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• represent him in his case, the state's actions and the years of litigation against him send another clear message
• surrounded by medical providers who believe they are doing the right thing by prescribing testosterone and signing

Bills: SB 240, SB 1183, SB 1184, SB 1577, SB 2043, SB 2051, SCR 42, SJR 68

Keywords: biological sex, gender identity, public facilities, civil penalties, local government, EBT, electronic benefits transfer, food stamps, SNAP, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, TANF, temporary assistance for needy families, welfare benefits, benefit card fraud, fraud hotline, card replacement, photo ID, recipient photograph, HHSC, Health and Human Services Commission

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• I don't like my taxpayer dollars being used in ways that I didn't sign up for.
• Do you have any message for Minnesotans on this topic?

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• I felt like the sign-off and approval of that billion-dollar company mattered more than what happened
• They have the data, the tools, the control, and they know the warning signs.
• I felt like the sign >> I felt silenced.
• warning signs. This bill is reasonable. warning signs. This bill is reasonable.
• check, provided a blank check, signed check, provided a blank check, signed it,<02:38:31.200>

Keywords: 981, all

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• And I think, you know, getting the message out that we're all in this together so that, you know, people
• A few final high-level messages to go along with the messages we put in the article.
• Matter a lot in terms of how you prioritize your spending and your messaging.
• The message of acres treated is not effective in this situation.
• The analogy is there's no smoking signs, right?

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• . >> Message from the House: Teach us how to legislate. Mr.
• >> Message<00:32:46.799> from<00:32:48.240> the<00:32:48.480> house.
• Teach us how to >> Message from the house. Teach us how to legislate. legislate. legislate.
• Schoffler, please add Senators Kirkmeyer and Amabile to the roll. >> Message from the Revisor.
• So, lottery passed a, you may all remember this because most folks in this chamber signed a letter to

Keywords: 981, all

Summary: The Senate convened, established a quorum, approved the previous day’s journal, and received several committee reports and House messages. Committee reports advanced a number of bills and appointments, including Senate Bill 163, House Bill 1320, Senate Bill 160, House Bill 1210, and several board and commission appointments recommended for the consent calendar. The chamber also received House action on multiple bills, including concurrence in Senate amendments to House Bills 1239, 1262, and 1110, a request for a conference committee on House Bill 1084, and transmission of several other measures to the Revisor of Statutes. The Senate then took up Senate Joint Resolution 22, designating July 12-18, 2026, as Plastic Pollution Awareness Week. Senator Cutter spoke in support, arguing that plastic pollution harms environmental and human health, disproportionately affects vulnerable communities, and cannot be solved by recycling alone. The resolution was adopted on a 25-9 vote, with several senators recorded in opposition, and co-sponsors were noted. The chamber also recognized guests from the Colorado Society of Enrolled Agents and the National Association of Tax Professionals, as well as visitors from the Colorado School of Mines and former Senator John Evans. Later, the Senate considered special orders on the consent calendar, including House Bills 103, 1026, and 1051, and adopted the committee reports and the bills. House Bill 1026 was amended and House Bill 1051 was advanced to third reading and final passage. The Senate also took up Senate Bill 117, concerning permissible methods for the sale of lottery tickets. Senator Bridges explained that the bill was intended to respond to lottery rules allowing online sales and credit card purchases, but said the measure had been narrowed in committee and then raised constitutional concerns under Colorado’s prohibition on slot machines outside limited gaming areas. The transcript ends during that debate, before final action on Senate Bill 117 is shown.

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• And the concern that we had raised was just about what precedent that set in sending a clear message
• The Legislature passed and the Governor signed legislation that requires information on sexual harassment
• Other steps include, you know, I know that some campuses are rolling out things like text message updates
• And it'd be interesting to see what your data shows, depending on what mechanism was used—text messaging
• or whatever. data shows, depending on what mechanism was used, text messaging, or whatever, to see if

Summary: The committee heard an overview of the California Community Colleges budget proposal, including Proposition 98 funding, a 2.41% COLA for apportionments, enrollment growth funding, repayment of an apportionment deferral, and one-time investments for a student support block grant and deferred maintenance. The Department of Finance described the Governor’s package as providing significant new resources, while the LAO recommended prioritizing COLA and enrollment growth within available funds but raised concerns about some smaller proposals, including making the Healthy School Food Pathways Program ongoing and adding more funding for credit for prior learning before outcomes are known. The Chancellor’s Office supported the COLA, enrollment growth, and one-time investments, and said current projections suggest enrollment growth closer to 3%, with about $85 million to $90 million in ongoing costs if fully funded. Members focused heavily on enrollment growth, the 10% district cap, and whether the state should continue funding growth in the current year and budget year. The Chancellor’s Office said some districts, especially in the Inland Empire and Central Valley, are growing rapidly and that about seven districts are above the cap, with roughly 1,563 FTES and about $30 million in ongoing costs tied to that issue. Members also discussed hold-harmless districts and whether declining campuses should be required to produce turnaround or right-sizing plans. The Chancellor’s Office said districts are already having local conversations and that state funding provides time to adjust, but no formal plan requirement was proposed. The committee then took up common course numbering, where the Chancellor’s Office said all 115 community colleges have implemented the first phase and more than 550,000 students enrolled in the first six commonly numbered courses. The office argued that CCN improves clarity but does not yet guarantee that credits will transfer with full value across UC and CSU, because articulation is still handled campus by campus and can require more than 3,500 separate reviews. Members expressed concern that students can still be forced to retake courses such as calculus or ethnic studies even when they have the same common number, and urged the systems to develop a stronger statewide articulation mechanism tied to outcomes and transparency. The item was left open. Finally, the committee heard the Governor’s proposal to make Calbright College’s funding ongoing at $53.1 million. The LAO recommended instead transitioning Calbright to the student-centered funding formula, with one-time bridge funding in the meantime, arguing the Governor’s proposal lacks a clear enrollment-based rationale and performance expectations. Calbright’s leadership defended the college’s competency-based, flexible model for adult learners, citing more than 6,800 students served, over 2,200 certificates awarded, and wage gains for graduates; they said enrollment is expected to grow from about 7,000 students now to roughly 8,000 to 9,000 next year and around 10,000 over the next couple of years. Members pressed for clearer enrollment and funding data before deciding how Calbright should be funded going forward.

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• I'll also highlight a letter signed by a broad array of agricultural organizations reflecting the diversity
• I'll also highlight a letter signed<00:54:16.440> by<00:54:16.600> a<00:54:16.680> broad
• <00:54:17.240> away<00:54:17.560> array<00:54:17.960> of signed by a broad away
• array of signed by a broad away array of agricultural<00:54:18.800> organizations<00:54:19.520
• Really send a strong message that not just you, Madam Chair, but this whole committee is committed to

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• ad campaigns for us for that as well, so we do what we can with what we have to try to get that messaging
• ad campaigns for us for that as well, so we do what we can with what we have to try to get that messaging
• the bill in the first place, and it somehow magically emerged after the conference committee was signed
• the after the conference<00:35:29.000> committee<00:35:29.480> was<00:35:30.480> signed
• <00:35:30.880> sealed conference committee was signed sealed conference committee was signed

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• I know that Minnesotans for Open Government have signed off on the amendment that I believe was adopted
• off on the uh signed off on the uh the<00:20:49.960> amendment<00:20:50.480> that<00:20
• I don't have anyone else signed up to testify, so let's see if there's any member discussion at this
• <00:47:41.400> up<00:47:41.520> to I don't have any testifiers signed up to I don't
• That's either a good sign or it's a sign that no one wants to deeper into this. >> Senator Limmer. >>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• because those families couldn't come, so I was asked to please stay late to bring some of those messages
• It has to be signed off by the medical examiner, and I believe that's the only county in Texas that's
• Senate Bill 1313 will send a clear message to retailers, Mr. Chairman. Thank you.
• I know him, and I'm trying to figure out how you get that message.

Bills: SB2024, SB227, SB268, SB1467, SB1580, HB5537, SB1313, SB1677, SB918, SB331, SB2207, SB2721

Keywords: e-cigarettes, marketing prohibition, youth protection, criminal penalties, public health, school funding, education reform, state budget, property taxes, equity in education, health care, licensing, complaint procedure, disciplinary action, law enforcement, death records, vital statistics, healthcare, trauma facility, Medicaid

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• I don't like my taxpayer dollars being used in ways that I didn't sign up for.
• okay do you that has bipartisan support okay do you have<00:10:19.839> any<00:10:20.079> message
• > from<00:10:20.600> motans<00:10:21.200> on<00:10:21.360> this have any message
• from motans on this have any message from motans on this topic<00:10:21.800> you<00:10:21.880

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Summary: The program covered the start of the 94th Minnesota Legislature, where the evenly split Senate adopted a bipartisan power-sharing agreement, Senate Resolution 1, by unanimous support. The agreement, reached in honor of the late Sen. Kari Dziedzic, sets up co-presiding officers, co-chairs and evenly split committees, and will remain in place until one party gains a majority. Republican Sen. Jeremy Miller and DFL Sen. Bobby Joe Champion were elected as co-presiding officers under the arrangement. A major segment focused on fraud, waste, and abuse in Minnesota and proposals to strengthen oversight. DFL Sen. Gerson discussed a bill to create an independent Office of Inspector General to oversee public and private entities receiving taxpayer dollars, arguing it would fill a gap and work alongside existing agencies such as the Office of the State Auditor, the attorney general, and the BCA. He said the issue has bipartisan concern and that the bill is intended to protect taxpayer money and the people who rely on public programs. Republican Sen. John Jasinski also said fraud is a serious problem, citing cases such as Feeding Our Future, child care assistance, and Medicaid-related fraud, and arguing that every dollar matters and stronger checks and balances are needed. He expressed support for anti-fraud efforts if they are independent and bipartisan, and pointed to the House’s new fraud oversight committee as a promising step. State Auditor Julie Blaha added that her office focuses on local government accountability, said workforce shortages are a major challenge, and emphasized that tips from the public and public employees are often the best way fraud is detected.

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• It wouldn't be limited to those; I would get in-basket messages, emails, or phone calls from the care
• Psychiatrists like it; they'll sign up and want to do it.
• House File 953 is about educating parents on recognizing signs of abuse in infants.
• involved parents should know the signs involved parents should know the signs so<00:52:42.640>
• So I know in 1.16 it talks about the signs of abuse, but then also how to report it.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• <00:09:00.480> into passing Congress and being signed into passing Congress and being signed
• Uh, the Chair will receive a message. >> Mr.
• <02:20:58.399> Rural Their message didn't waver. Rural Their message didn't waver.
• The tribe signed the enrolled members.
• and culminated in a settlement signed and culminated in a settlement signed earlier<04:29:23.359

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, December 9, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• I have so signed.
• I have so signed.
• I have so signed.
• I have so signed. I have so signed.
• I have so signed. I have so signed.

Keywords: 916, all

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• The ayes have it, and the bill is passed to be enacted, and the bill will be signed by the President
• House No. 4240, having a return by the Governor of recommendation amendment for the message, C.
• While we're seeing some signs that recruitment may very slowly be improving, it remains lower than during
• I look forward to this bill passing today, being signed into law, and so that every September 22nd we

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Senate began with routine formalities, then took up several final-passage and engrossment matters. It adopted emergency preambles for House Bill 1590, establishing a sick leave bank for Eric J. Iwanek, and House Bill 1024, authorizing the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority to provide sewer service to a parcel in Sharon. The Senate also passed to be enacted Senate Bill 2528, allowing Marblehead to establish fines related to parking violations, and adopted a pair of congratulatory resolutions. Later, it ordered several House bills to third reading, including measures for an additional off-premises alcohol license in Somerset and sick leave banks for David A. Russell and Jean McCarran, and concurred in a gubernatorial amendment to a vital statistics bill. The chamber then considered major committee reports and amendments on military and veterans issues. It advanced a Ways and Means substitute for a bill on free expression and a substitute for a bill on assault and battery upon a transit worker, placing both on the Orders of the Day. The Senate also debated and amended Senate Bill 2503, the EASE Act for military-connected families, with remarks emphasizing school stability for military children, special education continuity, juvenile justice transfers, and use of military protective orders in domestic violence cases. Several proposed amendments were withdrawn or rejected, including tax relief proposals for 100% disabled veterans, while an amendment requiring tracking of veteran suicides was adopted. The bill was then ordered to third reading and passed to be engrossed by roll call, 39-0. Another major item was Senate Bill 2501, clarifying the duties of the adjutant general. The Senate adopted a Ways and Means substitute and considered multiple amendments, including one withdrawn proposal on entry by non-federalized armed forces from other jurisdictions and another adopted amendment requiring recruit training on lawful orders; other amendments were withdrawn. The bill was then ordered to third reading and passed to be engrossed. The Senate also passed House Bill 3388, designating September 22 as Military Service Members and Veterans Suicide Awareness and Remembrance Day. Throughout the session, members also offered and adopted several adjournment motions honoring the lives and service of Judge Leslie E. Harris, former Newton Mayor Seyi Warren, and Anthony P. Dwingnan, and the Senate adjourned to meet again the following Monday at 11:00 a.m.

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• A social host law sends a clear message: If you allow underage drinking or drinking dangerously in your
• and then it talks about certification in D, and then E, that that certification is a verification signed
• So please take that into account when you're signing off on those things. Farming, please.
• So I would think if we would sign this law, we'd probably have a whole bunch of part-time police officers

Summary: The committee first met in executive session and voted House Bill 2808 do pass by a roll call vote of 9 yes, 4 no, and 1 present. The hearing then moved to House Bills 1808 and 3435, companion measures dubbed Grace’s Law, which would create a narrow social host liability cause of action for knowingly providing alcohol to a visibly intoxicated person age 21 or older when that conduct leads to injury, death, or property damage. The sponsors said the bills are intended to close a gap in Missouri law and encourage safer decisions at private gatherings, while supporters, including the mother of the crash victim Grace and a MADD representative, described the fatal drunk-driving crash that prompted the legislation and argued that similar laws in other states reduce impaired driving. Committee members raised questions about scope, personal responsibility, and whether the bill could reach casual gatherings or other substances; no vote was taken on the bills in the transcript. The committee then heard House Bills 3439 and 3480, which would amend the Public Safety Recruitment and Retention Act to include volunteer firefighters in the tuition assistance program for public safety personnel and their dependents. The sponsors said volunteer firefighters in rural communities do the same dangerous work as career responders and need recruitment and retention incentives, while opponents’ concerns focused on fiscal cost, fairness, and whether volunteers should receive the same benefit as full-time employees. Supporters from the Hardin Fire Protection District, Boone County Fire Protection District, the Fire Service Alliance, and the Missouri Chamber of Commerce said volunteer departments are essential in rural Missouri, that the benefit would help recruit and retain personnel, and that the program is subject to appropriation and prioritization. Members also discussed possible alternatives such as tuition waivers at public institutions and the practical challenges of defining and tracking volunteer service. No committee action was reported on these bills.

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• morning, a free kids camp that our players are putting on for the local youth in town. 600 kids are signed
• Yes, so What he was talking about is one of my main messages that I like to spread to the audience that
• So I want to, if I could get a yay vote, and let's send this to the governor and get this signed.
• the only way that we can offer that opportunity to Oklahomans who are interested is to officially sign

Bills: SR31, SB2060, SB2184, HB1371, HB1411, HB1933, HB2361, HB2398, HB2893, HB3006, HB3044, HB3127, HB3322, HB3147, HB1276, HB3472, HB3522, HB3704, HB4303, HB4319

Keywords: military, children, resilience, Purple Up!, military families, master development district, improvement district, public improvements, infrastructure financing, special assessments, statutory revision, consolidation, law amendment, emergency legislation, legal clarity, oil and gas, mineral rights, proceeds, royalties, escrow account

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• Mine was a little bit more because there were some more on there, but I never got the message because
• Signed up as testifying for yourself and for the bill. Yes, Mr. Chair, Jack Finger, San Antonio.
• Maintenance through donations, gifts, or grants to adopt a section of County Road in exchange for a sign
• Well, uh, a second, we do, we have you signed up as, as testifying for Texans wake up and yourself.

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• In 2018, when I was Governor of Florida, I signed legislation that would allow the state to opt out of
• I'm optimistic we can get this passed, signed into law, and finally lock the clock. Thank you.
• A lot of times we will get messages from our constituents.
• that time change was, and this shows you how different politics was back in those days, that law was signed

Keywords: daylight saving time, Sunshine Protection Act, health impacts, clock change, legislative discussion

Summary: The committee meeting was dedicated to discussing significant legislative topics, focusing particularly on the implications of daylight saving time (DST). Senator Scott advocated for the Sunshine Protection Act, which aims to eliminate the twice-yearly clock changes and keep daylight saving time year-round. He emphasized the negative health impacts associated with DST, including increased risks of heart attacks and accidents immediately following the time changes. Various witnesses provided personal testimonies and expert opinions, highlighting the confusion and health disruptions caused by the current time change practices.

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• That reminds me of a sign that used to hang in my daughter's middle school classroom: 'Wrong is wrong
• In your area, after that difficult conversation that we had, I got a message on Facebook from a young
• backseat of her car by a man who was fumbling with his phone, using his maps, blew through a stop sign
• The commercials should say after this bill passes and it's signed, the law in Florida is hands-free driving

Summary: The committee first reviewed the fiscal year 2025-2026 budget proposal for transportation, tourism, and economic development, which totals about $18 billion and includes major funding for the Department of Transportation work program, Visit Florida, affordable housing, library/cultural/historical initiatives, National Guard tuition assistance, and Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles needs. Members approved staff technical adjustments and then adopted the budget proposal as a recommendation to the full Senate Appropriations Committee. The committee then heard and approved CS/SB 666, which creates a specialty license plate for the Miami Northwestern Alumni Association, with proceeds supporting scholarships and school academic, athletic, and arts programs. CS/SB 1318, the hands-free driving bill, drew extensive testimony from the sponsor, law enforcement, advocates, and victims’ families. Supporters argued it would create a clearer, easier-to-enforce prohibition on holding a wireless device while driving and help reduce crashes and deaths; some senators raised concerns about enforcement, privacy, and impacts on drivers with older vehicles, but the bill was reported favorably. The committee also approved SB 1408, designating memorial highways for Tampa Police Officer Jesse Madsen and Charlotte County Sergeant Elio Diaz, and SB 1516, which would create the International Aerospace Innovation Fund administered by Space Florida to support partnerships between Florida and international aerospace companies. Both bills had supportive testimony and no opposition noted. The meeting ended with adjournment after the final votes.