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• Bunker Hill is proud to be part of the cradle-to-career pipeline and proud to contribute to the continuing
• And they are looking at us in government to hear them, to see them, and to value them, and to know that
• I'm proud to run HZ day to day, providing cradle-to-career services to...
• To create sustainability, you have to have a true plan to be able to do that.
• to be all things to all people.

Bills: S3022 , H5187

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Businesses

Keywords: ENOUGH Act, ENOUGH fund, anti-poverty, poverty reduction, community development, place-based grants, distressed neighborhoods, economic mobility, housing and livable communities, community schools, cradle-to-career, child poverty, intergenerational poverty, social services, workforce development, education equity, public health, behavioral health, mental health, affordable housing

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• With that, I would love to turn it over to my co-chair for any remarks you'd like to offer.
• to us.
• who are ready to put it to work.
• in place to allow them to run.
• I'll turn to you. And I'm just going to go around to all right.

Bills: H4987 , S2905

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Transportation

Keywords: transportation bond bill, municipal roads, municipal bridges, Chapter 90, road aid, highway funding, bridge repair, pavement, MassDOT, MBTA, rail reliability, commuter rail locomotives, Fair Share surtax, Commonwealth Transportation Fund, infrastructure financing, bond authorization, deferred maintenance, climate resilience, parkways, DCR

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• refer back to?
• According to the SBCTC... From Port Angeles to Walla Walla and from Vancouver to Spokane.
• We can move to... Faculty, we can move to slide number three.
• All right, so we're going to turn to executive session now, and we've got two bills we're going to consider
• All right, so we're going to turn to executive session now and we've got two bills we're going to consider

Bills: SB6258 , SB5963

Committee: House Postsecondary Education & Workforce

Keywords: Washington Medical Commission, medical license, license relinquishment, voluntary surrender, nondisciplinary pathway, physician regulation, health professional licensing, disciplinary database, National Practitioner Data Bank, license renewal, license reinstatement, medical board, professional discipline, credential surrender, healthcare regulation, SB 5963, passport to careers, Washington College Grant, financial aid, higher education

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• I was just going to say that before I go to the next question, I want to go out to the audience to see
• They don't have to go to Wall Street to borrow money.
• To getting permitting done in a timely manner.
• The city of Albuquerque recently put in, I think it's next day permitting, that I would like to see a
• So you have to, of course, have your permit, you have to have a plan, you have to have been approved

Bills: SB101 , SB58 , SB55 , SB101 , SB58 , SB55

Committees: Senate Senate Finance , Senate House Appropriations & Finance

Keywords: SB 101, Health Care Delivery and Access Act, repeal of repeal, sunset repeal, delayed repeal, health care, healthcare, access to care, medical services, provider regulation, state health law, New Mexico, SB58, metropolitan redevelopment, redevelopment property, property tax exemption, payments in lieu of taxes, PILOT, municipal redevelopment, local government

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• They have to respond to alerts.
• We want to be able to provide them the space and movement to be able to work with our credible messenger
• And so we just really want to be able to have the space and flexibility to match program to age and developmental
• We just really want to be able to have the space and flexibility to match program to age and developmental
• And to be able to do that so that DCYF doesn't have to continue to staff the maintenance of the license

Bills: HB1544 , HB2219 , HB2253

Committee: House Early Learning & Human Services

Keywords: child welfare, risk assessment, investigation, child abuse, neglect, HB 2219, child care licensing, early learning, DCYF, Department of Children Youth and Families, Washington child care, preschool licensing, family child care, child care centers, nature-based child care, outdoor preschool, mixed-age ratios, staff-to-child ratio, group size, zero tolerance

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• Basically, it requires that weeds that need to be cut by entrepreneurs now need to be removed from the
• But if he's going to be abused, he isn't going to show up.
• Well, you take it to a pound or a... You take it to a pound or a shelter.
• We need to ensure that there are enough animal officers and law enforcement available to handle these
• I said, okay, I'm trying to take them to the shelter, but the shelter...

Bills: SB64 , HB249

Committee: House Agriculture and Forestry

Keywords: SB64, Alabama, state waters, public waters, aquatic plants, aquatic vegetation, lake management, waterway maintenance, environmental regulation, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, DCNR, commercial contractors, vegetation removal, mowing aquatic plants, uprooting plants, Class C misdemeanor, fine, water quality, invasive species, lakes

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• One, we'd like to have a report given to Loft.
• As we continue, House Bill 3413 aims to add a reporting function to the state's accounting system to
• to go?
• to go back To that, this covers medication count.
• Don't want to wish to change your vote, Turner.

Bills: HB3620 , HB3942 , HB3279 , HB3378 , HB3383 , HB3413 , HB3414 , HB3415 , HB3420 , HB3130

Committee: House General Government

Keywords: 2030 census, complete count committee, census outreach, decennial census, enumeration, population count, hard-to-count populations, hard-to-enumerate areas, State Data Center, Oklahoma Census, multilingual campaign, public outreach, school-based outreach, community organizations, minority groups, ethnic minorities, language minorities, self-response rate, census awareness, federal census

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• I want to remind you. Anyone who plans to testify today will need to register.
• If you plan to register, take care of that before we get to the bill that you're hoping to register for
• forwarding the deposit, and permits the shelter to waive or reduce the fee in cases of financial... hardship
• they go back to jail to stand trial, at least to head towards trial.
• We had to figure out what to do with her.

Bills: SB670 , SB1388 , SB627 , SB912 , SB269 , SB528 , HB2711 , HB4819 , HB5248 , HB4175

Committee: House Public Health

Keywords: SB 670, investigational sun protection products, sun protection, sunscreen, FDA approval, clinical trial, phase one trial, patient access, informed consent, physician prescription, Texas Health and Safety Code, Texas Medical Board, compassionate use, experimental treatment, medical freedom, patient autonomy, healthcare regulation, dietitian, dietitians, licensed dietitian

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• President, the following members hereby request to suspend Senate Rule 7. 7B to permit the introduction
• Senate Bill 2913 by Miles relating to air quality permits for certain cement. to natural resources.
• and commerce. of a distiller's and rectifier's permit and non-resident seller's permit to state affairs
• care organizations. to permit the organizations to offer nutrition counseling to health and human services
• An environmental quality of a renewal permit to water, agriculture and rural affairs.

Bills: SJR12 , SJR81 , SCR39 , SB22 , SB32 , SB241 , SB393 , SB414 , SB458 , SB464 , SB568 , SB583 , SB609 , SB660 , SB693 , SB731 , SB732 , SB746 , SB783 , SB785 , SB897 , SB993 , SB996 , SB1008 , SB1029 , SB1035 , SB1036 , SB1120 , SB1122 , SB1147 , SB1163 , SB1188 , SB1197 , SB1209 , SB1227 , SB1245 , SB1267 , SB1307 , SB1321 , SB1332 , SB1386 , SB1394 , SB1396 , SB1470 , SB1494 , SB1537 , SB1596 , SB1598 , SB1610 , SB1664 , SB1814 , SB1822 , SB1841 , SB1948 , SB2065 , SB2155 , SB2406 , SB2407 , SJR12 , SJR36 , SJR81 , SJR50 , SJR4 , SCR22 , SCR12 , SCR39 , SB765 , SB62 , SB666 , SB888 , SB687 , SB847 , SB1248 , SB504 , SB305 , SB296 , SB284 , SB241 , SB304 , SB1023 , SB204 , SB609 , SB670 , SB850 , SB854 , SB413 , SB1346 , SB1033 , SB1220 , SB1073 , SB810 , SB1539 , SB447 , SB1119 , SB1505 , SB1215 , SB1302 , SB583 , SB673 , SB681 , SB1172 , SB955 , SB957 , SB1120 , SB541 , SB266 , SB1415 , SB53 , SB1352 , SB785 , SB1450 , SB1502 , SB1566 , SB414 , SB1062 , SB711 , SB746 , SB1404 , SB1448 , SB507 , SB1026 , SB1349 , SB1355 , SB1433 , SB1434 , SB1596 , SB1403 , SB667 , SB1059 , SB1567 , SB310 , SB311 , SB505 , SB1209 , SB1210 , SB1470 , SB264 , SB1029 , SB1358 , SB1364 , SB1569 , SB1376 , SB1228 , SB519 , SB1350 , SB462 , SB827 , SB1585 , SB1396 , SB1484 , SB1273 , SB927 , SB1227 , SB1229 , SB1353 , SB1464 , SB1709 , SB1729 , SB1733 , SB1744 , SB1772 , SB1841 , SB1147 , SB1008 , SB2016 , SB1173 , SB1163 , SB996 , SB568 , SB1370 , SB1321 , SB1101 , SB860 , SB993 , SB693 , SB1610 , SB1537 , SB1332 , SB1307 , SB963 , SB493 , SB984 , SB619 , SB1122 , SB455 , SB522 , SB1057 , SB1239 , SB1254 , SB1255 , SB1259 , SB1341 , SB1664 , SB1877 , SB464 , SB1277 , SB32 , SB732 , SB660 , SB731 , SB921 , SB268 , SB1822 , SB1188 , SB1589 , SB397 , SB1058 , SB1036 , SB1267 , SB2112 , SB1930 , SB532 , SB1035 , SB2155 , SB508 , SB292 , SB291 , SB901 , SB1333 , SB1436 , SB1494 , SB964 , SB779 , SB1378 , SB2312 , SB1719 , SB1386 , SB287 , SB2143 , SB1245 , SB261 , SB1247 , SB1948 , SB2406 , SB2407 , SB1882 , SB1197 , SB1814 , SB618 , SB38 , SB393 , SB2065 , SB1371 , SB1394 , SB1365 , SB2243 , SB2226 , SB2039 , SB1919 , SB1895 , SB1598 , SB1493 , SB1810 , SB1791 , SB1706 , SB1644 , SB1238 , SB783 , SB458 , SB22 , SB651 , SB897 , SB1809 , SB1080 , SB745 , SB826 , SB989 , SB1320 , SB1437 , SB2320 , SB2289 , SB1171 , SB664 , SB1637 , SB2064 , SB868 , SJR40 , SJR27 , SCR38 , SCR37 , SB1079 , SB1243 , SB1504 , SB1851 , SB1879 , SB2237 , SB1257 , SB2034 , SB1522 , SB883 , SB249 , SB1318 , SB1151 , SB596 , SB1191 , SB226 , SB570 , SB870 , SB991 , SB60 , SB365 , SB1067 , SB1786 , SB326 , SB1401 , SB1592 , SB1728 , SB1265 , SB586 , SB529 , SB217 , SB209 , SB1923 , SB1559 , SB1839 , SB387 , SB1874 , SB1872 , SB1873 , SB1921 , SB1883 , SB1677 , SB95 , SB1620 , SB1838 , SB2024 , SB2429 , SB1999 , SB511 , SB2309 , SB2166 , SB871 , SB510 , SB33 , SB2420 , SB1860 , SB1541 , SB1316 , SB1314 , SB1313 , SB1426 , SB1398 , SB1869 , SB1750 , SB1871 , SB36 , SB855 , SB1233 , SB760 , SB2425 , SB2037 , SB1758 , SB1759 , SB2365 , SB1924 , SB762 , SB1271 , SB1818 , SB605 , SB1405 , SB1762 , SB1968 , SB1977 , SB2077 , SB2148 , SB2321 , SB1967 , SB1662 , SB1663 , SB2124 , SB2204

Keywords: parental rights, education, constitutional amendment, school choice, child education, tax exemption, ad valorem, tangible personal property, income production, border security, southern border, federal immigration policy, illegal immigration, cartels, transnational cartels, fentanyl, drug trafficking, human trafficking, Operation Lone Star, Texas border

Summary: The meeting primarily focused on educational reforms, particularly in special education funding. Notably, Senator Bettencourt laid out the transformative impacts of Senate Bill 568, which aims to lift a historical cap on special education funding that affected approximately 775,000 students. The discussions included plans for an intensity-based funding model that could ensure fair distribution of resources depending on individual needs, thereby enhancing educational support for diverse learning requirements. Senators acknowledged past failures in the special education framework, emphasizing the necessity of moving towards a system that is transparent and focused on delivering adequate services.

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• I'm going to recognize Senator Boren to present Senate Bill 2173.
• On to the floor, the committee's sub. We're good to go.
• I'm sure if you'd like to visit with him more, he's willing to work to make this a better bill.
• Needed to go to 500 to 1000 cows.
• go back to what we got to keep people safe.

Bills: SB2173 , SB2028 , SB2117 , SB2127 , SB2134

Committee: Senate Agriculture and Wildlife

Keywords: landowner, energy negotiation, agricultural preservation, orphaned wells, renewable energy, raw milk, unpasteurized milk, milk products, dairy, pasteurization, food safety, consumer warning label, health warning, farm sales, direct-to-consumer sales, ungraded milk, goat milk, raw milk cheese, Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry, agricultural regulation

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• </c><00:08:21.640><c> to</c> that if it makes sense sense to to that if it makes sense sense to to extend
• 40:49.880><c> go</c> told to to go in and use um or to go told to to go in and use um or to go through
• </c> to you. to you.
• </c> to very few. to very few.
• </c> want to speak to that for them. want to speak to that for them.

Bills: HF3426 , HF3896 , HF1426 , HF3793 , HF4061 , HF4246

Committee: House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

Keywords: natural resources, environment, sustainability, conservation, outdoor recreation, wild rice, watercraft regulation, environmental protection, aquatic ecosystems, HF1426, product stewardship, extended producer responsibility, EPR, electronics recycling, e-waste, battery recycling, circuit boards, printed circuit boards, electrical products, covered products

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• Honored to the governor in absentia, to the House.
• Words, the power to inspire, to build futures, how words could be used to harm or to heal.
• King used words to heal and to inspire.
• People are currently using words to harm, to destroy, to separate, to dehumanize.
• King called on us to protest nonviolently, to not shy away from danger, but to be present and to be together

Bills: HB1160 , HB1187 , HB1289 , HB1339 , HB1345 , HB1501 , HB1604 , HB1798 , HB1069 , HB1347

Keywords: design review, local government, land use, zoning, project permits, housing density, middle housing, affordable housing, parking minimums, single-family zoning, infill development, growth management, comprehensive plan, permit streamlining, objective development regulations, architectural review, administrative review, transit-oriented development, accessory dwelling units, ADU

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• to ask our staff to reintroduce themselves.
• Smith, if you’d be so kind as to introduce yourself to the committee and to the audience.
• have somewhere to be able to go, to maximize tax dollars, to build a strategic plan to help them accomplish
• if you have other things to get to.
• to the retailer to have to do that?

Bills: HB2238 , HB1311 , HB1608 , HB1735 , HB1825 , HB1976 , HB2062

Committee: House Agriculture & Natural Resources

Keywords: HB 2238, HB2238, statewide food security, food security strategy, hunger, food insecurity, food access, food assistance, anti-hunger, nutrition education, food system literacy, agricultural viability, supply chain resilience, Washington Department of Agriculture, food policy forum, BIPOC, tribal consultation, small farmers, diet-related health disparities, food affordability

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• To be able to address this.
• To do it.
• start to plan to make sure that we don't have to spend that money on the repair.
• We're looking to try to figure out how to get more miles in the program and more funding to cover that
• But if you wanted to, you can actually harvest it and sell it to someone else if you want to.

Bills: S0544 , S0636 , S0848 , S0546

Committee: Senate Environment and Natural Resources

Keywords: golf courses, best management practices, fertilizer regulation, Department of Agriculture, environmental protection, certification, beach management, beach erosion, beach nourishment, coastal resilience, shoreline protection, critical erosion, critically eroded beach, Florida DEP, Department of Environmental Protection, coastal flooding, compound flooding, storm surge, inlet management, coastal engineering

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• I think he just represented to me that he wasn't going to be able, he wasn't going to testify on this
• We remit tens of thousands of dollars in fees and building permits for stands and stores per year to
• I just want to reiterate this does nothing to the county's ability to declare a disaster.
• we would have extra days for our business to fall back on, but you got to be able to use them.
• To meet with you to discuss ways To fix the problems if there are any problems, and we are willing to

Bills: HB1845 , HB2192 , HB2438 , HB2529 , HB2607 , HB2658 , HB3348 , HB3505 , HB3305

Committee: House S/C on County & Regional Government

Keywords: rural prosecution, salary assistance, staffing grant, legal support, criminal justice, fireworks, permit requirements, sale, county regulations, public safety, hospital district, administration, elections, director qualifications, public contracts, salary supplement, county judges, judicial functions, state law, government compensation

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• would just bring parity to the two permits to get your vehicles titled and registered.
• would just bring parity to the two permits to get your vehicles titled and registered.
• would just bring parity to the two permits to get your vehicles titled and registered.
• /c><00:54:28.040><c> vehicle</c> one day permit to go get their vehicle one day permit to go get their
• > permits</c><00:55:11.440><c> to</c> bring parity to the two um permits to bring parity to the two um

Bills: HF2382 , HF639 , SF1075 , HF1243 , HF1087 , SF1360 , HF739 , HF2337 , HF1220 , HF712 , HF1219

Committee: House Transportation Finance and Policy

Keywords: accident reporting, law enforcement, data privacy, contracted service providers, public safety, HF639, Minnesota driver license, Department of Public Safety, driver medical review, loss of consciousness, voluntary control, seizure, nonepileptic seizure, epilepsy, antiseizure medication, physician statement, medical certification, commercial driver, CDL, medical examiner's certificate

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• to just cannot be unreasonable to the dog's weight.
• </c> to move back. to move back.
• And again, the idea with this is not to be so rigid to the point that it has to be, you know, a very
• c><00:14:47.680><c> the</c> with this is not to be so rigid to the with this is not to be so rigid to
• to be metal, but to get in that happen to be metal, but every<00:16:17.600><c> one</c><00:16:17.839>

Bills: HB446 , HB446

Committee: House Agriculture and Forestry

Keywords: HB446, Daphne, Baldwin County, annexation, municipal boundary, corporate limits, local act, municipal incorporation, city limits expansion, zoning, land use, property tax, municipal services, Section 11-42-6, Judge of Probate, County Road 54 W, County Road 64, Rigsby Road, Highway 181, Alabama State Highway 181

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• not be able to.
• the case facts to deny me the right to enforce the court's own orders to see my son.
• The amendment specifies that health care facilities are not prevented from permitting entry to a patient
• On to the next. Any questions? On to the next. Matt Sterling, staff to the committee.
• I think just to the fact that they'd like to narrow some of the language and try to get that a little

Bills: HB2735 , SB5868 , SJM8006

Committee: House Civil Rights & Judiciary

Keywords: family law, constitutional floor, legal standards, child custody, divorce, SB 5868, superior court, judge, judgeship, judicial vacancy, court administration, Skagit County, Yakima County, RCW 2.08.061, Washington courts, county judges, caseload, docket backlog, judicial workload, elected judge

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• </c> institution to be able to offer this. institution to be able to offer this.
• It's important to to think in years now.
• </c><00:31:40.159><c> for</c> to do is trying to find a win-win for to do is trying to find a win-win
• </c> they want to now. they want to now.
• I'm trying to I want to &gt;&gt; Is the I guess I'm trying to I want to make<00:46:02.560><c> sure</

Bills: HB55 , SB15 , SB247 , HB55 , SB15 , SB247

Committee: House Financial Services

Keywords: fishing, licensing, jubilee, Marine life, Alabama, regulations, sex offenders, employment restrictions, first responders, public safety, juvenile offenders, local laws, registration requirements, picketing, protesting, residential protest, noise amplification, amplified sound, residential picketing, harassment

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• </c> for it to go to Ways and Means directly. for it to go to Ways and Means directly.
• to to take care of harder to find money to to take care of issues. issues. issues.
• to respond to our assistance and had to respond to our community.<01:22:54.000><c> To</c><01:22:54.239
• to school, parents to continuing to go to school, parents to work,<01:23:48.159><c> and</c><01:23:48.400
• We want to be able to go to work, pay our rent, and come home safely to our families.

Bills: HF3403 , HF3410 , HF3424

Committee: House Housing Finance and Policy

Keywords: HF3403, emergency rental assistance, rental aid, homelessness prevention, housing crisis, imminent risk of homelessness, eviction prevention, county aid, Tribal governments, local government aids, general fund appropriation, Minnesota revenue commissioner, poverty level, low-income housing, housing stability, family homeless prevention and assistance, emergency housing assistance, eviction, rent, redemption