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• In light of brevity, as everybody at the table here knows, the really smart people are staff people.
• Mayor, I'd like to turn it over to staff for me to kind of go through the bill.
• because in my conversations with our sheriff, ICE is not even providing the training to allow our staff
• and our quick mutual aid full-time staff and our quick mutual aid responses,<01:07:25.040><c> our</c
• facilities required for modern equity facilities required for modern public<01:39:23.160><c> works</

Bills: HF4094, HF3390, HF3813, HF3583, HF3751, HF4324, HF4789, HF3596, HF4033, HF4424, HF4053

Keywords: Crosby, local sales tax, bonding authority, community projects, voter approval, Owatonna, use tax, special law, community center, municipal finance, capital project, sales and use tax, local option tax, city tax, public facility, general election, bond referendum, debt limit, levy limit, Minnesota local government

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• I had meetings with the chief of TDEM and their staff in conjunction with DPS, Colonel Martin and his
• staff, and folks from the Speaker's office, Senator Parker's office.
• So when you say, put structure around it, you mean that the university president, for example, and staff
• Yes, as a follow-up thought, within page six the bill mentions the prohibition on diversity, equity,
• I know some of you don't like this, don't like the whole idea of diversity, equity, inclusion.

Summary: The House convened, established a quorum, heard an invocation and pledges, and approved several routine motions, including excuses for absent members, permission for committees to meet while the House was in session, and postponements of some bills. The chamber also received a Senate message listing measures passed by the Senate and adopted a memorial resolution honoring the 21 victims of the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, with remarks entered into the House Journal after a moment of silence. The House then took up a long third-reading calendar and passed a series of Senate bills on topics including criminal justice and corrections sunset provisions (SB 2405, 2406, 2407), election equipment testing (SB 2166), electric grid reliability and attack-preparedness exercises (SB 2148), firefighter collective bargaining (SB 777), DFPS and foster care procedures (SB 1141 and SB 1398), Medicare durable medical equipment billing (SB 1330), property tax administration (SB 1453), probate cleanup and record transfers (SB 1448 and SB 1839), mental health filing procedures (SB 53), school residency for children in safety placements (SB 226), diabetes-related amputation study (SB 1677), rapid DNA analysis (SB 1723), utility rate transparency and capacity cost recovery (SB 1664 and SB 1856), community supervision eligibility (SB 552 postponed), and other measures. Several bills passed with broad support, while others drew notable opposition and narrower margins, including SB 777, SB 2137, SB 2111, SB 1677, SB 1936, SB 1453, and SB 38. Two bills drew especially extensive debate. SB 2148, dealing with electricity supply chain reliability and tabletop exercises for critical facilities, was discussed as a grid-security measure aimed at coordinating utilities, law enforcement, ERCOT, and the PUC in the event of physical attacks; it passed unanimously. SB 1936, changing how LSD is measured for criminal prosecution from dosage-based to weight-based calculations, prompted extended discussion about lab consistency, carrier mediums, and fairness in charging, with supporters saying it would help crime labs and law enforcement and opponents warning it could distort penalties depending on the medium used; it passed 108-26. The House also passed SB 36, creating a Homeland Security Division within DPS, after questions about overlap with TDEM and the cost of adding personnel. Late in the day, the House debated SB 38 on eviction procedures, with supporters saying it targeted squatters and streamlined removal of unauthorized occupants, and opponents arguing it would make evictions too easy and worsen homelessness; it passed 85-44. The chamber also began debate on SB 37, a major higher-education governance bill that would expand governing-board oversight of curriculum, hiring, and faculty senates; members raised concerns about academic freedom, faculty governance, and the impact on humanities programs, and debate was still underway at the end of the transcript.

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• So the staff will be able to be a little bit more tidy at the end of the committee today and going forward
• The DCYF staff worked diligently to craft policy proposals.
• I could talk today about child family staff privacy.
• We have staff that are working on systems that were built in 1989, in the early 1990s.
• It becomes paper, and then it gets all re-entered by staff.

Bills: HF2436

Keywords: child welfare, economic assistance, child care, grant program, video security cameras

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• </c><00:48:52.480><c> in</c> concerning measures to improve equity in concerning measures to improve
• equity in maternal<00:48:53.040><c> health.
• This bill is intended to prevent elder financial abuse by giving liability protections to staff at the
• </c><01:02:35.760><c> at</c><01:02:36.000><c> the</c> liability protections to staff at the liability
• protections to staff at the financial<01:02:37.440><c> institutions,</c><01:02:38.559><c> specifically

Keywords: 981, all

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• I don't know why you would want to put a staff person in the middle of decisions.
• </c> know why you would want to put a a staff know why you would want to put a a staff person<00:32:30.399
• >> Um, for equity, this same action is going to take place whether it's on two bills or not; it just
• &gt;&gt; Um &gt;&gt; Um &gt;&gt; Um &gt;&gt; for<01:28:56.800><c> equity</c> &gt;&gt; for equity &gt;
• &gt; for equity &gt;&gt; um<01:28:59.679><c> this</c><01:28:59.920><c> the</c><01:29:00.239><c> same<

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and then moved into a work session on its remaining bills. The main discussion centered on House Bill 477, which would establish a commission to study safety and security procedures at the New Hampshire State House. Members debated whether a new commission was needed, with several speakers arguing that security is already being reviewed through the bipartisan Joint Facilities Committee and existing security staff, including an outside consultant’s review. Others raised concerns that members do not always know how to report safety or behavioral issues and suggested better communication to the full membership about who to contact and what information can be shared. The House clerk then explained the structure and authority of the Joint Facilities Committee under RSA 17-E, noting that it is a bipartisan legislative committee made up only of elected officials, with publicly listed members, defined duties, and the ability to meet in nonpublic session on sensitive matters such as security. The clerk said members can bring concerns to the committee, its chair, or their caucus leadership, and that some safety briefings are already given to all members when appropriate. Several members said they preferred keeping security matters limited to a need-to-know basis and opposed creating a new commission that could force public discussion of sensitive procedures. The committee then voted on HB 477. Representative Sheen moved ITL, Representative Turkot seconded, and the motion passed 12-0, with Representative Wall voting no. The bill was sent to consent. After that, the committee began discussion of House Bill 314, which would prohibit the use of federal, state, or local funds for lobbying activities, but the transcript cuts off before any action on that bill.

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• So the staff doing the treatment services—this would cover kind of like staff that is just, because you're
• So, but I have all wings that I have staff capacity for open.
• This core is for staff training. This is $1.7 million.
• Would you do me a favor and contact the staff?
• Next, we move to page 544, community support staff.

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• It's an equity win.
• It's an equity win.
• It's an equity win.
• It's an equity win.
• I do want to start by thanking the committee and staff for drafting this bill.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Um, the majority of contraband comes from staff.
• Um, often, yes, it is coming from staff and from male staff, uh, from our members, uh, being able to
• from the staff, from our lived experience.
• I'm, uh, with Texas Center for Justice and Equity.
• That are committed to the facility, including assault on staff.

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• Senator Gaetz moves to allow staff to make technical corrections and adjustments without objection.
• And I appreciate you're like me to work on this bill with her staff. They're actual and staff.
• And thank you to the staff for really putting all all the hard work to get us to this place.
• And I appreciate you indulging me in that as we go to the staff.
• I appreciate the opportunity to work with staff and work with all senators and stakeholders.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• So I am very confident that the authors' staff are watching.
• So I am very confident that the authors' staff are watching.
• So I am very confident that the authors' staff are watching.
• So the same plea, maybe two more, still applies to folks' staff.
• I want to begin by thanking committee staff for their help on this bill.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• in Florida the flexibility within their respective budgets to budget for retention pay of existing staff
• It's making a positive impact on recruiting and retaining staff.
• I think my last estimate was somewhere around $50 million, dollars maybe the staff director can...
• Maybe the staff director can correct me if I'm wrong on that total.
• That's a taxpayer-funded retirement plan for private equity firms.

Summary: The Finance and Tax Committee met and first heard SB 674, which would allow county property appraisers, like tax collectors already can, to budget for and pay hiring or retention bonuses if approved in their Department of Revenue budget. Support came from property appraiser representatives, who said the bill would help them compete for specialized staff without requiring new funding. The bill was reported favorably. The committee then considered SJR 318, a proposed constitutional amendment on tangible personal property used on agricultural land, along with an amendment clarifying the exemption’s scope and allowing the Legislature to set conditions by general law. Farm Bureau and the Florida Chamber supported the measure, and the committee adopted the amendment and reported the joint resolution favorably. Members also took up CS for SB 1664, which would require voter reapproval of local discretionary taxes when they expire; an amendment changed the bill to require expiration dates and tied reapproval to tax expiration rather than a fixed eight-year cycle. Local government and tourism groups raised concerns about impacts on tourist development taxes, transportation surtaxes, beaches funding, and long-term financing, while supporters argued voters should periodically affirm local taxes. The committee adopted the amendment and reported the bill favorably. Next, the committee considered SJR 1510 and its implementing bill SB 1512, both dealing with a homestead-style property tax benefit for certain long-term leased residential properties. After multiple amendments narrowed the proposal substantially, limiting it to one qualifying property and then to single-family homes, mobile homes, and condominium units, counties and cities still opposed the measures as a tax shift to other taxpayers. The sponsor said the changes reduced the scope and fiscal impact, and both measures were reported favorably. Finally, the committee heard SPB 7034, the Senate tax package, which includes permanent sales tax exemptions, multiple tax holidays, motor vehicle fee reductions, a property tax study, rural investment tax credits, a freeze on local communications services tax rates, and other tax changes, with an estimated $2.1 billion revenue reduction. Testimony was mixed: property appraisers supported the property tax study, while many public commenters opposed the firearm and ammunition tax holiday and urged inclusion of gun safes and locks instead. County, city, tourism, and lodging representatives raised concerns about tourist development tax limits and other local revenue impacts, while supporters emphasized tax relief and the study’s value. After debate, the committee adopted a motion to submit SPB 7034 as a committee bill and reported it favorably.

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• </c> multiple levels including on the staff multiple levels including on the staff at<01:11:13.040><c
• If they can get 10 workers, or a hundred extra workers on staff, they could process applications and
• She said the bill is about getting more pay for staff and some internal office procedures, which she
• If they can get 10 workers, or a hundred extra workers on staff, they can process applications, open
• She said the bill is about getting more pay for staff and some internal office procedures, which she

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• </c> remain uh keep our commitment to equity remain uh keep our commitment to equity and<01:10:19.000
• Aloha, I'm Brooke Wilson, Governor's Chief of Staff.
• Brook's my chief of staff and let's see Brook's my chief of staff and let's see who<04:40:43.240><c>
• </c> for 612 we have again the hard to staff for 612 we have again the hard to staff and<05:32:45.798
• </c><05:56:44.878><c> Matt</c><05:56:45.200><c> yammani</c> his staff Matt yammani his staff Matt yammani

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The House Finance Committee held an informational briefing with the University of Hawaiʻi, led by new President Wendy Hensel and Vice President for Budget and Finance Calbert Young. Hensel outlined the university system’s scope, student demographics, research activity, and campus missions, emphasizing four strategic priorities: serving Native Hawaiians and Hawaiʻi, student success, workforce development, and economic diversification through innovation and research. She highlighted the system’s enrollment, research funding, and the roles of Mānoa, Hilo, West Oʻahu, the community colleges, and specialized institutions such as JABSOM and the Cancer Center. Young then reviewed the budget request, focusing largely on making prior one-time appropriations permanent and supporting recurring needs. Items included funding for Mānoa athletics, the Hawaiʻi Institute for Marine Biology, K-12 teacher education, Pamantasan Council support, Hilo programs, Windward’s mental health technician certificate, Maui’s practical nursing bridge program, and student support positions such as financial aid and admissions counselors. He also described workforce-related requests tied to nursing expansion at Mānoa and West Oʻahu, as well as facilities support at West Oʻahu. A major portion of the testimony addressed the university’s two Kakaʻako medical facilities. Young explained that declining tobacco settlement and cigarette tax revenues are no longer sufficient to cover debt service for JABSOM and the Cancer Center, so the governor’s budget includes general fund support to supplement those obligations. He also described a regents-approved request not included in the governor’s proposal: expanding the Hawaiʻi Promise financial aid program to the four-year campuses, estimated at about $11–12 million. No votes or formal committee actions were taken during the briefing.

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• This is just a bill about equity and fairness.
• We view this as a move towards equity and would definitely highlight the need for additional economically
• We view this as a move towards equity and would definitely highlight the need for additional economically

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The committee first considered three gubernatorial nominations. GM510, Faith Tui Pulotu to the Molokai Irrigation System Water Users Advisory Board, received strong support from the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity, the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, and the Hawaii Farm Bureau, though the nominee was not present online. GM614, Mark Gordon to the Environmental Advisory Council, also drew unanimous support from state and private testifiers; Gordon described his environmental health and safety background and said he could commit the time needed. GM696, James Falconer to the Advisory Board on Pesticides, was supported by the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity and the Hawaii Farm Bureau; Falconer discussed his long experience in coffee and sugar, including work responding to coffee leaf rust and the need for timely pesticide tools. All three nominations were recommended for advise and consent and were adopted by four-member votes. The committee then heard several agriculture bills. HB 1603 HD1 would allow the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity to extend agricultural park leases without the current county-population restriction; supporters called it an equity measure and asked that it apply to all ag park leases, while the department gave standard testimony. HB 1707 HD1 would create a local agricultural transportation cost reimbursement program; supporters said transportation is a major production cost and suggested amendments to define “necessary supplies” and explicitly include honey. HB 2155 HD1 would establish an agricultural statistics program, with supporters emphasizing the need for better data to guide planning. HB 2594 HD1 would direct a study on insurance coverage for small producers, which supporters linked to recent storm damage and the lack of tailored insurance products. HB 2595 HD1 would create a regional agricultural feasibility and food systems production working group; supporters said it should consider markets as well as crop suitability and regional conditions. Members asked questions about lease competition, transportation reimbursement amounts and anti-double-dipping safeguards, the usefulness of agricultural data, and whether state or federal insurance models could be used as templates. Testifiers generally said the bills would help reduce costs, improve planning, and support small and neighbor-island producers, while noting that implementation details and funding levels would need further work. The committee then voted to pass all five bills with amendments, generally including a deferred effective date of July 1, 2050, and in the case of HB 1707, the committee adopted the suggested amendments to define necessary supplies and add honey to the covered commodities.

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• empowering individuals' cultural intelligence by facilitating cultural events and engaging with diversity, equity
• contributions of Korean Americans, past, present, and future, and to reaffirm our shared commitment to equity
• , including... ...and to reaffirm our shared commitment to equity, inclusion, and the opportunity for

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• CURRENTLY THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER OF LIKE WELL CAPITAL GROUP, A PRIVATE EQUITY FIRM THAT PARTNERS
• THE LAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO HILLSBORO STATE COLLEGE CHANGES THE NAME OF THE FLORIDA EDUCATIONAL EQUITY
• THE IMPACT IS ON LINES 336 WHERE MODIFYING THE STATUTE CURRENTLY KNOWN AS THE FLORIDA EDUCATIONAL EQUITY

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• The LGBTQ+ community is united in its pursuit of equity and equality for all people.
• Now more than ever, it's important that our allies stand in solidarity. ...equity and equality for all
• personally working to strengthen the transgender, gender non-conforming, and intersex wellness and equity

Summary: The Assembly met on March 6, 2025, after a quorum call and prayer, then proceeded through routine floor business and several ceremonial resolutions. Early procedural motions included a failed attempt to suspend the rules to withdraw AB 844 from committee and bring it directly to the floor; that motion received 16 ayes and 45 noes. The body also unanimously approved a request to re-refer AB 341. Members then adopted several resolutions by voice vote after adding coauthors: ACR 35 recognizing Greek Independence Day, ACR 17 honoring women in carpentry and the BOOTS apprenticeship program, ACR 50 designating March 24, 2025 as Special Olympics Day, and H.R. 21 proclaiming Transgender Week of Visibility and March 31 as Transgender Day of Visibility. Each resolution drew supportive remarks from multiple members, while H.R. 21 also prompted extended debate, including opposition centered on girls’ sports, locker rooms, and claims about state policy affecting transgender Californians. In each case, the resolutions were adopted after the coauthor roll and voice vote. The session concluded with adjournment in memory of San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Deputy Hector Cuevas, Jr., who died in the line of duty on March 17. Several members spoke in tribute to his service, his work with youth football, and his family. The Assembly then announced upcoming committee meetings and adjourned until Friday, March 28, 2025 at 9 a.m.

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• I also want to take the time to have our staff introduce themselves, the individuals who staff this committee
• Greg Bowl, committee staff.
• You'll hear from staff. Skills to access new experiences.
• Greg Vogel, committee staff.
• Greg Vogel, committee staff.

Bills: SCR8406, SB5825, SB5842, SB5863, SB5840

Keywords: civic health, community engagement, committee reestablishment, public participation, governance, Washington State Leadership Board, WSLB, gift acceptance, grants, endowments, private funding, public funding, fundraising, state board, youth leadership, civic engagement, leadership development, Washington World Fellows, sports mentoring, Boundless Washington

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• It's about quality, equity, and giving school students a fair chance to succeed.
• It's about quality, equity, and giving school students a fair chance to succeed.
• It's about quality, equity, ideology.
• </c> significant training and staff significant training and staff development,<00:36:01.760><c> professional
• have um for that teachers and staff have um for suicide<04:59:48.400><c> awareness.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee held a hearing on House Bill 1571, which would direct the Department of Education to review and revise statewide academic standards and curriculum and make an appropriation. Representative Kristen Noble, the sponsor, said the bill is intended to update outdated standards, especially in math, and to have the department create a list of high-quality curriculum and materials aligned to the revised standards. She noted she would likely amend the bill to change a requirement that districts “shall” select from the list to “may,” and said a misplaced crossed-out section would need to be restored and moved by amendment. She also said assessments would need to be updated to match any new standards. Testimony from Marie Banfield strongly supported the bill and the move away from a mandate, arguing that current standards are outdated and that Common Core and related standards have not improved student outcomes. She criticized the math standards for emphasizing multiple strategies and written explanations over computation, and said stronger standards would better support students, including those with learning or communication challenges. She also argued that New Hampshire should follow examples such as Massachusetts, which she said used rigorous standards successfully. Nate Green of the Department of Education did not take a position on the bill but explained that the bill would affect statewide academic standards, state assessments, and potentially federal compliance. He distinguished academic standards from minimum standards in statute, said any standards revision would require work with content experts, State Board approval, and then a corresponding assessment update that could take about two years. He estimated assessment development costs could range from about $200,000 to $500,000 for minor revisions and $1 million to $2 million for a wholesale new set of standards. He also said the bill would apply to public and charter public schools, not private or homeschool students, and that the department does not currently provide a statewide list of curriculum materials because curriculum decisions have historically been local.

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• The study will also examine how these strategies can affect health care equity and access to care.
• Participating schools report academic attendance, engagement, equity, and personalized metrics.
• This bill is about equity.
• I want to thank our staff. I want to thank our chief clerk. I want to thank our bill clerks.
• I want to thank our communication staff, our administrative staff, our custodial staff.

Summary: The House convened with quorum, offered prayers and moments of silence for community members who had recently died, and recognized several guests and family members in the chamber. After routine communications and passage of consent calendar 29, the chamber took up a series of measures on the main and colored agendas, with several bills and resolutions passing by voice vote or roll call. Among the measures approved were House Concurrent Resolution 157, which as amended requested a State Lottery report on options to support traditional lottery retailers; Senate Bill 53 on the Delaware Farm to Community Program; Senate Bill 307 on PSC authority for Lifeline telecommunications carriers; Senate Bill 339 clarifying health directive forms in mental health facilities; Senate Bill 235 on manufactured home community rent increases; Senate Bill 325, as amended, updating fire prevention and volunteer fire/EMS background check rules; Senate Bill 309 on inmate work and discharge of incarceration-related balances; Senate Bill 324 on deadly weapons and constable agency representatives; Senate Bill 293 on youth camp child care licensing; Senate Bill 94 on respiratory care practitioners and ECMO medication delivery; and Senate Substitute 2 for Senate Bill 100, proposing a constitutional amendment protecting the right to marry regardless of race or gender while preserving religious freedom. House Bill 188, changing Delaware primary elections to allow unaffiliated voters to choose a party primary, also passed after debate. Two measures drew extended discussion and amendments. Senate Bill 233, requiring snow and ice to be removed from vehicles, was tabled once, then later amended and passed after debate over whether the law was workable for truck drivers and other vehicle operators; a proposed truck-related exemption amendment failed. House Substitute 1 for House Bill 404, creating a pilot program for artificial intelligence and extended reality in schools, passed after testimony from the Department of Education emphasizing guardrails, privacy, and educator oversight, alongside concerns from members about data, bias, and long-term effects. Several items were tabled or reconsidered during the session, and the House adjourned after completing the day’s business.