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• </c> make a difference uh in students lives make a difference uh in students lives and<00:09:22.480><
• </c> for your public service to our state. for your public service to our state.
• The students supported by these critical services live in your neighborhoods and are members of your
• </c><01:30:22.880><c> and</c> services live in your neighborhoods and services live in your neighborhoods
• </c> science in every aspect of their lives. science in every aspect of their lives.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• With your help, Lord, help us to pursue greatness in your service and service in all that we do.
• God of greatness in life, help us to truly live, to live for you, to live for others.
• We are grateful, Lord, for their service.
• And I'm glad, as we talked about, there is a transition plan, a one-year transition plan, but I worry
• healthy lives.

Keywords: 998, house, all

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• </c> Department of Human Services. Department of Human Services.
• Um, the Department of Human Services Aging and Disability Services Policy Bill.
• ><c> and</c> services, community fair services and services, community fair services and supports,<00
• Services.
• There is no safety net for ICF services. There is no safety net for ICF services.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• SB 1196, ADU Utility Service Connections. SB 1196, ADU Utility Service Connections.
• SB 1196, ADU Utility Service Connections. SB 1196, ADU Utility Service Connections.
• SB 1203, Security Services. The motion is due pass.
• SB 1359, Gas Transition Responsibility and Electrification Act.
• SB 1359 gas transition responsibility and electrification act.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• He served on the Office's Special Services Unit and spent around the last two years working on the U.S
• us come down in solidarity to stand in recognition and honor of our first responders who give their lives
• Rodriguez dedicated his life to service, and he was very involved with our local community.
• Rodriguez dedicated his life to service and he was very involved with our local bus transit in San Antonio
• via the Metropolitan Transit Authority.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• To provide those services.
• So I live in Los Angeles.
• Always loud in transition time here. Okay.
• into violence that will define the rest of their lives.
• rest of their lives.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• Our new administrative code updates will go live April 1.
• So now we'll transition to the governance and finance study that evaluates..."
• Two: keep the current governance model for construction but transition planning.
• Transition about 12 years ago now.
• We don't have service up there.

Summary: The Water Topics Overview Committee met with a quorum and received updates from the Department of Water Resources and the State Water Commission, followed by presentations from Deloitte on two legislative studies required by House Bill 1020. Director Reese Haas reviewed major project and budget updates, including the Northwest Area Water Supply and Southwest Pipeline projects, Resources Trust Fund balances, carryover spending, project prioritization, bid conditions, regional water system coverage, and department process improvements. Members also discussed how the commission prioritizes projects, maintenance expectations, and the impact of limited municipal water supply funding. No formal committee action was taken during the DWR update; the commission’s municipal funding decisions were described as pending its April 8 meeting. Deloitte then presented the cost-share policy study, which found that under current policy and forecasted revenues, North Dakota faces an estimated $1.3 billion shortfall over 14 years, with a near-term gap of about $1.8 billion through 2031. The firm outlined seven recommended options, including tighter definitions and a 25% cost share for eligible replacement projects, caps and financing strategies for the Mouse River and Red River Valley projects, aligning cost share with commission priority guidance, delaying lower-priority projects, using available lines of credit, and adjusting reimbursement timing for revolving loan funds. Committee members questioned inflation assumptions, affordability, user fees, and the use of legacy fund earnings for bonding, but no decisions were made. In the governance and finance study, Deloitte said final recommendations are still being refined, with a final report due May 29. The study examined the Southwest Pipeline, NAWS, and Red River Valley systems using governance and finance criteria such as decision authority, transparency, affordability, risk, and access to funding. For Southwest, Deloitte outlined options ranging from improved state-authority coordination to transferring ownership to the Southwest Water Authority; for NAWS, options focused on strengthening the authority’s role and potentially transitioning operations and maintenance; and for Red River, options ranged from enhanced facilitation to formal state oversight or state ownership. Members asked follow-up questions about ownership transfer, capital repayment streams, and why NAWS was not considered for transfer, and Deloitte said NAWS’s limited organizational maturity made that option less viable in the near term.

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• I also have a family member living with serious mental illness.
• So my office takes—I mean, I'm sure all of us do—constituent services.
• Medically tailored meals is one of the services with the highest utilization.
• I was running an aid service agency. It was at the height of the epidemic.
• You said you had transitioned away from the actual real data. What was the transition for?

Summary: The Senate Rules Committee met to consider several governor’s appointees and routine committee actions. Members approved, by unanimous 5-0 votes, three not-required-to-appear appointments: Hampus Eitsiter to the Boating and Waterways Commission, Peter Stern to the California Horse Racing Board, and Dean White to the State Mining and Geology Board. The committee also approved references of bills to committees and floor acknowledgements, each by 5-0 vote. The committee then heard testimony on Tyler Sadwith’s appointment as Chief Deputy Director of Healthcare Programs at the Department of Health Care Services. Sadwith emphasized protecting Medi-Cal access for 14 million Californians, navigating federal changes, and continuing CalAIM and behavioral health reforms. Senators focused heavily on hospital financial distress, rural access, Medi-Cal redeterminations, work requirements, provider reimbursement, fraud oversight, dental access, labor and delivery closures, and the effectiveness of CalAIM and community supports. Public commenters from county, hospital, and provider groups largely supported the nomination, citing his experience and collaborative approach. The committee voted 5-0 to send his appointment to the full Senate. The committee also considered Chris Thayer’s appointment as director of the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment. Thayer described OEHHA’s role as providing transparent, science-based health assessments, improving risk communication, and supporting tools such as CalEnviroScreen and Prop 65 guidance. Senators raised concerns about reliance on models versus real-world data, PFAS, environmental justice, wildfire and battery-fire impacts, and whether CalEnviroScreen and Prop 65 are working as intended. Public testimony from environmental and health organizations supported the nomination and highlighted OEHHA’s scientific role. The committee approved Thayer’s appointment 3-1, with one senator not voting, and forwarded it to the Senate floor.

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• It's our passion, and we'll make sure that we're... ...to provide those services.
• transition strengthens the child care system.
• Always loud in transition time here. Okay.
• into violence that will define the rest of their lives.
• It does that, as do every other bill that amends the Emergency Services Act.

Summary: The committee heard SB 1067, which would require annual math screening for kindergarten through second grade students beginning in 2028-29 to identify early numeracy difficulties and connect students to evidence-based supports. Senator Weber and supporters, including EdVoice, UC Davis researcher Charles Wilkes, and several education and community advocates, argued that California’s math performance is too low and that early screening would help close gaps before they widen. Opponents, including the California Mathematics Council, county superintendents, and the CTA, said the bill could narrow instruction, overemphasize deficit-based measures, and should instead be paired with stronger investments in teacher training and implementation of the California Mathematics Framework. Committee members generally expressed support for the bill’s goals while discussing how the screener would work and what kinds of follow-up supports would be needed. The committee also heard SB 1110 on child care subsidy administration, which would restructure funding for alternative payment programs and core contracts as the state moves to enrollment-based funding. Supporters said the bill would stabilize child care providers, improve payment timelines, and better reflect the administrative work of enrolling families and managing services; there was no opposition testimony. SB 1374, supported by the CSU and UC systems, would allow public higher education institutions to seek temporary restraining orders when credible threats are directed at a campus rather than a specific person. Supporters described recent campus threats that created safety concerns but did not fit current restraining-order law; there was no opposition. Senator Nilo presented SB 1321, which would direct the State Auditor to review remedial course use and student preparedness at selected UC and CSU campuses after a UC San Diego report showed a sharp decline in incoming students’ math readiness. Supporters argued the audit would help identify gaps in college readiness and the effects of K-12 changes, while some members raised concerns about bypassing the usual legislative audit process; the bill was held on call. The committee then took up SB 1086 on microschools, which would define microschools and direct model ordinances for local land-use regulation. Supporters said it would create a clearer path for small, individualized learning communities, but several members questioned whether the concept was sufficiently defined and whether the state had enough information to draft model ordinances; the bill was also placed on call after a quorum was established. Finally, SB 1181 was presented as a limited pilot program in Central Valley counties to connect schools with regional threat assessment centers when credible safety concerns arise. The author and supporters, including the mother of a student killed in a shooting and several students, said it would improve early intervention and communication; committee members raised privacy and federal-sharing concerns but indicated support, and the bill was moved forward on a vote once quorum was present.

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• So, therefore, with this, we are prohibiting transition or the puberty blockers and gender transitioning
• services if there...
• To grant inmates a one-time 90-day extension of transition services if the department determines the
• inmate needs additional treatment and the entity contracted to provide transition services provides an
• updated transition plan.

Summary: The meeting covered a very large number of bills across multiple committees, with most items presented on consent calendars and several sponsors explaining their measures. Education bills focused on moving statewide testing later in the school year, allowing paper testing by local choice, increasing transparency around district administrator pay, expanding religious excusal policies, creating a school fitness recognition program, and sending a resolution to voters to require sex-based designation of school sports teams and private spaces. Federalism and Government items included bans on foreign contributions to ballot-measure committees, a proposed ballot measure to eliminate voting centers and return to precinct-based voting, memorials urging withdrawal from the United Nations and the IMF, penalties for late agency financial reporting, restrictions on state contracts with China, and a bill limiting use of ADS-B aviation data for fee collection. Commerce bills addressed digital goods disclosure, child influencer trust accounts, liability for river outfitters, marketplace contractor termination rights, utility submetering charges, unemployment eligibility checks, and association-based health plans. Health and human services measures included lactation consultant certification and Medicaid breastfeeding support, a ban on gender transition procedures for minors, a requirement that chief medical officers hold active licenses, technical ambulance definitions, a SNAP waiver request to restrict non-eligible food purchases, hospital collection of patient immigration status, and enrollment verification for AHCCCS-related hospital presumptive eligibility. Judiciary bills included consent-verification requirements for online sexual material, a civil cause of action for DEI policy violations, hate-crime-style enhancements that also cover political affiliation, name-change disclosure rules for sex offenders, penalties for possession of falsified commercial driver’s licenses by unlawfully present persons, penalties for mailing abortion-inducing drugs, speed-inhibiting devices as an alternative to license suspension, longer transition services for inmates, stronger penalties for sexual extortion of minors, and legislative oversight of state shooting range closures. Natural resources and water bills dealt with brackish groundwater recovery and desalination studies, water augmentation authority financing, HOA drought-year watering restrictions, water-rate parity for customers outside city limits, and groundwater transportation from the McMullen Valley basin. Other topics included a ban on PFAS firefighting foam, restrictions on vaccine and mask mandates by governments and businesses, protections against employment or service discrimination based on medical interventions, elimination of long-vacant state positions, consumer protections against device disabling after owner modifications, and restrictions on Chinese-made critical infrastructure. The committee also heard a Space Commission update bill and a continuation of the Arizona Beef Council. Several bills were pulled from consent or flagged for amendments or legal concerns, including the testing-window bill, student directory information bill, river outfitter liability bill, ambulance bill, and others. No final floor votes were taken in the transcript, but many bills were advanced on third-read or consent calendars, while a few were set aside for amendments or further discussion.

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• That was something that very much inspired him and his service.
• Thank you for your service to the Michigan Senate.
• The bill is referred to the Committee on Housing and Human Services.
• The bill is referred to the Committee on Housing and Human Services.
• The bill is referred to the Committee on Housing and Human Services.

Keywords: 983, senate, all

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• Looking at those customer service stats, those are phenomenal.
• Those customer service stats are phenomenal.
• Having worked in customer service in a few different lives, I know how hard it is to keep people satisfied
• You guys provide an essential service to people. So thank you.
• There were a few outdated sections that included transition period dates or transition periods to come

Keywords: 989, all

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• We use our nearly 400 partners across the state to deliver services directly.
• I know Health and Human Services would like it as well.
• I believe LFC was mentioned, Health and Human Services was mentioned.
• If public services support it, it would allow for this type of development.
• Questions related to the services are not there, same thing with through services.

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• service would have to be paid for.
• </c> appropriates money for The Debt Service appropriates money for The Debt Service the<00:18:53.440
• 00:20:58.280><c> that</c><00:20:58.400><c> lives</c><00:20:58.600><c> lives</c><00:20:58.760><c> in</
• c><00:20:58.880><c> a</c><00:20:59.039><c> home</c> built or that lives lives in a home built or that
• </c> Services to Career Services to Services to Career Services to educational<00:26:17.440><c> opportunities

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• improve the lives of Minnesotans.
• </c><00:01:19.159><c> in</c> of Human Services since 2017 serving in of Human Services since 2017 serving
• </c><00:02:35.080><c> that</c> committed to providing services that committed to providing services that
• improve<00:02:35.720><c> the</c><00:02:35.920><c> lives</c><00:02:36.239><c> of</c> improve the lives
• service service Provisions<00:42:39.280><c> the</c><00:42:39.440><c> BCA</c><00:42:40.079><c> as</c>

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Or, "My kids can't afford to live nearby here." Or I work and I can't live here.
• It will require them to spend less time in their cars living their lives, getting to work, doing the
• My wife and I going to live?"
• </c> afford to live in the community I serve. afford to live in the community I serve.
• </c> further live close helps workers live further live close helps workers live closer<00:46:14.880>

Keywords: 1183, house

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• It's the Senate Human Services Committee.
• Examples of services at RHCs include daily living skills, medical and dental services, employment services
• Because if I was living there, I would rather live at a school than a disability center.
• living, which help them reintegrate into society and community living.
• living, which help them reintegrate into society and community living.

Summary: The Senate Human Services Committee heard several House bills. Substitute House Bill 2539 would raise the indigent inmate account threshold from $25 to $100, allowing incarcerated people to retain more money for commissary items like hygiene products, postage, and medications before deductions for legal financial obligations, child support, and other debts. Representative Street said the bill is meant to better cover essentials without stopping debt repayment. Testifiers from Civil Survival, incarcerated people, and family advocates supported the bill, describing current commissary prices, low prison wages, and the burden on families. The committee also heard that the Department of Corrections expects some indeterminate implementation costs and IT expenses. No vote was taken. House Bill 2510 would require the Department of Corrections to supervise anyone sentenced to community custody for stalking, regardless of risk classification. Representative Burnett said the bill is intended to protect victims and give them peace of mind. Staff explained that the bill is narrower than a related measure heard earlier because it applies only to people sentenced to community custody, typically at the superior court level. Victim advocates and survivors testified in strong support, describing stalking cases that escalated to severe threats and violence and arguing that mandatory supervision could prevent future harm. The hearing was closed without action. The committee also heard Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2319 and Substitute House Bill 2350, both concerning residential habilitation centers. HB 2319 would rename Fircrest School and Rainier School to remove the word “school” and better reflect their current role as residential habilitation centers; supporters said the old terminology is outdated and confusing, while the sponsor said the bill is a clarification only and does not change services or funding. HB 2350 would require DSHS to notify residents, guardians, and other designated people when an RHC falls out of compliance with federal CMS requirements, and to post plain-language notices at the facility. Supporters from Disability Rights Washington, The Arc, and self-advocates said the bill would improve transparency and accountability. The committee closed public hearing on both bills, and the meeting adjourned.

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• These mics are connected to the live streams so that the public may watch the proceedings.
• The more successful that transition is, the safer our communities become.
• The overhead costs of incarceration, such as housing, food, medical care, education, religious services
• Delaware and will enable incarcerated individuals to earn wages. ...that can support their successful transition
• People leaving prison already face significant barriers to rebuilding their lives.

Bills: SB309, SB309

Summary: The House Corrections Committee met and considered Senate Bill 309 with Senate Amendment 1, which would end the Department of Corrections’ practice of deducting room-and-board charges from wages earned by incarcerated people. Supporters said the bill would help people in work release and other correctional programs keep more of their earnings for reentry needs, while still allowing deductions for child support, restitution, court costs, fines, and other court-ordered obligations. The sponsor also argued the current collection process costs the state more to administer than it brings in, citing roughly $40,000 in annual revenue versus about $137,000 in administrative costs. A Department of Correction witness clarified that the bill applies to level four work release only, affecting about 300 people, and would not change level five populations or Delaware Correctional Industries programming. He also said the funds are held in a non-interest-bearing account and then sent to the general fund. Public commenters, including a private citizen, the ACLU of Delaware, and the Tide Shift Justice Project, strongly supported the bill and argued that incarceration costs should be borne by the state rather than deducted from already low wages. After discussion, a motion was made to release the bill from committee and a roll-call vote was taken. The vote appeared to have enough support among members present, but because fewer than five members were present, the committee could not fully release the bill and instead would circulate it for additional signatures. The committee then adjourned.

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• I also have a family member living with serious mental illness.
• I also have a family member living with serious mental illness.
• So my office takes—I mean, I'm sure all of us do—constituent services.
• I was running an aid service agency. It was at the height of the epidemic.
• You said you had transitioned away from the actual real data. What was the transition for?

Summary: The committee first handled several routine items, approving three gubernatorial appointees not required to appear: Hampus Eitsiter to the Boating and Waterways Commission, Peter Stern to the California Horse Racing Board, and Dean White to the State Mining and Geology Board. It also approved referral of bills to committees and floor acknowledgements, all by 5-0 votes. The committee then heard Tyler Sadwith’s appointment as Chief Deputy Director of Healthcare Programs at the Department of Health Care Services. Sadwith said his priorities would be protecting Medi-Cal access amid federal changes and continuing CalAIM and behavioral health reforms. Senators questioned him extensively about rural and financially distressed hospitals, Medi-Cal reimbursement, eligibility redeterminations, work requirements, fraud controls, dental access, labor and delivery closures, and CalAIM’s evaluation. He said DHCS is working on expedited payments, hospital monitoring, county technical assistance, targeted audits, and community supports such as medically tailored meals. Public commenters from county, hospital, and care organizations supported his confirmation, and the committee voted 5-0 to send the appointment to the full Senate. The committee also heard from Dr. Chris Thayer, nominated to lead the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment. Thayer described OEHHA’s role as providing transparent, scientifically rigorous health assessments and risk communication to inform other agencies and policymakers. Senators focused on the agency’s use of models versus real-world data, CalEnviroScreen, Prop 65, PFAS, wildfire health impacts, and how OEHHA communicates risk to the public. Thayer said the office relies on a mix of data sources where direct evidence is limited, is updating CalEnviroScreen, and is working to reduce Prop 65 over-warning through guidance and outreach. The discussion did not reach a final vote on his appointment in the portion provided.

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• ><c> services.
• </c> non-emergency transport services. non-emergency transport services.
• </c> still receiving Medicaid services. still receiving Medicaid services.
• of life during transitions.
• of life during transitions.

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