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• We know that jails are not a replacement for mental health hospitals or secure treatment facilities.
• </c><01:02:41.559><c> for</c> the jails are not a replacement for the jails are not a replacement for
• And so NOA County wants to build 500 freaking beds to replace 250 or so.
• 250</c><01:20:12.600><c> or</c><01:20:12.960><c> so</c><01:20:13.960><c> um</c> freaking beds to replace
• 250 or so um freaking beds to replace 250 or so um you<01:20:14.639><c> great</c><01:20:14.880><c> count

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• And so my question is maybe for you or maybe for some others: what are you proposing to replace that
• Are we just going to have less solar, or what are we going to replace that with? Mr.
• what are you um some others is what what are you proposing<01:27:38.159><c> to</c><01:27:38.400><c> replace
• </c><01:27:38.880><c> that</c> proposing to replace that proposing to replace that with<01:27:41.080>
• </c><01:27:45.560><c> that</c> what what are we going to replace that what what are we going to replace

Bills: HF845

Keywords: net metering, distributed generation, solar energy, rooftop solar, renewable energy, utility rates, electric cooperatives, municipal utilities, public utilities, Public Utilities Commission, net billing, bill credits, cost of service study, standby charge, qualifying facility, energy policy, clean energy, customer generation, interconnection, Minnesota Statutes 216B.164

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• for food systems, both in the trucking world and at commercial food sites, as well as vehicle replacements
• and equipment for farmers and food system vehicle and equipment replacement grants.
• :48:29.960><c> types</c><01:48:30.199><c> of</c><01:48:30.760><c> vehicle</c><01:48:31.320><c> Replacements
• </c> as um the types of vehicle Replacements as um the types of vehicle Replacements not<01:48:32.520
• </c><01:48:43.920><c> grants</c> vehicle and Equipment replacement grants vehicle and Equipment replacement

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• This emphasizes our need to support agriculture, to focus on import replacement.
• on</c><00:58:38.960><c> import</c> agriculture to focus on import agriculture to focus on import replacement
• can you imagine if there's replacement can you imagine if there's another<00:58:42.480><c> uh</c> another
• So subsection F: delete 'approved' and replace with 'licensed.'
• </c><02:22:16.960><c> with</c> delete approved and replace with delete approved and replace with licensed

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• Paid leave, when it launches on January 1, 2026, will provide job protections and partial wage replacement
• Paid leave, when it launches on January 1, 2026, will provide job protections and partial wage replacement
• Paid leave, when it launches on January 1, 2026, will provide job protections and partial wage replacement
• Paid leave, when it launches on January 1, 2026, will provide job protections and partial wage replacement
• , there is only so much we have control over, but we also are a state budget that obviously can't replace

Keywords: 1183, house

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• The current wording of this bill may conflict with section 89-92A, HRS, so replacing the term educator
• I wanted to preface that in our comments we recommend replacing the text of HB 620 with SB 530, and I
• One is that the amount of $15,000 should be replaced with $10,000 on page two, line 18, to correctly
• One is that the amount of $15,000 should be replaced with $10,000 on page two, line 18, to correctly
• </c><02:02:20.040><c> with</c> amount of 15,000 should be replaced with amount of 15,000 should be replaced

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on HB 627, which concerns Department of Education school safety funding and staffing. DOE said the bill would restore two positions and related funding that had been removed from the governor’s budget: a targeted violence prevention and threat assessment program manager and a security technology manager. DOE described ongoing work on school vulnerability assessments, fire suppression measures, security camera research, panic buttons, and active shooter prevention training. Testifiers from DOE, the Department of Law Enforcement, fire services, HSTA, and an individual witness all supported the bill, with the individual citing a past school shooting experience as a reason to increase school resource officers and safety measures. Members asked about the positions’ duties, how the request differed from existing security funding, and the status of active shooter training; DOE said it would provide more information on training statistics. The committee then took up HB 249, relating to Executive Office on Early Learning family child interaction learning programs. The Early Learning Board, EOEL, Commit to Kids, Early Childhood Action Strategies, Partners in Development Foundation, and others testified in support. EOEL said it currently spends about $800,000 annually on FCI program contracts and supports expanding state funding for FCIL programs, including infant and early childhood mental health, if the appropriation covers the broader scope. Testifiers emphasized that FCIL programs are trauma-informed, evidence-based, and help families and children, with one provider sharing a long-term example of a parent and child benefiting from the program. Members asked how many programs are supported, whether FCIL exists on all islands, and whether the request was in the governor’s budget; EOEL said the expansion was requested by the office but not included in the governor’s budget. HB 429, concerning pre-K expansion, drew broad support from the Lieutenant Governor, EOEL, HSTA, and community groups. Supporters said the Ready Keiki initiative has already opened more than 50 classrooms and would add another 50 over the next two years, including Hawaiian immersion classrooms. EOEL said it currently administers 72 public pre-K classrooms across 74 campuses and that the bill’s funding was included in the governor’s budget request. Testimony stressed kindergarten readiness, affordability for working families, equity across islands, and inclusion classrooms. Members asked about national quality benchmarks, with EOEL stating Hawaii meets 10 of 10 benchmarks and that only five states had done so at the time referenced. The Lieutenant Governor also described construction and delivery efforts, including refurbishing existing classrooms, modular options, possible use of state buildings, and even collaboration with libraries to expand child care access. Finally, the committee heard HB 439 on J-1 teacher licensure. DOE supported the bill, while the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board opposed it, arguing licensure standards are not place-based and should remain rigorous and uniform for all educators. The Attorney General’s office offered technical comments, including replacing “educators” with “teacher” and clarifying the bill’s language on issuance and renewal conditions. Several organizations and individuals testified in support, including school, cultural, business, and educator groups. One witness, a teacher from the Philippines, said J-1 educators are highly qualified and described the rigor of teacher preparation in the Philippines. No votes were taken in the portion of the meeting provided.

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• weight heifers we can find and AI them in the spring and then turn around and sell those as bred replacements

Keywords: 914, all

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• The STAAR test and replace it with effective tools to assess student progress and ensure school district

Bills: SR5, SB5, SB11, SB12, SB25, SB26, SB28, SB35, SB5, SB11, SB12, SB25, SB26, SB28, SB35, SB5, SB11, SB12, SB25, SB26, SB28, SB35, SR5

Keywords: redistricting, Senate procedures, public input, Texas Legislature, amendments, Texas Senate, congressional districts, legislative procedures, legislative transparency, Senate rules, public hearings, committee procedures, hemp regulation, consumable products, cannabinoids, occupational licenses, criminal offenses, SB 11, Texas attorney general, election crimes

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• It would replace the outdated references with current law to reflect recent changes in the code and include

Bills: HB 39, HB 114, HB 1875, HB 1894, HB 1965, HB 2513

Keywords: veterans, mental health, Texas Veterans Commission, peer support, suicide prevention, community mental health, grant program, cemetery, General Land Office, burial plot, remembrance, monthly designation, honoring military, Texas legislation, rural services, paid leave, fire protection personnel, military service, public employees, employment benefits

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• The substitute replaces the term "public hearing" with "public meeting."

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• First, the substitute replaces the term public hearing with public meeting.

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• Senator Hughes moves that Senate Bill 711 be recommended as a certified replacement on the local and

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• >> That we would take this statute where you had the pregnancy and we would replace it with, by the way
• In this case, it replaces<03:42:16.720><c> the</c><03:42:16.960><c> penalties</c><03:42:18.000><c> um
• um for a maximum replaces the penalties um for a maximum of<03:42:19.279><c> of</c><03:42:19.760><c>
• So we're just asking to replace what has been removed to keep it in there.
• So we're just asking to replace what has been removed to keep it in there.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• </c> &gt;&gt; Which includes um replacing the turf. &gt;&gt; Which includes um replacing the turf.
• >> The Snyder Replacement Building. >> Snider Replacement. Yes. >> Okay.
• </c> &gt;&gt; The Snyder Replacement Building. &gt;&gt; The Snyder Replacement Building.
• &gt;&gt; Snider<03:14:32.960><c> Replacement.</c><03:14:33.520><c> Yes.
• </c> &gt;&gt; Snider Replacement. Yes. &gt;&gt; Snider Replacement. Yes.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• Tuana Scanland: These are thriving wage jobs that cannot be replaced by any other industry, and in the
• Tuana Scanland: These are thriving wage jobs that cannot be replaced by any other industry, and in the
• the public land trust that would replace the public land trust working<03:57:29.159><c> group</c><03
• We'll replace it with the county application permit, uh, fee waiver from SD2, so we're going to put that
• To be deleting the film credit and media production investment, but we're going to replace it with the

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• </c><01:29:19.960><c> power</c><01:29:20.920><c> I</c> well as for buying replacement power I well as
• A lot of it is replacing old wooden poles with steel poles.
• old wooden poles with steel replacing old wooden poles with steel poles<01:33:20.320><c> I'm</c><01:
• We replace that with the phrase 'have unknown effects to human health and safety,' and the rest reads
• Yes, so it's replacing that section, right? Replacing it. And what are those numbers based on?

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• It would replace the outdated references with current law to reflect recent changes in the code and include

Bills: HB39, HB114, HB39, HB114, HB1875, HB1894, HB1965, HB2513

Keywords: public school finance, property values, homestead exemptions, funding allocation, education policy, public school bonds, school funding, guarantee prohibition, education finance, state law change, veterans, mental health, Texas Veterans Commission, peer support, suicide prevention, community mental health, grant program, cemetery, General Land Office, burial plot

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• the retirement of a lot of local clerks, local election officials, and as many of them have been replaced
• , some of that body of knowledge that the previous... ...as many of them have been replaced, some of
• And they were replaced by other groups that came along afterward.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The committee held a hearing on census preparation, focusing first on testimony from U.S. Census Bureau staff James Whitehorn and Andrea Grace Johnson. They described the Bureau’s decade-long geographic and redistricting programs, including the Boundary and Annexation Survey, School District Review Program, Participant Statistical Area Program, and Local Update of Census Addresses (LUCA), along with the Block Boundary Suggestion Project and voting district collection. They emphasized that Massachusetts has been a strong partner in these efforts and explained how the Bureau is using updated street data, building footprints, machine learning, and change detection to improve address lists and track new housing. Whitehorn also reviewed the 2030 redistricting data program, the legal basis for it under PL 94-171, the role of state nonpartisan liaisons, and the expected timeline for data delivery. He noted that OMB’s revised race and ethnicity standards will merge those questions into one and add a Middle Eastern/North African category. Committee members asked about the new standards, state contacts, and how boundary updates are submitted, and the witnesses said they would provide the slide deck and contact information. Wendy Underhill and Helen Brewer of NCSL then testified about why census preparation matters for states, stressing its impact on data, federal funding, and political representation. They outlined optional steps states can take before 2030, including staying in touch with Census Bureau staff, identifying state and local personnel involved in census work, supporting local participation in Bureau programs, and creating complete count committees or commissions. They cited Massachusetts’s prior complete count committee and grantmaking efforts as an example and said such efforts can improve self-response and overall accuracy. They also noted that state legislatures can act as conveners and trusted messengers, and they discussed broader issues such as privacy protections, differential privacy, budget uncertainty, and the possibility of future litigation or a citizenship question. Secretary of State William Galvin then gave extended remarks on Massachusetts’s 2020 census experience and the need to prepare early for 2030. He said the state faced major challenges in 2020 from the pandemic, litigation, and rhetoric about citizenship, and that Massachusetts relied heavily on local records, university data, and community outreach to document residents, especially students and non-native-born populations. He argued that the state should strengthen local recordkeeping now through LUCA, annual resident lists, assessors’ and zoning records, and other local data sources, and he urged support for a proposed $500,000 appropriation for census-related grants and technical assistance. Galvin said better preparation is needed because housing patterns, population shifts, and local administrative capacity have changed since 2020, and he emphasized that the goal is to improve the completeness of the records the Census Bureau will use in 2030.

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• is almost the sole source of our funding that supports proactive leak detection programs, pipe replacement
• We are in a crisis, and in my town, the field was torn up last week to be replaced for the third time
• Zenyu is virtual. and in my town, the field was torn up last week to be replaced for the third time.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources held a hybrid hearing with testimony on a range of environmental bills. Early testimony focused on H. 1018, which would update management of the Commonwealth’s water resources and limit new conditions on historic water registrations. Water officials from Wellesley and the Springfield Water and Sewer Commission supported the bill, arguing that drought-related restrictions on registered withdrawals are difficult to administer, create customer confusion, and can undermine utility revenue needed for infrastructure upgrades. A Massachusetts Waterworks Association representative also backed the bill, saying registered systems have long operated within their allocations and should not have those withdrawals conditioned by regulation. A major portion of the hearing centered on H. 1040, which would ban tire-derived materials on playgrounds and playing fields. The bill’s petitioner, environmental advocates, and an environmental chemist testified that crumb rubber and other tire-derived infill can release chemicals into soil and water and may pose risks to aquatic life and public health. Committee members asked about alternatives and costs; witnesses said natural grass and some organic infills are available, though more research is needed on some substitutes. Rep. Schwartz also testified on CSO-related bills, describing combined sewer overflows as a public health and environmental problem and saying the bills set deadlines but leave implementation methods to local and regional officials. Rep. Chacolo supported H. 909, a grant program for low-noise, low-emission landscape equipment, citing worker health, noise, and emissions concerns, and Sen. Cyr testified for bills addressing coastal and environmental acidification and nutrient pollution. The hearing also included extensive testimony on H. 4040, which would prevent discharge of radioactive materials from the Pilgrim decommissioning process. Speakers including a Sierra Club representative, a physician, and the Massachusetts Lobstermen’s Association opposed Holtec’s plan to dispose of radioactive wastewater through evaporation or discharge, citing public health, transparency, and economic risks to fisheries and coastal communities. Another large block of testimony addressed CSO legislation, especially H. 1046 and related bills for the MWRA service area. Environmental groups, residents, and river users described sewage overflows into the Charles, Mystic, and Alewife Brook, impacts on health and recreation, and the need for a timeline to eliminate or sharply reduce overflows. Industry representatives opposed the CSO and waste bills, arguing they would be costly, duplicative, and disruptive, while waste facility operators said they already use continuous emissions monitoring and comply with existing regulations. No votes were taken during the hearing.

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• us to understand together that the value of the arts in Virginia and public life, you just can't replace
• And Virginia in the public life, you just can't replace it.
• It makes them more ad hoc than standing, so we removed that and then...” “...instead replaced it with

Keywords: Virginia Commission for the Arts Board Meeting, 976, house, all