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• programs is over. Thank you, Mr. programs is over. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Speaker. Speaker.
• Thank you. money on program dollars that should money on program dollars that should have<00:20:47.280
• <00:31:26.720> Of related to state program fraud. Of related to state program fraud.
• simultaneously to the state program simultaneously to the state program fraud<00:32:48.399> that
• problems in these different programs. problems in these different programs.

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The House took up Senate File 856, which would create an Office of the Inspector General to combat fraud in state public programs. Representative Norris described the bill as the product of a long bipartisan, bicameral working group and emphasized the office’s independence, five-year term, Senate confirmation, removal-for-cause protections, authority to investigate entities receiving public funds, prevention-focused duties, and required public and annual reporting. Representative Anderson PE also thanked the bipartisan authors and staff, saying the bill was the result of extensive negotiations and should move forward without reopening the agreement. Members then considered several amendments. Norris offered a technical cleanup amendment, A44, to clarify language about embedding employees at the Department of Education, distinguish civil and criminal investigative authority, and update law-enforcement terminology; it was adopted. Anderson PE then offered and secured adoption of a technical amendment, A45, to correct a drafting error. Representative Cleorne offered A37 to add prepayment review procedures for all agencies, but it failed on a roll call, 65-67. Cleorne also offered A38 to appropriate $15 million for OIG modernization and data-sharing improvements, but withdrew it after noting it would be out of order. A39, which would have renamed the proposed law enforcement unit from an anti-fraud and waste bureau to an anti-fraud and enforcement unit, failed on a roll call, 66-67, after debate over whether “waste” should be included in the title and scope. During debate on the naming amendment, supporters argued the title should better reflect law-enforcement work and avoid implying the office was a “waste” agency, while opponents said the existing language reflected the bipartisan working-group agreement and that changing it could jeopardize the bill’s progress. Representative West cited inspector general standards that include waste among their duties, and Representative Pinto questioned the substantive basis for opposing the change. Later, Representative Mhler offered A41 to eliminate the future law-enforcement agency entirely, arguing it would be duplicative and unfunded; the transcript cuts off before the vote on that amendment.

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• preservation program.
• We're always looking into new pavements, new asphalts, new binders, and new emulsions.
• Our new Deputy Secretary has spent a lot of time in New Mexico.
• Today's presentation is going to be given by our new, but not so new, bridge engineer.
• The overload program, a beam analysis program, is used for these overweight permits.

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• people in New Hampshire? Yes. Yes. people in New Hampshire? Yes. Yes.
• that we could use for New Hampshire. that we could use for New Hampshire.
• fun basic functions of the program. fun basic functions of the program.
• So, where are we at in New of funding. So, where are we at in New Hampshire?
• The administration has cut funding to TRIO and GEAR UP programs that will dramatically affect New Hampshire

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• belong to New Mexicans.
• I noticed when you do your report on how much all these tax programs cost the state of New Mexico.
• Is that a fair assessment?
• to be taxed or borne by any New Mexicans or any business activity in New Mexico.
• First, to tell you about this new product that LFC is working on: the tax expenditure assessments.

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• So yes the American Legion's creative arts program to me is a very high-profile and great program.
• The TAP program is very critical.
• I think the Fox Grant program is a great example of a program that gives resources to local and state
• seen one TAP program.
• The two most important VA grant programs with VA are the State Veterans Home Construction Program and

Keywords: veteran services, homelessness, unemployment, VA funding, mental health, congressional oversight, testimonies, American Legion, Dole Act, suicide prevention

Summary: This meeting focused on veteran services, emphasizing the urgent need to address the alarming rate of unemployment and homelessness among veterans. Numerous testimonies were presented detailing the impact of mass furloughs and cutbacks at the VA on personnel, notably veterans who were serving as employees. Various representatives expressed deep concern over how these firings could drastically affect the quality of care available to those who have served the nation. There was a strong call for Congress to bolster funding for existing programs aimed at alleviating veteran homelessness and improving overall care quality, especially in mental health services.

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• This is not just about constructing a new facility; it's about giving people a new beginning, a new home
• Our current site, designed in 1998 for 15,000 cars annually, is now managing over 69,000 cars.
• Over the last 10 years, new development has added 2,000 new units of additional housing, over a third
• This is a new 2.67-acre park that we're building in the community.
• The new pipe will be made of a modern corrosion-resistant material.

Bills: HF474, HF218, HF210, HF441, HF691, HF720, HF1068, HF1314, HF1465, HF1860, HF2046, HF1389, HF2404, HF2854, HF2985, HF3128, HF3103, HF778, HF3125

Keywords: HF474, Hubert H. Humphrey, Henry Mower Rice, Statuary Hall, United States Capitol, statue replacement, capital investment, general fund appropriation, Minnesota State Capitol, Minnesota State Historical Society, public art, commemorative statue, National Statuary Hall Collection, commissioner of administration, cultural heritage, monument, Washington D.C., HF218, Minnesota, Department of Public Safety

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• We assess patients using our expertise, our eyes, ears, and touch to detect the subtle new... ...using
• for the Engaged California program.
• The goal of the Engaged California program is to give residents ...California program.
• So we need to be experimenting and designing new things, and so I really appreciate this program.
• So I think this is a fantastic program.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• So where is that page on the new bill, on the new amendments page?
• 00:14:03.079> uh<00:14:03.199> amendments<00:14:03.800> page new bill on the new
• uh amendments page new bill on the new uh amendments page three<00:14:04.560> around<00:14:04.920
• the executive director for the New the executive director for the New Hampshire<00:31:57.480>
• We do some work in New Hampshire.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on HB 733-FN, a bill concerning third-party litigation financing (TPLF). Representative Cole, the prime sponsor, described TPLF as outside investors funding lawsuits in which they have no personal stake, arguing that the practice is largely unregulated, can involve foreign entities, increases litigation abuse, and contributes to higher insurance and consumer costs. He said the bill is modeled on an NCOIL proposal and would require disclosure of TPLF agreements, with guardrails and reporting requirements on specified pages of the bill. He also noted a couple of drafting fixes, including adding the word “knowingly” and incorporating a missing section later. Members raised questions about the bill’s foreign-entity language, especially the provision allowing a governor or the Department of Safety to designate a country as a threat to critical infrastructure. Representative Cole said he would have lawyers review that issue. Another member asked whether the bill would prohibit a party from obtaining outside funding for a lawsuit; Cole clarified that the bill is intended as a reporting measure, not a ban, and that disclosure would be required. He also said the bill is aimed at American citizens rather than foreign-backed financing, and that some states had considered caps on such arrangements, though this bill does not. Brandon Gratz of the Attorney General’s office testified that the enforcement language appears too limited, because it would allow only civil penalties and not broader Consumer Protection Act remedies such as injunctions or restitution. He suggested the Attorney General may not have meaningful authority under the bill as written and raised possible insurance-law issues. Commissioner D.J. Benton-Court of the Insurance Department said the disclosure could help insurers better assess risk and potentially soften the hard insurance market by improving transparency, competition, underwriting, innovation, and claims management. He also said the bill likely needs further work on jurisdiction and enforcement, and that the committee may need to coordinate with the Attorney General, Insurance Department, and possibly banking regulators. No vote was taken in the portion provided.

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• <00:21:53.760> low and electric assistance program low and electric assistance program low
• allow utilities to impose new allow utilities to impose new requirements<01:06:29.280> and
• <01:19:05.280> framat,<01:19:05.840> you new FMostat, you need a new framat, you new
• need two new thermostats or whatever. need two new thermostats or whatever.
• these new rules based on something else? these new rules based on something else?

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The committee opened with housekeeping items, approved the minutes and consent agenda, and reminded the public that JLCAR’s role is limited to determining whether agency rules are within statutory authority, not to decide policy. Testimony was to be limited, and members noted that policy concerns should be addressed through the legislature rather than the committee process. The first major item was Public Utilities Commission rule 25-215 concerning natural gas suppliers. Staff said the proposal had been postponed because the PUC appeared to lack authority to impose fines and penalties in this rule set, especially suspending or revoking registrations, and recommended either a conditional approval removing those provisions or a preliminary objection for lack of statutory authority. PUC counsel responded that the cited authority had been incorrect, that the Department of Energy now has most registration rulemaking authority, but argued the commission still has jurisdiction over mediation and dispute resolution and may still have authority over fines because natural gas suppliers are not expressly excluded from public-utility status. Committee members discussed the split between PUC and DOE authority and the possibility that the transition in authority had not been fully cleaned up in statute. The committee then voted to grant a waiver of the time limit and postpone the item for another month so the agencies could work with counsel and clarify which parts of the rule could proceed. Members also urged that any needed legislative fix be brought forward quickly, noting that the Senate was not taking up non-germane amendments and suggesting the House as the likely venue for a cleanup bill. The committee next took up Department of Energy EN900 and EN1000 rules. Staff said the EN900 net-metering rules had been postponed previously and that the main remaining issue was a retroactive requirement in EN909.03(b), which the agency agreed to revise so the language would apply only on or after the 2026 effective date of the chapter. The agency described the EN900 rules as implementing net metering authority transferred from the PUC and expanding the chapter to cover municipal group net metering and low- and moderate-income community solar projects. The EN1000 interconnection rules were described as implementing 2024 legislation requiring uniform procedures for distributed energy resources. The department said both sets of rules were developed through extensive stakeholder input and asked for approval subject to the oral amendment already discussed."}】【。json

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• It's a news flash to everybody.
• I was in a car accident.
• Just to fill in the blanks a little bit after her accident, got to the car, got her out of the car, and
• As I’ve said before, we want to make sure that we are welcoming to new business and new industry.
• It also clarifies that programs are eligible; they are complementary, supplemental to other programs.

Keywords: 1064, all

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• director of the No-Rose Medco program, among many other volunteer activities.
• It took him into an undisclosed location in a blacked-out car.
• I run a program... And my name and my program was used often.
• The academy is an innovative program to help...
• The academy is a program to increase diversity on the bench across the Commonwealth.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on the Judiciary held a late-file hearing on several bills, with Chairs Michael Day and Lydia Edwards outlining hearing rules, testimony limits, and written-testimony procedures. The first bill discussed was H. 4876, a proposal to strengthen supports for survivors of abuse. Representative Carol Faiola testified on behalf of a constituent who described how a lifetime restraining order was effectively undermined after a family member’s death, arguing the bill should limit abusers’ legal standing after death, improve survivor notification and privacy protections, expand coercive-control definitions, and create education and resource programs. The committee then heard testimony on H. 5111, which would strengthen the Massachusetts Antitrust Act. Representative Dave Rogers and Attorney General’s Office antitrust chief Anthony Mariano said the bill would give the state more tools to pursue anti-competitive conduct, including conduct with multi-state effects, while allowing enforcement even when federal authorities are also involved. They said it would increase penalties, clarify that invitations to conspire are violations, protect labor markets, remove limits affecting some housing transactions, and extend the statute of limitations. The committee also heard support for a related “universal 1983” bill, S. 2976/H. 2976, creating a state cause of action for constitutional violations by federal, state, or local officers acting under color of law; supporters said it would fill gaps in remedies against federal officers while preserving qualified immunity. Testimony also supported H. 4783, a bill affirming the rights of people experiencing homelessness. The Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless said the measure would push back against growing criminalization of homelessness, especially after the Supreme Court’s Grants Pass decision and local encampment bans, and would protect the use of public spaces without discrimination based on housing status. On H. 4826, condo owners and advocates said Chapter 183A is outdated and leaves owners with too little say and too few remedies against mismanagement, citing problems such as unsafe water, major assessments, and lack of meaningful dispute resolution. The committee also heard strong support for H. 5116, renaming the Dorchester Division of the Boston Municipal Court the Judge Leslie E. Harris Courthouse, with testimony from family members, legislators, attorneys, and community leaders describing Judge Harris’s mentorship, community service, and commitment to second chances. Later testimony covered S. 2975, a bill to deter ICE courthouse arrests and protect access to justice; CPCS, law students, and defense advocates said courthouse arrests chill participation by defendants, witnesses, and victims and disrupt pending cases. The committee also heard support for H. 5244, repealing an archaic law criminalizing concealment of a child’s death, with advocates arguing it has been used to punish pregnancy loss and should be removed. The hearing concluded with additional testimony in favor of S. 2976 and more support for the Judge Harris courthouse renaming, after which the chairs closed the hearing and reminded the public how to submit written testimony.

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• providers to New Mexico.
• Echoing what Representative Chandler said, this would make New Mexico one of the most competitive programs
• New Mexico's health care needs.
• I know New Mexico, we're unique. We're New Mexico, right?
• developments and new parks?

Keywords: 996, all

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• We continue to... through our programs.
• Whereas Alabamians... the shuttle program.
• I don't know about criminals counting police cars. I don't know about counting police cars.
• Now, one of the news outlets... sheriff said.
• Now, one of the news outlets kind of sort of misreported it.

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• It doesn't give new medical exemptions to new people.
• Have not submitted any concerns of the program.
• So hopefully get some good news out of that soon.
• So hopefully get some good news out of that soon. Yes.
• In the Medi-Cal program, SB 874 takes meaningful steps to strengthen program integrity by convening a

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Summary: The committee first heard SB 1377, which would change California’s medical exemption review process for school immunizations. The author and supporters argued the current system has a chilling effect on physicians and can prevent medically vulnerable children from obtaining needed exemptions, while opponents from pediatric, medical, and public health groups said the existing oversight is working and protects against fraudulent exemptions. Committee members debated the data, the bill’s last-minute amendments, and whether the proposal would weaken public health protections; no vote was taken because the committee lacked a quorum, and the bill was held on call. The committee then took up SB 995, the Masuma Khan Justice Act, which would create a statewide inspection and enforcement framework for private detention facilities in California. The author and supporters described alleged medical neglect, unsafe conditions, and lack of accountability in immigration detention, including testimony from Masuma Khan’s daughter about her mother’s treatment at a CoreCivic facility. The California Hospital Association raised concerns about duplicative oversight and possible overlap with already regulated health facilities, but said it was continuing to work on a solution. After discussion about constitutional and jurisdictional issues, the committee voted 5-0 to do pass and re-refer the bill to the Committee on Judiciary, with the vote placed on call. The committee also heard SB 1089, which would expand access to GLP-1 medications for state and local government employees through CalPERS and encourage broader affordability through CalRx. The author framed the bill as a response to chronic weight disease and rising diabetes risk, and the American Diabetes Association and other supporters said GLP-1s can prevent or delay type 2 diabetes and reduce long-term costs. Members discussed the medications’ benefits, side effects, and whether they are a long-term treatment. The bill was moved on a 5-0 vote and placed on call. Finally, the committee began SB 1221, dealing with Murphy conservatorships for people found dangerous due to severe mental illness after serious violent crimes. The author said the bill responds to a court decision that created uncertainty about placement and detention while awaiting state hospital beds, and supporters from prosecutors and psychiatrists said the measure would improve public safety and ensure victims’ voices are heard. Opposition testimony from county behavioral health directors began after the author’s presentation, but the transcript cuts off before the committee completed debate or took action on the bill.

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• I also want to talk about the New Hampshire Family Caregiving Program.
• I also want to talk about the New Hampshire Family Caregiving Program.
• program, a game implemented a new program, a game changer.<02:17:59.280> It's<02:17:59.519>
• I am now the new program director for the New Hampshire Mom Hub.
• And I am now the new program women.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• > of with the new New Hampshire Secretary of with the new New Hampshire Secretary of State<00:
• rigorous program n not program but rigorous program n not program but programs<05:26:55.400>
• so you can pay for it through your property taxes or your tax assessment on your car.'
• <05:42:47.000> on<05:42:47.120> your<05:42:47.320> car your or your tax assessment
• on your car your or your tax assessment on your car I<05:42:48.240> just<05:42:48.360> don't

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• House Bill 4662 establishes a grant program.
• to over 2500 cars a year.
• Currently, the safe routes to school program is funded through the Federal hazard elimination Program
• Um, the safe routes to school program, uh, is a federal program designed, designed to raid our highway
• program as well.

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• be new programs, burgeoning programs.
• Now we're always going to have new emerging programs.
• We are also excited about new program.
• We have the opportunity to be nimble and create a new program, a new opportunity.
• But it also enables us to add a new program in advanced manufacturing and another program and semiconductor

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• Very good program.
• That's where our program leaders of established programs and one other important critical program staff
• Programs that do not have students enrolled may be new programs.
• But the interest, and that's what we're looking at, is to help fund new program development to the number
• describe and provide, and programs that the university, That programs describe and provide, and programs

Summary: The committee held its first meeting of the session and received an overview of the Higher Education Appropriations budget from staff director Tim Elwell. He explained the committee’s broad jurisdiction over universities, state colleges, district workforce programs, vocational rehabilitation, blind services, student financial aid, private colleges, and the Board of Governors, and reviewed key budget concepts such as local funds, funds per FTE, performance funding, and the distinction between the total appropriation and the recurring base budget. He noted that higher education is funded largely through state and local sources, with substantial flexibility compared with other state budgets, and that the base budget is heavily weighted toward lump-sum allocations to the public systems. The committee then heard a presentation from the University of South Florida’s Florida Center for Cybersecurity (Cyber Florida), led by retired Marine Gen. Frank McKenzie and USF representative Mark Walsh. They described Cyber Florida as a statewide cybersecurity platform created by the Legislature in 2014 to support education, research, workforce development, public policy, and community engagement. McKenzie emphasized the growing cyber threat environment, Florida’s leadership role, and several funded initiatives, including K-12 outreach, workforce training, a cyber range for county governments, critical infrastructure assessments, grant development, and public conferences and outreach. Members asked about public cyber awareness, the lack of a national cyber defense strategy, school district participation in Cyber Launch, and which counties are most at risk; McKenzie said smaller counties with limited cybersecurity staffing are generally more vulnerable and offered to provide follow-up information. Finally, the committee heard from the Florida Center for Students with Unique Abilities at the University of Central Florida, led by Dr. Drew Andrews, along with program and parent representatives from participating institutions. Andrews explained the center’s role in coordinating Florida’s postsecondary comprehensive transition programs for students with intellectual disabilities, supporting program development, distributing grants and scholarships, and monitoring outcomes. He reported that the state now has 33 approved programs at 35 institutions, including universities, state colleges, and technical colleges, and that scholarship and grant funding has grown significantly. He said student retention is about 88 percent, many graduates are employed, and median hourly earnings have increased over time. A representative from Southeastern University described how the center’s support helped build and sustain SEU Link, including a new third-year employment-focused option for students.

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• Bills and resolutions, conference committee reports and joint committee reports and motions, placing new
• And thank you for giving us the gift of new life in the power of your resurrection.
• And thank you for giving us the gift of new life in the power of your resurrection.

Bills: SJR39, SJR47, SB227, SB1942, SB1627, SB625, SB1716, SB1303, SB2180, SB504, SB1209, SB1448, SB1597, SB1679, SB2182, SB2112, SB2170, SB2084, SB1496, SB1595, SB1655, SB1876, SB1621, SB1944, SB1266, SB2072, SB2104, SB1769, SB1827

Keywords: property valuation, tax limit, homestead, income threshold, elderly, constitutional amendment, voter ID, elections, Oklahoma, proof of identity, gross production tax, ad valorem tax, property exemption, Oklahoma Tax Commission, oil and gas production, regulatory impact, economic implications, dental insurance, health care, medical necessity