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• start at OU, there we go, to start a major in biology before finishing at OSU for a veterinarian program
• And then wants to go to Oklahoma City University to get her law degree.

Bills: HB3725, HB3260, HB3660, HB3369, HB3370, HB2937, HB3419, HB3264, HB3266, HB3267, HB3268, HB3310, HB4311, HB3841, HB3024, HB3075

Keywords: labor, e-verification, immigration, employers, employment eligibility, Department of Labor, penalties, funeral licensing, continuing education, Oklahoma Funeral Directors Association, professional development, licensing requirements, HB3660, natural organic reduction, human composting, soil reduction, green burial, funeral services, cremation, burial permit

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• , which is a really interesting program.
• That program began as a pilot four years ago and became a full-fledged program two years ago.
• The program helps us provide milk protein to over one hundred thousand hunger relief programs across
• This language was added to the end of the program and was meant to be applied to all of the program.
• A couple of comments on the farm down payment assistant grant program. It's a good program.

Bills: HF2446

Keywords: agriculture finance, broadband development, Department of Agriculture, Board of Animal Health, Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, Office of Broadband Development, food safety, food handler license, cottage food, home processed food, livestock dealer, meat packing company, milk marketer, milk marketing license, grain buyer, grain storage, beginning farmer, emerging farmer, farm down payment assistance, livestock investment grant

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• Herder Memorial Scholarship Program is a state-supported program dedicated to providing educational opportunities
• The program was established in 1972 by the Massachusetts State Legislature in honor of Christian Archibald
• And I am always impressed at the degree of student engagement, the energetic atmosphere at the school

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Senate began with the Pledge of Allegiance and then adopted a motion to adjourn in memory of Lenz Arthur Joseph, a five-year-old Hyde Park child whose death was described as a tragic loss to his family, school, and community. Senators offered condolences and a moment of silence was observed. The chamber also recognized several guests, including students and scholarship recipients from the Christian A. Herter Memorial Scholarship Program and visitors from River Valley Charter School and Fall River’s Green School. The main legislative business was Senate 2521, a fiscal year 2025 supplemental appropriations bill providing about $189 million for early education and care providers so they could receive June child care financial assistance payments. The minority leader questioned why the deficiency had arisen so late in the fiscal year and asked about preventing similar shortfalls. The Ways and Means chair responded that the bill was time-sensitive, that such supplemental appropriations are common for caseload-driven accounts, and that the House had already passed the measure. He also reported that FY25 revenues were about $1.1 billion above benchmark, though most of that was restricted Fair Share revenue or excess capital gains. The Senate took a roll-call vote on engrossment, and the bill passed to be engrossed by a vote of 39-0. The Senate then agreed to a conference committee on the FY26 budget bill, House 4001, after insisting on its amendment. It also adopted resolutions recognizing the Massachusetts-Hokkaido sister-state relationship and the Concord-Nani sister-city anniversary. The chamber suspended rules to advance a petition to ban DEHP in IV bags and tubing, and it agreed to a House referral change for Senate 2522, a health care petitions bill, sending it to the Judiciary Committee. Finally, the Senate adopted the emergency preamble and passed Senate 2521 to be enacted before adjourning to meet again the following Monday in memory of Lenz Arthur Joseph.

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• Representative Owen: For elected office, you don't have to have a college Representative Owen: degree
• This bill created the Veterans Dental Care Grant program.
• While it established the program, it did not establish the income threshold.
• Currently, the program is using 300 percent federal poverty line. Chair: Any other questions?

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• program.
• an all-offender program.
• We think you should be prioritizing these cost-effective programs like the farmer program.
• of the Cap-and-Trade Program.
• the two transit programs.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Uh, in the second degree and theft by unlawful taking over $300.
• He did not qualify for life degree.
• , or 510.070, sodomy first degree.
• , or 510.070, sodomy first degree.
• So those are the offenses first degree.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee approved the minutes of its June 10, 2025 meeting and then heard testimony on House Bill 198, “Angela’s Law,” sponsored by Representative Samara Hein. The bill would add a new aggravating circumstance in death-penalty cases when an offender abuses the corpse of a kidnapping or murder victim by engaging in deviate sexual intercourse, sexual intercourse, or sexual contact. Representative Hein and the victim’s parents described the case that prompted the proposal, saying the current law did not allow the conduct to be treated as an aggravating factor because the sexual act occurred after death. They emphasized that the bill would not require a death sentence or life without parole, but would give judges and juries another sentencing factor to consider. Doug and Angela Kerr gave emotional testimony about their daughter’s murder and said the current sentencing options were inadequate given the facts of the case. Several members expressed sympathy and supported the bill’s purpose. Senator Wheeler said the measure would signal that the Commonwealth will not tolerate such conduct, and Representative Petrie said he supported the concept but urged careful drafting so the language would not be too narrow or unintentionally reach co-conspirators or others whose conduct differed from the principal offender. The committee then received an informational presentation on KRS Chapter 202C from Judge Lisa Payne Jones and Shauna Mitchell of the Kentucky Judicial Commission on Mental Health. They explained that 202C was enacted in 2021 to address a gap in Kentucky’s civil commitment laws for defendants found incompetent to stand trial after serious offenses. The presentation outlined the process: a Commonwealth’s attorney must file a petition for qualifying offenses, an evidentiary hearing must be held quickly, and if the respondent is found by a preponderance of the evidence to have committed the offense, a commitment hearing follows with a higher burden of proof. They also described the 2024 amendment changing the commitment criteria from requiring all four factors to only one, and noted the statute’s review-hearing schedule and the availability of later review if circumstances change or new evidence emerges.

Bills: HR39, HR40, HR41, HCR19, HCR20, HCR21, HB2, HB3, HB15, HB441, HB976, HB977, HB978, HB979, HB980, HB981, HB982, HR19, HR20, HR21, HR22, HR23, HR24, HR25, HR26, HR27, HR28, HR29, HR30, HR31, HR32, HR33, HR34, HR35, HR36, HR37, HR38, HCR15, HCR16, HCR17, HCR18, SCR10, HB115, HB208, HB465, HB964, HB965, HB966, HB967, HB968, HB969, HB970, HB971, HB972, HB973, HB974, HB975, HB474, HB487, HB503, HB606, HB633, HB707, HB720, HB728, HB733, HB846, HB852, HB856, HB868, HB875, HB78, HB112, HB148, HB149, HB190, HB221, HB346, HB354, HB355, HB356, HB358, HB384, HB427, HB657, HB675, HB716, HB207, HB300, HB331, HB428, HB464, HB587, HB618, HB629, HB801, HB853, HB891, HB901

Keywords: St. Joseph's Day, Saint Joseph's Day, St. Joseph's Altar, Italian American, Italian heritage, Italian immigrants, Louisiana culture, New Orleans, Sicilian heritage, Catholic, Feast of Saint Joseph, cultural resolution, heritage caucus, legislative caucus, ethnic heritage, jazz history, Italian Louisiana, immigrant contributions, cultural recognition, House Resolution 40

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• But the SWIFT... ...program, again, that's our flagship program for water supply development, has been
• over $17 billion through that program.
• So effectively, that would help our program capacity limitations in that fiscal year or program year
• WISC is a one-time 100% grant program.
• It's a very complex program.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• the Vet Hub program.
• The HUB program, as Alfonso said, has existed for 35 years.
• The HUB program helped level the playing field. The HUB program didn't hand me anything.
• I want you to look at this program and you'll see it's a good-faith program to make certain people that
• It's not a quota program. George Bush would have never signed a quota program.

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• The Navy later sent me back to Stanford to get a master's degree at Stanford University.
• Our public education, the Medicaid program, and the criminal justice system account for about 88% of
• The fidelity of the program is crucial to the success of students.
• We must deliver these services with the appropriately trained staff in the proper manner the programs
• We need the programs, the resources, the training, and the staff.

Keywords: special education, funding gap, dyslexia, House Bill 2, Senate Bill 568, House Bill 3928, disability penalty

Summary: The meeting primarily focused on special education funding, with significant discussions around House Bill 2 (HB2), Senate Bill 568 (SB568), and House Bill 3928 (HB3928). Key speakers advocated for increased funding to close the estimated $1.7 billion annual gap that affects special education in Texas public schools. Several witnesses, including educators and students affected by dyslexia, provided personal testimonies about the impact of insufficient funding and the disability penalty, which penalizes schools financially for identifying students needing special education services. The committee demonstrated a strong commitment to advocate for changes that would improve special education resources and training for teachers, thereby ensuring that all Texas children receive the educational support they need to thrive.

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• Next, we're going to take up Tab 1, SB 534 on the Hunger-Free Campus Pilot Program by Senator Bernard
• and also for by December 1st of 2020. the pilot program and also by December 1st of 2028 for the act
• It created a program that we're extremely proud of and that you'll hear so much about today.
• Alongside that, we also have health and wellness programming.
• Last night at the farm was our Tai Chi workshop with a ninth-degree black belt.

Summary: The committee first considered and unanimously recommended confirmation of Melanie Ressler to the Florida Citrus Commission. It then took up SPB 7020, a Department of Agriculture bill to reenact an expiring public records exemption for certain aquaculture production records held by the department. The department supported the measure, and the committee adopted a motion to submit it as a committee bill and reported it favorably. Next, the committee heard SB 534, which would create a Hunger-Free Campus Pilot Program in the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Senator Bernard explained that the program would target campuses with high percentages of Pell-eligible students, require a survey and SNAP-related assistance, provide at least one food pantry on participating campuses, and direct a report to the Governor and House Speaker by December 1, 2028. A supporter waived in, there was no debate, and the bill was reported favorably. The committee then received a lengthy presentation from Carla Bristol and youth ambassadors from the St. Pete Youth Farm. They described the farm as a youth-led response to local food access problems after grocery store closures, and outlined programs in leadership, financial literacy, career readiness, mental wellness, composting, aquaponics, community education, and food production. Members praised the program and asked about expansion, including a culinary kitchen or food truck, partnerships with schools and colleges, and how the initiative began. Bristol said the farm is funded mainly through local redevelopment dollars and that future plans include a food truck, more youth opportunities, and a possible culinary kitchen. The committee concluded with adjournment.

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• THEY WOULD TAKE SIGNIFICANT EFFORTS TO READ MEDICAID PROGRAM FOR EXAMPLE IS A CRITICAL NEED SO WE HAVE
• LIMITED ABILITY TO MAKE CHANGES TO THAT PROGRAM.
• THE SECOND ONE IS DRIVER NUMBER SIX, THE MEDICAID PROGRAM.
• A BIG PIECE OF THIS IS COMING FROM THE CMS PROGRAM.
• CHANGING A PROGRAM WE HAVE UNLESS THE LEGISLATURE HAS ALREADY SAID THAT IN PLACE.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• Most of us are gearing toward Vision Zero, zero-death programs, increasing safety, adding turning lanes
• and the Small County Outreach Program.
• It will have a significant effect on the cost of all those programs and the state.
• Under the Rural Renaissance program, we're going to substitute another fund.
• Because a registered, a recognized internship program is not supposed to just be free labor.

Summary: The committee first took up HB 703 on utility relocation, as amended by a strike-all. The sponsor said the bill would require government authorities that order communication service providers to move infrastructure to pay the relocation costs, clarify expedited timelines, and align the House bill with the Senate version. Supporters argued the communication services tax should help cover these costs, while cities and counties warned the bill would shift major unfunded costs to local governments and taxpayers, especially in fiscally constrained counties. After public testimony from local government and industry representatives and debate over fairness, coordination, and the tax’s intended use, the committee adopted the strike-all and then passed the bill favorably on a roll call vote. The committee then heard and passed CS/HB 379, a securities package updating Chapter 517. The bill and conforming amendment made several technical and policy changes, including expanding certain exemptions, updating foreign jurisdiction and exchange considerations, revising merger-and-acquisition broker rules, aligning fingerprinting requirements with FBI standards, and adding protections related to financial exploitation of specified adults. Industry and Office of Financial Regulation witnesses supported the measure, and the committee adopted the amendment and reported the bill favorably without opposition. Next, the committee passed CS/HB 867 establishing the Coastal Link Commuter Rail Service Act to create a legal framework for commuter rail operations along Florida’s coastal corridor and to help Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties secure insurance and indemnification for service on the Florida East Coast Railway right-of-way. The Florida Chamber supported the bill, and it was reported favorably without debate. The committee also passed CS/HB 1161, which revises Florida’s deepfake law to require covered platforms to remove altered sexual depictions and copies upon request by the victim; the bill drew emotional testimony from a student victim and broad support from members, and a severability amendment was adopted before the bill passed unanimously. The committee then passed CS/HB 453 on pool and spa contractors, which updates Chapter 489 terminology and scope-of-practice rules and, through amendment, limits certain equipment to commercially available products. Finally, the committee passed HB 955 requiring all private employers to use E-Verify for new hires, removing the small-employer exemption. Supporters framed it as workforce integrity and rule-of-law legislation, while opponents warned about labor shortages, burdens on small businesses, and impacts on immigrant workers. After debate, the bill passed 19-3. The committee then began hearing CS/HB 541 on minimum wage requirements, which would allow voluntary waivers of minimum wage for certain internships, pre-apprenticeships, and on-the-job training; the sponsor presented an amendment limiting the duration and clarifying minor waivers, and the committee heard both support from small business groups and opposition from labor, immigrant, and worker advocates before the transcript ended.

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• <00:51:17.680> He degree in agricultural economics. He degree in agricultural economics.
• This legislation also finally program.
• cut Pennsylvania's Medicaid program cut Pennsylvania's Medicaid program known<06:31:48.000> as
• uh weapons program. uh weapons program.
• nuclear weapons program development nuclear weapons program development ground<07:53:30.638>

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, July 23, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• He holds degrees in biblical studies and biblical exposition from Andersonville Theological Seminary
• Through humor, storytelling, and music, they created more than a radio program.
• This policy office developed what was called the Career Intermission Program.
• This seeks to amend the Code of Virginia related to the remediated mine gas grant program.
• House Bill 529 would codify veteran service suicide prevention programs into law.

Keywords: March 10, 2026 - Regular Session, 976, house, all

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• accounting level in the nursing program accounting level in the nursing program I<01:02:43.599><
• Our one ask would be to fully fund this program.
• would be to uh fully fund this program would be to uh fully fund this program uh<01:03:42.039>
• The peer support program has a very valuable peer support program that they have expanded to states across
• programs where outpatient or inpatient programs where we<01:27:15.760> can<01:27:15.880> get

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• And the program is very successful. It's modeled after a program in North Carolina.
• This is one option for, uh, TS to find funding for this program.
• It, they may or may not use the funding from this program.
• This is a bracketed program.
• of sponsors for apprentice programs.

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• program.
• this program. this program.
• . program. program.
• <01:27:54.560> program >> for the snap program >> for the snap program >>
• And we have employment<05:22:51.360> programs. employment programs. employment programs.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The House Committee on Health, Human Services, and Elderly Affairs heard HB 1790-FN, which would address involuntary admissions for certain individuals with a substance use disorder. Representative Lucy Weber introduced the bill for Representative Long, and the committee heard extensive testimony both in support of and in opposition to the proposal. Opponents, including John Burns of SOS Recovery and Jake Barry of New Futures, argued that involuntary commitment is not well supported by research, can retraumatize people, may increase overdose risk after release, and could undermine New Hampshire’s existing recovery and harm-reduction efforts. They emphasized that treatment should be voluntary, trauma-informed, and paired with housing, recovery supports, and other community-based services. Representative Long said he was willing to accept DHHS’s request to amend the bill into a study commission, though he expressed concern that a prior state study had not led to action. He said the commission should focus on implementation details, including where people would be placed, staffing, withdrawal management, elopement prevention, length of commitment, and aftercare. He described involuntary commitment as one tool for people with severe dangerous addictions, distinct from drug court, and said it could help avoid criminal records. Committee members asked about capacity at New Hampshire Hospital and how the proposal would work in practice. DHHS officials Katya Fox and Cynthia Pabonis testified that the bill raises major policy and fiscal concerns. They said New Hampshire’s current system has benefited from investments in naloxone, medication-assisted treatment, recovery centers, and community-based services, and that those investments have helped reduce overdose deaths. They estimated the bill would require a new 70-bed facility costing about $40 million to build and about $33.3 million annually to operate, with only a small portion offset by insurance, plus more than $600,000 in annual legal costs and additional staffing and system changes. They also said New Hampshire Hospital has 185 beds, with about 100 patients typically ready for less restrictive settings, and that housing shortages are a major bottleneck. NAMI New Hampshire also testified in opposition, saying families often want any possible treatment for loved ones but still opposed the bill. No vote or final action was taken in the hearing.

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• this program. this program.
• . program. program.
• <01:27:54.560> program >> for the snap program >> for the snap program >>
• federal program. federal program.
• So you can do additional programs. programs. programs.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• states with disease monitoring programs states with disease monitoring programs however<00:07:10.120
• through uh additionally these programs through uh additionally these programs don't<00:07:29.720
• <01:44:09.119> core people from Death uh at 82 degrees core people from Death uh at 82 degrees
• Four, public education and building support for department programs.
• Four, public education and building support for department programs.

Keywords: 1189, house, all