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• So before she arrived, I asked three times if they would let me install a camera to which we could stay

Summary: The subcommittee first heard HB 103, which would require hospitals and surgical centers to adopt policies using surgical smoke evacuation systems during procedures. Representative Woodson and several nurses and health care advocates testified that surgical smoke contains harmful chemicals and pathogens, poses respiratory risks to operating room staff and patients, and that the bill is needed to protect nurses and address workforce shortages. Members from both parties voiced support, and the bill was reported favorably by a 17-0 vote. The committee then took up HB 223, as amended, which would allow residents of nursing home or assisted living rooms to use fixed cameras, with guardrails on consent, non-rotatable placement, and prohibitions on posting footage online. The sponsor said the measure is intended to help families monitor loved ones and deter abuse or neglect, while supporters from AARP and some caregivers described cameras as tools for accountability and peace of mind. Facility and industry representatives raised concerns about privacy, dignity, roommate consent, and the potential impact on personal care conversations and resident autonomy. After questions and debate, members discussed how consent would work, who could access recordings, and how the bill would handle roommate changes and misuse of footage. The sponsor said the bill would continue to be refined in later committees. HB 223 was reported favorably as amended by a 16-2 vote, with Representatives Campbell and Franklin voting no. The meeting then adjourned.

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• >> Through you, Madam President, There is no cap-and-invest program right now.
• program, is there Will be a cap on the cap price.
• That is the intent of a cap-and-invest program.
• We also spoke of the ASAP program, elements of which will be contained in this budget.
• That is the intent of a cap-and-invest program.

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Senate convened, approved the prior journal, and then moved through a series of budget-related and ceremonial items. The chamber accepted Rules and Finance Committee reports and took up several budget extender and budget implementation bills, including the main appropriations extender and later a transportation, economic development, and environmental conservation budget bill. Senators questioned the sponsor extensively about the status of the remaining budget bills, the use of messages of necessity, and the absence of joint budget conference committees. The extender bill passed 59-2, and later budget-related measures were advanced after reconsideration and amendment. A major portion of the session focused on the environmental and energy provisions in the budget bill, especially changes to the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act. Senators debated extending emissions targets, the role of cap-and-invest, utility affordability, ratepayer impacts, and the structure of a proposed blue-ribbon commission. Supporters said the changes were needed to give the state more time to implement the law and to protect affordability, while opponents argued the bill was a political delay that would not lower energy costs and relied too heavily on subsidies and future planning. The bill also drew questions about electric vehicle rebates, thermostat control programs, emergency diesel generation for Micron, and how imported electricity and out-of-state emissions would be treated. The Senate also adopted several previously adopted resolutions honoring the 50th anniversary of the National Black Caucus of State Legislators, India Independence Day, the New York State Veterans Hall of Fame, and the 50th anniversary of Interfaith Works of Central New York. Senators spoke in support of each resolution, highlighting the contributions of Black legislators, Indian-American communities, veterans, and refugee and interfaith service organizations. The Veterans Hall of Fame ceremony was specifically noted as a chamber event, and guests were recognized from the floor and gallery. In addition, the Senate restored recalled bills to the third reading calendar through reconsideration votes and amendments, including a highway law bill and another recalled bill, and then stood at ease for scheduled conferences and a Veterans Hall of Fame ceremony before resuming session. The transcript ended with discussion of a separate bill affecting automobile insurance serious-injury standards, with questions about what claims would remain available and whether the change would improve affordability.

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• We also wanted to continue to invest in our core assets and core programs, like our safety program.
• We want to continue to keep program.
• plan, bringing that over programming plan, bringing that over programming down<03:24:31.760>
• program.
• the Turnpike program. the Turnpike program.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• It's for all of the programs funded by Children's Services and Children's Trusts.
• That means every program is funded only if they produce results.
• That means every program is funded only if they produce results.
• You know, the role of local government, ...or after-school programs.
• Thank you. ...additional investment, the zoning, the programs around it.

Keywords: 998, house, all

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• I rise today to speak directly about the nation's preeminent anti-poverty program for the elderly and
• the nation's preeminent anti-poverty program for children.
• inti poverty program for the elderly<00:26:30.960> and<00:26:31.120> the<00:26:31.279>
• We are forever grateful for the more than 300 first responders who arrived almost immediately on the
• We are forever grateful for the more than 300 first responders who arrived almost immediately on the

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, March 3, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• And I know that you ended up being part of the solution for the diversion program.
• So this portal will help make programming better and easier to plan, leveraging best-in-class programs
• They have all these programs. They have all these social responsibility commitments.
• They have all these programs. They have all these social responsibility commitments.
• I am a member of the Commonwealth Women Mediators Program.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Special Commission on Combating Anti-Semitism opened by approving the minutes from its November 5, 2025 meeting and outlining plans for its next meeting on November 20, when it expects to vote on the draft master report and recommendations. The chair explained that revised drafts would be circulated, changes would be handled by motion, and the final vote would be by roll call. The meeting then moved through several public panels focused on prevention, education, workplace support, and community safety. Parents for Peace testified that anti-Semitism and extremism should be treated as a public health crisis and urged state funding for training in K-12 schools, healthcare, and law enforcement. The panel described its intervention work with radicalized youth and families, argued for early-warning training for educators, and recommended diversion resources for courts and prosecutors so cases can be addressed before they escalate. Commissioners asked about the origins of radicalization, the need for school-based training, and how to connect courts and police to available resources. Project Shema’s Orrin Jacobson argued that effective anti-Semitism education must be nuanced, pluralistic, and grounded in a better understanding of Jewish identity and contemporary anti-Semitism, especially in conversations about Israel and Palestine. He said the group has run dozens of workshops in Massachusetts and emphasized that institutions should adopt content-neutral norms, train staff and administrators, and measure whether trainings lower tensions and increase willingness to intervene. Commissioners asked about handling activists who reject nuance, the role of faculty versus students, and whether classroom norms should limit teachers from advancing personal agendas. A workplace panel from Klaal and Combined Jewish Philanthropies presented survey data showing many Jewish employees feel unsafe being openly Jewish at work and that antisemitism training is the top requested support. They described rapid growth in Jewish employee resource groups, existing programming and stipends for ERG leaders, and recommended mandatory anti-Semitism training, support for Jewish affinity groups in public and private sectors, and broader convenings of major employers. The commission also heard from Truah rabbis and educators, who urged stronger interfaith solidarity, a state office of faith-based and neighborhood partnerships, and explicit attention to democracy and civil rights as part of anti-Semitism strategy. After a recess, the commission heard from Israeli-American, Russian Jewish, and Persian Jewish witnesses who described antisemitism as a lived, personal, and civic issue affecting immigrants and their families. They called for inclusion of diverse Jewish voices in state initiatives, stronger protections for Israeli-American businesses, and recognition that anti-Zionist rhetoric often becomes direct harassment of Jews. The chair said the testimony and suggested edits would be incorporated into the draft report, and the meeting ended with plans for further revisions before the final vote.

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• It's for all of the programs funded by children's services and children's trusts.
• That means every program is funded only if they produce results.
• That means every program is funded only if they produce results.
• You know, the role of local government or after-school programs.
• Additional investment, the zoning, the programs around it.

Summary: The House met in special session, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, approved the journal, and adopted the special order report setting the day’s calendar. The chamber then took up CS/House Joint Resolution 1F, the Governor’s property tax proposal, which would raise the homestead exemption for non-school taxes, lower the annual assessment cap on non-homestead property from 10% to 5%, and restrict county and municipal ad valorem revenue to public safety and certain other uses. Sponsor Rep. Overdorf said the measure would return money to homeowners and give local governments flexibility, while opponents repeatedly argued the ballot language was misleading and that the proposal could create large local revenue shortfalls, shift costs to other taxpayers, and threaten local services and debt obligations. Members debated a series of amendments aimed at protecting specific programs from the bill’s effects. Rep. Bartleman’s amendment to exempt Children’s Services Councils and Children’s Trusts was defeated 25-74 after supporters said those entities fund child care, mental health, aftercare, and family support, while opponents said local governments could still choose to fund them. Rep. Cross’s amendment to include water management districts in allowable uses of ad valorem taxes was also defeated, despite testimony that the districts are essential for flood control, water supply, Everglades restoration, and drought response. Rep. Eskamani’s amendment to require the Legislature to backfill public safety funding failed 25-71 after debate over whether the proposal could reduce police and fire budgets and response times. The House then rejected Rep. Woodson’s amendment to require state backfill for senior services, with supporters citing Meals on Wheels, transportation, adult day care, and other aging services, and opponents saying the state already funds senior programs. Finally, Rep. Gant’s amendment to protect veteran services was introduced and debated, with members emphasizing housing, mental health, transition assistance, and homelessness concerns for veterans; the transcript cuts off before the vote on that amendment. Throughout the debate, sponsors and supporters of the main resolution maintained that local governments would retain spending discretion and could use other revenue sources, while critics argued the measure lacked clear backfill provisions and could force cuts or tax shifts at the local level.

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• We use an existing program that's working to fight crime and brought it to the world of cargo theft.
• I trust these programs and resources that the city and the legislature, just my city, provides.
• some point, we just need to look at the bigger picture and see how we can get more money for these programs
• requirements, and then now you—let's say you go to Tennessee or to Alabama, they may not have that program
• Chair arrives. It breaks my heart that the two of you are leaving us. I know that you're leaving.

Bills: SB1059, SB1209, SB1273, SB1332, SB1452, SB1456, SB1549, SB1552, SB1818, SB1826, SB1827

Keywords: appropriation, Department of Transportation, right turn lane, traffic improvement, infrastructure funding, nonoperating identification, homeless exemption, veterans, emancipated minors, Arizona Department of Transportation, transportation, infrastructure, pavement rehabilitation, funding, Arizona, SB1332, light rail, light rail expansion, Maricopa County, Phoenix

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• If y'all aren't familiar, we are the statewide Domestic Violence Coalition, representing programs and
• Further, Section 3002.0055 states that if a program Operates solely for women, you can only bring a dependent
• Speaking for myself and I believe the vast majority of my colleagues, my program will have colleagues
• The first package arrived with the pills taped between two cotton swabs, the second in three Ziploc bags
• The ministry and care provided by our pregnancy centers and programs such as Project Rachel tell us that

Bills: HB7, SB 8, HB7, SB 8

Keywords: abortion, healthcare, jurisdiction, civil action, qui tam, prohibition, state law, sex designation, restroom access, civil penalties, private civil right of action, women's privacy, 997, house, all

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• So we have programming. We're developing consistent trainings. So we're really here to reinforce...
• the programming side of my work and our work, some of the provisions in this bill.
• And this program goes beyond a traditional John school.
• We have a six-month program, and for those completing that six-month program, we have a 70 to 75 percent
• It's like when people do media literacy kinds of education programs.

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• Those are all equalized levy programs. Those are all equalized levy programs. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
• There's a program called long-term facilities maintenance, which is a facilities financing program.
• factors um there's there's a program factors um there's there's a program called<00:10:45.519>
• program that particular program<00:10:51.680> does<00:10:51.839> not<00:10:52.000>
• think of any other program where can't think of any other program where we're<00:16:04.240> we're

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• :59.600> program.
• those programs.
• of those programs. of those programs.
• . program. program.
• strengthen these programs. strengthen these programs.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• <00:10:23.120> how<00:10:23.399> to program how to market the program how to program
• , Research, and Innovation Program, or AGRI program.
• , Research, and Innovation Program, or AGRI program.
• program.
• program.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• That program was in 2008, and that program has been operating successfully ever since.
• <00:46:51.480> plan program they will develop a program plan program they will develop a program
• c> the our program programs ac across the our program programs ac across the country<00:50:58.599
• I believe the Oregon program, the Connecticut program, and our Colorado program, I'm not sure that they
• the Connecticut program and our program the Connecticut program and our Colorado<00:59:55.359> program

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee held a public hearing on House Bill 451, which would create a postconsumer paint stewardship program in New Hampshire. Prime sponsor Representative Karen Ebel described the bill as a bipartisan, broadly supported model based on PaintCare programs used in other states. She said consumers and businesses could drop off leftover paint at participating retailers or municipal household hazardous waste sites, with the paint then collected and recycled by the stewardship organization. She emphasized that the program is intended to reduce landfill disposal, improper dumping, and contamination of groundwater and soil, while also helping municipalities save on hazardous waste handling costs. Members asked several questions about how the program would work and how it would be funded. Ebel explained that the program would be financed by a small fee charged at the point of sale on paint products, not a general sales tax, and that retailers could either list it separately or roll it into the price. She said the fee would cover the Department of Environmental Services’ administrative costs, which were described as minimal, and that the program’s structure was developed with DES and industry input. Questions also addressed whether cans would be recycled and how collected paint would be processed; Ebel said the ACA and PaintCare representatives could provide more detail, but that the paint and containers would be handled through recycling or other approved disposal methods rather than landfilled. Representative Judy Aron, a co-sponsor and chair of the House Environment and Agriculture Committee, testified in support, saying the bill had been developed over several years with stakeholders and would keep toxic paint out of landfills while saving municipalities and taxpayers money. Representative Peter Bixby, the ranking member of Environment and Agriculture, also supported the bill, saying his committee had heard it many times and that it had strong bipartisan enthusiasm. No vote was taken during the hearing.

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• These programs that we funded programs.
• We do many programs, and WOS is part of four programs that we do.
• improve their programming. improve their programming.
• scale up our programs.
• scale up our programs.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Um, this bill arrives today in front of House Judiciary as a 21-year-old age regulation.
• But it arrives, I think, in good shape. And if it's okay with you, Mr.
• Patterson said, I'm the public health analyst for Wyoming for the overdose response strategy program.
• Patterson said, I'm the public health analyst for Wyoming for the overdose response strategy program.
• treatment programs. treatment programs.

Bills: SF0071, SF0088, SF0056

Keywords: homeland security, search and rescue, grants, emergency response, Wyoming, sex offender, child care facility, residency restrictions, public safety, criminal law, sex offenders, child care facilities, legislation, kratom, regulation, healthcare, age restrictions, manufacturing standards, 916, all

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• We need to be looking at a number of items, loan repayment programs housing support, potentially some
• was involved in every discussion about what there could be consensus around, and that was a late arriving

Keywords: 996, all

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• Linda went on to join the AmeriCorps program, earning a certification in bilingual medical terminology
• the americore program earning a certification<00:08:49.320> in<00:08:49.560> bilingual
• <00:21:24.279> every<00:21:24.559> day her own struggles she arrived every day her
• This assault on DEIA programs puts those outcomes at risk and widens health care disparities.
• Mostly true, except it was a program that Donald Trump established in his first term.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Friday, February 7, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• I appreciate the senators that have arrived promptly on time.
• I still believe in Care Act as a voluntary program.
• The program already has low utilization rates.
• Maybe they need to get into a different program outpatient.
• , a program that is unique in the nation.

Summary: The committee heard several bills. SB 911, by Senator Becker, would require notification and verification of defensible-space compliance when homes in high wildfire severity zones are transferred, using the preliminary change of ownership report; supporters said it would improve wildfire resilience and insurance availability, while county assessors opposed the use of the PCOR and urged a different recorded document. Members generally supported the bill but raised concerns about the 12-month compliance window and the need to keep working with assessors; the bill was held pending a quorum and later placed on call. SB 1016, by Senator Blakespear, would create a pathway for a higher-level mental health evaluation when a Care Court petition is dismissed because the person is too ill to participate or otherwise needs more intensive care. Supporters, including psychiatrists, family members, and local officials, said Care Court is leaving many severely ill people untreated and that the bill would connect them to existing LPS processes. Opponents, including Disability Rights California, county behavioral health directors, counties, and other advocacy groups, argued it would expand involuntary detention, bypass existing pre-petition screening safeguards, and undermine Care Court’s voluntary nature. The bill passed the committee on a roll call vote and was placed on call. SB 1112, by Senator Archuleta, would create a faster court process for victims of illegal or excessive “bandit towing” to recover their vehicles by posting a bond and obtaining a release certificate. Support came from Enterprise Mobility and the author, who said the bill targets bad actors and helps equalize leverage for vehicle owners; the California Auto Body Association sought an amendment to exclude auto repair shops. The committee passed the bill as amended to Appropriations and placed it on call. SB 1119, by Senator Padilla, would impose child-safety requirements on AI chatbots, including risk assessments, crisis-response protocols, parental controls, limits on time and data use, reporting, audits, and a private right of action. The bill was driven by testimony from the mother of a teenager who died by suicide after prolonged chatbot interactions; industry and business groups opposed or sought amendments, citing overlap with recent law, vague standards, and prescriptive design mandates. Members expressed strong support for the bill’s goals while urging tighter definitions, and the bill was moved on a roll call vote and placed on call.

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• and innovation in affordable housing development, integrated and collaborative community service programs
• When I arrived, there were Ann Bingaman stories.
• education program for youth, housed at the University of New Mexico's law school.
• President: it doesn't change the law, and it does not create new programs.
• President, it doesn't change the law, and it does not create new programs.

Keywords: 996, all