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• We are an energy technology company focusing on Good afternoon. My name is Willie Miley.
• The other thing about summer is that's when a lot of cities and communities do community engagement,
• </c><01:30:33.920><c> do</c> a lot of cities and communities do a lot of cities and communities do community
• or communities.
• assist members or communities um help assist members or communities um all<01:31:15.679><c> right</c

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• and borehole technologies and Drilling capabilities and borehole technologies, and advanced drilling
• We have community funds where businesses are offering them a dollar to $1.50.
• funds is because of the negative backlash that the community was feeling.
• these community funds.
• I think at the end of the day, those companies become part of the communities.

Summary: The committee first took up Senate Bill 480, which would allow anchoring in certain waterways, specifically Oyster Bayou, with restrictions to protect oyster leases and require a person to remain on board. After brief explanation from the sponsor, Representative DeWitt moved favorable and the bill was reported favorable without objection. House Bill 510, which would have prohibited importation of captured carbon dioxide into Louisiana for sequestration, was discussed briefly. The sponsor said the proposal appeared to conflict with federal law and interstate commerce concerns, and he asked to voluntarily defer the bill. The committee agreed, and HB 510 was deferred. The committee also heard House Resolution 279, urging the state to study geothermal energy policy; after questions about geothermal technology and possible overlap with CCS infrastructure, the resolution was adopted on a 10-3 roll call vote and reported favorable. The bulk of the meeting focused on House Bill 1152, as amended, dealing with the Carbon Dioxide Geologic Storage Trust Fund and a proposed injection fee for carbon sequestration projects. The amendment would set the fee at 19 cents per ton, with 12 cents going to the state trust fund and 7 cents going directly to affected parishes, while retaining existing fund caps and adding evacuation routes as an eligible local expenditure. Industry groups and local government representatives both testified: industry warned the proposal was rushed, could create uncertainty, and might hurt Louisiana’s competitiveness; parish officials argued locals need a meaningful revenue share, transparency, and bargaining power because they will bear emergency-response burdens. Members raised questions about the fee structure, exemptions for state lands and parish agreements, and whether the local share would continue for the life of a project. The bill remained under discussion at the end of the transcript, with talk of creating an off-session task force or working group to continue negotiations for next year.

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• with their communities.
• </c> our communities stay informed. our communities stay informed.
• their<00:31:04.919><c> communities.
• </c> They're going to a community newspaper. They're going to a community newspaper.

Bills: HF1532, HF1290, HF2231, HF2013

Keywords: eminent domain, reimbursement, property acquisition, appraisal, landowner rights, HF1290, AED, automatic external defibrillator, defibrillator signage, wayfinding signs, roadside signs, directional signage, public access AED, emergency medical response, cardiac arrest, sudden cardiac arrest, public safety, Minnesota Department of Transportation, road authority, transportation law

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• ,</c><00:02:46.040><c> um</c> recognition technologies, um recognition technologies, um and<00:02:46.920
• , we've had modernization of technology since the beginning of the creation of technology.
• , we've had modernization of technology since the beginning of the creation of technology.
• , we've had modernization of technology since the beginning of the creation of technology.
• We've had modernization of technology since the beginning of the creation of technology.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Senate Bill 2272 requires coastal communities to develop sea level rise plans.
• We would much rather invest in communication and Euthanasia is the last resort.
• We would much rather invest in communication, engagement, and helping communities understand how to prevent
• Keep communities safe, right? That is correct. Okay.
• Results that can be very important for California's rural communities.

Summary: The subcommittee met to discuss budget issues related to vacant positions across several natural resources and environmental departments, with no votes taken and all items held open for a future hearing. The Legislative Analyst’s Office and the Department of Finance explained the administration’s proposal to eliminate about 6,000 vacant positions statewide, including roughly 293 positions in the departments before the committee, as a way to capture salary savings and reduce flexible funding tied up in vacancies. The LAO recommended retaining special-funded positions, while noting that eliminating General Fund positions would reduce savings. Finance argued that vacancy levels have remained steady statewide, that departments need flexibility to manage operations and hard-to-fill jobs, and that some vacant positions can be reclassified to higher-priority work. Members raised concerns that many of the proposed eliminations would affect core public-safety, permitting, and environmental-protection functions. The Department of Fish and Wildlife said the cuts would affect permitting, environmental protection, and law enforcement, while State Parks said its proposed ranger reductions were chosen from historically vacant, hard-to-fill positions and would still leave many vacancies to fill through the academy. The Coastal Commission said its positions supported sea-level rise planning under SB 272. The Department of Pesticide Regulation and DTSC said the reductions would affect multiple program areas, though Finance said the special funds involved were not in structural deficit and the cuts could help avoid future fee increases. The State Water Resources Control Board said its proposed reductions were spread across programs, with public-health functions protected as much as possible. The committee then heard an overview from the State Water Resources Control Board on its responsibilities for water quality, water rights, drinking water, and funding for water infrastructure. Chair Joaquin Esquivel described ongoing work on the Bay-Delta Plan update, the Healthy Rivers and Landscapes voluntary agreements, and the need to actively administer water rights. Members also discussed the board’s response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s Sackett decision, which narrowed federal Clean Water Act jurisdiction. The board requested $2.6 million and 12 permanent positions to address resulting permitting and enforcement gaps; the LAO said the request met its high bar for new proposals and was supported by the board’s data and reporting.

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• It's a core heritage issue, rooted in our communities.
• Those communities could look to this model legislation for additional resources.
• The speaker said the community is the one that loses out.
• directly accountable to voters, to determine the direction of their community.
• I also will say, again, it leaves out local communities.

Bills: HB2014, HB2055, HB2145, HB2150, HB2696, HB2755, HB2763, HB2781, HB2782, HB2787, HB2795, HB2889, HB2975, HB2985, HB2986, HCM2009, HCR2020, HCR2038

Keywords: air emissions, fuel blends, environmental quality, feasibility study, Arizona Department of Agriculture, brackish groundwater, water supply development, desalination, Arizona Revised Statutes, water infrastructure, financial assistance, environmental reviews, fuel reformulation, gasoline standards, environmental regulations, ethanol supply, Air Quality, state land department, mineral lease, renewals

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• Uh director Whimsat communicated to me.
• So a former chief technology officer.
• </c><00:57:45.760><c> was</c> technology officer Justin Icefeller was technology officer Justin Icefeller
• ,</c><01:24:26.719><c> and</c> economically, technologically, and economically, technologically, and
• </c> Um our head of IT, our chief technology Um our head of IT, our chief technology officer,<01:40:43.920

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• This happened without communication or notification to the City Beautiful or my community.
• Technology makes it better.
• It's anti-rural community. It's anti-student. It's anti-student. It's anti- Anti-rural community.
• It's anti-disabled community.
• hit on several communities and several marginalized communities all at one time.

Bills: S0174, S1342, S1334, S1362, S1602, S1604

Keywords: transportation, memorial, honorary designation, Miami-Dade, Charlie Kirk, transit-oriented development, housing affordability, mixed-use zoning, urban development, traffic congestion, elections, voter registration, citizenship, provisional ballots, election fraud, vertiports, aviation, airport infrastructure, economic development, veterans

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• Good faith has really just coming together in a community, just sit down and talk about it.
• So how do we define good faith with the community?
• This is just a notification so communities can work together with their grocers to see if we can keep
• It also allows nonprofits to temporarily rent or lease out the property for community purposes.
• Senate Bill 6223 authorizing community-scaled weatherization projects.

Summary: The Ways and Means Committee met in executive session on February 9, 2026, first hearing a staff briefing on Senate Bill 6346, which would impose a tax on individuals earning over $1 million. Staff described the bill’s revenue and spending impacts and reviewed a proposed substitute and 11 amendments addressing items such as public defense funding, charitable deductions, out-of-state tax credits, small business credits, diapers, constitutional issues, and a contingent constitutional amendment. The committee later took up the bill and rejected all of the offered amendments, then advanced the substitute bill with a due pass recommendation to the Rules Committee. Members supporting the bill argued it would help address tax fairness and fund public services, while opponents raised concerns about constitutionality, economic harm, and the effect on businesses and charitable giving. The committee also acted on a series of policy bills. It advanced a substitute bill on grocery store closures in food deserts after adopting a narrower substitute, despite concerns from some members about burdening grocers. It approved a substitute bill expanding voting access for military, overseas, Native American, and disabled voters, adopting a second substitute that removed a cybersecurity review requirement. The committee also advanced bills on tort claim arbitration against governments, victim and witness protections in sexual assault and domestic violence cases, JLARC review of student aid fraud, agricultural collective bargaining, labor relations if federal preemption ends, a cost-of-living adjustment for Plan 1 retirees, workers’ compensation and medical care access, line-of-duty death reimbursements, law enforcement background checks and eligibility, veterans’ discharge definitions, and extraordinary medical placement. Several of these bills had amendments adopted, including changes to tort claim oversight, victim-requested standby counsel, agricultural labor definitions, workers’ compensation penalties, law enforcement volunteer support, and extraordinary medical placement criteria. In the second group of bills, staff briefed measures affecting property taxes, housing, cannabis, disaster-related tax relief, technical tax code changes, aircraft fuel tax revenues, the estate tax, and a pesticide tax exemption. The committee heard that a substitute for the fire protection district bill would alter how city or town levy capacity is reduced and include consultation requirements and board-creation provisions. It also heard that the property tax relief expansion for seniors and disabled retirees needed a substitute to make the consolidated school levy revenue-neutral. Other bills would expand tax exemptions for low-income housing and nonprofit homeownership, authorize local cannabis excise taxes, extend disaster repair tax relief, expand housing-related local sales tax uses, make technical tax code changes, redirect aircraft fuel tax revenues to aeronautics, reduce the estate tax rate, and extend a pesticide tax exemption. The transcript ends during the committee’s consideration of Senate Bill 6346, with the committee debating and rejecting amendments before moving the bill forward.

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• room in a small community.
• Our community was, was ready to send and get the uh uh people trained again on a yearly basis.
• Uh, the communities where we need these buffer areas put in and then also, um, the insurance.
• Um, I am not going to advocate for my community.
• in low income communities.

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• ,</c><00:08:03.039><c> family</c> on people in the community, family on people in the community, family
• Courts have printing or CNC technology.
• We keep up with technology. Um, and we create history as we work.
• We keep up with technology. Um, and we create history as we work.
• We keep up with technology. Um, and we create history as we work.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• A majority of those positions are with the Office of Technology and Solutions Integration.
• Moving on to our next department: Community Services and Development, Issue 9.
• California is better prepared to communicate, coordinate policies, advance equity and community engagement
• And communication is more important now than ever as well.
• CRDP does support culturally responsive community-based prevention and early intervention.

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• The Chair lays before the House a communication from the Speaker.
• community through the arts and her singing voice.
• Their professionalism and commitment to help keep our community commitment to help keep our community
• The Chair lays before the House a communication.
• and it's a huge, beautiful African diaspora, Caribbean community, Arab community.

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• So what this... but not every community has a children's hospital.
• The amendment does not ban technology.
• What communications and resources are being provided so that we can make sure that we communicate with
• I feel like this bill is stymying innovation and technology.
• to have a more livable community.

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• Prohibiting community meetings outside the capital after August 31st—we don't allow it after September
• I mean, there will be some technological hurdles to doing that.
• I want to be clear that some of us are fantastic about communicating.
• My question on this is, allowing members to attend up to three days of community service.
• I'm sorry I had a technological issue. I agree with this.

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• For too long, large technology companies have profited off the personal information of Massachusetts
• states in this country with regard to the development of things like artificial intelligence and technology
• By technology, they walk through every door and window imaginable to come for our stuff.
• While Kroger does not have a presence here in Massachusetts, the technology exists for grocery stores
• While Kroger does not have a presence here in Massachusetts, the technology exists for grocery stores

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Senate opened with the Pledge of Allegiance, recognized several guests in the chamber, and adopted a resolution congratulating Coleman-Nee on election as National Commander of the Disabled American Veterans. It also took up several local and personnel matters, including a sick leave bank for Emily Cullick and later Paul Stavarski, and local bills affecting the town of Weston and a Dorchester housing/library procurement exemption; those measures were advanced to third reading or engrossment as appropriate. The chamber also suspended Joint Rule 12 to refer several House petitions to committees. The main business was Senate No. 2516, the Massachusetts Data Privacy Act, which came before the Senate on a Ways and Means substitute (Senate Document 2608). Senators Creem, Moore, Charles, Feingold, Keenan, and others spoke in support, describing the bill as a comprehensive consumer privacy measure with data minimization rules, limits on sensitive data, protections for minors, and strong Attorney General enforcement. Several amendments were debated, with many rejected or withdrawn, while some were adopted, including provisions on geolocation data protections, opting out of targeted advertising, affiliate and merger/acquisition protections, internal operations exemptions, parental access to child data, and a Ways and Means amendment. A number of other amendments on employee data, union data, loyalty programs, AI training, reporting, and related issues were either not adopted or held/withdrawn. After the amendment process, the Senate adopted the amended Ways and Means substitute and ordered the bill to a third reading. The bill was then passed to be engrossed on a roll call vote of 40-0. The Senate also adopted an order to adjourn to the following Monday at 11:00 a.m. and to dispense with printing a calendar. The session adjourned in memory of Darrow Logan Alexander of South Boston.

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• I've got friends in the treatment community for mental health and drug treatment hospitals.
• One of the DMH issues is it's difficult to sustain communication that then permits cooperation.
• We owe that to the, especially our rural communities. We've got a lot of kids.
• Digitization: leveraging technology to reduce paper use and storage space requirements.
• To narrow the scope, yes or no, an inmate receives a written communication stating why.

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• Madam Witten, members, House Bill 2410 would consider a person's communication with AI to be privileged
• , or just the urban communities in total.
• It affects rural communities greatly. And I support it. I hope you guys all support it as well.
• Does anyone know that he spoke to the mayors in any of these smaller communities?
• Some of our communities are not increasing and growing, so I'll read the bill.

Summary: The meeting was a rapid bill review caucus with the chair emphasizing a hard stop before 11 a.m. and asking members to keep questions brief. A large number of bills were introduced or summarized, with many placed on third-read consent or consent calendars and several receiving brief sponsor explanations. The topics ranged widely, but much of the discussion centered on artificial intelligence, education, health care, water policy, state land management, commerce, transportation, public safety, and local government finance. In the AI and education sections, members heard bills requiring disclosure when minors interact with AI, allowing AI-assisted divorce arbitration by consent, creating an AI education program, recognizing certain AI communications as privileged, and requiring schools to teach AI ethics and basic prompting. Other education measures addressed superintendent employment rules, school district oversight, anti-Semitism prohibitions, fetal and prenatal development standards, and a resolution expanding race- and ethnicity-based nondiscrimination rules in public education. Health-related bills included funding and oversight for ESA administration, childhood cancer research grants, health facility licensure and complaint timelines, a firefighter cancer registry, nurse anesthetist reimbursement parity, and a bill criminalizing nonconsensual abortion-inducing drugs. The committee also reviewed many land, water, and natural resources bills, including measures on groundwater transportation fees, assured water supply reviews, water hauling, state land audits and oversight, solar and mining land-use mapping, and state land disposition planning. Several bills focused on wildlife and ranching, such as landowner permits for deer and wolves, expanding predatory animal definitions, and a memorial urging federal reform of the Endangered Species Act and Migratory Bird Conservation Act. Transportation and public safety bills covered towing regulation, DUI interlock rules, motorcycle lane splitting/filtering, digital driver licenses, and a resolution on tax and fee increases for municipalities and counties. Members asked a number of questions on controversial items, especially the municipal tax/fee moratorium, water policy, and state land governance, but no roll-call votes were taken in the transcript; most items were simply advanced or noted as consent-calendar measures, with one bill (HB 2913) being pulled from consent for further discussion.

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• Years following World War II, the U.S. emerged as the global leader in science and technology, accounting
• It's also led to the development of things like the technologies that we use for imaging.
• Access to clinical trials is huge in our community.
• It's a great community.
• That has profound impact. impacts on the private investment community, and money is global.

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• They have a strong community input.
• They have a strong community input.
• They've got the experience in their community.
• We have them to be respectful at home and in the community.
• They have done leadership services in the community, interacting with other scholars to help in community

Summary: The meeting began with a report on institutions of higher education for annual certification/solvency, which required no action and was noted as coming later in the week. The main presentation featured students from Arkansas State University, Valley View High School, and the University of Central Arkansas discussing artificial intelligence in education and the workforce. They argued that AI should be taught responsibly in K-12 and higher education to prepare students for jobs, support Arkansas’s growing tech sector, and reduce misuse such as cybercrime, scams, plagiarism, and academic dishonesty. They also cited survey results from teachers showing broad support for responsible AI instruction, district-level management, and teacher training, while noting concerns about critical thinking, ethics, and unequal access. Examples were given of AI already being used at UCA and the University of the Ozarks, and the group suggested a statewide AI library and related training built on the Access Act framework. Committee members asked about student reactions, and the presenters said responses are mixed, especially in the arts, but that AI is already being used in real-world careers and should be integrated with clear standards. The committee then heard from a Pine Bluff community coalition led by Pastor Jesse Turner about school-based outreach and youth support programs. The group described long-running work in Pine Bluff schools and Watson Chapel, including Pass on Patrol, mentoring, anti-bullying and nonviolence efforts, drug and vaping education, gun-violence prevention, and leadership clubs for students. They emphasized that their approach is nonreligious in the schools, focused on encouragement, citizenship, scholarship, and keeping students engaged in class. They also highlighted the use of free curriculum resources on African American history and said they help students see themselves as having promise rather than being “at risk.” Members asked about whether the programs could be shared elsewhere and about impacts on behavior; the group said some materials are trademarked but can be adapted with support, and cited reported reductions in negative behavior and referrals in participating schools. The meeting ended after members praised both the AI presenters and the Pine Bluff outreach group, and the committee adjourned with no votes taken.