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• And because of that, I don't think it's fair to basically put people in effectively a debtor's prison
• basically put people in effectively a to basically put people in effectively a debtor's<03:11:43.960> prison
• where<03:11:45.200> they<03:11:45.359> can't<03:11:45.560> even debtor's prison
• where they can't even debtor's prison where they can't even get<03:11:45.960> to<03:11:46.200

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Transportation Committee opened with an announcement correcting the public hearing list: House Bill 209 was mistakenly listed as a continued hearing, but the chair said that hearing had already been closed and would not be reopened. The committee then moved to House Bill 305, which would allow municipalities to install and use speed and red-light cameras for traffic enforcement. The prime sponsor, Rep. Jones, said the bill was intended as a tool to address police staffing shortages and erratic driving, and emphasized that municipalities would pay the costs, work with DOT and the Department of Safety, and retain full control without using third-party vendors. He said the bill was meant to target speeding, red-light violations, and similar conduct, with enforcement handled locally and subject to state and federal law. Committee members raised questions about how citations would work, who would be held responsible in multi-driver or rental-car situations, whether due process would be affected, and whether cameras could identify the driver rather than just the vehicle. The sponsor and supporting witness Edward H. of Keene said municipalities would determine procedures, that an officer would still have to review and issue any summons, and that the bill was meant to be a limited enforcement tool rather than a catch-all. Edward H. also described the bill as adding guardrails such as a needs analysis, coordination with DOT, annual reporting, and public records of detections and fines. The Department of Transportation testified neutrally, saying it had no position on the bill and noting that current state systems include speed feedback signs, bridge security cameras, toll cameras that capture plates only, and traffic-signal detection cameras that do not record video. No vote was taken. The committee then held a brief hearing on House Bill 368, which would prohibit smoking tobacco products or e-cigarettes in a motor vehicle when a child under 16 is present and impose a $100 secondary fine. Rep. Miller introduced the bill in the sponsor’s absence, and there was no public testimony for or against it. The chair closed the hearing. Finally, the committee opened House Bill 390, which would add retired fire apparatus to the antique vehicle exemption so old fire trucks can be registered and used in parades without being stripped of their equipment. Rep. Parson explained that a strict reading of current law had led DMV to reject some antique fire engine registrations, and said the bill would fix that while preserving the ban on commercial use and on impersonating emergency vehicles. Members asked about the relationship to existing laws on emergency-vehicle impersonation, and the sponsor said the bill would not affect those laws. The hearing remained open as the transcript ended.

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• Uh, however, um, those restitution programs originate between a criminal and the victim.
• Since I discussed these programs.
• them and would like to apply for that program to get protection.
• And that program has been around for, with respect to real property records, for over 10 years.
• them and would like to apply for that program to get protection.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• , And finally, with the doorway program, And finally, with the doorway program, we're<00:04:05.200
• So I think I'm the different programs.
• <00:10:00.240> work in and explain how those programs work in and explain how those programs
• program audit. program audit.
• . program. program.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Legislative Performance Audit and Oversight Committee met to accept prior minutes and receive updates on ongoing audits. Audit staff reported progress on three education-related reviews: special education (34 of 71 observations completed, draft expected in the second quarter and final in the summer), education freedom accounts (22 of 41 observations completed, draft expected in the second quarter and final in the summer), and the doorway program (5 of 13 observations completed, draft expected by the end of February and final by April or May). No committee questions were raised on the audit status update. The committee then discussed possible future oversight topics, beginning with SNAP and concerns about fraud and work requirements. Members suggested inviting DHS officials and contract administrators to explain program operations and compliance, and also discussed whether the Department of Justice Medicaid fraud unit or other experienced officials could provide useful context. Members noted New Hampshire’s existing oversight layers, including the Executive Council and the joint HHS oversight committee, while also expressing interest in hearing more directly from department staff about staffing and contract management capacity. A substantial portion of the meeting focused on whether to pursue an audit of special education at the local school level. Members debated whether to wait for the ongoing statewide special education review and a legislative study commission report, or to begin scoping a local audit now so work could start sooner. Supporters argued that local-level spending, identification rates, and effectiveness vary widely by district and that an audit should examine both costs and outcomes; others cautioned that the scope would need to be manageable given limited audit staff and that the statewide report may help narrow the focus. The committee also briefly discussed a potential audit of the Bureau of Elderly and Adult Services, but no decision was made on that item.

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• Youth should also be able to participate in normal activities, after-school programs, sports, or clubs
• Thank you for the testimony and your care for these kids in this program. Yeah, of course.
• It's not an indictment of any of her programs. It's saying you can't serve two masters. That's it.
• It's not an indictment of any of her programs. It's saying you can't serve to masters. That's it.
• guilty on all five class two kidnapping and assault charges, and he was sentenced to 28 years in prison

Keywords: 1182, all

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• So thank you, and certainly supportive of the programs and the concept.
• We do have a program officer who... ...those versions.
• It removes reversion of any funds appropriated to the adoption savings program.
• This program is actually a really broad program. It's great.
• It would require various actions related to the Public Employees' Benefits Program.

Bills: AB49, AB93, AB108, AB169, AB188, AB212, AB221, AB224, AB251, AB282, AB284, AB296, AB304, AB331, AB356, AB366, AB375, AB409, AB467, AB475, AB476, AB479, AB494, AB514, AB515, AB533, AB542, AB550, AB558, AB567, AB568, AB571, AB581, AB583, AB584, AB585, AB595, AB596, AB597, SB170, SB427, SB460, SB508

Keywords: educational personnel, teacher licensing, reciprocal licensure, provisional teaching, school counselors, school nurses, school social workers, state education standards, public employees, police officers, benefits, appropriation, law enforcement, outdoor education, recreation, grant program, environment, funding, health insurance, speech-language pathology

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• <00:20:39.360> when<00:20:39.559> workers social support programs when workers social
• support programs when workers receive<00:20:40.360> a<00:20:40.559> wage<00:20:41.000>
• <01:23:56.920> we've<01:23:57.159> recruited uh software programs we've recruited uh
• software programs we've recruited we've<01:23:58.080> interviewed<01:23:58.880> we've<
• This is really to those low, hard-to-fill places like nursing homes, like schools, like prisons, and

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• <00:22:02.400> by or Community placement programs by or Community placement programs by providing
• Please introduce yourself. 2-year pilot program in the probate 2-year pilot program in the probate court
• Our involvement would be with the check-off program option as a funding source of this program.
• funding for our TNR Management program funding for our TNR Management program and<01:47:35.360><
• <02:31:17.399> is development infrastructure program is development infrastructure program

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee met on February 12 at 2 p.m. and heard several measures related to corrections, re-entry, law enforcement, retirement benefits, and gun violence prevention. On HB 10002, which would extend the Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission coordinator’s term and clarify unannounced inspection authority, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said it had no objection to the term length or to 24/7 unannounced access. The commission’s chair, Commissioner Mark Patterson, asked for a longer term, saying the commission needs more time and stability to manage reform efforts after years without staff during COVID. Community Alliance on Prisons and Carolyn Eaton also supported a longer term, with both suggesting six years would better insulate the position from politics. The chair noted he had asked Chair Bot for background on the prior committee’s changes and said that could be discussed during decision-making. The committee then heard HB 67, which would require DCR to help inmates obtain civil identification documents such as IDs, birth certificates, and Social Security cards as soon as practicable, including for people in furlough or community placement programs. DCR said it supported the bill and described ongoing work with the city and county on ID machines and with agencies on certificates and Social Security cards. The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the Oversight Commission, Community Alliance on Prisons, and the Office of Public Defense all supported the measure, emphasizing that identification is essential for housing, employment, and successful re-entry and noting the disproportionate impact of incarceration on Native Hawaiians. On HB 1183, which would classify certain law enforcement administrators and Department of Law Enforcement employees as Class A members for retirement purposes, the Department of Human Resources Development, the Employees’ Retirement System, and the Department of Law Enforcement all supported the bill. DHRD said it would help recruitment and retention, ERS said it had technical amendments to suggest, and DLE said the change would help with succession planning and allow the governor to appoint the most qualified leader. The committee also heard HB 1045, an emergency appropriation bill to cover payroll fringe benefits for Department of Law Enforcement personnel after salary funding had been shifted to other departments; Budget and Finance and DLE explained the need for the supplemental funding, and no opposition was noted. Finally, the committee took up HB 664, which would create an Office of Gun Violence Prevention, a grant program, a resource bank, and a special fund. The Attorney General recommended adding standards for grant awards and warned of overlap with the existing Gun Violence and Violent Crimes Commission, suggesting consolidation and repeal of the older commission to avoid duplication. Supporters included the Brady Campaign, Everytown for Gun Safety, Moms Demand Action Hawaii, a physician, and an Army veteran, who argued the office would centralize data, coordinate prevention efforts, and help secure outside funding. Testimony was mixed, with the chair noting 37 supporters, nine opponents, and three commenters, but no vote was taken during the hearing.

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• at the 13 education preparation programs in our state.
• in the programs.
• The 2nd Amendment is about the structured literacy for prep programs.
• We've had a very successful program.
• Their, their, their program was much more extensive.

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• Our schools, our health services, our neighborhood programs will suffer.
• It's easier to hide the suffering in prisons and push the downtrodden into the woods.
• the White House, with his Department of Justice, just sent Ghislaine Maxwell to a minimum-security prison
• Taking her away from the maximum-security prison she was in after the Department of Justice had talked
• at least in discovery leading up to the trial, that the Attorney General's office used a software program

Bills: HB4

Keywords: district composition, congressional election, Texas, legislature, voting districts, 997, house, all

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• They preserve and promote agricultural heritage through youth programs like FFA, 4-H, and the California
• There are both union and non-union state-approved apprenticeship programs.
• If a local district creates such a district, they will receive additional points toward programs that
• By providing state support for infrastructure, this program would allow more housing developments to
• In other words, an encroachment permit program, which HSR doesn't have currently.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• I commend Whitworth University for launching its new nursing program, a launching its new nursing program
• In 1993, he co-founded the comprehensive advanced life support program.
• I don't think we should be in the business of expanding government programs.
• I don't think it should have included some of the grant programs and the, uh, price program, the community
• Let's eliminate programs plagued by fraud and reform to eliminate fraud.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, June 24, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• They're working on applying for public programs or navigating a county system and putting it into ST.
• They're working on applying for public programs or navigating a county system and putting it into ST.
• 15:44.399> applying<00:15:44.720> for<00:15:44.959> public<00:15:45.199> programs
• working on applying for public programs working on applying for public programs or<00:15:45.760>
• We have restraints language in the special ed statute, the general education statute, prisons, jails,

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• state of Texas. all across the state, and a special thanks to Senator Hinojosa for initiating this program
• I mean, does the software allow you to break through the firewalls and, you know, those programs that
• reveal how Texas Children's Hospital had not only lied about the exact existence of their transgender program
• around the particular and specific ways in which the hospital defrauded Texas Medicaid insurance programs
• It's intimate care, prisons.

Bills: SB29, SB406, SB447, SB875, SB893, SB1033, SB1346, SB1362, SB1539, SCR22, SB 29

Keywords: business organization, internal management, corporate governance, partnerships, liability reduction, birth certificate, biological sex, gender identity, health and safety, sex assignment, SB 875, Texas, independent school district, ISD, school board trustee, superintendent, campus administrator, electioneering, political signs, early voting

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• Something that my professor, who is a mentor to me in my doctoral program, always said, 'Elaine, you
• cases where doctors are accused of causing a death while the patient's murderers since convicted in prison

Keywords: 996, all

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• . programs. programs.
• MSP programs.
• MSP programs.
• MSP programs.
• MSP programs.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Some of the funds for this program, first they're going to cover state employees.
• Is this program reserved just for DACA recipients? Representative from Santa Fe: Mr.
• Because it looks like there was a pilot program and it looks like it has stopped.
• So this program is currently in practice and being utilized.
• Can you tell me more about how successful that program was with True Health?

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• And even some women just released from prison, and they all come to us, and other organizations refer
• She joined our 8-week post-abortion recovery program.
• that's those are funds in which program that's those are funds in which there<04:39:59.520> is
• It is important to acknowledge that any program receiving federal or state assistance be held to the
• If our children face discrimination as state funded or program or community college, our own state's

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• telling the federal government we actively will oppose you even going to get the criminals out of our prisons
• This bill will require counties to establish a record notification program.
• This bill will require counties to establish a record notification program for notifying parties involved

Summary: The Assembly convened after a quorum call, prayer, and pledge, then moved through a busy floor session with several procedural motions and bill actions. Members suspended rules to allow speeches and guests, withdrew AB 362 from Appropriations to the second reading file, and voted 41-13 to suspend the rules for that motion. The body also took up a number of items on the daily and third reading files, with several measures passed, retained, or moved to inactive file. The main policy focus was ACR 70, designating September as Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. Assembly Member Pellerin presented the resolution with a personal account of losing her husband to suicide and urged greater use of 988, secure firearm storage, and open conversations about mental health. Many members from both parties and caucuses spoke in support, sharing personal experiences with suicide and emphasizing stigma reduction, access to care, and the importance of checking in on others. The resolution was adopted by voice vote, Senate amendments were concurred in, and suicide awareness pins were distributed to members. The Assembly also concurred in Senate amendments to AB 977 on Native American human remains, with unanimous support and a 68-0 vote, and to AB 1510, the Assembly PERS Committee bill, which passed 66-1. Members then adopted H.R. 65, recognizing October as Filipino American History Month, after extensive remarks celebrating Filipino American history, labor organizing, public service, and community contributions; 63 co-authors were added without objection before the voice vote. Later, the chamber passed SB 81, protecting access to health care facilities from immigration enforcement, and SB 98, requiring schools and campuses to notify communities when immigration enforcement is present; both were framed as part of a broader package to protect immigrant communities and passed on urgency votes. The session concluded with debate on SJR 9, a resolution condemning mass immigration raids and defending civil liberties, which drew sharply divided remarks from supporters and opponents, with no final action shown in the transcript excerpt.

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• congressmen are working to promote democracy and fairness and oppose cuts to our legacy safety net programs
• Republicans are afraid of losing power. ...and hard-working Americans to sell public lands and to end programs
• But when Castro opened the prisons in 1980, we had an estimated 10,000 hardcore criminals that came across

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• come within employee assistance program. come within employee assistance program.
• We provide unemployment program.
• types of social assistance programs, is because the unemployment program is not an entitlement program
• program is not an entitlement<01:54:57.119> program.
• Um it is an entitlement program. Um it is an eligibilitybased<01:55:00.800> program.

Keywords: 1189, house, all