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• We also are responsible for our debt management activities.
• We also are responsible for our debt management activities.
• Those are reported to us on an annual basis. um activities we do issue bonds um to um activities we do
• <01:45:48.960> when to support the council's activities when to support the council's activities
• the department and we're actively the department and we're actively working working working it<03

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The meeting featured presentations from the Department of Administrative Services and the Treasury Department on state revenue reporting and unclaimed property. State Comptroller Dana Call explained DAS’s role in compiling statewide revenue reports, including the annual revenue plan set through the budget process and the monthly revenue focus reports that track cash receipts. She noted that unrestricted general fund revenue is about $2 billion annually, while miscellaneous other revenue is a much smaller and less predictable category, averaging roughly $30 million to $32 million a year. She also described two more material internal revenue lines: statewide indirect cost recoveries and post-retirement benefit recoveries, which are billed to agencies and often tied to federal reimbursement rules. Members asked about the interest line in the revenue charts and about how the figures were presented, and Call clarified that the totals were in millions and that the interest item would be explained by the Treasurer. She also explained that the indirect cost and post-retirement recoveries are internal cost allocations that flow back into the unrestricted revenue pool and are reflected in agency budgets as interagency costs. Treasurer Monica Meissner then outlined Treasury Department functions, including bank deposits, statewide disbursements, banking relationships, investments, debt management, compliance, the FONA College Savings Program, the ABLE Plan, scholarship programs, and the abandoned property program. In discussing unclaimed property, she said holders report property after a five-year dormancy period, the state uses automated systems and outreach to locate owners, and claim activity has increased. In fiscal year 2024, the state returned about $12.2 million to citizens through roughly 12,000 claims; over the last 10 years, about $72.6 million has been returned. She also said the state escheated $19.9 million to the general fund and $1.8 million to counties last year, and explained that securities-related proceeds are harder to estimate because they depend on market conditions. No votes or formal actions were taken.

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• As a starting point, the bill exempts certain activities from the need for a permit at all.
• Those are all the exemptions, but then there are conditionally exempt activities.
• The activities subject to a general permit include voluntary wetland habitat restoration, linear utility
• Would that be protected too, or does it still need to be actively high-functioning?
• Some activities are exempted in this case.

Bills: SB9

Keywords: wetlands protection, nontidal wetlands, Delaware, environmental sustainability, climate change, carbon sink, permitting process

Summary: The House Natural Resources and Energy Committee met to consider two Senate bills. SB 321, with Senate Amendment 1, would change community solar billing so subscribers receive one consolidated utility bill instead of separate bills from the utility and the solar provider. Supporters said the bill would simplify enrollment and payment, improve customer retention—especially for low-income customers—and include safeguards such as guaranteed savings and an escrow mechanism to prevent cost shifts to other ratepayers. After public testimony from solar developers, the Public Advocate, the Sierra Club, and others, the committee initially lacked enough members present to release the bill, so the vote was circulated to absent members and the bill was later reported out for floor action. The committee then heard SB 9, with Senate Amendment 1, a long-negotiated wetlands protection bill. The sponsor and DNREC explained that it would create a state non-tidal wetlands program with exemptions for certain agricultural, conservation, and routine activities, general permits for some lower-impact projects, and individual permits for higher-value wetlands. Witnesses described the bill as a compromise among environmental, agricultural, development, and local government stakeholders, while some members raised questions about flooding, landowner impacts, wetland delineation, and the role of the regulatory advisory committee. Public testimony was broadly supportive from environmental groups, the Farm Bureau, builders, engineers, and affordable housing advocates. The committee then voted to release SB 9 from committee. At the end of the meeting, members offered thanks and remarks recognizing the chair’s service and leadership on environmental and energy issues. Both bills were ultimately released from committee and reported out.

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• But sadly, even with that, we've also asked our young generations to endure active duty training, or
• active shooter drills, on campus as young as five-year-olds, going to school and having to—we used to
• do duck and cover for earthquakes, and now we're doing active drills at our school campuses.
• Mia became an... active voice in our community and nationally. She went to the White House.
• But now it's not just active shooter drills, and it's not just these lives that are being touched and

Summary: The Assembly convened after a quorum call, prayer, and pledge, then handled routine procedural business including re-referrals of several Senate bills, removal of AB 1156 from the inactive file, and withdrawal of ACR 210 to the second reading file. The chamber also heard multiple guest introductions, including family members of members and two CIF Scholar Athletes of the Year, Ryan Liu and Mona Sugawara, before moving to the daily file and consent calendar. The main floor item was ACR 191, which designated June 5 as National Gun Violence Awareness Day in California. Assemblymember Stephanie and several colleagues spoke in strong support, sharing personal and district-level experiences with gun violence, highlighting the impact on children, schools, graduations, and communities, and urging continued state and federal action. Speakers emphasized prevention, safe storage, community violence intervention, and the need to resist complacency; the resolution was adopted by voice vote after 55 co-authors were added. On the consent calendar, ACR 206 and several Senate concurrent resolutions were adopted, with ACR 206 passing 60-0. The Assembly also heard an adjournment in memory for Michael George Savan, a longtime Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department commander, Marine Corps Reservist, and former Lomita mayor and councilmember. The house then announced the next session schedule and adjourned until Monday, June 8 at 1 p.m.

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• A mountain of research shows that physical activity energizes and literally enlarges brains.
• Regular physical activity is essential to the total child development.
• Conducted well, fitness testing can be important in promoting the desire to be active and fit.
• I commend... ...to be physically active and quality PE programs.
• Who might not be able to make it, but because of the activities on the floor, he's present.

Bills: HB2008, HB2075, HB2203, HB2395, HB2409

Keywords: school libraries, public school libraries, library funding, professional associations, library associations, librarians, information services, dues, membership fees, public monies, school governing body, county free library district, municipal library, library contracts, library services, books and programs, Arizona education, Title 15, Library Freedom Act, school district transparency

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• 4,000 of our children by offering stress management tools, social support, and physical wellness activities
• with the YMCA in keeping our children safe, protected, and highly progressive in their learning activities
• <00:02:25.680> and<00:02:25.840> they physical wellness activities and they physical
• wellness activities and they are<00:02:26.160> joined<00:02:26.519> today<00:02:26.920
• please welcome them the YMCA activities please welcome them the YMCA and<00:02:46.400> do<00:

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• Cal Fire's funding, for instance, to perform wildfire resilience activities has grown over the past 10
• From 2018-19 to 2025-26, the state has appropriated about $4.7 billion across a variety of activities
• The state has appropriated about $4.7 billion across a variety of activities, which we break down in
• Up until 2025-26, this funding was continuously appropriated for use on a variety of activities, with
• We track them both by activity: is it thinning, is it prescribed fire, is it reforestation?

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• I mean, I would say that would be a secular activity.
• I mean, I would say that would be a secular activity.
• I believe that, like, for you know, for Secular activity?
• And secondly, we're not competing with sports and activities.
• We support the parents' right to take their student for religious activity.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• We have two members elected by the active membership and one retired member, and then we have two ex
• Moving on to more highlights from the valuation member demographics, the number of active employees is
• So we have seen a decline over the last 20 years of active... ...of payroll growth.
• So we have seen a decline over the last 20 years of active membership of about 20%.
• We have more retirees than active members.

Summary: The Joint Committee on Public Employee Retirement held a hearing focused on the Missouri State Employees’ Retirement System (MOSERS) and its long-term financial condition. MOSERS Executive Director Abby Spieler and investment consultant Tim McKinery outlined the system’s structure, membership, funding policy, and investment approach. They reported that as of the June 30, 2025 valuation, MOSERS had a 55.4% funded ratio, about $17.4 billion in liabilities, and about $9.6 billion in assets. They explained that the FY27 employer contribution rate was certified at 32% under the board’s minimum contribution policy, up from 30.25%, and said the increase is tied to a $46 million new decision item in House Bill 5. The presentation emphasized that MOSERS is a mature plan with more retirees and inactive members than active employees, and that slow or declining payroll growth has made it harder to pay down unfunded liabilities. MOSERS described recent policy changes intended to improve long-term stability, including lowering the investment return assumption over time, updating mortality assumptions, and adopting a minimum employer contribution policy. The board’s 2024 asset-liability study also led to a shift toward more public equity exposure and less fixed income, with the consultant saying asset allocation has been the main driver of relative investment underperformance versus peers in recent years, though recent returns have improved and the portfolio has outperformed its policy index over shorter periods. Committee members questioned why the funded ratio has fallen over time, whether past investment assumptions were too optimistic, and whether the board had been too conservative in its asset allocation. MOSERS representatives responded that the earlier strategy was a board-approved risk-balanced approach and that hindsight makes the results easier to judge, while stressing that current changes are intended to improve long-term outcomes. Members also asked about the impact of inactive members, the automatic refund proposal for small terminated accounts, and the ongoing Catalyst Capital litigation. MOSERS said the proposed legislation would automatically refund small inactive balances and auto-escalate deferred compensation contributions, and reported that litigation-related attorney fees have been about $20 million so far. No votes were taken, and the committee adjourned after questions and discussion.

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• So while we view AI in that committees activity is ongoing. Important.
• Thank you. >> She was in colleagues, active directory, Florida Department of Revenue.
• We have a current hiring activity going on of a nother force. Everybody is trying to be hired.
• and for the other 2 positions on our list, we are actively interviewing or in the case of arson.
• Again, we were here last year and that's a critical activity.

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• We are actively trying to help the dams bureau with their work on dam safety and removing dams.
• We are actively trying to help the dams bureau with their work on dam safety and removing dams.
• We are actively trying to help the dams bureau with their work on dam safety and removing dams.
• We are actively trying to help the dams bureau with their work on dam safety and removing dams.
• We are actively trying to help the dams bureau with their work on dam safety and removing dams.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• ...investigate and try and convict criminals that engage in this activity.
• What is the timeline you anticipate for actually stepping into a much more active role?
• Have you noticed an increase in activity, and what does your caseload look like?
• And see how the criminal activity is really getting organized.
• That year, the fund completed its activity with $19.1 million.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• <00:07:09.080> by additional prevention activities by additional prevention activities by
• <00:08:00.560> moving uh with prevention activities moving uh with prevention activities moving
• The proposal also allows for the authority to disqualify people under active investigation for fraud
• The proposal also allows for the authority to disqualify people under active investigation for fraud
• 00:12:29.680> people The proposal also allows for the authority to disqualify people under active

Keywords: 1183, house

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• , but instead creates new criminal activity. ...criminal activity; it creates warped relationships between
• , religious functions, traveling to and from activities, and even running errands for their parents.
• The purpose of the ordinance was public safety and the deterrence of unlawful activity by a very small
• I want the police out actively, keeping the public safe.
• Alarmingly, 82% of these youth self-reported substance use, and 17% reported active alcohol use.

Bills: HB1511, HB1831, HB1988, HB2147, HB2234

Keywords: housing, affordable housing, state regulations, zoning, local government authority, drug court, juvenile justice, diversion programs, rehabilitation, criminal justice reform, remote proceedings, depositions, virtual hearings, court technology, criminal responsibility, age of maturity, expungement, mental health services, juvenile record sealing, 1184

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• Again, evaluations found positive feedback on the value of simulations and active learning.
• Again, evaluations found positive feedback on the value of simulations and active learning.
• I liked how this course incorporated active learning in a unique way.
• This initiative aims to actively 2020 by First Lady Casey DeSantis.
• Yes, ma'am, and we are actively working towards the licensing process to bring more facilities.

Summary: The committee heard three presentations focused on child welfare workforce development and the needs of children in Florida’s dependency system. First, the Florida Institute for Child Welfare described its Grow Center and related initiatives, including academic curriculum enhancements, simulations, virtual reality training, coaching, on-demand learning, advanced certifications, and the planned Tallahassee learning lab opening in January 2026. Members asked about conflict resolution, domestic violence, addiction, and microcredentials; the presenter said the institute is expanding training in those areas and is working with DCF to align advanced certifications with the department’s career ladder. The Department of Children and Families then presented on the Continue the Mission initiative, which recruits veterans, military spouses, and former law enforcement officers into CPI, API, and case management roles. DCF said it has held more than 240 hiring events and hired 372 such workers since launch, while also improving recruitment and retention through higher starting pay, streamlined hiring, rebranding, wellness supports, and enhanced pre-service training. Senators asked about PTSD concerns, staffing levels, caseloads, hotline vacancies, and salaries; DCF said it had not seen direct PTSD issues from the hiring effort and provided figures including a $50,000 starting salary for CPIs, $37,000 for APIs, and average caseloads of 12 to 15 investigations for CPIs and about 10 for APIs. Finally, DCF discussed the increased acuity of children in the dependency system, explaining that fewer children are entering care overall but those who do often have more complex behavioral, mental health, developmental, or medical needs. The department highlighted a new Behavioral Qualified Residential Treatment Program (BQRTP) designed for youth who need more intensive support than traditional foster or group home settings but do not require inpatient psychiatric treatment; one facility is licensed with 12 of 14 beds filled, and DCF said it is seeking funding for placement for 230 youth total. Members pressed for details on licensure timelines, standards, funding, and the handling of crossover youth and lockouts, and DCF said it uses braided funding and works with DJJ, APD, and lead agencies through local and state review teams. A representative of the Florida Coalition for Children also testified, saying the issue is complex and multi-year, and that the coalition is working on possible legislative and programmatic solutions. The committee took no formal votes and adjourned after the presentations and discussion.

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• But in all other respects, the active case management protocols remained in place.
• But another judge actively case managed, setting case management hearings all day long to try to get
• And it was just a rush of activity to make sure status quo was maintained at that time.
• I think you are demonstrating what active case management can result in.
• With active case management? Yes, with active case management. That's the goal in mind.

Summary: The Judiciary Committee met with a quorum present and heard several Office of the State Courts Administrator presentations. Judge Mark Mahan discussed the impact of 2023’s HB 837 litigation reforms on court operations, explaining that the law’s changes to comparative negligence, filing deadlines, collateral source evidence, premises liability, bad faith claims, attorney’s fees, and offer-of-judgment rules triggered a major March 2023 civil filing surge. He described how filings tripled statewide, with especially large increases in auto negligence and premises liability cases, and outlined how circuits responded through active case management, added resources, and workflow changes. Members asked whether the bill’s immediate effective date contributed to the surge and whether clearance rates would normalize over time; Judge Mahan said the court system viewed its response as a success and expected rates to settle as the backlog is worked through. The committee then received a presentation on problem-solving courts from Jennifer Grandal and Judge Nina Richardson. Grandal reviewed Florida’s drug courts, mental health courts, veterans courts, dependency and early childhood courts, noting statewide best-practice standards, annual reporting requirements, funding sources, and data collection systems. Judge Richardson gave a local perspective on treatment courts, emphasizing that they address underlying mental health and substance use issues, rely on judicial supervision and sanctions as well as incentives, and help participants achieve recovery and avoid reoffending. She said the programs are accountable, transparent, and effective, and thanked the Legislature for continued support. Finally, Judge Rachel Nordby and Eric McClure outlined the judicial branch’s legislative agenda. Nordby summarized the Supreme Court workgroup’s recommendations to expand Florida’s vexatious litigant law, including broader coverage, fewer qualifying adverse cases, a longer lookback period, and a public records exemption for stricken defamatory or sham material. McClure then highlighted additional agenda items: modernizing the duty-judge statute, expanding senior management retirement eligibility, authorizing additional judgeships based on workload studies, removing the statutory cap on court-ordered nonbinding arbitration compensation, protecting appellate clerks’ personal information, allowing alternative authentication for certain judicial notarizations, and creating a hearsay exception for guardian ad litem reports and testimony. No votes were taken, and the committee adjourned after member introductions and staff introductions.

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• Academic achievement waivers or activity participation.
• We're actively recruiting for four positions.
• The one activity I want to highlight is Polar Bear.
• This is probably the non- and actively learning.
• We want our kids actively engaged.

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The committee first reviewed the 2024-25 tuition waiver report for the North Dakota University System. Staff explained that waivers were reported for degree-seeking students and broken out by residency, institution, and waiver type. Members asked about partial versus full waivers, institutional discretion, athletic waivers, and whether campuses have published guardrails or transparency requirements. Staff said most waivers are set by institutions, with some statutory and board-required categories, and that athletic waivers are a small share of total waiver dollars. The report showed total gross tuition of $354.5 million, tuition waived of $38.9 million, and 11,193 of 42,040 students receiving some waiver. Members also discussed how waivers affect net tuition revenue, housing and food collections, and whether campuses are using waivers strategically compared with scholarships and other funding sources. The committee then heard a presentation on tuition rates by campus and State Board policy. Staff explained the board’s tuition factors for resident, Minnesota reciprocity, contiguous-state/U.S. nonresident, and international students, and noted that campuses often seek exceptions based on program-specific competition and enrollment goals. Members asked whether rates are based on cost or competition, and staff said campuses typically bring forward estimates and market comparisons when requesting special rates. The presentation also reviewed general fund appropriations versus net tuition revenue by campus, and members discussed how local tuition decisions and waivers do not directly affect the state funding formula, though they do affect institutional revenue and reserves. Questions were also raised about the Higher Learning Commission’s financial composite indicator and how it differs from the more intuitive reserve and revenue figures. The committee next received a broad overview of non-higher-education entities affiliated with the State Board of Higher Education, beginning with NDSU agriculture-related units. Dr. Greg Lardy described the State Board of Agricultural Research and Education, the NDSU Extension Service, the Agricultural Experiment Station, and the branch research centers, emphasizing their statewide role in crop and livestock research, extension education, and county-based outreach. He outlined funding mixes for extension, the experiment station, and branch stations, noting that grants and contracts support both research and education, while the agronomy seed farm is self-funded through seed sales. Members asked about the new and vacant FTE pool, R1 research status, matching requirements for grants, and whether state appropriations count toward research expenditures. Dr. Lardy also highlighted major research impacts, including crop varieties, virtual fencing, AI-assisted weed control, and NDAWN weather data. The Northern Crops Institute and the Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute also presented. NCI described its role in market development, technical services, and education for regional agriculture, its governance through the Northern Crops Council, and its funding from state appropriations, other states, and earned revenue. Members asked about the source of out-of-state funding, intellectual property, and the institute’s international reach. UGPTI then outlined its transportation research, federal and state funding structure, and work on road and bridge condition assessments, travel demand modeling, and workforce training. No votes were taken during the portion of the meeting reflected in the transcript.

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• <00:07:51.520> For guardianship related activities. For guardianship related activities.
• funding certain guardianship activities funding certain guardianship activities and<00:07:56.639
• The judicial branch's activities The judicial branch's activities pertaining<00:08:02.879> to<
• Rather, most of the branch's activities Rather, most of the branch's activities pertaining<00:08
• <00:08:27.120> and<00:08:27.360> they activities for the district. and they activities

Bills: HF3901, HF962, HF4428, HF4478, HF1775

Keywords: foster care, ombudsperson, investigative powers, children's rights, complaint process, HF4428, Medical Assistance, Medicaid, community engagement, work requirement, work mandate, employment requirement, community service, 80 hours, half-time student, income threshold, federal minimum wage, eligibility verification, benefit suspension, benefit termination

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• They are often at an advantage in recognizing suspicious activities simply because they are familiar
• Some of my colleagues, fellow agents, and soldiers were actively working for the enemy.
• He was not only in the Border Patrol, but he was actually actively working for the Mexican cartels, and
• Where the cartels will actively utilize women to coerce or corrupt Border Patrol agents, Customs, and
• Just as importantly, it creates a first-degree felony for those who engage in these activities. with

Bills: SB659, SB1585, SB2201, SB2514, SB2569

Keywords: smuggling, human trafficking, criminal penalties, felony offenses, law enforcement, foreign adversary, foreign-owned company, scrutinized company, China, national security, cybersecurity, information technology, communications technology, ICT, critical infrastructure, state contracts, government procurement, vendor certification, debarment, civil penalty

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• for state active duty.
• for state active duty.
• Now, if activated for state active duty.
• c> duty are activated under state active duty are activated under state active duty should<01:23:
• forward with some of our state active forward with some of our state active duty duty duty activations

Bills: HF3489, HF3393, HF3785, SF856, HF4006, HF4615, HF3919, HF4591, HF3682, HF4240

Keywords: grooming, child protection, student safety, sexual exploitation, educator licensing, teacher discipline, mandatory reporting, mandated reporter training, school misconduct, predatory offender, child abuse, sexual abuse, sex trafficking, child sexual abuse material, child pornography, position of authority, school employee, school administrator, license revocation, license suspension

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• They have found four speech activities.
• any unlawful activity during immigration enforcement<00:32:11.120> actions?"
• ,<01:16:05.920> unconstitutional<01:16:07.120> activity activity, unconstitutional activity
• activity, unconstitutional activity on<01:16:09.199> the<01:16:09.440> part<01:16:09.760
• Police could ask activities as abnormal.

Bills: HF3477, HF3414, HF103, HF3661, HF3146

Keywords: civil rights, law enforcement, federal collaboration, accountability, state law, constitutional rights, color of law, 42 U.S.C. 1983, section 1983, civil action, damages, injunctive relief, attorney fees, law enforcement task force, federal-state cooperation, intergovernmental agreement, federal agency partnership, Minnesota Constitution, U.S. Constitution, police accountability