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• Who will write the majority report? >> Happy to write the report. >> Representative Stavis.
• Seeing none, um, there will be no minority report.
• Who will write the majority report? Who will write the majority report?
• >> Happy to write the report. >> Happy to write the report.
• <00:35:22.720> It a minority report? It is not needed. It a minority report?

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• :17:31.840> and publish our annual report and publish our annual report and consolidate<00:17:
• It represents the compare report.
• It represents the compare report.
• It represents the compare report.
• It represents the compare report.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• As you look now, I'm going to switch over to the report.
• We also, turning to our recommendation, it's at the end of the... ...report.
• I just saw that in a news report from back in 2015.
• The report that was given to us indicated that these were all services.
• Back in, the reporter reviewed it and did another spell on us.

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• Currently, one in four students across the University of Minnesota are reporting food insecurity.
• Over a third of University of Minnesota students who reported food insecurity reported that it impacted
• education it does also have reporting education it does also have reporting requirements<00:30:31.679
• Prasad and I are co-chairs of the governance structure for it.
• have today that will create a structural have today that will create a structural deficit<00:45:

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• How could this bot have known my son was suicidal with a plan multiple times and not report?
• But when Adam told the chatbot he was suicidal and had a plan, there was no mandatory reporting.
• However, we have four primary concerns with how the bill is currently structured.
• Finally, we are concerned about the enforcement structure.
• Yet a 2020 state audit reported that there was widespread noncompliance.

Summary: The committee heard several bills focused on AI, privacy, and surveillance. SB 903 would prohibit AI from independently providing psychotherapy or presenting itself as a licensed mental health provider, require disclosure and informed consent, and reinforce confidentiality and privacy protections for therapy records. Supporters, including a mother and therapist whose son died by suicide after extensive chats with ChatGPT, argued the bill is needed to prevent harmful, crisis-related interactions. Behavioral health groups and labor/privacy organizations supported the measure, while TechNet, the California Medical Association, and the California Hospital Association opposed unless amended, saying the bill could restrict useful clinical tools and create conflicts around triage, screening, and data use. The committee passed SB 903 4-0 to Appropriations, with members noting the need for further work on definitions and implementation. SB 1119 would create a broader framework for chatbot safety for children, including annual risk assessments, crisis response protocols, default child protections, parental controls, notice and time limits, restrictions on advertising and use of children’s data, incident reporting, audits, and a private right of action. The author and supporters again cited the death of Adam Raine as evidence that chatbots can reinforce suicidal ideation and isolate children. Common Sense Media and several labor and privacy groups supported the bill. CalChamber, TechNet, the California State Sheriffs’ Association, and other industry and local government groups opposed unless amended, raising concerns about vague standards, overlap with SB 243, prescriptive design mandates, and litigation risk. The committee approved SB 1119 4-0 to Judiciary, with amendments to be taken there. The committee also heard SB 1013, which would tighten rules for automated license plate reader data by requiring DOJ audits, employee training, and a 30-day retention limit for most data. Supporters said the bill responds to documented misuse and over-retention of data that mostly belongs to innocent drivers. Law enforcement groups opposed, arguing the retention limit would hinder investigations and reduce the usefulness of ALPRs in serious or delayed cases. The bill passed 4-1 to Appropriations. SB 1292, a local control bill for six cities, would allow camera or sensor-based enforcement of curb and loading zones, with a human reviewing each violation before issuance. Supporters said it would help cities manage congestion and unsafe blocking of bike lanes and loading zones; privacy advocates warned about expanding automated surveillance. It passed 4-1 to Appropriations. Finally, the committee heard SB 1101, which would require higher education institutions to notify students, faculty, and staff when personal information is shared with federal agencies and limit disclosure to what is legally required. Supporters framed it as a transparency and anti-doxing measure in response to recent federal investigations and subpoenas; there was no opposition testimony. The bill passed 5-0 to Appropriations. The committee then began hearing SB 951, the California Worker Technological Displacement Act, which would require advance notice and reporting when employers displace workers due to technology and give displaced workers priority for openings, but the transcript cuts off before the hearing concluded.

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• Certainly, if property is improved with the structure, its use is probably pretty apparent.
• Certainly, if property is improved with the structure, its use is probably pretty apparent.
• Certainly, if property is improved with the structure, its use is probably pretty apparent.
• Department of Revenue prism reporting Department of Revenue prism reporting respond<01:14:55.000
• That's not how resorts operate. about their report uh but valuing about their report uh but valuing resorts

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• So compacts, they create a structure.
• and I mentioned the governor's co report and I mentioned the governor's co report that<01:08:51.359
• , managed to provide structure, managed to provide structure, accountability<01:27:56.080> and
• > the<02:00:05.920> 2026 Based on reports surrounding the 2026 Based on reports surrounding
• commission we do file annual reports commission we do file annual reports that<02:23:29.040>

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Um, the penalty structure was reset, redefined effective October 1st, 2025.
• 21:44.320> redefined penalty structure was reset redefined penalty structure was reset redefined
• <00:22:11.919> or from the change in the fee structure or from the change in the fee structure
• And I'll also say, like, we're talking about fees and the camera structures.
• This bill is and the camera structures. This bill is remarkably<00:26:37.120> simple.

Keywords: House streaming session for Thursday, February 19, 2026, 957, house, all

Summary: The House convened with 124 members present, offered prayer, approved the previous day’s journal by consent, and then moved through introductory matters and a ceremonial resolution recognizing Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated for its 113 years of sisterhood, scholarship, service, and social action in Maryland. Members welcomed visiting sorors and applauded the recognition. The chamber later confirmed 131 members present and proceeded to third reading bills. Several bills were passed without opposition, including House Bill 7, authorizing limited music therapy licenses; House Bill 42, revising the State Board of Massage Therapy Examiners; House Bill 164, on yard waste collection and disposal; and House Bill 177, on bicycles, play vehicles, and unicycles at crosswalks. House Bill 55, which would expand speed camera authority to local jurisdictions statewide for certain roads and areas, drew the most debate. Supporters argued it would give counties and municipalities local control to address speeding and safety concerns, while opponents raised concerns about local autonomy, revenue use, and whether camera fines supplement or supplant public safety funding. The floor leader clarified that the bill would extend authority now limited to three counties, that existing notice and public hearing requirements would remain, and that revenues must still be used for administrative costs and public safety. During debate on House Bill 55, members asked about the speed threshold, fine structure, whether citations go to vehicle owners, and whether the bill would change how local governments use camera revenues. The floor leader said the bill itself does not alter the existing rule that revenues after administrative costs must go to public safety, and that local jurisdictions could still further restrict use of funds. After debate, House Bill 55 passed 98-35. House Bill 164 passed 96-38, while House Bill 7 passed 133-0 and House Bill 42 passed 132-0.

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• the accessing those funds um structured the accessing those funds is<00:49:03.119> that<00:49
• So there's that there's I structure.
• However, it's not possible really within our structure as a state geographically.
• care out of that center structure.
• Most notably would be the impact to rate structure to providers.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee to study long-term managed care met to approve the prior meeting minutes, with a clarification that “OB3” referred to the “one big beautiful bill.” The minutes were then approved. Chair Jim Kofalt outlined the day’s agenda, which included testimony from the Granite State Home Health and Hospice Association, the New Hampshire Association of Counties, and later DHHS. He also noted that future meetings were expected soon and that the meetings were being livestreamed on YouTube. Granite State Home Health and Hospice Association, represented by Kellyanne Totten and Amy Moore, urged inclusive planning and a cautious, phased approach if managed care is considered. They emphasized that home care providers are not uniform, with different licensing and service models, and said any pilot should include varied provider types, rural and southern regions, and agencies of different sizes. They warned that workforce shortages, inflation, and a possible 9% CMS cut to Medicare home health payments could force agencies to reduce service areas or service types. They also said the 2023 Medicaid CFI rate increase has begun to lose its effect. In response to questions, they said the rural health transformation fund may help with planning and telehealth but likely cannot be used directly for rates or recruitment/retention. They also described the New England Home Care Nurse Residency Program, a Department of Labor grant, as a way to bring new registered nurses into home care with added training and school partnerships. The New Hampshire Association of Counties, through county nursing home administrators Craig Labore and David Ross, revisited the earlier Step Two managed care discussions from 2016-2018. They said prior consultants found the long-term services and supports system was underfunded and needed investment to stabilize providers and expand community-based care. They argued the same concerns remain today and said a managed model would jeopardize the Medicaid quality incentive payment program and, for county nursing homes, the proportionate share payment program. Their testimony was generally opposed to moving forward with managed long-term services and supports without significant additional funding and safeguards.

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• siners have rigorous reporting siners have rigorous reporting requirements<00:53:27.839> at
• This has been set up as a structure, and one that it sure sounds like is working really, really well.
• This has been set up as a structure, and one that it sure sounds like is working really, really well.
• This has been set up as a structure, and one that it sure sounds like is working really, really well.
• This has been set up as a structure, and one that it sure sounds like is working really, really well.

Bills: HF1439, HF1004, HF498, HF1326

Keywords: HF1439, Minnesota Grocers Association Foundation, Carts to Careers, workforce development fund, DEED, Department of Employment and Economic Development, grocery industry, food industry, food retail, retail workforce, job training, career pathways, scholarships, certifications, workforce pipeline, one-time appropriation, industry training, labor shortage, youth employment, apprenticeship

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• The conversion work must be completed within 3 years of application for the credit, and reports are also
• If you look on page five, line 5.14 or 5.13, it talks about what is in that report, and then also the
• The credit is modeled in many ways after that historic structural rehabilitation credit, which is also
• <00:09:32.399> Rehabilitation<00:09:33.360> credit<00:09:33.959> which structural
• Rehabilitation credit which structural Rehabilitation credit which is<00:09:34.240> also<00:09

Keywords: 1183, house

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• ; and then the appendices, which are detailed technical reports.
• as well as within the structure itself.
• that were reported by approximately 800 taxpayers per year.
• To date, we have received 872 reports of violations from citizens.
• So I've seen the number of those types of reports.

Summary: The committee held a work session on state environmental policy act (SEPA) implementation and carryout bags. Ecology staff Diane Buterak described the Clean Energy Programmatic Environmental Impact Statements (PEISs) completed for utility-scale solar, onshore wind, and green hydrogen, plus a new PEIS underway for sustainable aviation fuel. She explained that PEISs provide broad planning-level analysis to help developers and agencies avoid or mitigate impacts, but do not replace project-level review. Members asked about permitting timelines, greenhouse gas emissions from different hydrogen production methods, water use, agricultural land conversion, battery fire risk, and tribal consultation. Buterak said the PEISs identify potentially significant impacts and mitigation measures, including fire response planning, early tribal outreach, and agrovoltaics as an option for solar projects. EFSEC’s Amy Hofkimer then presented the transmission-facility programmatic EIS required by SB 5165 for 230 kV and higher transmission projects. She said the statewide review covers new lines and certain upgrades/modifications, analyzes impacts to water, cultural and tribal resources, habitat, and other areas, and uses general measures, design considerations, avoidance criteria, and sensitivity maps to guide siting and corridor planning. She said the final document would be issued in early October. Questions focused on reconductoring, tribal lands, scenic areas, and whether the review could affect existing lines crossing tribal lands. A Grant County planning director, Jim Anderson Cook, said Ecology’s PEIS would help with cumulative impacts for clustered solar projects, but noted tight local review timelines and the need for strong pre-application coordination, especially on cultural resource studies and decommissioning plans. Yakama Nation attorney Shona Leverett argued SEPA is only an assessment tool and said tribes face barriers from short comment periods, limited confidential tribal input, weak cumulative impact analysis, and challenges in the FSEC process; she urged better upfront developer diligence and more effective tribal coordination. Puget Sound Energy’s Sarah Leverett said the utility needs efficient and predictable permitting to meet clean energy mandates while maintaining reliable service and aging infrastructure. She described the scale of needed clean energy and transmission buildout, including a 10-year process for the Energize Eastside transmission rebuild, and said more consistent SEPA and PEIS processes could help. Members asked about future generation sources, reliability, and hydropower as a firming resource; she said PSE is pursuing an “all of the above” approach and would welcome more firm, dispatchable clean energy options. The committee then shifted to carryout bags. Staff Jacob Lipson and Tracy Taylor reviewed Washington’s bag law, its preemption of local ordinances, the current 8-cent charge, the scheduled increase to 12 cents, and the 2025 change delaying the 4-mil thickness requirement until 2028 while adding a temporary 4-cent penalty for thicker bags. Ecology’s Peter Lyon said the agency emphasizes education and complaint-based enforcement, has received 872 reports, and has not yet imposed any fines. Commerce’s Kirk Esmond summarized a WSU study finding fewer plastic bags distributed but more plastic by weight, and said Commerce and Ecology support keeping the 2.25-mil standard and not allowing thinner single-use bags again. Retail industry testimony from Brandon Housekeeper said grocers comply with the law but oppose the added 4-cent penalty and thicker-bag requirement, citing higher costs and confusion in the policy changes.

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• The second is a progress report on pre-K.
• In April 2025, CYFD reported 1,062 active resource homes.
• And based on the structure I laid out earlier.
• And of those reports, 313 of them were repeat offenses.
• This comes from the 2023 maltreatment report.

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• Please note that the Senate bills considered during this hearing must be reported on by December 3rd
• I urge the committee to report the bill out favorably, and I thank you for your consideration.
• There's real precedent for how states can structure conventions.
• We respectfully ask that you please give a favorable report to these rescission resolutions.
• Independent media can report without censorship.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The hearing of the Joint Committee on Veterans and Federal Affairs was opened by Chair Joe McGonagle and Vice Chair Senator Mike Rush, who noted that Chair John Velis was deployed with the Massachusetts National Guard. The chairs explained the hybrid format, three-minute testimony limit, live streaming, and filing deadlines, and said the committee would hear 11 House bills and eight Senate bills dealing with federal and overseas issues. Much of the hearing centered on competing resolutions about Article 5 constitutional conventions, along with related resolutions on D.C. statehood, child labor, Citizens United, and Cambodia. Supporters of H. 4692 and S. 284, a joint resolution to rescind all prior Massachusetts Article 5 convention applications, argued that old resolutions from the 1930s and 1970s could be used to count Massachusetts toward the 34-state threshold for calling a federal constitutional convention. Testifiers from Common Cause, the League of Women Voters, the ACLU, Reproductive Equity Now, labor groups, and others warned that a convention would have no clear rules, could not be reliably limited to specific topics, and could put civil rights, reproductive rights, labor protections, and other constitutional protections at risk. Several speakers also cited a recent federal lawsuit and said the safest course was to remove outdated applications from the books. A large opposing panel testified in support of H. 3888, a resolution calling for a Convention of States to propose amendments limiting federal power, imposing fiscal restraints, and establishing term limits. Supporters argued that Article 5 provides a lawful way to address federal overreach, debt, and congressional stagnation, and said the process would be limited by state applications and ratification by 38 states. Some committee members and witnesses raised concerns about a runaway convention, broad language in the resolution, and whether Congress could or should set rules for such a convention. Representative Gentile also testified in support of several related resolutions on overturning Citizens United, D.C. statehood, and the child labor amendment, while Representative Howard and Representative Tongue supported a Cambodia resolution condemning political oppression and urging free and fair elections. No votes or final actions were taken during the hearing.

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• News and World Report. Ranked number one in education by the U.S. News and World Report.
• reports that have come out that label our number one ranking.
• I've seen the report. I have not dived into it the way that I should. I've seen the report.
• Our districts report us those numbers at the beginning of each school year.
• So it's reported either way.

Summary: The subcommittee first heard an overview from Department of Education Chancellor Paul Burns on Florida’s K-12 governance structure and major divisions, including early learning, public schools, safe schools, school choice, and accountability. He highlighted school readiness and VPK, teacher preparation and licensure, school safety functions, scholarship and virtual/home education programs, and FAST progress monitoring. Burns also cited statewide gains such as higher mid-year reading performance, a record graduation rate of 89.7%, and record CTE enrollment, while members questioned the meaning of Florida’s “number one” education rankings, teacher pay, post-COVID learning loss, vacancies, and chronic absenteeism. St. Lucie County Superintendent John Prince then described the scale and responsibilities of a mid-sized district, emphasizing student safety, transportation, meals, hurricane shelter operations, career and technical education, teacher recruitment and retention, progress monitoring, remediation, and mental health supports. Members asked about school shelter construction standards, remediation funding, late school start times, attendance, and concordance scores; Prince argued for more flexibility for CTE pathways and noted that local districts use a mix of state and federal funds to support remediation and staffing. The committee then moved to an early warning systems panel. Burns explained that Florida law requires districts to use attendance, behavior/suspensions, course performance, FAST results, and other academic indicators to identify students needing support, with districts and families developing intervention plans. Superintendents from Putnam, St. Johns, and St. Lucie counties said chronic absenteeism is tied to achievement and NAEP decline, but causes vary by district, including poverty, transportation, daycare, family instability, travel, and student athletics. They described MTSS, PBIS, home visits, attendance letters, and community partnerships as responses. Members also discussed VPK access, full-day VPK funding, excused versus unexcused absences, and the need for earlier intervention in pre-K and K-2. Finally, Vice Chancellor Darren Norris outlined Florida’s post-Parkland school safety measures, including armed school officers, anonymous reporting, behavioral threat assessment teams, mental health training, panic alert systems, emergency drills, active assailant response policies, and firearm detection canines. Superintendents said compliance is costly and often requires shifting local funds, but they praised state grants for mental health, hardening, and mapping. They noted ongoing challenges with new mandates, capital costs, manual reporting burdens, and the need to balance safety requirements with classroom resources.

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• Bill will be reported favorable. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
• A toll should not be on this type of structure in a community.
• The state has already put in $100 million on its structure.
• It's the exact same type of structure.
• See no questions, it'll be reported favorable.

Bills: HB198, HB325, HB488, HB719, HB749, HB755, HB797, HB823, HB1028, HB1194, HB1222

Keywords: Medicaid, reimbursement, ambulatory surgical centers, gastroenterology, ophthalmology, otolaryngology, healthcare funding, Louisiana Department of Health, surgical procedures, TOPS-Tech, scholarship, education, eligibility, college credit, dual enrollment, state funding, HB 488, Belle Chasse Bridge, Belle Chasse Bridge Merit-Based Special Fund, Plaquemines Parish

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• If it's a Jane Doe or a John Doe, you want to make sure it's the right one before you report.
• I'm also a career crime reporter.
• It is a long time career crime reporter.
• I think, it was a basic piece of public information and police reports, arrest reports, you know, court
• There are over five state auditor reports pertaining to state agencies.

Bills: HB3146, HB3719, HB3895, HB3923, HB4748, HB4751, HB4936, HB4952, HB4990, HB4991, HB5061, HB5196, HB5238, HB5246, HB5487

Keywords: State Office of Administrative Hearings, SOAH, administrative hearings, contested case, contested case hearing, administrative law judge, ALJ, final decision, proposed decision, agency hearing, hearing continuance, rescheduling, Texas administrative law, Government Code Chapter 2001, workers' compensation, Department of Human Resources, Texas Labor Code, Transportation Code, Agriculture Code, Insurance Code

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• I don't think that's how our Department of Corrections has been structured.
• <00:28:51.279> I<00:28:51.440> don't Corrections has been structured.
• I don't Corrections has been structured.
• Your minority report, please. >> We'll be writing the majority. >> I'll be writing the majority.
• consent and I'll be taking care of the consent and I'll be taking care of the uh<00:42:09.119> report

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• At the time, he was being objected to because we were in a structural deficit, not unusual here, but
• It created a $6 billion structural deficit, which was bad then, bad now, but really bad then, considering
• Slow response times are the difference between life and death, and slower response times to a structure
• For Pacifica, these cuts of $2.4 million, on top of our structural deficit, bring that to 10% of our
• Today I'm happy to report that we are turning that commitment into a reality. Thank you.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Reports of committees will be deemed read and amendments adopted.
• Cal DOJ has issued five reports since 2019.
• According to a 2003 Orange County Public Works report, Orange County represented 41% of all reported
• Recent reports from multiple government oversight bodies like the U.S.
• We keep hearing reports coming out of these... ...regardless of immigration status.

Keywords: 987, senate, all