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• , uh, deadly weapon or dangerous instrument in the commission of the offense.
• </c><00:11:42.480><c> uh</c> uh or dangerous or deadly instrument uh uh or dangerous or deadly instrument
• </c><00:11:44.160><c> in</c> deadly weapon or dangerous instrument in deadly weapon or dangerous instrument
• Not not intended for uh instrument. Yes.
• um in the commission of an instrument um in the commission of an offense<00:12:55.360><c> that</c><00

Bills: SB24, SB83, SB142, SB140, SB94, SB24, SB83, SB142, SB140, SB94, HB132, HB37, HB51, HB105, HB54, HB7, HB158, HB188, HB189, HB111, HB13, HB192, HB149

Keywords: body-worn camera, public records, law enforcement transparency, recording disclosure, civil rights, adult-size changing table, changing station, accessible restroom, public bathroom, public building, public entity, ADA, Americans with Disabilities Act, accessibility, restroom renovation, new construction, grant program, state grant, local government facilities, historic property

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• This instrument provides relative to health insurance to require coverage for...
• Johnson was asked to read the instrument in. Dr. Johnson read the instrument in: “Thank you, Mr.
• This instrument Chairman, members, this is House Bill 903 by Representative Ilg.
• This instrument provides relative to the restrictions and prohibitions...
• offer a substitute for his instrument, House Bill 866.

Keywords: 965, house, all

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• House Bill 4414 aims to address the theft of negotiable instruments and arrow keys, which are the master
• by creating a new state-level penalty structure for the theft of mail that contains a negotiable instrument
• Checks or negotiable instruments are stolen in a variety of ways.
• As an act that is law, this bill would treat the theft as a negotiable instrument, as the theft of personal
• This will charge based on the number of negotiable instruments stolen.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• A person could be hired off a street to sterilize these surgical instruments, and then those instruments
• A person could be hired off a street to sterilize these surgical instruments, and then those instruments
• instruments and then those<01:29:40.560><c> instruments</c><01:29:41.199><c> are</c><01:29:41.520><c
• </c> instruments due to improper cleaning. instruments due to improper cleaning.
• </c> exposed to unsterile instruments. exposed to unsterile instruments.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Since approval of the list of screening instruments in December and the release of the $25 million from
• We would also note that of the four approved screener instruments, two of them are free.
• Schools may begin using the screening instrument to screen students in the 2026-2027 school year, with
• the requirement for all students to begin using the screening instrument in the 2027-2028 school year
• Screening instrument in the 2027-2028 school year.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• So instrumental activities of daily living are things like shopping, cooking, slash meal prep, medication
• And then on top of that are the other instrumental activities of daily living, the cooking, the cleaning
• So if you only get, you know, 15 hours of hands-on care and you need 30 hours of instrumental activities
• We were thinking about, just thinking about and talking about pulling back those number of instrumental
• We were thinking about, just thinking about and talking about pulling back those number of instrumental

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The subcommittee met with MassHealth LTSS Chief Leslie Darcy to review the Personal Care Attendant (PCA) program and the legislative work group focused on its long-term sustainability and cost containment. Darcy and Charlie described the work group’s five meetings and three consensus recommendations: enforce the 66-hour overtime cap, address fraudulent activity in the PCA program, and eliminate MassHealth handling of PCA paperwork/administrative work for members without a live-in exemption because those members are subject to EVV. They explained EVV as an electronic visit verification system replacing paper timesheets, and noted the rollout is expected to be completed this fall. The group estimated about $7 million in savings from the consensus recommendations and agreed to continue meeting through June to consider additional ideas. Darcy presented data showing the PCA program served about 56,000 members in state fiscal year 2024 and has grown from $1.2 billion in FY20 to $1.6 billion in FY24, with projections near $2 billion by 2027. She said much of the growth is driven by wage increases and older adults using more services, and compared PCA costs with other LTSS programs. The discussion also covered overtime spending, the role of federal financial participation, and how Massachusetts’ PCA program differs from other states because it has no hard caps on hours or activities. Several members emphasized the program’s value for independent living and community participation, while also acknowledging the need to control growth without undermining services. Members asked about undocumented immigrants and MassHealth funding, and Darcy explained that some eligibility categories are state-funded only and do not receive federal matching funds. Another member asked about workforce recruitment and wage pressures; Darcy said recent collective bargaining agreements raised PCA wages, with some workers eventually reaching $25 per hour and the entry wage reaching $20. The group also discussed whether IADL hours are disproportionately high compared with ADL needs, and reviewed data suggesting potential savings if IADL hours were limited relative to ADL hours, though no consensus recommendation was made on that point. The meeting ended with approval of the prior minutes by roll call vote, an update that the next health equity informational hearing is scheduled for May 19, and a motion to adjourn carried unanimously.

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• , certification of instruments, validity of instruments, and penalties, reported by substitute from Municipal
• , certification of instruments, validity of instruments, and penalties, reported by substitute from Municipal
• , certification of instruments, validity of instruments, and penalties, reported by substitute from Municipal
• First instrument in this order, Mr.
• Those Senate instruments will lie over.

Bills: HR244, HR245, HR246, HR247, HR248, HR249, HR250, HR251, HCR101, HCR102, HR223, HR224, HR225, HR226, HR227, HR229, HR230, HR231, HR232, HR234, HR235, HR236, HR237, HR238, HR239, HR240, HR241, HR242, HR243, HCR94, HCR95, HCR96, HCR97, HCR98, HCR99, HCR100, SCR31, SCR33, SCR35, SCR37, SCR56, SCR57, SB171, SB251, SB252, SB353, SB367, SB433, SB461, HR170, HR191, HR206, HR207, HR208, HR217, HCR11, HCR53, HCR60, HCR66, HCR68, HB66, HB153, HB165, HB326, HB387, HB454, HB455, HB484, HB513, HB603, HB660, HB719, HB762, HB766, HB793, HB802, HB816, HB833, HB940, HB947, HB950, HB975, HB1028, HB1039, HB1051, HB1053, HB1080, HB1201, HB1215, HB1228, HB1251, HB1252, SCR2, SB26, SB28, SB29, SB30, SB41, SB44, SB64, SB84, SB87, SB93, SB98, SB107, SB118, SB142, SB192, SB195, SB199, SB219, SB222, SB234, SB241, SB255, SB275, SB277, SB292, SB294, SB306, SB314, SB482, SB233, SB326, HR171, HCR49, HCR65, HCR72, HR37, HCR64, SCR19, SCR3, SCR6, SCR18, SCR11, SCR22, HB64, HB68, HB92, HB130, HB258, HB633, HB801, HB89, HB341, HB451, HB456, HB579, HB595, HB621, HB818, HB841, HB1064, HB1101, HB1191, SB47, SB82, SB106, SB206, SB210, SB248, SB305, SB376, SB397, SB441, SB2, SB19, SB24, SB50, SB70, SB96, SB101, SB103, SB104, SB114, SB122, SB159, SB160, SB173, SB180, SB182, SB260, SB412, SB418, SB424, SB442, SB460, SB476, SB1, SB23, SB32, SB42, SB43, SB46, SB51, SB110, SB113, SB150, SB154, SB161, SB218, SB220, SB221, SB253, SB289, SB310, SB351, SB399, SB404, SB502, HCR32, HB955, HB284, HB617, HB730, HB926, HB1125, HB1194, HB1203, HB798, HB998, HB1084, HB1223, HB646, HB824, HB901, HB79, HR20, HR74, HB59, HB306, HB366, HB393, HB458, HB577, HB582, HB605, HB614, HB682, HB733, HB752, HB773, HB911, HB996, HB1035, HB1069, HB1113, HB1140, HB1180, HB1234, HB1240, SB89, SB68, SB149

Keywords: disclosure, local law, public notice, legislative transparency, Artists at the Capitol Day, art education, Louisiana Art Education Association, recognition, community engagement, House Resolution 247, HR247, Laura Lewis, birthday commendation, 104th birthday, centenarian, longevity, St. James Parish, Louisiana House of Representatives, Mount Calvary Baptist Church, ceremonial resolution

Transcript Highlights:

• Szymanski, do you know what the criminal instrument is supposed to be?
• If we know they tracked them down, but they didn't use any criminal instruments, it's still jugging.
• So that could be constituted as one of the criminal instruments.
• If we get too specific... ...with what we're going to call a criminal instrument.
• We should consider instruments that have normal everyday use.

Bills: HB316, HB353, HB 1160, HB1414, HB1422, HB1443, HB1713, HB1789, HB1902, HB2073, HB2666, HB2695, HB316

Keywords: motor fuel, criminal offense, metering device, organized crime, Texas Penal Code, trespassing, school safety, day-care centers, education, trespass, public safety, utility employees, criminal penalties, assault, harassment, public duties, safety, law enforcement, driving offenses, license regulations

Transcript Highlights:

• Engaging in professional development, developing plans, and selecting instruments for their board so
• We would also note that of the four approved screener instruments, two of them are free.
• were going to be valid for... ...ensure that the instruments were going to be valid for students in
• Schools may begin using the screening instrument to screen students in the 2026–27 school year, with
• the requirement for all students to begin using the screening instrument in the 2027–28 school year.

Summary: The committee heard a series of budget proposals focused on education finance, with repeated questions about whether the state’s investments are coordinated, targeted to the highest-need students, and likely to produce measurable results. On the first item, the administration proposed $1 million for a study of California’s curriculum framework, standards, and instructional materials process, plus $250,000 for supplemental ELA/ELD guidance. CDE and Finance said the study would examine how other states organize standards, frameworks, and adoptions, while the chair and members questioned why California has gone so long without updating some standards, what the study would actually accomplish, and whether the proposal was too vague to justify the cost. The issue was held open. The committee then took up a proposed $25 million statewide literacy network within the system of support. CCEE and CDE said the network would coordinate multiple existing literacy leads, create a clearinghouse of evidence-based resources, and improve coherence across the state’s many literacy initiatives. Members pressed on how a one-time, five-year allocation could support a long-term system, how the work would reach distressed and rural districts, and whether the proposal would translate into classroom change rather than just another layer of coordination. The issue was also held open. Next, the committee reviewed a $500 million proposal to expand literacy coaches and reading specialists and to create a math coaches program. CDE described the existing literacy coach cohorts as producing positive reports from participating LEAs, while the LAO recommended modifications, especially for the math coach portion, including limiting eligibility to elementary schools, setting minimum grant amounts, directing funds to eligible school sites, and making eligibility automatic rather than application-based. Members focused on whether coaches were actually being placed at the schools with the greatest need and whether the state has a coherent long-term strategy for literacy and math investments. The committee also heard a $40 million proposal for training and implementation of K-2 reading difficulty screeners, which the LAO said was reasonable but could be reduced because $25 million had already been provided for training; CDE said the new funds were needed for full implementation, procurement, and sustainability. Finally, the committee heard a $10 million proposal for a developmentally appropriate TK multilingual learner screener, with CDE explaining why the preschool language-identification process is different from K-12 EL assessment and the chair asking staff to explore whether a single, more consistent approach could be developed. The meeting concluded with a presentation on universal school meals and kitchen infrastructure, including a $31.5 million backfill, an $84.1 million increase for projected meal growth, a COLA adjustment, and $150 million for kitchen upgrades and training to support freshly prepared meals.

Transcript Highlights:

• Stormett, if you could read that instrument, please. Do we have anybody?
• Stormett, if you could read that instrument, please. Ms. D.
• Gonzalez, if you want to read that instrument into the record, please.
• Gonzalez, if you want to read that instrument into the record, please.
• Gonzalez, if you want to read the instrument into the record, please. Mr.

Bills: HB53, HB57, HB64, HB100, HB102, HB106, HB111, HB137, HB152, HB155, HB337, HB957

Keywords: racketeering, gambling crimes, law enforcement, public safety, criminal justice, temporary restraining orders, abuse prevention, evidence, court procedures, legal protections, felony speeding, traffic laws, penalties, elderly, infirmities, abuse, neglect, crime of violence, criminal liability, caregiver

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• And the other instrument that Senator Boudreaux talked about, the study resolution, is that something
• We're working on two instruments because basically this instrument is for four years and it's of no cost
• We're working on two instruments because basically this instrument is for four years.
• I said we're working on two instruments because basically this instrument is for four years and it's
• We don't have to worry about picking winners and losers, and your other instrument, although I know it's

Bills: HB27, HB143, HB205, HB308, HB311, HB417, HB430, HB562, HB812, HB1129

Keywords: inmates, department of public safety, per diem, local correctional facilities, jail funding, insurance premiums, Municipal Fire and Police, dedicated fund, assessments, Louisiana legislation, hazardous waste, cleanup fund, environmental protection, state treasury, Consumer Price Index, law enforcement, firefighters, health insurance, survivors benefits, Lafayette

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• Welcome, has been instrumental for our children's development.
• Welcome, has been instrumental for our children's development.
• to play the king instrument, which is an essential part of M culture.
• to play the king instrument, which is an essential part of M culture.
• </c> including Museum library G instrument including Museum library G instrument class<01:24:44.440><

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• This instrument provides relative to certain insured contractual payments, to provide for prescriptive
• but, you know, that kind of a notice thing could be something contemplated in another legislative instrument
• This instrument provides relative to child support enforcement and insurer compliance, to require insurers
• This instrument provides relative to child support enforcement and insurer compliance, to require insurers
• This instrument provides relative to child support enforcement and insurer compliance, to require insurers

Summary: The House Insurance Committee met on April 14 with a quorum present and first deferred Senate Bill 241 to the following week. The committee then took up House Bill 1117, which would clarify that an insurer’s payment on a first-party claim does not restart the two-year prescriptive period for filing suit. The sponsor said the bill responds to a Louisiana Supreme Court decision and is intended to restore a fixed deadline from the date of loss. Testimony from the Department of Insurance and industry representatives was generally supportive, and members discussed whether policyholders could be confused by partial payments and whether insurers have any duty to warn them about prescription. Representative Glorioso moved the bill favorably, and it was reported favorable without objection. The committee next considered House Bill 943, which creates a process for insurers to check for delinquent child support before issuing certain settlement payments and to withhold and remit arrears to DCFS. The committee adopted a substitute bill and then a committee amendment narrowing the scope by removing annuities and life insurance beneficiaries from the definition of covered recipients. The sponsor described the measure as a tool to help children receive overdue support, and DCFS said Louisiana currently lacks a legal mechanism to capture some settlement payouts owed by noncustodial parents. Members discussed how the bill differs from existing child support liens and whether it would close gaps in current enforcement. The transcript cuts off during that discussion, before any final vote on House Bill 943 is shown.

Transcript Highlights:

• This instrument provides relative to insurance coverage.
• This instrument provides relative to a prescription drug... ...by Senator Talbot.
• This instrument provides relative to biomarker testing.
• This instrument provides relative to pharmacy benefit managers to provide for definitions.
• We've got one instrument left by Representative Jordan.

Keywords: 965, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We have an extremely broad criminal instrument law.
• A criminal instrument, a person. So it's a stand-alone offense on the list in the bill.
• And then you go to the definition, and a criminal instrument means anything. that is designed, made,
• So the Criminal Instruments Statute basically says...
• Everything that you use is a criminal instrument. And so, to me...

Bills: HB214, HB626, HB647, HB658, HB668, HB674, HB908, HB214

Keywords: firearm acquisition, gun smuggling, criminal offenses, ammunition, terrorism, public safety, Texas criminal procedure, federal law enforcement, state arrest authority, search and seizure, felony offenses, federal air marshal, Transportation Security Administration, Department of Defense police, military police, Homeland Security, Public Safety, veterans affairs, federal officers, joint law enforcement authority

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• who handle these types of cases routinely some of which you will hear from today and who were instrumental
• Spanning the mail theft statute to include negotiable instruments and creating a specific offense for
• This bill addresses a critical gap. in our current laws by specifically including negotiable instruments
• Within the scope of mail theft offenses, this amendment is a It's essential because these instruments
• An indictment is the formal charging instrument. context, I guess I'll say comparing it to a civil case

Bills: SB1281, SB1300, SB1379, SB1451, SB1497, SB1498, SB1499

Keywords: mail theft, postal theft, package theft, identity theft, negotiable instrument, check theft, mail receptacle key, mailbox lock, postal key, delivery service, courier, USPS, United States Postal Service, fraud, property crime, elderly victims, disabled victims, identity information, rebuttable presumption, felony enhancement

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• So today's surgical instruments are highly complex and ever-changing.
• A person could be hired off the street to sterilize these surgical instruments, and then those instruments
• Minnesota has had several health issues related to outbreaks caused by dirty surgical instruments due
• One medical center notified 100 patients exposed to unsterile instruments.
• Another medical center notified patients from four surgeries that unsterile surgical instruments were

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• The estimated tax revenue from online sports wagering is modest at best.

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• Whether it's a deed, whether it's a power of attorney, other instruments that require to be notarized
• under seal, to be recorded as instruments, having a lease noted with those other instruments, they just
• A lease certainly is not akin to the other instruments that are listed there.
• , they just don't comport and instruments, they just don't comport and they<00:18:31.200><c> don't</c
• :41.520><c> that</c><00:18:41.679><c> are</c><00:18:41.840><c> listed</c> the other instruments that

Keywords: Senate streaming session for Thursday, February 19, 2026, 960, senate, all

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• </c> and Beyond they also expose instruments and Beyond they also expose instruments um<00:27:34.559>
• He brought instruments and music from South America, and the Rose Ensemble brought Arabic music and instruments
• He brought instruments and music from South America, and the Rose Ensemble brought Arabic music and instruments
• They make notes and thank-you notes for these new friends. instruments these students smiled and instruments
• </c><00:28:25.960><c> that</c> song and they saw an instrument that song and they saw an instrument that

Bills: HF1679, HF1019, HF2321, HF1740, HF2278

Keywords: public television, funding, grants, arts and culture, Minnesota, Minnesota Public Radio, arts education, cultural heritage, community engagement, public radio, community radio, educational grants, community cable, public access, programming funding, civic engagement, ethnic media, public access television, Minnesota Humanities Center, funding appropriation