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• The bill as amended shall be debatable for one hour, equally divided and controlled by the chair and
• Scott, will each control 30 minutes. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Michigan.
• , We do this with sensible cost controls, We do this with sensible cost controls, income<02:30:24.800
• When the courts can't control him and when his party won't control him, then the only remedy left is
• Yes, he has control over my colleagues on the other side of the aisle.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, December 4, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• You have no control over when your child is released from incarceration. That's up to the state.
• You have no control outcome is unknown.
• versus trying to control a situation. versus trying to control a situation. just<00:37:34.400>
• So this is, as she previously spoke about, Ukeru is based on the idea of comfort versus control.
• So this is, as she previously spoke about, Ukeru is based on the idea of comfort versus control.

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• Or state laws and rules, the more stringent shall control, end quote.
• Wetlands provide critical functions including flood control, water quality maintenance through filtering
• Wetlands provide critical functions including flood control, water quality maintenance through filtering
• flood control Water Quality Maintenance<00:21:26.200> through<00:21:26.400> filtering<
• of the electric assistance control of the electric assistance program<01:17:32.199> to<01:17:

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• So it's unfortunate in the areas where counties have less and less ability to control cost; those are
• It's unfortunate in the areas where counties have less and less ability to control cost; those are the
• It's unfortunate in the areas where counties have less and less ability to control cost; those are the
• My focus is on some potential impacts of several of the measures to control disability waiver growth
• My focus is on some potential impacts of several of the measures to control disability waiver growth

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• I guess then I mean, you can't control illness. That's something that's outside of your control.
• you can't control illness that's something<00:27:22.880> that's<00:27:23.039> outside<
• of your control something that's outside of your control so<00:27:25.120> if<00:27:25.279>
• <00:27:33.399> or<00:27:33.640> have maybe the schools can control or have maybe the
• schools can control or have some<00:27:34.120> at<00:27:34.240> least<00:27:34.480>

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Summary: The Senate Education Finance Committee met on January 28, 2025, to receive updates on chronic absenteeism work funded in the 2024 education finance bill. The chair introduced presentations from districts in the student attendance pilot program—Minneapolis, Columbia Heights, Chisago, and Rochester—and noted that the committee would also hear the student attendance and truancy legislative study group report and later a bill from Senator Weber. The chair also thanked educational assistants and paraprofessionals for their work in schools. Minneapolis Public Schools described common attendance challenges across pilot districts, including inconsistent attendance coding, weak family communication, difficulty identifying interventions, and uneven responses to absences. The district said pilot districts want statewide definitions for absences, tardies, and exempt codes, as well as better internal dashboards and clearer procedures. Minneapolis also highlighted strategies such as attendance teams at each school, quarterly postcards to families after five or more absences, Promise Fellows, home visits, multilingual communication through TalkingPoints, and a morning nurse line to help parents decide whether a child should stay home. The district said its main attendance goal is to raise consistent attendance from 68 percent to 80 percent by 2026. In response to committee questions, Minneapolis said its main post-COVID absenteeism reason has been illness or medical issues, followed by transportation problems, and that it does not penalize students for transportation-related absences. The district said it counts secondary absences when students miss more than three periods in a day, with truancy beginning after seven such absences, while elementary students are counted absent for the full day. Members also asked about whether reduced truancy referrals reflected more attendance or diversionary supports; the district said its approach is to focus on understanding root causes and providing support rather than quickly referring students to truancy processes. The district reported improved communication, greater parent awareness, and fewer truancy referrals so far, and said the attendance team model should be sustainable because it uses existing staff with clearer direction.

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• We understand that we want to incentivize communities to build housing, and local control usually is
• We understand that we want to incentivize communities to build housing, and local control usually is
• We understand that we want to incentivize communities to build housing, and local control usually is
• Housing and local control usually is the best way for communities to meet their residents' needs.
• <01:13:19.199> its does have an interest in controlling its does have an interest in controlling

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• Our next bill is Senate Bill 2051 from Senator Webb: an act to amend the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law
• Bill 2051 from Senator Webb: an act to amend the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law in relation to allowing

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Committee on Commerce, Economic Development, and Small Business held its first meeting of the 2006 legislative session, chaired by Senator April Baskin, with Senator Dean Murray and other members present. The committee took up six bills focused on small business, economic development, and related regulatory issues. Senators generally expressed support for the committee’s mission and for measures aimed at helping businesses grow and reducing red tape. The committee reported Senate Bill 1052, directing the Department of Economic Development to move the Central New York Welcome Center to the Equal Rights Heritage Center in Auburn, to the calendar, with one opposed. Senate Bill 1613A, directing plans for mixed-use development and redesign on part of the Haremont campus, was reported to finance. Senate Bill 2051, allowing bed and breakfast establishments to sell cider, liquor, beer, and wine, was reported to the calendar after members said it had passed the Senate in prior years and supported it as a small business measure. The committee also advanced Senate Bill 3561, which would require a study of kitchen incubators in New York State; Senator Borrello spoke in favor, citing a successful incubator example in his district, and Senator Zellner voted without recommendation, sending the bill to finance. Senate Bill 6010, creating more access to small business loans for micro-businesses, was reported to finance with broad support. Finally, Senate Bill 7332, establishing a small business regulatory nexus to provide regulatory information to small businesses, was reported to the calendar as a transparency and anti-red tape measure. The meeting concluded after all legislative items were acted on and members were reminded to submit voting sheets.

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• it reduces duplicative administrative processes among member states while maintaining regulatory control
• HB 1235 follows the same proven state-controlled model.

Summary: The Health Care Budget Subcommittee met to hear three member bills before turning to budget discussion. First, the committee considered HB 1295 on memory care, which would set baseline operating standards for memory care providers and facilities, clarify resident contract requirements, and restrict facilities from advertising themselves as memory care providers unless they meet the bill’s criteria. AARP, the Alzheimer’s Association, and the Florida Senior Living Association supported the measure, and it was reported favorably with no debate. The committee then heard HB 1235, which would authorize Florida to join the Respiratory Care Interstate Compact. Representative Conerly and a representative of the Florida Society for Respiratory Care said the compact would improve workforce flexibility and patient access while preserving state oversight and using licensure fees rather than taxpayer dollars. The bill received favorable testimony and was reported favorably. Next, HB 933 was presented by Representative Rosenwald to add two new children’s initiative sites, one in Bay County and one in Broward County, expanding a program that coordinates education, health care, employment, and housing supports for children in disadvantaged communities. The bill had support from Florida Children’s Initiative and was also reported favorably. After the bill presentations, members were told the agenda would move to budget discussion, and the chair noted that budget recommendations had been submitted to Chair McClure. With no further business, Representative Redondo moved to recess.

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• Those with 20 to 99 must meet CIS controls, Implementation Group 1 guidance.
• and clear guidance to small and medium businesses, SMBs on implementing reasonable cybersecurity controls

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• Those who are 20 to 99 must meet CIS controls and Implementation Group 1 guidance.
• guidance. guidance to small and medium businesses, SMBs, on implementing reasonable cybersecurity controls

Bills: SB1540, SB2610, SB2373

Keywords: election officials, confidentiality, personal information, government transparency, public safety, cybersecurity, data breach, breach of system security, exemplary damages, punitive damages, liability shield, safe harbor, small business, mid-sized business, Texas Business & Commerce Code, sensitive personal information, personal identifying information, identity theft, fraud prevention, NIST

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• attorney and former legislator in Massachusetts who was also a member of the Massachusetts Cannabis Control
• 17.039> cannabis a member of the Massachusetts cannabis a member of the Massachusetts cannabis Control

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• making sure people get these type of exams so that we can take care of cancers before they get out of control
• the guardianship and probate system, where guardians, a subset of them, will keep their wards under control
• It can lessen symptoms of Tourette syndrome, control ADHD... ...lessen symptoms of Tourette syndrome,
• control ADHD, lessen schizophrenia, relieve depression, and on and on.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• probably going to want to know: what other jurisdictions learned the hard way, what Hawaii still controls
• What Hawaii still controls. What thoughtful policy requires from the start.
• But in the meantime, Hawaii still controls important choices: what boundaries it set, what protections
• The integration of the tourism matrix and also control of harmonization regarding the illegal market,

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• supportive work about how their work together makes them more human, and even how they asked mission control
• 38.560> mission human, and even how they asked mission human, and even how they asked mission control
• :06:40.000> name<00:06:40.319> one<00:06:40.479> of<00:06:40.560> the control
• if they could name one of the control if they could name one of the craters<00:06:41.280> after

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• with Carol Taniguchi's help, had dispensers placed in all of the bathrooms here in the Capitol controlled
• <00:21:43.560> in<00:21:43.680> the<00:21:43.800> capital<00:21:44.280> controlled
• bathrooms here in the capital controlled bathrooms here in the capital controlled by<00:21:44.960

Bills: SB1432, SB2024, SB2043, SB2060, SB2069, SB2153, SB2259, SB2319, SB2321, SB2338, SB2360, SB2396, SB2405, SB2407, SB2544, SB2550, SB2552, SB2578, SB2580, SB2607, SB2614, SB2671, SB2800, SB2805, SB2816, SB2835, SB2877, SB2892, SB2928, SB2934, SB3063, SB3199, SB3233, SB3325, HCR8, HCR10, HCR11, HCR13, HCR14, HCR18, HCR19, HCR22, HCR24, HCR31, HCR32, HCR33, HCR35, HCR54, HCR62, HCR63, HCR66, HCR67, HCR82, HCR83, HCR85, HCR91, HCR93, HCR94, HCR96, HCR98, HCR102, HCR104, HCR105, HCR106, HCR110, HCR111, HCR116, HCR117, HCR118, HCR121, HCR122, HCR123, HCR124, HCR125, HCR127, HCR128, HCR137, HCR139, HCR140, HCR141, HCR144, HCR146, HCR162, HCR165, HCR166, HCR173, HCR178, HCR179, HCR180, HCR181, HCR182, HCR185, HCR189, HCR191, HCR192, HCR193, HCR194, HCR200, HCR202, HCR6, HCR36, HCR42, HCR43, HCR44, HCR53, HCR57, HCR61, HCR64, HCR69, HCR84, HCR101, HCR103, HCR107, HCR112, HCR126, HCR136, HCR154, HCR161, HCR175, HCR186, HCR187, HCR188, HCR197, HCR203, HCR204, HCR206, HB1870, HB1588, HB2429, HB2386, HB2583, HB2361, HB2270, HB2137, HB1643, HB1682, HB1692, HB2078, HB1553, HB1667, HB1700, HB1728, HB2293, HB2096, HB1959, HB1511, HB1961, HB1858, HB1897, HB2088, HB2093, HB2279, HB2314, HB2505, HB2433, HB963, HB1705, HB1550, HB469, HB1334, HB1710, HB1737, HB1753, HB1881, HB2309, HB1713, HB1741, HB2062, HB463, HB1839, HB1664, HB2455, HB2417, HB1898, HB1573, HB1768, HB1962, HB2101, HB1782, HB2033, HB1518, HB1642, HB1752, HB2097, HB2282, HB1696, HB1823, HB1886, HB2152, HB2413, HB2503, HB1875, HB1519, HB1509, HB1628, HB1810, HB1990, HB2023, HB2540, HB1679, HB1888, HB2576, HB2592

Keywords: Kalaupapa, Kalawao, Molokai, Maui County, county consolidation, Hansen's disease, leprosy, Department of Health, DOH, patient residents, former patients, public health, transition planning, jurisdiction transfer, county governance, historical preservation, cultural preservation, environmental remediation, community input, Kalaupapa Settlement

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• I wish I could have control over the House. I don't.
• Um I wish I could<00:08:40.680> have<00:08:40.880> control<00:08:41.240> over<00
• <00:08:41.880> I could have control over the House. I could have control over the House.

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Summary: Senate leadership said members were working through a fast-paced, intense session before a break, with many committee hearings still scheduled and about 27 bills expected to be heard that day. The leader highlighted several priorities for when lawmakers return, including an independent Inspector General proposal, additional anti-fraud measures, and packages on gun violence prevention and the Metro Surge response. The Metro Surge package was described as roughly 11 bills dealing with masks in essential spaces, aid obligations for federal agents, civil-rights/Bivens issues, and BCA participation in investigations; the broader gun violence package includes school safety, mental health, an assault-weapons ban, and a ban on high-capacity magazines, though it still awaited Finance Committee action. The leader also said bonding remains a high priority and that the Senate plans to continue moving policy quickly after the break. On budget matters, the leader said supplemental funding is needed for Capitol and Senate building security, largely because of increased personnel and overtime costs. He also said HCMC needs a short-term financing step because it is under financial pressure, but that the issue points to broader instability in Minnesota’s hospital system, especially as other hospitals may face difficulties related to HR1. Other budget-related items mentioned included housing support, rental and heating assistance, energy assistance, small business aid, health care, and food support, with some governor-proposed tax and spending ideas possibly left out because they are not affordable. The leader said the Senate is still working on fraud legislation, including the Inspector General proposal and related enforcement and oversight measures, and expects House differences to be worked out in conference committee. He described the House as a question mark and said the two chambers are moving at different paces, but he hopes to resolve differences and send bills to the governor. He also noted a rough end to the Senate Jobs Committee, said Senator Champion is considering next steps, and said Senator Mohamed and other DFL members had sent the Attorney General’s anti-fraud bill through a different committee path. He added that legislator safety is a growing concern because members from both parties are receiving threats, and he is working with counsel on possible responses. On guns in the Capitol, he said the issue reflects broader divisions and that current law allows permitted carry after screening, though he is frustrated by those using the issue to provoke emotion.

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• testing where there is credible evidence that the parents are currently abusing or improperly using a controlled
• You would be able to, you know, if someone's not doing their job, you'd have more control on fixing that
• You would be able to, you know, if someone's not doing their job, you'd have more control on fixing that
• Again, I'm trying to understand whether, again, partial access versus full access and kind of control

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Summary: The committee considered and advanced several bills. House Bill 4995, concerning video cameras in special education classrooms, was explained as requiring parents to be notified of recording interruptions, providing written notice of the law to parents and school employees, shortening the required random review of recordings from every 90 days to every 30 days, and clarifying that school boards must still conduct independent investigations even if DHS or prosecutors do not act. The committee adopted the motion to report the bill to the full Senate. House Bill 5214, dealing with drug testing in child abuse and neglect cases, would allow courts to order testing of parents in certain cases, require laboratory confirmation of positives, and require DHS to notify the court and other parties; the committee adopted the strike-and-insert amendment, then reported the bill as amended and adopted a title amendment. The committee also advanced House Bill 4025 and House Bill 5441, both restructuring state personnel systems. HB 4025 would exempt employees of the Department of Health, health facilities, and human services from classified civil service and grievance procedures beginning July 1, 2026, while preserving status for some current employees and allowing exemptions to comply with federal requirements; the committee adopted a piecemeal amendment and reported it as amended. HB 5441 would eliminate separate civil service systems for Transportation, Revenue, and the Bureau for Social Services and move classifications and compensation structures to the Division of Personnel, with testimony from the governor’s counsel emphasizing faster hiring and more flexibility; the committee adopted the strike-and-insert amendment and reported the bill as amended. House Bill 4602, a child welfare pilot program creating a private community-based system for post-removal services, drew testimony from DHS about concerns over costs, continuity, oversight, and child well-being outcomes, while supporters argued it could reduce caseloads and improve flexibility. The chair amended the bill to remove one of the two pilot regions, leaving only the Berkeley/Jefferson County pilot, and the committee then reported the bill as amended despite opposition from the senator from Marion. House Bill 4106, removing the provisional concealed handgun license requirement for ages 18 to 21, heard testimony from a pediatrician opposing the change and from a gun rights advocate supporting it; an amendment requiring firearms training for under-21 carriers failed by a 1-14 roll call, and the committee then reported the bill as amended. Finally, House Bill 4198, after a subcommittee rewrite, was advanced with a strike-and-insert amendment that refined E-Verify requirements for public and private employers, added exemptions for certain small or new employers and sole proprietors, clarified recordkeeping and notice requirements, and adjusted penalties and enforcement procedures. After a motion for the previous question, the committee adopted the amendment and reported HB 4198 as amended. House Bill 5319 was removed from the agenda, and the committee adjourned.

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• apprenticeship that is across the nation that if we want to implement that in Mississippi, we now have control
• implement that in Mississippi, we now implement that in Mississippi, we now have<00:21:46.000> control
• have control of that. have control of that.

Keywords: MS House Floor - 9 February, 2026; 4:00 PM, 925, all

Summary: The House opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, then established a quorum, dispensed with reading the journal, and welcomed several guests, including Dr. Richard Calderon and medical student Sam Buckley, along with hospital and judicial visitors in the gallery. The chamber then moved to floor action on several bills, mostly from the Workforce Committee. House Bill 622 was brought back on reconsideration, amended to align code sections with changes made by House Bill 3, and passed 119-0. House Bill 329, a reverse-auction option for local school boards and local governments, passed 113-1. House Bills 1401 and 1588, both workforce-related measures extending repeal or exemption dates and adjusting reporting requirements, passed 121-0 and 118-0, respectively. House Bill 562 created the Mississippi Career and Technical Education tuition guarantee program for CTE students and passed 116-0. House Bill 1696 transferred apprenticeship program oversight to a state advisory structure; members questioned how it would work, whether it would affect existing programs, and how it related to specific trades, but the bill passed 113-4 after an amendment to conform to federal requirements. House Bill 338 established a construction training assistant fund supported by a reduced designated contractor contribution rate; members asked about the funding source, whether it was state money, and how it would interact with existing training efforts such as Build Mississippi and Habitat for Humanity. After adopting a committee amendment reducing the contribution percentage, the bill passed 128-0. The House also concurred in a Senate amendment on another bill, making it effective immediately so a state health department hygienist could begin work right away; that motion passed 128-0. The session ended with memorial announcements for several individuals, a request for a rules meeting after adjournment, and adjournment until 10:00 a.m. the next day.

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• safety, verbal threats to a child made without a weapon in hand, or a newborn exposed to alcohol or controlled
• immediate safety, and missing infant care plans for newborns alleged to be prenatally exposed to controlled
• immediate safety and missing infant care plans for newborns alleged to be prenatally exposed to controlled
• not systematically track causes of untimely investigation, including factors outside investigators' control

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• So, it's more important than ever to focus on the issues we can control, stay disciplined, and set clear
• This is something we can control.
• <00:26:03.840> something<00:26:04.240> we<00:26:04.559> can<00:26:04.880> control
• <00:26:06.159> So, This is something we can control.

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