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• And we forced the developer to do the sewage piping from that development to, you know, $10,000, you
• But to that small developer, that was a big deal, right?
• It's not off the backs of the developers. They just build the housing.
• of development rather than after.
• Stronger and the financial viability of these developments as well.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• acquire a license and would authorize the Secretary of EOHHS, in consultation with A&F and DPH, to develop
• The council stands ready to work in collaboration with the legislature and the administration to develop
• Yeah, something almost the same exact words.
• As mentioned earlier by both Julie and Jake, these bills were developed from recommendations made by
• House Bill 777 and 7 Bill 471 aimed to develop educational resources for economic well-being, allowing

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Aging and Independence held a hearing on several bills, led by Chair Tom Stanley and Senate Chair Patricia Jehlen. The committee first heard testimony on H. 765/S. 487, an act relative to councils on aging, which would update outdated statutory language and allow directors of councils on aging to make staffing decisions when a council is structured as an advisory body. Representative Donahue and Betsy Connell of the Massachusetts Association of Councils on Aging said the change reflects how most councils now operate and would resolve conflicts like the one that arose in Sherborn. Members asked about whether the bill would affect town managers, volunteer roles, and whether the language should more clearly exempt informal volunteer help; supporters said the bill is aimed at municipal staffing structures, not unpaid volunteer assistance. The committee then took extensive testimony on H. 789/S. 470, an act to improve Massachusetts home care, which would create a statewide licensure system for non-medical home care agencies and entities. Julie Watt, Jay Krillovich, Betsy Krimmins, Lisa Gargoni, Tim Foley, and several providers and advocates supported the bill, arguing that licensure would establish baseline standards for background checks, training, service plans, insurance, complaint procedures, and labor-law compliance, while helping consumers identify legitimate providers and reducing fraud and abuse. Several witnesses described problems with unlicensed or poorly supervised providers, and family members and dementia advocates emphasized the need for dementia-specific training and better oversight for vulnerable clients. Tim Foley also raised concerns about private equity’s growing role in home care and said stronger regulation is needed to protect consumers and workers. Committee members focused on practical questions about the bill’s scope, including whether it would reach informal paid helpers, volunteers, or people doing occasional household tasks, and what agency would enforce the rules. Supporters said the bill is intended to cover entities advertising home care services, not unpaid volunteer help, though they acknowledged regulators would need to work out details. John Sneeth of Tribute Home Care offered a more cautious view, saying licensure should not unduly burden smaller providers or reduce competition, and that enforcement would be key. The hearing also included testimony from the Alzheimer’s Association and family caregivers, who strongly supported the bill’s dementia-training provisions and described how trained caregivers improved safety and quality of life for people living with Alzheimer’s and dementia. At the end of the hearing, the committee also heard support for H. 778/S. 473, regarding the Commission on LGBTQ Aging, with Lisa Krinsky urging funding for a full-time director and continued support for the commission’s strategic plan. After public testimony concluded, the committee adjourned the hearing by motion and voice vote.

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• They remove the requirement that the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development prepare a pamphlet
• into a host of pro-worker funds, including unemployment insurance, temporary disability, workforce development
• That test was developed for fundamentally different industries where workers depend on a single employer
• That test was developed for fundamentally different industries where workers depend on a single employer
• body, considering that a marathon committee meeting that lasted over six hours took place on this exact

Keywords: 1146, all

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• But how does all that come together into an important metric that we were able to develop?
• One of the core pieces that we've developed was what is called days of supply.
• From CDTFA, just at the top, one of the statutory responsibilities of SBX1-2 was to develop a pricing
• In 1971, the Transportation Development Act applied sales tax to gasoline, and the revenues went to the
• But it's the exact same gasoline, right?

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• I'm currently developing a character education curriculum for public school students and have... ...character
• I'm currently developing a character education curriculum for public school students and have... ...character
• I wish I had those in front of me to outline those exact details of which ones were changed, but there
• He's a member of the Economic Club of Oklahoma, and he's an active member in community workforce development
• incredibly well-rounded nominee with decades of experience in teaching, coaching, and curriculum development

Summary: The Extended Education Committee met to consider a long slate of gubernatorial nominations and reappointments to education-related boards and commissions. The committee heard brief introductions from sponsoring senators and remarks from nominees for the Oklahoma Lottery Commission, State Board of Career and Technology Education, Regional University System of Oklahoma, State Board of Education, Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, Board of Regents for the Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges, the Secretary of Education, several university and college boards, the Oklahoma Student Loan Authority, the State Textbook Committee, the Oklahoma Arts Council, and the Langston University board, among others. Many nominees emphasized their backgrounds in public education, higher education, business, agriculture, health care, or community service, and several acknowledged family members or institutional leaders present in the room. A few nominations drew questions or discussion. John Wesley Nofire was asked about working with the State Board of Education and about the social studies standards process, and he explained the board followed statutory public-comment procedures and made changes before final adoption. Secretary of Education Dan Hamlin received supportive comments from multiple senators, who praised his data-driven approach and urged that he be retained by future administrations. Michael McElroy, Brian Beller, Christopher Franklin, Dr. Michael Peck, and others also answered questions about the role of their boards and their experience with the institutions they would oversee. The committee voted on each nomination, with most receiving unanimous approval and a few passing with one or two dissenting votes. Notable vote totals included David McKenzie and Michael McElroy passing 9-2 and 10-1 respectively, while the rest of the nominees generally passed 8-0, 9-0, 10-0, or 11-0. At the end of the meeting, the chair thanked members for their work on the large number of executive nominations and announced that the committee was adjourned for the year.

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• Staff have developed a variety of recommendations. You will have passed legislation.
• The first two are for our annual staff development, which will be called the Performance Academy.
• That's going to be everything from housing to watersheds and natural resources, economic development.
• The region that develops them through the Office of the Courts, and LFC does have a role in evaluating
• On page 34, we're going to jump ahead to the Economic Development Department.

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• The workforce development operation that they used to have on campus has actually been taken over by
• Vincent de Paul on that campus also has the Brigade program, which is a workforce development program
• Within months, he lost eye contact, lost speech, and regressed development.
• This bill doesn't specifically address that exact entity, but of course these are the people that would
• It's specific for moderate to severe pain, and access patients here are at a higher risk of developing

Bills: HB2048, HB2189, HB2248, HB2403, HB2728, HB2729, HB2730, HB2731, HB2906, HCR2058

Keywords: orders of protection, domestic violence, court procedures, legal guardian, enforcement, healthcare, licensed health aides, scope of practice, ventilator care, training standards, medical freedom, healthcare mandates, employment requirements, public health, government regulation, elderly, physical disabilities, Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, home and community based services, funding increase

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• respect among people of different backgrounds, and contributes to social cohesion and inclusive development
• No, what they're going to do is instead raise the price of that exact same item and make everyone who
• with this Arizona division to play a vital role in the recent $816 million award from the Space Development
• Arizona's space economy, and positioning the state as a premier hub for space research, workforce development
• Speaker Pro Tem, with your permission, your committee on rural economic development will be held tomorrow

Keywords: 1182, all

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• benefits that these adaptive features and devices can provide to enhance physical health, social development
• children who have muscular challenges allow them to sit safely and engage in their environment to develop
• So this bill adds economic development businesses that are utilizing an IRB to also benefit from the
• Today, I'm speaking on behalf of New Mexico IDEA, the statewide association for economic development
• I don't have the exact section, but if you go to the different controlled schedules, Schedule 1 and 2

Bills: HB99, HB38, HB165, HB127, HB72, HB151, SB40, SB104, SB136, SB164

Keywords: medical malpractice, malpractice reform, patient's compensation fund, PCF, health care liability, tort reform, damage caps, punitive damages, hospital liability, physician liability, nurse practitioner, certified nurse-midwife, outpatient facility, ambulatory surgical center, urgent care, free-standing emergency room, insurance surcharge, superintendent of insurance, New Mexico hospitals, medical review process

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• Its decision to develop counter-strike capabilities is a key example of this.
• I want to develop a partnership, and I look forward to working with you. on the issues and the strategies
• Their elections last year , there were hundreds, I forgot the exact number, but it's in the hundreds
• There are other tools that could be developed that are available.
• And the move towards developing a real counter-strike capability by Japan.

Keywords: U.S. foreign policy, Mexico relations, Japan relations, border security, trade agreements, drug trafficking, ambassadorial nominations, intergovernmental communication

Summary: The meeting of the committee focused on critical discussions concerning U.S. foreign policy, particularly relationships with Mexico and Japan. Notable attention was given to border security, trade agreements, and implications of drug trafficking. Ambassadorial nominees discussed their strategies to strengthen ties with these nations, emphasizing the importance of cooperation in addressing mutual challenges, particularly concerning security and trade. The committee engaged in extensive dialogue, highlighting the urgency of improving intergovernmental communications to deter drug trafficking and support democratic governance.

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• We are one of the global leaders in developing the technologies in aircraft to power the future of advanced
• We have since been facing derivative action in Delaware on that exact transaction.
• We also develop technologies to help. help in the overall response against CSAM.
• bad actors, right, who develop their own large language models.
• So we, as I mentioned, we are the world's leaders on responsible AI development and deployment.

Bills: HB32, HB15, HB171, HB421, HB581, HB644, HB745, HB349, HB917, HB204, HB923, HB15, HB171, HB204

Keywords: eviction, landlord rights, tenant rights, justice court, property law, court procedures, chemical dependency, court-ordered treatment, mental health, health care, treatment facility, juvenile justice, criminal justice reform, deep fake, digital impersonation, age verification, private cause of action, explicit content, consumer protection, HB 581

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• And there are some incredible professionals in this space who are doing development and and and know
• I don't know the exact reasons why we should know the reasons why.
• The bill says in there that they need to be trained programs can be developed and actually have been
• developed to train the pa's to the equivalency of the vm since surgery.
• >> That the PSC would develop the schedule or you saying that it should happen once every 6 months, once

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• It's a greenfield development.
• the legislative history this same exact the legislative history this same exact bill<01:02:20.359
• <01:30:25.159> and market conditions as they develop and market conditions as they develop
• <01:35:57.119> implementation governance development implementation governance development
• <05:10:53.600> and<05:10:53.958> developing software development and developing software

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• It was her birthday, and we talked about this exact trauma.
• Uh, we have this listed to be exact. Uh, but you know how these things work.
• Uh we have this listed to be exact. Uh but you know how these things work.
• <02:27:59.359> this to exact this to exact this >> and<02:28:00.000> it<02:28
• like more information about that exact like more information about that exact changeover<06:06:29.760

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• hand-pick a committee out of everyone, if I could hand-pick a committee, I would literally just pick this exact
• But I would pick this exact committee.
• Whether it was a policy committee, rules committee, fiscal review committee, I would pick this exact

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• I think that I'll just give you a little bit of history, because some of this developed when I was in
• As a teacher, you know, we're required to have professional development—math teachers, art teachers,
• As a teacher, you know, we're required to have professional development—math teachers, art teachers,
• But there is no funding for professional development. Thank you for sharing that.
• And you have professional women athletes who are saying the exact same thing.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• the Center for Rural Policy and Development.
• <00:09:58.920> director development director development director uh<00:10:00.079> an<00
• <00:30:17.279> same Tails FY 229 is the exact same Tails FY 229 is the exact same number<00
• <01:01:16.520> a question because we are developing a question because we are developing a
• consideration um as we were developing consideration um as we were developing these<01:01:40.359

Keywords: 1183, house

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• And you also had seen a lot of development occur in land that didn't require a lot of site work.
• occur in um land that didn't development occur in um land that didn't require<01:48:14.199> a
• <01:59:04.119> numbers defer to them for those exact numbers defer to them for those exact
• And that is up, with the exact same question asked in 2019.
• economically viable for the developer economically viable for the developer and<02:59:56.640>

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The meeting was a Ways and Means briefing opened by the vice chair, who introduced Jason Wong of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston to discuss the national and regional economy. Wong focused on inflation, asking why it had fallen from about 9% in 2022 to the 2%–3% range, and what that meant for monetary policy and the risk of an economic downturn. He said the Fed’s target is 2%, noted that recent PCE inflation was about 2.4% and core PCE about 2.7%, and described the ongoing debate over whether interest rates should stay tight or be lowered further to protect the labor market. Wong explained that the improvement in inflation has been driven largely by goods prices, especially durable goods such as cars, appliances, and furniture, as well as non-durable goods like food. He said supply-chain disruptions during the pandemic caused major price spikes in 2022, but those pressures have eased and many goods prices are now at or below the Fed’s target. He also referenced the New York Fed’s Global Supply Chain Pressure Index, saying it showed extreme pandemic-era disruptions that have since receded. The main remaining inflation problem, he said, is in services, especially housing. Wong broke services into rent of shelter and all other services, explaining that shelter is a large share of household budgets and that housing inflation has a lag because rent measures often reflect older lease terms rather than current market rents. He said monthly Zillow data suggest market rents have cooled and may eventually feed through to official inflation measures. Members asked several questions about the chart’s time scale, the treatment of real estate, property taxes, and utilities, and Wong clarified that housing costs are counted in services and that the slides would be shared digitally. No votes or formal actions were taken.

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• we do, we do in a uniform and consistent way and so that's the purpose of the subcommittee is to develop
• We're literally taxing Texans for outcomes we know are the exact opposite of what we want.
• They're the exact same conditions.
• feet of second location, and this is the exact address.
• I don't know the exact figure.

Bills: HB36, HB75, HB76, HB166, HB799, HB 1135, HJR15, HJR16, HB36, HB75, HB76, HB166, HJR15, HJR16

Keywords: family violence, global positioning monitoring system, victim resources, electronic monitoring, protective orders, magistrate, criminal procedure, probable cause, written findings, law enforcement, bail bonds, bail fund, charitable bail fund, nonprofit bail organization, public funds, local government spending, political subdivision, county, city, taxpayer lawsuit

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• Chairman, I wish I knew the exact number, so I can't say that.
• Um, just the exact area that it will cover hasn't quite been defined.
• Chairman, we'll go back in time and develop that for you.
• Obviously, we've been talking about the economic development of our state.
• <03:54:14.560> language our request I copied the exact language our request I copied the exact

Keywords: 916, all