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• 168 item 4 lster 215 Patrol facility 168 item 4 lster 215 Patrol facility replacement<03:53:57.920
• <03:54:07.920> replacement Pinkham 109 Patrol facility replacement Pinkham 109 Patrol facility
• , is not a facility.
• So keep... this facility that we don't have to this facility that we don't have to incur<04:20:06.520
• they've been living with this facility they've been living with this facility for<04:25:59.119><

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee held a public hearing and work session on House Bill 25/25A, the capital improvements budget. Representative David Mills introduced HB 25A, which makes appropriations for capital improvements for the biennium and extends certain lapses from prior appropriations, noting it is based on Governor Ayotte’s budget. The hearing then focused on requests to add or restore funding for several projects, including community college capital needs, Veterans Home ADA and safety upgrades, career and technical education renovations in Milford, and airport infrastructure funding. Shannon Reed of the Community College System of New Hampshire asked for an additional $2.6 million for IT infrastructure, critical maintenance, and energy management systems, citing failing boilers, roof work, cybersecurity needs, and a recent costly water damage incident at Lakes Region Community College. John Graham, representing the New Hampshire Veterans Home, requested $1.5 million for ADA compliance and safety improvements such as floor replacement and wider doors, saying the work would help the home before an upcoming VA inspection and protect federal funding. Lance Whitehead testified for Milford CTE, asking the committee to keep $9.9 million in the budget for a scaled-down renovation; members discussed the town’s failed vote, the need for local matching funds, and the possibility of another vote next year. Tim Thompson of Concord and Margaret Burns of NHMA urged restoration of airport matching funds, arguing that about $3.6 million in state money would leverage roughly $62 million to $65 million in federal FAA funds for safety and infrastructure projects. Trisha Lambert and Andrew Pomroy of the Bureau of Aeronautics and airport management association explained the airport program, the 12 federally funded airports, and how projects are selected through airport master plans and a capital improvement program. After public testimony, the committee closed the hearing on HB 25A. In the work session that followed, staff distributed supporting documents, including cost breakdowns and comparison sheets. The chair indicated the committee would work from the governor’s $143 million capital budget as a baseline and proposed reducing it by about $10 million, largely by removing the Milford CTE item because both towns had voted it down and would not have another vote for a year. The chair said the goal was to bring the overall budget to about $133 million and then repurpose the remaining funds through straw polls and further committee action.

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• out the double line, the $500,000 for the Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility.
• Correctional Facility was listed twice. Correctional Facility was listed twice.
• ,<00:10:13.560> and new Newport Correctional Facility, and new Newport Correctional Facility
• So, the numbers Correctional Facility.
• <01:18:25.560> or are within a state licensed facility or are within a state licensed facility

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• It touches all of our campuses and our dozen research and outreach facilities from Crookston to Grand
• the curve and ensure that our facilities the curve and ensure that our facilities remain<00:24:36.960
• <00:44:21.280> So<00:44:21.680> that with better facilities frankly.
• So that with better facilities frankly.
• > facilities<00:54:10.960> where Great 21st century facilities where students can come

Bills: HF4266

Keywords: higher education, state grants, financial aid, college affordability, Office of Higher Education, Minnesota State Grant, need analysis, expected family contribution, student aid, grant formula, living and miscellaneous expense allowance, dependent student, independent student, parental contribution, student contribution, surplus appropriation, biennium, summer 2026, 1183, house

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• And or you could even have an owner in a shared facility which is covered by 540B that has a roommate
• The example that I always use when talking about shared facilities is um grandma has an extra room in
• >> If I may, so as uh the shared facility >> If I may, so as uh the shared facility
• >> Um 540B defines what a shared facility >> Um 540B defines what a shared facility
• Because I am familiar with the shared facilities being a closer, shorter timeline.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• In 2024, this sister died of extreme heat in one of our facilities here in California.
• And in facilities like Wasco and California Health Care Facility in Stockton, members describe heart
• And in facilities like Wasco and California health care facility in Stockton, members describe heart
• I have visited some of the facilities and talked to... I did want to make one comment.
• This is about the men and women who are in these facilities coming to work.

Summary: The Assembly Labor and Employment Committee heard and advanced a series of bills, mostly on worker safety, wages, workforce training, and retirement savings. AB 2137 (Chen) would strengthen safety rules and certification for artificial stone fabrication shops to reduce silica exposure; AB 2499 (Gibson) would require Cal/OSHA to develop heat-illness protections for incarcerated workers and staff in correctional facilities; AB 2300 (Arambula) would streamline the disbursement of state and federal workforce funds; AB 2646 (Krell) would establish a minimum wage floor for certain agricultural workers; AB 2227 (Connolly) would tighten licensing and bond requirements for farm labor contractors and add default-judgment procedures for wage claims; AB 1869 (Haney) would create a reporting process for alleged REIT interference in hotel operations; AB 2650 (Pellerin) would expand CalSavers with emergency savings accounts and other updates; AB 2634 (Zbur) would prioritize labor-management partnerships in High Road Training Partnership grants; and AB 1888 would require skilled-and-trained workforce and prevailing wage standards for work under the Safe Home Grant Program. AB 1534 (Irwin) would create California’s approval process for short-term Pell-eligible workforce programs. The committee also took up several consent items, including AB 1904, AB 1980, AB 2550, AB 2078, and AB 2682. Most bills were described as aligning state programs with federal law or improving worker protections and program quality, while opponents generally raised concerns about costs, administrative burden, regulatory uncertainty, or reduced oversight. Testimony was largely split along labor and industry lines. Supporters included labor unions, legal aid groups, workforce boards, and affected workers or family members, who emphasized heat illness, wage theft, silica exposure, poor prison conditions, and the need for higher-quality training and retirement access. Opponents on several bills, especially those affecting agriculture, REITs, and workforce administration, argued the measures would increase costs, create uncertainty, or duplicate existing law. On AB 2227, committee members engaged in extended discussion about Labor Commissioner delays and whether the bill’s default-judgment and bond provisions would meaningfully help workers. On AB 1869, members and witnesses debated whether the bill created new standards or simply improved enforcement of existing REIT rules. The committee voted to pass all of the measures heard, generally with motions to do pass and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. Several bills were held open for absent members during the meeting, and later add-on roll calls recorded additional ayes, moving the bills out of committee. The meeting concluded after the consent calendar was approved and the committee adjourned.

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• facilities made up the largest expenditure, and these accounted for 32%.
• So there is a facilities partnership program.
• Rogers, would you like to... ...come and talk for just a moment about facilities partnership?
• Typically, facilities are a big driver of that, I believe. For the LEA?
• And those are typically encapsulating any kind of facility-building type of expenses.

Keywords: 1204, all

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• Every person who died in this facility had a family.
• In facilities like California City in Kern County, the largest ICE detention facility in the state...
• detention facility.
• facilities.
• And it says nothing about shutting down these facilities.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• , or even just printed and given to them at the facility.
• So we currently do that right now in Austin, and a facility like this would be a more robust facility
• So currently the most high-needs in our jail facility... ...the most high-needs in our jail facility,
• facility.
• And actually, who they delegate to by facility do that.

Bills: HB216

Keywords: HB216, Texas abortion law, abortion-inducing drug, medication abortion, mifepristone, misoprostol, telemedicine, in-person exam, physician presence, out-of-state physician, reproductive healthcare, abortion regulation, Health and Safety Code, Occupations Code, consultation services, remote prescribing, pro-life, pro-choice

Summary: The Committee on Public Health met with a quorum and heard public testimony on a long agenda, with members repeatedly reminded of a two-minute limit for witnesses. Several bills were voted out favorably, including HB 2588 on cottage food, HB 1639 on cancer incidence and female firefighters, HB 2581 on a reporting form for contracted services for pregnant women, and SB 922 on electronic disclosure of certain sensitive medical information. Those measures generally passed on party-line or near-unanimous votes, while HB 216 on itemized medical statements was left pending after the committee substitute was withdrawn. The committee also left pending HB 5141, HB 4638, HB 2035, HB 4813, HB 2264, HB 4014, and HB 3829 after hearing testimony and questions. The final item introduced in the excerpt was HB 4408 on health care market transparency and corporate consolidation, but the discussion was cut off before testimony or action was completed. A major theme of the hearing was mental health diversion and access to treatment. HB 5141, by Rep. Howard, would allow Travis County to use vacated Austin State Hospital property for a local mental health jail diversion center; law enforcement, the Travis County sheriff, county judge, and urban counties group all testified in support, describing the lack of alternatives for people in crisis and the burden on jails and emergency rooms. Members asked about eligible offenses, bed capacity, and whether the facility would serve only Travis County, and the bill was left pending. HB 2264, by Rep. Schoolcraft, would create a friends-and-family form for loved ones to provide information to providers during emergency mental health treatment; NAMI and hospital groups supported it, while one neutral witness and several members raised concerns about patient control, credibility of information, and liability protections. The bill was also left pending. The committee also heard multiple psychedelic-therapy and drug-policy bills. HB 4813 would speed Texas rescheduling of Schedule I substances if the FDA reclassifies them, with testimony focused on psilocybin and MDMA and their potential use for PTSD and depression; members questioned whether the bill was too broad and how state rescheduling works, and it was left pending. HB 4014 would direct HHSC to study psychedelic therapies, building on prior state research, and witnesses said Texas should prepare regulatory and clinical infrastructure before FDA approval; it too was left pending. HB 2035 would require parents to be informed that they may seek substance-use treatment for a child even if one facility turns them away, prompted by a constituent’s account of a fatal fentanyl overdose after receiving incorrect advice; it was left pending. HB 4638 would extend and expand the Texas Pharmaceutical Initiative board and timeline, with the author saying the program is still in early implementation and needs more time, and it was left pending as well. Other bills addressed public health administration and animal welfare. HB 3829 would require a study of the animal-friendly account and its grant process for spay/neuter funding, with the author arguing that the current application and reimbursement process is too burdensome for shelters and nonprofits; no opposition was heard and the bill was left pending. HB 2581 and HB 1639 were reported favorably, while HB 216 drew discussion about enforcement of itemized medical billing and was held after the committee substitute was withdrawn. Throughout the hearing, members also discussed broader concerns about homelessness, competency restoration waitlists, jail overcrowding, and the need for more treatment options outside the criminal justice system.

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• Cloud water treatment facility. I think I've stalled long enough, Mr. Chair.
• It is expected to arrive at the facility this fall.
• <00:26:09.840> that world which is a treatment facility that world which is a treatment facility
• It is expected to arrive at the facility this fall.
• <01:01:41.359> or uh whether it's uh a nuclear facility or uh whether it's uh a nuclear facility

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• The CCR continued that with a 5% increase for all facilities.
• It provided funding for a CWOP facility, that's a Children Without Placement facility at Terrell State
• It provided funding for a CWOP facility that's Children Without Placement Facility at Terrell State Hospital
• And so I hadn't heard about this new facility.
• That we approve next session the tearing down of the facility, and making certain that we get a new facility

Summary: The Senate opened with an invocation and then took up several conference committee matters and resolutions. It granted the House request for a conference committee on House Bill 46 and adopted a conference report on Senate Bill 37, which was described as higher education governance reform, including stronger board authority, changes to faculty senates, general education requirements, and a new ombudsman office. Senators also adopted a large package of resolutions and HCRs by voice vote. A major focus was Senate Bill 12, the “Parental Bill of Rights,” whose conference report was adopted after extended questioning. The bill was described as giving parents more access to school materials and grievance procedures, requiring parental consent for student clubs, and restricting school district employees from assisting with social transitioning or related gender-identity instruction. Senators raised concerns about effects on students already socially transitioned and on parental rights in medical or psychological decisions; the author said the House language was retained in key areas and that districts would need policies and parent notification. The report passed 20-11. The Senate then adopted a resolution allowing the conference committee on Senate Bill 1, the state budget for fiscal years 2026-2027, to go outside the bounds, and later adopted the budget conference report. Senators highlighted major funding for public education, property tax relief, public safety, health and human services, child care, water and transportation infrastructure, and the Texas Energy Fund. The budget discussion also covered higher education, mental health facilities, community attendant wages, rural hospitals, DFPS case management, child care assistance, and a study rider on TRS. The report passed unanimously, 30-0. Finally, the Senate suspended rules to take up Senate Bill 8 and adopted its conference report. The bill requires counties with jails or jail contracts to participate in the federal 287(g) immigration enforcement program, with sheriffs choosing among available models and counties receiving tiered grants to help cover costs. Supporters framed it as a public safety measure targeting criminal illegal aliens, while opponents questioned whether it would divert local resources and increase fear in immigrant communities. The report was adopted after debate.

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• How is a solar-powered facility In line with the purpose of a state reforestation area?
• So, there is a push to put these Kinds of facilities in places that are out of the way.
• They are often paired up with battery storage facilities.
• They are often paired up with battery storage facilities.
• THEY ARE OFTEN PAIRED UP WITH BATTERY STORAGE FACILITY.

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Senate opened with the Pledge of Allegiance, approved the prior day’s journal, and then recognized several guest groups, including the Shenendehowa High School girls varsity cross country team and tennis champion Jolie Chichak, as well as the Downsville Central School Student Council. Senator Tedisco introduced the Shenendehowa athletes, highlighting their state and federation championships and strong academic records, and Senator Oberacker introduced the Downsville students. The chamber extended courtesies to the guests. The Senate then moved through the calendar, passing a series of bills and resolutions. Among the measures approved were a bill designating Overdose Awareness Day, a real property tax bill, a public authorities bill, several education-related bills, a private housing finance bill, a workers’ compensation bill, and a labor law bill. Some items were laid aside before later being taken up, including the cannabis bill and the environmental conservation bill. Votes were largely unanimous or near-unanimous, with a few recorded negatives on certain bills. The most extensive debate centered on Calendar 261, Senator May’s environmental conservation bill concerning renewable energy installations and transmission on state reforestation lands. Senator Walczyk and others questioned whether the bill would allow solar, wind, battery storage, tree cutting, herbicide use, and reduced environmental review, while supporters argued the bill was mainly about transmission corridors, climate goals, and preserving flexibility for DEC oversight and mitigation. After debate, the bill was restored to the non-controversial calendar and passed 42-13. The Senate also passed Calendar 353, Senator Ramos’s labor law bill addressing class action wage recovery and statutory damages. Supporters said it would clarify the law so workers can recover full wages in class actions, while opponents warned it could encourage litigation against small businesses over technical payroll errors. The bill passed 47-8. The Senate then completed the calendar and adjourned until March 4, 2026, with intervening days as legislative days.

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• We also have authority over environmental regulation of agriculture and livestock facilities.
• So, we had 41 new facilities that came online at that time, and I'm glad to say that those facilities
• So, a lot of that is, and the facilities work very well with our team.
• But in another facility Wednesday and Thursday. So, that's kind of an ever-evolving approach.
• There are a couple of exceptions where we work with long-term care facilities and other.

Keywords: 914, all

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• We're a historic facility, as the mayor mentioned.
• We talked a little bit about our facilities.
• Uh, full facility assessment. The last one, real full facility assessment was done in 2006.
• And then a limited assessment to single facility or areas.
• Um, but we are looking at the facility issues, aging facility issues.

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• then locates there, the child care facility does not evict the offender from their home.
• The child care facility then locates there, the child care facility does not evict the offender from
• the child care facility is compromised. the child care facility is compromised.
• The amendment is about residences within 1,000 feet of the existing child care facility.
• The amendment is about residences within 1,000 feet of the existing child care facility.

Keywords: 916, all

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• <00:08:43.520> So DAGS managed facilities. So DAGS managed facilities.
• reconstruction of that facility. reconstruction of that facility.
• a temporary facility.
• temporary facility.
• on on our facilities. on on our facilities. Okay. Okay. Okay.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• We appreciate that you exempted the IHS and 638 facilities.
• While funds to over 300 facilities were suspended, the reality remains...
• We agree that Indian Health Service and 638 facilities are exempted.
• 638 facilities. or non 638 facilities for care, there will be no pre-authorization requirements for services
• Both IHS and 638 facilities, as well as patients who are referred out to non-IHS and non-638 facilities

Bills: SB1086, SB1193, SB1318, SB1345, SB1346, SB1451, SB1496, SB1611, SB1630, SB1631, SB1632, SB1672

Keywords: reimbursement, healthcare, laboratory services, noncontracting providers, Arizona health care cost containment, personal identifying information, PII, privacy, confidential records, public records exemption, commercial disclosure, data privacy, licensure, certification, health professions, health care licensing, Arizona Department of Health Services, ADHS, emergency medical care technician, EMCT

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• And in Bexar County, you have one of the newest and largest beautiful facilities there.
• We are an all-inclusive facility. We don't need the fairgrounds, quite honestly.
• They're an all-inclusive facility. We don't need the fairgrounds, quite honestly.
• The witness clarified that the city is not building a new facility.
• Just one example is that upgrades to our swimming facility would make it...

Summary: The committee heard a long series of bills, most of them expanding or adjusting hotel occupancy tax or qualified hotel project authority for specific local governments. Measures discussed included HB 2404 for Childress County; HB 3066 for Allen’s Kalahari resort project; HB 4682 for Plano; HB 4683 for Anna; HB 3076 creating a project finance zone in Frisco; HB 3567 for Wichita County; HB 3715 for McAllen; HB 1039 for Alpine; HB 3182 for Burleson; HB 4926 for Grimes County; HB 4222 for Victoria County; HB 3377 for Katy; HB 4659 for Addison; HB 3241 for Georgetown; HB 4098 for Taylor; HB 3178 for Kerr County; HB 3179 for Mason County; HB 2289 for New Braunfels; HB 4412 for Kermit; HB 5165 for Monahans; HB 3500 for Bastrop; and HB 3169 for Carrollton. In each case, authors and local officials described tourism, convention, hotel, airport, or mixed-use development needs and argued the bills would help attract visitors, investment, and jobs. One non-hotel-tax bill, HB 4226, would exempt Texas food banks from sales tax on vehicle purchases and rentals, with testimony emphasizing the scale of food bank operations and the savings’ impact on meal delivery and disaster response. Testimony was generally supportive from city officials, economic development representatives, and industry groups such as the Texas Hotel and Lodging Association. Several witnesses described major private projects, including Kalahari in Allen, a proposed hotel and conference center in Addison, a mixed-use project in Georgetown, and a large development tied to Samsung growth in Taylor. For HB 4226, food bank representatives said the bill would help them purchase refrigerated trucks and other delivery vehicles, while an opponent questioned the fiscal note and the scope of the exemption. HB 4926 drew opposition from Camp Allen, whose representative argued a new county hotel tax would raise costs for guests and could hurt the retreat center’s operations. HB 3178 also drew an objection from a Kerr County resident who argued the tax would grow county government and pointed to event center losses, though the author said the revenue would support tourism-related county uses. The committee took no final votes on the bills in this transcript. After each bill was laid out and testimony concluded, the chair repeatedly asked whether there was objection to leaving the bill pending; in each instance, no objection was heard, and the bills were left pending. Several committee substitutes were offered and then withdrawn or noted as conforming drafts, but no bill was reported out or otherwise acted on beyond being left pending.

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• Anisa Dela Cruz, Warden, Central California Women's Facility, CDCR.
• At our women's facilities.
• Last month, the resounding feedback was that the conditions within the facilities are deteriorating.
• I was released in 2020 from the Central California Women's Facility.
• It is also my understanding there was a violent event at one of your facilities in August of 2024.

Summary: The hearing focused first on sexual abuse, harassment, and retaliation in California’s women’s prisons, with testimony from CDCR wardens, the Office of Inspector General, advocacy groups, and formerly incarcerated survivors. Legislators and witnesses described a pattern of staff misconduct, fear of retaliation, gaps in reporting, and the need for stronger accountability, better investigations, and more outside access for survivor support organizations. CDCR said it has expanded training, body-worn and stationary cameras, outside partnerships, and PREA-related response procedures, while the Inspector General requested additional funding and staff to monitor more grievances and staff sexual misconduct cases under SB 1069. Members pressed CDCR on why accused staff are not always placed on leave, how cases are referred to prosecutors, and whether current protections are enough; several members argued the state should aim to investigate all complaints and do more to prevent retaliation and repeat abuse. The second issue was rehabilitative and reentry programming in women’s prisons. CDCR’s Division of Rehabilitative Programs and the wardens highlighted education, vocational training, substance use treatment, peer support, and community reentry programs, citing increased enrollment and recent graduates earning diplomas, degrees, and certifications. They said these programs are intended to reduce recidivism and improve public safety. Formerly incarcerated advocates and community providers argued that current offerings are still too limited, outdated, and not aligned with today’s job market, especially around digital literacy and transferable credentials, and they urged more funding for community-based, trauma-informed, gender-responsive programming. A coalition representative asked for a $20 million continuation and expansion of the Wright Grant program, and members discussed additional budget requests for reentry and related women’s services.

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• > care older adults as well as um facility care older adults as well as um facility care for<00
• <00:16:06.519> waivers the long-term care facilities waivers the long-term care facilities
• programs um or even nursing facilities programs um or even nursing facilities we<00:32:15.880>
• <00:43:26.680> sector Nursing Facility sector Nursing Facility sector um<00:43:28.040>
• average depends on the type of facility average depends on the type of facility and<00:59:21.520

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Our facilities are a bit older than that.
• our facilities our facilities and<00:04:50.000> we<00:04:50.240> host<00:04:50.560
• accessible facilities for motans. accessible facilities for motans.
• :27:10.320> daily<00:27:10.640> fire facilities that accommodate daily fire facilities
• know have kind of safe clean facilities know have kind of safe clean facilities available<00:31:

Keywords: 1187, senate, all