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• said was, you know, look, this is politically important that we do this and if we have to break a few eggs
• The University of New Hampshire currently scores a 10 out of 20, which is a C grade, reflecting some
• of 20,<02:35:29.439> which<02:35:29.600> is<02:35:29.680> a<02:35:29.920> C-grade
• ,<02:35:30.800> which<02:35:31.200> reflects 20, which is a C-grade, which reflects
• 20, which is a C-grade, which reflects some<02:35:31.920> improvements<02:35:32.399> on

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Even though the FDA guidelines state that eggs are food safe for 3 to 5 weeks past that date, eggs are
• And so with this excellent bill, retailers are not going to be able to donate those eggs directly.
• Even though the FDA guidelines state that eggs are food safe for 3 to 5 weeks past that date, eggs are
• FDA guidelines state that eggs are food safe for 3 to 5 weeks past that date.
• Um, egg on my face. >> Thank you, Mr. President. I was just >> Thank you, Mr.

Keywords: 918, senate, all

Summary: The Senate opened under call, received a prayer and pledge, and then proceeded through routine business including roll call, quorum, and messages from the House. The chamber concurred in House amendments to Senate File 3210, a human rights bill concerning disability accommodations, and then passed the bill on final passage by a vote of 42-22. The Senate also received several House messages on conference committees and returned bills, including SF 4476, SF 4612, and SF 4760, and agreed to conference committees on House File 3426 (Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund appropriations) and House File 4252 (higher education student aid reporting). The Senate adopted committee reports and moved several bills through second reading and introduction stages. In motions and resolutions, the Senate adopted Senate Resolution 86, which governs Senate business during the interim between sessions; the sponsor explained that most changes were cleanup and modernization, with one substantive change allowing the Secretary of the Senate to appoint someone to fill a vacancy in an elected officer position for the remainder of the interim. The resolution passed 57-0. The Senate also adopted Senate Resolution 87, commemorating deceased senators Bruce Anderson, Carrie Dietick, Alice Johnson, Bob Kurlin, Don Samuelson, James Yuland, and Ray Vander, followed by a moment of silence. The Senate then took up confirmations of three Minnesota Tax Court judges: Jane Bowman, Bradford Deopena, and Beverly Luther Quest. Supporters cited their combined public- and private-sector tax law experience, and the appointments were confirmed. Later, the chamber designated special orders and debated Senate File 3891, which would allow eggs to be donated up to 30 days past their quality assurance date to food shelves; supporters emphasized food insecurity, food waste reduction, and the bill’s support from food shelves and retailers. The bill passed 65-0. The Senate also considered House File 4240 on election administration, adopting an amendment that replaced House language with Senate language, including polling-place requirements for certain school district elections, a ban on candidates betting on their own elections, and an effective date for Three Rivers Park District reporting; the bill then passed 36-28. The chamber then began consideration of House File 4239, another elections-related bill, taking it from the table and offering an A5 amendment, but the transcript cuts off before final action on that bill.

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• and instead funds school grants throughout the state to help young kids, preschool through fourth grade
• to help young kids preschool through to help young kids preschool through fourth<03:28:35.680> grade
• 37.200> do<03:28:37.439> if<03:28:37.760> they<03:28:38.000> see fourth grade
• know what to do if they see fourth grade know what to do if they see a<03:28:38.560> gun<03:28

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• And so that brings me to eggs.
• And so that brings me to eggs. And so that brings me to eggs.
• So it's the American egg board eggs.
• General donated eggs? donated eggs? >> Go<00:10:16.720> ahead,<00:10:17.040> sir.
• Therefore, as the the draft eggs.

Bills: HF3579, HF3549, HF3548, HF4388, HF3566

Keywords: eggs, donation, quality assurance, food assistance, charitable programs, agriculture, grain indemnity, financial security, crop insurance, Minnesota agriculture, farm assistance, down payment, state funding, loan modification, rotational grazing, grazing management, livestock, pasture management, soil health, erosion control

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• fertilized egg no longer ceases to exist... ...and the fertilized egg no longer exists, and there's
• Number one, can the fertilized egg be sued or counter-sued?
• The fertilized egg, right? The fertilized egg,... By this fertilized egg, right?
• the fertilized egg, who, let's say, would have been born to an extremely wealthy egg carrier?
• Healthy egg carrier.

Summary: The Civil Justice and Claims Subcommittee met to consider one measure, PCS for HB 289, which would amend Florida’s wrongful death statute to allow parents of an unborn child to recover damages for the child’s wrongful death and to include parents in the definition of survivors. The sponsor said the bill is intended to give parents a remedy when a wrongful act, negligence, breach of contract, or breach of warranty causes the loss of an unborn child, while also preserving existing protections for lawful medical care and the mother. Members questioned the bill extensively about the meaning of “survivors,” whether it could reach surrogacy situations, friends or family who assist someone in obtaining abortion care, paternity issues, and whether abusive or unqualified fathers could bring claims. The sponsor repeatedly said the bill is limited to parents, does not authorize suits against the mother or lawful medical providers, and would still require the normal wrongful death procedures, including appointment of a personal representative. He cited Duncan v. Flynn as the case holding that current law does not allow recovery for the death of an unborn child. Representative Gottlieb offered an amendment modeled on criminal-law protections, aimed at expanding explicit immunity for a pregnant woman and for persons providing medical care or abortion-related conduct with consent. Supporters of the amendment said it would better align civil law with criminal protections; opponents argued it was overly broad and could shield unlicensed conduct. The amendment failed on a voice vote. Public testimony was divided, with supporters from pro-life and Catholic organizations backing the bill and some asking to remove the health care exemption, while opponents from ACLU, Equality Florida, Planned Parenthood affiliates, Florida Voice for the Unborn, Voices of Florida, and others warned the bill could chill reproductive health care, increase liability for doctors and hospitals, and invite lawsuits involving surrogates, family members, and abortion-related care. In debate, supporters said the bill simply recognizes the value of unborn children and gives parents a remedy for wrongful loss, while opponents argued it could create unintended consequences in family law, surrogacy, IVF, and medical practice, and could empower abusive partners or rapists. After closing remarks, the committee voted 13 yeas and 3 nays to report PCS for HB 289 favorably. The meeting then adjourned.

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• Back in the 90s, Strasburg, Pennsylvania, they gathered up sixth grade girls and they took them down
• These sixth grade girls could be, you know, sexually active at that age.
• <02:39:21.760> girls<02:39:22.800> and they gathered up sixth grade girls and they
• <02:39:59.920> These<02:40:00.240> sixth<02:40:00.479> grade<02:40:00.720>
• These sixth grade girls than parents.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• President, Senate Bill 2110 allows the sale of ungraded eggs up to.
• That's what this bill is doing: allowing people To sell ungraded eggs up to 150 dozen.
• No, not really, because it is illegal to sell eggs.
• Yes, they're I've got neighbors that sell eggs.
• Believe that is nature's wrapper on an egg.

Bills: SB1465, SB2110, SB1771, SB206, SB1584, SB1386, SB1696, SB1806, SB1428, SB1390, SB1381, SB201, SB1778, SB1332, SB1836, SB1369, SB1794, SB1290, SB175, SB1379

Keywords: professional engineers, surveyors, licensure board, sunset extension, state board, occupational licensing, engineering license, surveying license, professional regulation, regulatory board, sunset review, emergency clause, Oklahoma O.S. 59, board appointments, lay member, Oklahoma Workforce Commission, workforce development, data collection, economic development, outside counsel

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• going to do a lot of good for the egg going to do a lot of good for the egg industry<00:02:14.560
• And also, egg and farming this year.
• the egg emergency account specifically the egg emergency account uh<00:23:31.760> cannot<00:23
• More fitting to vote green on the egg bill today.
• More fitting to vote green on the egg bill today.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• good for the egg industry here in the state of Minnesota.
• I think you learned a lot about egg and farming this year.
• legislator and farmer working on the egg legislator and farmer working on the egg committee,<00:
• came out of the egg came out of the egg committee.<00:21:38.080> Today<00:21:38.480> we
• So members, I would egg bill today.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• . >> Senator Pizzo: I WILL BE 49 YEARS OLD NEXT MONTH AS I WAS STARTING SIXTH GRADE MR.
• TREATING FERTILIZED EGGS LIKE HUMAN BEINGS WILL HAVE CASCADING IMPACTS ON IN VITRO FERTILIZATION, MISCARRIAGE

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• program where we have a little over 12,000 cattle, 170... 1,000 chickens, and we process about 130,000 eggs
• a positive experience, you know, in terms of their educational, they come to us generally with a. grade

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• program I think all of us on the egg program I think all of us on the egg committee<00:02:21.160
• Egg inspectors enforce the Minnesota noxious weed law.
• running and uh I've been an egg running and uh I've been an egg inspector<00:31:46.279> for
• <00:53:57.799> budget the recently released house egg budget the recently released house egg
• <01:15:55.239> more moving forward um making egg more moving forward um making egg more productive

Bills: HF1704

Keywords: Minnesota agriculture budget, Department of Agriculture appropriation, Board of Animal Health, Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, Office of Broadband Development, farm bill, rural development, agricultural grants, soil health, livestock compensation, crop damage, meat inspection, poultry inspection, county agricultural inspectors, biofertilizer, nitrogen management, commercial nitrogen fertilizer, water quality, farm down payment assistance, beginning farmers

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• <00:03:54.840> water file 363 also known as the egg water file 363 also known as the egg water
• pollution impairments and in fact egg pollution impairments and in fact egg<00:21:45.400> shows
• <00:23:01.240> census District Lies per the last egg census District Lies per the last egg
• <00:24:14.080> pollution program claims to remove egg pollution program claims to remove egg
• solution that uh the department of egg solution that uh the department of egg had<00:30:43.120><

Keywords: 1183, house

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• In terms of explaining the project itself, way above my pay grade, so instead, Mr.
• > instead<00:25:24.840> Mr<00:25:25.080> chair<00:25:25.320> if my pay grade
• so uh instead Mr chair if my pay grade so uh instead Mr chair if you're<00:25:25.640> comfortable
• 59:29.480> questionable<00:59:30.000> future<00:59:30.319> for<00:59:30.520> egg
• <00:59:30.839> markets a questionable future for egg markets a questionable future for egg

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• 00:23:52.000> of Commerce and maybe like Department of Commerce and maybe like Department of egg
• 53.240> and<00:23:53.480> Andor<00:23:54.400> Department<00:23:54.720> of egg
• and Andor Department of egg and Andor Department of Transportation<00:23:55.840> and<00:23:55.960
• meeting minutes on school websites, and market need and demand studies when schools move or amend grades
• sites and programs moved or amend grades sites and programs so<01:41:26.800> again<01:41:26.960

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• We're also going to talk about fish eggs, and uh that's pretty much the deal for the day.
• Uh, they're in line with the best science on fish egg disinfection.
• this actually does have to do with eggs this actually does have to do with eggs that<00:19:00.080
• um, managing diseases using egg um, managing diseases using egg disinfection.<00:19:47.640> Uh
• science on fish egg disinfection. science on fish egg disinfection.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• What does it have to do with the price of eggs? Well, what does it have to do with eggs?
• that do to the price of eggs that do to the price of eggs representative<00:38:32.440> leeling
• Well, those eggs would be cheaper.
• costs of housing or child care or eggs costs of housing or child care or eggs we<01:00:14.839>
• Well, those eggs would be cheaper.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• And what does this bill have to do with the price of eggs?
• What does it have to do with the price of eggs?
• So what does this have to do with the price of eggs?
• And the cost of eggs?
• Well, those eggs would be cheaper.

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• It's a rotten egg smell. I'm pretty sure all of you have experienced it.
• These are Teledyne T-101, so the reference-grade monitor.
• Monitors, these are Teledyne T-101, so they're reference-grade monitors approved by CARB.
• The kids are in South Bay Area School District, only 29% could read at grade level.
• In your school district, only 29% could read at grade level.

Summary: The joint Senate and Assembly Environmental Quality/Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials informational hearing focused on the Tijuana River Valley sewage crisis, with members from both parties emphasizing that the problem is long-running, cross-border, and severe enough to require federal, state, local, and binational action. Opening remarks described the crisis as an environmental and public health emergency affecting beaches, air and water quality, marine life, tourism, and residents’ quality of life in South Bay communities. Assembly Member Boerner and Senator Jones both stressed the need for continued funding and cooperation, while Senator Padilla said the issue is underappreciated because of where it occurs but has major public health, economic, and educational consequences. Congressman Mike Levin’s office reported more than $650 million in federal funding secured for infrastructure and cleanup, along with federal legislation and requests for CDC and EPA involvement. Supervisor Paloma Aguirre gave a detailed overview of county efforts and the scope of the crisis, citing decades of sewage flows from Tijuana, nearly four years of beach closures, and the county’s expanded water-quality monitoring. She said the county is pursuing warning signs, an air purifier distribution program, an epidemiological study, soil testing, an economic impact study, and a feasibility analysis to remove the “hot spot” near Saturn Boulevard, which she described as a key local source of airborne pollution. She also pointed to binational funding for treatment plant upgrades and said the county is seeking state support, including from Proposition 4 cross-border river funds, to expand relief and mitigation efforts. Scripps researchers Dr. Sarah Giddings and Dr. Kimberly Prather presented scientific findings on water and air transport. Giddings described a high-resolution forecast model that predicts wastewater movement and beach closure risk up to five days ahead, using real-time observations and showing about 72% accuracy against county measurements. Prather said the main exposure route is through air, not just water, and reported that turbulence at the river hot spot aerosolizes pollutants, with hydrogen sulfide and other gases spiking at night and dropping when river flow is diverted. She said the team has identified thousands of gases and linked measurements closely to odor complaints, while also noting that air purifiers can reduce indoor exposure but are not a permanent solution. Dr. Paula Stigler Granados added that community health surveys and CDC assessments show widespread symptoms, sleep disruption, anxiety, and daily life impacts, especially during nighttime odor events. She said her team has found more than 900 contaminants in river water and 106 chemicals uniquely associated with the Saturn Boulevard hot spot, with passive air sampling showing similar chemical fingerprints in nearby homes. The panel discussion ended with questions about standards and accountability, and witnesses and legislators agreed that the crisis requires updated air-quality standards, more health research, and continued coordination to reduce exposure and address the source of pollution.

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• Um he's also got job with Linapue Egg.
• , supporting acceleration in egg, supporting acceleration in egg, I<00:17:47.040> mean,<00
• <00:19:04.840> land one is really making egg land one is really making egg land productive
• You know, we go and say egg is not.
• Port Allen as an egg Port Allen as an egg shipping<00:40:09.000> point.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The committee heard gubernatorial nominations for the Advisory Committee on Pesticides and the Board of Agriculture and Biosecurity. For GM 615, Matthew Liam was nominated to the Advisory Committee on Pesticides. The Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity, CGAPS, and the Hawaii Farm Bureau testified in strong support, citing his landscape industry leadership, pesticide training background, and prior service. Members asked about his experience in Australia and his approach to restricted-use pesticides; he said he avoided using restricted-use pesticides in his landscaping business but applied related safety and recordkeeping practices. Testimony was unanimous in support, with no opposition or comments. For GM 616, N. Young was nominated to the Board of Agriculture and Biosecurity. Support testimony from the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity, Hawaii Farm Bureau, and Hawaii Cattlemen's Council highlighted his experience with Lanai agriculture, Sensei, the Food Basket, Pacific Gateway Center, Kamehameha Schools, and institutional purchasing. In response to questions, he discussed balancing public and private funding, the need for adequate capitalization of agricultural projects, and using financial tools to help farmers and accelerate agricultural income streams. He also said the board should focus on making agricultural land productive and strengthening food security. The nomination drew strong support, with no opposition or comments. For GM 617, Jason Moniz was nominated to the Board of Agriculture and Biosecurity. The Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity, Hawaii Farm Bureau, and Hawaii Cattlemen's Council supported him, emphasizing his decades of veterinary and animal disease control experience, ranching background, and knowledge of biosecurity, leases, and livestock issues. Moniz said his priorities would be preserving agricultural land and water resources, improving biosecurity, supporting farmers and ranchers, and increasing food production in Hawaii. He also said he would be willing to speak up for agriculture and not let the department be sidelined. The nomination received 29 written and oral supports, with no opposition or comments.