively create a national framework if Congress continues to do nothing.

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• Senator Frentz. behavior in Minnesota or to deter this behavior in Minnesota or to deter this kind<00
• Um, I mostly just mention it, Senator, because we want to have this bill and others deter behavior, and
• But I do think we want to deter the behavior and, you know, the quickest way the IRS gets compliance
• have this bill and others deter behavior have this bill and others deter behavior and<00:29:14.559
• the behavior and, you know,<00:29:25.039> the<00:29:25.360> quickest<00:29:25.760>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• <01:03:43.520> health<01:03:44.640> um um behavioral health um um behavioral health
• year for ANOA and community behavioral year for ANOA and community behavioral health<01:04:16.720
• who was abused by his behavioral who was abused by his behavioral therapist. therapist. therapist
• behaviors, if we do not have behavioral behaviors, if we do not have behavioral therapists<01:19
• <01:19:26.640> are isn't working and behaviors are isn't working and behaviors are escalating

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Summary: Members met to review a budget bill agreement using a nonpartisan spreadsheet and summary materials. Chairs and members thanked fiscal, research, revisers, and agency staff for the collaborative process, noting the bill had been difficult and that the final product reflected compromise. The chair also said only minor technical changes were expected before final enactment, and the spreadsheet walkthrough was then turned over to fiscal staff. Fiscal staff explained that the agreement met the overall budget target and walked through major human services provisions. Key items included nursing facility payment changes, including a phased PDPM change, APS inflation, modified single-bed incentives, and a CPI-U capped payment cap; a nursing facility surcharge; workforce standards board rule costs; continuation of certain nursing facility property tax rates; regulation of for-profit acquisitions of nursing homes and assisted living facilities; repurposing assisted living special project funds; funding the SEIU self-directed worker agreement; CFSS reimbursement in acute care hospital settings; and multiple disability waiver rate and authorization changes, including CPI-U inflation caps, waiver authorization reforms, and a waiver reimagined advisory task force. The agreement also included family residential service rate increases, a temporary extension of customized living disproportionate share payments, tribal eligibility for targeted case management, positive supports training changes, out-of-home respite modifications, swimming lessons as an allowable service for certain children with disabilities, a provisional EID provider license, and program integrity services funded by licensing fee increases. Additional provisions covered MinnChoices studies and assumed savings, behavioral health fund changes, substance use disorder treatment billing and rate changes, supportive recovery housing, housing support supplemental rates for specific providers, disability determinations, enteral nutrition payment timing, temporary funding for Boundary Waters Care Center, several one-time human services grants, senior nutrition funding, and grant reductions and extensions. No formal vote was described in the transcript; the discussion focused on explaining the agreement and its fiscal effects.

Bills: HB145, SB37, HB279, HB292, SB35, SB48, SB20, SJR1, SB38, SB41, SB73, SB100, SB111, SB132, SB152, SJR7, HJM1, HM7, HM17, HM4, HM22, HM23, HM24, HM26, HM2, HM16, HM32, HM13, HM47, HM20, HM51, HM1, HM31, HM35, HM36, HM46, HM53, HM54, HM39, HM29, HM43, HM59, HM30, HM52, HM11, HM14, HM21, HM34, HM50, HB2, HB70, HB180, SB151, SB240, SB273, HB95, HB247, HB332, HB8, HB253, HB4, HB96

Keywords: high-wage jobs, tax credit, job creation, New Mexico, economic development, high-quality literacy instruction, science of reading, structured literacy, reading instruction, literacy assessment, dyslexia screening, phonics, phonemic awareness, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, biliteracy, English language learner, ELL, bilingual education

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• us to protect the young athletes uh the adult athletes as well as our visitors uh from unwanted behavior
• us to protect the young athletes uh the adult athletes as well as our visitors uh from unwanted behavior
• well as our visitors uh<00:03:46.959> from<00:03:47.360> unwanted<00:03:48.000> behavior
• <00:03:48.720> Uh<00:03:49.040> there<00:03:49.200> is uh from unwanted behavior
• Uh there is uh from unwanted behavior.

Keywords: Meeting Start: 00:07 Attendance Roll Call: 00:14 SB 68 Discussion 01:21 SB 68 Vote 04:40 SB 20 Discussion 05:34 SB 20 Vote 08:12 Adjournment: 09:15, 958, all

Summary: The Senate State and Local Government Committee met and first took up Senate Bill 68, sponsored by Senator Maize Bledsoe. The bill would give the Kentucky Horse Park authority to bar or restrict participation by individuals sanctioned by the U.S. Center for SafeSport, with supporters saying it would help protect young athletes, adult athletes, and visitors at the multi-use state facility. Testimony from the Horse Park and the U.S. Equestrian Federation emphasized that the measure would have no fiscal impact and would be implemented through existing horse mounted police operations, without actively checking every visitor against the sanction list. The committee then considered Senate Bill 20, sponsored by Senator Maiden and presented with the Kentucky League of Cities. The bill would amend the city training incentive program statute to let cities set different incentive amounts for appointed and elected officials and remove the current statutory minimum and maximum amounts, giving local governments more discretion by ordinance. Senator Maiden said the measure is intended to encourage training for city officials and improve local government operations, and noted it had passed the Senate unanimously the previous year in similar form. Both bills were approved by the committee without opposition. Senate Bill 68 passed 10-0 with favorable expression, and Senate Bill 20 passed 9-0 with favorable expression. During the vote on Senate Bill 20, Senator Elkins explained his aye vote, saying he appreciated that the bill used permissive language and did not create an unfunded mandate. The committee then moved toward adjournment.

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• behavioral health fund.
• areas of Behavioral areas of Behavioral Health<00:05:25.280> for<00:05:25.440> the
• behavioral health fund Health for the behavioral health fund the<00:05:26.720> state<00:05:27.080
• :28.160> fund the state has a behavioral health fund the state has a behavioral health fund that
• <00:07:43.120> health share to 50% for the behavioral health share to 50% for the behavioral

Keywords: 1183, house

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• This bill does not affect the function of the licenses of behavior analysts.
• Um but they are also behavior analysts.
• The code does by statute describe how you become a licensed behavior analyst.
• <01:09:10.560> analysis on licensed assistance behavior analysis on licensed assistance behavior
• treated for a behavior treated for a behavior and<01:09:51.759> then<01:09:52.080> replace

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• It is specifically tied to the behavior.
• So specifically tied to the behavior.
• Um dangerous and and harmful behavior.
• the behavior and and not anything else. the behavior and and not anything else.
• behavior. Menacing, that's the word. behavior. Menacing, that's the word.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• This bill is one of many steps you all can make to help support a behavioral health continuum of care
• I hope you all vote in support of this bill and continue to support the behavioral health reform efforts
• And I would just add, with all the last session work that we did on behavioral health and really working
• I do think that as we are developing and honing our own behavioral health programs, being able to have
• And, Madam Chair, Representative, I know that we share the same goals, especially in behavioral health

Keywords: 996, all

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• And again, the connection between this and the Senate bills, the student behavior bills that we had last
• need is the greatest, where they have the largest amount of absentee issues, the largest amount of behavior
• this session was to work on wraparound services as they are imposed with student discipline and behavior
• This is allowed in other behavioral health settings.
• The internship hours are allowed to be performed within behavioral settings, so this is appropriate to

Keywords: 909, all

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• And it was all tied to change your behaviors.
• “HB 909 is seeking commercial payers to cover behavioral health crisis services.
• And with me today is interim secretary of the Office of Behavioral Health, Dr. Holly Howitt.
• The centers that are operating right now are able to take in major behavioral health crises.
• We have behavioral services right now.

Bills: HB165, HB175, HB198, HB272, HB457, HB488, HB566, HB603, HB763, HB902, HB909, HB971, HB981, HB1066, HB1125, HB1154, HB1231

Keywords: HB165, lottery proceeds, Lottery Proceeds Fund, Veterans Service Grant Fund, constitutional amendment, veterans, military veterans, veterans' benefits, veterans services, family support, state lottery, education funding, Minimum Foundation Program, problem gambling, compulsive gaming, state treasurer, ballot proposition, constitutional referendum, lottery revenue, Louisiana resident veterans

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• It was all tied to changing your behaviors.
• HB 909 is seeking commercial payers to cover behavioral health crisis services.
• And with me today is interim secretary of the Office of Behavioral Health, Dr. Holly Howitt.
• The centers that are operating right now are able to take in major behavioral health crises.
• We have behavioral services right now.

Summary: The House Appropriations Committee met on April 27 and first took up House Bill 175 and its companion House Bill 165, both dealing with lottery proceeds for veterans. HB 175 was amended to create a Veterans Service Grant Board within the Department of Veterans Affairs and direct $500,000 annually from Louisiana Lottery net proceeds into a Veterans Service Grant Fund, with unused money returned to the lottery proceeds fund that supports the MFP. Supporters, including the bill sponsor, The Boot Louisiana, LDVA Secretary Charlton McGinley, and Bastion Veterans Organization, argued the grants would help veteran services, workforce placement, mental health, housing, entrepreneurship, and retention of veterans in Louisiana. Members raised concerns about drawing from lottery proceeds that traditionally support education, but the committee adopted amendments and reported HB 175 favorably as amended. HB 165, the constitutional amendment companion, was also amended for technical and ballot-language changes and then reported favorably as amended for voter consideration. The committee then considered House Bill 457, which would authorize the Louisiana Department of Health and the State Fire Marshal to set minimum housing standards for homeless shelters, group homes, and halfway homes. The sponsor said the bill responded to a state auditor recommendation and to unsafe conditions in some facilities; he also explained an amendment changing the Fire Marshal’s duties from mandatory to permissive to reduce fiscal impact and allow agencies flexibility. Some members questioned whether local standards already existed and how enforcement and funding would work, while others supported the need for statewide minimum standards for human housing. The committee adopted the amendment and reported HB 457 favorably as amended. House Bill 488, by Representative Brough, sought to create a Belle Chasse Bridge Merit-Based Special Fund using recurring severance tax revenues from Plaquemines Parish to help buy out the Belle Chasse toll bridge and end what the sponsor described as excessive tolls and fees. He and several local witnesses, including business owners, a YMCA representative, and a parish council member, testified that the tolling arrangement had harmed access, businesses, and quality of life. The committee adopted a technical amendment clarifying the revenue source and then reported HB 488 favorably as amended. House Bill 566, which would prohibit state funds from supporting net-zero greenhouse gas initiatives tied to the 2022 Louisiana Climate Action Plan, drew significant debate over whether it would interfere with agency funding and economic development efforts; the sponsor argued the plan lacked legislative approval and should be repudiated, while members urged caution and suggested hearing from affected agencies. The sponsor agreed to consider deferring the bill, and the committee did not advance it at that time. House Bill 603, a constitutional amendment authorizing investment of state funds in digital assets and precious metals, was discussed as a way to hedge inflation and preserve value; members asked about limits and safeguards, and the bill was reported favorably. The committee then began hearing House Bill 763, a transparency measure creating a public database for settlement agreements involving state agencies.