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• Some said mental health, some said school safety, some said guns.
• We heard members talk about school safety.
• Although my top about school safety.
• > Republicans school safety is something Republicans school safety is something Republicans have
• safety aid, we will conference it. safety aid, we will conference it.

Keywords: 918, senate, all

Summary: Senate leaders and bill authors held a post-debate press availability after completing floor debate and passage of a comprehensive gun violence package developed in response to the Annunciation school shooting and other recent violence. They described the package as combining mental health funding, school safety aid, and gun restrictions, including an assault-weapons ban, and said it reflected months of work with families, advocates, law enforcement groups, and members from both parties. They emphasized that the approach was intended to address both access to firearms and the people involved in violence, along with prevention, intervention, and consequences. The speakers said the bill reached 34 Senate votes after extensive conversations with colleagues, including some who had personal connections to Annunciation or concerns about their districts. They framed the vote as historic and said it showed Minnesotans where lawmakers stand. They also urged the House to take up the measure, warning that avoiding a vote would signal that politics were being placed ahead of public safety. They said they would continue lobbying House members and expected negotiations with House and gubernatorial leaders in the coming weeks. Mike Moyski, a family member of an Annunciation victim, praised the Senate action as meaningful and lasting for children and communities, while also criticizing a floor speech he said repeated the shooter’s name and platformed the attacker. In response to questions, senators said they remained open to further talks with House Republicans and Democrats, but stressed that the families wanted a comprehensive package. They said if the House sends over separate school safety legislation, the chambers would conference the bills to resolve differences.

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• Schools should be a place of trust, safety, and learning.
• Schools should be a place of trust, safety, and learning.
• It's people's safety. It's people's concerns enough to be here.
• So, again, talking about safety, life and safety, this really is a life-saving portion of this bill that
• So when we're talking about safety, we can't segregate that. That is a safety issue.

Summary: The Pre-K through 12 Budget Subcommittee took up CS for House Bill 1071, a broad education package described by the sponsor as updating transparency, parental rights, student safety, early learning accountability, scholarship oversight, and instructional program rules. The committee adopted two amendments without objection: one clarifying that Title I funds may be used for STEM programs, and another removing a prior provision related to canine dogs on school grounds. Members then questioned the bill’s provisions on student records transfers, instructional materials adoption and removal, educational emergency authority for low-performing schools, health education and a fetal development video, student-led organizations, FHSAA board language, lab schools, and rulemaking authority. The sponsor repeatedly said the bill was intended to improve accountability, keep education dollars focused on students, and give districts flexibility, while also noting that some issues would be addressed through future rulemaking or later amendments. Public testimony was overwhelmingly opposed. Many speakers argued the bill was an omnibus measure that bundled unrelated policies together, making it hard for families and educators to understand or meaningfully comment on it. Opponents also said it would increase school-law enforcement coordination, chill immigrant and mixed-status families’ participation, restrict DEI-related and student-led organizations, and impose controversial health and embryology content on students. Supporters, including the Christian Family Coalition and Florida Citizens Alliance, backed the fetal development video and the bill’s parental rights and funding restrictions, saying the content should be medically accurate and that schools should not fund political advocacy. Several speakers urged the committee to break the bill into separate measures. In debate, some members praised the sponsor’s responsiveness but said they would vote no because of constituent concerns, especially around DEI, the fetal development video, and local control. Others supported the bill, emphasizing rulemaking, educational emergency flexibility, EpiPen access, early learning changes, and evidence-based math instruction. The sponsor closed by reiterating support for the bill as amended, saying the law enforcement provision had been removed, the embryology content would be opt-out with posted materials, state funds should not support political advocacy, and the bill would help with safety, accountability, and student outcomes. The committee then voted on the bill after debate, with the sponsor indicating support and members stating their positions during closing discussion.

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• <00:03:44.760> policy and I serve as the public safety policy and I serve as the public safety
• Public safety does not start or end with incarceration.
• Public safety does not start or end with incarceration.
• <02:04:36.960> officials<02:04:37.960> the Public Safety officials the Public Safety
• <02:05:39.679> to foundational role in public safety to foundational role in public safety

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• > benefit a federal Public Safety officers benefit a federal Public Safety officers benefit um
• by Osha Osha and their safety by Osha Osha and their safety standards<04:01:13.479> um<04
• its safety its safety standards standards standards um<04:01:22.319> it<04:01:22.479>
• these safety these safety standards<04:07:02.239> for standards for standards for example
• safety standards uh the current safety safety standards uh the current safety standards<05:02:41.240

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• in the Department of Public safety in the Department of Public Safety, Safety, Safety, the<01:09:57.720
• The Department of Fire Safety<01:53:13.760> asked<01:53:14.360> for Safety asked for Safety
• H. 778, an act relating to dam safety. H. 778, an act relating to dam safety.
• regulate and oversee dam safety. regulate and oversee dam safety.
• important option for public safety. important option for public safety.

Keywords: 926, house, all

Summary: The House first suspended the rules briefly to make announcements, including welcoming former representative Doug Gage to the gallery. It then returned to House Bill 211 on data brokers and personal information, where the Appropriations Committee explained a $50,000 appropriation to the Secretary of State for a consultant-led study on an accessible deletion mechanism for consumers to delete personal data held by data brokers, with interim and final reports due in 2027 and 2028. The committee reported a 9-0-2 vote in favor, and the House agreed to the Commerce and Economic Development Committee’s amendment and ordered third reading. Floor debate on H. 211 focused heavily on the bill’s deletion and exemption framework. Supporters argued the bill is needed to give Vermonters meaningful control over their data and to prevent data brokers from commingling information for unrelated uses. Opponents warned the bill could conflict with existing federal frameworks such as the Fair Credit Reporting Act, Gramm-Leach-Bliley, and the Driver’s Privacy Protection Act, and could make credit, banking, insurance, fraud prevention, and identity verification harder. In response, the sponsor said the bill uses use-case-based exemptions rather than broad entity-level exemptions, noted testimony from banks, insurers, a data broker, a former data broker employee, and the Attorney General, and said no constitutional concerns were raised. The House ultimately adopted the amendment and advanced the bill. After H. 211, the House moved to House Bill 577, establishing the Vermont Prescription Drug Discount Card Program. Committee reports from Health Care, Ways and Means, and Appropriations were read into the record, and the Colchester member described the bill as a way to lower prescription drug costs by joining the multi-state Array Rx program. The bill would let any Vermont resident obtain a free discount card for FDA-approved prescription drugs, with claimed savings up to 80% on generics and 20% on brand-name drugs. The House then proceeded to second reading on H. 577.

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• House File 3220 cancels the otherwise expiring balance of $1.8 million from the 2018 school safety grants
• adoption in Minnesota is aligned with what's nationally recommended for best practices for school safety
• This is also supported by the national safety standards and experts, leading safety authorities urging
• standards and experts, leading safety standards and experts, leading safety<00:02:43.240> authorities
• a national school safety organizations. a national school safety organizations.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• , which is really about the life safety of buildings, homes, ...operation and safety, which is really
• about the life safety of buildings, homes, and commercial buildings in California.
• It's about safety. So I respectfully ask for an I vote. All right. Thank you.
• The motion is due pass to the Committee on Safety, Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials.
• The motion is due pass as amended to the Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• <00:24:09.520> uh and and uh uh provide better safety uh and and uh uh provide better safety
• safety and operational concerns. safety and operational concerns.
• signage and restrooms, and make safety signage and restrooms, and make safety improvements<00:42
• , To ensure employee and visitor safety, To ensure employee and visitor safety, KHS<00:42:35.599>
• while ensuring compliance with safety while ensuring compliance with safety and<00:47:55.520>

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Attendance Roll Call 00:00:09 Approval of Minutes 00:01:10 Welcome New Members 00:01:26 Information Items 00:01:49 COT Special Report 00:02:38 Review of Executive Branch Agency Plans 00:07:41 A. Department of Military Affairs 00:08:07 B. Department of Veterans’ Affairs 00:20:34 C. Kentucky Infrastructure Authority 00:25:54 D. Tourism, Arts, and Heritage Cabinet 00:35:05 E. Transportation Cabinet 00:55:53, 958, all

Summary: The Capital Planning Advisory Board met with a quorum, approved the May 21 minutes, and welcomed a new executive branch member, Secretary Keith Jackson of the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet. The board also received two informational items: agency responses to prior questions and amendments made to capital plans after the last meeting. It then heard the Commonwealth Office of Technology’s report on executive branch IT capital project scoring, which reviewed 16 IT requests totaling about $330.5 million. COOT said projects were ranked through an independent panel using standardized criteria focused on feasibility, statewide alignment, readiness, impact, and risk; the CIO recommended moving an enterprise application and artificial intelligence inventory system from rank 11 to rank 4 because of its enterprise-wide impact and connection to Senate Bill 4. The Department of Military Affairs presented its capital plan, describing 43 million in projects for the current period and 13 projects totaling $65 million for 2026–2028, with most funding coming from federal sources and restricted agency funds and no general fund request in the latter period. Its projects included maintenance pool adjustments, a statewide Army master plan, the Somerset readiness center, Shelbyville and Ashland armories, a future home for the Kentucky Army National Guard band, and other facility upgrades. Members asked about the Somerset project’s cost growth and federal delay; the department said the project remains in conceptual design, is awaiting federal MILCON action, and would require a state match of about $9.8 million against $29.6 million federal funding if it is approved. Members also asked about staffing levels, and the department said state employee and Title 32 numbers have been relatively steady, while technician positions have declined. The Department of Veterans Affairs outlined seven projects for 2026–2028, led by a Radcliff Veterans Center HVAC replacement that needs an estimated additional $16 million to finish phase two after phase one was already funded. Other requests included a maintenance pool increase, renovations and exterior upgrades at Eastern and Western Kentucky veterans facilities, a cooling tower replacement at Thompson Hood, and parking lot and lighting improvements. The department said some projects were already in the six-year plan and that the Radcliff phase two could be bid in June 2026 if funded. Members confirmed that a columbarium wall project at Grayson is federally funded. The Kentucky Infrastructure Authority presented its six-year capital plan, citing more than $3 billion in loan commitments since 1988 and over $5 billion in supported infrastructure projects. KIA requested $298.439 million in the first biennium, including $27.742 million in state match for federal clean water and drinking water revolving funds, $25 million for its state Infrastructure Revolving Fund, $185.697 million in federal capitalization grants, and $30 million in leverage bond authorization for each year of the two federally assisted loan programs. Members asked about drinking-water quality, and KIA said that function is handled by the Energy and Environment Cabinet’s Division of Water, not KIA. KIA also said its loan rates currently range from 0.5% to 2.25%, averaging just under 1%, and that its revolving loan programs have had no defaults. The Tourism, Arts, and Heritage Cabinet began its presentation at the end of the transcript, with staff identifying themselves, but no project details or board action from that presentation were included in the excerpt.

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• As an example, right now, we have the Office of Energy Infrastructure Safety tasked with certain safety
• All of that safety stuff, hypothetically, was moved to Office of Energy Infrastructure Safety.
• In this discussion, safety must come first.
• Relieving IOU liabilities will decrease safety standards, not increase them.
• It's what defines having met the highest safety standards. Yes.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• So, this is going back to Public Safety.
• I know safety. We can make some changes.
• This bill would go to public safety.
• . safety. safety.
• If if we don't have to public safety.

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: House File 4205, as amended, was heard and then re-referred to the Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee. Representative Tabke said the bill is intended to protect Minnesotans’ private data tied to license plate reader systems by requiring warrants for out-of-state access, limiting dissemination of privately collected data, and adding reporting and oversight. He said the amendment was substantive and was adopted before the bill was discussed. Tabke also said he was open to changes, including revisiting the audit requirement, and noted the bill should still allow law enforcement to use license plate data for investigations. John Beeler of the ACLU of Minnesota testified in support, arguing that automatic license plate reader use has expanded far beyond what the 2015 statute contemplated and that third-party vendors have complicated data practices and accountability. He said the bill would modernize the law, require public disclosure of data-sharing relationships, and ensure private vendors are subject to data obligations. Jeff Potts of the Minnesota Chiefs of Police Association opposed the bill as written, saying LPR technology has been important in investigations, including a recent child abduction case, but that the annual audit requirement would be too costly for small agencies and could make the technology unaffordable. He said the association was open to further discussions on guardrails but opposed the bill in its current form. Members raised questions about what data is actually returned by a license plate query versus an LPR hit, with Representative Duran arguing the bill conflated limited registration information with broader private data. Representative Feist supported the bill, saying the public should not trust Flock and that the issue is the cumulative tracking of people’s movements, not just isolated data points. Representative Hudson said the bill raised valid questions but might unintentionally hinder investigations, and he requested a roll call. The committee ultimately adopted the A1 amendment and moved the bill forward on a roll call vote.

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• In its simplest terms, this is a firearm storage and safety bill.
• firearm storage and safety bill. firearm storage and safety bill.
• in the Department of Public Safety in the Department of Public Safety chapter<00:59:13.840> of
• the puzzle for victim safety. the puzzle for victim safety.
• support of H.2606 as a public safety support of H.2606 as a public safety bill<01:06:14.360>

Keywords: 926, house, all

Summary: The House first debated House Bill 527, extending the sunset of 30 V.S.A. chapter 248A, which governs telecom tower siting. Members discussed a Senate proposal of amendment that would require a mandatory local hearing with the developer and the Department of Public Service present. Supporters said the change would improve public participation and local control, especially for rural towns, while opponents argued it could either stall telecom development or speed it up with less input. Several members also raised concerns about health effects of RF radiation and cited scientific studies and court actions, while others said they had not seen evidence of the harms claimed and emphasized the importance of connectivity. A proposed further amendment to shorten the sunset to one year was defeated by roll call, 52-89, and the House then concurred in the Senate proposal of amendment by roll call, 122-14. The House then took up House Bill 686, relating to expanding identification of certain lobbying advertisements. After suspending rules, members heard a summary of the Senate’s strike-all amendment, which broadened the definition of lobbying communications and required clearer identification and reporting for paid lobbying ads, while avoiding duplicate reporting where campaign finance disclosures already apply. The Government Operations and Military Affairs Committee reported a 10-1-1 straw poll in favor, and the House concurred in the Senate proposal of amendment. Next, the House considered Senate Bill 326, miscellaneous amendments to motor vehicle laws. The Transportation Committee described the changes as largely technical, including provisions related to hands-free cell phone use for commercial drivers and to mufflers, motorcycles, and annual inspections. After testimony from Legislative Council and the Department of Motor Vehicles, the committee recommended concurrence on a 9-1-1 straw poll, and the House concurred and then voted to message its action to the Senate forthwith. The chamber also took up the conference report on House Bill 642, youthful offender proceedings, with the conference committee restoring House language allowing victims to attend and present impact statements at both hearings and making several technical cross-reference corrections; the report was presented for House consideration.

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• I'm here today to discuss video safety inspections with you.
• Community safety has been my primary objective during my career.
• Isn't there any concern for safety?
• on Public Defense, along with Chair Schultz, Safety Committee.
• The motion is due pass to the Committee on Public Safety.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• And in the careful balance of individual liberty and public safety, House Bill 259 creates a public safety
• This bill is a threat to public safety.
• I was taught gun safety at a young age. However, I also understand.
• I'm the associate regional director for Everytown for Gun Safety.
• Thankfully, both were spared and were able to flee to safety.

Bills: HB259

Keywords: redistricting, Independent Citizen Redistricting Commission, Texas Legislature, elections, district boundaries, voter representation

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• for safety for our for our campers.
• And people really had to scramble to be able to run into safety. We were not.
• Um, you know, safety is just not a box that we check.
• Uh, safety sirens and safety drills should be handled appropriately, but let's do it in a way that doesn't
• When we think about safety.

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• We ask for your blessings of safety and protection of ways.
• Every day and every night, we ask for your safety and their continued strength in providing us our safety
• Providing us our safety and protection.
• Farnsworth, you're the Vice Chair of Public Safety.
• It recommends that the public safety amendment be adopted. The safety amendment be adopted.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• We do care about safety, but this bill isn't it. We care about investing in public safety.
• You are telling people of this state that their safety is a secondary concern.
• <00:53:32.720> the<00:53:32.839> first Public Safety the first Public Safety the first
• event of a line-of-duty death of a public safety officer.
• They want to support this... duty death of a public safety officer duty death of a public safety officer

Keywords: 1183, house

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• This bill would increase student safety.
• 2028 school year to update their safety 2028 school year to update their safety plans<00:03:24.159
• I have 30 plus years working with and in school safety.
• I want to speak directly to section 8, subdivision 1A, line 8.25, on the school safety drills.
• safety frameworks like standard<00:24:20.080> response<00:24:20.559> protocols.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• When we talk about public safety, we're talking about children fearing for their safety—children who
• deserve neither safety nor freedom."
• And implement community policing strategies that promote public safety.
• To Chairs Moeller and Chair Novotny for their work on this public safety bill and the public safety portion
• This bill, members, is the public safety policy package.

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• In terms<00:52:58.880> of<00:52:59.000> safety, terms of safety, terms of safety, we<00
• simple, ensuring that critical safety simple, ensuring that critical safety and<01:10:45.880>
• , essential for public safety, essential for public safety, emergency<01:11:06.240> response,<
• But this bill is about three things: safety, safety, and safety.
• But this bill is about three things: safety, safety, and safety.

Keywords: House streaming session for Wednesday, March 11, 2026, 957, house, all

Summary: The House of Delegates met on February 27, 2026, with a prayer, roll call showing 130 members present, and the reading of the previous day’s journal. The chamber then took up several House resolutions recognizing guests and honorees, including Harold Futch Sr. II and his daughter R.V. for their collaboration on the album “Harmony” and R.V.’s status as the youngest Grammy winner; Michelle Eberle for her leadership of the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange; and the Boys & Girls Club of Washington County on its 85th anniversary. Each resolution was read and adopted with applause and congratulations. The House also received Senate Bill 108 from the Senate consent calendar and, by unanimous consent, had it read the first time and referred to committee. In the Economic Matters Committee report, the House adopted favorable reports and sent multiple bills to third reading, including HB 306 on dealer website price transparency, HB 461 on rural readiness and capacity building, HB 573 on fair housing discrimination standards, HB 798 on small minority- and women-owned business capital access, HB 850 on open house disclosure requirements, HB 951 on land records revisions, HB 996 on corporations and associations revisions, HB 1026 on rounding cash transactions, and HB 1312 on legal tender species establishment. HB 306 drew the most debate over its title, which included the “Jack Fitzgerald Price Transparency Act.” One delegate argued the title improperly referenced a private business and should be removed; the floor leader responded that the bill honored consumer advocate Jack Fitzgerald and that the dealership was employee-owned. A motion to special order the bill failed on a roll call vote of 95 no to 38 yes, and the bill was then ordered printed for third reading. HB 691 on permitting efficiency for housing development projects was also special ordered until the next day after members sought more time to review possible amendments. The House adopted amendments and favorable reports on several bills, including HB 243 on comprehensive and general plans, HB 343 on housing counseling services, HB 483 on charitable organization audit thresholds, HB 523 on residential foreclosure restrictions, and HB 243’s amendments clarifying prospective application. Members asked questions about HB 243’s planning requirements and about HB 523’s “zombie mortgage” protections; the floor leader explained that HB 523 would protect homeowners from surprise foreclosures on old debts without forgiving the underlying debt, while HB 243 would modernize comprehensive planning standards without changing local subdivision review processes.

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• One of this 5 safety features will need to be included in the residential pool.
• features, they can have one or more of the safety features without any permit being needed.
• And I appreciate your efforts to have safety.
• But still give us a safe harbor in there if we resolve those safety issues too long to do that.
• It does not compromise safety.

Keywords: 999, senate, all