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• </c> anyway, 146 provides greater efficiency. anyway, 146 provides greater efficiency.
• </c> they or charges and they would provide they or charges and they would provide it<00:54:43.119><c
• </c> opportunity to provide this testimony. opportunity to provide this testimony.
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Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee heard several housing, landlord-tenant, and condominium-related measures. Senate Bill 62, relating to the Hawaii Public Housing Authority, would allow HPHA-owned parcels and related areas such as parking lots to be closed to the public with posted signage; HPHA strongly supported the bill, saying it would help reduce loitering, drinking, and other problems, and no further testimony was offered. Senate Bill 822, relating to the landlord tenant code, would create a three-year working group in the Department of the Attorney General to study and improve the residential landlord-tenant code. The Judiciary supported the measure but said the scope should be narrowed; the Attorney General opposed leading the group and suggested another agency should do so; Hawaii Realtors and the Hawaii Worker Center supported the concept and suggested moving the chairmanship to the Judiciary and including Legal Aid participation. The Judiciary said it could chair the group if the bill were narrowed to matters within the court’s purview. Senate Bill 38, relating to housing, would limit counties from imposing stricter conditions, AMI requirements, or fee-waiver reductions on certain affordable housing proposals if those changes would increase project costs. HHFDC supported the bill, saying county changes after state approval create uncertainty for developers, while the Hawaii State Association of Counties opposed it as an intrusion on local authority and a restriction on county safety and infrastructure conditions. Members asked about whether existing county review periods were sufficient, and the county association said the main concern was the bill’s language limiting counties from making cost-increasing conditions. Senate Bill 146, relating to condominiums, would revise alternative dispute resolution procedures for condo disputes, including evaluative mediation and binding arbitration. The Hawaii Real Estate Commission said it took no position overall but supported a $150 mediation fee and asked for a similar arbitration fee; Community Associations Institute supported the bill with suggested amendments; however, most testimony was strongly opposed by condominium owners and advocates, who said the bill had been changed to the detriment of owners and would increase costs and reduce protections. The committee noted 44 testimonies on the bill, with 2 in support, 37 in opposition, and 2 with comments. Senate Bill 253, relating to condominium reserves, would require a detailed budget summary to stand on its own, remove a good-faith defense for certain noncompliant budgets, and clarify standing and the association’s burden regarding substantial compliance. Hawaii Realtors and Community Associations Institute supported the measure as improving transparency and giving owners and buyers a clearer picture of association finances. Greg Msakian also supported it, arguing it would help owners and describing problems he experienced with budget committee exclusion and budget noncompliance in his own association. The discussion ended while testimony on the bill was still underway, with additional witnesses expected.

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• networks to pay more.
• So let's make sure that if they're going to be providing the things that they're providing, that they're
• providing the things that they're providing<00:53:19.920><c> that</c><00:53:20.160><c> they're</c><00
• ><c> we</c><00:53:23.040><c> need</c> that they provide us the revenue we need that they provide us the
• the jobs that headquarters providing the jobs that they<00:55:21.040><c> need.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• When we face trials and tribulations, you graciously provide this opportunity for our faith to be tested
• Watch over all Texans and provide for their needs.
• Legislation to provide relief funding for response to and recovery from the storms, which began in early
• Legislation making it a crime to provide hemp-derived products to children under 21.
• Relating to the authority of the Comptroller to provide funding for the development and operation of

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• If they are convicted, providing yet another tool for a judge to impose longer sentences does nothing
• Parents avoid schools, doctors, and service providers.
• Parents avoid schools, doctors, and service providers.
• Children lose connections and system support. service providers, children lose connections and system
• As his mother, his provider, his protector, I couldn't comfort him.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• This change has helped prosecutors by providing them with more flexibility in prosecuting these crimes
• Financial Crimes Enforcement Network reporting that mail theft-related check fraud amounted to $600,000
• We are also seeing postal employees being brought in to steal checks and provide arrow keys directly
• If you pass this bill into law, it will provide a significant step towards suppressing this issue. this
• In addition, where the original statute addresses mail theft generally, this bill provides the specific

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• Just last year, we provided more than 350 total hours of live instruction to our Alabama teachers.
• Seeing them once is not enough; we want to see them constantly and be that resource for them, providing
• state support is to put those resources into support is to put those resources into classrooms, providing
• That doesn't end with K-12 education, and Hudson Alpha is uniquely situated to also provide the what's
• next. situated to also provide the what's next as students move off into two-year colleges and four-year

Bills: HB447, HB447

Keywords: HB447, school buses, student transportation, public schools, local boards of education, dual enrollment, career technical education, CTE, community college, trade school, technical college, offsite educational venues, student access, transportation policy, school bus law, Alabama education law, Montgomery County, probate court, judge of probate, will registration

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• , we're going to go ahead and take up Senate Bill 1, or tab 1, Senate Bill 7000 on OGSR, persons provided
• repeal of the current public records exemption, making the address and telephone number of a person provided
• stored in the United States Department of Defense DoD system of records and are transmitted using DoD network
• Manufacturing Licensing, Driver's License Identification Cards, and Private Motor Vehicle Inspection Providers

Summary: The Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability met and first postponed Senate Bill 350. It then took up several Open Government Sunset Review bills, most of them extending or preserving public records or public meeting exemptions. Senate Bill 7000, relating to emergency shelter information for persons provided public emergency shelter during storms or catastrophes, was amended to set a new sunset date of October 2, 2031, and reported favorably. Senate Bill 7002, concerning Department of Military Affairs records in Department of Defense systems, was similarly amended to extend the sunset date to October 2, 2031 and reported favorably. Senate Bill 7012, dealing with Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles records on motor vehicle registration, dealer licensing, driver licenses, and private inspection providers, was amended to conform the effective date with the House companion and reported favorably. The committee also approved Senate Bill 7006, which preserves public meeting and records exemptions for portions of Florida Public Service Commission hearings involving confidential proprietary business information, and Senate Bill 7008, which preserves similar exemptions for Florida Gaming Control Commission meetings and records. Senate Bill 7004, concerning conviction integrity unit investigation information, was explained as maintaining confidentiality for reinvestigation materials during active innocence reviews and was reported favorably without amendment. Later, Senate Bill 7014, on Department of Legal Affairs records related to investigations of social media platforms, was taken up as a committee substitute that extended the repeal date for two exemptions from October 2026 to October 2031 and was reported favorably. Finally, Senate Bill 7016, which preserves the exemption for certain financial information held by an economic development agency for administration of small business loan programs, was reported favorably without amendment. No opposition or public testimony was presented on the bills, and the committee adopted the amendments and committee substitute by voice vote before taking recorded roll-call votes. At the end of the meeting, members were invited to record missed votes, and the committee adjourned.

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• that it was incredibly helpful for facilitating collaboration between program providers and HHSC.
• Unfortunately, this committee is now dissolved, and yet women's health providers are facing numerous
• Providers now turn to us, the Texas Women's Health Care Coalition, to organize regular meetings with
• that technical assistance and serve as a mediator between in these programs, HHSC, and providers.
• They see this as providing necessary parts of a continuum that should have already been provided.

Bills: HB231, HB475, HB488, HB632, HB821, HB1786, HB1955, HB2036, HB2060, HB2659, HB2677, HB231

Keywords: food access, food deserts, communities of color, health disparities, socioeconomic impact, nutritious food, health effects, socioeconomic disparities, legislative recommendations, nutrition, access to food, Medicaid, multisystemic therapy, healthcare, reimbursement, mental health services, education, funding, local control, school system

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• It provides services provide equipment.
• </c><00:59:45.040><c> those</c> come to the facility and provide those come to the facility and provide
• </c> money was not taken from the provider. money was not taken from the provider.
• We used this, we a food bank network.
• </c><01:42:31.920><c> in</c> purchased, uh how much was provided in purchased, uh how much was provided

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee first established a quorum, approved the minutes from the November 10 meeting, and then approved a large agenda of contracts and related items, with the total agenda amount stated as $359,638,393.88. Most items were approved without objection, but two contracts were pulled for discussion: attorney general panel counsel contingency fee contracts and a Kentucky Legislative Ethics Commission personal services contract. For the attorney general’s office, Chris Lewis explained that the contracts were panel counsel contingency fee agreements, with 14 qualified awards from 16 applicants. He said the contracts were contingency-based, so no money would be paid unless cases were successful, and that the fee structure worked out to roughly 5% under the statutory waterfall. Senators asked about the size of the contracts, whether the terms were uniform, why no Kentucky firms were among the awardees, and how the public should understand the large dollar figures. Lewis said one Kentucky firm applied but was disqualified for a late submission, other Kentucky firms had inquired but did not apply, and local firms could still work with national firms on cases. The committee then approved the contracts. The Kentucky Legislative Ethics Commission contract drew more extensive questioning. Commission representatives said they had previously had a contract disapproved because the proper process was not followed, so they used an RFI process posted on the state and commission websites for at least three weeks. They received one applicant, a Kentucky firm, and set the rate at $125 per hour. Members questioned whether the commission was acting beyond its ethics mission, whether staff were helping draft complaints against legislators, and whether the commission was taking on a prosecutorial or human-resources role. The commission said its role is limited to enforcing the legislative code of ethics, providing advisory guidance, and following the formal complaint process; it does not pursue matters outside that code. Members also raised concerns about the earlier procurement misstep and the commission’s credibility, and the commission apologized, said it had corrected the process, and pledged to comply going forward. The committee then approved the contract.

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• , to provide for applicability, to provide for an effective date, and to provide for related matters.
• It provides relative to autopsies of children, to provide for access to immunization records, to provide
• to provide for immunity, and to provide for related matters.
• And so that’s why I provided it. It is not provided by staff.
• provide for changes in legislative intent, to provide for definitions, to provide for compliance with

Bills: HB946, HB1093, SB26, SB29, SB30, SB195, SB219, SB222, SB255, SB314, SCR2, SCR22

Keywords: healthcare transparency, hospital pricing, consumer protection, collection actions, fines, naturopathic medicine, Louisiana Board of Naturopathic Medicine, licensing, healthcare, prescriptive authority, natural therapies, opioid treatment, regulation, addiction recovery, state law, SB 29, Act 732, coroner, autopsy, child death

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• , to provide for applicability, to provide for an effective date, and to provide for related matters.
• It provides relative to autopsies of children, to provide for access to immunization records, to provide
• to provide for immunity, and to provide for related matters.
• And so that's why I provided it. It is not provided by staff.
• provide for changes in legislative intent, to provide for definitions, to provide for compliance with

Summary: The committee first heard and favorably reported SB 255, which expands eligibility for psychosocial rehabilitation services by adding health sciences and therapeutic recreation degrees to the list of acceptable educational backgrounds. Supporters said the change would help address workforce shortages and improve access in rural areas. SB 314 was then reported favorably; it cleans up prior law so a limited scope certified social worker license can still be used for community psychiatric support and treatment services even if the application is filed after the CSW license has expired, rather than being barred by a timing restriction. The committee next took up several bills by Chairman McMath. SB 26, which repeals facility need review requirements for opioid treatment programs, was reported favorably after members and witnesses said Louisiana has too few OTPs and that removing the review would improve access, especially in rural areas. SB 29, requiring review and reporting of a child’s immunization records in certain unexpected death autopsies, was reported favorably despite questions about whether the bill should refer more broadly to medical records; supporters said the data could help evaluate vaccine-related concerns, while opponents raised concerns about singling out immunizations. SB 30, dealing with telehealth for obesity/weight management, was amended and reported favorably; the committee adopted technical amendments and a conceptual amendment replacing “metabolic condition” with “weight management services,” while witnesses debated patient safety, board authority, and whether the bill should limit agencies’ ability to restrict telehealth in the future. The committee also reported favorably SB 219, which creates an Office of Health and Nutrition within LDH. Supporters from the department, the Alzheimer’s Association, and Pennington Biomedical said the office would strengthen coordination on nutrition, physical activity, and brain health, and cited high Alzheimer’s costs and prevalence in Louisiana. SB 222, which streamlines Medicaid behavioral health administrative requirements and expands telehealth for psychosocial rehabilitation, was reported favorably with amendments after supporters described workforce and rural access barriers. SB 195, the “Danny’s Dose EMS Treatment Act,” was reported favorably; it would allow EMS personnel to administer a patient’s own prescribed time-critical medication in emergencies, and testimony from a parent and physician described life-threatening delays under current practice. The committee also adopted SCR 2, updating hospital architectural standards to the most recent Facility Guidelines Institute edition, and SCR 22, requesting a more detailed legislative auditor report on opioid settlement expenditures; members said they wanted clearer outcome data and planned to refine the language before floor debate. Finally, HB 1093 on naturopathic medicine was introduced and heavily amended, with the bill shifted under LSBME oversight and a large set of changes discussed, but no final action was taken in the portion provided.

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• Providing good care.
• You want to make useful tools that provide insights and help healthcare providers and professionals.
• We can provide them with a secure email service. We can provide them with a secure email service.
• Are they going to behavioral health providers, or is that primarily their primary care provider?
• Rural providers and small providers to be able to share data and use the tool.

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• If you are wishing to testify, please sign in at the table by the door and provide a business card to
• When you sign in at the table by the door, please provide a business card to our committee secretary.
• If you are providing handouts, please make sure that hard copies are available for the public today.
• the phone, and further instructions for providing testimony on a bill can be found on the agenda.
• AVH, is there anyone wishing to provide public comment on the phones today?

Bills: SB156, SB467

Keywords: gun violence, firearm safety, special counsel, data collection, community initiatives, grants, Attorney General, public safety, suicide prevention, cybersecurity, information security, state agency, data protection, confidentiality, 909, all

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• example, Do we need to advocate for new bus routes in cities, host grocery trips and deliveries, provide
• And we understand from providers that it was incredibly helpful for facilitating collaboration between
• program providers and HHSC.
• When you provide these stair step services instead of going from very structured to no structure.
• They see this as providing necessary parts of a continuum that should have already been provided and

Bills: HB231

Keywords: HB 231, Texas Water Code, TCEQ, permit exemption, dam, reservoir, erosion control, flood control, floodwater control, sediment control, watershed protection, Natural Resources Conservation Service, NRCS, Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act, local sponsor, water appropriation, small dam, water diversion, maintenance, rehabilitation

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• Lee, are you prepared to provide some insight on who pays the delivery fee and when it's exempted, and
• Propane provides the same benefits as utilities, as the energy businesses need to operate in Minnesota
• to provider and how they're<00:20:38.120><c> operating</c><00:20:38.679><c> their</c><00:20:39.360><
• The Transportation Advancement Account provides funds for a system of roads that previously were not
• Thank you for the opportunity to provide comments on HF 5, which would, among other measures, repeal

Keywords: 1183, house

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• If founding ideals provided the framework, frontier conditions provided the testing ground.
• for state use of authorized payment stable coins to provide require a certain report and provide for
• , Idaho Code, to provide a correct code reference; and establishing provisions regarding billing by out-of-network
• providers for emergency services.
• ; establishing provisions regarding billing by out-of-network providers for emergency services; establishing

Keywords: 989, all

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• It removes statutory provisions that require family and large child care homes to provide parents with
• It defines large family child care home, prohibits residential property insurance policies from providing
• It provides the definition of the Department of Education as a direct support to authorize it to receive
• They operate by creating local service networks, bringing together education, health care, employment
• This bill helps by providing a consistent allowance to ensure that we can learn to budget as a teenager

Summary: The Committee on Children, Families, and Other Affairs considered four bills. SB 1690 on early childhood education was amended with a delete-all amendment that would require DCF and local licensing agencies to publicly post inspection reports and annual data on child deaths, injuries, and substantiated abuse in child care facilities, revise notice requirements for certain child care homes, add website disclosure requirements for exempt facilities, address insurance coverage for family and large family child care homes, and create the Florida Endowment for Early Learning. The committee adopted the amendment and reported the bill favorably, with support noted from United Way of Florida. The committee then heard SB 1022 on children’s initiatives, which would create two new children’s initiatives in Bay County and Pompano in Broward County. The sponsor said the bill would expand local service networks for children in disadvantaged communities with no state fiscal impact. The bill was reported favorably after support was noted from representatives of Florida Children’s Initiative and others. SB 996 on dependent children drew extensive testimony from Florida Youth SHINE members and other foster youth advocates, who supported the bill’s focus on lived experience, regular consultation with youth-serving organizations, public reporting on implementation, and normalcy in foster care, including allowance to help youth learn budgeting. The bill sponsor said it would help make the system more responsive to youth needs. The committee also adopted an amendment to SB 1642 on temporary cash assistance eligibility, narrowing a SNAP-related eligibility carve-out to people who were victims of human trafficking at the time of a drug conviction. The sponsor said the change would remove barriers for trafficking survivors while keeping existing program requirements in place. Both SB 996 and the amended SB 1642 were reported favorably, and the meeting adjourned without further business.

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• Providing legal and compliance support to help interpret charters, meet reporting requirements, and respond
• Providing shared operational services, such as HR, finance, procurement, and facilities guidance, which
• Providing professional development opportunities to leaders, teachers, and board members, Providing professional
• makes them different, and what options are available to all families across the state, as well as network

Keywords: 994, senate, all

Summary: The committee first heard a presentation from Tom Franta, founding executive director of the Mountaineer Charter School Alliance. He described the new nonprofit’s goals of supporting West Virginia charter schools through advocacy, legal and compliance assistance, shared operational services, professional development, communications, and network-building. Franta emphasized that charter schools face major facility and financing challenges, and he urged use of existing public buildings, low-interest revolving loans, credit enhancement tools through the West Virginia Economic Development Authority, and federal matching funds to help level the playing field for charter schools, including both brick-and-mortar and virtual schools. Members asked about what he meant by “level the playing field,” and Franta said charter schools receive 99% of basic state aid but lack access to the full range of public education funding and dedicated facilities support, forcing them to divert dollars toward buildings rather than classrooms. He said the goal is to ensure parents choosing a public charter option can expect appropriate funding. After the presentation, the chair announced Senate Bill 171 was removed from the day’s agenda. The committee then considered Senate Bill 166, which creates an exception to West Virginia Invest grant eligibility so individuals who already have a post-secondary degree may still receive support if pursuing an associate degree or certificate in emergency medical services. The committee reported the bill to the full Senate with a recommendation that it do pass, and under the original double committee reference, first be referred to the Finance Committee. Next, the committee took up Senate Bill 428, with a committee substitute that splits the bus operator title into three pay grades based on years of service and raises the cafeteria manager title from pay grade D to E. Senators asked whether duties would change; counsel and the sponsor said the bill is intended as a retention incentive, with no change in responsibilities, and that the fiscal note would remain the same. The committee adopted the committee substitute and then reported the bill to the full Senate with a do-pass recommendation, again first referring it to the Finance Committee. The meeting then adjourned.

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• , we're going to go ahead and take up Senate Bill 1, or tab 1, Senate Bill 7000 on OGSR, persons provided
• Persons provided public emergency shelter by Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security
• repeal of the current public records exemption, making the address and telephone number of a person provided
• stored in the United States Department of Defense DoD system of records and are transmitted using DoD network
• Driver's License Identification Cards and Private Motor Vehicle Inspection Providers, and that is the

Bills: S7000, S7002, S7004, S7006, S7008, S7012, S7014, S7016, S0350

Keywords: public records exemption, open government sunset review, OGSR, emergency shelter, public emergency shelter, storm shelter, catastrophic event, evacuees, disaster response, hurricane, evacuation, privacy, confidential records, address confidentiality, telephone number, Florida Statutes section 252.385, agency records, public records law, Open Government Sunset Review Act, Florida Public Service Commission

Summary: The Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability met and first postponed SB 350 for a future meeting. The committee then considered a series of Open Government Sunset Review bills preserving or extending public records and public meeting exemptions. SB 7000, relating to emergency shelter recipients’ address and phone information, and SB 7002, relating to Department of Military Affairs records in Department of Defense systems, were both amended to set a new sunset date of October 2, 2031 and reported favorably. SB 7012, concerning Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles records, was amended to conform its effective date with the House companion and also reported favorably. The committee next heard SB 7006, which preserves exemptions for certain Florida Public Service Commission hearing portions involving confidential proprietary utility information, and SB 7008, which preserves similar exemptions for the Florida Gaming Control Commission; both were reported favorably without amendment. SB 7004, concerning conviction integrity unit investigation information, was also reported favorably after testimony that state attorney conviction integrity units support keeping the exemption in place beyond its current repeal date. Later, the committee took up SB 7014, presented by Senator Arrington on behalf of Senator Leitz, and adopted a committee substitute extending to October 2, 2031 two exemptions tied to Department of Legal Affairs investigations of social media platforms. The committee also approved SB 7016, which preserves the exemption for certain financial information used by economic development agencies to administer small business loan programs. At the end of the meeting, members recorded affirmative votes on several bills and the committee adjourned.

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• We clearly have a great alumni network that already provides donations, but we could have those on a
• We clearly have a great alumni network that already provides donations, but we could have those on a
• We clearly have a great alumni network that already provides donations, but we could have those on a
• That doesn't mean abandoning athletics, but I think it could provide guidance on how do you determine
• He has provided responses in advance, which we will read.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all