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• For nearly two millennia, we have fought with this question of the best way to address human depravity
• Given the long history of the church and its tension with the study of human behavior, the desire to
• with this question of the best way to with this question of the best way to address<03:36:25.200> human
• depravity,<03:36:26.239> academic<03:36:26.720> or<03:36:26.960> the address human
• depravity, academic or the address human depravity, academic or the church.<03:36:27.359> It<

Keywords: 916, all

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• from the Department of Health and Human from the Department of Health and Human Services.
• Department of Health and Human Services. Department of Health and Human Services.
• Uh treating<02:49:10.240> people<02:49:10.880> humanely treating people humanely treating
• Welcome to Health and Human Services.
• will fully study the fiscal and humans will fully study the fiscal and humans impacts<04:43:53.680

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• How will the factors be used to evaluate judicial performance?
• Are they looking at the current judicial performance process we have in place now?
• How what report on judicial performance.
• Are they looking judicial performance?
• at the current judicial performance at the current judicial performance process<01:13:23.120>

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• I open the meeting of the Health and Human Services Oversight Committee for May 29th.
• But we do perform those.
• <00:54:54.840> We<00:54:55.000> work But, we do we do perform those.
• We work But, we do we do perform those.
• So that person and Human Services.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The committee met on May 29 and approved the draft minutes. DHHS Commissioner Weaver then opened the department update by asking Medicaid Director Henry Litman to brief members on federal and state Medicaid changes, and later turned to DHHS Chief Operating Officer David Weathers for an update on data governance. Members also asked that acronyms be spelled out in future materials and requested a follow-up on the federal Medicaid rule once it is published. Litman reviewed several federal Medicaid provisions tied to HR 1/"OBBA" and related state implementation issues. He said the first major change would be restrictions on certain non-citizens’ Medicaid coverage, affecting about 400 people in New Hampshire, with notices likely 30 to 60 days before the effective date. He also discussed new work requirements/community engagement rules, saying New Hampshire is on track to implement them and will likely need a state plan amendment rather than an 1115 waiver. Other changes included shorter retroactive coverage periods, a new state option for certain community-based services with an estimated $740,000 in implementation support, a freeze and phased-down reduction in the Medicaid enhancement tax beginning in state fiscal year 2029, and limits on directed payments to hospitals after a grandfathering period. He also noted that Medicaid enrollment has fallen from pandemic-era levels, with about 167,000 people covered as of May 1, and that the department is working with CMS on child premiums and other cost-sharing changes approved in HB 2. Committee members asked how the department could plan for the 2029 changes given the number of elections before then, and Litman said federal rules may be adjusted over time as states and stakeholders raise concerns. He emphasized planning for the worst while hoping for the best, and said rural health care transformation funding would help the state prepare. In the second presentation, Weathers explained that data governance is now embedded in DHHS operations to control access, manage reporting, and respond to risk. He defined it as managing what data is collected, how it is used, who can access it, and what laws apply, and said DHHS has moved from governance as a committee to governance as an operational process. He described privacy impact assessments for new systems going into production, monthly privacy and security training, and ongoing review of access controls and data-sharing rules.

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• protection. if they don't have it human protection. if they don't have it active<01:37:37.679> at
• So when a medical facility has this federalwide assurance, is it limited to they must perform all of
• of their they must perform all of their operations<02:14:21.280> at<02:14:21.599> this
• I think that we should kindly and humanely protect the families and the children that are undergoing
• I think that we should kindly and humanely protect the families and the children that are undergoing

Keywords: 12:30pm HB 421 2:00pm HB 701 3:00pm HB 377 4:00pm HB 712, 928, house, all

Summary: The committee of conference first took up House Bill 421FN, concerning notice of tax-exempt status filing procedures by town officials. Members reviewed the Senate changes and focused on whether the amended language would require multiple mailings to charitable organizations. House conferees said the Senate wording appeared to create more than one mailing and asked for clarification; Senate members explained the intent was to reduce clerk workload by posting forms and sending a follow-up notice only to organizations that failed to file after the deadline. After a brief caucus, the House concluded there were too many unresolved changes to work out in conference and moved to non-concur with the Senate amendment. The House motion to non-concur passed unanimously, 4-0, and the committee agreed to place the conference report on the House consent calendar. The chair then closed the committee of conference on House Bill 421FN. The transcript then shifted to a separate committee of conference on another bill, where members discussed revisions involving direct supervision at an eligible facility, federalwide assurance requirements, and immunity language. Testimony focused on whether the bill should require supervision at a specific facility or allow broader supervision arrangements, whether rulemaking should define direct supervision, and whether the immunity provision should cover reckless as well as willful misconduct. No final vote or action on that second bill was reached in the portion provided.

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• Electric vehicles do not perform well in the cold weather and can lose a major portion of their range
• Electric vehicles do not perform well in the cold weather and can lose a major portion of their range
• 14.399> the<00:10:14.519> cold<00:10:14.839> weather Electric vehicles do not perform
• tell you the world is round, tobacco causes cancer, and climate change is happening and caused by humans
• <00:48:44.960> and<00:48:45.040> we happening and caused by humans and we happening

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Schools perform routine vision and hearing screenings; that's how they know a kiddo might need glasses
• 16:34.319> less<00:16:34.560> healthy<00:16:35.120> schools<00:16:35.480> perform
• make kids less healthy schools perform make kids less healthy schools perform routine<00:16:36.639
• being but many not perfect if human being but many legislators<00:57:58.280> long<00:57:58.520
• beings who have a right autonomous human beings who have a right to<01:10:20.880> privacy<01:

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Welcome to the September 26th meeting of the Health and Human Services Oversight Committee.
• DHS commissioners update. >> Good afternoon, Lori Weaver, Commissioner, Health and Human Services.
• But however you would like to perform that collaboration, I...
• Department of Health and Human Services. Department of Health and Human Services.
• We ask for and receive performance data.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first approved the draft minutes of its May 16, 2025 meeting, with one correction removing Representative Dry from the attendance list because she was present as a guest rather than an appointed member. The committee then received a Department of Health and Human Services update from Commissioner Lori Weaver, who focused on the rural health transformation grant process. She said the department has been gathering stakeholder input since July, issued a request for information on September 22, and is working toward an end-of-October draft and a November 3 deadline, with a grant writer request expected to go before Governor and Council at no cost to the state. The bulk of the meeting centered on federal changes affecting SNAP and Medicaid. Karen Heert explained that the federal law changes commonly referred to as the “Big Beautiful Bill” or HR1 will affect SNAP eligibility and state costs, including a shift in administrative cost sharing from 50/50 to 75/25 beginning in October 2026 and a possible state share of benefits if New Hampshire’s error rate is too high. She said the program affects about 43,000 households, that New Hampshire’s federal fiscal year 2024 error rate was 7.57% versus a national rate of 10.93%, and that the state must get below 6% to avoid liability. She also said DHS is preparing remediation steps, auditing cases, and seeking technology and staffing support, including a grant for automation and training. Henry Litman then described Medicaid changes under HB2 and the new federal law. He said New Hampshire returned to pre-pandemic eligibility verification rules on July 1, including a 10% income compatibility standard and reduced ex parte renewals, which has increased manual work and contributed to a drop in enrollment from about 185,000 in late June to about 178,000 in early September. He also reviewed new child premiums, pharmacy copays, Granite Advantage premiums, and possible Medicaid work requirements, noting that DHS is working with CMS on implementation details and may use a state plan option rather than an 1115 waiver because it would be less expensive and faster. Members asked several questions about the SNAP error-rate rules, the distinction between administrative and client errors, the effect of unpaid copays, and the timing and legal risk of the Medicaid work requirement; no votes were taken on those policy issues.

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• It is expected that we will see this being a disease that will fight in the human population.
• My understanding is there hasn't been a single case of human avian influenza from raw milk.
• Okay, I have Latora Jones with the Health and Human Services Commission.
• And so, the short answer is any acts performed here would be subject to the dental board.
• I went overseas and did human trafficking investigations in Ghana, Africa.

Bills: HB3000, HB2622, HB2283, HB541, HB1776, HB1803, HB1669, HB2588, HB220, HB3415, HB50, HB1314, HB 107, HB220, HB50, HB107

Keywords: ambulance service, rural healthcare, grants, financial assistance, qualified counties, mental health, patient transport, female attendants, security measures, healthcare regulation, epinephrine, anaphylaxis, health care, school safety, training, emergency response, direct patient care, healthcare, physicians, medical services

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• It's about our human rights.
• Let's save humanity, let's save democracy, and temporarily respond.
• Hunter said, of this plan is straightforward: to improve Republican political performance.”
• Again, as a business owner and a realtor, it usually takes around 21 days to perform due diligence when
• I can't even get 21 minutes in a committee to perform due diligence, and we're debating spending over

Summary: The Assembly met after a quorum call, recess, prayer, and the Pledge of Allegiance, then moved into a highly procedural and contentious floor session centered on redistricting measures. Members debated a point of order raised by Assembly Member DeMaio challenging the constitutionality of SB 280, ACA 8, and AB 604; the Speaker ruled the point not well taken, and the Assembly sustained that ruling on appeal. The body also took up consent-calendar and procedural motions, including suspending rules to adopt late amendments on ACA 8 and to bring the measure up without reference to file. Several motions to re-refer or suspend rules on related measures failed, while the motion to adopt the late amendments on ACA 8 carried. The main substantive item was ACA 8, the Assembly Constitutional Amendment related to redistricting, presented by Assembly Member Berman as a response to mid-decade redistricting efforts in other states, especially Texas. Supporters argued the measure was a temporary, voter-driven response to protect democracy, counter partisan gerrymandering, and address broader threats tied to the Trump administration, including immigration enforcement and health care cuts. Opponents argued ACA 8 would undermine California’s independent citizens redistricting commission, violate the state Constitution, and amount to partisan gerrymandering or a power grab. Members on both sides framed the issue as a defense of democracy, but disagreed sharply over whether the Legislature should act or leave redistricting to voters and the existing commission. No final vote on ACA 8 is shown in the transcript excerpt, but the Assembly did vote on several procedural matters: the appeal of the Speaker’s ruling was sustained 58-18; the motion to adopt late amendments on ACA 8 passed 58-19; a motion to re-refer ACA 8 and SB 280 to Judiciary failed 19-58; and a motion to take up A.J.R. 21 without reference to file failed 19-58. The session remained focused on ACA 8 and related redistricting questions, with extensive floor speeches from both supporters and opponents.

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• And again, showing our humanity matters sometimes. Which is the last, thank you so much.
• Coming from public education, the K–12 system is required to perform an external audit annually, with
• Monica Madrid, with the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, also known as CHIRLA, in support.
• The motion is due pass as amended to the Human Services Committee. Fong? Aye. Fong, aye.
• The motion is due pass as amended to the Human Services Committee. DeMaio: aye. Burner: aye.

Summary: The committee first adopted its 2025-26 rules on a 7-0 roll call, then approved three consent items—AB 88, AB 240, and AB 313—on a due-pass motion to Appropriations. The hearing then moved to AB 648, which would give community college districts the same zoning authority as the UC and CSU systems to build student and staff housing on property they own or lease. The author and supporters argued the bill would help address severe housing insecurity and homelessness among community college students, while opponents and some members raised concerns about local control, zoning exemptions, and the impact on nearby communities. AB 648 passed the committee on a 5-2 vote and was sent to the Local Government Committee. The committee next heard AB 466, which would require California Community Colleges and CSU campuses to provide organ and tissue donor registry information during student orientation, and request UC campuses to do the same. Supporters shared personal stories about transplants and donation, saying college orientation is a good opportunity to increase registrations. Some members worried about information overload during orientation and suggested campuses have flexibility in how they present the material, but the bill advanced on a unanimous 7-0 vote to Appropriations. AB 326 followed, proposing campus-by-campus external audits of the CSU every three years and public release of the audits. The author, faculty supporters, and a student argued that systemwide audits do not provide enough transparency about how money is spent at individual campuses, citing examples of financial mismanagement and fee increases. CSU opposed the bill, saying it already conducts annual consolidated external audits and that campus-level audits would add cost without added benefit. After extensive discussion about transparency, audit scope, and implementation, the bill passed 6-1 to Appropriations. The committee then took up AB 335, which would create a California Black-Serving Institution Grant Program to support Black student success and broader underserved student services; supporters emphasized persistent equity gaps and low completion rates, while an opponent argued the bill needed to be carefully amended to comply with Proposition 209 and equal protection requirements. The transcript ends during that item’s discussion, before a final vote is shown.

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• of your waiver terms of the performance of your waiver and<00:16:43.680> those<00:16:44.000><
• the Department of Health and Human the Department of Health and Human Services<01:20:10.480>
• I know that from serving on Health and Human Services Committee and the oversight committee as well.
• from serving on health and human from serving on health and human services<01:39:52.239> committee

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• They were forced to work in gold mines, cook, serve, and perform all the other services they previously
• performed on their Southern plantations.
• This then escalates to a ticket to human resources, which is then directed via another ticket to payroll
• I am a survivor of the child welfare system, a victim of human trafficking, domestic violence, systemic
• Students contribute valuable work to externship sites, often performing tasks similar or equivalent to

Summary: The committee hearing covered several higher education bills, with extensive testimony on student aid, affordability, and institutional debt. AB 587 would add veteran representation to the California Student Aid Commission; the author said the change would bring lived experience from the veteran community to student aid policy, and members raised a concern about keeping the commission’s membership odd-numbered, which the author said would be addressed by amendment. AB 791 would standardize cost-of-attendance housing calculations using objective data and improve notice of the adjustment process; supporters said current budgets often underestimate students’ real living costs, while UC, CSU, and independent colleges opposed or had concerns about the bill’s prescribed methodology, fiscal impact, and a 14-day turnaround for adjustments. AB 850 would create a one-term grace period for students with institutional debt to re-enroll while arranging repayment, bar reporting that debt to credit agencies, and require more transparency; proponents described students being blocked from continuing school over debts, while CSU, UC, and private-college representatives said they already use holds and payment plans and worried about added liabilities and budget pressures. AB 537 would extend the California College Promise Program to part-time community college students; supporters said most community college students attend part-time and should not be excluded from fee waivers, while the committee noted fiscal concerns but ultimately advanced the bill. AB 7 would allow universities to consider whether an applicant is a descendant of American chattel slavery in admissions as a reparative measure; supporters framed it as lineage-based reparative justice, while opponents argued it would function as a racial proxy and conflict with Proposition 209 and equal-protection principles. The committee took roll-call votes on the measures, advancing AB 587, AB 791, AB 850, and AB 537 to Appropriations, with AB 850 and AB 537 receiving fewer votes and the roll left open for additional members.

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• I just think that that's a humane society.
• For example, performing a retrograde extrapolation is highly variable with regard to time consumption
• Used properly, there's human error involved, and I have some pretty significant concerns about shifting
• They were given very specific guidelines when it comes to performing retrograde extrapolations that now
• So, this is time that's passing for a family where they're unable to perform services.

Bills: HB 1194, HB 1221, HB1738, HB1913, HB2177, HB2178, HB2180, HB2229, HB2282, HB2448, HB2492, HB2777, HB2984, HB3357, HB3553, HB3602

Keywords: emergency protection order, protective order, magistrate, criminal procedure, victim safety, family violence, domestic violence, stalking, assault, magistrate's order, temporary protection, court order duration, defendant restrictions, Article 17.292, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, emergency restraining order, victim protection, firearm restriction, pretrial intervention, reimbursement fee

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• And are humans a part of that ecosystem or not?
• People, some people would argue that humans are best excluded from nature.
• And are humans a part of that beach?
• that humans are best excluded<00:27:11.120> from<00:27:11.360> nature.
• to bring humanity back to these<00:40:08.560> patients.

Bills: SB2341, SB2306, SB2782, SB2161, SB17, SB2358, SB2367, SB2240, SB2547, SB2401, SB3031, SB1406, SB521, SB3247, SB1654, SB1112, SB1301, SB2443, SB2996

Keywords: historic preservation, Hawaii Revised Statutes, construction, state review, burial sites, cultural artifacts, development review, phased review, administrative fees, bureau of conveyances, land court, transaction fees, public services, cost recovery, notary public, fraud, real property, Bureau of Conveyances, title recording, property rights

Summary: The committee heard testimony on several measures related to hunting, trespass enforcement, conservation banking, coral reef resilience, and search and rescue. SB 2130 would require DLNR to increase the percentage of public land acreage designated for public hunting areas; DLNR offered comments, the Hawaii Cattlemen’s Council expressed concern, and a Game Management Advisory Commission member urged adequate funding for both study and maintenance of any expanded hunting areas. SB 2128 would require forfeiture to the state of firearms or motor vehicles used in hunting trespass on private land; the Hawaii Cattlemen’s Council supported the bill, and another signer testified without additional detail. The committee also heard SB 3053, which appropriates funds to DLNR’s Division of Aquatic Resources for mangrove removal and shoreline/stream maintenance in the Westlock and Middleock shorelines and watersheds. DLNR supported the measure and noted staff involved in mangrove removal work; no other testimony was offered. On SB 20005, which authorizes conservation banks for compensatory mitigation in habitat conservation plans and incidental take licenses, DLNR supported the bill but said a House measure, HB 1802, would place key safeguards in statute rather than administrative rules. Earthjustice opposed SB 20005 for lacking statutory safeguards and said it would support incorporating the House language, while CARES supported the bill as a modernization that could reduce permit processing time and provide more predictable costs. A lengthy discussion followed on SB 3201, which would direct DLNR to prioritize coral reef resilience and set performance targets for coral cover and herbivore biomass. DLNR said it supported the intent but wanted more flexibility because outside factors such as climate and emissions policy affect reef conditions; the Nature Conservancy shared that concern and asked for more flexible language. For the bill, For the Fishes strongly supported stronger protections and suggested adding abundance as a metric, while NOAA and DLNR discussed the difficulty of setting universal benchmarks because reef conditions vary by location. Randy Kosaki and CARES supported the bill, emphasizing coral decline and the need for measurable goals, while committee members asked about restoration projects, benchmarks, and whether the bill’s deadlines were meant to require a plan rather than immediate achievement. Finally, the committee took up SB 2937, which would create a search and rescue card program and special fund to reimburse state, county, and volunteer search-and-rescue operations. DLNR’s wildlife division said it stood on its written testimony, and the Hawaii SAR Alliance supported the concept but said Hawaii first needs a stronger search-and-rescue framework, including a state coordinator, before implementing such a program. No votes or final actions were taken on any of the measures in the portion of the meeting provided.

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• Black leaders are American leaders and Black rights are human rights.
• Black leaders are American leaders and Black rights are human rights.
• Black leaders are American leaders and Black rights are human rights.
• They saw African Americans as full human beings.
• THEY SAW AFRICAN AMERICANS AS FULL HUMAN BEINGS.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, February 2, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• I believe the way it's worded now from Ledge Council, saying 'association of persons engaging in human
• trafficking or human smuggling,' covers those things. ...engaging in human trafficking or human smuggling
• of just leaving it to prohibit a school district from using public monies or public resources to perform
• I think it's important. ...to perform labor organization activities during work hours.
• who would want to know the definition of public monies, as we just heard, one of the most informed human

Keywords: 1182, all

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• Examine the policies and procedures of the Health and Human Services Commission, HHSC, regarding murderers
• So what you had is the poorly performing county increasing its budget, the positively performing county
• Sure, I'm Lee Spiller and with the Citizens Commission on Human Rights.
• Sure, I'm Lee Spiller and with the Citizens Commission on Human Rights.
• Pretty much everything I was going to say is in my with the Citizens Commission on Human Rights.

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• <00:07:43.360> Services solutions to the Human Services solutions to the Human Services committee
• you know I just care about human you know I just care about human services<00:08:48.399> stuff
• He only fired the ones that weren't performing and doing their job.
• Human Services does not operate.
• does not operate I've never seen Human does not operate I've never seen Human Services<00:38:02.000

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• We're reminded of recent events of just the fragility of the human condition.
• They've got a great program called the Center for Human Identification.
• What the water does to the human body is not good. The DNA is decaying.
• We are also highly trained and equipped to perform a wide range of search and rescue operations.
• But yet, we're coming up and talking about how well we performed and how well we did.

Keywords: 997, house, all