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• Program uh you'll recall that um at the Program uh you'll recall that um at the time<00:08:15.680>
• otherwise known as able Savings Program otherwise known as able Savings Program we<00:08:27.560>
• logical connection between two programs logical connection between two programs so<00:08:52.920>
• through the Hawaii ABLE program.
• program are free.

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 707 on the College Savings Program. Members discussed a suggested amendment from the Hawaii State Council on Developmental Disabilities to include the Hawaii ABLE Savings Program. The chair said the Department of the Attorney General advised there was no title problem, so the bill could be broadened to cover both the College Savings Program and the ABLE program. The committee also noted technical, non-substantive changes and a defective date of July 1, 3000 for further discussion. HB 707 HD1 was then voted on and the recommendation to pass with amendments was adopted unanimously by the members present, with two members excused. The committee then heard House Bill 424, which would provide free breakfast and lunch beginning the next school year to students who currently qualify for free and reduced-price meals. The Department of Education supported the measure, and testimony in favor came from teachers, public health and food security advocates, and several organizations. Supporters described students being denied meals because of unpaid balances, said school meals should not depend on family debt, and argued that the bill would reduce stigma and help hungry students learn. Committee questions focused on meal pricing, the impact of raising prices on families who pay full price, and whether portion sizes could be increased; DOE said breakfast costs less than lunch, full-price students would bear any increase, and portion sizes must follow USDA rules. Hawaiʻi Public Health Institute and Hawaiʻi Children’s Action Network said many families above the free/reduced thresholds still cannot afford meals, citing estimates that the DOE collects about $20 million a year in meal payments and that federal reimbursement totals are much larger. The committee then heard House Bill 757, the universal free school breakfast and lunch bill. DOE and the Department of Health supported it, and testimony was overwhelmingly in favor from county officials, teachers, students, food banks, advocacy groups, and community organizations. Witnesses argued that universal meals would eliminate stigma, reduce paperwork and debt collection, and ensure students do not fall through the cracks because of income cutoffs, language barriers, or administrative hurdles. Several students from Castle High School described classmates asking for food and families struggling to keep meal accounts funded, while teachers said they regularly see negative meal balance notices and hungry students. Advocates also said the bill is the better equity vehicle because it avoids means testing and reaches students who are not currently receiving meals despite needing them. The hearing on HB 757 was still ongoing at the end of the transcript, and no final vote on that bill was shown.

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• 00:24:39.120> experience transformed the public school experience transformed the public school
• to a school program should be evaluated. to a school program should be evaluated.
• Language programs in schools that do not Language programs in schools that do not partner<00:47:52.079
• Visitors can explore programming.
• pervasive in this program. pervasive in this program.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, December 4, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• And nursing programs first look to their partners at the Texas Board of Nursing as their first stop.
• Such a coordination would assist in placement spots and serve as a one stop shop for all programs.
• It would be interactive and where nursing programs can see what openings exist and the exact capacity
• Now we stand at the cusp of a transformative partnership.
• programs and 129 faculty vacancies in graduate nursing education programs.

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• So even though the state has a lot of programming, a lot of money for programs like public education,
• they fund the summer reading program.
• The Hatch Library during their summer reading program has a children's entrepreneurship program where
• Is it part of your program or not?
• We do not receive any pass-through funding from big programs like SNAP or WIC or the farmers market programs

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• Phenomenal programs.
• These are good little programs. These are programs that I think do work.
• Phenomenal<02:05:20.800> programs, Phenomenal programs, Phenomenal programs, you<02:05:23.280>
• about individual programs? about individual programs?
• the<02:07:44.800> programs the programs, many of the programs the programs, many of the

Keywords: 916, all

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• director and instructed me to build the program.
• Program where they are actually going out and training employers.
• We talked to program managers over programs that support 14c or who provides supports for individuals
• It was for programs such as sheltered workshops, so they're in some kind of program within the provider
• They do have technical assistance programs for VR programs that can address some of these issues as well

Keywords: 914, all

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• So the bill develops a community benefit program to help achieve that efficiency.
• CEE conducts field research and implements programs.
• The state of Minnesota already has an aggressive and nation-leading clean energy program.
• The state of Minnesota already has an aggressive and nation-leading clean energy program.
• That program, the Habitat-Friendly Solar Program, is a cost-effective, successful program.

Bills: HF2928, HF2912, HF2297

Keywords: water appropriation, data centers, environmental review, energy conservation, permit application, carbon-free energy, geothermal energy, renewable energy, Macalester College, appropriation, sustainability, solar energy, pollinator programs, license plates, agrivoltaics, environmental sustainability

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• And Minnesota's turkey laser program.
• Members, we also created a brand new program, an LFPA program, which is a duplicate of a federal program
• ,<00:12:42.079> which for the cottage foods uh program, which for the cottage foods uh program
• ,<00:25:07.520> particularly livestock grant program, particularly livestock grant program
• missing and endangered persons program. missing and endangered persons program.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• instructor-led drop-off programs.
• The same way all the other programs and purchases under the statutory framework are vetted.
• and educator-curated programs is, I think, a good one.
• We've navigated through a lot of perilous waters with this program and the funding.
• program must have publicly available and reviewable program descriptions of instructions and activities

Summary: The Student Academic Success Subcommittee met with a quorum and considered two bills. The first, PCS for HB 1565, would expand permitted purchases under the Personalized Education Program scholarship to include digital devices, clarify statutory terms, and distinguish between parent-directed part-time programs and full-time instructor-led programs. Rep. Hinson questioned oversight and misuse safeguards, while the sponsor said existing statutory and SFO oversight already applies. Public testimony included support from the James Madison Institute, and the bill was reported favorably by a 12-1 vote. The committee then heard PCS for HB 1483, the SCORE Act, which would gradually align Florida’s school grading scale with the familiar A-F scale used for students over a 10-year transition. The sponsor argued that current school grades are inflated and confusing to parents, and said the bill would also expand early support identification from pre-K through 8th grade. Members raised concerns about the impact on public and charter schools, low-income communities, teacher workload, resources, property values, and whether the bill should be paired with funding and professional development. Public testimony included an ESE teacher asking about funding and class size, one opponent from Orange County teachers, and a proponent from Florida Citizens Alliance. After extensive debate, the committee voted 12-5 to report PCS for HB 1483 favorably. Supporters said the bill would improve transparency and accountability for parents and create pressure to raise standards, while opponents warned it could sharply increase lower-rated schools without sufficient resources and could mislead the public about school performance during the transition.

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• Happy to be here this morning to provide an overview of Florida's assessment program.
• We can measure growth within the program year Vpk and the end of that program.
• And that's been a fairly limited program.
• But that was I think that summarizes our historical assessment program.
• I mean, there's artificial intelligence, theirs different programs.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• If the state and local governments want to increase revenue from the program, which created a fund that
• The secret shopper program specifically: how many products have been tested? What are the results?
• Transparency in the secret shopper program is important.
• When we get a green governor and he wants to build a thriving program, you restrict all good businesses
• Decarboxylation is what transforms THCA and THC. But you don't have to do that for kids.

Keywords: 914, all

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• one, Senate Bill 4 by Senator Cervantes, entitled Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Justice Program
• Danica Radarmel, on behalf of Transformative Programming Works and the Grip Training Institute, in support
• But because of that program there, which I know Mr.
• Lackey supports, some of those LWOP graduates of that program, one has been resentenced and others are
• But because of that program there, which I know Mr.

Summary: The Assembly Public Safety Committee met and adopted a consent calendar that included SB 4, SB 229, SB 385, SB 459, and SB 553. SB 221 was pulled by the committee and will return later. The committee then heard several bills, with members repeatedly noting the next hearing would be July 1 in Room 126. SB 281 by Senator Perez would require judges to use the exact statutory immigration-consequences advisement when taking pleas from noncitizen defendants. Supporters said judges have been deviating from the required language, creating confusion and harming defendants; opponents, including district attorneys, warned that the bill could affect plea withdrawals and appellate litigation unless amended. The committee discussed possible amendments, including a nonretroactivity clarification and language proposed by the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, and the bill was passed on call. SB 337 by Senator Menjivar would strengthen protections against sexual abuse and misconduct in prisons, especially women’s prisons, by requiring documentation of searches, extending grievance timelines, limiting hiring of people with violent or sexual convictions, and improving investigation procedures. Supporters emphasized staff abuse, retaliation concerns, and the need for oversight; opposition testimony focused on transgender inmate placement and was criticized by committee members as not germane. The bill passed 9-0 to Appropriations. SB 379 by Senator Jones, dealing with oversight of sexually violent predator conditional release placements, passed to Appropriations after support from law enforcement and prosecutors and no opposition. SB 734 by Senator Caballero, which would provide due process protections for law enforcement officers affected by California Racial Justice Act findings, also passed to Appropriations with support from police and district attorney groups and no opposition. SB 551 by Senator Cortese, which would codify normalization and dynamic security principles in corrections, passed to Appropriations despite concerns from one member that it went too far in making prisons too home-like.

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• We had to get everybody programmed. But, you know, we did get it done.
• Are y'all part of the TCHAT program? We are not. You are not. Do you know about the TCHAT program?
• The SNAP program. also has provision for restoration.
• Mesonet program, of which Texas Mesonet is a member, we have designed our program to operate as a network
• For the camps, Camp Mystic has an emergency management program, and they have had for years. the program

Keywords: 997, house, all

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• full-time forestry conservation program full-time forestry conservation program employees<00:32:
• all these different retirement programs all these different retirement programs out<00:34:10.720
• We'll be dealing with House Bill 122, Wyoming Rural Health Transformational Program. >> Thank you. >>
• Program Amendments. Program Amendments.
• Wyoming Rural Health Transformational Wyoming Rural Health Transformational Program.

Keywords: 916, all

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• bends towards healing and wholeness, help us to open our imaginations to the great promise of transformation

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• So if you are not on a veterans' health care program, all right, then understanding this may be foreign
• But being able to have a program with less bureaucracy, with faster treatment, where I can go... ...program
• This bill also makes us eligible for additional rural health transformation dollars, which can greatly
• There's a 6 o'clock evening program as well, and it'll end at 8.
• There's a 6 o'clock evening program as well, and it'll end at 8.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• SAG-AFTRA understands the transformative potential of emerging technologies like generative artificial
• We have one of the first universities, WPI, that had an undergraduate program in robotics.
• I run the technology and justice programs at the ACLU of Massachusetts.
• This silence has made a mockery of the slogan 'never again,' transforming its meaning from an assertion
• of resistance to inhumanity, ...the slogan 'never again,' transforming its meaning from an assertion

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The committee opened with procedural guidance for a very large hearing, explaining testimony limits, written testimony procedures, and rules for maintaining order. Members then heard testimony on a wide range of bills, including proposals to define antisemitism using the IHRA definition, regulate facial recognition technology, restrict weaponized robotics and drone use, expand protections for journalists’ confidential sources, address access to decedents’ email accounts, and create or adjust rules around municipal enforcement and animal cruelty fines. Several sponsors and advocates asked for favorable reports, and committee members asked clarifying questions on implementation, costs, and how the bills would interact with existing law. On facial recognition, sponsors and advocates described the technology as a threat to privacy, due process, and civil liberties, and urged adoption of the Special Commission’s recommendations, including warrant requirements, notice to defendants, and limits on untargeted surveillance. Support came from legislators, the ACLU, CDT, EFF, and a UMass professor, while committee members asked about current state law and municipal bans. On robotics, Senator Moore and industry witnesses from MassRobotics, Boston Dynamics, and AUVSI supported a bill prohibiting weaponized robots and requiring warrants for certain law enforcement uses, describing it as a public-safety and trust-building measure. On the shield law bill, newspaper publishers, journalists, NEFAC, and the Reporters Committee argued Massachusetts needs statutory protection for confidential sources, citing costly subpoenas and chilling effects on reporting. The committee also heard testimony on a bill to expand the right of publicity to cover image and voice, with SAG-AFTRA members supporting protections against AI-driven exploitation and some discussion about viral content and consent. Another bill would allow limited access to a decedent’s email accounts, with one witness describing a family’s inability to use a deceased relative’s email to notify friends. The committee then took testimony on psilocybin-related bills: supporters described medical and personal benefits and argued for narrow decriminalization or study, while an opponent warned of public-health risks, impaired driving, and youth exposure; the Massachusetts Psychiatric Society supported limited, safety-based decriminalization. Finally, the committee heard strong support for a “safe reporting” bill for sex workers and trafficking survivors, with advocates saying immunity would encourage victims and witnesses to report crimes without fear of arrest, and members raised questions about how the immunity would work in practice.

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• As it pertains to the curriculum and program oversight, how will the board verify that courses described
• lives for the benefit of society. ...core purpose, which is to transform lives for the benefit of society
• Through our new community college finance model, our sector has been intentionally aligning programs
• Many of our colleges have already updated their policies and procedures to scale programs that lead to
• These programs create opportunities Absolutely, can happen on opinions about objectivity and objective

Summary: The joint Senate and House Select Committee on Civil Discourse and Freedom of Speech in Higher Education convened for its first public hearing, adopted its proposed rules without objection, and framed the hearing as an organizational, invited-testimony-only session. Members repeatedly condemned political violence and the assassination of Charlie Kirk, saying the committee was created in response to concerns about civil discourse, intimidation, and hostility on college campuses. Several members emphasized that the goal was not to suppress speech but to protect open expression while maintaining order, due process, and institutional accountability. The first witness, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Commissioner Wyn Rosser, outlined implementation of Senate Bill 37. He described the General Education Advisory Committee, which is reviewing broad core-curriculum knowledge and skills and may recommend reducing the current 42-hour core, while leaving review of specific courses to individual institutions. He also explained the new Office of the Ombudsman, the board’s role in supporting it, and existing training and certification requirements for governing board members. Members asked about enforcement tools, transparency, and whether the ombudsman would investigate complaints involving censorship, retaliation, or political bias; Rosser said some enforcement exists in certain laws, but he deferred on the exact scope of the ombudsman’s investigatory authority and on issues outside the agency’s role. University of Texas at Austin President Jim Davis testified that UT Austin supports free speech, academic freedom, and civil discourse, and he described three areas of focus: speech on campus grounds, classroom discourse, and how people treat one another. He said the university enforces time, place, and manner rules, expects professors to present alternative views on controversial topics, and has created internal reporting and appeal processes for students and faculty. Members questioned him about heckler’s veto incidents, protests, off-campus participants, complaints about professors, hate speech, and whether the university would protect speakers and students from disruption or unfair targeting. Davis said the university would not tolerate disruptions, would use due process and factual review, and is working to align campus practices with the new law and regents’ expectations. Ricky Adam Jr. of Turning Point USA’s Club America described the group’s campus and high-school organizing, praised Charlie Kirk’s approach to open debate, and said the organization is expanding in Texas. He raised concerns about school administrators and a counselor at an Early College High School in Killeen allegedly interfering with a student club and withholding footage, and committee members said they would seek information and, if necessary, use legislative process to investigate. Members from both chambers reiterated support for free speech, criticized political violence and campus suppression of viewpoints, and stressed that future hearings would continue examining implementation and enforcement issues.

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• We navigated the implementation of transformational policies, and we still have work to do with the Blueprint
• <00:34:01.200> of navigated the implementation of navigated the implementation of transformational
• policies<00:34:02.640> and<00:34:02.880> we<00:34:03.039> still transformational
• policies and we still transformational policies and we still have<00:34:03.440> work<00:34:03.600

Keywords: Senate streaming session for Wednesday, January 14, 2026, 960, senate, all

Summary: The Maryland Senate convened for the opening day of the 449th legislative session, with an invocation delivered by Reverend Amen Flowers and the prayer journalized without objection. The clerk then called the roll, establishing a quorum with 46 senators present and the Senate ready to conduct business. The first order of business was the election of a temporary presiding officer, followed by the election of the permanent presiding officer. Senator Ben Brooks nominated Senator Malcolm Augustine to serve as President Pro Tem, and Senator Karen Lewis Young seconded the nomination, both praising his policy knowledge, collaborative style, and ability to work across differences. The Senate then voted and elected Augustine as President Pro Tem, after which he was escorted to the rostrum and sworn in. Augustine thanked colleagues, his family, and the chamber, and said he looked forward to working through a challenging session together on behalf of Marylanders. The Senate next nominated and elected Senator William C. Ferguson IV as President of the Senate. Senator Charles Sydnor nominated him, and Senator Cory McCray seconded, describing Ferguson as an honest broker, steady leader, and compassionate presiding officer. Ferguson was elected with 46 affirmative votes, took the oath of office, and delivered extended remarks about the importance of federalism, the role of states in filling gaps left by the federal government, and the need for Maryland to lead through state-level action during a difficult political climate. He also thanked colleagues, staff, and his family, and emphasized that the session would require collaboration and focus on Marylanders' needs.

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• Whatever it is we bring to this year or to this day or to this place, may we allow it all to be transformed
• it<00:06:42.560> all<00:06:42.800> to<00:06:43.039> be<00:06:43.280> transformed
• <00:06:43.919> by<00:06:44.080> the allow it all to be transformed by the allow it
• all to be transformed by the renewal<00:06:44.720> you<00:06:44.960> are<00:06:45.199><

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, January 6, 2026, 1012, house, all