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• An entire division of the Consumer Financial functions as the cop on the beat to enforce service members
• Financial incentives, quality of life and initiatives, school access.
• That slogan, that culture manifests through boot camp, through A-Schools now and into the fleet.
• And so just inspiring, attracting our top young Americans to attend that school is important to us.
• And I just wanted to put a plug for how important that school is, how much it means to us.

Keywords: NDAA, military recruitment, personnel readiness, testimony, military leaders

Summary: The committee meeting focused on pressing issues related to the U.S. military's recruitment and personnel strategies, especially in light of the upcoming NDAA for fiscal year 2026. Chairperson expressed appreciation for the service of witnesses including senior military leaders from different branches, emphasizing the importance of personnel as the backbone of national defense. Discussions revealed concerns regarding the recent lowering of recruitment standards across military branches, which could potentially affect the quality of service members and long-term military readiness. Witnesses were asked to address the implications of these changes on military health and efficiency.

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• You know, if I was ever thinking about getting out as they were in high school, this would have been.
• So, to make the amendment functionally work, um, there... amendment functionally work, um, there needed
• I mean, the thing that I want to center down on is we've made a big point with funding schools to not
• But we do know there are situations where there are retirees—people who retire from a school system.
• Then at age 52, they go and teach at a private school or go out... ...and teach at a private school or

Bills: HB188, HB52

Keywords: healthcare, insurance, patient rights, medical treatment, access, affordability, income tax, CHOOSE Act, education funding, ABLE account, tax credits, poverty threshold, legislative funding, 1136, house, all

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• things are starting to not function things are starting to not function properly<00:42:25.440>
• our highway system and within schools our highway system and within schools more<02:10:16.880>
• That’s a very important function.
• <02:13:18.400> um that's a very important function um that's a very important function um
• <02:54:32.120> piece um to fund that sa FR School piece um to fund that sa FR School piece

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• <00:59:33.319> as admitted to Ivy League schools as admitted to Ivy League schools as compared
• League school their graduates League school their graduates miraculously<01:00:41.039> make<01
• <01:03:03.799> the noticeable impact at their school the noticeable impact at their school
• or going back to school.
• <01:37:39.239> education beginning his co uh school education beginning his co uh school education

Keywords: 1183, house

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• more than 4,000 inhabitants, all towns operating under a city manager form of government, counties, school
• form of government, counties, school districts, and community colleges. >> [Clears throat] All of these
• He said you do not just come out of school knowing that, and as people who do know that leave, there
• Um, I'm old school.
• Would you say that that's a function the state should coordinate, or that maybe WAM should coordinate

Keywords: 916, all

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• <00:32:57.360> Complex, and the functioning of society.
• Complex, and the functioning of society.
• She said there were others from her Tartan High School in Oakdale who have cancer.
• It simply delays the deadline and gives the 2023 law an opportunity to function by creating a window
• by creating a opportunity to function by creating a window<00:39:26.400> for<00:39:26.640>

Bills: HF4253, HF4257, HF3236, HF4264, HF4149, HF4019

Keywords: boat storage structures, public waters, natural resources, rule amendments, watercraft canopy, PFAS, environmental regulation, manufacturers, public health, product safety, groundwater, water appropriation, water-use permit, water permit, aquifer test, aquifer, well construction, groundwater permit, Department of Natural Resources, DNR

Transcript Highlights:

• I just asked these questions because I’ll go back to when my youngest daughter was looking at schools
• if they find out who your dad is school if they find out who your dad is they<00:18:54.400> will<
• that and she chose to go to that school that and she chose to go to that school and<00:19:22.520
• <00:42:53.680> group<00:42:54.480> of years ago it's cross functional group of years
• ago it's cross functional group of stakeholders<00:42:56.160> that<00:42:56.280> are<00

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: The committee approved the January 21 minutes and then heard an overview from the University of Minnesota’s Office for Public Engagement on its community engagement awards program. Amber Cameron explained that the office supports partnerships across the university’s campuses and that nominations for the Outstanding Community Service Awards were evaluated by faculty and staff selection committees using criteria such as positive societal impact, innovation, extraordinary results, and overall application quality. She said the community partner award was based only on the nomination materials and described the award process, including that nominations could come from individuals, grassroots groups, or organizations and that the award carried a $5,000 prize. The main discussion focused on the 2024 community partner award given to Communities United Against Police Brutality. Cameron said the nomination documented a long-standing relationship with the university through the Center for Community-Engaged Learning, including work in 130 course offerings over 24 years across 17 academic departments and participation by about 1,000 students. She cited examples from the nomination such as student research and policy work that contributed to Travis’s Law. Committee members questioned the organization’s age, its letterhead and public activism, the meaning of its relationship with the university, and whether the work was appropriate for an award. Cameron responded that the award did not require formal tax status and that her office facilitated the process rather than judging the organization’s broader views. Members also asked for additional information on the vetting process, the courses involved, the award funding source, the ceremony, and related materials. Cameron said the awards were funded through OMN funding, that the program was being sunset and replaced with a new internal engaged-scholar awards structure, and that she would follow up on requests for documents, speaking notes, and other details. No votes were taken beyond approval of the minutes, and the committee moved on after the testimony and questions.

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• . to major commercial areas, schools, our to major commercial areas, schools, our downtown,<00:26:14.920
• Kennedy High School, to reduce conflict Kennedy High School, to reduce conflict points<01:07:43.400><
• ,<01:35:46.880> a areas, affecting access to a school, a areas, affecting access to a school
• It's right next to the high school.
• It's It's right next to the high school. It's It's right next to the high school.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So we're taking a charter school, a virtual charter school, a virtual school that is not doing well,
• So there's a variety of virtual schooling, the cost of virtual schooling, and the kind of virtual schooling
• Chair, all schools, elementary schools if they're in the school district, I'll start there, have to take
• Is it particular to a school? Is it multiple schools?
• A general ed function.

Keywords: 996, all

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• Through their fiscal agents, four school districts, none of which needed additional tax levies to pay
• The school districts were Dair County, Bell County, Edmonson County, and Powell County, pursuant to CAR
• It corrects the layout of the geothermal well field to improve efficiency and functionality.
• <00:20:01.600> It efficiency and functionality. It efficiency and functionality.
• Uh, in Washington County, a new high school was built in this phase of the project; it is an athletic

Keywords: 00:01 Call to Order and Roll Call 00:49 Approval of Minutes 01:05 Information Items 02:39 Project Rpt from Finance and Admin Cabinet 23:40 Lease Rpt from Finance and Admin Cabinet 26:30 OFM Rpt – KY Infrastructure Authority 36:07 OFM Rpt – Econ Dev Cabinet 43:40 Office of Financial Mgmt 50:18 Remaining 2025 Mtg Dates 50:50 Adjournment, 958, all

Summary: The committee first handled routine business, including approval of the June meeting minutes and receipt of several correspondence and information reports. Those reports covered quarterly capital project status updates from state agencies and postsecondary institutions, lease modifications, asset preservation projects, school district debt issuances, and Kentucky Communications Network Authority budget history materials. Members also raised questions about a long-open stream mitigation account and were told the funds are fee-in-lieu stream mitigation monies administered through Fish and Wildlife, with staff promising to follow up on the specific project. The committee then reviewed and approved several capital project actions. These included a new Camp Oralis dining hall project for the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, explained as a reauthorization because the funding split changed to 64% federal and 36% agency funds; an appropriation increase for the Shelbyville armory addition due to higher construction costs and security requirements; and emergency repair projects for Fort Boonesboro flood remediation and the Kentucky State Police Supply Branch fire damage. Members also approved a tenant improvement fund request for parking garage safety improvements at the Mayo Underwood Building. The Office of Financial Management presented three Kentucky Infrastructure Authority items and one Cleaner Water Program reallocation. The loans included a Shepherdsville sewer/drainage project and two Auburn water and lead service line projects; the grant reallocation involved unused Cleaner Water Program funds, with staff emphasizing that all ARPA-funded cleaner water dollars must be spent by December 31, 2026 or returned. After discussion, the committee approved the package. The committee also approved six Economic Development Fund grants, and the Cabinet for Economic Development began presenting the first six KPDI projects, though the transcript cuts off before those project details were completed.

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• Projects include replacing school asphalt with green areas, including native trees, plants, and pollinators
• To enhance the ability for the network to perform these functions, the California Department of Food
• Then we have experts from other areas that sit in and help out with the other functions.
• Now, to the extent that those remain functional and operational and reduce the cross-border flows into
• Public schools K through 12 in California are heat liabilities, whether it's flooding or extreme heat

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Replace line 86 on page four with the following: It currently says "function or performing".
• This changes it to "function or pursuing". Some of the stuff is technical.
• have to determine, before we talk about crime, if they were operating within their discretionary function
• to set aside all ill intent to determine if what they were doing was within their discretionary function
• No, sir, but when I began, I was in the Jag Corps right after law school, when I started practicing in

Bills: HB43, SB81, SB178, SB138, SB89, SB183, HB27, HB188, HB199, HB190, SB117, HB43, HB27

Keywords: criminal procedure, split sentencing, probation, Class A felony, Class B felony, minimum confinement, speedy trial, visiting judge, court administration, violent crimes, Alabama Supreme Court, employment, criminal record, certificate of employability, occupational licensing, negligent hiring, rehabilitation, limited relief, tribal police, law enforcement

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• After graduating from Stanford University and later from the University of Michigan Law School, I was
• It's an important function, but we need it to be much more. efficient. Thank you. Congratulations.
• That's a function of how some allocations of federal infrastructure investments will be made.
• That's not an efficient way for an auto manufacturer to function.
• . and its lawmaking function.

Keywords: transportation, air traffic control, safety regulations, Boeing 737 MAX, Department of Transportation, infrastructure funding, public safety, legislative oversight

Summary: The committee meeting addressed several pressing issues concerning transportation, particularly focusing on the need for improved safety standards and efficient management at the Department of Transportation. Specific discussions revolved around air traffic control, with members highlighting the urgency for a significant upgrade in systems and personnel. Notably, concerns were raised regarding past practices, especially the handling of safety regulations during the Boeing 737 MAX incidents. The committee expressed a clear intent to ensure rigorous safety oversight moving forward, emphasizing that the health and safety of the public must remain the top priority in all legislative and funding decisions.

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• and apply almost directly at the schools and apply almost directly at the schools to<00:13:54.639
• Uh, and it's not like their first day of school is like their last day of school, uh, being in front
• Uh, and it's not like their first day of school is like their last day of school, uh, being in front
• functions of AI. functions of AI.
• faculty, the public school faculty, the public school administrators<02:03:48.080> and<02

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• the school. Principal never notified the the school.
• , not missing school, going to school, not missing school, whatever,<01:03:57.440> because<01:
• , the school, they go to certain school, the school, they go to certain school, call<01:04:31.119
• So, the the school in the school office.
• turn it into the school. turn it into the school.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• As always, it is a joy to have Carroll Junior High School here.
• As always, it is a joy to have Carroll Junior High School here.
• My stepfather coached at Carroll High School for over 30 years.
• That's just how much we loved Carroll High School and Carroll Junior High.
• The school did a very good job of raising you.

Keywords: 974, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Committee on Health and Welfare met on May 6, 2026, with five members present. After adopting the April 28 minutes, the committee heard a brief presentation on the new Leadership Louisiana Health Fellows Program, which is intended to bring together health care, business, policy, and education leaders to study Louisiana health challenges and build a network for action. Members expressed support for the program and its potential value to health policy work. The committee then advanced several bills, often with technical or substantive amendments. SB 57, a nutrition-labeling bill, was amended to push its effective date to December 31, 2028 and reported as amended. HB 62 increased the membership of the Louisiana Women’s Policy and Research Commission to 27 members and was reported as amended. HB 193 updated membership rules for the sickle cell commission foundations so long-serving executive directors would not have to reapply repeatedly, and it was reported as amended. HB 815 would allow financial institutions to receive death certificates to help families manage accounts after a death; it was reported favorably after a question about state-licensed banks. SB 405 was substantially revised to codify LDH’s new Ascend nursing-facility quality initiative, including statewide quality oversight goals, stakeholder involvement, reporting requirements, and tools such as dashboards and surveys; after reconsidering prior action and adopting the new amendment, the bill was reported as amended. The committee also approved HB 222, which provides Medicaid dental coverage when needed for another covered medical procedure, and HB 420, which requires background checks for all DCFS employees with access to sensitive information. HB 475 requires verbal consent when AI is used to record or transcribe a medical visit and was reported favorably after a technical question. HB 246 updated membership of the Children’s Cabinet Advisory Board and the council on grandparents raising grandchildren, including replacing an inactive coalition seat with the state police superintendent or designee. HB 486 would enter Louisiana into the psychology inter-jurisdictional compact to expand access to mental health care, and HB 574 updated outdated board names on the Mental Health Advisory Services Board; both were reported favorably. Later, the committee reported HB 949, which creates a licensure framework for radiologist assistants to help address imaging workforce shortages, especially in rural areas, and HB 584, which requires foster children to be provided luggage instead of trash bags for their belongings and restores “rights” language in the Foster Youth Bill of Rights. The committee also reported HB 1214, restructuring certain LDH facilities into a single system under the secretary’s office; HB 1092, a technical renaming/terminology cleanup bill; and HB 203, which adds members to the uterine fibroids commission. Throughout the meeting, members and witnesses emphasized access to care, workforce shortages, child welfare, and quality improvement, and the committee repeatedly adopted amendments and reported the bills favorably or as amended before adjourning.

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• The reason why I kept going to school was I kept thinking, well if I earn this, there's no way they can
• What we saw in the past is that people went there right out of school and stayed there forever.
• , and so we end up with our public schools having more IEPs than anyway.
• in the school may be a part of both of those agencies.
• It may be overstepping because I don't know as many parents at my son's school as I wish I did.

Keywords: 914, all

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• The technology piece to get that up and functioning, I think we've got that set up here and ready to
• Their first meeting was really about how they're going to operate and function.
• Their first meeting was really about how they're going to operate and function.
• Their first meeting was really about how they're going to operate and function.
• Their first meeting was really about how they're going to operate and function.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Summary: The Human Services Committee received an informational overview from Direct Care and Treatment (DCT) staff on the agency’s role and current operations as it transitions from DHS. DCT described itself as Minnesota’s unique state behavioral health system, serving about 12,000 people annually through treatment facilities, residential group homes, and vocational sites, with about 5,000 staff and five major service lines including forensic services and the Minnesota Sex Offender Program. The presentation also reviewed the new executive board required by statute and the 47 work groups created to support DCT’s move to separate-agency status, with staff saying the board is in place, has met, and the work groups are on track for the July 1 deadline. Committee discussion focused heavily on system capacity, staffing shortages, and discharge bottlenecks. DCT said recruiting and retaining staff remains its top pressure, with many vacancies and overtime contributing to burnout. Members also raised concerns about long waits for admission, lack of step-down and community-based placements, and the effect on county jails and hospitals. DCT said it has expanded some capacity, including increasing beds in Willmar, reopening the Ironwood unit in St. Peter, and repurposing the CARE program site to add 16 forensic beds, but emphasized that the broader problem is the lack of community-based options rather than just DCT beds. Members also discussed priority admissions and a prior task force process for handling jail referrals. DCT said the priority admissions framework began July 1 of the previous year, uses factors such as medical acuity and impact on referring facilities, and is intended to help with backflow, though it does not solve the underlying bed shortage. Staff said the priority admissions review panel’s report is due February 15. In response to questions about a high-cost one-to-one care placement, DCT said it had found a less costly alternative and that each case has unique needs. DCT also reported progress on an electronic health record rollout and said a substance use disorder report requested by the Legislature is nearing completion.

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• and high school in Florida.
• and high school in Florida.
• , charter schools, or private schools?
• How do we still have that same level... ...to public schools, charter schools, or private schools?
• I think it's a middle school book, but I'm not positive on that.

Summary: The Careers and Workforce Subcommittee met with a quorum and took up four bills. The first, HB 875 on educator preparation, would align teacher-prep programs under a uniform core curriculum, create a competency-based coaching program (CERT), standardize mentor and clinical educator requirements, allow certain certification waivers, and establish a Florida Institute of Teaching Excellence at Miami-Dade College subject to appropriation. Debate focused heavily on language in the bill related to systemic racism, identity politics, privilege, and historical distortion, with supporters saying the bill is about pedagogy and opponents warning it could limit discussion of important historical and social topics. The committee adopted a strike-all amendment and then reported the bill favorably, 12-4. The committee then considered PCS for HB 541 on minimum wage requirements, which would allow employees to knowingly and voluntarily waive the state minimum wage for up to 12 months in certain structured work-based training settings. Supporters argued it would expand access to training and career pathways for inexperienced workers and help address labor shortages, while opponents said it could depress wages, invite coercion, and conflict with the state constitution’s minimum wage provisions. Public testimony included opposition from workers and labor groups and support from NFIB. The bill was reported favorably, 12-4. Next, PCS for HB 681 on apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship program funding was presented as a transparency and accountability measure to improve funding reporting and address bargaining issues between education agencies and program providers. Support came from industry groups and the ranking member, and the bill was reported favorably without opposition, 16-0. Finally, PCS for HB 1105 on education and Bright Futures would broaden Gold Seal Vocational eligibility, align CTE diploma requirements with Bright Futures, add AP Capstone as an automatic qualifier, and remove barriers for certain military and public service families. The committee supported the bill, which was reported favorably, 15-0. The meeting ended after a correction to the record on one public comment card and adjournment.

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• Fast forward to today, he's a thriving high school senior, and I can honestly say I never imagined I'd
• Fast forward to today, he's a thriving high school senior, and I can honestly say I never imagine I'd
• He is a fifth grader, actually now going into sixth grade middle school.
• over 20 countries has shown that ginseng enhances immunity, combats fatigue, can improve cognitive function
• , and helps provide... ...combat fatigue, can improve cognitive function, and helps provide other anti-inflammatory

Summary: The Assembly convened without a quorum, completed the roll call, and then proceeded with the day’s business after a prayer, pledge, and a moment of silence for victims of the Texas flooding. Procedural motions suspended several rules to allow committee notices, guest seating, and the withdrawal of AB 898 back to the Senate. Members also made several guest introductions, including family members, interns, and scouting troop visitors. On the floor, AB 1416 by Assembly Member Ta, a taxation bill, was concurred in with Senate technical amendments by a 60-0 vote. ACR 1, designating October 23 as Korean Ginseng Day, was adopted by voice vote after supportive remarks highlighting Korean culture and the health benefits of ginseng; 62 coauthors were added without objection. The Assembly also heard SB 119, the budget-related human services trailer bill, with extensive debate over CalWORKs, CalFresh, child welfare reporting, and housing/homelessness programs. Supporters framed it as a needed anti-poverty and safety-net measure, while opponents criticized it as expanding dependency and failing to address fraud and work requirements. SB 119 passed on a 54-11 vote. The second-day consent calendar, including AJR 16 on the Tijuana River, was adopted 71-0, and the remaining consent items AJR 15 and SB 765 were also adopted 71-0. The session concluded with adjournments in memory of Contra Costa County Supervisor Federal Glover, followed by announcements of upcoming committee hearings and the next floor session before adjournment until July 10 at 9 a.m.