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• It looks like a contest, but it's really an emergency preparedness exercise.
• It looks like a contest, but it's really an emergency preparedness exercise.
• It looks like a contest, but it's really an emergency preparedness exercise.
• It looks like a contest, but it's really an emergency preparedness exercise.
• <02:10:51.440> and from, but we kept the engineering and from, but we kept the engineering

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• This video was sent to Land Rover back in 2021, and it allowed us to win a nationwide contest.
• . allowed us to win a nationwide contest.
• I will call it the economic engine in that area.
• But at the end of the day, Fort Knox is still that engine for that entire region.
• <01:29:50.960> for<01:29:51.199> that<01:29:51.440> entire still that engine

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee met with a quorum, approved the August minutes, and heard a brief announcement from Senator Richardson about the Missing in America Project interring unclaimed veterans’ remains at the Western Kentucky Veterans Cemetery in Hopkinsville. He read the names of several veterans being laid to rest with military honors, and the chair thanked the volunteers involved in the effort. The main presentation was an update on Kentucky’s urban search and rescue program from the Department of Military Affairs and Kentucky Emergency Management. Officials said the program is being built around two regional task force hubs, a helicopter aquatic rescue team, an incident support team, and a rescue aid fund for local search and rescue units. They reported that the $8.3 million appropriated for the program in the 2025 budget was fully executed, that $482,670 of the rescue aid fund went to 29 local teams, and that $493,592 has already been allocated in the current year to 36 teams. They also described warehouse and equipment purchases, staffing with full-time and part-time personnel, and a new training site on state property for collapsed-structure and multi-agency exercises. Officials said the program has already been used in recent disasters, including flood response and urban search and rescue operations in several parts of the state, and claimed the effort has impacted more than 1,500 citizens through rescues, evacuations, and related assistance. They said the helicopter aquatic rescue team is fully operational, the task force roster should be finalized by January, incident support should be online by April, and the full program should be deployable by June 30 or July 1, 2026. Members asked about statewide response times, K-9 search capabilities, and the long-term cost of the program, including concerns about reliance on federal matching funds. The presenters said K-9 assets will be part of the task force, that pre-positioning during forecasted storms can reduce response times significantly, and that they would provide more detailed budget information later.

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• , which they might need help from the legislature to definitely ban killing contests.
• <00:02:28.040> should uh that that that uh the contest should uh that that that uh the contest
• the fishing game I mean that contest the fishing game I mean that contest have<00:02:32.640>
• :59.879> be so that killing contest can then be so that killing contest can then be overseen<00
• <00:04:06.079> need don't even know if killing contests need don't even know if killing contests

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• All the engineers and the folks at Oir in insurance companies have all said, if you do these things,
• We're saying engineers, insurance companies, folks who study this have said these are things you need
• So I want to give some contests around how much that has grown over the last a few years.

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• Gracia Junior Area Engineering Maintenance Facility.
• This is the second time this bill has been contested pursuant to rule six section 14 2 and 24 The bill
• Engineers or geoscientists for class one injection well applications will passage question occurs on

Bills: HB 118, HB388, HB 114, HB205, HB2789, HB2791, HB499, HB2960, HB3163, HB3135, HB2427, HB1618, HB1672, HB1722, HB1338, HB787, HB2618, HB879, HB 1126, HB4134, HB3513, HB718, HB1536, HB1445, HB1640, HB1893, HB1734, HB3229, HB3306, HB 1276, HB3272, HB3276, HB3516, HB4145, HB1585, HB4810, HB2989, HB2558, HB3014, HB2742, HB1695, HB29, HB 125, HB145, HB171, HB255, HB50, HB363, HB 116, HB491, HB1495, HB368, HB 1285, HB1905, HB2002, HB917, HB2723, HB2067, HB 1238, HB745, HB 1188, HB1606, HB2003, HB2147, HB2355, HB2546, HB2495, HB2818, HB2249, HB3228, HB3240, HB1507, HB658, HB1748, HB1851, HB1922, HB2798, HB 107, HB1587, HB3684, HB 118, HB388, HB 114, HB205, HB2789, HB2791, HB499, HB2960, HB3163, HB3135, HB2427, HB1618, HB1672, HB1722, HB1338, HB787, HB2618, HB879, HB 1126, HB4134, HB3513, HB718, HB1536, HB1445, HB1640, HB1893, HB1734, HB3229, HB3306, HB 1276, HB3272, HB3276, HB3516, HB4145, HB1585, HB4810, HB2989, HB2558, HB3014, HB2742, HB1695, HB609, HB630, HB420, HB767, HB1708, HB1404, HB2457, HB140, HB227, HB913, HB2198, HB2763, HB 1261, HB 1135, HB1318, HB2358, HB2765, HB2735, HB3307, HB 1242, HB2842, HB333, HB201, HB694, HB2415, HB155, HB272, HB405, HB519, HB 1136, HB 1275, HB1437, HB1532, HB1675, HB1868, HB1888, HB1990, HB2286, HB2523, HB3129, HB3251, HB3354, HB3479, HB3803, HB3804, HB3805, HB3806, HB3887, HB4163, HB4238, HB 1240, HB1842, HB2029, HB2622, HB3255, HB654, HB4643, HB4945, HB3611, HB3724, HB3623, HB3810, HB4127, HCR78, HCR12, SB767

Keywords: HB 388, HB388, coordination of benefits, COB questionnaire, health benefit plan, health insurance, insurance commissioner, Texas Department of Insurance, uniform form, primary payer, secondary payer, multiple coverage, dual coverage, Medicaid, CHIP, managed care, HMO, small employer health plan, school district health coverage, self-funded plan

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• You're already seeing Wikipedia going down, TripAdvisor going down, people using search engines going
• So, as you know, we manufacture engines and components for all branches of the military, including 404
• One of those is the contest that we're in right now in our society to save our democracy.
• I basically reverse engineered the business by looking at all the transaction-level data and using data
• And I'm the Director of Engineering and Quality Consulting Services at Eloquent Life Sciences.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The committee held a hearing on several artificial intelligence bills, opening with remarks about the 9/11 anniversary and then broad statements from the co-chairs about AI’s promise and risks. Chair Farley-Bouvier and Senator Moore emphasized the need for guardrails, transparency, and worker and consumer protections, while Senator Finegold described Senate Bill 37, which would create a framework for AI model training with safety assessments, audits, incident reporting, Attorney General oversight, and workforce reporting. Members also discussed Massachusetts’ position relative to other states and the need for state action in the absence of federal regulation. A large portion of the hearing focused on the Fair Act, House 77 and Senate 35, which would limit workplace surveillance, restrict collection of biometric and location data, require notice and human review for automated employment decisions, and protect workers from retaliation. Labor leaders, including AFL-CIO, AFSCME, AFT, SEIU, building trades, and other worker representatives, testified in support, describing harms from bossware, automated benefits denials, hiring and promotion screening, scheduling, and monitoring in workplaces ranging from health care and education to manufacturing and construction. They argued that AI systems are already affecting wages, benefits, safety, and job security, and that Massachusetts should act now to set clear rules. The committee also heard testimony on House Bill 74, which would require informed consent and clear contract terms for digital replicas of voices and likenesses, with SAG-AFTRA representatives supporting the bill as a protection for performers and creators. Another major topic was Senate Bill 51 on social media algorithm accountability and transparency; child safety advocates, researchers, and a public health expert described harms from engagement-based algorithms, including exposure to harmful content, eating disorders, and youth mental health impacts, and supported independent audits and public reporting. A few industry and civil liberties witnesses supported regulation but urged balance, warning against overly burdensome rules while acknowledging the need for privacy, transparency, and accountability. No votes or final committee actions were taken in the hearing excerpt.

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• Commissioners to provide administrative assistant staffing until the project planning design and engineering
• I think it's currently budgeted at 1 million dollars and it's for the planning design and engineering
• And industrial engineers, design machines, machines that could take off your arm if you're not using
• It's not contested in.
• Chair is 2 for human and machine cognition is a nationally recognized senator of scientific and engineering

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• If you're out there, come on, you're the next contestant. Come on up and get in the front row.
• projects during my career, many with minority-owned businesses, architects, construction firms, engineering
• Firms, engineering firms.
• I am a biomedical engineer in St.
• agencies in the state of Florida are under overrun by critical social justice, DEI, seeking to socially engineer

Summary: The committee first confirmed Heather L. Turnbull to the Florida Commission on Community Service without debate. It then took up SPB 7022, which sets Florida Retirement System employer contribution rates beginning July 1, 2025, updates rates to address unfunded liability, and preserves the 3% employee contribution rate. Senator Fine said the bill would increase FRS Trust Fund revenue by about $310 million annually and also gives certain elected officers an option related to DROP accumulations. An amendment was adopted, the bill was submitted as a committee bill, and it was reported favorably. The committee then heard SB 1710, a bill by Senator DeSantis/DeSigley to prohibit state agencies, vendors, and grant recipients from using state funds for DEI-related policies, trainings, and programs, and to impose related restrictions on medical institutions of higher education. Senator Polsky and others questioned the bill’s broad and vague language, its effect on health-related work, public-facing agency positions, private contractors, and medical school admissions. The sponsor said the bill was intended to stop DEI from influencing state agencies and that the medical-school portion would likely be amended out later. Public testimony was overwhelmingly opposed, with speakers arguing the bill would harm health care, education, access, and minority communities; a few supporters said DEI is ideological and should be removed from government and public institutions. After debate, the bill was reported favorably on a party-line style vote, with Senator Errington voting no. The committee then began SB 1678, relating to entities that boycott Israel, with a delete-all amendment. Senator Leak said the bill would expand Florida’s anti-BDS framework to cover nonprofits, foreign educational institutions, foreign government funds, academic boycotts, political subdivisions, and certain grants, while the amendment aligned the bill with existing law and clarified procurement and divestment provisions. Testimony included support from proponents who said Florida should not do business with entities engaged in boycotts of Israel, and opposition from speakers who argued the bill would restrict academic freedom and conscience. Debate continued as the transcript ended, with no final vote shown in the excerpt.

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• To groundwater management plans when a desired future condition is contested.
• To know all the planning and engineering is ready to go.
• Our Office of Water and supporting offices have engineers, hydrologists, toxicologists, permit writers
• Additionally, the Board is requesting an additional FTE for a dam safety engineer in the field to assist
• The Corps of Engineers handed them over to us back in the 40s and 50s, generally speaking, saying we

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• We certainly don't contest that only citizens can legally vote, but Chair Hughes said that we can quibble
• Restricting the use of preferential voting in majority vote contests limits opportunities for alternative
• The non-contested calendar, is there objection? Hearing none, it is so ordered.
• Senator Bardwell, did you have anything I was just agreeing mr. chairman that you can You can reverse-engineer
• But the reporting efforts of tracking somebody's vote and being able to to reverse-engineer that vote

Bills: SB16, SB76, SB310, SB311, SB396, SB505, SB827, SB964, SB1209, SB1210, SB1386, SB1470, SB2035, SJR37, SB 16

Keywords: voter registration, proof of citizenship, Election Code, criminal offenses, limited federal ballot, transportation, infrastructure, funding, public safety, state regulation, election, polling places, voter access, state oversight, electronic voting, voting, polling place, elections, countywide program, election integrity

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• Today, we'll be hearing the oral presentations for the election contest.
• Representative Tabke and add six votes to the totals for contestant Aaron Paul.
• The contestant put forward their case; they stipulated with the court and with...
• And Contestant Paul also worked on the process to bring them in.
• There was no objection made by a contestant.

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• amusement park, venue, club, or other place where performances, concerts, exhibits, athletic games, contests
• exhibits, performances, concerts, exhibits, athletic<01:03:31.839> games,<01:03:32.240> contests
• ><01:03:32.640> and<01:03:32.880> other<01:03:33.039> forms athletic games, contests
• and other forms athletic games, contests and other forms of<01:03:33.520> entertainment<01:03
• 01:22:22.560> for<01:22:22.960> addiction<01:22:23.920> and Algorithms are engineered

Bills: HF1392, HF2233, HF695, HF2228, HF1289

Keywords: consumer protection, restitution, attorney general, consumer enforcement, unclaimed funds, victim compensation, settlement funds, special revenue fund, general fund, restitution account, consumer fraud, state treasury, eligible consumers, distribution of funds, tax subtraction, income tax, refund, unpaid compensation, Minnesota Department of Revenue, consumer redress

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• It has to be engineered.
• It has to it it's basically engineered for the layout and the size of our building.
• $100,000 for some of the fees and a contingency built in while they do the project. $200 for the engineering
• This is basically a Senate popularity contest. This is all across the nation. This is by numbers.

Keywords: 914, all

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• lays out a framework to ensure that revenue generated by our central business district's economic engine
• I mean, I don't think if there's anybody that can contest the idea that downtown Dallas is a disaster
• Council believed the Historic Commission's recommendation, and despite multiple structural issues... engineers
• and civil engineers warned of the building's immediate dangers.

Bills: HB22, SB250, SB375, SB536, SB845, SB1633, SB1944, SB1957, SB2081, SB2137, SB2262, SB2299, SB2419, SB2452, SB2522, SB2549, SB2594, SB2605, SB2631, SB2639, SB2675, SB3029, SJR60, HB22, HB1392, HB2525

Keywords: emergency communication, broadband, funding, natural disasters, technology, HB 22, Texas broadband development office, comptroller, emergency communications, early warning systems, disaster alerts, natural disaster notifications, interoperable communications, interoperable emergency radio, public safety communications, 9-1-1, next generation 9-1-1, NG911, broadband grants, low-interest loans

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• The next contestant come on up and get in the front row. Good. You're recognized.
• projects during my career, many with minority owned businesses, architects, construction firms, engineering
• Think I am a biomedical engineer and CP and I'd like to share some striking studies highlighting the
• agencies in the state of Florida are under overrun by critical Social Justice dei seeking to socially engineer

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• Tuskegee University now represents a major economic engine for the entire state of Alabama, employing
• Your investment has produced one of the nation's leading producers of engineers in aerospace, mechanical
• Your investment has produced one of the nation's leading producers of engineers in aerospace, mechanical
• None of them are contested.
• None None of them are contested. None None of them are contested.

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• And we know that this legislature has given the CES out of Albuquerque money to do engineering plans
• We need somebody to sit there and go with it for the engineering plan; that person has to be out there
• Did that come through an engineering firm?
• A couple of things: we have been working with the Soil and Water Conservation on the engineering plan
• We've been working with Tomas Gonzalez to do the engineering plan to be able to get the water.

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• store floodwaters during normal and extreme rain events, which are then released downstream at an engineered
• Hancock moves that the committee substitute for Senate Bill 2568 be recommended for the local and contested

Bills: SB243, SB1586, SB1891, SB1959, SB2159, SB2568

Keywords: migrant labor housing, migrant housing, farmworker housing, migrant agricultural worker, agricultural labor, farm labor contractor, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, TDHCA, civil penalty, housing code enforcement, sanitation, occupancy standards, retaliation, worker complaint, language access, Spanish-language outreach, H-2A visa, temporary agricultural workers, unlicensed housing, rural housing

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• justice, as it keeps a live strife in contention and perverts the remedial process of law into an engine
• The only question that is being contested is whether a voter is eligible. Oh, no, I think so.

Bills: SB801, SB1200, SB1410, SB1717, SB1862, SB1863, SB2216, SB2681, SB506, SB2626, SJR63, SB 3

Keywords: SB 801, birth certificate, birth record, certified copy, homeless, homelessness, unhoused, vital records, state registrar, local registrar, county clerk, fee waiver, identity documents, ID access, housing insecurity, shelter, transitional housing, Health and Safety Code, HHSC, Health and Human Services Commission

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• House Bill 1094 will be recommended for the local and contested calendar without objections.
• Sent to the local and contested calendar on the motion of Senator King.
• The bill is recommended for the local and contested calendar without objection. Objection.
• I'll motion to send Senator King's bill into the local and contested calendar.
• I'll motion by Senator King to recommend it for the local and contested calendar.

Keywords: 1185, senate, all