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MN
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- Finally, Section 19 clarifies the conditions under which the commissioner can reduce a charter school
- Finally, Section 19 clarifies the conditions under which the commissioner can reduce a charter school
- Finally, Section 19 clarifies the conditions under which the commissioner can reduce a charter school
- Finally, Section 19 clarifies the conditions under which the commissioner can reduce a charter school
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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development - 03/24/25
Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development
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- The bill correctly points out there are medical conditions affecting cats that could necessitate therapeutic
- or having diabetes or skin conditions that prompt them to seek declawing and allow them to keep their
- The bill correctly points out there are medical conditions affecting cats that could necessitate therapeutic
- or having diabetes or skin conditions that prompt them to seek declawing and allow them to keep their
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affecting education, medical conditions affecting education, medical conditions
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 2/25/25 - Part 1
Public Safety Finance and Policy
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- In addition, the offender can also shave time off supervision while on conditional release from prison
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well <00:29:54.279> - inflicted great bodily harm, intentionally mutilated, and exposed the complainant to extreme inhumane conditions
MN
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- It increases workplace surveillance and undermines our ability to advocate for better working conditions
- It increases workplace surveillance and undermines our ability to advocate for better working conditions
- cost-cutting tool, but understaffing leads to poor patient outcomes and more dangerous working conditions
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HI
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- people are leaving, and so that's really the long-term trajectory of the state depends on whether conditions
- people are leaving, and so that's really the long-term trajectory of the state depends on whether conditions
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here Are such that people want to stay here and return here, and those conditions
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Special Legislative Commission on Emerging Firearm Technology Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
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- facial recognition sensors that together robustly authenticate the user, plus the wide range of conditions
- control system into a firearm, while ensuring that it's going to function as required in the extreme conditions
- that any company will ever develop a facial recognition algorithm that performs perfectly in all conditions
Summary:
The commission met for its fourth hearing on emerging firearm technology, focused on personalized firearms and related privacy issues. Co-chairs noted the commission’s charge to study personalized firearm incentives, risks from digital manufacturing codes and AI, and the costs of requiring personalized firearm and microstamp technologies, and said the report deadline is being extended to July 31. They also announced the next public hearing for April 17 at 11:00 a.m., limited to Massachusetts residents.
The first witness, Kai Kloepfer of Biofire, described the company’s personalized 9mm smart gun and argued it is designed to prevent unauthorized use through biometric authentication, local encrypted data storage, no wireless connectivity, and automatic disarming when released. He said Biofire opposes any mandate requiring personalized firearms, calling such mandates a de facto gun ban that would stifle innovation, limit consumer choice, and burden a still-developing market. He said the company has a patent portfolio, has received thousands of pre-orders, is shipping in all 50 states, and is approved for sale in Massachusetts; he also said the gun costs about $1,500, is currently sold online, and is intended mainly for home defense. Members questioned him about sales, manufacturing, battery life, repairability, transfer of ownership, possible expansion to other firearms, and whether microstamping could be incorporated.
A Massachusetts firearms roster official, Michaela Dunn, explained the state’s testing and approval process for handguns and confirmed that the Biofire firearm is now on the Massachusetts roster and commercially available for retail sale in the state. Kate Crockford of the ACLU of Massachusetts testified only on facial recognition, warning that commercially available systems show significant demographic bias and that Massachusetts lacks comprehensive biometric privacy protections. She urged passage of pending data privacy and biometric privacy bills, including the Massachusetts Data Privacy Act and related measures, before any broader use of biometric verification in firearm laws. Commissioners discussed privacy concerns, and Biofire said its system is zero-knowledge and would likely comply with stronger biometric privacy laws. No votes were taken and no formal action was reported beyond the scheduling announcement and the extension effort.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Emergency Management Committee Jun 15th, 2026
Emergency Management
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- reflect local the experts on their systems, to develop preparedness strategies that reflect local conditions
- counties, so that when you get in that room, when there is an emergency, we all sort of know what the conditions
- going to invite Senator Cabaldon for SB 828 regarding fireworks licenses and permits, disqualifying conditions
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session Jun 1st, 2026
California Senate Floor Meeting
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- it was last month, as Celiac Disease Awareness Month, helps elevate understanding of this serious condition
- it was last month, as Celiac Disease Awareness Month, helps elevate understanding of this serious condition
- it was last month, as Celiac Disease Awareness Month, helps elevate understanding of this serious condition
NY
New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
New York State Senate Session - 05/05/2026
New York Senate Floor Meeting
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- and was a strong advocate for educating workers about workplace hazards and for improving safety conditions
- Too many are still fighting for fair pay, safe conditions, and basic respect.
- TOO MANY ARE STILL FIGHTING FOR FAIR PAY, SAFE CONDITIONS, AND BASIC RESPECT.
Summary:
The Senate met on May 4, 2026, approved the prior journal, and then took up a series of resolutions and floor bills. The chamber first adopted a resolution honoring Carlos Beltran on his induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame, with several senators praising his Mets career, athletic achievements, and philanthropy in Puerto Rico. The Senate also adopted resolutions recognizing the 2026 Women of Distinction, including tributes to living honorees and posthumous recognition of Congresswoman Nita Lowey and Dr. Hazel Dukes, and later adopted resolutions commemorating May Day and Panama’s Black Heritage Month. A Queens Chamber of Commerce resolution also prompted extensive remarks celebrating Queens’ diversity, small businesses, immigrant communities, and cultural institutions.
On legislation, the Senate recalled two bills from the Assembly and restored them to the third reading calendar by a 62-0 reconsideration vote. The chamber then passed a long list of bills, including measures affecting public health, agriculture and markets, insurance, criminal procedure, public officers, labor, not-for-profit corporations, and executive law. Several bills passed unanimously or near-unanimously, while a few drew recorded opposition, including the environmental conservation bill on animal cruelty and the public health bill on Calendar 840. Supportive floor explanations emphasized animal welfare, protections for abandoned pets, and other public-interest reforms.
The Senate also heard brief explanatory remarks on some bills, such as concerns about animals left behind in vacated housing and the treatment of wild animals in traveling circuses. After completing the calendar, the Senate reported no further business and adjourned until Wednesday, May 6, at 3:00 p.m.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
03/09/2026 - House Public Safety & Law Enforcement
Public Safety & Law Enforcement
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- In this particular situation, since the health and mental condition of the inmates has been turned over
- think we've probably got to do something because we're in a receivership now. ...and frankly the conditions
- others that have died in detention and those who are still being... ...still being held in grotesque conditions
Keywords:
corrections oversight, funding, state budget, criminal justice, reform, immigration enforcement, law enforcement, illegal aliens, state legislation, civil penalties, peace officer certification, police certification, law enforcement licensing, Arizona POST, peace officer standards and training, military police, veterans, honorably discharged, veteran hiring, abbreviated academy
FL
Florida 2026 4th Special Session
February 3, 2026 - 08:00 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- Representative Bartleman: Medical conditions such as Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, brittle bone disease, and
- genetic test that does not come anywhere close to covering the full scope of the possible genetic conditions
- These cases and what might be a congenital condition, or natural medical illness, they can be the longest
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Veterans and Armed Forces Jan 20th, 2026 at 12:00 pm
Veterans and Armed Forces
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- The conditions are at the request of the Department of Public Safety and the civilian entity.
- supplied and resourced, and their quality of life is good and their training is good and their conditions
- as Representative said, there's a family that's deployed overseas or there's just hard economic conditions
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Highways and Transportation - Room 216, January 14, 2026; 10:30 AM
Highways and Transportation
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Summary:
Amtrak officials Todd Stenis and Jeff Mann briefed the committee on Amtrak service in Mississippi, with a focus on the new Mardi Gras state-supported route on the Gulf Coast. They reviewed Amtrak’s national structure, including the distinction between long-distance and state-supported service under PRIIA section 209, and noted that Mississippi is served by the City of New Orleans, the Crescent, and the new Mardi Gras service. They said the Mardi Gras began service on August 18 and operates four trains a day between New Orleans and Mobile with Mississippi stops, supported by Mississippi, Louisiana, and Mobile.
The officials reported strong early performance for Mardi Gras, saying ridership had already exceeded 60,000 by the end of December against a 71,000 first-year projection, with about 435 passengers per day and a 64% average load factor. They also cited 86% on-time performance, a 94% customer satisfaction index, and average fares of $27 in coach and $66 in business class. They said the service is benefiting from strong demand, good coordination with host railroads CSX and Norfolk Southern, and planned capital improvements totaling more than $200 million that they said should reduce trip times by 30 to 40 minutes.
Committee members responded positively, with Senator Williams praising the train experience and another senator noting personal use of the Mardi Gras service. The presenters invited members to ride the train and described it as a state investment paying off across South Mississippi and the Gulf Coast. After the Amtrak presentation, the committee returned to business and took up one bill, 2019, which would delete the sunset on the provision directing the first $80 million of lottery proceeds to the state highway fund. Senator Blackmon asked for clarification, the chairman confirmed the bill would make the road funding provision permanent, and the committee approved the title and reported the bill out.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Hearing Assembly Human Services and Senate Human Services Aug 19th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- annual basis to put toward a wide range of supportive services designed to address the causes and conditions
- forums, and the direct involvement of low-income residents, providing a comprehensive picture of the conditions
- We mean creating the conditions where people have the tools, support, and opportunity to thrive.
Summary:
The Senate and Assembly Human Services Committees held a special oversight hearing on California’s 2026-27 Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) state plan, a federal anti-poverty funding stream. Committee members opened by citing statewide poverty and homelessness data and said the hearing was meant to review how CSBG dollars are used, how local agencies respond to community needs, and how the state is preparing for possible federal funding cuts. Jason Wimbley of the Department of Community Services and Development (CSD) explained that California’s CSBG network works through 60 organizations in 58 counties, serving about 1.5 million low-income Californians in 2023, and that the state received $68.4 million in federal CSBG funds in fiscal year 2025. He described the program as flexible funding used for housing, employment, education, food, health, transportation, and emergency response, and noted that the federal administration had proposed eliminating CSBG, though the Senate Appropriations Committee had voted to fully fund it for the coming year.
Representatives from the California Community Action Partnership Association and several CSBG-funded agencies described how the program supports local anti-poverty work and leverages other funding. CalCAPA emphasized local flexibility, workforce development, partnerships, and data systems such as ROMA, while also warning that agencies are preparing for possible reductions by tightening budgets, planning staffing contingencies, and seeking private foundation support. Agency witnesses from Contra Costa County, Northern California Indian Development Council, Proteus, and Sacred Heart Community Service described services including housing assistance, food distribution, utility help, employment training, youth programs, and culturally specific services for Native communities and migrant farmworkers. They repeatedly said CSBG is essential because it funds staffing and infrastructure that allow them to braid other grants and serve people who do not qualify for standard safety-net programs.
Members also asked about the impact of federal staffing changes and the Los Angeles fires. Wimbley said federal layoffs had affected some CSD programs but not CSBG administration, and that the department coordinated disaster response with state agencies and used CSBG-funded supply distribution, food, water, clothing, and documentation support during the fires. Witnesses said they were preparing for possible future cuts by diversifying funding, reducing expenses, and considering service changes, while county officials warned that state and federal reductions could not be backfilled locally. During public comment, one speaker urged stronger oversight of community action agencies and raised concerns about transparency and compliance with state law. The chair then thanked the witnesses, emphasized the importance of CSBG for low-income seniors, youth, and people with disabilities, and adjourned the hearing without any votes or formal action taken.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Business and Professions Committee Jul 8th, 2025
Business and Professions
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- individuals, individuals experiencing menopause, or those with hormone deficiencies needing treatment for conditions
- Other important co-occurring chronic medical conditions may also be neglected when patients don't feel
- These conditions create health and safety risks, diminish community trust, and shift the burden of stewardship
TX
Texas 89th Regular
S/C on County & Regional Government Apr 28th, 2025
S/C on County & Regional Government
Transcript Highlights:
- As the only advocacy group working on county jail conditions in Texas, you can...
- volunteer for Texas Jail Project. ...which is a statewide nonprofit group working on county jail conditions
- memory health care services district to better serve residents. ...facing cognitive and neurological conditions
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
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Environment Committee Meeting - 2025-04-03
Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- are visible in water, some might be an easier way to go about things, as I think there are light conditions
- It also wants to ensure that we're crafting the permit conditions for large water users and addressing
- with requiring an environmental impact statement as a blanket review for any project meeting these conditions
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hearings to examine reforming SBIR-STTR for the 21st century. Mar 5th, 2025 at 01:30 pm
Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee
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- is estimated that the VA provides over a billion dollars in disability benefits related to these conditions
- but there's a big problem that has to get solved by the Defense Department because of some medical condition
- It is a permanent condition. It's impossible to reverse it.
Keywords:
SBIR, STTR, Innovate Act, small business, innovation, legislative reforms, economic growth, funding, technology transfer
Summary:
The meeting focused on the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Programs (SBIR-STTR), emphasizing the critical reforms necessary to enhance their effectiveness. Chair Ernst introduced the Innovate Act to streamline processes, ensuring funding is awarded based on merit and addressing existing abuses within the system. The discussion was robust, with numerous members expressing concerns about phase transitions and the need for targeted funding to support impactful technological innovations. The conversation also highlighted the program's importance in fostering economic growth, particularly for small businesses in rural areas, and the urgency for legislative changes as the program's authorization approaches expiration.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Health and Human Services (Part I) Feb 26th, 2025
Health & Human Services
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- care, with ninety percent of the... those health care expenditures on chronic and mental health conditions
- cholesterol medications, and we don't fix... ...the underlying metabolic dysfunction that caused these conditions
- Ten percent of our children now have fatty liver disease, a condition that, when I grew up, was only
Keywords:
attorney ad litem, indigent parents, parent-child relationship, legal representation, Texas Family Code, court procedures, nutrition, health standards, food labeling, education, dietary guidelines, medical education, food safety, school meals, child nutrition, food additives, public health, 1185, senate, all
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Jan 23rd, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- You don't change the conditions on the ground that are dangerous, extremely dangerous.
- But they're talking about conditions and thank goodness they are because I don't think this state will
- what the scientists are saying what the firefighters are saying The swings and the extreme weather conditions