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• federal service.
• federal service.
• have credited to my years of service have credited to my years of service that<00:08:23.800>
• Current law right now defines that state active service meaning non-federal service, including service
• active service meaning non-federal service<00:29:16.240> including<00:29:16.760> service

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• grants to schools, nonprofits, and private entities to help supplement intern pay and offer support services
• To have more time than more students so that we get quality.
• For this, he received the Distinguished Service Medal with oak leaf clusters.
• For this, he received the Distinguished Service Medal with oak leaf clusters, Silver Star, Legion of
• A more consistent level of quality in both current and future public projects.

Keywords: 996, all

Summary: The House Labor, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee met with a quorum and first addressed a point of order over whether HB 270 could be heard after being taken up earlier in the Transportation Committee. The chair ruled the bill could proceed because it was assigned to this committee and had been properly noticed. The committee then heard HB 280, which would create a three-year pilot program to support paid student internships through grants administered by the Department of Workforce Solutions. Supporters said the bill would help fund internships, mentoring, and transportation, and could improve workforce development, graduation outcomes, and pathways into apprenticeships or higher education. Members asked about administrative costs, student selection, rural and tribal access, payment mechanisms, and whether public entities, land grants, and dual credit could be included. The bill sponsor and witnesses said the program would likely serve about 100 students, use a sliding-scale matching model, and allow local flexibility in program design. The committee voted due pass on HB 280. The committee then heard House Memorial 46, honoring the Hurley family and especially Major General Patrick Hurley and his son Wilson Hurley for military service and artistic contributions in New Mexico. The memorial was presented as a tribute to a family of heroes, and members expressed support. The committee voted due pass on the memorial. Finally, the committee heard HB 270, which would amend the Public Works Apprentice and Training Act to require contributions to apprenticeship and training programs on most public works projects, including road and utility work, while exempting trades without approved programs. Sponsors said the bill would close loopholes, broaden participation, and strengthen the workforce pipeline. Opposition came from asphalt, contractor, and utility groups, which argued the bill would raise costs, duplicate existing training programs, and create access problems for nonunion and geographically distant contractors. Supporters from mechanical contractors, building trades, and labor groups said the bill would improve workforce development and keep training dollars in New Mexico. After debate over the earlier Transportation Committee action and the bill’s cost impacts, the committee voted due pass on HB 270 by a 5-3 roll call.

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• And Madam Chair, Representative, if you go online, there are actual pest removal services for possums
• And Madam Chair and Representative Lord, are you saying that there's a pest removal service to remove
• When it comes to this, does it encourage building affordable but quality construction?
• But it's trying to figure out what the quality of the water is in real time. Okay.
• So I'm just wondering, what parameters are we searching for quality-wise?

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• The bill also addresses program quality by establishing a work group to evaluate funding rates and support
• If we had more funding, BACR would be able to provide programs to more students and expand services by
• In particular, secondly, program quality depends on funding that reflects real costs.
• is no financial incentive for school districts to over-identify, as the extra cost of providing services
• Whether the issue is education, veteran services, workforce development, financial oversight, or public

Keywords: 988, house, all

Summary: The Assembly Education Committee heard a full agenda of bills focused on school health, funding, expanded learning, special education, bilingual teacher pipelines, regional representation, and student mental health. AB 2651, by Assembly Member Bonta, would require schools to notify parents when school vaccination rates fall below herd immunity thresholds; supporters said it would give families timely, school-specific information, while opponents raised privacy, stigma, and administrative burden concerns. The bill passed the committee on a 7-1 vote after amendments. AB 2509 would add a five-year rolling average option for calculating funded average daily attendance; the author said it would stabilize school funding amid attendance declines, and the bill passed 7-2. AB 2430 would expand after-school and expanded learning access, especially for high school students, and passed 9-0 after testimony about youth mentorship and program gaps. AB 2526 would expand the low-incidence special education funding category to include students eligible for the California alternate assessment; supporters said it would better align funding with student need, and it passed 9-0. The committee also approved AB 2325, a bilingual teacher pipeline bill creating competitive grants for local partnerships among school districts, community colleges, and universities to recruit and train bilingual teachers. Supporters emphasized the shortage of bilingual educators and the value of multilingual instruction; the bill passed 9-0 after a vote change. AB 2460, presented by Assembly Member Pellerin for Assembly Member Celeste Rodriguez, would update school referral protocols to address student mental health needs related to immigration enforcement and family deportation trauma; the bill passed 9-0. The consent calendar, including AB 2324 and AB 2429, also passed unanimously. AB 2404, which would have required at least one Central Valley representative on several governor-appointed bodies including the State Board of Education, drew the most debate. Supporters argued the Central Valley is underrepresented on statewide boards and deserves a voice; opponents said the bill could create geographic quota problems and that board appointments should balance expertise and statewide representation. The committee did not advance the bill, and it failed on a 2-5 vote. Several bills were pulled or not heard, including AB 1644, AB 2362, and AB 2197.

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• In 2023, the board issued a report on service and assistance animals to reduce confusion to the public
• And it's causing the taxpayers of Yavapai County to have to pay for more and more outside services as
• That is how we strengthen and that's how we maintain our quality of life.
• Chair, ma'am, compared to how easy it was to get the pills versus how easy it was for services to get
• When you're talking about public safety, you're talking about quality of life for the people that live

Bills: HB2043, HB2044, HB2108, HB2131, HB2132

Keywords: felony murder, unborn child, homicide, Arizona Revised Statutes, life imprisonment, death penalty, abandonment, concealment, dead body, class 5 felony, criminal offense, unlawful flight, eluding police, fleeing law enforcement, police pursuit, vehicle pursuit, reckless endangerment, felony enhancement, class 4 felony, class 2 felony

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• <01:59:25.920> services changing the covered service services changing the covered service
• or we provide services now, now services or we provide services now, now we<02:23:12.880> don't
• services.
• service, services, level of services. service, services, level of services.
• Functional support services are community-based services.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• enrollment programs by allowing them to partner with other community colleges outside of the local service
• So the legislation is broad in terms of the types of supports and services that can be offered to the
• All of those services need to be considered, and the school needs to carefully plan for those children
• We provide services to 47 LEAs, 30 other charter schools, and other entities, so we already have this
• We provide services to 47 LEAs, 30 other I don't know.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• Whereas a healthy and well workforce is critically necessary to ensure access to high-quality care and
• This growth will lead to an increased demand for health services.
• This growth will lead to an increased demand for health services, and whereas the CDC reported that 44.2%
• I'm appointing Senator Kuby to the Committee on Health and Human Services to temporarily replace Senator
• Article 1 of the Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding Section 36-420.06, relating to health care services

Keywords: 1182, all

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• Once conditions allow, calls for service are prioritized.
• Palm Beach County alone answered over 1.2 million calls for service last year.
• bills that we have this session because of the importance it is for your well-being and for your quality
• bills that we have this session because of the importance it is for your well-being and for your quality
• If enrolled after July 1, 2011, a retiree must have completed at least eight years of service in the

Bills: S0774, S7028, S7024, S7026

Keywords: mental health, first responders, employment benefits, 911 telecommunicators, nervous injuries, retirement, elected officials, Deferred Retirement Option Program, DROP, cost-of-living adjustment, trade secret, public records exemption, public meetings exemption, open government, sunset review, agency confidentiality, proprietary business information, proprietary confidential business information, confidential records, Florida public records law

Summary: The Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability met and first heard Senate Bill 774, which would extend workers’ compensation medical benefits for employment-related mental or nervous injuries to 911 public safety telecommunicators, even without a physical injury. The sponsor and several dispatchers, a clinician, and communications directors testified in support, describing repeated exposure to traumatic calls, chronic understaffing, and the need for mental health treatment and retention support. Senator DiCeglie and Chair Mayfield praised dispatchers’ work, and the bill was reported favorably by committee vote, with Senator McClain later recorded as voting yes on the bill. The committee then took up SPB 7028, a retirement bill that sets Florida Retirement System employer contribution rates beginning July 1, 2026, leaves the 3% employee contribution unchanged, allows certain elected officers to receive a DROP payout under specified conditions, and provides a 1.5% alternative cost-of-living adjustment for eligible special risk retirees. Firefighters, police, sheriffs, and chiefs’ groups spoke in support, emphasizing recruitment and retention. The committee voted to submit the proposal as a committee bill and reported it favorably. Finally, the committee considered SPB 7024 and SPB 7026, both open-government-related bills. SPB 7024 would repeal the current public records and public meeting exemption for cybersecurity information and consolidate agency-specific cybersecurity exemptions into one agency-wide exemption. SPB 7026 would repeal the current public records exemption for trade secrets held by an agency and similarly consolidate specific trade secret exemptions into one agency-wide exemption. Neither bill drew testimony or debate, and both were submitted as committee bills and reported favorably. The meeting then adjourned.

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• fails to meet the housing quality fails to meet the housing quality standards<04:15:42.560> prbly
• minimum quality minimum quality standards<04:23:19.760> these<04:23:19.920> are<04
• standards, do not improve the quality?

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• public for these services. Thank you. public for these services. Thank you.
• , EIDBI, or autism services.
• service contract.
• service contract.
• service contract.

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• services services my<00:55:57.160> name<00:55:57.359> is<00:55:57.520> Jerry<00
• <00:56:17.440> Hospital like Physician Services Hospital like Physician Services Hospital
• is how how how do ambulance service is how how how do ambulance service providers<01:05:13.720><
• So it differs from ambulance service to ambulance service.
• of service measure.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee took up HB 297 with a non-germane amendment proposed by the Insurance Department to create the Granite State Home Mitigation and Resiliency Program. Commissioner DJ Beton explained that the program is intended to help homeowners reduce rising insurance premiums and avoid surplus lines coverage by funding proactive home and property improvements such as roof fortification, exterior and foundation work, flood protection, and tree removal. He said the proposal was developed after leadership asked for more statutory detail and for the idea to be vetted through policy committees rather than handled only in the budget process. Beton said the program would be funded by the first $1 million collected annually from the insurance premium tax, with grants of up to $10,000 awarded on a first-come, first-served basis. He described the program as modeled on similar efforts in other states, with means testing tied to the Department of Energy’s weatherization/home heating assistance criteria. He also said the department would administer the program using one existing staff position, with coordination through Treasury, and that unspent funds would roll over for several years before reverting to the general fund. Members asked about the unusual use of a non-germane amendment and how the bill would be handled procedurally, since the underlying bill and the new insurance proposal were unrelated. The chair explained that the amendment was being used as a vehicle to move the department’s proposal through the committee process and that the committee could later accept one part, both parts, or neither. No vote was taken in the portion of the meeting shown; the discussion ended with questions about administration, staffing, and the relationship between the underlying bill and the amendment.

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• We we recognize the those services.
• If a venue—what prevents a venue from saying, and you use quality; I was using quality in terms of access—what
• I was using and and you use quality I was using quality<00:58:37.040> in<00:58:37.200> terms
• <00:58:38.079> What quality in terms of access. What quality in terms of access.
• That to then charging premium service?

Bills: HF1392, HF2233, HF695, HF2228, HF1289

Keywords: consumer protection, restitution, attorney general, consumer enforcement, unclaimed funds, victim compensation, settlement funds, special revenue fund, general fund, restitution account, consumer fraud, state treasury, eligible consumers, distribution of funds, tax subtraction, income tax, refund, unpaid compensation, Minnesota Department of Revenue, consumer redress

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• You submit a dossier of all of your peer-review research, your teaching portfolio, your service to the
• <00:31:55.320> and<00:31:55.559> research service and research service and research okay
• <01:09:47.279> how terms of how you deliver Services how terms of how you deliver Services
• The quality of any product is intricately tied to the quality of its production process.
• The quality of any product is intricately tied to the quality of its production process.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Senate Education Committee met with a quorum and first considered two concurrent resolutions. SCR 76, sponsored by Sen. Amanda Bledsoe, would create a Kentucky School for the Deaf Governance Task Force to examine the school’s future governance and its relationship with the Kentucky Department of Education. Bledsoe described the school’s long history and said the task force would give the small deaf-school community more voice. The committee adopted the resolution unanimously with favorable expression. The committee then took up SCR 131, sponsored by Sen. Max Wise, to continue the Efficient and Effective Districts Task Force from 2024. Wise said the prior task force met about 10 times and focused on student achievement and district policy, and the new version would continue that work as a legislature-only task force. The resolution passed unanimously with favorable expression. Members next considered HB 240 on primary school promotion. Rep. Truitt explained that the bill would require students who are not ready in kindergarten to repeat kindergarten, while a committee substitute softened the approach by allowing a school to hold a child back in kindergarten but requiring action in first grade. He said the bill aligns with existing reading-screening efforts and is intended to strengthen early literacy foundations. The committee adopted the substitute and passed the bill unanimously with favorable expression; Sen. Williams briefly explained his support as favoring performance-based advancement. The committee also approved HB 298, which would change the identification of schools for comprehensive support and improvement from every three years to annually, require KDE recommendations during management audits, add professional development in reading and math, and require effective instructional resources. The committee substitute also allowed districts with multiple CSI schools to contract for a turnaround vendor. The bill additionally carried employee-misconduct provisions from prior sessions, including disclosure requirements for applicants; the only change discussed was removing the word “investigation” from one disclosure section. HB 298 passed unanimously with favorable expression, and the committee also adopted a title amendment. Finally, the committee heard HB 424 on employment at public postsecondary institutions. Rep. Tipton said the bill would require performance and productivity reviews for faculty at least every four years, clarify appointment and removal authority for presidents at certain institutions, and expand “cause” for dismissal to include failure to meet performance and productivity requirements. Dr. Ray Horton, speaking for faculty groups, proposed a small substitute that would tie any performance measures to existing employment contracts to preserve academic integrity and avoid unintended changes to tenure processes. Members discussed how tenure works at Kentucky universities, and the committee was still in the middle of considering the proposed substitute when the transcript ended.

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• When people were attacking a Jewish man who went into a business in Oakland and was denied service and
• Following his service in the U.S. Navy in 2008, Jeff joined the U.S.
• Gomez, a fellow public servant who shared his passion for community service.
• He not only embraced Kathy's love of public service, but also her family.
• He cherished spending quality time for his family and friends.

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• Tiffany Wright, director for the Division of Children and Family Services.
• This is only for the Division of Children and Family Services.
• place, that kind of thing, and do we offer the right service, was it the right service, and how do we
• by customer service experience?
• across the state and similar, top-quality services across the state, promoting innovation and supporting

Keywords: 1204, all

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• Madam Chair and members, House Bill 2620, appropriation, homeless veteran shelter service, and unanimous
• receives the money on or before December 31, 2027, must submit a report to DHS with statistics on services
• Madam Chair, members, by way of background, Access has an internal committee called the Tech and Services
• to determine whether or not Access can cover these services and technologies within state and federal
• The $50,000 would go directly to the Department of Environmental Quality.

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The meeting was a caucus review of a large slate of House and Senate bills, with staff giving short descriptions and members flagging a few concerns. Topics included veterans’ services and courts, child care grants, midwife medication authority, home- and community-based services funding, EMS reciprocity, prescription monitoring, electronic monitoring in care facilities, pregnancy resource center funding, mental health transportation, Access coverage for mild obstructive sleep apnea, school spending requirements, mobile home park training, local government investment pools, task order contract posting, tourism improvement areas, child welfare and kinship placement, neglect standards, family court evidence, prostate cancer cost sharing, assisted living hearings, manufactured home installer licensing, supervised parenting time, vulnerable adult trespass penalties, uranium contamination monitoring, a gas and petroleum refinery study committee, and state park fee exemptions for veterans. Several bills were described as unanimous or on consent, while others drew objections or were noted as controversial. Members raised privacy concerns about electronic monitoring in nursing homes, due process and rural capacity concerns about restricting police transport for mental health patients, opposition to pregnancy resource center appropriations, concerns about environmental review for power plant replacement, and questions about the Access sleep apnea mandate as potentially favoring vendors. Some bills were noted as having committee amendments, including changes to appropriations, eligibility criteria, reporting requirements, and definitions. No floor votes were taken in the transcript itself; instead, the chair repeatedly noted whether bills were unanimous, on consent, or had split votes in committee. The caucus also heard brief announcements about an upcoming breakfast with the CAP director, a Latino Caucus meeting, and an Affordability Award presented to Representative Volk, after which the caucus adjourned.

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• family planning services.
• We also provide telehealth services to people throughout our large rural region.
• Support for reproductive services is essential.
• You don't get to stop services right away. These are important services that are happening.
• These changes and cuts at the federal level won't slow our services; they will eliminate our services

Summary: The subcommittee held an oversight hearing on federal actions affecting California’s public health and family planning systems, focusing first on the freeze to Title X family planning funds and then on broader CDC/public health grant terminations. Chair and members described the cuts as abrupt, harmful, and likely to create major gaps in disease surveillance, vaccination, contraception, STI testing, and other preventive services, while also criticizing the federal administration’s explanation that the actions were tied to DEI or civil-rights compliance. The chair thanked Attorney General Bonta for legal action and said the hearing was intended to document the real-world impacts and inform state budget responses. Witnesses from Essential Access Health, Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California, a Central Coast clinic, and other providers said California’s Title X network serves more than half a million low-income patients annually and relies on the funds for staffing, outreach, training, mobile and school-based clinics, and confidential care. They warned that the freeze has already forced reserve spending, delayed services, and could lead to layoffs, reduced hours, longer waits, and fewer appointments, especially for sexual and reproductive health care. Public comment included support for a proposed state backfill of Title X losses, with advocates emphasizing impacts on low-income, LGBTQ+, and communities of color. On the public health side, CDPH, county health officials, and local health officers testified that the CDC’s rescission of $11.4 billion in grants would affect California by an estimated $840 million and threaten lab capacity, immunization programs, health disparities work, and data systems such as CalConnect and vaccine registries. Sacramento County and others described how the grants supported outbreak response, sequencing, community vaccination clinics, and equity-focused partnerships, and said terminations had already led to canceled appointments, stopped contracts, and layoffs. Several speakers urged the Legislature to preserve and expand state “future of public health” funding and to backfill federal losses, while public commenters from HIV, immunization, labor, and county organizations echoed concerns about workforce losses and worsening health outcomes.

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• There's no registration service for that.
• Currently, we have about 720 megawatts of projects that are actually in service, providing service to
• We're moving to a watch, advisory, warning similar to the weather service about PSPS and all of our service
• , Fish and Wildlife Service, Forest Service, Office of the National Resource Trustee, etc.
• It is administered by the National Park Service.

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• Senate Resolution 87, resolution adjourning the Senate in honor of the service of Anthony S.
• Senate Resolution 87, resolution adjourning the Senate in honor of the service of Anthony S.
• Senate Resolution 87, resolution adjourning the Senate in honor of the service of Anthony S.
• is that the same leadership qualities is that the same leadership qualities that<00:23:34.159>
• Postal Service on July 25th,<00:43:34.960> 2025.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Senate convened with prayer, the pledge, roll call, and approval of the prior journal. The chamber received House messages listing several House bills passed by the House and introduced new Senate measures, including SB 172 on utility fuel adjustment, SB 173 on Medicaid state plan oversight, and several resolutions. The Senate then took up SB 2, which would limit school administrator pay raises so they do not exceed the average percentage raise given to classroom teachers in the same district. Supporters said the bill promotes fairness, transparency, teacher retention, and classroom priorities; it passed 38-0. The Senate next considered SB 4 on school leadership. The bill creates a five-year principal leadership development pathway, including KDE-led training for new principals, a mentorship program, a gap year with continuing education options, expanded use of an existing Truist/Kentucky Chamber Foundation leadership program, and a final year of approved high-level leadership training providers. A committee substitute changed the Chamber reference to the Kentucky Chamber Foundation. Senators speaking in favor emphasized the need for intentional leadership development and noted the bill builds on existing successful training partnerships. One senator suggested clarifying the term "new principal" to "first-time principal" to avoid redundancy. The bill passed 38-0 as amended. The Senate also passed SB 71, as amended by committee substitute, which requires ongoing financial training for local school board members. The substitute clarified the training-hour language after consultation with the Kentucky School Boards Association. The sponsor said the measure supports board members with updated school finance knowledge so they can better serve with superintendents and ask informed questions. After passage, the chamber adopted a title amendment for SB 71. The Senate then recessed for committee meetings, received a committee report assigning bills and resolutions to standing committees or the floor, and heard several announcements and co-sponsorship requests.