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• Many camp programs keep our parents working when they don't have an opportunity to have child care at
• Many camp programs keep our parents working when they don't have an opportunity to have child care at

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Summary: The Senate convened with prayer and the pledge, called the roll, excused absent members, and approved the prior day’s journal. The chamber then received House messages noting passage of House Bills 1, 422, 568, and 627, and heard second-reading reports for several measures, including bills on the state dog breed, mortgage loan income limits, virtual currency kiosks, agriculture, and Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. Committee reports also advanced a number of bills from Appropriations and Revenue, Health and Services, Natural Resources and Energy, and State and Local Government, with many sent to the Rules Committee for further action. New bills and resolutions were introduced, including measures on transportation, tobacco/nicotine/vapor products, Public Schools Week, and honoring Joseph H. Mattingley Jr.; the Rules Committee later posted several bills for the next day and committee referrals were announced. The Senate then took up Senate Bill 98, relating to welding safety. The sponsor explained that the bill requires inspections by American Welding Society-certified personnel on certain projects where those standards apply, citing a prior school structure collapse in Kentucky as the public-safety rationale. After debate, the bill passed by a vote of 33-4. The chamber next considered Senate Bill 122, which updates alternative sentencing law to allow judges to consider caregiving responsibilities when sentencing defendants. A floor amendment, developed with input from judges, broadened and clarified the caretaker definition and moved the language into the existing sentencing statute while preserving judicial discretion. Supporters said the bill is intended to help keep families together without mandating probation or reducing penalties; after the amendment was adopted, the bill passed 35-2. Later, the Senate adopted Senate Resolution 57 honoring Father Patrick McDow on his ordination, and Senate Resolution 60 was read in full to honor the YMCA on its 175th anniversary in the United States, highlighting the organization’s history and Kentucky service. Members also announced upcoming committee meetings, including a special Health Services Committee meeting on artificial intelligence in rural health, and other committee schedules. The session concluded with the Senate in recess for committee meetings and then returning to report additional committee referrals and announcements.

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• That's called the child support.
• year in total child support payments. year in total child support payments.
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• <04:50:18.718> support strengthens the federal child support strengthens the federal child

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, April 27, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• The child care facility then locates there, the child care facility does not evict the offender from
• The safety of the children at the child care facility, that's a decision the judge can make.
• the child care facility is compromised. the child care facility is compromised.
• The amendment is about residences within 1,000 feet of the existing child care facility.
• The amendment is about residences within 1,000 feet of the existing child care facility.

Keywords: 916, all

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• When a child comes into foster care, they are surrounded by adults who begin to make decisions for them
• When a child comes into foster care, they are surrounded by adults who begin to make decisions for them
• Best for children and not necessarily what this particular child needs.
• Andrew Shane, Grace and Child Poverty, in support, and thanks for your determination.
• Sam Wilkinson with Grace and in Child Poverty in California, in support.

Summary: The Assembly Committee on Human Services heard and advanced a series of foster care, benefits, housing, and poverty-related bills. AB 373 would require appointed counsel for nonminor dependents in dependency proceedings to represent the young adult’s expressed wishes rather than substitute counsel’s judgment; supporters said it would respect autonomy for foster youth ages 18 to 21, and the bill passed 4-0, later updated to 6-0 and then 7-0 as absent members were added. AB 42 would exempt merit-based scholarships, grants, loans, and fellowships from income calculations for CalWORKs and CalFresh and align the two programs’ exclusions; student and anti-poverty advocates said it would prevent students from losing benefits when they pursue education, and it passed 6-0, later updated to 7-0. AB 534 would encourage transitional housing providers serving foster youth to move from leasing to owning properties by extending contract terms and improving access to financing; witnesses said ownership would improve stability and reduce landlord barriers, and it passed 4-0, later updated to 7-0. AB 562 would require counties below the state average for family placements to use a family-finding checklist and best-practice support; supporters emphasized family-first placements for foster youth, and it passed 6-0, later updated to 7-0. AB 661 would direct the Department of Social Services to develop an implementation plan for a permanent statewide guaranteed basic income program; supporters described positive results from pilot programs and the bill passed 5-2, later updated to 7-0. The committee also approved a consent calendar of additional bills, all without opposition.

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• In regards to just the child care facilities and things like that, are we keeping track of those who
• So if you've noticed the bill, how it's written, child care facility, it'll act like every other school
• There's nothing more devastating to a parent than losing a child.
• It's devastating to a parent than losing a child.
• I just couldn't imagine that happening, or having to deal with a child that has a rare disease.

Summary: The Education Administration Subcommittee heard and approved four bills focused on school safety, student health, and classroom environment. HB 1403, Safety of Students, would expand Guardian program participation to child care facilities, require substitute teachers to receive campus safety protocols, and allow limited exceptions for certain CTE classrooms; it drew supportive testimony from school safety and education groups and passed 16-0. PCS for HB 907, the Sunshine Genetics Act, would create the Florida Institute for Pediatric Rare Diseases at FSU and launch an opt-in newborn whole-genome screening program funded with $20 million; supporters said it could speed diagnosis, save lives, and reduce health care costs, and it passed 17-0. HB 949 would prohibit student use of wireless communication devices during the full school day, while allowing districts flexibility in implementation and medical exceptions; supporters cited distraction and bullying data, and the bill passed 17-0. The committee also approved HB 723, the Type 1 Diabetes Early Detection Program, which requires the Department of Health to provide school-based informational materials to parents and guardians about early warning signs, risk factors, and screening for type 1 diabetes. An amendment broadened the notification to include voluntary pre-K, kindergarten, and first grade and shifted the annual notice to September 30. Testimony in support came from diabetes advocates and pediatric groups, and members spoke about personal experiences with diabetes and the value of earlier education. The bill passed 17-0 after the amendment was adopted. Across the meeting, members from both parties generally praised the bills as bipartisan efforts to improve student safety, health, and learning conditions. Several members raised questions or concerns about implementation details, including school guardian tracking, cell phone pouches and emergency access, and how the diabetes notice would be distributed, but no bill faced opposition in committee. All four measures were reported favorably.

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Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• child care.
• of child care.
• Because let me tell you, especially if that person has a child, the average cost of child care in the
• It replaces the outdated term "child pornography" with the accurate term "child sexual abuse material
• Any child that is taken advantage of...

Summary: The House opened with prayer, a moment of silence for the Reverend Jesse Jackson and Joseph Di Alessandro, the Pledge of Allegiance, and announcements confirming a quorum. Members also adopted the special order report and recognized several guests in the gallery, including former Speaker Dan Webster and law enforcement and civic visitors. The chamber then moved through a long special-order calendar of bills, mostly on third reading, with several measures passing unanimously or by wide margins. Among the bills considered were measures on civil procedure and estates, including C.S. HB 1407 on commencement of civil actions, HB 895 on trustee settlement and discharge, C.S. HB 1337 on estates, HB 131 on curators of estates, and C.S. HB 351 on concurrent legislative jurisdiction over military installations. The House also passed C.S. HB 441 on conservation lands, which would lengthen notice and increase transparency for land swaps involving conservation property, and C.S. CS HB 919 on commercial service airports, which created a statutory definition for major airports and preempted local naming authority for several airports. HB 919 drew extensive debate over the proposed naming of Palm Beach International Airport after President Donald J. Trump, with amendments to delay or alter the naming failing before the bill passed. Other bills approved included HB 409 requiring K-12 schools to observe Veterans Day, CS HB 461 allowing certain students to volunteer at polling places for community service hours, CS HB 1115 creating grants for genetic counseling education, HB 569 revising forensic client services, CS HB 505 regulating virtual currency kiosks to address fraud, and HB 271 on foreign and alien bail bond insurers. The House also passed HB 191 on re-employment assistance eligibility verification after extended questioning about its effects on benefits, appeals, and suitable work standards. One bill, CS HB 243 on electric bicycles, was temporarily postponed, and CS HB 1073 on school districts was also postponed.

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• Uh, on page three, it says, "A person commits the crime of enticing a child for immoral purposes if he
• Uh, on page three, it says, "A person commits the crime of enticing a child for immoral purposes if he
• My youngest child is a daughter. She's 18. Great kid. She is an Eagle Scout.
• My oldest child is in law enforcement, and he's a sheriff's deputy over in Georgia.
• <00:38:27.920> and child is a is in law enforcement. and child is a is in law enforcement.

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• the child.”
• , to make this decision for of that child, to make this decision for that<01:54:38.080> child.
• > child<01:54:43.680> is.
• <01:54:43.960> That<01:54:44.120> child matter how old that child is.
• That child matter how old that child is.

Keywords: Senate streaming session for Monday, March 23, 2026, 960, senate, all

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum present, opened with an invocation, and welcomed guests including the doctor of the day, a Johns Hopkins student, and visiting scouts. The chamber then moved through first-reading introductions of several House bills, including measures on bullying and harassment reporting, the Family and Law Enforcement Protection Act, Baltimore County nuisance actions, parole hearing commission procedures, a blockchain technology task force, and a task force on deed fraud, all of which were referred to standing committees. The main floor action centered on layover bills. Senate Bill 932, concerning social media platforms displaying a user’s usual location, was amended to broaden the protected location reference and to protect participants in the Secretary of State’s address confidentiality program; after discussion about whether minors and child-abuse victims were covered, the amended bill was ordered printed for third reading. Senate Bill 623, creating a premium cigar lounge alcoholic beverage license, drew multiple county-specific amendments. Howard County and Baltimore County amendments sought to give priority to existing local tobacco businesses for the new licenses. Supporters said the changes would protect established local shops from out-of-state entities, while opponents argued the bill should remain statewide and not be amended county by county. A motion to special order the bill failed, and the amendments were adopted before the bill was ordered printed for third reading. Senate Bill 84, on collective bargaining for graduate assistants, also advanced after a committee amendment was adopted. A District 2 amendment was offered to clarify that graduate assistants are employed as teaching, administrative, or research assistants, but the floor leader opposed it, saying the bill’s definition was already clear and the change would create confusion. The minority leader questioned the definition and the relationship between graduate assistants and employees, prompting discussion of collective bargaining as bargaining by employees through representatives. The transcript cuts off before final disposition of that amendment.

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• school district to lay eyes on the child school district to lay eyes on the child and<00:01:36.759
• Ultimately, due to maltreatment and the disenfranchisement of my child, I had to homeschool my child.
• Ultimately, due to maltreatment and the disenfranchisement of my child, I had to homeschool my child.
• Ultimately, due to maltreatment and the disenfranchisement of my child, I had to homeschool my child.
• Ultimately, due to maltreatment and the disenfranchisement of my child, I had to homeschool my child.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Think if this was your child. He was a teenager who had consensual sex.
• The law you're putting in expects him to let a child drown or die, or he goes to prison forever.
• Do we not want him to save your child or your grandchild because of his label of sex offender?
• You make no differentiation between someone who terribly harms a child and normal biological behavior
• I'm not sure how old the child was, but long story short, there are ages we need to adjust.

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• This is addressing the school, not the child.
• And I, today, am the parent of a trans child whose very existence is the topic of debate in this Alabama
• In just the past year, I've watched my brilliant child have their... watched my brilliant child have
• I want my child to enjoy the beauty of artistic expression just like I did when I was younger, but...
• Do you know how hard it is to show my child the love of Jesus when you're using your interpretation of

Bills: HB141, HB161, HB231, HB67

Keywords: HB141, Alabama, state employees, salary deductions, payroll deduction, State Comptroller, membership dues, voluntary contributions, insurance premiums, financial instruments, employee associations, state payroll, Code of Alabama 1975, Section 36-1-4.3, public employees, union dues, benefits administration, payroll withholding, financial products, deferred compensation

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• directors again I think that we child directors again I think that we child care<01:30:23.840>
• Child care care Thank you.
• important resource to address the child important resource to address the child care<01:31:09.199
• fester uh in in a child until adulthood. fester uh in in a child until adulthood.
• into their organization to the child into their organization to the child seen<02:37:19.359>

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• It won't happen very often at all on a young child.
• A young child doesn't have this need for a very deep cleaning.
• It won't happen very often at all on a young child.
• A young child doesn't have this need for a very deep cleaning.
• Jumping to page 240, 45 is amended to exclude child support dispersed to the household by a child support

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The committee first approved the December 3 minutes, then heard a request from the Board of Clinical Laboratory Practice to amend its proposed rule on exempt test methods to add certain closed-system DNA/RNA tests, including rhinovirus. After testimony explaining that the board had considered late comments from BioMérieux and wanted the rule record to reflect that review, the committee agreed to a limited amendment and passed the motion unanimously. The Department of Agriculture then outlined broad rule updates affecting dairy, eggs, poultry, pesticides, animal health, environmental mitigation, and the Egg Product Utilization Commission. The commissioner said the changes mostly clarified existing requirements, updated references, and reduced some burdens, such as easing dairy hauler training/licensing timing and clarifying out-of-state grade A milk language. Members asked about dairy industry decline, the APUC scoring system, and the rationale for the milk-hauler and out-of-state milk provisions. The State Board of Dental Examiners presented extensive rule changes tied to recent legislation and workforce issues, including a new professional health program for dentists, expanded duties for assistants and hygienists, broader local anesthetic authority for hygienists, and fee increases to fund the program and cover administrative costs. Testimony from Dr. Edward May strongly supported the professional health program based on his own recovery experience. The committee also heard from Game and Fish on rules easing some guide/outfitter experience requirements, allowing electronic exams, and modifying boating safety equipment rules, with no public comment and no fiscal impact. Later, Health and Human Services received approval for an extension to update tattoo/body art rules and a separate motion to repeal an obsolete nurse aide training chapter. HHS also described nursing facility rule updates, lodging sanitation revisions, and related clarifications on licensing, safety, pest control, and fire requirements. The Department of Environmental Quality received an extension for septic-system installer rules, and also presented rules for above-ground storage tanks and water/wastewater operator certification, including new fees and third-party testing options. The Industrial Commission’s oil and gas division described multiple rule changes, some withdrawn after comments, including drilling unit flexibility, site stability, wildfire authority, and streamlined transport/reporting procedures. Finally, DPI began presenting several rule packages, including school construction loan limits, school bus standards, cooperative agreements, special education rules for public charter schools, and new math curriculum and intervention requirements.

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• Set forth in the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006.
• I can't find the definition of sexual communication with a child.
• My concern is that I can't find the definition of that, of sexual communication with a child, in the
• So criminal sexual contact of a minor is already defined on a child under 13 years of age or on a child
• Is already defined on a child under 13 years of age or on a child 13 to 18 years of age, and then it

Keywords: 996, all

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• There are many rural communities that are miles from private child care facilities.
• Members, in-state tuition is about $6,500 for a Florida child.
• For child care, there is no in-state tuition; there's no public school.
• Until your child is old enough to go to a VPK.
• Because child care is $16,000 a year. I'm naming this fund for now the Brighter Futures Program.

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• AND TAKE THAT AND DISCUSS IT WITH THEIR CHILD.
• AS A PARENT OF A BIRACIAL CHILD, I KNOW FIRSTHAND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR MY CHILD AND ALL CHILDREN THAT
• MY CHILD IS THE DAUGHTER OF TWO MOMS BOOKS THAT REFLECT FAMILIES LIKE OURS HELP HER FEEL SEEN, VALUED
• WE HEAR FROM MANY PARENTS WHO HAVE BROUGHT FORWARD THE FACT THEY DON'T FIND OUT THEIR CHILD HAD LOOKED
• I ASKED MY CHILD HOW THIS BILL COULD AFFECT THEM AND THEIR CHILDREN AND THEY SAID BANNING BOOKS TAKES

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• that every child grows up safe in a stable, nurturing environment.
• Every child in California... Specifics of these cases will make your stomach turn.
• It's making sure that every child in California is safe.
• This is... ...as a child abuse prevention month in California.
• Behind every statistic is a child whose safety, dignity, and future are at risk.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• what this bill does, it makes clear field trip supervision rules, creates a new felony offense for child
• <00:01:39.040> grooming,<00:01:40.159> improves offense for child grooming, improves
• offense for child grooming, improves mandatory<00:01:41.280> reporting<00:01:41.840> to
• <00:09:41.279> to relationship with the child to relationship with the child to facilitate
• preventative, and focused on child preventative, and focused on child safety.<00:10:12.959> They

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The committee heard House File 3489, as amended, which aims to strengthen protections for students against sexual grooming. An author’s A1 amendment was adopted to tweak grooming-related definitions. The bill would clarify field trip supervision rules, create a new felony offense for child grooming, expand mandatory reporter training to include grooming, and update reporting and licensing provisions so grooming-related offenses can trigger action against teacher licenses and prompt notice to licensing boards. It also includes provisions allowing older maltreatment allegations to be investigated and defines terms used in the criminal code sections. Representative Bennett described the bill as a response to personal experience and to cases involving students who were groomed by school staff. Hannah L. Presto testified in strong support, describing years of grooming and abuse by a high school band teacher and arguing that better training and a standalone felony for grooming could help prevent escalation and recognize the harm caused by grooming itself. Detective Chad Clawson, who investigated her case, also supported the bill, saying the case exposed gaps in Minnesota law and that the field trip and grooming provisions would help protect students and staff. He noted that delayed disclosure is common in grooming cases and that time limits had prevented some school investigations. Deb Corhouse of Education Minnesota supported the training provisions and the general goal of safer field trips, but asked for clearer exceptions for emergencies, student health needs, confidentiality, and situations where a student requires one-on-one assistance. Members raised questions about costs to schools and whether the field trip language clearly covered coaches, volunteers, and extracurricular activities; the author said he was willing to work on those definitions and exceptions. The committee then voted to refer House File 3489, as amended, to the Committee on Public Safety.

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• Almost 50% of all child, her son, the state of Florida.
• That's that spike from 2018 to 2019, well, child visits.
• And we thank you for giving enough unity to talk about the maternal child health programs.
• It's given to county health departments to address maternal and child health issues locally.
• Many of our departments, maternal and child health programs have mental health components.

Keywords: 999, senate, all