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• Today's completed plaza stands as a more enduring and meaningful space shaped by the collaborations with
• And we are still here, speaking our language, practicing our ceremonies, protecting our sovereignty,
• And we are still here, speaking our language, practicing our ceremonies, protecting our sovereignty,
• Chi miigwech to everybody. still here speaking our language, still here speaking our language, practicing
• <00:49:16.480><c> our</c><00:49:16.800><c> ceremonies,</c> practicing our ceremonies, practicing our

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Have you learned any best practices from other states regarding their approaches to evaluating or modifying
• I think the best practices are states like Colorado that looked at location by location, if you will.
• Working together to really come up with an answer is also a best practice.
• I was not convinced by the CPUC's testimony. ...nor have I been convinced by prior practice of the CPUC
• And I would... ...point to the type of collaboration and coordination that has taken place, I think,

Summary: The committee held an informational hearing on Carrier of Last Resort (COLR) to examine its history, current operation, and possible future changes in California. Chair Tasha Berner said the hearing was prompted in part by AT&T’s 2023 request for relief from COLR obligations and by broader concerns about public safety, affordability, universal service, and access to modern broadband and telecommunications. The first panel featured a telecommunications expert who traced COLR back to universal service principles and explained how states have handled COLR differently, including full deregulation, limited rural obligations, or transition pathways tied to competition and customer protections. Members asked about affordability, federal and state processes for service withdrawal, and whether COLR remains necessary given modern competition. CPUC staff then described California’s COLR framework, explaining that universal service rests on access, reliability/quality, and affordability, and that COLR requires carriers to provide basic service, including voice-grade calling, 911 access, relay services, and Lifeline. Staff said AT&T’s application sought relief in nearly all of its territory, but no replacement COLR came forward during the proceeding, and public participation hearings drew thousands of comments and strong concern from rural and vulnerable customers. The CPUC outlined its ongoing rulemaking to reconsider whether the 1996 COLR rules and 2012 basic-service definition still fit current conditions, with workshops and public hearings scheduled and a proposed decision expected later in the year or into 2026. Members pressed staff on geographic outreach, wireless coverage, whether broadband can be part of basic service, public safety during wildfires, and what reporting and complaint processes currently exist. In the final panel, industry and public-interest witnesses sharply disagreed. A U.S. Telecom representative argued COLR is outdated, costly, and copper-focused, and said reform should allow technology-neutral alternatives such as wireless, fiber, and satellite while preserving reliable voice and emergency access. The CPUC Public Advocates Office countered that COLR remains a necessary public safeguard, especially for rural and low-income customers, and argued that any transition should maintain or improve service, with public benefits such as broadband investment and continued protections for 911, disability access, and affordability. Committee members focused on the difference between an obligation to serve everyone and a mere option to serve, and on whether the Legislature should provide clearer guidance as the CPUC’s rulemaking moves forward.

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• It provides practical, balanced guidelines that respect due process and prioritizes animal welfare.
• It provides practical, balanced clarity.
• It provides practical, balanced guidelines<00:56:18.680><c> that</c><00:56:18.840><c> respect</c><00:
• > this</c><01:08:50.600><c> new</c> The New This practice, this new The New This practice, this new practice
• with the practice of human composting.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• We produced mostly focused on juvenile justice best practices.
• If I continue to practice medicine, so she retired five years early.
• It was an unfair practices case.
• and access to doctors and medical practices.
• I do medical malpractice practice cases.

Committee: House Courts, Corrections & Justice Committee

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• Even if there's no licensing, it could be hard to see when problematic practices are happening until
• though they wouldn't have the same licensing authority, would have the ability to examine these practices
• Well, I mean, deceptive trade practice, as a general rule, is... unlimited. ...is that we should make
• this an unconscionable practice.
• We're very collaborative here, so... however you want to work it. Yeah. Alright. So, Lisa David?

Bills: HB12 , HB149 , HB12 , HB149 , SB229 , SB1361 , SB1749 , SB1897 , SB2113 , SB2566 , SB2677 , SB1652 , SB2327 , SB2344 , SB2696

Committee: Senate Business & Commerce

Keywords: election law, attorney general, prosecution, criminal offenses, law enforcement, jurisdiction, voter fraud, local prosecuting attorney, public safety, communication, governor approval, interoperability, political subdivision, radio systems, artificial intelligence, regulation, biometric data, ethical AI, consumer protection, AI governance

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• Our amendment strikes the words 'or charter school collaborative' just to bring clarity to the bill,
• So to note that a collaborative could only submit one plan when they have different programs, to me,
• would be commiserate with collaboratives would be commiserate with school<00:57:37.119><c> districts
• </c> charter collaboratives charter collaboratives uh<00:57:43.920><c> again</c><00:57:44.240><c> along
• </c><00:58:00.880><c> are</c> understanding that collaboratives are understanding that collaboratives

Keywords: 981, all

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• Hundreds of local high school students have received leadership training, learned empathy, and practiced
• civic responsibility. ...leadership training, learned empathy, and practiced civic responsibility while
• Just to understand, like, the practical side of it, how the court works in the system, to give you a
• practical explanation: if Johnny gets out of school one day, goes with his friends to a local store,
• This bill creates a DV registry, but in practice, it will harm survivors.

Committee: House Public Safety

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• urge and request the Louisiana Department of Health and the State Department of Education, in collaboration
• Health and Welfare. ...Louisiana Department of Health and the State Department of Education, in collaboration
• Maintaining a civil practice that included litigation, real estate, succession, and wills, John, alongside
• In 2016, after practicing law for nearly 60 years, John retired from the profession to pursue other passions
• request to the American Sugarcane League, LSU Ag Center, and Southern University Ag Center, in collaboration

Keywords: 974, senate, all

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• What this means practically is that the rule is now in place for many more people than it would have
• been prior to H.R. 1, and at a much larger scale, practically statewide versus under previous rules where
• investments could include additional system automation training tools, enhanced quality assurance practices
• with our community partners, and just trying to make sure that the outreach you're doing is in collaboration
• That they are trying to put in place, we need our CalFresh to collaborate with them so we can meet the

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• This bill creates a collaborative route jurisdiction transfer process for those routes that are more
• WSDOT states that the fiscal impacts are indeterminate because this practice is not acceptable at this
• Impacts are indeterminate because this practice is not allowed at this time.
• House Bill 1367 is a practical, data-supported risk management measure.
• Such collaboration and input must be solicited as early as possible and continue throughout the process

Summary: The committee began with a work session on the Washington State Transportation Commission’s route jurisdiction transfer study. Commissioners and staff said the current state highway system is generally well connected and that wholesale realignment is not needed, but they recommended clarifying statutory criteria, improving the transfer process, increasing interagency coordination, and making data analysis more transparent. Members asked about why transfers occur, who pays for maintenance after a transfer, how often transfers happen, and how the Legislature’s role should be understood. Staff said there have been only 16 RJT transfers since 1991, with a net transfer of about 10 miles of state highway to cities, while DOT abandonments happen more often but are not tracked as consistently. The committee then held a public hearing on House Bill 2172, which would fold longer abandonments and bridge-related abandonments into the RJT process, require pre-request conferences, expand legislative review of costs and risks, and update highway criteria. Tacoma officials, the Transportation Commission, counties, cities, and the Transportation Improvement Board testified in support, citing transparency, local input, and the need to address large bridge and corridor transfers; the bill sponsor said a substitute would allow agreed transfers to proceed without final legislative approval, but send disputed cases to the Legislature. The bill was also described as having an indeterminate fiscal impact, with WSDOT estimating possible added maintenance costs if transfers are delayed. The committee next heard House Bill 1367, which would allow motorcycles to use the right shoulder of limited-access highways under specific congestion conditions. The bill and a proposed substitute would limit shoulder use to wide shoulders, require hazard lights, cap speed at 10 mph over adjacent traffic, and bar passing other vehicles on the shoulder; the fiscal note projected costs for driver education and possible maintenance and signage impacts. The sponsor argued the bill would reduce rider fatigue, heat stress, and rear-end risk in stop-and-go traffic, while opponents from law enforcement and WSDOT said shoulders are intended for emergencies, debris and visibility create safety risks, and the proposal could increase maintenance and enforcement burdens. Several motorcyclists and advocates supported the bill as a safer alternative to lane splitting, while a student and some agencies said it would give riders a more predictable option; the committee then closed the hearing. The committee also heard House Bill 2174, which would create “crash prevention zones” in areas with repeated serious collisions or fatalities. The bill would allow cities, counties, towns, or WSDOT to designate zones after a public hearing, require engineering and traffic studies, increase enforcement, and impose a $73 penalty for certain infractions within signed zones, with revenue dedicated to safety work in the zone. The sponsor pointed to dangerous stretches of Highway 395 and Highway 12 in eastern Washington and said the bill is intended as a temporary safety tool until long-term fixes are completed. Counties and cities supported the concept and asked for liability protections and language from a Senate companion bill; the committee then moved to House Bill 2718, a transportation permitting and project-delivery bill. Staff said HB 2718 would impose timelines and deemed-approval rules for certain state and federal permits, require early outreach to affected governments and tribes, create a public contractor-rating website, and direct WSDOT to report on permit-streamlining options by December 1, 2027. The sponsor said the bill is meant to reduce delays and costs in transportation projects by improving accountability, coordination, and permitting efficiency.

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• I think that is what we're hearing from national experts is the best practice for CTE, rather than just
• national research says about intentionality in CTE, that they are mirroring what we would see as best practice
• code, migrating key services to cloud-agnostic architecture, applying industry-standard security practices
• prevention, resource optimization, enhanced decision-making, community safety and trust, interagency collaboration
• I’ll move on to line 21 for Collaborative for Higher Education Services, Shared Services, CHESS.

Committee: House House Appropriations & Finance

Keywords: 996, all

Summary: The meeting began as an informal education budget work group focused on reviewing a revised House Appropriations and Finance Committee scenario and flagging concerns rather than taking votes. Staff outlined the main changes from the LFC recommendation, including moving the statewide student information system appropriation, adding funding for the Black, Bilingual, Multicultural and Hispanic Education Act, universal school meals overrun costs, an evidence-based CTE pilot with a 50% local match, STEM network funding, wellness room pilots, Martinez-Yazzie action plan items, and changes to innovation zone and out-of-school time appropriations. A separate handout on the seven-year CTE pilot explained spending patterns, reversions, and possible federal maintenance-of-effort concerns if the state continues funding beyond a true pilot. Members then debated CTE extensively, with several arguing it improves attendance, graduation, and career readiness and should be sustained or expanded, especially in rural areas, while staff and others emphasized that much of the current funding has gone to general operational costs rather than intentional program design and that regional or matched funding models may be more effective. Members also discussed STEM and math initiatives, the need for more industry involvement, and whether the proposed match requirements would be too burdensome for smaller districts and BIE schools. The discussion also covered the Black, Hispanic, and Multilingual Education Acts and the Martinez-Yazzie lawsuit. Some members stressed that the acts should be explicitly named in the budget language and not merely implied, while staff said the scenario reaffirms prior commitments by building the costs into agency operating budgets. Members raised concerns about charter school hold-harmless funding, declining enrollment, and the need to align spending with the needs of at-risk students. The work group ended the education portion without any votes, with staff noting they would incorporate the feedback and return with clarifications, including on CTE funding, the educational acts, and the charter hold-harmless item. The meeting then shifted to the child well-being and early childhood work group, where staff presented a revised Early Childhood Education and Care Department scenario. The proposal moved money toward child care assistance and early pre-K, kept the FIT program funding level unchanged, and used a mix of trust fund, TANF, federal, and operating-budget adjustments to close part of the gap between the executive and LFC recommendations. Members questioned the policy direction, especially the shift toward infant and toddler care and pre-K expansion, the impact on school-age child care, and the implications for continuity of care and provider costs. Staff explained that the scenario prioritizes younger children and at-risk families, includes language for a wage and career ladder, and would require legislation to raise the early childhood trust fund distribution cap from 500 to 525. Members also discussed a separate proposed CYFD pilot bill (HB 65), which would be distinct from ECECD funding. No votes were taken, and staff said they would return with more cost information on full pre-K plus wraparound care. A final work group reviewed C2 and Department of Information Technology-related appropriations. Staff compared the LFC and executive recommendations for new funding and reauthorizations, noting that the LFC generally limited new projects while the executive funded more. Members discussed several IT modernization requests, including the Secretary of State’s voter registration and election management systems, the Spaceport Authority, Game and Fish, the State Engineer’s WATERS system, ECECD’s FitKids and EPIC replacement discovery, and Aging and Long-Term Services’ enterprise system modernization. The main themes were whether to fund planning versus full replacement, how to avoid piecemeal spending, and whether new systems should wait for incoming leadership. The Secretary of State’s office said its system is nearing end of life and the planning funds would help prepare a realistic replacement request, while other agencies described aging infrastructure, cybersecurity risks, and the need for modernization. The work group did not vote on any of the items and ended with staff noting additional follow-up on funding needs and reauthorization details.

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• Workforce development and training are also key components, along with various collaborative efforts.
• about it is that the students gain a holistic understanding of how waste remediation must work in practice
• What's happened is that the Center for Student Success collaborated with all the colleges.
• We occasionally do have, you know, a collaboration with a similar facility at Los Alamos National Lab
• And is it practical? Is it cost-effective?

Committee: House Radioactive & Hazardous Materials Committee

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• and foremost, I want to thank all the members of the committee for all their good feedback and collaboration
• Next, no proprietary software mandates, just best practices.

Committee: Senate Business & Commerce

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• It clarifies that the practical fix.
• It's practical and it's overdue.
• </c><06:31:25.840><c> with</c> sector firms to collaborate with sector firms to collaborate with Treasury
• <06:35:03.920><c> with</c><06:35:04.320><c> collaboratively</c><06:35:05.440><c> with</c> collaborative
• with collaboratively with collaborative with collaboratively with financial<06:35:06.240><c> firms</

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, July 21, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• We also collaborate with other agencies, divisions, and universities for research.
• We also collaborate with other agencies, divisions, and universities for research.
• And then, as I said, she collaborates with the U.S. Census Bureau.
• By chance, have you collaborated in that sense? >> You guys do that?
• Um for practical exactly as intended.

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• collaborative collaborative couple<00:30:25.600><c> days,</c><00:30:26.320><c> um,</c><00:30:26.559>
• I mean, I just have really enjoyed our collaboration with the clerks over the years.
• The practical response is not louder persuasion.
• </c><01:29:12.960><c> The</c><01:29:13.280><c> practical</c> resistance does not.
• The practical resistance does not.

Bills: SF0102 , SF0113

Committee: Senate Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions

Keywords: energy transmission, load growth, Wyoming energy authority, transmission planning study, public utilities, regional cooperation, hand count audit, ballots, election integrity, transparency, voting system, 916, all

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• health care facilities with the rights and well-being of patients and clients and aligns with best practices
• </c><00:04:07.240><c> that</c> aligns with best practices that aligns with best practices that emphasize
• for pursuing civil commitment practices for pursuing civil commitment and<00:05:15.840><c> court-ordered
• It's more collaborative.
• Um, whereas others, it's more collaborative.

Committee: House Human Services Finance and Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

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• I mean, we both in our K-12 system and in the community college system have made it a practice of trying
• We look forward to collaborating on this issue. Thank you. Thank you, Chair and members.
• Look forward to collaborating on this issue. Thank you. Thank you, Chair and members, Sean Reagan.
• support the Governor’s proposed implementation funding for Workforce Pell and encourage continued collaboration
• for implementation funding for Workforce Pell under CSAC to administer, and encourage continued collaboration

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• But also, this is all about data-driven practices, so really capturing what we’re doing, is it working
• But also, this is all about data-driven practices, so really capturing what we’re doing, is it working
• But also, this is all about data-driven practices, so really capturing what we’re doing, is it working
• they have they are not type of practice they have they are not subject<00:45:43.440><c> to</c><00:45
• And part of that is making sure our providers feel safe to perform and provide practice.

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• I feel like you have so much good collaboration, all of you as organizations and individuals, that...
• understand what it is that we're asking of them, then now we're going to be creating a very unfair practice
• of what a municipality or an ACO is doing in giving them a kennel license, then that is an unfair practice
• And I do think that, you know, more statewide oversight or collaboration or something with animal control

Committee: Senate Senate Committee on Post Audit and Oversight

Keywords: 1212, all