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• <00:47:46.960> table Willgines to come to the testimony table Willgines to come to the testimony
• So, Miss Graham, you go ahead with your testimony?
• Bjork, with your testimony.
• Bjork, with your testimony.
• behalf<01:59:17.000> of<01:59:17.200> the testimony today is on behalf of the testimony

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• <00:02:59.040> uh<00:02:59.360> was testimony uh was testimony uh was more<00:03:01.360
• >> Okay, Miss Coleman, thank you for your testimony today.
• Uh, next we have Kathy testimony today.
• your testimony. your testimony.
• Chair, and thank you so much for your testimony.

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• try to keep testimony to around two to three minutes, please.
• to<00:03:14.799> around we can try to keep testimony to around we can try to keep testimony
• Please introduce yourself for the record and present your testimony.
• I just checked our queues before I stepped up for testimony.
• Thank you for your testimony, Mr. Doll.

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• According<00:15:44.880> to<00:15:44.920> testimony,<00:15:45.360> this<00:15:45.560
• > new According to testimony, this new According to testimony, this new decommissioning<00:15:
• You know, I and through testimony we learned that none of the solar fields that have been turned into
• <00:20:42.360> we you know, I and and through testimony we you know, I and and through testimony
• <00:50:31.080> on never received a review of testimony on never received a review of testimony

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• That is my testimony. I do want to go through a couple things.
• <01:32:57.240> that um based on some of the testimony that um based on some of the testimony
• In addition to my written testimony, I have included the written testimony of a young woman who attributes
• ,<02:03:31.720> I In addition to my written testimony, I In addition to my written testimony
• I'll just add to the testimony.

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• So we ask you to submit written testimony when you can, and if you have that written testimony, we don
• have that written testimony we don't have that written testimony we don't need<00:38:07.839>
• So, >> That was the gist of my testimony.
• . testimony. testimony. this<00:44:49.680> person,<00:44:50.400> okay,<00:44:51.040>
• Thank you for the opportunity to provide some informational testimony.

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• none, thank you for your testimony, sir. none, thank you for your testimony, sir.
• Appreciate your testimony. All right.
• Appreciate your testimony. All right.
• Appreciate your testimony. All right.
• Appreciate your testimony. All right.

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• Um, and that's my testimony. Thank you.
• have to have If you have your testimony have to have If you have your testimony written<01:18:35.040
• summarize your testimony. summarize your testimony.
• <01:57:43.480> might<01:57:43.720> be testimony might be testimony might be different.<
• testimony as well. testimony as well. >> Ian<02:25:09.800> Hewitt.

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• <00:33:34.480> as so they can begin their testimony as so they can begin their testimony as
• Uh thank you may begin your testimony.
• You may begin your testimony.
• Thank you, Madam Chair, testimony.
• testimony. Thank you, Madam Chair. testimony. Thank you, Madam Chair.

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• So, I had prepared testimony on that.
• So, I had prepared testimony on that.
• Thank you very much for your testimony. testimony. testimony. >> All<01:02:08.640> right.
• And with that, we're your testimony.
• really appreciate your testimony. really appreciate your testimony.

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• Ballard's testimony.
• So the testimony that read that that.
• So prior testimony we >> yeah, thank you.
• thoughts about on why from the testimony thoughts about on why from the testimony we<01:35:49.679
• <01:48:48.239> of it's great to hear the the testimony of it's great to hear the the testimony

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• Um, and I'll finish up my testimony there.
• Um, and I'll finish up my testimony Um, and I'll finish up my testimony there.<00:16:23.759>
• So, we will move into testimony Okay.
• testimony as well, we do use this data. testimony as well, we do use this data.
• , but as you were doing your testimony, but as you were doing your testimony,<04:15:04.880> if

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• Appreciate your testimony.
• testimony.
• written testimony. written testimony.
• your testimony here today. your testimony here today.
• with your testimony, please. with your testimony, please.

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• Vice Chair Griffitts: Seeing no more questions, we have public testimony.
• That will conclude public testimony. We are in debate. Rep. Gantt, you are recognized. Rep.
• Is there public testimony? Barney Bishop, American History Incorporated, in support.
• That's closing public testimony, we are in debate. Rep. Gantt. Rep. Gantt: Thank you Mister Chair.
• Vice Chair Griffitts: No public testimony. Members, we are on debate. Debate on the bill.

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• THANK YOU FOR YOUR TESTIMONY.
• ADDITIONAL PUBLIC TESTIMONY DEREK TALBOT FROM AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY WAIVING IN SUPPORT.
• PUBLIC TESTIMONY. NONE ARE SUBMITTED. DEBATE?
• IS THERE PUBLIC TESTIMONY? I SEE NONE. IS THERE DEBATE?
• SEEING NONE PUBLIC TESTIMONY? SEEING NONE DEBATE? THERE WE GO.

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• Does anyone else wish to provide testimony in support of the legislation?
• I'll switch to provide testimony in support of the legislation.
• Thanks to everyone who's provided testimony.
• Thanks for being here, and thanks for your testimony.
• Thanks for being here, and thanks for your testimony.

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Summary: The committee heard several bills focused on privacy, AI, consumer protection, and public safety. AB 1979 would require a licensed health care professional to retain final clinical judgment when using AI tools in health care and would limit chatbot access to medical records; supporters, including nurses and TechEquity, said it preserves human decision-making, while hospitals and industry groups opposed it unless amended, citing burdens and training concerns. The bill passed 6-1 and was placed on call. AB 2624 would expand the Safe at Home confidentiality program to immigrant service providers and workers facing harassment and doxing; supporters described threats against advocates and their families, while one senator raised concerns about a private right of action and penalties. The bill passed 4-1 and was placed on call for further committees. AB 2103 would make Engaged California a permanent statewide public engagement program; supporters said it broadens civic participation and transparency, while concerns were raised about partisan balance in topic selection. It passed 6-0 and was placed on call to Appropriations. The committee also considered AB 2, which would set statutory damages and other financial accountability measures for large social media platforms when negligence causing harm to children is proven in court. The author and supporters, including a parent who lost her daughter and child-safety advocates, argued that stronger remedies are needed because social media design features are harming children and existing enforcement has been insufficient. Opponents, including TechNet, CCIA, CalChamber, and others, argued the bill blurs content and conduct, could increase litigation, and is unnecessary given existing lawsuits and verdicts. Several senators said the bill was a consumer-protection measure and supported it; it passed 5-0 and was placed on call. AB 883, as amended, would use California’s Delete Act/DROP system to help elected officials and judges remove personal information from data brokers, while also shortening the deletion timeline for all Californians from 45 to 30 days. Supporters said the bill responds to rising threats against public servants and improves privacy tools broadly; some opponents removed or softened opposition after amendments, though CalChamber and CCIA remained opposed unless amended, largely over the private right of action. The bill passed 4-0 and was placed on call. The committee then recessed briefly before taking up AB 2023, a chatbot safety bill for children that would require age verification, safety audits, default protections, parental controls, crisis-response measures, and limits on targeted ads and data sharing. Supporters said it builds on prior AI and child-safety legislation and is needed to prevent harms like self-harm and manipulation; opponents raised concerns about vague harm standards, audit requirements, and liability. The hearing continued with testimony and committee discussion, but no final vote on AB 2023 was shown in the transcript.

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• And we had testimony about how we would do this.
• And we had testimony about how we would do this.
• And we had testimony about how we would do this.
• And we had testimony about how we would do this.
• And we had testimony about how we would do this.

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Summary: The segment focused first on Senator John Marty’s bill, SF 3612, which would remove private insurers and HMOs from Minnesota’s state health care programs and replace them with a statewide administrative services model. Marty argued that managed care has created churn, coverage disruptions, and administrative waste in Medicaid and MinnesotaCare, and said the state should instead pay providers directly while investing more in care coordination, case management, and wraparound services through primary care clinics and county-based purchasers. He said the goal is better care, not just savings, though he also cited potential taxpayer savings and pointed to Connecticut as a model. He acknowledged the bill is not expected to become law this year and said a fiscal note and more details are still pending. Marty said the proposal has support from the governor and groups such as the American Cancer Society, but that his current co-authors are all DFL members. He expressed hope for bipartisan support and said the simpler system would also improve fraud detection and transparency. He addressed concerns about insurance-industry jobs by saying workers should be treated fairly and that retraining and dislocated-worker assistance would be part of the transition. He also said the broader goal is universal coverage for all medical needs, including mental health and dental care, without co-pays or deductibles. The second half highlighted Senator Jeff Howe and Minnesota’s Hometown Heroes Assistance Program for firefighters. Howe described the program as a statewide effort for roughly 20,000 career, paid-on-call, and volunteer firefighters that provides up to $20,000 in assistance for occupational illnesses such as cancer and heart disease, along with training, counseling, and family support. He said the program helps firefighters process trauma and has been recognized as the nation’s most comprehensive firefighter well-being initiative. Howe said the most recent version of the bill received unanimous bipartisan support in both chambers, and he suggested future expansions could include retired firefighters and possibly peace officers. The segment also noted a separate therapy approach using retired racehorses to help first responders work through trauma, with participants saying it has helped them stay on the job and manage anxiety and PTSD.

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• Thank you for your testimony. All right, Jack.
• Thank you for your testimony. All right, Jack.
• You know, your testimony brought a question to my mind.
• You know, your testimony brought a question to my mind.
• <00:14:54.839> I all for your testimony. I all for your testimony.

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• That study included testimony from stakeholders.
• That study included testimony from stakeholders.
• Stakeholders from education organizations have provided testimony.
• We solicit written testimony from them, and ultimately that testimony is incorporated into the final
• We solicit written testimony from them.

Summary: The meeting began with approval of the prior minutes and then shifted to an update from Department of Education Secretary Jacob Oliva and Deputy Commissioner Stacey Smith on early childhood education, especially the state-funded Arkansas Better Chance (ABC) program. They said Arkansas had received a federal Preschool Development Grant and described ABC as a large state program with about 23,800 funded slots and roughly $114 million in annual appropriations. Department officials said they are reviewing slot allocations because about 1,000 seats are funded but unfilled, while more than 2,000 families are on waiting lists, and they plan to reduce or reallocate slots from providers that have not filled them over several years. They also said they are examining whether income thresholds, curriculum expectations, daily rates, and summer programming should be updated, and members raised concerns about access, local control, transportation, and whether the program should better align with K-12 choice and school readiness goals. The committee agreed to form an early childhood subcommittee and asked the Bureau of Legislative Research to help gather historical data and other information for future discussion. The committee then received a legal presentation from BLR attorney Taylor Lloyd on the constitutional and statutory framework for education adequacy in Arkansas. She reviewed the Dupree and Lake View cases, explaining that the state must maintain a general, suitable, and efficient system of free public schools, and that adequacy and equity are distinct but related concepts. She emphasized that the General Assembly is responsible for defining adequacy, studying whether the system meets that standard, and reacting to the evidence, while the courts ultimately decide constitutional compliance. Lloyd also explained the current adequacy definition, the role of the matrix as a funding tool rather than a spending mandate, and the distinction between unrestricted foundation funding and restricted categorical funding. BLR’s Elizabeth Bynum followed with a historical overview of how Arkansas responded to the court cases and developed the current adequacy process. She traced major legislative actions from the 1980s through the Lake View litigation, including the creation of funding formulas, categorical aid, isolated funding, declining enrollment funding, and the 2003-2004 adequacy study that led to the Continuing Adequacy Evaluation Act and the matrix used to set foundation funding. She also described later changes to the adequacy statute, the financial reporting requirements for districts, and the ongoing use of surveys, stakeholder testimony, and consultant studies in the biennial adequacy process. Members asked questions about whether private or homeschool programs could use public funds for expenses like utilities, whether stakeholders should include those groups, the difference between average daily membership and attendance, and whether school board members are surveyed; staff said those issues would need further research or were outside the scope of the presenters’ role.

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• So for those bills, we will have testimony, and the testimony will be 30-minute blocks for support, opposition
• So for those bills, we will have testimony.
• So for those bills, we will have testimony, and the testimony will be 30-minute blocks for support, opposition
• Chair, we have no callers for opposition testimony. Thank you so much.
• We will move your testimony to support. Broadcast, do we have any other callers?

Bills: SB6, SB62, SB74, SB90, SB104, SB119, SB132, SB133, SB135, SB182, SB185, SB193, SB207, SB217, SB229, SB233, SB260, SB262, SB280, SB281, SB300, SB306, SB378, SB382, SB393, SB403, SB422, SB427, SB431, SB434, SB442, SB452, SB456, SB468, SB472, SB487, SB503, SB6

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