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• is the way in which it's communicated.
• With our community colleges, I wouldn't mind looking at Moberly Area Community College.
• At the community college, at least in my community college, they receive proceeds from property taxes
• They are vital pieces of the community.
• It's the NDI for the community colleges. Again, we've 63. It's the NDI for the community colleges.

Summary: The committee first heard the Office of State Treasurer’s FY27 budget presentation from Treasurer Vivek Malik. He highlighted record investment earnings, growth in MOBUCK$ linked deposits, record unclaimed property returns, expansion of the MOST 529 plan, and changes to the MoABLE disability savings program. Members then focused heavily on two budget requests: $750,000 for the Show Me My Retirement Savings program and additional spending authority for the Missouri Empowerment Scholarship Accounts (MOST Scholars) program, along with a staffing request for compliance and communications positions. Much of the discussion centered on MOST Scholars’ rapid growth, how applications are prioritized, whether income is reverified, how funds flow through educational assistance organizations, and concerns about marketing, geographic distribution, and the use of public dollars for private schools. The treasurer also answered questions about the 529 plan, the pending lawsuit over the ESA general-revenue transfer, and whether funds should be swept back to general revenue when unused. Several members raised policy objections to MOST Scholars, including concerns about discrimination by participating private schools, the lack of annual income requalification, and whether the program shifts money away from public education. Other members defended the program as a parent-driven choice option and asked about expanding access, improving outreach, and ensuring the program is fully funded. The treasurer said the office was following the statute as written, that the program’s demand could exceed available resources, and that the office would continue to seek more funding and better outreach. The committee then concluded the treasurer’s budget hearing. The committee next began the FY27 budget hearing for the Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development. Commissioner Bennett Boggs introduced the department’s leadership team and gave a brief overview of the department’s role in aligning postsecondary education with workforce needs through its coordinating board and strategic planning. The hearing had just started when the transcript ended, and no votes or final actions were taken in the portion provided.

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• There are, you know, most hydrogen technologies use water and there are some applications where that
• </c><01:05:34.960><c> agnostic</c> see this bill more technology agnostic see this bill more technology
• I believe it was that talked about the other technologies. I'm totally on board with that.
• I'm totally on board other technologies. I'm totally on board with<01:16:19.440><c> that.
• Uh we are all of your community banks.

Bills: HB0120, HB0043, HB0128

Keywords: energy production, natural gas, industrial sovereignty, manufacturing, tax exemptions, money laundering, illegal investment, financial institutions, criminal activity, Wyoming legislation, severance tax, oil production, tax exemption, energy sector, economic impact, 916, all

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• </c> good the best way to fund um Community good the best way to fund um Community Supervision<00:34:
• </c> initiatives to what we do with Community initiatives to what we do with Community violence<01:21
• </c><01:29:39.639><c> u</c><01:29:39.760><c> in</c> community of the black community u in community of
• </c><01:52:03.040><c> infrastructure</c> protect Communications infrastructure protect Communications
• <01:52:30.000><c> infrastructure</c> Communications infrastructure Communications infrastructure Technologies

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Every day of the month, within a month, it'll take you six months to catch back up the way the technology
• what this bill does is it moves it over from the Department of Adnan to the Office of Information Technology
• There are those three prongs: when taken as a whole under contemporary community standards, they appeal
• rather than professional standards and community needs.
• I live in Hailey, Idaho, in District 26, and I am the executive director of the community library in

Summary: The committee first introduced RS 33495, a bill to allow skiing with only a driver and observer on all parts of Idaho lakes, not just slalom courses, so long as a rear-facing mirror is used. RS 33556C1 was also introduced; Representative Palmer described it as moving state IT purchasing oversight to the Office of Information Technology. House Bill 795, a cleanup measure from the Attorney General’s office, was then heard and advanced to the floor with a due pass recommendation after brief questions and neutral testimony from the Idaho Library Association about removing language requiring materials to be evaluated “in the context in which it is used.” The committee then took up House Bill 819, a major library and obscenity bill tied to prior litigation and the Ninth Circuit. Representative Crane and Attorney General’s Office attorney Michael Zarian said the bill responds to court rulings, removes the “context in which it is used” phrase, distinguishes public from private schools and libraries, and uses a “sexually explicit” standard for public institutions. Testimony was overwhelmingly opposed by city, library, and private citizens’ witnesses, who argued the bill abandons the Miller test, creates vague and overbroad standards, threatens First Amendment protections, and could chill library collections; one witness spoke in support, saying taxpayers should not fund such materials. After debate, a motion to hold the bill in committee failed 10-2, and the committee then voted 10-2 to send HB 819 to the floor with a due pass recommendation. Finally, the committee introduced RS 33650, a procurement reform proposal that Representative Raibold said would clarify state purchasing rules and add reporting requirements for vendors interacting with procurement officials; members raised concerns about the “frivolous protest” language. RS 33653, dealing with the sale of surplus administrative facilities and closing a loophole in prior disposal procedures, was also introduced. The committee then adjourned.

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• I want to uh communicate Mr. Speaker.
• <01:06:14.400><c> that</c> technologies that technologies that calculating<01:06:16.080><c> the</c><01
• </c> pillar of the Bowling Green community. pillar of the Bowling Green community.
• </c> Murph's community service was legendary. Murph's community service was legendary.
• </c> entire Bowling Green community. entire Bowling Green community.

Keywords: 958, all

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• </c> an undeniable Mark in our communities an undeniable Mark in our communities and<00:37:22.079><c>
• </c> that the Latino and black communities that the Latino and black communities were<01:01:36.839><c
• </c> decades it's become a thriving Community decades it's become a thriving Community earning<01:02:
• </c> teamwork leadership and communication teamwork leadership and communication teams<02:23:17.120><
• and community is indeed an honor.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, January 14, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• Business on the speaker’s desk: communications from the governor.
• Business on the speaker's desk, communications from the governor.
• If I'm wrong about that, I apologize to our EMS community.
• Communications from the governor.
• Communications from the governor.

Summary: The House convened, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, approved the journal, and recognized the Doctor of the Day, Dr. May Modi. A series of personal privilege introductions followed, including the Chief of Security, members of the Junior League of Phoenix, several Boys and Girls Club Youth of the Year candidates, and a student guest. Members also read a proclamation honoring the Junior League of Phoenix for civic engagement and volunteer service. The chamber then handled several procedural matters, including a motion to not concur in Senate amendments to HB 2010 and appoint a conference committee. The House moved through multiple Committee of the Whole calendars and adopted recommendations on a number of Senate bills. On the first calendar, SB 1009, SB 1046, SB 1143, SB 1221 as amended, and SB 1613 were advanced, with SB 1221 receiving an Olson floor amendment. On the second calendar, SB 1013, SB 1338, SB 1540 as amended, and later SB 1121 as amended, SB 1318, SB 1549, and SB 1786 as amended were all reported do pass, while SB 1270, SB 1400, and SB 1582 were retained on the calendar. Several bills drew debate. SB 1013 prompted discussion over merit-based hiring and whether the bill’s exclusions of sexual orientation and gender identity were appropriate. SB 1540 drew criticism as special legislation favoring the fuel industry, while supporters said it was a fairer approach to theft penalties. SB 1121 was described as a bipartisan health-care worker safety measure addressing radiation exposure, though opponents called it a vendor-driven mandate. SB 1318 was presented as a cleanup bill to align breast cancer notification language with federal standards, and SB 1786 received a technical amendment. The House also passed SB 1113, SB 1193, SB 1448, and SB 1503 on third reading, with SB 1503 receiving the required three-quarters vote and emergency clause. The House appointed a conference committee on HB 2003, and adjourned until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, April 14, 2026.

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• So we're going to be talking about the small rural community.
• We went back to the community. We asked again.
• We went back to the community. We asked again.
• Your community passed this bond with this project in mind.
• Your community passed this bond with this project in mind.

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• Manchester Community College offers some similar programs.
• There's some home education community.
• </c><01:43:39.400><c> areas</c> You see a lot in the technology areas You see a lot in the technology
• technology? technology?
• So, I don't their local communities.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Guide those who care for children, parents, teachers, family members, and communities.
• Guide those who care for children, parents, teachers, family members, and communities.
• They serve more than 8,500 children in 90 public schools across 29 communities.
• , and they live in the communities for one to three weeks.
• The Artesia Chamber of Commerce is proud to represent our community in Eddy County.

Bills: HM19

Keywords: New Mexico Aviation and Aerospace Day, aviation, aerospace, space industry, missile programs, Spaceport America, White Sands Missile Range, White Sands Test Facility, Kirtland Air Force Base, drone, unmanned aircraft systems, commercial space transportation, NASA, aircraft, STEM education, research laboratories, Sandia National Laboratories, Los Alamos National Laboratory, flight testing, medical evacuation

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• There are entire online communities built around this content.
• Increased punishment will not and does not protect communities.
• SB 1266 will not make victims whole nor communities safer.
• However, community members have significant concerns about ICE agents potentially working in their communities
• However, community members have significant concerns about ICE agents potentially working in their communities

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• And then we all know about the technological change.
• Our community colleges were 36.3 percent. In 2025, our community colleges were 36.3 percent.
• And I absolutely, profoundly appreciate our community college presidents.
• That community loses its hub. That region loses an economic hub.
• That community loses its hub. That region loses an economic hub.

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• There are entire online communities built around this content.
• There are entire online communities built around this content.
• SB 1266 will not make victims whole nor community safer.
• However, community members have significant concerns about ICE agents potentially working in their communities
• However, community members have significant concerns about ICE agents potentially working in their communities

Summary: The committee met without a quorum and operated as a subcommittee while hearing a long agenda of public safety bills. The chair announced recess and return times, noted several consent items, and said SB 906 was pulled from the agenda. Testimony procedures were explained, including limits on principal witnesses and public comment. Several bills were heard out of file order with authors presenting and witnesses speaking in support and opposition. SB 1446 would expand discretion in en banc parole review, make votes public, and allow CDCR referrals for sexually violent predator evaluations in certain cases. Supporters, including the author and district attorneys, said it would improve transparency and public safety; opponents from Uncommon Law, the Ella Baker Center, and public defender groups argued it would add confusion, litigation risk, and unnecessary duplication. The bill was not voted on because the committee still lacked a quorum. SB 1278 would exclude certain sex offenses and habitual or serial sexual offenses from elderly parole eligibility; the author and district attorneys cited recent releases of serious sex offenders and the need to respect victims and sentences, while opponents said the elderly parole process is already rigorous and evidence-based and that the bill would reduce rehabilitation incentives. The chair and other members strongly supported the measure, but no vote was taken. The committee also heard SB 1354, which would bar out-of-state military or law enforcement forces from entering California without the governor’s permission; the author and supporters framed it as a state sovereignty and constitutional authority measure, and the committee discussed an amendment removing a criminal penalty and leaving enforcement to the Attorney General. SB 926 would provide funding for implementation of Proposition 36; supporters said counties need resources for treatment, probation, and related services, while opponents called it fiscally reckless and said the budget process was the proper place to address funding. The chair summarized amendments removing a specific appropriation and limiting eligible recipients, and members emphasized that the voters approved Prop. 36 but it remains underfunded. SB 874 would require background checks and clearer oversight for Medi-Cal behavioral health treatment providers, especially ABA providers serving children; it drew support from health plans and behavior analysis groups and no opposition. SB 1210 would extend CalGang oversight and due process protections to all gang databases, including local ones; supporters described privacy harms and racial disparities, while police chiefs opposed applying CalGang rules to informal local investigative files. SB 1019 would create a DOJ cargo theft task force; supporters from BNSF, trucking, shipping, and port interests described organized theft, rail sabotage, and supply-chain losses, and there was no opposition. SB 1217, on non-consensual intimate image removal, was introduced with privacy and public safety amendments and framed as a survivor-driven effort to create a DOJ clearinghouse for rapid takedown requests; the author said it would help end ongoing digital harm from exploitation.

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• Do you practice something called NaPro technology? And is that approved by the FDA?
• So I am a very big fan of NaPro technology. Dr. Tom Hilgers in Omaha.
• We are a department designed to work in partnership with local communities to protect the vulnerable,
• The Secretary of DCF oversees contracts with 20 community-based CBC lead agencies.
• They're the sort of the hands and feet of child welfare out in the communities where they serve.

Summary: The committee first considered the confirmation of Dr. John Lattell to the Florida Board of Medicine. In questioning, senators focused heavily on his views on abortion, vaccines, ivermectin, hormonal birth control, and the role of CDC/FDA guidance in board discipline cases. Dr. Lattell said the board should apply Florida statutes, described himself as strongly pro-life and skeptical of some federal health guidance, and said he would be sympathetic when judging fellow physicians because of his own experience in practice. Supporters praised his medical background, military service, and family medicine experience, while opponents argued his stated views could affect his ability to fairly discipline other doctors. The committee voted 5-2 to recommend confirmation, with Senators Polsky and Rouson voting no. The committee then took up the confirmation of Taylor Hatch as Secretary of the Florida Department of Children and Families. Hatch outlined her background at DCF and APD and described department priorities including streamlining services, improving child welfare and behavioral health systems, expanding peer support, and reducing SNAP error rates. Members asked detailed questions about Hope Florida, the number and role of Hope Navigators, agency responsiveness on bill analyses, and accountability for community-based care contractors. Hatch said Hope Florida is a partnership-based navigation effort aimed at self-sufficiency, that 143 Hope Navigators are in place, and that the department is working to improve transparency and oversight through contracts, audits, and a proposed funding model. Senators also pressed Hatch on the Hope Florida Foundation’s compliance history and on forensic audits of community-based care agencies, especially Northwest Florida Health Network. Hatch said the foundation is now in compliance and under audit, and that the contractor had completed corrective actions and was operating within current accountability limits. She said DCF had not yet conducted new forensic audits under her tenure but was preparing another round and was considering using contracted-services dollars to support that work. The discussion ended with continued questioning on oversight, staffing, and whether the agency could provide more formal bill analyses going forward.

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• And I think that communities around the state are strapped.
• There was a member of our community who took a significant amount of this drug and was unprovoked and
• There was a member of our community who took a significant amount of this drug and was unprovoked and
• And those providers live in my community, made a point to reflect on their experience with this—both
• , and it has a variety of responsibilities relating to technology in the state.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• </c> technology for the state. technology for the state.
• </c> communication, and water. communication, and water.
• . communities. communities.
• </c> communities in time of need. communities in time of need.
• &gt;&gt; community &gt;&gt; community &gt;&gt; community reports<02:07:29.360><c> are</c><02:07:29.480

Bills: SCR21, SCR75, SCR50, SCR149, SCR47, SCR163, SCR169, SCR170

Keywords: healthcare, rural clinic, feasibility study, access to care, community health, Volcano community, Hawaiʻi Health Systems Corporation, emergency services, health assessment, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders, health care, interdepartmental collaboration, public awareness, support services, education, health insurance, affordable healthcare, working group, Hawaii Health Plan, Medicaid expansion

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• That is still year after year people coming back to the community.
• It promoted our communities. It promoted our universities.
• But in these smaller communities, we found that it doesn't.
• Very small communities. Very small community.
• In 2021, we had interim community hearings.

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• Community vitality, proving rural communities can lead with innovation, resilience, and heart.
• Amarantha is a community leader and community organizer with Parent Voices Marin.
• John's Community Health. As director of government affairs and community engagement at St.
• Manteca Community Cupboard.
• Haeckel is the executive director of Anaheim Community Foundation, which supports community-based programs

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• whether it be within or without, you know, outside of their home county, we provide them with the technology
• But they will be able to continue communicating with us electronically, Mr. Chair and Senator.
• And as this goes on to Senate Judiciary, I would ask them to communicate with you and to perhaps consider
• Madam Chair, I represent wonderful communities of Anthony, Sunland Park.
• The community is largely Hispanic.

Bills: SB264, SB261

Keywords: election integrity, voter coercion, public safety, emergency procedures, polling place security, health regulations, community welfare, peace promotion, legislative reforms

Summary: The committee heard two election-related bills. SB 264, sponsored by Sen. Duhigg and others and presented by the Secretary of State, would add definitions and new offenses to New Mexico election law to prohibit interference with elections, including the presence of troops or armed persons at polling places or ballot drop boxes, attempts to impose election rules contrary to state law, and intentional obstruction of access to polling places. It also would create civil enforcement options, strengthen existing election offenses by adding “under color of law” language, and include emergency voting procedures for voters displaced by natural disasters. Supporters, including Common Cause, the Center for Civic Policy, and the League of Women Voters, said the bill protects voters from intimidation and outside interference. Several county clerks and rural legislators raised concerns about late changes, lack of consultation, rural logistics, and possible litigation. The committee adopted the Rules Committee substitute and advanced SB 264 on a 5-3 roll call vote. SB 261, presented as a companion election measure, would remove the existing exception that allowed law enforcement to carry firearms at polling places, but the sponsor offered an amendment to allow armed law enforcement to respond when called by the presiding judge, county clerk, or Secretary of State. Supporters said firearms do not belong in or around polling places because they can intimidate voters and poll workers, while opponents argued the bill was unnecessary because existing law already covers law enforcement response and that the amendment created confusion. After a recess caused by members leaving the room, the committee returned, adopted the Rules Committee substitute including the amendment, and advanced SB 261 by unanimous voice vote.

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• Corridor 8. also to better link our communities to essential services and economic opportunity.
• are going to work with us because our air traffic control system, it's using World War II air. technology
• We will do this by embracing the most advanced 21st century technology that makes our system safer, more
• That's been a focus of the FAA and using AI technology. to see if we're missing something that's not
• Phoenix and Las Vegas are perhaps the two closest cities in the country. community, major cities that

Keywords: surface transportation, infrastructure reauthorization, bipartisan collaboration, safety, federal programs, funding challenges, bureaucracy, transportation needs, critical projects, public testimony

Summary: The committee meeting focused on the development of the next surface transportation reauthorization bill. Discussions centered around key principles aimed at improving the safety and reliability of the transportation network, reforming federal programs for efficiency, and addressing the diverse transportation needs across various states. Members emphasized the importance of bipartisan collaboration to streamline processes, eliminate bureaucratic delays, and ensure timely funding for critical infrastructure projects. There were also notable conversations about specific projects and funding challenges, reflecting the urgency for action and commitment to modernizing America's infrastructure.