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• This legislation will also ensure that all educator preparation programs are molding our future educators
• Let's vote yes for our kids, for our teachers, and for our future. Thank you all.
• This legislation represents a significant investment in the future of our Commonwealth.
• Leadership and the willingness to protect today what future generations will depend upon tomorrow.
• These four important programs will certainly help.

Summary: The House opened with the Pledge of Allegiance, welcomed student ambassadors from Robinson Middle School in Lowell, and adopted several resolutions honoring the Gaudet family and Patricia Rappucci. Members also agreed to extend the reporting deadline for the Health Care Financing Committee on House No. 5505 and suspended Joint Rule 12 to send a condominium-related petition to the Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure. The chamber then dealt with Senate No. 2619, the Massachusetts Data Privacy Act. The House did not concur with the Senate’s position and instead appointed a committee of conference. It also took up Senate No. 3064, the major climate and infrastructure bond bill known as the Mass Ready Act, which Ways and Means reported with a House amendment. After debate emphasizing resilience, clean water, PFAS remediation, coastal protection, agriculture, and municipal preparedness, the House adopted the amendment and ordered the bill to a third reading. Later, the House considered and overwhelmingly approved a conference report on H. 5511, the early literacy and teacher preparation bill. Supporters said it would require evidence-based reading instruction, restrict three-cueing methods, expand educator training, and support paid teaching apprenticeships. The report was accepted 152-0. The House then returned to S. 3064, adopted a consolidated amendment, and passed the bill to be engrossed by a vote of 151-0, before adjourning to meet the next day in informal session.

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• in Missouri politics in his future.
• And $251 million for conservation.
• The program we were just discussing, the Double Up Food Bucks program, we have been funding it for the
• Would it be fair that in the future budgets that we work on, that the... ...that in the future budgets
• So as much as I like the programs, some of the programs that are within this bill, it pains me that I'm

Summary: The House convened with prayer, approved the House Journal by a 107-1 vote, and then spent much of the day on introductions of guests, family members, interns, and public servants. Members recognized visitors including family of legislators, a park ranger honored for life-saving work, substance-use treatment advocates, nonprofit and apprenticeship program representatives, students, and staff. The chamber also received committee reports and Senate messages, including a conference committee appointment on House Bill 2818 and fiscal review reports recommending passage of Senate Bill 1020 and Senate Bill 1062. The main floor action centered on the state budget, especially House Bill 2 on public education. The budget chair explained the conference report as providing $8.4 billion for K-12 and the Office of Childhood, with disputes over funding sources and the foundation formula. Several members argued the bill underfunded schools by about $190 million and objected to using blind pension and projected ARPA/lottery-related funds; others defended the budget as record-level funding and emphasized that the total education dollars were unchanged, only the funding mix differed. A substitute motion to reject the conference report and send the bill back to conference failed 62-89, and the conference report on House Bill 2 was then adopted 83-68; the bill was third read and passed 83-68. The House then adopted and passed House Bill 3 on higher education, after debate over a proposed performance-based funding model and language directing the department to develop a new formula by the end of the year. Members generally supported keeping funding flat this year while studying a longer-term model. House Bill 4, covering Revenue and Transportation, was adopted 128-21 and passed 127-27, with discussion of rural roads funding and transportation investments. The House also took up House Bill 5 on the Office of Administration and IT consolidation/accountability, with the sponsor describing it as the central state-government operations bill; debate on that measure began before the transcript ended.

Transcript Highlights:

• This legislation will also ensure that all educator preparation programs are molding our future educators
• Let's vote yes for our kids, for our teachers, and for our future. Thank you all.
• This legislation represents a significant investment in the future of our Commonwealth.
• This bill provides $315 million in the Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness Program.
• These four important programs will certainly help... ...and private wells.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The House opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and welcomed several student and community guests, including ambassadors from Robinson Middle School in Lowell, visitors honoring the Gaudet family and Patricia Rappucci, Scottish visitors celebrating Scotland’s World Cup appearance, Top-Notch Scholars students from Lawrence, and the King Philip Regional High School baseball team after its first state championship. The chamber also adopted several routine resolutions and orders, including extending the reporting deadline for the Health Care Financing Committee and suspending Joint Rule 12 for a condominium-related petition. The House then rejected concurrence with the Senate on the Massachusetts Data Privacy Act and instead voted to appoint a committee of conference. The major policy action was on Senate Bill 3064, the Mass Ready Act, a large climate resilience and environmental bond bill. Members speaking in support emphasized flood protection, clean water, PFAS remediation, municipal vulnerability preparedness, coastal resilience, parks, trails, housing, and agricultural and food-system investments. The bill was described as authorizing roughly $3.8 billion in general obligation bonds, with discussion of specific funding for the Clean Water Trust, PFAS remediation, coastal infrastructure, biodiversity, healthy homes, and farmland preservation. A consolidated amendment was adopted, and after debate the House passed the bill to be engrossed by a roll call vote. The House also took up the conference report on H. 5511, the early literacy and teacher preparation bill. Supporters said the measure would require evidence-based reading instruction, move away from three-cueing approaches, support educator training and apprenticeships, and improve student literacy outcomes statewide. The conference report was accepted on a roll call vote of 152-0. Later, the House considered amendments to the Mass Ready Act, including one proposal to increase PFAS remediation funding that was ultimately withdrawn, and adopted another consolidated amendment before passing the bill to be engrossed by a roll call vote of 151-0. The House then adopted an order to meet the next day at 11 a.m. and adjourned to an informal session.

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• It plays into our future.
• The trades have a great model of pre-apprenticeship programs, so you can get into an apprenticeship program
• So in terms of grant programs and tax credit programs, we see that having strong labor standards can
• But you look at, you know, CEC has programs.
• And we'll give a shout also to the EPIC program.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• This is about now and it's about our future.
• My administration is going to enforce the state's conservation easement on the Connecticut Headwaters
• My administration is going to enforce the state's conservation easement on the Connecticut Headwaters
• </c> enforce the state's conservation enforce the state's conservation easement<01:28:40.119><c> on</
• I could not be more optimistic about our future, but at the same time we have real challenges that we

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• toward our sustainable future.
• It is not the primary goal for the program. It is not the primary goal for the program.
• as habitat conservation.
• Thank you. ...programs and the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Program.
• Low Carbon Transit Operations Program, and the transit intercity capital program.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• Um, so, what happens is EGI program manager will come to me after the actuary looks at our program and
• I'm the former program manager for the employees and officials group insurance program.
• I'm actually a constituent and currently on the program. And currently on the program.
• That program has been around for over 20 years, so we felt like it was a good, sustainable program to
• So we have some learning to do transitioning from a program like that into our new program when you're

Committee: Joint Appropriations

Keywords: 916, all

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• This bill creates a conservation fund.
• If it does not have future utility, then it must, no future utility wells must be plugged within 90 days
• We already have a program that is in place.
• appropriations if this program would move forward.
• All future leases.

Committee: House Natural Resources & Environment

Keywords: 965, house, all

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• What does this program look for?
• What does this program look for?
• So what does this program look program. So what does this program look for?
• </c> conservation and biocurity side. conservation and biocurity side.
• </c><01:45:57.840><c> So</c> those uh in the future. So those uh in the future.

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• , to put them through a cohort-based program to prepare them for future apprenticeship application rounds
• And I look forward to being a part of the program. and then the L&I grant program for apprenticeship
• so we go into a great deal of depth on the pre-apprenticeship programs...
• programs, and some of the opportunities for expansion within those.
• This just gives you, in a nutshell, what that program This just gives you, in a nutshell, what that program

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Energy Supply, Energy Conservation, and Energy Resilience

Summary: The Joint Committee on Energy Supply, Energy Conservation, and Energy Resilience opened by electing Senator Shoemake as chair and Representative Alex Ibarra as vice chair. Members then moved into a series of work sessions focused on data centers, transmission, and workforce needs tied to Washington’s clean energy and grid planning challenges. Kate Bruns and Glenn Blackman presented preliminary findings from the governor’s Data Center work group, created under Executive Order 25-05. They said the group met for six months, received more than 1,000 public comments, and included representatives from agencies, industry, tribes, labor, utilities, environmental groups, and research institutions. The presenters emphasized that data centers are expected to be the largest source of load growth over the next five to ten years, creating concerns about grid capacity, ratepayer impacts, forecasting, water use, backup generation, and compatibility with Washington’s energy and climate laws. They described nine recommendations, including protecting existing energy and climate policy, improving forecasting, seeking more clean power and transmission, and encouraging flexible data center operations. A proposed tax incentive change that would have expanded eligibility while tying the exemption to new clean electricity sources narrowly failed in the work group. Members asked about tribal consultation, cooling technologies, and local benefits from data centers; the presenters said tribal consultation was ongoing and a final report would follow. Keegan Moyer of West Tech then outlined a regional transmission study showing major strain on the Western grid from load growth, electrification, resiliency needs, and limited transmission capacity. He said the 10-year study identified about 12,000 line miles of needed projects across the West, with roughly $56 billion in estimated costs, including planned projects, reliability upgrades, and new interregional transfer projects. He stressed that many projects are upgrades within existing rights-of-way, but new corridors are still needed, and he previewed recommendations on permitting, equipment procurement, cost allocation, and project sponsorship. In response to questions, he discussed the difficulty of crossing jurisdictional “seams,” the role of federal coordination, landowner compensation, eminent domain as a last resort, and the limited role of public financing beyond a federal GRIP grant. Stephanie Scott of Commerce presented the transmission workforce study, which focuses on substation technicians, line workers, and line clearance tree trimmers. She said current workforce levels are far below what will be needed under a clean energy expansion scenario, and that active projects are essential because apprenticeship training depends on thousands of hours of hands-on work. She highlighted barriers such as high upfront CDL and pre-apprenticeship costs, the need for wraparound supports, and the importance of expanding access for women, people of color, and tribal communities. Members asked about tribal utility apprenticeship programs, utility-run training pipelines, and whether the study included funding sources; Scott said the report would include an inventory of apprenticeship programs and tribal considerations, but revenue ideas were outside the study scope. Finally, Brant Johnson of Grid United described the North Plains Connector as a case study in large transmission development. He said the project, a 420-mile, 3,000-megawatt HVDC line connecting Montana and North Dakota, has relied on early stakeholder engagement, route changes, tribal consultation, and coordinated federal and state permitting to reduce risk and shorten timelines. He said the project aims for permits by the end of 2026 and construction beginning in 2028, with an earliest commercial operation date of 2032. In response to questions, he discussed the challenges of crossing regional seams, interconnection queues, land acquisition and compensation, eminent domain, and financing, noting that the project is primarily privately financed with a $700 million federal grant covering a portion of costs.

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• In those moments, it's easy to forget who holds the future.
• Lord God, guide this republic, its leaders, its citizens, and its future.
• We offer you our future, Lord, not with fear, but with faith.
• It's sponsored by the Conservatives of Idaho.
• It's sponsored by the Conservatives of Idaho.

Keywords: 989, all

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• Now, moving to the last program code, let's go to page 11. This is Program Code 709.
• Workforce training programs.
• Programs so that those startup business programs, the JEDI program does an amazing job helping support
• program, and labor relations program.
• apprenticeship programs.

Committee: House House Appropriations & Finance

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• We've got radio and TV host Larry Elder with us today, future governor of California, I hope.
• Donald Trump, including his wife, who was debanked, as we know, and other conservative causes.
• The BankOn program has helped solve that, and that ought to be done across the board.
• I do not believe the regulators pushed the big banks to debank conservative causes. I do not.
• **Witness**: Senator, we have active monitoring programs that look for suspicious activity.

Committee: Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee

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• </c><00:17:27.520><c> much</c> think this will make this program much think this will make this program
• </c><00:21:42.919><c> I</c> we've had I don't like this program I we've had I don't like this program
• </c> standpoint due to creative programming standpoint due to creative programming that<00:40:12.079>
• This tremendous conservation work done by DU and other bird conservation organizations will be unnecessarily
• </c><01:47:53.880><c> which</c> government paid insurance programs which government paid insurance programs

Committee: Senate Taxes

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• and out-of-school programs.
• Out-of-school time programs...
• program at New Mexico Tech, which was a girls STEM program, and she was denied the funding.
• Who oversees various programs?
• are funded along the program.

Bills: SB83 , SB106 , SB107 , SB123 , SJR1

Committee: Senate Senate Education

Keywords: ecological monitoring, sustainability, tribal engagement, education, research funding, graduate scholarship, higher education funding, New Mexico, appropriation, financial aid, out-of-school programming, education funding, youth programs, affordability, nonprofit organizations, defibrillators, public schools, health and safety, emergency response, school elections

Transcript Highlights:

• We need to look at the program. We need to control the benefits.
• We need to control the runway to get on the program.
• We need to look at the program. We need to control the benefits.
• We need to control the runway to get on the program.
• If the cost goes to three cups of coffee a day, the program dies.

Keywords: March 11, 2026 - Regular Session, 976, house, all

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• </c> state budget to fund this um uh program state budget to fund this um uh program goes<00:53:23.040
• </c> care education loan repayment programs care education loan repayment programs to<01:13:16.400><c
• This program will help two years.
• Um this program provides nurses.
• And just conservative or prudent.

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• through the program.
• Instead, in future years.
• The programs are separate.
• Is there a plan to engage the public on program development and future spending for the new programs
• Cleanup programs. So we're seeing beneficial uses come out of this program.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Originally, the 287(g) program was more tailored toward detention facilities.
• And it ensures waterfowl for future generations on Arkansas GTRs.
• We do have a program called the Conservation Incentive Program, W.
• We currently have a program in existence called the CIP, Conservation Incentive Program, and D-MAP program
• And D-MAP program for deer, turkey, quail.

Committee: All ALC-GAME & FISH/STATE POLICE

Summary: The committee first heard from Arkansas State Police leadership about the agency’s role in federal immigration enforcement. Colonel Mike Hager said State Police has completed 287(g) training for all but 12 officers and is authorized to assist ICE in limited circumstances, but is not an immigration enforcement agency. He emphasized that troopers only make immigration-related notifications after lawful stops or arrests for other offenses, and that the agency uses discretion and chain-of-command approval for any planned operation. Members asked about how immigration status is determined, whether stops are tracked, whether local agencies are participating, and whether there are costs or reimbursement mechanisms; Hager said the agency began tracking encounters in September and had 48 detentions since then, most tied to other criminal violations such as DWIs or domestic violence. He also said there were no current planned immigration operations beyond assisting federal partners. The committee then received an update from Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Director Doug Schoenrock on wildlife management areas, waterfowl habitat, and related infrastructure. He reported that most moist-soil units and green tree reservoirs were flooded or near normal, with one new pump not yet operational and a vandalized Ed Gordon/Point Remove pump back in service since December. He also said the Lake Conway dam and water-control work were progressing, with a public meeting scheduled at Mayflower High School. Questions followed about dock removal notices, maintenance on other water-control structures, and a recent fatal boating accident at Baumito WMA, which Schoenrock described as a high-speed collision in flooded timber and said the agency was working on a safety memorial effort with the victim’s widow. A substantial portion of the meeting focused on duck season, drought conditions, and criticism of the Flyway Federation’s push to restrict hunting over standing corn. Schoenrock said Arkansas remains the nation’s top duck-hunting destination, but drought and warm weather have reduced water availability and caused ducks to move north; he cited survey numbers showing 1.4 million ducks in the state at the end of December but a much lower January count. He argued that standing corn is legal and that federal habitat and water policy, not Arkansas law, drives long-term duck populations. Members raised concerns about changing migration patterns, the role of private clubs, federal regulation, and the possible effects of wind turbines and solar panels on waterfowl; Schoenrock and Commissioner Chris Caldwell said the commission is studying those issues, including a University of Arkansas at Monticello project on avoidance behavior, and that no immediate regulatory changes were announced. The committee took no formal vote and adjourned after the presentations and questions.

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• is fairness, and the whole purpose of the timber tax program in 1949 was for conservation purposes.
• </c><04:19:49.199><c> and</c> would participate in this program and would participate in this program
• And the whole purpose of the timber tax program in 1949 was for conservation purposes.
• in 1949 was for Timber tax program in 1949 was for conservation<04:21:24.560><c> purposes</c><04:21:
• talked about different programs.

Committee: House Municipal and County Government

Keywords: 1189, house, all