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• We need to transform those states and localities into a source of strength and ensure our federal system

Bills: SB1540 , SB2225 , SB2284 , SB2382 , SB2487 , SB2514 , SB2595 , SB2876 , SB2877 , SB3031 , SB2753 , HB45

Committee: Senate State Affairs

Keywords: election officials, confidentiality, personal information, government transparency, public safety, spirit beverages, alcoholic beverages, Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code, distribution, taxation, firearms, local regulation, archery equipment, weapons, voter registration, statewide list, county requirements, election integrity, computer services contracts, mental health

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• as a reminder that even in the face of sorrow, our collective commitment to honor and legacy can transform

Bills: HCR7 , HB1557 , HB1608 , HB2061 , HB2201 , HB2210 , HB2426 , HB2754 , HJR165 , HB2513 , HCR7

Committee: House S/C on Defense & Veterans' Affairs

Keywords: Veterans of Foreign Wars, veterans, commemoration, military service, recognition, September 29, waiver programs, toll roads, discount programs, transportation, affordable housing, land bank program, low-income households, Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation, HB 2061, Texas Transportation Code, Chapter 225, State Highway 242, Interstate Highway 69, Montgomery County

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• funds to the Camden Town 44th Avenue Corridor Project is a chance to invest in something truly transformative

Committee: House Legacy Finance

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• I founded Be The Best Foundation, a black veteran-led nonprofit dedicated to transforming the lives of

Committee: House Veterans and Military Affairs Division

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• state have a strong unified voice and that the resources they need will be provided to continue transforming

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• MCASA is a statewide coalition driving transformative culture change to address sexual violence through

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• </c> technology if you guys have questions. technology if you guys have questions.
• </c><00:15:15.760><c> and</c> our office of enterprise technology and our office of enterprise technology
• This technology plays a very adviserss.
• <01:00:16.720><c> revolution</c> technological revolution technological revolution to<01:00:18.640><c
• </c><01:09:15.120><c> Um</c> success intervention technology. Um success intervention technology.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• Indeed, the petition illustrates the power of one person to transform countless lives.
• who the technology campus will serve<01:30:58.320><c> as</c><01:30:58.560><c> the</c><01:30:58.800><
• Ring camera AI technology has raised significant privacy concerns with their neighborhood surveillance
• Ring came AI technology has either.
• Ring came AI technology has raised<01:35:29.679><c> significant</c><01:35:30.159><c> privacy</c><01:35

Committee: Senate State and Local Government

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• I think this is a new transformational way that we can look at how do we do direct appropriations and
• I think this is a new transformational<00:47:28.280><c> way</c><00:47:29.080><c> that</c><00:47:29.280
• ><c> we</c><00:47:29.480><c> can</c><00:47:29.800><c> look</c><00:47:30.080><c> at</c> transformational
• way that we can look at transformational way that we can look at how<00:47:30.400><c> do</c><00:47:30.520

Bills: HF3843 , HF3597 , HF4003 , HF3167 , HF4193

Committee: House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Keywords: workforce development, appropriations, nonprofit organizations, employment services, state funding, paid leave, S corporations, employment law, exemptions, Minnesota Statutes, cancer, healthcare, appropriation, Rural Cancer Institute, Minnesota clinicians, pilot program, nursing, education, University of Minnesota, equity

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• Um, you know, Representative Lai, as I listen to you deliver this bill, transformation happened with
• deliver<00:31:58.000><c> this</c><00:31:58.240><c> bill,</c> deliver this bill, deliver this bill, transformation
• 01.200><c> with</c><00:32:01.440><c> me,</c><00:32:01.760><c> where</c><00:32:02.000><c> I</c> transformation
• happen with me, where I transformation happen with me, where I see<00:32:03.120><c> more</c><00:32:04.080

Bills: HB0003 , HB0117 , HB0041

Committee: Senate Labor, Health & Social Services

Keywords: pregnancy centers, abortion, pro-life, healthcare, women's rights, state regulation, civil rights, freedom of speech, informed consent, civil liability, coercion, healthcare rights, law enforcement, death benefits, retirement, survivor support, public safety, 916, all

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• DOC staff have maintained safety and continue to provide transformative programs key to rehabilitation
• maintained safety and continue to have maintained safety and continue to provide<01:22:09.280><c> transformative
• </c><01:22:10.159><c> programs</c><01:22:10.880><c> key</c><01:22:11.199><c> to</c> provide transformative
• programs key to provide transformative programs key to rehabilitation<01:22:12.719><c> such</c><01:22

Committee: Senate Capital Investment

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• familiar to many of you because it's got elements in it that were in prior efforts on my part to transform
• part</c><01:20:46.800><c> to</c><01:20:47.600><c> uh</c><01:20:48.480><c> uh</c><01:20:48.640><c> transform
• </c> efforts on my part to uh uh transform efforts on my part to uh uh transform swept<01:20:50.400><

Committee: House Ways and Means

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• part of the negotiation outside of the Senate bill, when they went to conference committee and transformed
• :28.560><c> and</c> they went to conference committee and they went to conference committee and transformed
• 45:30.000><c> group</c><01:45:31.119><c> um</c><01:45:31.280><c> was</c><01:45:31.600><c> a</c> transformed
• to a working group um was a transformed to a working group um was a finance<01:45:32.320><c> bill</c

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Um, basically we're transforming a 1970s office business park into both office and mixed-use development
• Um, basically we're transforming<01:30:21.360><c> a</c><01:30:21.880><c> 1970s</c><01:30:22.880><c> office
• </c><01:30:23.600><c> business</c> transforming a 1970s office business transforming a 1970s office business

Bills: HF2730 , HF2257 , HF2768 , HF1932 , HF2437

Committee: House Taxes

Keywords: local government debt, municipal bonds, county bonds, capital improvements, public financing, bond issuance, public hearing, notice period, bond guarantee, Minnesota Public Facilities Authority, volume cap, private activity bonds, housing finance, residential rental bonds, LIHTC, low-income housing tax credits, redevelopment, courthouse financing, jail financing, law enforcement center

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• arenas and downtowns across the country, seeing firsthand how similar investments have literally transformed
• :58.800><c> literally</c> similar investments have literally similar investments have literally transformed
• 29:01.760><c> We</c><01:29:02.000><c> know</c><01:29:02.159><c> that</c><01:29:02.400><c> we</c> transformed
• We know that we transformed communities.

Bills: HF2080 , HF356 , HF1968 , HF228 , HF569 , HF603 , HF692 , HF1455 , HF2224 , HF1361

Committee: House Capital Investment

Keywords: contamination, water supply, municipal bonds, environmental mitigation, city funding, Sauk Rapids, PFAS contamination, drinking water, pollution control, bond issuance, Cokato, capital investment, school infrastructure, state bonds, HF228, Lakes Area Police Commission, Lindstrom, Chisago City, regional training facility, public safety facility

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• Our mission is to create spaces for transforming conflict into opportunity and harms into healing.
• spaces</c><00:36:37.760><c> for</c> mission is to create spaces for mission is to create spaces for transforming
• <00:36:38.960><c> conflict</c><00:36:39.960><c> into</c><00:36:40.480><c> opportunity</c> transforming
• conflict into opportunity transforming conflict into opportunity and<00:36:41.760><c> harms</c><00:36

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Birth is sacred, individualized, and one of the most transformative times of our lives.
• Birth is sacred, individualized, and one of the most transformative times of our lives.
• Birth is sacred, individualized, and one of the most transformative times of our lives.
• Birth is sacred, individualized, and one of the most transformative times of our lives.

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Health and Human Services committee heard extensive testimony on HB 1194 HD2, a bill to regulate midwifery and require accredited education for licensed midwives. Supporters, including the Midwives Alliance of Hawaii, ACOG, a pediatrician, and several licensed midwives, argued the bill would improve maternal and newborn safety, clarify the definition of midwife, strengthen accountability, and align Hawaii with national education standards. They said accredited training is necessary to avoid gaps in knowledge and to support safe transfers and collaboration with hospitals. Opponents, including many midwives, parents, cultural practitioners, and community groups, argued the bill would restrict access to care, criminalize traditional and apprenticeship-based midwifery, and undermine reproductive autonomy and Native Hawaiian and other cultural birthing practices. Several asked for amendments to preserve a birth attendant exemption, the PET/portfolio pathway, and cultural and religious protections. Others said the bill would disproportionately harm rural, Indigenous, and low-income families by making training and licensure less accessible. The committee also heard testimony from state and county entities and professional organizations, with some standing on written testimony and others offering brief comments. The chair repeatedly reminded testifiers of the one-minute limit and the possibility that final decision-making would be deferred if quorum was lost. The transcript does not show a final vote or action taken during this segment.

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• and someone who's built a life working and living in North Minneapolis, I know firsthand the transformative
• c><01:24:41.600><c> the</c> Minneapolis I know firsthand the Minneapolis I know firsthand the transformative
• :43.520><c> of</c><01:24:43.920><c> access</c><01:24:44.280><c> to</c><01:24:44.480><c> a</c> transformative
• power of access to a transformative power of access to a quality<01:24:45.960><c> school</c><01:24:46.960

Committee: House Education Finance

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Allowing shipping only further broadens this reach, transforming what was once a small local operation
• :22.599><c> broadens</c><01:03:23.039><c> this</c><01:03:23.200><c> reach</c><01:03:23.880><c> transforming
• </c> further broadens this reach transforming further broadens this reach transforming what<01:03:24.720

Committee: Senate Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• And we're not quite ready for that technology.
• Ag Center, in collaboration with agricultural manufacturers, to continue working on furthering technology
• and research into equipment. ...manufacturers to continue working on furthering technology and research

Bills: SR134 , SR135 , SR136 , SR137 , SR140 , SR141 , SR142 , SCR75 , SCR77 , SCR12 , HB75 , HB1199 , HB221 , HCR89 , HCR96 , HCR103 , HCR108 , HCR58 , HB9 , HB177 , HB181 , HB198 , HB202 , HB223 , HB225 , HB387 , HB398 , HB457 , HB459 , HB540 , HB591 , HB616 , HB766 , HB775 , HB783 , HB797 , HB895 , HB906 , HB950 , HB975 , HB1028 , HB1052 , HB1057 , HB1076 , HB1100 , HB1139 , HB1155 , HB1160 , HB1182 , HB1186 , HB1220 , HB1222 , HB1223 , HB1224 , HB1228 , HB1231 , HB1245 , HB1256 , SCR3 , SB393 , SB401 , SB415 , SB426 , SB435 , SB487 , SB488 , SB523 , SB56 , SB163 , SB341 , SB504 , SB322 , SCR9 , SCR58 , SB35 , SB65 , SB215 , SB246 , SB249 , SB269 , SB282 , SB296 , SB323 , SB363 , SB369 , SB474 , SB490 , SB492 , SB500 , SB514 , HCR27 , HCR28 , HCR66 , HCR67 , HCR72 , HCR31 , HCR47 , HCR41 , HB363 , HB368 , HB377 , HB380 , HB386 , HB392 , HB431 , HB441 , HB559 , HB664 , HB685 , HB715 , HB741 , HB822 , HB856 , HB908 , HB980 , HB990 , HB999 , HB1010 , HB1243 , HB54 , HB137 , HB180 , HB192 , HB310 , HB321 , HB396 , HB512 , HB552 , HB578 , HB638 , HB663 , HB708 , HB717 , HB718 , HB1009 , HB1082 , HB1104 , HB1107 , HB1198 , HB1246 , HB27 , HB143 , HB205 , HB259 , HB267 , HB288 , HB308 , HB403 , HB405 , HB414 , HB417 , HB478 , HB546 , HB548 , HB555 , HB557 , HB609 , HB670 , HB672 , HB740 , HB779 , HB786 , HB796 , HB812 , HB848 , HB915 , HB917 , HB921 , HB930 , HB933 , HB1095 , HB1096 , HB1103 , HB1129 , HB1154 , HB1166 , HB1187 , HB1195 , HB1230 , HB316 , HB511 , HB799 , HB1039 , HB12 , HB66 , HB145 , HB167 , HB196 , HB213 , HB218 , HB222 , HB256 , HB291 , HB326 , HB352 , HB401 , HB430 , HB433 , HB434 , HB448 , HB456 , HB476 , HB481 , HB487 , HB492 , HB549 , HB579 , HB608 , HB621 , HB624 , HB626 , HB632 , HB637 , HB656 , HB722 , HB745 , HB804 , HB818 , HB821 , HB833 , HB864 , HB867 , HB874 , HB893 , HB909 , HB951 , HB968 , HB969 , HB978 , HB979 , HB988 , HB989 , HB1001 , HB1005 , HB1007 , HB1024 , HB1032 , HB1038 , HB1050 , HB1051 , HB1056 , HB1059 , HB1077 , HB1080 , HB1081 , HB1086 , HB1108 , HB1112 , HB1153 , HB1172 , HB1173 , HB1175 , HB1192 , HB1193 , HB1204 , HB1218 , HB1242 , HB1244 , HB1249 , HB1252 , HB1254 , HB17 , HB36 , HB41 , HB47 , HB73 , HB126 , HB133 , HB140 , HB159 , HB166 , HB211 , HB226 , HB271 , HB324 , HB337 , HB351 , HB399 , HB571 , HB712 , HB723 , HB726 , HB750 , HB759 , HB844 , HB966 , HB1006 , HB1018 , HB1036 , SB29 , SB42 , SB43 , SB78 , SB208 , SB217 , SB274 , SB300 , SB379 , SB382 , SB387 , SB441 , SB449 , HB74 , HB134 , HB258 , HB359 , HB468 , HB956 , HB1117 , SB149

Keywords: SR134, Senate Resolution 134, Isaac Herzenberg, Metairie Park Country Day School, Country Day, javelin, track and field, Class 2A, state championship, high school athletics, student athlete, Louisiana Senate commendation, honorary resolution, sports recognition, University of Nebraska, Baton Rouge, LSU Bernie Moore Track Stadium, sportsmanship, collegiate athletics, condolence resolution

Summary: The Senate met with 23 members present, opened with prayer and the pledge, and then took up a long calendar of resolutions and House bills. Early action included adopting numerous Senate resolutions, such as studies on the Upper Pontchartrain Basin, economic development boards, remote notarization, retirement system investments in China, and several commendations. The chamber also concurred in House Concurrent Resolutions on the Louisiana Maneuvers museum/trail study, roundabout education, plumbing code review, and economic ties with Taiwan, with most of these adopted unanimously or near-unanimously. A special recognition was also held for 2025-26 Teachers of the Year from Senate District 15. On the bill calendar, the Senate advanced a wide range of measures. Several bills dealt with education, public safety, and local government, including allowing virtual school students to participate in school activities, requiring mayoral training, updating rules for justice of the peace jurisdiction, and increasing penalties or fees in certain local matters. Other measures addressed health and human services, such as suicide prevention signage and 988 hotline placement on school IDs, Medicaid and provider payment rules, medical records fees for veterans, mental health protective custody procedures, and housing support for trafficking survivors. The chamber also passed bills on insurance, insurance-related venue rules, prompt payment to contractors, hazardous waste cleanup funding, and motor vehicle insurance requirements for out-of-state vehicles. The Senate also approved several criminal justice and public safety measures, including school threat penalties, autopsy photographs as evidence, impaired driving-related provisions, and restrictions on cell-cultured food products and labeling. Additional bills covered economic development and business regulation, such as wood pellet and brick manufacturing incentives, digital asset custody, CPA licensure pathways, and licensing for motor vehicle/recreational product dealers. Most bills were passed by wide margins, though a few drew notable opposition, including the constitutional and policy measures on gender/sex terminology, child custody arbitration, and the out-of-state vehicle insurance bill. Many bills were amended on the floor before final passage, and motions to reconsider were routinely laid on the table.