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• Each state And whether it's in compliance with the law has to be evaluated based on the demographics
• of that state and when you evaluate the demographics here in the state of Texas as has been illustrated

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• However, if rulemaking is required by statute and has not been initiated within six months of the evaluation
• The joint committee rules are basically our Bible, what we go through in evaluating all of the rules

Summary: The Joint Administrative Procedures Committee met for its first meeting of the year, with roll call and member introductions followed by an orientation on the committee’s role in reviewing agency rulemaking. Staff explained that JAPAC/JAPSI oversees whether agency rules stay within statutory authority, reviews proposed and existing rules under Chapter 120, and can recommend objections when rules enlarge, modify, or contravene enabling statutes. The committee also adopted its biennial rules of procedure by motion and roll-call vote. The main substantive item was staff’s recommended objections to 32 existing Agency for Health Care Administration rules. Staff said the common issue was a sunset provision added to rules, which they argued is not authorized by Chapter 120 because rules may be amended or repealed only through formal rulemaking, not allowed to expire automatically. Staff noted the sunset language could create confusion and affect interrelated rules, and recommended formal objections. The chair reported that he and the vice chair had met with the agency, which agreed to work on compliance and amend the language. No public testimony was offered. After brief committee discussion, including questions about timing, the chair said the agency would return with a compliance proposal at the next scheduled meeting, likely in February. The committee deferred further action on the 32 recommended objections until that meeting, and the meeting adjourned.

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• limitations And amends the statute of limitations for actions to renew or revive a court judgment
• Currently, such actions must be brought within eight years after the original judgment and filed in the
• Section five also establishes specific procedures and timelines that would apply when renewing judgments

Keywords: 926, house, all

Summary: The House first suspended the rules briefly to make announcements, including welcoming former representative Doug Gage to the gallery. It then returned to House Bill 211 on data brokers and personal information, where the Appropriations Committee explained a $50,000 appropriation to the Secretary of State for a consultant-led study on an accessible deletion mechanism for consumers to delete personal data held by data brokers, with interim and final reports due in 2027 and 2028. The committee reported a 9-0-2 vote in favor, and the House agreed to the Commerce and Economic Development Committee’s amendment and ordered third reading. Floor debate on H. 211 focused heavily on the bill’s deletion and exemption framework. Supporters argued the bill is needed to give Vermonters meaningful control over their data and to prevent data brokers from commingling information for unrelated uses. Opponents warned the bill could conflict with existing federal frameworks such as the Fair Credit Reporting Act, Gramm-Leach-Bliley, and the Driver’s Privacy Protection Act, and could make credit, banking, insurance, fraud prevention, and identity verification harder. In response, the sponsor said the bill uses use-case-based exemptions rather than broad entity-level exemptions, noted testimony from banks, insurers, a data broker, a former data broker employee, and the Attorney General, and said no constitutional concerns were raised. The House ultimately adopted the amendment and advanced the bill. After H. 211, the House moved to House Bill 577, establishing the Vermont Prescription Drug Discount Card Program. Committee reports from Health Care, Ways and Means, and Appropriations were read into the record, and the Colchester member described the bill as a way to lower prescription drug costs by joining the multi-state Array Rx program. The bill would let any Vermont resident obtain a free discount card for FDA-approved prescription drugs, with claimed savings up to 80% on generics and 20% on brand-name drugs. The House then proceeded to second reading on H. 577.

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• Keep truth on our tongues, love in our hearts, and sound judgment in our minds.
• Keep truth on our tongues, love in our hearts, and sound judgment in our minds.
• Keep truth on our tongues, love in our hearts, and sound judgment in our minds.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Friday, June 6, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• I appreciate the committee's interest in evaluating the partnerships under Chapter 2267 of the Government
• infrastructure needs, but many state and local governments do not have the internal resources to evaluate
• cooperative structure that allows state and local governments to access pre-qualified expertise and evaluate
• The committee has been charged with evaluating Chapter 2267 for its effectiveness, competitiveness, and
• When utilities identify a transmission or distribution need, they should be required to evaluate all

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• Chair, Senator Pratt, uh I don't have the 62J evaluation, but there was one done and that would have
• Chair, Senator Pratt, uh I don't have the 62J evaluation, but there was one done and that would have
• Chair, Senator Pratt, uh I don't have the 62J evaluation, but there was one done and that would have
• Chair, Senator Pratt, uh I don't have the 62J evaluation, but there was one done and that would have
• Um, it has been brought forward in in have the the 62J evaluation, but there have the the 62J evaluation

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• I appreciate that DIR is doing the evaluations, digging deeper into this.
• <00:40:09.760> the appreciate that DIR is doing the appreciate that DIR is doing the evaluations
• that is digging deeper into evaluations that is digging deeper into this.<00:40:12.800> I<00:
• proposal, and then, you know, once the proposal is done and published, then maybe give it a month and evaluate
• It establishes an evaluation and selection committee to oversee the awarding of grants.

Bills: SB2198, SB2140, SB3055, SB3090, SB3091, SB3092, SB2761

Keywords: workforce development, craftspersons, skilled trades, artisan, craftsmanship, trade recognition, award program, DLIR, Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Meilleur Ouvrier de France, vocational education, career pathways, cultural preservation, workforce excellence, apprenticeship, Hawaii trades, economic diversification, public nominations, governor awards, historically significant venue

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• say is that when we look at increasing fees, we really try to make sure that in particular we're evaluating
• 16:26.639> in<00:16:26.959> particular<00:16:27.440> we're<00:16:27.680> evaluating
• sure that in particular we're evaluating sure that in particular we're evaluating ourselves<00:16
• committee, the process and in conference committee, we<00:32:31.039> can<00:32:31.200> re-evaluate
• we can re-evaluate we can re-evaluate um<00:32:33.760> that<00:32:34.080> section<

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• introduced by Senator Rhs, and it is a pilot project for Kokuo Kovis guardian ad items and capacity evaluations
• um we've been hosting a evaluations um we've been hosting a working<00:03:37.120> group<00:03
• had a lot of issues because basically every time she gets even a small pay raise, she has to re-evaluate
• had a lot of issues because basically every time she gets even a small pay raise, she has to re-evaluate
• As a university-situated center, we conduct research, evaluation, and also policy analysis with the DD

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Committee on Health and Human Services held an informational briefing on the Developmental Disabilities Council and related agencies. The Hawaii State Council on Developmental Disabilities outlined its 2025 legislative priorities, including a pilot project for guardian ad litem and capacity evaluations in guardianship/conservatorship cases, a supported decision-making bill, a health disparities study for people with disabilities, an ABLE savings outreach/staffing measure, a Medicaid buy-in proposal, an adult changing tables equity bill, and a resolution on fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. Council representatives emphasized that supported decision-making would complement tools like powers of attorney and medical releases, and that the health disparities study would help identify unmet needs by ZIP code and improve state data on the intellectual and developmental disability population. The Center on Disability Studies at the University of Hawaii described its role as the research and training arm within the DD system, working with the DD Council and the Hawaii Disability Rights Center. It reported activities such as interdisciplinary training, community education, technical assistance, research collaborations, the Pacific Rim International Conference on Disability and Diversity, publications, telehealth, ECHO Autism, and counseling for Maui fire survivors. The center said it leveraged about $16 million in outside funding last year and highlighted goals focused on workforce development, community capacity, research with direct participation from people with disabilities, and accessible dissemination of information. The Hawaii Disability Rights Center, the state’s protection and advocacy agency, supported the Council’s priorities, especially supported decision-making, which it said could help some people avoid guardianship while preserving liberty and reducing state resource use. The center also raised concerns about the DD system budget and urged legislators to review whether the Developmental Disabilities Division is requesting enough funding, noting possible backsliding in services and eligibility. The Developmental Disabilities Division of the Department of Health then outlined its statewide waiver program serving just over 3,500 people, its service array, and its budget request for increased waiver funding, a federal initiatives coordinator, and IT upgrades to comply with the new HCBS access rule; no votes or formal actions were taken during the briefing.

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• And so, when they're actually evaluating And so, when they're actually evaluating the<00:42:17.560
• So, the commission then takes all this information and performs an evaluation to basically prioritize
• information and performs an evaluation information and performs an evaluation to<01:01:57.920>
• Have we looked at or evaluated taking in effectively all of the schools in the state?
• or evaluated or evaluated taking<03:04:38.040> in taking in taking in effectively effectively

Keywords: 916, all

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• So we keep charts and do evaluations on every single patient. I will admit that Dr.
• c><01:55:57.360> every<01:55:57.599> single and do evaluations on every single and do evaluations
• <02:31:48.160> as are required, tested, and evaluated as are required, tested, and evaluated
• <03:05:03.760> We evaluations for any given service.
• We evaluations for any given service.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• So every employee is evaluated on a regular basis.
• So that's, I think, the first thing I would say: evaluations that are done for each employee.
• This does not account for a bundle of claims that are under evaluation right now.
• This dollar amount does not account for a bundle of claims that are under evaluation right now.
• the claims in terms of being evaluated the claims in terms of being evaluated and<05:15:20.638><

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee held a work session on the Department of Business and Economic Affairs budget, with testimony from Chase Hegman and Kathy Frederickson. Early discussion focused on staffing and vacancies, including a senior planner position tied to FEMA requirements, a program assistant funded by federal ORID dollars, a program specialist being considered for reclassification, two Housing Champions positions to be funded in the next biennium, and temporary welcome center positions. Members also reviewed the commissioner’s office, indirect cost recoveries tied to federal program administration, and the structure and staffing of rest areas and welcome centers, including the Turnpike-funded locations and seasonal staffing patterns. Members then moved through economic development and federal grant-related accounts. Hegman explained that a large share of the agency’s funding is federal, with some programs requiring state match, including the Apex Accelerator, which supports government contracting assistance for businesses. He described Apex as a small team that helps businesses with DOD and other contracting opportunities through webinars, matchmaking, and one-on-one support. The Office of Workforce Opportunity was described as largely federally funded through Commerce-related workforce programs and subrecipients, with some general fund support for agency-wide needs. The Northern Borders Regional Commission dues and capacity grant were also discussed, with officials explaining the state’s required contribution and the federal funds used to administer the program. A major point of discussion was the proposed reduction to the Small Business Development Center, which officials said provides one-on-one technical assistance to new and small businesses and has a strong return on investment. Members questioned the cut, the federal funding sources, and whether there was a waiting list for services; officials said they would provide more detail on matching requirements and funding. The committee also reviewed travel and tourism accounts, including the joint promotional grant program and tourism advertising funds, both of which are proposed to increase. Officials said the tourism marketing formula is based on a percentage of meals and rooms tax revenue and argued that the spending generates significant visitor spending and tax revenue, citing an outside ROI study and examples of advertising in test markets. No votes were taken during the work session.

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• them to evaluate off-site construction. them to evaluate off-site construction.
• be able to agency or a group that might be able to help<00:38:27.920> us<00:38:28.480> evaluate
• help us evaluate off-site construction. help us evaluate off-site construction.
• And generally, we've evaluated several AI companies that say that they can do this as a tool, and they
• This study would evaluate the scientific basis for various sizing inputs, the 1,000-gallon-per-day and

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• High level, it's really an evaluation across various IT and security domains, again, anchored in those
• Midco scored well on some of the evaluation criteria originally out of the gate.
• Our original evaluation criteria took into account build project timelines and cost.
• We changed the evaluation period or criteria, and all previous selections were essentially rescinded.
• A neutral third-party evaluation of return on investment should be performed prior to any transition,

Summary: The Information Technology Committee approved the March 26 minutes and received a series of reports from NDIT on major IT projects, the annual report, mainframe modernization, and cybersecurity services. The project portfolio was reported at 116 major projects with a baseline cost of $546 million, overall under budget but modestly behind schedule. Several projects that had been in variance status last quarter were said to have closed, including HHS bed management, vital records modernization, and DOT roadway capital planning. New startup reports were mostly HHS efforts tied to refugee data management, technical debt cleanup, and legacy application decommissioning, while closeouts included HHS, OMB, DPI, and DOT projects with mixed budget and schedule results. In the annual report discussion, NDIT described its service-fund financials, peer-state rate comparisons, records management reporting, and customer satisfaction efforts. Members asked about how revenues and grants flow through the service fund, how NDIT charges agencies for services, and whether customer satisfaction or CSAT scores are tracked and could be reported more regularly. NDIT said it does track service-team CSAT and survey data, and committee members encouraged more regular reporting of those metrics. The committee also discussed application portfolio management, statewide IT planning, and whether agencies should slow new system replacements while the state pursues an ERP system. The mainframe update focused on the state’s ongoing effort to retire legacy systems by about 2030. NDIT and HHS said the work is being managed as a tech-debt program, but progress is slowed by data cleanup, integration complexity, staff retirements, vendor capacity, and federal requirements. Members asked whether there is a coordinated commitment and whether additional vendor support or consultants are needed; NDIT said it is working jointly with HHS and is seeking an RFP to help accelerate modernization. The cybersecurity presentation then shifted to statewide maturity assessments and services. NDIT said it provides endpoint protection, vulnerability scanning, security awareness training, threat briefings, and penetration testing, and that assessments are based on CIS controls. Members raised concerns about low participation in the self-assessment process, the lack of mandatory reporting or audit authority, and whether insurance incentives through Enderf or possible State Auditor involvement could improve compliance. No formal votes were taken beyond approval of the minutes.

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• It's up to the citizens of Florida to evaluate what their community is doing and evaluate and make sure
• should take the opportunity, similar to the way myself and Senator Burgess—how we receive annual evaluations
• We receive annual evaluations. They're called OERs. We receive annual evaluations.
• I would encourage the local governments to take this as that evaluation.

Summary: The Senate took up Committee Substitute for Senate Joint Resolution 2F, a proposed constitutional amendment to expand homestead property tax relief, lower the assessment cap on non-homestead property from 10% to 5%, and limit county and municipal ad valorem tax revenues to specified uses. Senator Avila presented the measure as a major property tax reform intended to provide relief to homeowners and restrain local government spending, while opponents argued it would shift costs to fees, services, and state appropriations and could harm local budgets, public safety, schools, and other services. Several senators also raised concerns about the ballot language and the lack of a completed fiscal analysis. The chamber considered and rejected multiple amendments. Senator Sharif’s income-based “circuit breaker” amendment failed, as did Senator Smith’s sunset clause amendment and Senator Berman’s amendment to rewrite the ballot statement for greater accuracy. During questioning, Avila said the revised language was meant to preserve flexibility for local governments and that future legislatures could set implementing procedures and, if necessary, prohibit certain local expenditures by general law. He also confirmed that the proposal would not affect refinancing or portability, and said the measure would not prevent local governments from continuing to fund many services such as libraries, parks, animal control, code enforcement, mosquito control, public housing, county health departments, and elections. Debate on final passage was extensive. Supporters described the proposal as overdue relief for homeowners and a way to force local governments to prioritize spending, while critics called it a risky tax shift that could reduce local revenue by billions and force cuts or higher fees. Some senators emphasized concerns about public safety funding, mental health and social services, and the accuracy of the ballot summary; others argued the measure would give voters a chance to decide on property tax reform. After debate, the resolution was rolled over for third reading and the Senate continued discussion, but the transcript provided does not include a final vote on the joint resolution.

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• The HCD Budget Office and the Codes and Standards Division will annually evaluate revenue and expenditures
• The HCD Budget Office and the Codes and Standards Division will annually evaluate revenue and expenditures
• And has there been any evaluation?
• When you look at the overall income of the residents there, has the administration evaluated what impact
• So it's so... ...evaluating other, you know, they're deciding, should I stay in this business or not?

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• In 2024, California enacted AB 1172, which requires the California Energy Commission to evaluate fusion's
• As fusion companies evaluate locations to set down roots and bring this technology to California, we
• It simply directs the state to evaluate development impacts, the good and the bad, comprehensively.
• It simply directs a state to evaluate development impacts the good and the bad comprehensively.
• mutual water companies serving disadvantaged communities against other forms of water governance to evaluate

Summary: The committee heard presentations on several energy, environmental, and consumer protection bills while operating at times without a quorum. Senator McNerney presented SB 925, which would direct the California Energy Commission to develop a statewide roadmap for fusion energy, and SB 1350, which would expand the use of green hydrogen in the power sector by allowing renewable portfolio standard credit for power plants using hydrogen. Supporters said both bills would help California maintain leadership in emerging clean-energy industries, attract investment, and create jobs. Opponents of SB 1350 raised concerns about greenwashing, resource shuffling, and increased NOx emissions from hydrogen combustion, while supporters said committee amendments added guardrails against those outcomes. Senator Ashby presented SB 1010, a manufacturer-funded extended producer responsibility program for refrigerants in appliances; supporters said it would reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve recovery, while opponents argued existing laws already regulate refrigerants and that the bill could raise costs and disrupt recycling markets. Senator Grayson presented SB 1145 to streamline CEQA and federal reuse procedures for qualifying projects in the Concord Reuse Project Area, which supporters said would help deliver long-planned housing, jobs, and open space, while one housing group sought stronger affordable-housing guarantees. Senator Cabaldon presented SB 1341, which would give CalRecycle authority to reduce processing fees for wine and spirits bag-in-a-box containers when fee collections exceed program needs; supporters said the current fee increase was abrupt and excessive, while opponents warned against giving the agency too much discretion. Senator Padilla presented SGR 13, urging the U.S. to secure enforceable commitments to eliminate transboundary sewage pollution in the Tijuana and New River watersheds during the 2026 USMCA review, and SB 1033, which would require testing and disclosure of heavy metals in protein products; SGR 13 drew strong support from border and environmental justice advocates, while SB 1033 drew support from consumer and health groups and opposition from industry groups concerned about labeling burdens and scope. Senator Caballero presented SB 1183, requiring a state study of the environmental, land-use, and economic impacts of industrial solar in the Central Valley; farm and land-use advocates supported the bill, while solar industry groups opposed unless amended, saying it should better reflect solar’s benefits and existing state analysis. After testimony, the committee took roll and adopted several measures on a 4-0 or 3-0 basis, with bills including SJR 13, SB 925, SB 1350, SB 1145, SB 1341, SB 1033, and SB 1010 advanced on call to Appropriations or, in the case of SB 1010, already voted with a 3-1 result before being held on call.

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• And one last component is evaluation.
• And so, we need a hypothesis, a baseline, and a rigorous evaluation, process measures, outcome measures
• And so, we need a hypothesis, a baseline, and a rigorous evaluation, process measures, outcome measures
• There's some, you know,<00:36:34.640> evaluation<00:36:35.240> components<00:36:35.720>
• that<00:36:35.800> are know, evaluation components that are know, evaluation components

Bills: HB20, HB276, HB644, HB812, HB816, HB916, HB1131, HB1247, HB1518, HB1525, HB1537, HB1541, HB1546, HB1553, HB1562, HB1565, HB1566, HB1576, HB1577, HB1591, HB1605, HB1612, HB1613, HB1614, HB1618, HB1620, HB1650, HB1656, HB1658, HB1661, HB1664, HB1668, HB1676, HB1707, HB1711, HB1713, HB1715, HB1718, HB1727, HB1749, HB1756, HB1774, HB1776, HB1801, HB1802, HB1805, HB1813, HB1815, HB1831, HB1838, HB1853, HB1854, HB1859, HB1863, HB1871, HB1872, HB1918, HB1920, HB1952, HB1965, HB1966, HB1967, HB1969, HB1972, HB1973, HB1974, HB1975, HB1980, HB1985, HB2005, HB2023, HB2031, HB2033, HB2062, HB2113, HB2114, HB2116, HB2138, HB2139, HB2156, HB2158, HB2159, HB2171, HB2208, HB2268, HB2270, HB2272, HB2273, HB2276, HB2289, HB2310, HB2315, HB2335, HB2338, HB2339, HB2340, HB2343, HB2361, HB2384, HB2387, SB2338, SB2431, SB2438, SB2593, SB2907, SB2671, SB2321, SB3084, SB2401, SB3033, SB2972, SB3032, SB2806, SB3014, SB2108, SB2981, SB2973, SB2423, SB2078, SB2322, SB2397, SB2896, SB2088, SB2347, SB2408, SB2970, SB2851, SB2713, SB2697, SB2312, SB2192, SB2363, SB2530, SB3028, SB2024, SB3007, SB2599, SB2596, SB2662, SB2930, SB3334, SB2378, SB3019, SB3231, SB2240, SB2372, SB2175, SB2046, SB2298, SB2922, SB2835, SB3263, SB2174, SB2128, SB2006, SB2489, SB3134, SB2982, SB2425, SB2849, SB2797, SB2795, SB2575, SB2521, SB2765, SB2386, SB2852, SB2022, SB2117, SB2277, SB2387, SB2688, SB2885, SB3132, SB3219, SB2169, SB2591, SB2090, SB2983, SB888, SB3249, SB2611, SB2429, SB2463, SB3154, SB3131, SB3152, SB3315, SB2448, SB2054, SB2140, SB2520, SB2377, SB2986, SB2010, SB2189, SB2026, SB3010, SB2818, SB2002

Keywords: lava insurance, homeowners, insurance market, subsidy, Hawaii, condominiums, annual report, filing fee, real estate, developer, residency, property regime, PFAS, single-use plastics, environmental health, food ware, pollution reduction, local produce, agriculture, Hawaii Revised Statutes

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• This report looks back at a couple years of our program evaluations and special reviews, so just certain
• But some of the recommendations, especially in the program evaluation space, are bigger—things like develop
• financial audit division, which then follows Yellow Book and Green Book audit standards, or our program evaluation
• <00:09:34.120> or<00:09:34.279> our<00:09:34.480> program<00:09:34.800> evaluation
• standards or our program evaluation standards or our program evaluation division<00:09:35.839>

Bills: HF3

Keywords: legislative auditor, reporting, accountability, state finance, executive agency oversight, 1183, house

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• efforts on stopping damage caused by surface flows, our ability to... assess, characterize, and evaluate
• In that process of evaluating that okay.
• It's a kind of evaluation system through which you can judge if the people who testified believe that
• Current evaluations indicate that existing funding mechanisms will fall short to effective conservation
• FTEs to administer the program, to include a veterinarian to evaluate and oversee the program.

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all