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• , we do not share your story.
• While we do not share your story, we share your fight. To lucha es mi lucha.
• While we do not share your story, we share your fight. To lucha es mi lucha.
• Not doing more than their fair share, supporting our economy, contributing to society.
• Not doing more than their fair share, supporting our economy, contributing to society.

Summary: The Senate took up the Protect Act, a broad immigration-related bill, and first adopted Amendment 6 offered by Senator Kennedy. Kennedy framed the amendment as strengthening protections for DDS facilities and other disability-related settings, arguing that immigrant caregivers are essential to the direct care workforce and that these spaces should be treated as sensitive care environments. The chamber also agreed to print several senators’ remarks in the journal. Members then considered a series of amendments, with many withdrawn or rejected. An effective-date amendment was adopted, while multiple amendments from Senator Tarr and Senator Keenan dealing with 287G agreements, detainers, civil arrests, notification procedures, sanctuary-related language, and other enforcement provisions were defeated. Amendment 34, expanding safe-space language to include residential schools and residential programs licensed or funded by the state, was adopted. Amendment 11 on protecting immigrant victims of crime and trafficking was not adopted. Later, the Senate adopted Amendment 10 from Senator Edwards on courthouse curtilage and Amendment 20 establishing a commission on immigration, with Edwards noting minority-party representation would be included. Amendment 13 from Senator Miranda, protecting health care workers from retaliation when acting in good faith for patients, was also adopted. A corrective amendment from Senator Friedman was adopted, and Senator Montigny used the occasion to speak about human trafficking and the need to protect victims and prosecute traffickers. After the Ways and Means recommendation was adopted, the bill was ordered to a third reading and then passed to be engrossed by a roll call vote of 37-3. The Senate then took up a House amendment to a student learning and mental health bill, rejected the House changes, and appointed a conference committee. The chamber also adopted an order to adjourn and recessed until the following Monday.

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• What they reliably share is a real interest and cautious hope.
• What they reliably share is a real interest and cautious hope.
• What they reliably share is a real interest and cautious hope.
• And so I want to tell the people here who share their story. It does matter.
• Thank you for sharing your story. And with that, I yield. >> Thank you.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• So are there times where you're sharing... ...that data, or do you have meetings regularly where that
• information is shared?
• It also means sharing academic credit, and that goes back to transfer.
• The other might do better, and they share that mutual win.
• He's probably anxious to share, since most representatives want to talk.

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• which would allow counties to become eligible to establish cultural access programs, and I want to share
• preference went to largely placeless financial institutions that actually tend to conduct a greater share
• preference went to largely placeless financial institutions that actually tend to conduct a greater share
• say that the component of this that has to do with those financial institutions conducting a greater share
• House Bill 1960, as Representative Ramel shared, because of the current property tax structure for clean

Bills: HB1960, HB2194, HB2089

Keywords: HB1960, renewable energy, clean energy, solar, wind, battery storage, energy storage, excise tax, property tax exemption, local investment, county revenue sharing, local taxing districts, school districts, Department of Revenue, Department of Commerce, model ordinance, siting, permitting, tribal consultation, tribal capacity grants

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• We share the same concern that a special direct appropriation to an...
• To close out our shared testimony, thank you.
• But the share that went to the arts and cultural amount is 19.75%.
• I just want to thank all the testifiers that came out today and shared their concerns.
• Just to share with you up front.

Bills: HF2563

Keywords: HF2563, legacy finance bill, Legacy Amendment, outdoor heritage fund, clean water fund, parks and trails fund, arts and cultural heritage fund, Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council, Clean Water Council, Minnesota legacy funds, habitat conservation, prairie restoration, wetland restoration, forest conservation, riparian buffers, water quality, groundwater protection, drinking water, septic systems, watershed planning

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• program that proper implementation mansion cost share program that supports agricultural bmp.
• I mentioned we have a cost share program.
• The Legislature has made a significant investment in these cost share programs.
• So we started pulling altogether categorizing our cost share data where where was happening.
• We're looking at our cost share and rethinking how it's done.

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• House, a long-standing Kentucky faith community, reached out to myself, Senator Hickman, and they shared
• The conversation created an opportunity to share their story, and their input made it clear there is
• 00:03:19.760><c> Hickden,</c><00:03:20.720><c> and</c><00:03:20.959><c> they</c><00:03:21.120><c> shared
• </c> myself, Senator Hickden, and they shared myself, Senator Hickden, and they shared how<00:03:21.599
• </c><00:03:31.360><c> their</c> created an opportunity to share their created an opportunity to share

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:07 Roll Call 00:00:18 HB 333 Discussion 00:02:49 HB 333 Vote 00:06:47 HB 432 Discussion 00:08:44 HB 432 Vote 00:12:13 Adjournment 00:13:54, 958, all

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• Because the statute only authorizes counties to share specified information across teams, Berkeley's
• As Senator Arrigan said, current state law allows county multidisciplinary teams to share information
• I had previously worked in counties where they are allowed to share information.
• I think it's so important to share the right information at the right time.
• I think it's so important to share the right information at the right time.

Summary: The Senate Committee on Human Services heard four bills and ultimately advanced each one unanimously. SB 557 by Senator Hurtado would update California’s statutory definition of family resource centers to align with the federal definition and reflect their prevention-focused, low- or no-cost, community-based role. Supporters from the Child Abuse Prevention Center and California Family Resource Association said the bill would clarify the law and help position California for future funding and partnerships; there was no opposition. The committee also heard SB 299 by Senator Cabaldon, which would correct a technical issue in a prior CEQA child care exemption so it applies to child care centers in residential zones as well. Supporters, including a Napa County supervisor and rural county representatives, described a real-world project delayed by CEQA litigation and argued the bill would help expand child care access; no opposition was heard. The committee then heard SB 837 by Senator Gomez Reyes, which would require aging and disability resource connection programs to provide disaster and emergency preparedness training tailored to older adults and people with disabilities. The author and supporters from the California Commission on Aging and the California Foundation for Independent Living Centers cited the deaths in the Eaton and Palisades fires and said the bill would help prevent vulnerable residents from being left behind in emergencies. Finally, SB 479 by Senator Menjivar would allow Berkeley, Pasadena, and Long Beach, as local health jurisdictions, to use multidisciplinary homeless response teams and share specified information across teams, similar to county authority under existing law. Berkeley officials said the change would improve coordination and outcomes for unsheltered residents, while a privacy group had raised concerns in a letter; no formal opposition testified. After quorum was established, the committee voted 5-0 to send SB 299 to the Senate Environmental Quality Committee, SB 557 and SB 837 to the Senate Appropriations Committee, and SB 479 to the Senate Judiciary Committee. The meeting adjourned after members and the outgoing chair exchanged thanks and remarks about the importance of the committee’s work on the social safety net.

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• I mean, it started with the quorum break that the DFL did and made sure that we had a fair power-sharing
• You know, sharing the gavels in the committee rooms made it a pretty strange experience of getting to
• agreement and from there it just sharing agreement and from there it just was<00:01:04.400><c> short
• You<00:01:06.799><c> know</c><00:01:07.040><c> was</c><00:01:08.000><c> sharing</c><00:01:08.320><c>
• the gavvels in the You know was sharing the gavvels in the in<00:01:09.439><c> the</c><00:01:10.159>

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: Representative Leigh Finke discussed the unusual 2025 Minnesota legislative session, describing it as difficult and fast-moving because of the House tie, the DFL quorum break, and the resulting power-sharing arrangement. She said the split chamber made committee work strange, but noted that some bills still advanced, including her free water bill through the Commerce Committee, and that lawmakers ultimately kept the government open. Finke also spoke about concerns in the trans and queer community under the Trump administration, saying she has been holding town halls statewide to separate fact from fiction about federal actions. She said Minnesota is in a relatively strong position because of protections passed in 2023 and 2024, including the trans refuge bill and the gender-affirming care insurance mandate, and noted that the Minnesota Human Rights Act has protected gender identity since 1993. On the Minnesota Supreme Court’s powerlifting ruling, she said the court correctly applied state law and affirmed transgender participation, while acknowledging that some professional questions remain for lower courts. Looking ahead to 2026, Finke said she is not focused on new trans-related legislation and argued that Republicans are likely to keep attacking the issue even though the public cares more about affordability, health care, and safety. She said the Equal Rights Amendment has been stalled because equality has become a political football and broader civil rights protections have faced resistance. She also said gun violence should be a major priority next session, expressing support for significant controls on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines and saying such measures would pass if brought to the floor, though she blamed Republican leadership for blocking action.

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• . >> Members of the committee I'm super excited to be here today to present has shared on 2 particular
• Another example, maybe English language, learner child as I share the district is who is responsible
• So as I shared districts are responsible providing this particular program.
• I will share and partnership with the just read Florida office and the Division for Learning.
• Chancellor, thank you again to thank you for being here and sharing with us.

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• However, overlapping procedures and a lack of data sharing, uh, make it harder to serve their clients
• It's gonna reduce service redundancies and improve data sharing to better support individuals navigating
• The identification identification of these job seekers is not consistently shared with workforce boards
• Well, there, there's a section in the bill that specifically refers to data sharing, um, and I think
• It's about making sure these treasures are not just protected in storage, but shared, displayed, and

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• </c><01:47:43.320><c> reduction</c> they're called cost sharing reduction they're called cost sharing
• ,</c><01:59:01.280><c> a</c> can extract a certain cost sharing, a can extract a certain cost sharing
• </c> there were originally cost sharing there were originally cost sharing reduction<02:10:02.600><c>
• 59.480><c> were</c> When the cost-sharing subsidies were When the cost-sharing subsidies were defunded
• </c> It's helpful to see what share It's helpful to see what share of<03:12:01.720><c> expenditures</

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• Um and I'll just share, in this with us.
• </c> Committee know that, you know, we share Committee know that, you know, we share a<00:49:53.440><
• We share the cost across a number of years.
• We share the intergenerational benefit.
• </c> talents into our shared advocacy. talents into our shared advocacy.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Uh, my name is Lois Quam and I'd like to briefly introduce myself by sharing that I grew up in Marshall
• :01:20.880><c> introduce</c><00:01:21.439><c> myself</c><00:01:22.080><c> by</c><00:01:22.400><c> sharing
• </c><00:01:22.960><c> that</c> briefly introduce myself by sharing that briefly introduce myself by sharing
• land grant mission of their shared land grant mission of high-quality<00:06:59.120><c> clinical</c><
• share some brief<00:15:13.839><c> remarks.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• in public goods that we all share and all of our communities rely on.
• One of them is my grandson, who gave me permission to share his story.
• It is only right that they pay their fair share. Please support SB 6346.
• The goal is important and shared.
• We do, however, share Scott's point that the fiscal note isn't incomplete.

Summary: The Ways and Means Committee met on February 6, 2026, and first voted to suspend the five-day notice rule for all bills on the agenda. Senators Braun and Gildon objected, arguing the bill needed more public review and that the fiscal note had only just been released, but a roll call vote passed 15-9 and the committee proceeded to Senate Bill 6346. Staff briefed SB 6346 as a proposal to create a 9.9% income tax on Washington taxable income above a $1 million per-household standard deduction, with a $50,000 charitable deduction, apportionment rules for nonresidents and certain professions, quarterly estimated payments, and credits for capital gains tax and certain business taxes. Staff said the tax would begin in 2029 and eventually raise about $3.5 billion annually from roughly 30,000 taxpayers. The bill also would expand the Working Families Tax Credit, create a sales tax exemption for grooming and hygiene products, increase the small business B&O tax credit and filing threshold, and end the B&O surcharge on high-grossing businesses one year early. Members questioned the bill’s constitutionality, its exemption from referendum, treatment of student athletes, natural-resource industries, and whether real estate gains would be captured. Public testimony was sharply divided. Supporters, including labor groups, educators, health care advocates, counties, child care workers, and some business owners and high-income individuals, said the bill would make the tax code more progressive and provide stable funding for health care, education, child care, public defense, and other services, while expanding the Working Families Tax Credit. Opponents, including many small business, construction, housing, and taxpayer advocates, argued the measure would function as a tax on pass-through businesses and retained earnings, harm housing production and investment, encourage wealthy residents and businesses to leave the state, and violate the state constitution or the will of voters. No final action on SB 6346 was taken during the hearing.

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• </c><01:21:17.199><c> raw</c> we talk about difficulty sharing raw we talk about difficulty sharing raw
• And, like one small correction, you know, we were in the case we were sharing but not sharing earlier
• And, like one small correction, you know, we were in the case we were sharing but not sharing earlier
• And, like one small correction, you know, we were in the case we were sharing but not sharing earlier
• but not sharing case we were sharing but not sharing earlier,<01:26:44.880><c> Miss</c><01:26:45.120

Keywords: 1183, house

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• There's shared understanding that an alignment around these changes.
• This is a real the shared network.
• </c><01:48:14.640><c> it</c> once, and then dispatchers can share it once, and then dispatchers can share
• So, again, a shared system throughout the state has been deployed.
• So, again, a shared system throughout the state has been deployed.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• This again is employment as a share of the civilian non-institutional population.
• </c><01:20:28.080><c> of</c> that's actually a very small share of that's actually a very small share
• </c> you know Minnesota's got a huge uh share you know Minnesota's got a huge uh share in<01:21:01.520
• </c> population in Minnesota with their share population in Minnesota with their share of<01:35:38.400
• But yeah, Minnesota has one of the higher shares of its workforce in part-time employment.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• You know, I'll go back and maybe share.
• It's challenging to put an exact time to it... ...maybe share.
• That was all you had to share. I'm happy to go over the BCP.
• Maybe I could share some of that information on what we're hearing.
• yard, there's no real way to share those telepresenters.

Summary: The committee heard an overview from the Office of the Inspector General and California Correctional Health Care Services on prison oversight, medical care, reentry, and related budget requests. The OIG requested $275,000 General Fund for two additional intake analysts, citing a sharp rise in complaints from 3,200 in 2022 to 7,860 in 2025 and explaining that the unit reviews and routes complaints, including PREA and staff misconduct allegations, within 30 days. Its medical inspection unit reported on cycle seven prison health inspections, noting generally adequate case-review performance but weak policy-compliance results, especially in medication management and health care environment indicators, and said it was beginning cycle eight with revised inspection methods. Members questioned the OIG about what kinds of complaints were driving the increase, whether the office tracks validity or systemic patterns, and how it distinguishes duplicative complaints from those already handled by CDCR. OIG said the largest categories were prison conditions and staff misconduct, that it does not determine whether complaints are “valid” in a statistical sense, and that it forwards issues to CDCR or other entities as appropriate. Senators also asked about the medical inspection findings, the remaining prisons not yet delegated back from federal receivership, and whether more detail should be provided in future reports. LAO and Department of Finance staff said they had no concerns with the OIG proposal. The committee then reviewed the correctional health care budget, including staffing, pharmacy, contract medical costs, and the state’s progress toward ending the Plata medical receivership. CDCR said it is trying to reduce vacancies through hiring events, social media outreach, new classifications, and more on-site care, while also using CalAIM to improve reentry services; CalAIM officials reported 89% Medi-Cal activation at release, 87% managed care assignment, 88% reentry care plans, and 59% warm handoffs, with about $14.7 million in reimbursements to date. Members pressed staff on the cost of receivership, the pace of delegation, whether more care could be consolidated into fewer facilities, and whether the state should seek more federal reimbursement or alternative staffing models. Finally, the committee discussed the new mental health receivership and a telemental health staffing proposal. The receiver’s office requested $33.9 million from the Mental Health Special Deposit Fund, including $8.2 million for the receiver’s office and $25.3 million to make court-ordered bonus payments permanent; CDCR also sought about $8.9 million for telemental health staffing, growing to $13 million ongoing. LAO recommended approving the action plan and portions of the telehealth request, but urged the Legislature to monitor progress, consider out-of-state recruitment and expanded telehealth, and avoid across-the-board salary increases; Finance cautioned that out-of-state licensure would require major statutory changes and that staffing-ratio changes would need receiver approval. Senators raised concerns about the high cost of receiverships, vacancy-driven fines, the need for more detailed benchmarks, and whether the state should consolidate mental health populations and better target recruitment to fill hard-to-staff positions.

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• And I shared in my conversation last week, the only impact to the state budget from House Bill 1 can
• </c> solution that reflects our shared solution that reflects our shared commitment<00:16:13.000><c>
• Pruitt shared a life with her husband Gregory Pruitt and their 3-year-old daughter and her stepson.
• Please share our condolences with the Pruitt family. Thank you.
• Please share our Thank you, Senator.

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Summary: The Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a roll call establishing a quorum. The chamber approved the prior journal, excused absent senators, and received a House message noting passage of several House bills, including House Bill 1 despite the governor’s veto. The clerk also reported committee recommendations on a number of House bills, which were placed on the calendar, and new resolutions were introduced recognizing Chloe Yates, student wellness and physical activity in schools, and the Kentucky State Long-Term Care Ombudsman program. The main floor action centered on House Bill 1, which implements the Federal Education Opportunity Program in Kentucky. Supporters argued the measure would bring federal tax-credit dollars into Kentucky to expand educational opportunities for students and families at no cost to the state budget, while opponents urged sustaining the governor’s veto and raised concerns about accountability and the bill’s structure. After debate, the Senate voted 31-5 to override the veto, and House Bill 1 was finally passed notwithstanding the governor’s veto. The Senate then took up Senate Bill 183 on proxy advisory services. The House committee substitute exempted certain nonprofits with less than $500,000 in annual gross revenue from proxy advisor services from the bill’s cause-of-action provisions while preserving attorney general enforcement authority. The chamber concurred with the House substitute and then passed the bill as amended. Senators also passed Senate Bill 263, the School of Innovation cleanup bill, which makes technical changes, requires KDE support for waiver applications, and creates a pilot project for three schools of innovation with proposed matching grants. Senate Bill 281 on grandparent visitation was also adopted with committee substitute and passed unanimously after discussion focused on balancing grandparents’ access with parental rights and existing case law. Later, the Senate began consideration of Senate Bill 324 on the film industry credit, with the sponsor describing technical changes and expanded provisions to support film, video, gaming, and related production activity in Kentucky.