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• <01:34:56.040> that the very high levels that the very high levels that our<01:34:57.960><
• <01:43:26.080> is<01:43:26.280> another some level, so this is another some level, so this
• there and have a little class up there. there and have a little class up there.
• And I'll get to the that class.
• <03:45:12.800> and Uh we did pay $6,000 for that class and Uh we did pay $6,000 for that class

Keywords: 916, all

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• bullet point of a slide in your class bullet point of a slide in your class overtake<01:36:58.480
• world-class medical institutions. world-class medical institutions.
• New Hampshire, Montana, and state level.
• , the state level, the state level, they're<03:02:15.920> going<03:02:16.120> to<03
• or local level, depending on what that benefit was.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• to a large extent at the federal level to a large extent at the federal level and<00:53:20.040><
• <01:09:25.920> where going to keep our staff levels where going to keep our staff levels where
• There are statutes and regulations both at the federal level and the state level that cover apprenticeship
• regulations both at the federal level regulations both at the federal level and<01:19:37.920>
• Chair, thank you, and I have a question for the commissioner. class 4 systems bring a safer more class

Keywords: 1183, house

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• I also never had room for classes like AVID to teach me what to do after high school financially.
• Classes or seminars to help navigate college in high school would be extremely helpful.
• So, offering more classes in areas like science, technology, engineering, and math could really help
• Of course, offering more classes means schools need the support to make that possible, and this would
• why it took this level of investigating for<01:23:19.640> the<01:23:19.720> Department

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• <00:37:50.960> of they would be looking for this level of they would be looking for this level
• , for the test, paying for the um class, for the test, paying for the um class, paying<00:48:58.160
• Line 144 is um related the first class.
• This allows the same level of those journals to be used as justification for a variance.
• This allows the same level a variance.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• And that includes funding the Housing Incentive Fund at current or increased levels.
• size, and both suggest a class size of 20 or lower for preschool-aged children.
• size, and both suggest a class size of 20 or lower for preschool-aged children.
• We did look at the level of care assessment, the CANS assessment.
• Strengthening care coordination across systems and levels of care.

Summary: The committee first approved the February 11, 2026 minutes and then received an update from the North Dakota Housing Finance Agency on the interagency council on homelessness and continuum of care funding. Testimony described rising homelessness tied to tight housing markets, low incomes, aging homelessness, barriers to rental assistance and public benefits, and limited shelter and case-management capacity. Members discussed the need for more affordable housing, continued one-time funding for the North Dakota Homeless Grant and Housing Incentive Fund, better coordination with Health and Human Services on economic assistance and human service zones, landlord engagement, recovery housing, and reentry housing. The committee also heard that federal continuum of care funding remains uncertain, with possible shifts away from permanent supportive housing and housing-first models; members asked for a future update on the impact if federal rules reduce the share available for permanent housing. The committee then took testimony on accessibility of government services for people who are blind or visually impaired. Paul Olson of North Dakota Vision Services School for the Blind described current screening and service delivery, including infant referrals, regional staff, short-term programs, and collaboration with vocational rehabilitation. He said the targeted screening system is working, recommended maintaining the current model, and noted ongoing challenges with staffing, public awareness, and accessible state websites and documents. Public testimony from a visually impaired resident and a deaf resident emphasized barriers such as CAPTCHAs, inaccessible PDFs, employment forms that screen out applicants based on driver’s license status, shortages of interpreters, and the need for video remote interpreting and video relay services, along with training for users and agencies. Finally, the committee heard a final report on the study of child care provider licensing from HHS Early Childhood Director Kay Larson. The report summarized provider input and committee discussion on simplifying North Dakota’s child care licensing structure, reducing administrative burden, and balancing that with health and safety standards. Key topics included licensing categories, child care assistance eligibility, food program sponsorship, staff qualifications, training requirements, ratios and group size, age bands, and preschool exemptions. The committee’s recommendations included streamlining to three provider types plus a preschool designation, revising ratio and age-band rules, and carrying forward certain preschool outdoor-space exemptions. Larson noted that any changes would require statutory changes, rulemaking, and a transition period before new licensing rules could take effect.

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• When I explained that her mother had allowed for Angelina to miss over half of her classes for no good
• Uh, statistics of 25% of us Texans can't read above 1/5 grade level, so excuse me, um, but, um, what
• Um, so that rose to the level of her being allowed to get a more long-term protective order.
• Is he going to be ordered to a battery in an anger management class?
• Um, I do think that there should be a level of incarceration as long as it's been within.

Bills: HB116

Keywords: film industry, incentives, economic development, state funding, media production

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• level at the macro level manufacturing more than any other industry sector creates more indirect jobs
• And so it's a dynamic change or at the human level to those kind of jobs in any community.
• So both of the macro level and a micro level, the why I think it's critically important for the state
• Low income kids don't seem to be getting the same level of exposure.
• Depending on the scale, the breach and the level of preparedness.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• She language and composition classes.
• <08:37:08.718> through at the state and local level through at the state and local level through
• That's a middle-class person.
• That's a middle-class person.
• That's a middle-class person.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, May 5, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• A year ago, they're at record levels. A year ago, they're at record<00:36:01.839> lows.
• Department in 2023 as a certified level Department in 2023 as a certified level two<02:14:30.880
• This is based on a class definition disputed by scientists.
• detainers had significantly lower levels detainers had significantly lower levels of<04:37:42.240
• <05:58:12.718> $2 million for Moroccan pottery classes. $2 million for Moroccan pottery classes

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, June 11, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• one to level two, level three, something like that.
• at higher levels, and they'd have the benefits, right?
• know certain professional classes know certain professional classes altogether<00:19:19.360>
• of significant public consultation at a number of levels.
• consultation on at a number of levels consultation on at a number of levels there's<01:37:42.920

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on several bills. HB 114, concerning employment in the State Historic Preservation Program, drew support from DLNR, which said the measure would help retain qualified archaeologists, architects, and other professionals by preserving current pay levels for a limited number of positions. Members raised concerns about expanding exempt positions and the effect on union coverage, and DLNR said it was also working with DEHRD on longer-term reclassification issues. No vote was taken on the bill in the portion provided. HB 12, relating to tort liability, drew strong opposition from the Hawaii Association for Justice, which argued the bill would create overly broad immunity for landowners, conflict with Hawaii’s comparative fault framework, and undermine existing recreational liability law. Supporters said it would reduce liability concerns and encourage landowners to allow hiking, hunting, search-and-rescue training, and firearms-related uses on private land. The committee then moved on without any recorded vote in the excerpt. The committee also discussed HB 29 on counties, but no county representative was present, and members questioned whether the proposal should instead proceed through condemnation if it involved a forced sale. HB 175 on property maintenance received DLNR comments that the bill should be narrowed to noxious weeds and that fire-related provisions were more properly handled by county fire departments and the State Fire Marshal. HB 331 on permits drew support from several state agencies, but the Honolulu Board of Water Supply opposed it unless “repetitive construction” was defined more clearly; members and agencies discussed narrowing the bill to avoid unintended impacts on water and utility infrastructure. The committee also heard strong support for HB 3 on North Shore beach management, HB 309 on fish ponds, and HB 306 on water code penalties, though the Board of Water Supply raised concerns about increased fines and suggested an alternative governor’s bill and clearer administrative rules.

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• Obviously, we have world-class health care here in Virginia and at VCU, and some of our friends stopped
• Today I move that we adjourn in memory of Sergeant First Class Nicole Amore, and ask to speak to that
• we allow conflicts to grow, when tensions escalate into violence, it is people like Sergeant First Class
• of that sacrifice, I ask that when this body adjourns today, it do so in memory of Sergeant First Class
• I thought I could do more by...' ...seeing kids come to class hungry and needing shoes.

Keywords: March 12, 2026 - Regular Session, 976, house, all

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• , whether... ...to make sure that all customer classes, whether residential, small commercial, large
• commercial, even customers that only pay for street lamps, that all customer classes that were charged
• classes are at least made whole.
• So that is an example of one customer class that gets a little bit more benefit than cost.
• And so just trying to get them to look at the things that require the expert-level review.”

Bills: SB231, SB584, SB600, SB668, SB841, SB986, SB1003, SB1244, SB1625, SB1960, SB1963, SB1964, SB2026, SB2056, SB2368

Keywords: temporary emergency electric energy facility, temporary generation, emergency power, backup generation, mobile generator, portable generator, grid resilience, power outage restoration, transmission and distribution utility, TDU, Public Utility Commission of Texas, PUCT, Utilities Code Section 39.918, competitive bidding, lease authorization, emergency procurement, bulk power system, locational marginal pricing, reliability model, black start

Summary: The Senate Committee on Business and Commerce met with a quorum and first took up several pending and uncontested bills. It favorably reported SB 1405, SB 1762, SB 1977, SB 2077, SB 2148, and SB 1968, and also moved SB 2321 to the local and uncontested calendar. The committee then heard SB 819, which would change how the Public Utility Commission reviews proposed utility-scale solar and related interconnection projects. The committee substitute would shift the default so interconnection is allowed unless the PUC affirmatively prohibits it within 180 days, limit denial to cases where harm substantially outweighs benefits, remove public meeting requirements, retain setback and financial assurance provisions, add optional application materials such as national security and environmental information, and restore local control over county tax abatements. The substitute was adopted and SB 819 was favorably reported to the full Senate on a 7-3 vote. The committee then took up SB 231, focused on CenterPoint’s use of large emergency generators after Hurricane Beryl. Senator King explained that the original bill was intended to prevent customers from being charged for non-mobile generators that were leased at great cost and did not match the bill’s emergency-response purpose. CenterPoint’s Jason Ryan apologized for the company’s communication failures and said the company would make customers whole through a combination of rate reductions, foregone storm-cost recovery, and a donation of the 15 large generators to ERCOT for about two years to address a San Antonio-area reliability issue, with the company absorbing the associated costs. PUC Executive Director Connie Corona said the commission could enforce the agreement through its contested-case process. Public testimony included consumer and reliability advocates, one of whom argued utility-scale microgrids should be preserved as a policy option. SB 231 was left pending. The committee also heard SB 986, which would create an alternative process for routine Public Information Act requests so local governments can make initial redactions without sending every routine exception to the Attorney General, while preserving an appeal path and training requirements. Supporters said it would reduce backlog and speed access to records; opponents argued it would shift the burden to requesters and encourage delay. The AG’s office testified that the process could improve efficiency and still fit within current timelines if used promptly. SB 986 was left pending. Finally, SB 584 was briefly laid out to require consumer reporting agencies that buy data from others to ensure the information complies with Texas law on excluded items such as bankruptcies, judgments, and tax liens, and SB 600 was heard on heir property. SB 600’s substitute would strengthen notice, require an attorney ad litem, add an heir’s bill of rights, allow settlement conferences, and require fair-market-value sales protections; supporters said it would curb predatory partition practices, while opponents warned some provisions could burden or diminish minority heirs’ property rights. SB 584 and SB 600 were left pending after testimony.

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• The process for validation of the school level include 2 ESE certified staff and one or more portable
• knowing the bills annoying the update, knowing information because everyone calls me at the school level
• But we do is provide in-class support and full academic.
• Now, what's important, I believe is because we are at a at a 60,000 feet level, right?
• And however, station were discussion at the district level, if that's helpful.

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• AND THIS IS A HIGH HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE STEPS TAKEN TO REQUEST FEDERAL AUTHORITY TO GO AHEAD FOR
• ONE OR LEVEL TWO TRAUMA CENTER IF THEY NEED TO TRANSFER SOMEBODY OUT.
• IF YOU COULD PLEASE GIVE US TOP LEVEL ON SOME SLIDES GREAT.
• AT THAT LEVEL OF POTENCY. THEN YOU CAN SEE SOME EXCESS OF 28 PERCENT.
• WITH A THC LEVEL IS. HAVE YOU SEEN INDICATIONS ARE ANY PROBLEMS DEVELOP OUT OF THIS?

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• This past fall, the Deer Creek Boys cross-country team once again brought home the class 6A state championship
• Seated in the north gallery, we have the Guthrie High School AP Government and Politics class.
• These numbers reflect not just their wins but a level of dominance, discipline, preparation and a culture

Bills: HR1052, SB2184, SB171

Keywords: 4-H, youth development, community service, education, volunteering, Oklahoma, statutory revision, consolidation, law amendment, emergency legislation, legal clarity, SB171, state government, Capitol security, peace officer commission, legislative security, Department of Public Safety, Commissioner of Public Safety, President Pro Tempore, Speaker of the House

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• Um, as we know, as classes from use.
• various different levels of government. various different levels of government.
• by job class, to ensure that they're covered. job description in an agency?
• We still have to add it into class. We still have to add it into statute. statute. statute.
• <01:34:23.280> We the county and state level. We the county and state level.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• the lives of fosters, it's important to note that this bill also honors the sacrifices of working-class
• Site-governed schools empower site-level educators, families, and community members to work together
• And, you know, to my surprise, I passed all my classes with A's, by the way.
• And, you know, to my surprise, I passed all my classes with A's, by the way.
• And, you know, to my surprise, I passed all my classes with A's, by the way.

Bills: HF3714, HF4399, HF4176, HF2544, HF60, HF4231, HF4232

Keywords: foster care, child welfare, enrollment priority, education programs, child care assistance, education, school board, elections, local governance, school district, site-governed schools, education reform, local control, autonomy, interchange, bond issuance, transportation, infrastructure funding, Sherburne County, student eligibility

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• Members and guests are asked to join the third grade class. Thank you.
• Members and guests are asked to join the third grade class of the Frederick Murphy School in leading
• Murphy School, the third grade class.
• What distinguishes the two are the levels of THC, the psychoactive ingredient in the plants.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The House opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and welcomed students from the Frederick C. Murphy School in Weymouth, along with other guests introduced by members. The chamber then suspended Joint Rule 12 to allow several petitions to be referred, including proposals on alcohol labeling for beers consumed on premises, parity in funding for regional vocational and traditional public schools, and legal protections for victims of childhood sexual abuse. The main floor business was House No. 4187, An Act Modernizing the Commonwealth’s Cannabis Laws, reported by Ways and Means as a substitute bill. Members speaking in support described it as a comprehensive overhaul of the Cannabis Control Commission and the state’s cannabis and hemp regulatory framework. The bill would reduce and restructure the CCC, expand options for cannabis businesses and social equity operators, raise license and ownership caps, remove the vertical integration requirement for medical marijuana, and create stronger rules for hemp and CBD products, including a ban on unregulated intoxicating hemp products and a new regulatory structure for allowable hemp beverages and CBD items. Several amendments were offered and adopted by roll call, including changes narrowing the hemp beverage ban from 11 ounces to 7.5 ounces, requiring out-of-state testing labs to be certified in good standing with the commission, and other technical revisions. After debate, the House passed H. 4187 to be engrossed by a roll call vote of 153-0. The chamber also passed to be engrossed two sick leave bank bills, for Andrew Satara and Dana Johnson, and ordered House No. 1590, establishing a sick leave bank for Eric J. Wenaka, to a third reading. The House then adopted an order to meet the next day at 11 a.m. and adjourned.

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• CAPS WHERE WE DON'T HAVE DIVERSITY FROM ACROSS THE WORLD AND OUR CAMPUSES WE ARE NOT BUILDING A WORLD CLASS
• I WILL NOT FEEL SAFE IN CLASS IF THIS IS A REALITY.
• HAPPENING AND I UNDERSTAND THE GUARDIAN PROGRAM AND I AM AGAINST IT BUT OH MY GOD, WAS THIS JUST OTHER LEVELS
• SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT DOES NOT HAVE TEACHERS AS PART OF THE GUARDIAN PROGRAM, THEY MIGHT BE TAKING CLASSES