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• Access and external clinicians have an existing process that evaluates safety...
• Access and external clinicians have an existing process that evaluates safety, efficacy, and clinical
• Access and its contracted health plans to implement utilization controls and written criteria to evaluate
• I think they're called Performance Protocol. I think we signed up for the bill.
• Thank you. for supervision, evaluation, and treatment of individuals convicted of sex offenders.

Bills: SB1041 , SB1050 , SB1131 , SB1138 , SB1249 , SB1267 , SB1272 , SB1317 , SB1461 , SB1488 , SB1504 , SB1517 , SB1523 , SB1580 , SB1582 , SB1584 , SB1585 , SB1602 , SB1630 , SB1654 , SB1672 , SB1673 , SB1718 , SB1761 , SB1819 , SB1826 , SB1827

Committee: Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Keywords: electronic monitoring, nursing care, assisted living, resident rights, privacy, consent, surveillance, veterans, lifetime pass, state parks, Arizona, access, disabled veterans, cardiac arrest, defibrillators, school safety, emergency response, CPR training, Arizona education funding, automated license plate readers

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• afforded to persons or entities involved in executions for the planning, the training, and the performance
• made public, can they be challenged by anybody, or is there a process where they are challenged or evaluated

Summary: The committee first approved the minutes from Thursday, January 29, 2026. Members were also told the next meeting would be the following Friday at 1:30 p.m. The agenda included three introduction hearings and one bill hearing. The committee introduced three RS drafts. Representative Monks presented RS 331-26C1, which would update an antiquated justifiable homicide provision by replacing references to specific family or household relationships with “another person.” Representative Shirts presented RS 331-1-1-1, a Title 18 cleanup bill repealing chapters on camcorder piracy, tape piracy, and motion picture fair bidding, which he said were outdated and apparently never prosecuted. Representative Scott presented RS 33036, which would create a formal process for the legislature to notify the Idaho Supreme Court by resolution when court rules appear to conflict with statute or affect substantive rights; all three RS drafts were moved for introduction and approved. The committee then heard House Bill 525 on execution procedures. Representative Skog and the Department of Correction said the bill would extend confidentiality protections and make explicit that execution protocols developed by the director are not subject to rulemaking or judicial review, describing it as a clarification of existing practice and recent court interpretations. Representative Rubel raised concerns that the language was too broad and could limit transparency and oversight, while other members noted the wording may need clarification to reflect only the development of procedures, not the procedures themselves. After discussion, the sponsor agreed that clarifying the language would be helpful. A motion to send the bill to the floor with a due pass recommendation was replaced by a motion to send House Bill 525 to General Orders, which passed.

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• afforded to persons or entities involved in executions for the planning, the training, and the performance
• made public, can they be challenged by anybody, or is there a process where they are challenged or evaluated

Committee: House Judiciary, Rules and Administration

Keywords: 989, all

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• Legislation to evaluate and streamline rules and regulations to speed preparedness and recovery from
• administration of assessment infrastructures in public schools indicators and achievement, public school performance

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• Yeah, you know, look, everything is going to be evaluated case-by-case, Senator, on that.
• The budget also standardizes the criteria used to evaluate the criminal background of prospective licensees
• The criteria used to evaluate the criminal background of prospective licensees across license types would
• It serves as an independent quality control function for performance audits conducted by the OSA throughout
• Often, they prompt agency reforms, help improve government performance, and result in the more effective

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Ways and Means

Keywords: 1212, all

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• Senator Williams: Well, if you know they're not going to perform, it's better to try to find an amicable
• , it's better to try to find an perform, it's better to try to find an amicable<00:24:46.799><c> way<
• Um, the Corps of Engineers with their Cadillac evaluation and plan says it's an $18.5 million project
• </c><00:51:22.160><c> and</c><00:51:22.480><c> plan</c> with their Cadillac evaluation and plan with
• their Cadillac evaluation and plan says<00:51:23.200><c> it's</c><00:51:23.440><c> an</c><00:51:23.680

Committee: Joint Appropriations

Keywords: Appropriations - Room 210; 20 January, 2026: 8:45 AM, 925, all

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• The the the the New<00:26:18.080><c> Hampshire</c><00:26:18.480><c> is</c><00:26:18.960><c> performing
• </c><00:26:19.840><c> relative</c><00:26:20.400><c> to</c> New Hampshire is performing relative to New
• Hampshire is performing relative to what<00:26:21.279><c> we</c><00:26:21.440><c> call</c><00:26:21.840
• <00:26:44.720><c> the</c> know working to refine the the the know working to refine the the the evaluation
• of people's um finances in a evaluation of people's um finances in a way<00:26:50.000><c> that</c><00

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee met on December 19, 2025, approved the draft minutes from the November 21 regular meeting, and received a DHS commissioners update. Patricia Tilly reported on the state’s rural health transformation application, saying CMS had provided only one question and positive feedback, that the final federal award amount was still pending, and that DHS was preparing an accept-and-expend item for fiscal review using an up-to amount. She also said the new Hampstead YDC facility remains on track, with substantive construction expected by late summer 2026 and move-in likely in early January 2027. In response to questions, she confirmed the playground/outdoor activity area had been in the original design and was added when funding became available. Henry Litman, Medicaid director, discussed the Senate Bill 248 study committee report on palliative and hospice care. He explained the distinction between palliative care, which can be provided while a patient still seeks curative treatment, and hospice care, which involves electing not to pursue curative services. He said the committee’s work pointed to a need for better education for providers and the public, and described ongoing conversations with the Foundation for Healthy Communities and Home Health and Hospice about developing materials and possibly addressing how palliative services are bundled. He also said the study committee itself did not generate future legislation, though members could pursue it separately. Litman then answered questions about Medicaid eligibility and long-term services and supports, including delays in processing, the backlog from pandemic-era redeterminations, and efforts to speed reviews. He said the department is using temporary staffing funded in part by last session’s legislation, working with the New Hampshire Healthcare Association, counties, and UNH Law to streamline policy and training, and relying more on electronic asset verification while still guarding against improper asset transfers. He emphasized the goal of balancing faster access to benefits with compliance and fraud prevention. Robert Rodler followed with the annual tuition waiver update for children in foster care or guardianship. He reported 82 applicants and 65 waivers granted, including 35 for USNH schools and 30 for the community college system, and noted a correction would be issued for inaccurate continuing/new student figures in the report. Senator Gray said he intends to pursue a separate budget appropriation for these tuition waiver costs in the future so the funding would be clearly identified and easier to track. No additional votes were taken beyond approval of the minutes.

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• In this exercise, we do a baseline outlook for the revenue and then assess under a better-performing
• What you really want to do is focus on our unit, our program evaluation unit at the LFC, which does great
• They do great work evaluating the impact and efficiency of programs.
• You certainly want to go for the lowest performing programs first, and then work your way down.
• I don't know if any of our evaluations cover that.

Committee: House Revenue Stabilization & Tax Policy Committee

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• Senator Miles, thank you for raising the banner and for continuing his leadership and his outstanding performance
• Through this study, we can evaluate how establishing a telecom service fee or other funding mechanism
• With that, I move to suspend the regular order of business. ...have been harmed during their performance
• this bill requires the General Land Office and the Texas Veterans Commission to create a study evaluating
• This bill requires the General Land Office and the Texas Veterans Commission to create a study evaluating

Summary: The Senate met with a quorum, heard an invocation, dispensed with the previous journal, and received a House message. Members also recognized Dr. Namita Bardwaj as doctor of the day. The chamber then adopted Senate Resolution 554 honoring Christopher “Chris” Jake Stone of Santa Fe for his heroism during the 2018 Santa Fe High School shooting, with several senators and the lieutenant governor offering remarks about his sacrifice and the ongoing impact on his family and community. The Senate also signed a number of bills and resolutions and adopted Senate Resolution 533 recognizing the Texas Legislative Internship Program class, with multiple senators highlighting individual interns and the program’s role in developing future public servants. The floor then took up and passed several bills, often by suspending the regular order and the three-day rule. These included HB 1639 on a study of cancer incidence among female firefighters; HB 102 granting early registration for students in military-related programs; HB 4325 increasing civil penalties for barratry; HB 5342 creating a 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline trust fund and related funding study; HB 3370 allowing late timberland appraisal applications after an owner’s death; HB 3376 requiring certain guardians to complete dementia/Alzheimer’s training; HB 132 extending confidentiality protections to information about hostile acts by foreign adversaries; and HB 1978, which sought to restrict ERCOT interconnections, but its motion to pass to engrossment failed on a 20-11 vote. Additional measures passed included HB 511 on unsolicited voter registration mailings, HB 2187 on nurse staffing, retaliation, and overtime protections, HB 2510 creating offenses for unlicensed assisted living operations, HB 694 on DFPS notification timelines, HB 1893 making license plates in law-enforcement video nonconfidential for public information requests, HB 2733 updating barratry and solicitation laws for digital communications, HB 4506 allowing opt-in electronic zoning notices, HB 3751 transferring a TxDOT property to DPS, HB 3033 creating a grant program for nonprofits supporting injured or killed DPS employees, HB 4273 on Medicaid fraud prevention and eligibility verification, HB 3211 on vision care benefits, HB 4529 exempting certain DoD-certified child care facilities from state licensure, HB 2522 easing fingerprinting requirements for certain vehicle dealers, HB 4219 tightening public information request response requirements, and HB 4783 requiring a report on opioid antagonist programs. The Senate also received a House message noting passage of SB 9, and a nominations committee report was announced for future consideration.

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• They have to we need we kind of need to kind of an evaluation kind of need to kind of an evaluation kind
• of need to kind of an evaluation system.
• they were actually that did not longer they were actually that did not apply to their actual job performance
• in apply to their actual job performance in apply to their actual job performance in the school if that

Bills: SB199 , HB142 , SB86 , HB152 , HB297 , SB1 , SB1

Committee: House Ways and Means Education

Keywords: parental leave, state employees, local education agencies, adoption, work-life balance, family support, portable benefits, portable benefit account, independent contractor, gig worker, 1099 worker, freelancer, app-based worker, rideshare, delivery driver, worker benefits, health insurance, retirement benefits, life insurance, income replacement insurance

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• Um, in one of their first reports, the center recommended that healthcare facilities evaluate violent
• The purpose of the program is to incentivize healthcare facilities to conduct these types of evaluations
• of social media in a 2018 British study linking it to depression, memory loss, and poor academic performance
• They have the ECFMG, the Educational Commission on Foreign Medical Graduates, who's also evaluated their
• client data management, service coordination, funding compliance, data sharing, and privacy, and performance

Bills: HB163 , HB 296

Committee: House Public Health

Keywords: judicial liability, personal bond, felony offenses, judges, criminal justice reform, voter registration, election procedures, change of address, residence requirements, Texas Election Code, Texas election law, residence address, precinct voting, county move, same-county move, Election Code, registrar, statement of residence, polling place, local elections

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• In one of their first reports, the center recommended that health. care facilities evaluate violent incidents
• The purpose of the program is to incentivize healthcare facilities to conduct these types of evaluations
• social media in a 2018 British study linking it to depression, memory loss, and poor. academic performance
• They have the ECFMG, the Educational Commission on Foreign Medicine. graduates who's also evaluated their
• . . . data management, service coordination, funding compliance, data sharing and privacy, and performance

Bills: HB713 , HB827 , HB932 , HB499 , HB510 , HB163 , HB296 , HB879 , HB913 , HB163 , HB296

Committee: House Public Health

Keywords: healthcare, maternal health, reporting requirements, Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee, health provider immunity, workplace violence, nurses, grant program, healthcare facilities, safety measures, safety, nursing, grants, healthcare safety, verbal abuse, physical abuse, nurse empowerment, occupational therapy, licensure, interstate practice

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• These are various internal key performance indicators within the department to make sure that we keep
• We have key performance indicators, KPI; that dashboard will go live for us to track our performance.
• We have key performance indicators, KPI, that dashboard will go live for us to track our performance.
• And that will be a main key performance indicator as we look at the dashboard to make sure that we're
• And that will be a main key performance indicator as we look at the dashboard to make sure that we're

Summary: The committee met for an information-only hearing with no votes or other action items. DOTD Secretary Glenn LaD and Deputy Secretary Beau Black gave an update on the department’s transformation efforts, focusing on faster project delivery, improved construction administration, and new technology. They said monthly contractor payment approvals have been reduced from roughly 35 days to 15 days or less, change orders from about 40-45 days to around five days, and that DOTD delivered 86% of its advertised projects in the last fiscal year. They also described new tools such as Headlight for field inspections, Smart PM for schedule tracking, Hall Hub for e-ticketing and work-zone mapping, and a pilot using advanced sensors on district vehicles to identify potholes, guardrail damage, and other asset issues. The department also outlined a district reorganization that replaces the area engineer model with dedicated district points of contact for construction, maintenance, and operations, with no increase in total staff. Members raised concerns about local maintenance issues, especially mowing, drainage, culverts, potholes, and communication with district offices. Several members asked for clearer coordination on jurisdictional questions, more frequent meetings with district administrators, and better public updates on long-running projects. LaD said DOTD would schedule follow-up meetings, use the coming customer service portal to track complaints, and improve public communication through project information officers, social media, and other outreach. Questions also covered contractor accountability, utility relocations, road transfer maps on the DOTD website, and whether maintenance work adjacent to capital projects should be handled by district crews or through new IDIQ contracts. The secretary also reviewed the Highway Priority Program process, saying DOTD will work between June and September to review projects not included in the prior program, explain why, and refine a five-year fiscally constrained plan before the fall road show. He said the department is using IDIQ authority to award bridge maintenance and other task-order work, and that this should help address a two-year bridge repair backlog. Members discussed whether current funding levels are enough to reduce the statewide backlog, and DOTD said the current program likely maintains rather than eliminates it absent new revenue. The hearing ended with a project-specific update that a barge struck the Black Bayou Pontoon Bridge that morning, causing significant damage; DOTD said divers and staff would inspect it and determine emergency repairs. After DOTD’s presentation, Archie Chesson of the Office of Louisiana Highway Construction gave a brief update on that office’s first year, describing its use of consultant pools, master service agreements, a public GIS map, and a data tool to prioritize rural road and bridge projects, with several early projects already completed or under construction.

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• They removed that, and there was quite a decline in math performance for these students.
• So one of the things that we noticed on that, when the evaluation for the math curriculum was coming
• And those performance tasks really will be the cornerstone to what is, what I think, your goal and what
• We're a very high-performing school, and we particularly do well in mathematics.
• Those three things, among many others, are going to allow us to see a big jump in performance.

Summary: The committee first approved several governor’s appointments not required to appear, including Arthur Krantz to the Public Employment Relations Board and Christopher Ferguson, Brian Haynes, Anna Marie de Mars, and Ronald Fiore to the Student Aid or Student Athletic commissions, all by unanimous 5-0 votes. It also approved references of bills to committees by a 5-0 vote. The committee then heard from Julia Montgomery, nominated for a third term as General Counsel of the Agricultural Labor Relations Board, who described her work on farmworker rights, outreach, and enforcement of labor protections. Members questioned Montgomery closely about card-check unionization procedures, signature authenticity, outreach to Spanish-speaking and indigenous-language farmworkers, make-whole enforcement delays, and a long-running Tri-Fanucchi farm case. Montgomery said objections and unfair labor practice charges can be investigated, that signature verification is handled by board staff rather than her office, and that delays often stem from appeals, difficulty locating workers, employer obstruction, and court backlogs. Vice Chair Grove voted no, while Senators Laird and Reyes supported the nomination; the committee advanced Montgomery to the full Senate on a 3-2 vote. The committee then considered three State Board of Education appointments: Cynthia Glover Woods, Brenda Lewis, and Gabriela Orozco Gonzalez. In opening statements, all three emphasized long careers in public education and support for students, teachers, and families. Questions focused on math achievement, the 2023 math framework and access to Algebra I in middle school, transitional kindergarten, community schools, and the effectiveness of education spending. The nominees said the framework still allows ready eighth graders to take Algebra I, pointed to new instructional materials, professional learning, TK expansion, and community schools as key improvements, and said they had not been involved in the governor’s proposed education governance changes. Public witnesses and education groups testified in strong support. The committee advanced Glover Woods 3-1, Lewis 4-1, and Gonzalez 3-1 to the full Senate.

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• It shifts from being a performance-based scholarship toward something closer to a general entitlement
• It shifts from being a performance-based scholarship toward something closer to a general entitlement
• And then as you move over to performance, you can see where the bill's at 3,500. 75% would be 4,50.
• And then as you move over to performance, you can see where the bill's at 3,500. 75% would be 4,50.
• , you can see where the bills performance, you can see where the bills at<00:28:27.200><c> 3500</c> at

Bills: SF0018 , SF0036 , SF0047

Committee: House Education

Keywords: K-12 education, part-time attendance, public schools, student enrollment, education funding, scholarship, Hathaway, academic eligibility, financial aid, Hathaway scholarship, education, state funding, college access, 916, all

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• It does not create new methods of evaluation.
• evaluations of homeed educated<01:19:26.080><c> students</c><01:19:26.880><c> by</c><01:19:27.199><c
• for an evaluator vote HP 1716<01:20:02.640><c> ITL</c><01:20:03.520><c> and</c><01:20:03.679><c> Mr.
• </c> same evaluation reporting standards. same evaluation reporting standards.
• </c><04:08:08.720><c> in</c> to be sued civily for acts performed in to be sued civily for acts performed

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• When we evaluate some of these criteria.
• When we evaluate some of these different<01:23:32.000><c> approaches</c><01:23:32.960><c> whether</c>
• </c> SIP programs is they're always evaluated SIP programs is they're always evaluated under<01:23:49.600
• </c><01:37:08.000><c> the</c><01:37:08.239><c> agricultural</c> specialists to perform the agricultural
• specialists to perform the agricultural elements<01:37:09.920><c> of</c><01:37:10.080><c> a</c><01:37

Bills: HF2928 , HF2912 , HF2297

Committee: House Energy Finance and Policy

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, 1183, house

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• first responders, and to establish data reporting requirements to improve transparency and program performance
• And so asking the county to be part of that process, having them evaluate and see if they could file
• And so asking the county to be part of that process, having them evaluate and see if they could file
• We know we perform better when we sleep well at night, and having daylight exposure closer to when we

Committee: House Health

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• It also excludes one-way broadcast radio or television transmission equipment from evaluation by PVR.
• bill, it subjects uh two-way communication... ...subjects uh two-way communication equipment to evaluation
• adjournment until 12:01 and have that debate unless everything that just happened was just for our performance
• The results of this roll call show how purely performative the motion to take up 208 was, especially

Keywords: 926, house, all

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• improvement of buildings, wharfs, earths, facilities, utilities, infrastructure, and related systems performed
• So the fire safety has been fully evaluated without the secondary access and found to be sufficient.
• takeover of the local cemetery district, we learned it requires comprehensive financial audits, performance
• evaluations, process and procedures to be analyzed, modified, implemented, payroll and accounting systems

Committee: Senate Local Government

Keywords: 987, senate, all