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• His work on issues such as responsible budgeting, environmental conservation, and health care access
• ,</c> budgeting, environmental conservation, budgeting, environmental conservation, and<00:17:26.959>
• , LCHIP, as a result of her legislation, and our state's children's insurance program.
• , LCHIP, as a result of her legislation, and our state's children's insurance program.
• And so, to to say it uh into the future.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Legislative Administration Committee opened with Senate Bill 197, which would remove the Department of Health and Human Services commissioner’s supervisory role over the legislative facilities committee nurse and instead place the nurse under the Board of Nursing’s scope of practice. The sponsor’s aide and DHHS legislative director explained that the change updates outdated language last amended in 1995, aligns the statute with current practice, and was reviewed with legislative staff and nursing regulators, who were said to be comfortable with the proposal. Members asked why the change was needed and whether the commissioner had actually been supervising; the response was that the language no longer reflected how the position functioned. The chair said the bill might still be a simple consent item, but additional modifications were being discussed, so the hearing was closed with no vote taken at that time. The committee then heard Senate Bill 186, authorizing the Joint Legislative Historical Committee to accept and display a portrait of former Senator Jeb Bradley in the State House. The sponsor’s aide described Bradley’s legislative and congressional service and urged the committee to move the bill ought to pass. Members asked practical questions about whether the portrait was completed, its size, and where it would be hung. The witness said the portrait was not yet completed and that size and placement had not been determined, though the committee was told the historical committee would decide placement. A committee member noted that portrait sizes and locations are already being reviewed because of space concerns, and the hearing ended without a vote. A work session followed on the portrait bills, with the chair using them as a vehicle to discuss broader problems in the statutes governing portraits and the historical committee. He said the committee had gathered information from other states and suggested possible policy ideas such as portrait moratoriums, waiting periods after death, size limits, and clearer placement rules. Members discussed the need to update the RSAs and better define the historical committee’s authority. The committee did not take final action during the work session, but the discussion indicated that the portrait bills may be held while broader statutory revisions are considered.

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• So item number 3A is an application from the Louisiana Department of Conservation and Energy.
• Department of Conservation and Energy. The request is to open a new ZBA account at J.P.
• So item 3B, also from the Louisiana Department of Conservation and Energy, is a request for approval
• It was transferred to the Department of Conservation and Energy effective 10-1-25 under Act 458 of the
• The Department of Conservation and Energy, effective 10-1-25 under Act 458 of the 2025 Regular Session

Summary: The committee approved the minutes from the September 3, 2025 meeting and then considered a series of banking and account requests from state agencies. Most items involved opening new zero-balance or operating accounts, transferring existing accounts, or changing banks to improve payment processing, accessibility, or reduce fees. Agencies included the Department of Conservation and Energy, Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism, Department of Health, Department of Justice, and Department of Public Safety and Corrections. Several Department of Health requests were approved, including new accounts for federal wire transfers, the state’s online interpreter registry, and Safe Drinking Water Program application fees. Members also approved a transfer of a resident funds fiduciary account from J.P. Morgan to Red River Bank because of policy changes affecting debit card use. The Department of Justice received approval to close a Regions Bank account and move to LaCap Federal Credit Union due to much lower monthly fees, and Public Safety and Corrections was approved to open an operating account for a new motor vehicle field office at Fort Polk. The committee also approved an escrow account for the Louisiana Evidence Control Unit under Public Safety Services to collect and settle seized evidentiary funds not pending forfeiture. After no further business, the meeting adjourned.

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• Construction Impacts Assistance Program.
• and for clarifying the ebike program and for clarifying the ebike rebate<00:41:50.480><c> program</c
• It's just too much of a sudden future.
• </c><01:05:06.400><c> in</c> operate some sort of wave programming in operate some sort of wave programming
• </c> rail would be part of their future. rail would be part of their future.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• He was very clear about his children and his family, and what kind of a future that he was hoping for
• And whatever you choose to do in the future, if I can ever be helpful, let me know.
• I'm sure all that's going to lead up into wonderful things into the future.
• And the only thing we ever mess with in the future is the state part of that GRT.
• As a fiscal conservative and joining the chair of finance, it caps that amount.

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, opened with prayer and the Pledge, and agreed by unanimous consent to allow cameras on the floor and gallery, excuse several senators, and move to announcements and miscellaneous business. The chamber then adopted a ceremonial resolution honoring Lieutenant Governor Howie Morales for his years of service as Senate president and lieutenant governor, followed by extensive remarks from senators and Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham praising his leadership, fairness, education advocacy, and personal kindness. Morales briefly responded, thanking members, the governor, and his family, and noting he would offer fuller remarks on his final day. After messages from the House were read, the Senate adopted several committee reports. These included favorable action on Senate Memorial 31; House Judiciary Committee substitute for House Bill 70; House Bill 124, referred to Finance; Senate Joint Resolution 6, referred to Judiciary; Senate Joint Resolution 7; House Bills 103, 154, 165, and 285 as amended; and the Finance Committee’s amended report on House Appropriations and Finance Committee substitute for House Bills 2 and 3. The Judiciary Committee also reported Senate Bill 104 as duly enrolled and engrossed, and the body noted that SB 104 had been signed in open session. During personal privilege, Majority Floor Leader Peter Wirth discussed a State Ethics Commission advisory opinion on whether legislators who are attorneys may vote on medical malpractice cap legislation, arguing the issue is governed by Senate rules rather than the Governmental Conduct Act. He said he would continue to disclose his interests and vote under Rule 7-5, and also rejected a newspaper suggestion that he had a conflict in sponsoring a judgeship bill for the First Judicial District Court. The Senate then moved into third reading, beginning with Senate Rules Committee substitute for Senate Bill 264, which Senator Duhigg explained as an election-security measure responding to concerns about federal interference, intimidation, and emergency election disruptions; Senator Nava then spoke in support as a co-sponsor.

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• After completing the MAP program, he plans to continue working in politics and public service.
• The bill expands financial aid and tuition waiver programs and clarifies oversight.
• So future counties, and that—but the only two that currently exist are Orange and Seminole.
• , in a way that respects both property rights and conservation.
• And the people who believed in conservation and smart growth are left with nothing.

Summary: The Senate convened with opening prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several member introductions of guests and staff. The chamber then took up returning messages from the House and acted on several bills, including transportation facility designations (SB 628), affordable housing/Live Local Act changes (HB 1389), utility services (HB 1451), education (HB 1279 substituted for SB 7038), data centers (SB 484), and land use/development regulations (SB 208/HB 399). Several other measures were temporarily postponed, including education, emergency services, and environmental rule ratification bills. On SB 628, the Senate concurred in the House amendment and passed the bill 31-4. On the affordable housing bill, senators discussed the fourth iteration of the Live Local Act, including a new provision allowing certain affordable housing on religious institution property, removal of accessory dwelling unit language, and changes to tax exemption and expiration provisions; the Senate concurred in the House amendment and passed the bill 35-0. On the utility services bill, the House amendment shortened the surcharge phase-out timeline and advanced reporting dates; the Senate concurred and passed the bill 30-6. The education package was substituted with the House companion, amended to include agreed-upon provisions on student health and safety, early learning, math, virtual instruction, career and technical education, school choice, accountability, tuition protections, and financial aid, and passed 36-1. The data centers bill drew extensive debate over transparency and ratepayer protections. Senators questioned the removal of the Senate’s nondisclosure agreement prohibition, the 12-month confidentiality period, and whether costs could be shifted to residential and commercial customers. Supporters said the amendment strengthened ratepayer protections and maintained local land-use authority, while critics objected to the loss of transparency and the possibility of local NDAs. After debate, the Senate concurred in the House amendment and passed the bill 31-6. The land use and development bill generated the most contentious discussion. Amendments addressed a Fontainebleau/Miami Beach resort water park issue, a sunset provision, and a major rural boundary/property rights proposal affecting counties such as Orange and Seminole. Senators debated whether the rural boundary language protected property rights or undermined local planning and environmental safeguards, with concerns raised about takings, county liability, and the use of an Attorney General opinion. The transcript cuts off during extended debate on that amendment, so no final vote on the land use bill is shown in the excerpt.

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• </c> bipartisan bills on conservation bipartisan bills on conservation easements,<01:04:39.200><c> protection
• </c> victims, and affordable housing programs victims, and affordable housing programs for<01:04:42.240
• I was assigned to a mentor program.
• And I wrote a book. finished the session the program finished the session the program was<02:15:22.320
• Many of you may not know this, but I did an Emerge program, an intensive program in 2017.

Keywords: 981, all

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• </c> a financial agent mentor proteé program a financial agent mentor proteé program within<03:35:37.439
• </c> financial agent mentor protege program financial agent mentor protege program at<03:41:40.720><c
• ><c> from</c><03:41:44.800><c> our</c> program, as you've heard from our program, as you've heard from
• Speaker, as a senior programs. Mr.
• </c><07:50:49.280><c> of</c> is for nothing short of the future of is for nothing short of the future

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• </c><00:07:37.080><c> that</c> in delivering quality programming that in delivering quality programming
• </c><00:08:29.879><c> like</c> on to the TV and so um programs like on to the TV and so um programs like
• </c> newly produced Legacy funded programming newly produced Legacy funded programming reaching<00:10
• > to program to program uh<00:31:58.720><c> it's</c><00:31:58.840><c> a</c><00:31:59.039><c> program<
• </c><01:09:02.600><c> that</c><01:09:02.719><c> is</c> program that is op programming that is program

Bills: HF1679 , HF1019 , HF2321 , HF1740 , HF2278

Committee: House Legacy Finance

Keywords: public television, funding, grants, arts and culture, Minnesota, Minnesota Public Radio, arts education, cultural heritage, community engagement, public radio, community radio, educational grants, community cable, public access, programming funding, civic engagement, ethnic media, public access television, Minnesota Humanities Center, funding appropriation

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• </c> intensive needs Elementary program intensive needs Elementary program you'll<01:30:15.239><c> see
• </c> schools which have types of programs schools which have types of programs you're<01:36:10.199><c
• Chairman, for this program, for the Summersworth program, when they were with a bigger school district
• </c> the the program the the program okay<01:57:35.159><c> that</c><01:57:35.520><c> that's</c><01:57
• </c><04:21:02.080><c> this</c> impacts on education programming this impacts on education programming

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The hearing focused on HB 563, which would revise the education funding formula for pupils receiving special education services by replacing the current single special education amount with three differentiated categories. Representative Rick Ladd, the prime sponsor, said the bill largely tracks a House-passed version from the prior session with minor figure adjustments, and explained that the proposal uses projected FY26 amounts for three categories based on time in general education versus more intensive placements. He also noted that the bill does not address catastrophic aid directly, but that special education aid, CAT aid, and proration all remain issues for later work sessions. Ladd and supporters argued that weighted categories better reflect actual costs and are more sustainable than treating all IEPs the same. Representative Margaret Drye said the approach was one of the best ideas from the education funding subcommittee and urged the committee to support differentiated aid. Representative Ames asked how the category amounts were derived, and Ladd said Category A follows the FY26 base, Category B is a higher weight, and Category C is a still higher weight for more intensive services, though he acknowledged the exact multipliers were developed earlier and could be revisited. He also said the committee would continue discussing whether the weights are appropriate and how they interact with CAT aid. Testimony from Bonnie Dunham strongly opposed the bill. She argued that funding based on placement rather than actual service need would create incentives to move students into more restrictive settings, could stigmatize children with labels such as "Category C," and would undermine the least restrictive environment requirements under federal special education law. She described her son’s experience in inclusive settings as beneficial and said the bill would have penalized the district for serving him there. In response to questions, she said schools and parents should base funding on the child’s actual needs and costs, not on placement, and urged the committee to recommend the bill inexpedient to legislate.

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• The sixth row, the guardian ad litem program, staff position and program support.
• Second, if you cut these programs, it will, it will be a lot of these programs, it will be a lot of programs
• The sixth row, the Guardian ad litem program, staff position and program support.
• This program is working. It's helping our kids. It's all about children. This program is working.
• This is a program transfer of one FTP and associated funding from the document services program to the

Keywords: 989, all

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• </c> grant program. Is that an AP request? grant program. Is that an AP request?
• And every year we delay funding for this program, it's just going to cost more in the future.
• , it's just going to cost more in program, it's just going to cost more in the<01:15:51.760><c> future
• </c> the future. the future.
• </c> be future lead service line funding. be future lead service line funding.

Committee: Senate Capital Investment

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• This simply refines the eligibility around some STEM+C competition grant program eligibility.
• to provide student support programs to students enrolled in a public elementary or secondary school
• Senate Bill 190 would direct the Department of Education to assess the impact of developing a program
• And then, looking ahead to tomorrow, the Conservative Caucus is meeting.
• Looking ahead to tomorrow, the Conservative Caucus will be meeting at 8:30. We'll update that.

Keywords: March 09, 2026 - Regular Session, 976, house, all

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• Take advantage of this program.
• hiring in other programs.
• I'm the Soil Conservation Manager with Olmstead County Soil and Water Conservation District.
• Time to develop a good program that works for farmers. So, we developed a pilot program.
• to get the program kickstarted.

Committee: House Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development

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• House Bill 678 by Resource and Conservation Committee regarding trapping.
• House Bill 678 by Resource and Conservation Committee regarding trapping.
• After all, is it really a conservative principle... Derelict in our duty.
• That is not conservative at all.
• With this program, we could probably address this.

Keywords: 989, all

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• It says that if you have a concern of future harm, you should call and report to Central Intake.
• I grew up in southern Vermont in a family of conservative Southern Baptist Christians.
• </c><01:01:22.520><c> Southern</c> a family of conservative Southern a family of conservative Southern
• </c><02:00:50.960><c> um</c> both of them are pretty conservative um both of them are pretty conservative
• So, but I appreciate your comment, and I'll take that into account in the future.

Committee: Senate Education

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• The treatment programs are the same.
• Care court's a voluntary program that those with antisagnosia, program that those with anisagnosia, are
• But these are expensive programs.
• or a TK program, or where there is a preschool program on campus, we are supporting those programs as
• And these are not just programs. They are not social media programs.

Summary: The hearing focused first on behavioral health, especially serious mental illness and anosognosia, a condition described by witnesses as a neurological symptom that prevents people from recognizing they are ill. The chair framed the issue around families cycling through emergency rooms, jails, conservatorships, and short-term stabilization without lasting treatment, and warned that federal changes under H.R. 1 could reduce Medi-Cal funding and worsen access. Dawn Marie Anderson gave a personal account of her son’s long history of psychosis, homelessness, arrests, repeated jail and state hospital stays, and eventual stability when he received sustained medication and coordinated support. She argued that the system often treats the problem as criminal rather than medical and that voluntary programs and short-term services are not enough for people who lack insight into their illness. Other panelists, including representatives from the California Behavioral Health Association, Santa Barbara County Behavioral Health, and the County Behavioral Health Directors Association, agreed that anosognosia is not denial or noncompliance and said the system needs long-term, coordinated care, including assertive community treatment, mobile crisis, supportive housing, medication support, and stronger handoffs between county and managed care systems. They said CalAIM and other reforms have improved some coordination, but significant gaps remain, especially for people with serious mental illness, for those in jail or locked settings, and for people with private insurance, which witnesses said often offers little meaningful coverage for early psychosis or intensive behavioral health services. Several witnesses urged the Legislature to protect Medi-Cal, shore up county safety-net services, and invest in training and family engagement. The committee then turned to the Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative, with a focus on the virtual services platforms BrightLife Kids and Soluna and the CYBHI fee schedule. DHCS reported strong growth in app registrations, coaching sessions, referrals, and positive user outcomes, saying the platforms provide free, culturally responsive, early-intervention support statewide and help connect users to higher levels of care when needed. On the fee schedule, DHCS said more than 500 LEAs, colleges, universities, and school-linked providers are participating, 181 LEAs have submitted claims, and $9.6 million has been reimbursed to date, with 41,556 students represented in claims. The chair and several members criticized the pace of implementation and the amount of money spent relative to reimbursement levels, saying the Legislature had requested data earlier and that the return on investment still appeared low. DHCS responded that many claims are still being submitted, that 70% of denials are correctable, that $400 million in capacity grants has been distributed locally, and that reimbursement is increasing rapidly as more districts come online. Public comment included a rural county behavioral health director who said private insurance denials leave counties with significant uncompensated work, especially for unlicensed staff providing case management and mobile crisis services.

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• </c> in government programs. in government programs.
• Let's conserve the Constitution. Let's conserve the Constitution.
• Let's conserve the Constitution. Let's conserve the Constitution.
• </c> Let's conserve the Constitution. Let's conserve the Constitution.
• </c> Let's conserve the Constitution. Let's conserve the Constitution.

Committee: Senate Judiciary and Public Safety

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• And we quickly coalesced with a very conservative lieutenant governor.
• And he always pushed me in the budget, as you know I'm very fiscally conservative.
• You know, my wife said that I was going to be on an exercise program starting tomorrow.

Bills: SB27 , SB30 , SB293 , HB4 , HB2974 , HB5138 , SJR36 , SJR50 , SJR63 , SCR12 , SCR39 , SB2023 , SB62 , SB666 , SB847 , SB284 , SB854 , SB810 , SB1505 , SB583 , SB507 , SB1434 , SB1772 , SB2016 , SB1122 , SB731 , SB397 , SB508 , SB1436 , SB287 , SB1882 , SB393 , SB1791 , SB209 , SB2429 , SB1085 , SB1975 , SB2717 , SB1262 , SB636 , SB2056 , SB884 , SB1200 , SB1845 , SB2458 , SB801 , SB3014 , SB3013 , SB758 , SB2797 , SB2076 , SB2876 , SB1640 , SB1449 , SB1181 , SB1234 , SB2926 , SB2841 , SB1528 , SB1854 , SB317 , SB1250 , SB2082 , SB1237 , SB2819 , SB629 , SB2608 , SB1602 , SB2009 , SB867 , SB640 , SB1698 , SB2680 , SB913 , SB1071 , SB1086 , SB1087 , SB1483 , SB1444 , SB1553 , SB1556 , SB1703 , SB2133 , SB2297 , SB2298 , SB2622 , SB2955 , SB2334 , SB1367 , SB2044 , SB2363 , SB2565 , SB1888 , SB3036 , SB3057 , SB3043 , SB3063 , SB3035 , SB203 , SB2688 , SB2522 , SB2459 , SB2655 , SB2251 , SB1884 , SB2928 , SB2566 , SB2549 , SB2553 , SB2919 , SB1944 , SB1232 , SB1798 , SB2603 , SB2607 , SB2683 , SB1319 , SB3045 , SB3071 , HB796 , HB1523 , HB5294 , HB748 , HB3395 , HB180 , HB3171 , HB146 , HB5596 , HB5694 , HB1135 , HB3225 , HB186 , HB1449 , HB3793 , HB112 , HB104 , HB3336 , HB3520 , HB3320 , HB5663 , HB2399 , HB111 , HB3483 , HB4580 , HB3748 , HB632 , HB4730 , HB5690 , HB5689 , HB3385 , HB4359 , HB5381 , HB123 , HB5606 , HB1057 , HB3664 , HCR141 , HCR40 , HCR59

Keywords: judicial conduct, judges discipline, judicial compensation, retirement benefits, judicial transparency, SJR 50, constitutional amendment, Texas Constitution, Article VIII, securities tax, transaction tax, occupation tax, financial markets, broker-dealer, stock exchange, securities exchange, trading platform, clearing agency, transfer agent, FINRA

Bills: SB27 , SB30 , SB293 , HB4 , HB2974 , HB5138 , SJR36 , SJR50 , SJR63 , SCR12 , SCR39 , SB2023 , SB62 , SB666 , SB847 , SB284 , SB854 , SB810 , SB1505 , SB583 , SB507 , SB1434 , SB1772 , SB2016 , SB1122 , SB731 , SB397 , SB508 , SB1436 , SB287 , SB1882 , SB393 , SB1791 , SB209 , SB2429 , SB1085 , SB1975 , SB2717 , SB1262 , SB636 , SB2056 , SB884 , SB1200 , SB1845 , SB2458 , SB801 , SB3014 , SB3013 , SB758 , SB2797 , SB2076 , SB2876 , SB1640 , SB1449 , SB1181 , SB1234 , SB2926 , SB2841 , SB1528 , SB1854 , SB317 , SB1250 , SB2082 , SB1237 , SB2819 , SB629 , SB2608 , SB1602 , SB2009 , SB867 , SB640 , SB1698 , SB2680 , SB913 , SB1071 , SB1086 , SB1087 , SB1483 , SB1444 , SB1553 , SB1556 , SB1703 , SB2133 , SB2297 , SB2298 , SB2622 , SB2955 , SB2334 , SB1367 , SB2044 , SB2363 , SB2565 , SB1888 , SB3036 , SB3057 , SB3043 , SB3063 , SB3035 , SB203 , SB2688 , SB2522 , SB2459 , SB2655 , SB2251 , SB1884 , SB2928 , SB2566 , SB2549 , SB2553 , SB2919 , SB1944 , SB1232 , SB1798 , SB2603 , SB2607 , SB2683 , SB1319 , SB3045 , SB3071 , HB796 , HB1523 , HB5294 , HB748 , HB3395 , HB180 , HB3171 , HB146 , HB5596 , HB5694 , HB1135 , HB3225 , HB186 , HB1449 , HB3793 , HB112 , HB104 , HB3336 , HB3520 , HB3320 , HB5663 , HB2399 , HB111 , HB3483 , HB4580 , HB3748 , HB632 , HB4730 , HB5690 , HB5689 , HB3385 , HB4359 , HB5381 , HB123 , HB5606 , HB1057 , HB3664 , HCR141 , HCR40 , HCR59

Keywords: judicial conduct, judges discipline, judicial compensation, retirement benefits, judicial transparency, SJR 50, constitutional amendment, Texas Constitution, Article VIII, securities tax, transaction tax, occupation tax, financial markets, broker-dealer, stock exchange, securities exchange, trading platform, clearing agency, transfer agent, FINRA

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• ,</c> rehabilitation and improvement program, rehabilitation and improvement program, overseeing<00:08
• </c> issues through signature programs issues through signature programs including<00:34:47.119><c> but
• ,</c> state through mentoring programs, state through mentoring programs, scholarships,<00:35:05.280>
• ,</c> through mentoring programs, through mentoring programs, scholarships,<00:35:49.680><c> community
• </c> despair does not define our future. despair does not define our future.

Keywords: 1136, house, all