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• This has been a part of our legislative platform for.

Bills: HB2814, HB4477, HB5084, HB5108, HB5127, HB5383, HB5611, HB5663, HB5664, SB1563, HB2668, HB3841, HB4114

Keywords: juvenile justice, release documents, children, identification, Texas Juvenile Justice Department, civil service, staffing requirements, local government, positions exemption, Texas legislation, fireworks, Lunar New Year, retail permits, public safety, Texas law, holiday sales, HB 5108, deaths in custody, custodial death, jail death

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• Um, Members, this bill goes directly against the Republican Party of Texas platform plank number 66,

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• future would begin with the world's first fixed-wing intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance platform

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• We've got 11 campuses across the state of Texas, and we actually consider the online platform as the

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• The video series will live on in digital platforms, again reaching a vast audience, and the in-person

Bills: HF2411, HF2471, HF1440, HF1393, HF1631, HF1259, HF280, HF1281, HF1459

Keywords: cultural heritage, funding, White Earth Nation, tribal community, construction, Delano, sesquicentennial, community events, fall of Saigon, Saigon anniversary, Vietnam War commemoration, Vietnamese Minnesotans, Cambodian Minnesotans, Lao Minnesotans, Southeast Asian refugees, Asian American heritage, cultural heritage fund, Minnesota Humanities Center, Council on Asian Pacific Minnesotans, equity funding

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• MACO has a legislative platform and priorities listing for every session, and ours is built on guiding

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• options to customers throughout the state through the department's website, there's the texas.gov platform

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• Mary, do you think there's a bigger platform and a bigger job for her? Well, sure seems like it.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• clinical setting for other arenas in the dental field, such as education or sales, as they have a platform

Summary: The Health Professions and Programs Subcommittee heard and advanced three bills. HB 21 would create a new licensed profession of dental therapy under the Department of Health and Board of Dentistry, allowing trained dental therapists to provide a limited scope of care under a supervising Florida-licensed dentist through a collaborative management agreement. Sponsor Rep. Cheney argued the bill would help address severe dental shortages and improve access in underserved areas; opponents from the Florida Dental Association and oral surgery groups warned that the bill would allow irreversible procedures by less-educated providers and could compromise patient safety. Supporters, including dentists, hygienists, and community health center leaders, said dental therapists would expand access and free dentists to handle more complex care. An amendment was adopted to require proof of local anesthesia training, adverse-incident reporting, and updated background screening language. The bill was reported favorably as amended by a 14-1 vote. The committee then considered HB 27, which creates the Social Work Licensure Interstate Compact to allow licensed social workers to practice across member states, including through telehealth, and to help military families and address workforce shortages. Supporters from the National Association of Social Workers and other advocates said the compact would improve mobility, reduce administrative burdens, and expand access to mental health services, especially in underserved and rural areas. A technical amendment restoring model language and setting an effective date of July 1, 2025 was adopted, and the bill was reported favorably as amended on a 15-0 vote. Finally, the committee heard HB 29, the public-records companion to the social work compact, which creates exemptions needed for compact compliance and allows the compact commission or its committees to meet in closed session when discussing information exempt under law. After a technical amendment authorizing closed meetings for exempt matters was adopted, the bill was reported favorably as amended on a 15-0 vote. The meeting then adjourned.

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• These platforms offer access to mental health resources, trained peer support and a network of 160 culturally

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• that gives us the next generation of inventors and gives us the inventions that have led to the internet
• that gives us the next generation of inventors and gives us the inventions that have led to the internet

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, February 26, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• It's capable of connecting to the internet, capable of sending and receiving messages, and therefore
• 00:01.559><c> the</c> off it's capable of connecting to the off it's capable of connecting to the internet
• 02.119><c> capable</c><01:00:02.400><c> of</c><01:00:02.520><c> sending</c><01:00:02.799><c> and</c> internet
• capable of sending and internet capable of sending and receiving<01:00:03.359><c> messages</c><01:00

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Transportation Committee held a public hearing on HB 249, which would allow bicycles, and in the bill’s language human-powered vehicles and e-bikes, to treat stop signs as yield signs and red lights as stop signs when safe. The bill sponsor, Rep. Seth Miller, said the measure is intended to improve cyclist safety and traffic flow at no cost to the state, citing Idaho and Delaware as examples where similar laws were associated with fewer crashes or injuries. He emphasized that the bill would remain optional, would not let cyclists ignore cross traffic, and would help riders avoid the unstable “wobble” that comes from repeatedly stopping and starting, especially on cargo bikes or other heavier bicycles. Committee members raised concerns about predictability, liability, and whether the proposal creates a special class of vehicle. Rep. Crawford asked why the bill also addresses left turns on red for one-way streets; Miller said that provision is meant to address situations where bicycles do not trigger signal equipment and could otherwise be stranded at a light. Rep. Gannon questioned the lack of explicit liability language, and Miller said he did not know of a separate provision but would be open to an amendment if the committee wanted clearer language. Rep. Hill and Rep. Emble expressed concern that other drivers would not know what cyclists intend to do and that the bill could create special rules; Miller responded that cyclists would still be required to yield and that the law would not change right-of-way rules. Several witnesses testified in support. Michael Frank, a Spofford cyclist and League cycling instructor, said the bill would help him safely commute and carry heavy groceries by reducing the effort and exposure involved in restarting after a full stop. Tim Blagden, former head of the Bike Walk Alliance of New Hampshire, said the bill reflects how many people already ride, saves energy and time, and would still require cyclists to stop at red lights unless the intersection is clear. He also noted that traffic signals often do not detect bicycles. No vote was taken during the hearing.

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• It provides better access to remote learning opportunities through the internet, hotspots, etc.
• learning opport opportunities through learning opport opportunities through the<05:02:01.160><c> internet
• </c><05:02:02.160><c> internet</c><05:02:02.680><c> hotspots</c> the internet internet hotspots the internet
• internet hotspots Etc<05:02:05.400><c> it</c><05:02:05.600><c> provides</c><05:02:06.000><c> better<
• And some of those same people who don't have a landline phone also don't have a computer and internet

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Bills: HB2246, HB2119, HB1929, HB1953, HB1572, HB2549, HB2594, HB2551, HB2595, HB2548, HB2459, HB1931, HB1604, HB1616, HB1736, HB2233, HB2241, HB1891, HB1803, HB2567, HB2534, HB2399, HB2172, HB1595, HB1811, HB2168, HB1780, HB1781, HB1785, HB2122, HB2012, HB2398, HB1779, HB2296, HB1894, HB1925, HB2019, HB1896, HB2294, HB2298, HB2300, HB2344, HB2345, HB2391, HB2037, HB2201, HB1941, HB1635, HB1943, HB2325, HB1926, HB2490, HB1710, HB2545, HB1976, HB2173, HB1804, HB1563, HB2015, HB1619, HB2475, HB1889, HB2367, HB2187, HB1765, HB1452, HB2231, HB1700, HB1705, HB1626, HB1897, HB1642, HB1523, HB2593, HB815, HB1655, HB1596, HB1732, HB1842, HB2476, HB2478, HB2022, HB1588, HB2575, HB1163, HB2153, HB772, HB1519, HB2050, HB2309, HB2147, HB2329, HB2274, HB2280, HB2547, HB2275, HB2452, HB2306, HB2148, HB2088, HB1764, HB2438, HB2117, HB1860, HB2604, HB2118, HB2017, HB2155, HB1832, HB2216, HB1601, HB1934, HB2297, HB2397, HB1893, HB2533, HB1890, HB2454, HB2004, HB2427, HB2207, HB1810, HB1840, HB1644, HB1645, HB1946, HB1648, HB2324, HB2323, HB1509, HB1514, HB1515, HB2164, HB2165, HB2283, HB1691, HB2386, HB2423, HB2121, HB1984, HB1593, HB1671, HB2619, HB1481, HB2314, HB2319, HB1643, HB2558, HB1864, HB1898, HB2214, HB2167, HB2488, HB2009, HB2007, HB322, HB1964, HB2218, HB2616, HB1535, HB1574, HB1977, HB2054, HB2046, HB146, HB2094, HB2181, HB2250, HB2515, HB2444, HB2385, HB1740, HB1724, HB1733, HB1799, HB1725, HB2049, HB2161, HB1970, HB2519, HB1790, HB2416, HB1873, HB2001, HB2151, HB1603, HB1880, HB1753, HB2198, HB1511, HB1991, HB2546, HB1615, HB1939, HB2140, HB2429, HB1870, HB1850, HB1782, HB2137

Keywords: agriculture, federal grants, Hawaii, grant administration, revolving fund, department of agriculture and biosecurity, grant compliance, financial support, coffee, pest control, subsidy program, coffee berry borer, coffee leaf rust, economy, biosecurity, invasive species, Molokai, advisory board, quarantine, environmental protection

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• And I'm sure you know the way the internet works, you'll start to see more stories pop up about this
• I'm sure you know the way the internet I'm sure you know the way the internet works,<01:11:56.000><c>

Bills: HF4588, HF3685, HF4577, HF4932

Keywords: veterans, veterans affairs, mental health, behavioral health, rural health, rural areas, access to care, task force, Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs, general fund appropriation, veteran suicide prevention, PTSD, service members, military families, telehealth, rural psychiatry, high school diploma, armed forces, education policy, military service

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• They're going from what's considered time division multiplexing in the current system to internet protocol
• Thompson. internet protocol and that directly internet protocol and that directly affects<01:33:53.440

Bills: SF0028, SF0030, SF0031, SF0032

Keywords: voting, elections, electronic voting systems, transparency, public testing, voter registration, qualified elector, residency requirements, voting rights, mortgage modification, priority, electronic signatures, real property, financial covenants, 911 services, emergency response, grant funding, next generation technology, government accountability, public safety

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• unusual for us to have no employees whatsoever, no facilities whatsoever, and not even any actual internet
• unusual for us to have no employees whatsoever, no facilities whatsoever, and not even any actual internet
• unusual for us to have no employees whatsoever, no facilities whatsoever, and not even any actual internet

Keywords: 1183, house

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• So, running for a party that follows the party's platform, as you legislators know, there are a lot of
• people that run for Republican party and then do not follow the platform.
• 55:19.440><c> follows</c><01:55:19.840><c> the</c><01:55:20.080><c> party's</c><01:55:20.560><c> platform
• ,</c><01:55:22.000><c> as</c> that follows the party's platform, as that follows the party's platform
• I I believe the Supreme the platform.

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• We know that Russia has used crypto exchanges and alternative payment platforms to try to bypass the
• That includes the use of anonymous digital platforms to launder money, to fund terrorism, to bypass the
• That includes the use of anonymous digital platforms to launder money, to fund terrorism, to bypass the
• to launder money, to digital platforms to launder money, to fund<05:51:18.558><c> terrorism,</c><05:
• They now exploit financial platforms, adopting increasingly sophisticated approaches to fund acts of

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

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• <02:16:09.760><c> to</c><02:16:10.000><c> remove</c><02:16:10.679><c> non-consensual</c> platforms to
• remove non-consensual platforms to remove non-consensual intimate<02:16:12.239><c> visual</c><02:16:
• If they had, they would be blasting it across every social media platform, every network.
• </c><07:44:03.920><c> They</c><07:44:04.160><c> probably</c> platform, every network.
• They probably platform, every network.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, May 5, 2025, 1012, house, all