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• Uh, served special education students, students on IEP through the whole spectrum for more than 20 years
• see information that came over from the administration, um, at, at one school in particular that did alert

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• Senate Bill 69 should pass to rules with House Committee Substitute 1, an act relating to the autism spectrum
• This bill allows school districts to implement a wearable panic alert system to help increase school
• Speaker, if there are no questions, I ask for passage of House Bill 643. wearable panic alert system
• to help wearable panic alert system to help increase<01:51:58.080> school<01:51:58.400> safety
• Autism exists on a spectrum, and those with profound autism often face the greatest daily challenges.

Keywords: 958, all

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• somebody that could be unsafe, or whatever adjective you want to use there, to just kind of see and alert
• somebody that could be unsafe, or whatever adjective you want to use there, to just kind of see and alert
• 45:50.240> with take that, we're we're up there with take that, we're we're up there with Spectrum
• and above Windstream and above Spectrum and above Windstream and above all<00:45:52.960> the<
• enough about this just to be dangerous, but there should be some kind of dashboard that says, "Oh, alert

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Roll Call 00:00:27 Legislative Research Commission 00:01:15 KentuckyWired Operations Company 00:17:30 Wireless Internet Service Providers Association 00:40:15 Administrative Office of the Courts 01:08:55 Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts 01:33:00, 958, all

Summary: The committee first approved the July 9 minutes without objection and heard from Jay Hartz and Jonathan Harris of the Legislative Research Commission. Members asked about Capitol and legislator security in light of recent targeted shootings in other states. Hartz said LRC had removed members’ home addresses from its website, was reviewing other state-government records for similar information, and was working with the Speaker, Senate President, Kentucky State Police, and outside security experts on broader safety measures. He also said LRC is exploring commercial products to help block personal contact information from public view, but declined to name vendors publicly. Harris added that driver’s license scans at the Capitol are handled by Kentucky State Police, while LRC has a process for flagging high-volume or concerning contacts for police review. The LRC also reported that redistricting work has already begun, with census coordination underway, evaluation of redistricting software including Mapitude and open-source tools, and plans to make the same tools available to the public in the LRC library. The committee then heard from Kentucky Wired Operations Company CEO Robert Morphonius, COO Tom Snyder, and counsel Patrick Hughes about the Kentucky Wired network. They explained the corporate structure: Kentucky Wired Operations Company is a private for-profit special purpose entity that designs, builds, operates, and maintains the network; Kentucky Wired Infrastructure Company is a nonprofit instrumentality used for financing; and Open Fiber Kentucky handles commercialization of excess capacity under a wholesale agreement. They said Kentucky Wired Operations is in the operations and maintenance phase, with those obligations continuing until 2045, and that technical changes to the network generally require KCNA approval through formal change-order processes. They also said the company conducted a market test in June 2023 under Schedule 19 of its contract, considered proposals including Open Fiber and the incumbent service provider, and retained the existing provider. Members asked about KCNA’s role, procurement, network customers, and revenue. The witnesses said Quac operates outside normal state procurement because its process is governed by contract, while KCNA acts as the Commonwealth’s oversight authority and filter for changes. They identified current network users as including AOC, KCTCS, postsecondary education, and other Commonwealth agencies, with all requests routed through KCNA; they also said a separate change process for Exceliccom is in litigation. On funding, they said the operation is paid through monthly appropriations, with roughly a million dollars a month for the service provider and a couple hundred thousand for Quac’s oversight, not including debt service, which is bundled into the availability payment. The discussion ended as members began asking about responsibility for damage-related costs such as squirrel-related outages.

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• So one of the things Kyoto will alert on in a six-acre pasture is one drop of an accelerant.
• <01:43:13.440> Kyodo<01:43:14.000> alerted portion of the state.
• Kyodo alerted portion of the state.
• So he is that's his first he won't alert So he is that's his first he won't alert to<01:44:27.360
• So, one of the Kyoto alerts, we flag that spot.

Keywords: 916, all

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• No alert. Government failed. People died because there were no alerts.
• No alert.<00:26:53.520> No<00:26:53.760> alert.
• alert. No alert. Government failed. alert. No alert. Government failed.
• . alerts. alerts.
• to receive these alerts. to receive these alerts.

Keywords: 916, all

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• assumption that any physician caring for children or minors under the age of 18 would already be alerted
• passed, but many had seen multiple doctors before getting the appropriate medical attention that alerted
• 04.919> that the appropriate medical attention that the appropriate medical attention that alerted
• 06.320> cause<00:28:06.760> of<00:28:06.880> the<00:28:07.039> injuries alerted
• that the cause of the injuries alerted that the cause of the injuries were<00:28:08.480> ultimately

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Children and Family Law Committee opened its March 4 meeting with procedural announcements, including a deadline for any Minority Report, notice that the committee would not meet the following Tuesday because of town meeting day, and a preview of its March 18 agenda. The chair said that meeting would include hearings and executive sessions on HB 518, requiring DHHS to provide a detailed annual report of DCF costs, and HB 775, directing DHHS to seek proposals for supervised visitation centers; HB 553 was also slated for executive session. The committee also heard an update on Representative Grossman’s son, who remained in the PICU at Mass General. The main hearing was on HB 493, which would require child abuse and neglect education for physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants as a condition of licensure. Representative Alicia Gregg presented the bill and an amendment reducing the required training from two hours to one hour, saying the goal was to improve recognition of abuse and prevent both missed cases and false accusations. Cassandra Sanchez, the state Child Advocate, strongly supported the bill, describing a 2020 review of nine cases of non-ambulatory infants with serious injuries and later system mapping that identified gaps in medical recognition; she said the training should be part of existing continuing education hours and that voluntary uptake had been limited. Dr. Michael Matos of Wolfeboro Pediatrics also testified in support. Ben Bradley of the New Hampshire Hospital Association opposed legislating the requirement, saying hospitals already train staff and that the legislature should not single out one topic for statutory mandate when other reporting obligations are handled differently. In questioning, committee members asked whether the hour would be part of existing continuing education, whether hospitals already provide similar training, and whether the bill should be placed in the continuing medical education statute instead of child protection law. Bradley said hospital members already provide annual training and collaborate with proponents, but did not support putting the requirement in statute. Sanchez said the bill was intended to use one of the hours already required for training, though members noted that the bill text did not clearly say so. The committee also heard broader testimony about the Family Division of Circuit Court, including a proposal to create a subcommittee to study more difficult issues such as pre-trial counseling, evidentiary practices, and domestic violence-related cases, with the Speaker appointing members to that subcommittee.

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• Seeing a mixed group of testifiers from different persuasions and sides of the political spectrum together
• This bill allows the public a process for alerting agencies.
• public is the first to know that things are in dire condition, and so it provides an avenue for alerting
• This bill allows the public a process for alerting agencies.
• And so it provides an avenue for alerting agencies to collaborate.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The committees first took up SB 3322 relating to law enforcement. Chairs recommended adopting amendments from the Department of Law Enforcement that would exempt plainclothes officers from identification requirements, limit conspicuous agency markings to vehicles used in immigration enforcement operations, and allow a plainclothes officer to wear a mask when within eyesight of an unmasked officer from the same agency while performing official duties. Although there was an initial quorum issue, both committees ultimately voted to adopt the chair’s recommendation and advance the bill as amended. The next major item was SB 3333 relating to property tax treatment for certain housing. Testimony was strongly supportive, including from a Maui County real property tax board member and a representative of Nali Maui, who described homeowners in affordable housing being taxed at much higher rates when exemptions were missed or when resale restrictions kept values below market. The committees recommended passing the bill with amendments, including a deferred effective date of April 19, 2042, and the recommendation was adopted. The committees also heard SB 2422 on a pro housing score program for counties, SB 2981 on eliminating minimum off-street parking requirements in urban districts, SB 2007 on county land use boundary amendments, SB 3028 on restructuring the conveyance tax to a marginal rate system, SB 3033 on public petitions for review of beach structures, and SB 2434 on electric vehicle infrastructure. SB 2422 drew support with a request for flexibility and an appeals process for counties facing extraordinary circumstances; the chair’s recommendation was to pass it with amendments and note a $200,000 implementation study request, which was adopted. SB 2981 received strong support from housing and transportation advocates and was advanced unamended, while SB 2007 drew opposition from the Sierra Club and discussion about the Land Use Commission’s limited enforcement tools and the number of approved but unbuilt units. SB 3028 received mixed testimony, with support for the marginal-rate change but concerns about earmarking and blanks in the bill, and SB 3033 was supported as an early-warning mechanism for erosion-threatened coastal structures, though OPSD said it should not be the regulatory decision-maker. SB 2434 prompted concern about whether utility capacity can support EV infrastructure goals, with the chair citing a recent report suggesting transmission and distribution constraints.

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• , then would I now press the red spectrum, then would I now press the red button<02:08:03.119> to<
• to our colleges and ideological spectrum to our colleges and universities<02:08:45.280> because,<
• When EMS arrived, the gentleman was alert and talking.
• When EMS arrived, the gentleman was When EMS arrived, the gentleman was alert<04:54:05.760> and
• alert and talking. alert and talking.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• We don't institute fines across the spectrum of all licensing regulations, but it could be something
• <00:09:52.160> of Institute fines across the spectrum of Institute fines across the spectrum
• <00:10:34.839> that<00:10:35.079> that know that there is a spectrum that that know
• that there is a spectrum that that information<00:10:35.800> is<00:10:36.200> sometimes
• and should just be lowrisk spectrum and should just be subject<00:14:33.800> to<00:14:34.240>

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Physicians are alerted to consider this complication in any woman who feels ill after using the medication
• zip code they live in, the color of their skin, or immigration status, deserves access to the full spectrum
• It's about explaining the wide spectrum of creation in a few words, not... locking people into either-or
• So there's a wide range of sexual difference there, or a spectrum.
• These rigid biological terms don't reflect the enormous spectrum of people and families that live and

Bills: HB229, HB229, HB3990, HB5082, HB5510

Keywords: HB 229, Texas, political subdivision, local government, county dues, county association, state association of counties, lobbying, lobbyist, public funds, taxpayer lawsuit, injunctive relief, attorney's fees, Government Code Chapter 556, Local Government Code Section 89.002, legislative advocacy, municipal government, county government, city government, special district

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• Members, we cannot keep waiting until after the violation, after the missed alerts, after the cut strap
• It takes the substance, it spins it around a bunch, and it sees where on the spectrum the substance lands

Bills: HR73, HR272, HR273, HR278, HCR91, HCR99, HCR100, HCR111, HB255, HB261, HB328, HB378, HB479, HB517, HB564, HB778, HB1090, SB135, SB278, SB448

Keywords: domestic abuse, protective orders, victim protection, Louisiana State Law Institute, mandatory procedures, parental discipline, corporal punishment, child abuse, cruelty to juveniles, juvenile delinquency, juvenile justice, child welfare, DCFS, Office of Juvenile Justice, reasonable discipline, parental rights, family law, law enforcement reports, abuse allegations, single-parent households

Summary: The Criminal Justice Committee met on May 19, 2026, with a long agenda and several members’ bills and resolutions. The committee first considered HB 255, as substituted, which would add up to two years of imprisonment for a person charged with a felony or rioting offense who wore a mask or face covering to evade identification, with exceptions for religious coverings, motorcycles, and medical use. Supporters said it targeted concealment during felonies; the ACLU opposed it as redundant and potentially overbroad, while the Louisiana District Attorneys Association clarified the enhancement would apply only to felony convictions. The committee adopted the substitute and reported HB 255 favorably by a vote of 8-3. It then advanced HB 378, which creates penalties for using a vehicle to obstruct first responders and law enforcement; after an amendment narrowed the bill to first responders, it was reported favorably. HB 1090, increasing penalties for arson of a religious building, also passed favorably after testimony emphasizing attacks on houses of worship. HR 272, requesting a study on parental discipline, abuse allegations, and juvenile delinquency, was reported favorably as well. The committee also heard HB 479, the Fiscal Truth and Sentencing Act, which would require more detailed reporting on incarceration costs and sentencing impacts. Supporters, including the ACLU, said the bill would improve transparency and help lawmakers make better fiscal decisions; clerks of court opposed it as an unfunded mandate. Despite amendments shifting reporting duties and clarifying compliance with Children’s Code Article 412, the bill failed on a 4-7 roll call. The committee then deferred HCR 99 and took up HR 278, which asks the Attorney General to consult stakeholders and review electronic monitoring laws and regulations; supporters described serious failures in the current GPS monitoring system, and the resolution was reported favorably. HR 273, creating a task force to study work release programs, was also reported favorably after members said it would help refine the system and gather cost data. Later, the committee heard SB 448 on the Office of the State Public Defender. After discussion of a recent Supreme Court ruling and concerns about expert-witness funding and indigency determinations, the committee adopted an amendment adding a contradictory-hearing process and appellate review protections, then reported the bill as amended. HCR 100, concerning casino property sales, was amended to remove specific property references and instead urge the Gaming Control Board to consider economic development, job creation, and community benefit; the casino association withdrew opposition after the amendment, and the resolution was reported favorably as amended. The committee also voluntarily deferred SB 278 and HCR 91. HB 261, which would create exceptions to abortion laws for rape and certain sex offenses, drew extensive emotional testimony from supporters and opponents, including survivors and legislators discussing rape, incest, and fetal life; the bill was defeated 2-10. Finally, the committee took up HB 778 on kratom possession, with the author arguing for a distinction between natural kratom and synthetic products, and supporters and opponents offering conflicting testimony about safety, addiction recovery, and regulation.

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• There’s a spectrum of thought on that; no one can say precisely.
• <03:57:15.199> even<03:57:15.479> amongst there's a spectrum even amongst there's a
• spectrum even amongst meteorologists<03:57:16.680> or<03:57:17.000> climatologists<03:
• says a fully rebated political Spectrum says a fully rebated border<04:30:25.119> adjusted<04
• Yet in holding scientific discovery in respect, as we should, we must also be alert to the equal and

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• But just recently I was alerted to the fact that, Off this specific topic.
• But just recently I was alerted to the fact that data centers might create a new, might create congestion
• I'm also here, Vice President with Charter Communications, whose customer-facing brand is known as Spectrum
• And since you represent Spectrum, I have to congratulate you and thank you for the excellent customer
• showed a licensed fixed wireless product that we are utilizing, being successful in some of the spectrum

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• Across the ideological spectrum, united by our support for the TCPA.
• And we’re trying to do what we can to manage those things by alerting the Texas Rangers or the local
• And we're trying to do what we can to manage those things by alerting the Texas Rangers or the local
• A Google alert took me to an internet site with a headline in bold black capital letters that started
• A Google alert took me to an internet site with a headline in bold black capital letters that started

Bills: HB2242, HB2446, HB2799, HB4502, HB2920, HB2790, HB5620, HB5060, HB5076, HB5080, HB5081, HB5128, HB5130, HB3847, HB5116, HB2969, HB4546, HB4202, HB5624, HB3964, HB4803, HB872, HB4775, HB4777, HB4961, HB5570, HB2988, HB4260, HB1375, HB5009, HB5411, HB5134, HB4388, HB3095, HB1387

Keywords: constables, civil rights, local government, law enforcement, policy-making authority, affidavit, medical bills, civil actions, reasonable charges, healthcare services, judicial statistics, court performance, family law, civil cases, efficiency reporting, court security, emergency management, harassment penalties, judicial safety, court committee

Summary: The committee heard testimony on several bills affecting civil practice, judicial conduct, and attorney regulation. HB 4961 and the similar HB 3095 would bar uninsured motorists from recovering non-economic damages after a collision, with HB 3095 also addressing certain exceptions and limiting economic damages in some cases. Supporters said the measures would encourage insurance coverage and fairness for insured drivers, while opponents argued they would unfairly punish injured people who were not responsible for the lack of insurance, including pedestrians, passengers, children, and others. HB 3095 drew constitutional concerns from witnesses, and the committee later withdrew the committee substitute and left the bill pending; HB 4961 was also left pending after questions about its scope, including passengers. HB 5570 would expand a continuing legal education exemption to attorneys appointed by the governor and confirmed by the Senate who serve on boards or commissions. The author and witness said the bill would free up time for public service while still requiring ethics training. A committee member raised a discrepancy in the number of attorneys covered, and the bill was left pending. HB 2969 would prohibit the State Bar from adopting rules or penalties that unreasonably burden attorneys’ religious exercise or free speech, especially in relation to sincerely held religious beliefs. Supporters framed it as a protection for lawyers of faith against an ABA-style speech code, while no one testified in opposition; the bill was left pending. HB 4260 would prohibit county judges and county commissioners from practicing law in courts over which they have jurisdiction. The author described it as an ethics measure to avoid conflicts of interest, but county officials and the County Judges and Commissioners Association opposed it, saying existing ethics rules already address conflicts and that the bill would impose hardships, especially in rural counties. The bill was left pending. HB 4388 would require all judges, including those who serve only in administrative roles, to remain subject to the Code of Judicial Conduct; supporters said some judges avoid discipline by relinquishing judicial functions, while opponents said the bill was unnecessary and could burden county judges who serve as administrators. It was also left pending. The committee also heard HB 5134, which would limit Rule 202 pre-suit depositions to people who have suffered or reasonably expect to suffer actual damages and allow attorney’s fees against abusive petitioners. The author said the bill would curb harassment and fishing expeditions, but members questioned how the standard would work in practice; the bill was left pending. Finally, HB 3964 would narrow common-law public nuisance claims by barring suits over lawful conduct, conduct already addressed by other remedies, and products, while preserving other causes of action. Supporters said the bill would prevent regulation through litigation and protect legislative authority; opponents said it would eliminate important remedies and that no Texas abuse had been shown. The author indicated he would revise the bill, and it was left pending.

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• research actually goes further because every body is different, but the ability to see differences in a spectrum
• It's the ability to have a larger spectrum. I thank you.
• An innkeeper named Angelina Eberle fired a cannon to alert the city and stop the removal of the archives

Bills: SB29, SB406, SB447, SB875, SB893, SB1033, SB1346, SB1362, SB1539, SCR22, SB 29

Keywords: business organization, internal management, corporate governance, partnerships, liability reduction, birth certificate, biological sex, gender identity, health and safety, sex assignment, SB 875, Texas, independent school district, ISD, school board trustee, superintendent, campus administrator, electioneering, political signs, early voting

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• We all receive alerts on our credit cards when we've received them.
• We've enhanced system alerts for quality checks.
• That won't trigger alerts if you're shopping and it's still within your area, but you might be going
• As you can see on the slide, at the bottom of slide four, there's a spectrum of conduct.
• You wouldn't be able to have that alert that it moved to a different kind of rendering provider at this

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• let everybody know to be on want to let everybody know to be on want to let everybody know to be on alert
• of this person as if they have alert of this person as if they have alert of this person as if they
• So I I think that that is such a broad spectrum that you that is such a broad spectrum that you that
• is such a broad spectrum that you put in there and I could be so smart I put in there and I could be

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• So, he wasn't alerted to their imminent arrival.
• So, he wasn't alerted to their imminent arrival.
• So, he wasn't alerted to their imminent arrival.
• So, he wasn't alerted to their imminent arrival.
• So, he wasn't alerted to their imminent arrival.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• your time on this and not 100% focused on the actual needs of Texans, like let's say the emergency alert
• Why are we attacking trans people instead of working on emergency alert systems? Flood relief. Why?
• Success that gender and sex exist on a spectrum.
• indigenous cultures of Turtle Island and all other lands knew gender was not a binary, but a beautiful spectrum

Bills: SB7, SB14, SB 7, SB 14

Keywords: gender designation, civil penalties, private civil rights, multiple-occupancy spaces, Texas Women's Privacy Act, law enforcement, confidentiality, personnel files, employee records, misconduct, abortion, civil liability, abortion-inducing drugs, qui tam actions, Texas Citizens Participation Act, Religious Freedom Restoration Act, healthcare regulations, impact fees, water conservation, reuse projects

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• Um, I was just alerted if we could try to speak a little louder.
• So deflection is zero and one of the sims spectrum and then two to five is the Department of Corrections
• one<00:58:03.280> of<00:58:03.440> the<00:58:03.599> sims<00:58:04.079> spectrum
• and<00:58:05.440> then<00:58:05.680> two<00:58:06.000> to one of the sims spectrum
• and then two to one of the sims spectrum and then two to five<00:58:06.480> is<00:58:07.440><

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The working group convened with all members present, approved the minutes from its October 16, 2025 meeting and its October 28, 2025 Halawa Correctional Facility site visit by unanimous consent, and received no public testimony on the agenda or minutes. The chair then reviewed the statutory timeline under Act 292/SB 104, noting the group continues until January 8, 2027, and discussed required reporting dates and the need to develop a work plan for the remaining meetings. The chair also said the October 16 DCR presentation would be treated as satisfying the group’s interim-report purpose, though the legal reporting obligations to the Legislature and oversight commission still needed to be sorted out. The main discussion focused on DCR’s proposed amendments to Act 292 and the department’s interim report. Director Johnson said the department’s October 16 presentation included recommended statutory amendments because the law, as written, could not be fully complied with; the proposals were described as section-by-section changes intended to address implementation problems. Members discussed several specific issues, including transfer language for higher levels of care, the 2010 MOA with the Department of Health, and replacing “physician” with “clinician” to reflect staffing realities. DCR explained that the change would allow licensed clinicians, including APRNs and doctors of osteopathy, to make decisions when physicians are not on duty, and that the MOA is being updated so transfers can occur from any DCR facility to the state hospital. An OHA staff member gave a detailed critique of the proposed amendments, saying they would weaken Act 292’s intent by reducing procedural protections, expanding exceptions, and relying on aspirational language such as “strive” and “if practicable.” OHA also raised concerns about the lack of baseline data on restrictive housing use and said the department’s report showed serious operational problems, including overcrowded and outdated facilities, limited space for private medical or mental health exams, and the use of suicide/safety cells for people who may not need mental health treatment. DCR responded that it had requested 35 new medical positions in the budget, supported by the governor, and said those positions are needed to meet basic care obligations for people in custody. The group did not take a vote on the proposed amendments. Instead, members agreed to continue the discussion, with the chair saying the reports, settlement tracker, 2010 MOA, and comparison guidelines would be distributed and used as the basis for future work. In the final discussion on work-plan priorities, members identified staffing shortages, physical plant limitations, and the need to examine humane alternatives and implementation challenges as key topics for upcoming meetings.