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• <00:52:01.720> to Hunting Fishing trapping and access to Hunting Fishing trapping and access
• The first is the acquisition of land and water access.
• > possible land and water access um a possible land and water access um a possible acquisition
• I've also watched opportunities for water access be lost for the same reasons.
• <05:08:06.400> to through acquisition of public access to through acquisition of public access

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• <00:55:03.920> to<00:55:04.160> that levels or higher but access to that levels or
• higher but access to that coverage<00:55:05.319> is<00:55:05.480> more<00:55:05.720>
• to that coverage is being the access to that coverage is being tightened<00:55:14.000> the<00
• to the coverages have the same access to the coverages that<00:58:49.000> you've<00:58:49.240
• to provider accessibility, and we found out that you already had a very robust study group that was

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The meeting began with introductory remarks for new and returning members of the House Commerce Committee, led by Chairman John Hunt. Members briefly introduced themselves and their backgrounds, and several noted the committee’s bipartisan, collegial tone. Hunt explained the committee’s structure and traditions, including the division into three subcommittees: banking and business, consumer protection, and liquor commission matters, with insurance now handled as a single area. He also reviewed basic hearing procedures, including decorum, questions for information only, and the committee’s practice of moving bills through subcommittees before full committee executive sessions. The committee then heard an overview from the New Hampshire Insurance Department, led by Commissioner DJ Bettencourt and staff. The department described its mission as promoting a safe and competitive insurance marketplace and emphasized consumer protection, market competition, and affordability. Officials outlined the department’s responsibilities, including licensing insurers, producers, adjusters, and TPAs; reviewing insurance forms; regulating companies and market conduct; overseeing financial solvency; and investigating insurance fraud. They also noted that the department is self-funded through assessments on insurers, collects premium taxes and fees for the state, and returned more than $2.7 million to companies in fiscal year 2024 due to underspending. The presentation also covered the broader regulatory framework for insurance, including the role of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners in promoting uniform standards across states and territories. Officials said New Hampshire licenses about 1,200 insurance companies and roughly 245,000 producers and adjusters, and that the department’s financial examinations are part of an accreditation system used nationwide. No votes or formal committee actions were taken in the portion provided; the session was primarily organizational and informational, with the insurance department presentation beginning the committee’s substantive work for the term.

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• for digital access transition kiosks. for digital access transition kiosks.
• . accessible. accessible.
• It risks limiting access.
• Speaker, I ask for a roll call vote. and truly accessible. and truly accessible.
• This bill as amended creates access This bill as amended creates access barriers<02:13:17.960>

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• access dental services at all. access dental services at all.
• Recognize the Vermont Health Access.
• <02:10:19.800> prevention So, um, access to HIV prevention So, um, access to HIV prevention
• 12:17.120> to<02:12:17.240> these everyone to have access to these everyone to have access
• <02:43:40.200> to federal requirements to allow access to federal requirements to allow access

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• And this means that we provide an institution with high access, and then our graduates have access not
• :33.120> education have have access not only to education have have access not only to education
• <00:14:41.920> to Commonwealth to come and have access to Commonwealth to come and have access
• standpoint of access and equity of care. standpoint of access and equity of care.
• So because it's not easily accessible.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee met with a full quorum and approved the prior minutes. Members offered introductions of guests and family members, then heard a presentation from University of Louisville President Thomas Jared Bradley, who was sworn in before testifying. He described his background and outlined U of L’s strategic priorities: student success, access and affordability, workforce development, community engagement, and research. Bradley highlighted enrollment growth, increases in first-generation and Pell-eligible students, strong transfer pathways with KCTCS, and support programs such as the Cardinal Commitment Grant, 15-to-Finish, Comeback Cards, tutoring, mentoring, and mental health services. Bradley also emphasized U of L’s statewide and regional impact through UofL Health, rural outreach, the Bullitt County rural cancer education and research center, nursing expansion, and the Kentucky Manufacturing Extension Partnership program. He noted major institutional distinctions, including R1 status, a new Carnegie Opportunity College and University designation, and community-engaged classification. He said the university is one of only 10 public universities nationwide with all three designations and reported record enrollment, improved retention, and strong research expenditures. He also thanked lawmakers for significant capital and operating support, including funding for the simulation center, health science center, asset preservation, and the MEP program. During questions, members praised the university’s public service role and asked about first-generation enrollment, retention, graduation rates, and post-graduation outcomes. Bradley said the university is working to improve completion by expanding academic support, early alerts, incentives for tutoring, and faculty/advisor mentoring, especially for first-generation and high-need students. He acknowledged that post-graduation employment data is difficult to collect but said the new Carnegie classification reflects positive outcomes. No votes were taken beyond approving the minutes, and no formal actions were taken on legislation in this portion of the meeting.

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• <00:14:39.279> It<00:14:39.600> just<00:14:39.839> holds really limit access
• It just holds really limit access.
• to counsel or expertise have easy access to counsel or expertise in<00:56:59.839> legal<00:57
• information so that it's more accessible information so that it's more accessible in<01:36:53.040
• Um, access is restricted, uh, system.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• While they all provide us access to educational resources, they also. with the allure of social media
• If students had access to their phones it could have gone a lot worse.
• We want to ensure that students who need it have access to supports that they need.
• We really view this as an access to justice issue.
• The reason they were able to access this is because their parents. were wealthy.

Bills: HB6, HB27, HB 123, HB210, HB213, HB222, HB610, HB 1085, HB1481, HB6, HB27, HB123, HB210, HB213, HB222

Keywords: mental health, telehealth, public schools, discipline management, behavioral interventions, financial literacy, high school education, curriculum requirements, economics, personal finance, HB 123, kindergarten readiness, early literacy, early numeracy, reading screening, math screening, foundational literacy, foundational numeracy, dyslexia screening, reading intervention

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• That balance between accountability and access is what brings us here today.
• That balance between accountability and access is what brings us here today.
• Program integrity and access to care are not competing values.
• access to care are not competing values. access to care are not competing values.
• One of the challenges access to housing.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• it is essential for us to support access it is essential for us to support access to<01:47:31.480
• It provides for an outdoor pursuit that is accessible without great expense.
• It provides for an outdoor pursuit that is accessible without great expense. from those that have had
• that access to public lands<01:53:59.920> are<01:54:00.119> going<01:54:00.280> to<
• We own this state land, and the people of Minnesota should have access to do the things they do.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• to the ballot and equal access to vote.
• an equal access to the ballot<01:04:33.240> and<01:04:33.320> equal<01:04:33.520> access
• And so ballot and equal access to vote.
• having an equal access to the ballot. having an equal access to the ballot.
• protected class blocking their access protected class blocking their access either<01:28:48.440>

Keywords: House streaming session for Friday, April 10, 2026, 957, house, all

Summary: The House met with 122 members present, heard the journal read, and proceeded through a long series of Senate messages, concurrence motions, and third-reading votes on a wide range of bills. Early business included conference committee appointments on Senate Bill 159 (Emergency Medical Services Vehicles and Ambulances, Required Supplies), Senate Bill 514 (Third Degree Assault), and Senate Bill 866 (Chain Restaurants, disclosure of sodium and added sugars), along with several other bills where the House declined to recede from its amendments and named conferees. The chamber also adopted concurrence on House Bill 1181 (children in out-of-home placement) and House Bill 1219 (climate change/homeowners insurance study), and adopted a favorable committee report on House Bill 1602 (no-cost cancer screening for volunteer firefighters), which was amended to add sponsors, make technical changes, and include retired volunteer firefighters before being ordered printed for third reading. The House then took up a Rules Committee consent calendar and moved a batch of bills to the appropriate committees. On third reading, it passed House Bill 1028 (Caroline County Board of Education compensation increase) and House Bill 1599 (Choptank River Enhancement Program and Maryland Seafood Industry Financial Assistance Fund) by constitutional majorities. It also rejected Senate amendments on House Bill 107 (Intelligent Speed Assistance System Pilot Program), House Bill 153 (residential rental apartments air conditioning requirement), House Bill 1063 (hunting management), and House Bill 1067 (lead and lead-based ammunition phase out), appointing conference committees in each case. House Bill 717 (Baltimore City raffles for organizations affiliated with professional baseball and football teams) and House Bill 892 (cemeteries, actions for sale/transfer/alternate use) also had Senate amendments rejected. The chamber then passed a series of Senate bills on third reading, including Senate Bill 309 (precious metal bullion or coins sales tax exemption), 523 (vernal pools identification), 742 (Maryland Protecting People with Disabilities Act), 141 (election misinformation/disinformation and deep fakes), 298 (Maryland Capital Police statewide jurisdiction), 515 (Health Services Cost Review Commission rate setting), 638 (Maryland Heritage Areas funding and grants), 28 (state employee arbitration reform), 72 (Baltimore County off-premises alcohol sales), 361 (Baltimore City alcoholic beverages license extension), 414 (Anne Arundel County nonprofit swim club license), 601 (cybersecurity standards), 305 (incarcerated individual training and reentry grant fund extension), 331 (retired law enforcement handgun permit renewal), 516 (protective body armor requirements and reporting), 651 (transfer-on-death deed establishment), 865 (private passenger automobile insurance work group), 933 (temporary appointment to the Commission on Judicial Disabilities), 261 (money transmission act definition changes), and 823 (Parole Commission selection committee changes). Most passed with little or no debate; Senate Bill 523 drew opposition from a delegate who warned that identifying vernal pools could lead to future regulation and land-use restrictions, while Senate Bill 823 prompted questions about victims’ rights and whether state’s attorneys remained opposed, with the floor leader saying the bill added a victims’ rights advocate to the selection committee and that opposition had been limited to written testimony. Several members later changed votes on Senate Bill 638 and Senate Bill 865 before the House moved on.

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• access to a proven framework. access to a proven framework.
• <01:26:15.440> to applicants and employers have access to applicants and employers have access
• this benefit. continue accessing this benefit.
• Other workers across the state have access to...
• Other workers across the state have access to... Other workers across the state have access to...

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Do parents have access to it? Dr.
• Do parents have<00:14:59.240> access<00:14:59.839> to<00:15:00.040> it?
• have access to it? have access to it? Dr.<00:15:01.560> Childs. Dr. Childs. Dr. Childs.
• We only<00:15:53.040> access<00:15:53.480> that<00:15:54.320> uh<00:15:54.400>
• that uh the the video uh if only access that uh the the video uh if needed.<00:15:56.959> Um

Bills: HF3753, HF4299, HF4700, HF4282, HF4139, HF3530, HF4031

Keywords: school safety, threat assessment, pilot project, education, real-time monitoring, public safety, HF4299, school safety specialists, Minnesota School Safety Center, appropriation, general fund, fiscal year 2026, school security, school violence prevention, student safety, Department of Public Safety, school resource support, education funding, peace officer, training reimbursement

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• This year we are focusing on upgrading our technology for increased accessibility of the local literacy
• of the local you literacy accessibility of the local you literacy plans<00:13:57.519> as<00:13
• So the way this is sitting accessible.
• <01:03:32.160> supports, field experiences, accessible supports, field experiences, accessible
• <01:26:10.080> to student or teachers access to student or teachers access to supplemental

Bills: HF3421

Keywords: early literacy, reading instruction, teacher preparation, teacher candidates, teacher licensure, educator licensing, Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board, PELSB, field experience, supervised practicum, evidence-based reading, science of reading, literacy methods, teacher training, preservice teachers, school-based experience, reading intervention, Minnesota education policy, 1183, house

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• These challenges have persisted despite significant interagency efforts to increase access to intensive
• These challenges have persisted despite significant interagency efforts to increase access to intensive
• These challenges have persisted despite significant interagency efforts to increase access to intensive
• These challenges have persisted despite significant interagency efforts to increase access to intensive
• So we are and um it's for enhancing access to the and um it's for enhancing access to the delivery<00

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee met with a quorum and first heard brief presentations on Kentucky’s 2025 Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant and Title V Maternal and Child Health Block Grant. Department for Public Health staff explained that the preventive health block grant provides about $2.3 million annually and supports programs such as accreditation and performance improvement, local health department grants, community health workers, prescription assistance, asthma and COPD programs, workforce development, and a sexual assault programs set-aside. They said the Title V block grant provides about $11.7 million, with 35% directed to children and youth with special health care needs and 65% to maternal and child health populations, largely through local health departments and a five-year needs assessment process. After no questions, a motion was made and seconded to approve both block grants. The roll call vote passed 19-0, and the two block grants were approved. The committee then approved the minutes from the prior meeting. The next item was a discussion of the child waiver created in House Bill 6. Committee members raised concerns that the proposed 1915(c) waiver did not match the legislature’s intent, which they said was to move children from the Michelle P. waiver to free slots for adults. Cabinet officials from DCBS, behavioral health, and Medicaid described the proposed “Community Health for Improved Lives and Development” waiver as a targeted home- and community-based program for children under 21 with severe behavioral health or developmental needs, including those stepping down from inpatient or residential care or at risk of out-of-home placement. They said the waiver is designed for about 100 slots, uses a standardized needs-based assessment, and includes case management, community living supports, home modifications, respite, supervised residential care, and clinical therapeutic services. Officials said the public comment period ended July 15, responses are being compiled for August submission to CMS, and the waiver is part of the broader Families First initiative.

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• of critical access dental clinics.
• This would have no effect on the healthcare access fund.
• This would have no effect on the healthcare access fund.
• This would have no effect on the healthcare access fund.
• agencies that are allowed to access agencies that are allowed to access federal<01:21:28.800>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• I found easily accessible sexually graphic images, explicit text, and embedded hot links in databases
• I found easily accessible sexually graphic images, explicit text, and embedded hot links in databases
• In our last session, not one representative voted against age verification to access porn sites.
• If the goal is to cut off access, go after Amazon. Everything's available on Amazon.
• He waited patiently to gain access to me.

Bills: HB2242, HB2446, HB2799, HB4502, HB2920, HB2790, HB5620, HB5060, HB5076, HB5080, HB5081, HB5128, HB5130, HB3847, HB5116, HB2969, HB4546, HB4202, HB5624, HB3964, HB4803, HB872, HB4775, HB4777, HB4961, HB5570, HB2988, HB4260, HB1375, HB5009, HB5411, HB5134, HB4388, HB3095, HB1387

Keywords: constables, civil rights, local government, law enforcement, policy-making authority, affidavit, medical bills, civil actions, reasonable charges, healthcare services, judicial statistics, court performance, family law, civil cases, efficiency reporting, court security, emergency management, harassment penalties, judicial safety, court committee

Summary: The committee heard testimony on several bills affecting civil practice, judicial conduct, and attorney regulation. HB 4961 and the similar HB 3095 would bar uninsured motorists from recovering non-economic damages after a collision, with HB 3095 also addressing certain exceptions and limiting economic damages in some cases. Supporters said the measures would encourage insurance coverage and fairness for insured drivers, while opponents argued they would unfairly punish injured people who were not responsible for the lack of insurance, including pedestrians, passengers, children, and others. HB 3095 drew constitutional concerns from witnesses, and the committee later withdrew the committee substitute and left the bill pending; HB 4961 was also left pending after questions about its scope, including passengers. HB 5570 would expand a continuing legal education exemption to attorneys appointed by the governor and confirmed by the Senate who serve on boards or commissions. The author and witness said the bill would free up time for public service while still requiring ethics training. A committee member raised a discrepancy in the number of attorneys covered, and the bill was left pending. HB 2969 would prohibit the State Bar from adopting rules or penalties that unreasonably burden attorneys’ religious exercise or free speech, especially in relation to sincerely held religious beliefs. Supporters framed it as a protection for lawyers of faith against an ABA-style speech code, while no one testified in opposition; the bill was left pending. HB 4260 would prohibit county judges and county commissioners from practicing law in courts over which they have jurisdiction. The author described it as an ethics measure to avoid conflicts of interest, but county officials and the County Judges and Commissioners Association opposed it, saying existing ethics rules already address conflicts and that the bill would impose hardships, especially in rural counties. The bill was left pending. HB 4388 would require all judges, including those who serve only in administrative roles, to remain subject to the Code of Judicial Conduct; supporters said some judges avoid discipline by relinquishing judicial functions, while opponents said the bill was unnecessary and could burden county judges who serve as administrators. It was also left pending. The committee also heard HB 5134, which would limit Rule 202 pre-suit depositions to people who have suffered or reasonably expect to suffer actual damages and allow attorney’s fees against abusive petitioners. The author said the bill would curb harassment and fishing expeditions, but members questioned how the standard would work in practice; the bill was left pending. Finally, HB 3964 would narrow common-law public nuisance claims by barring suits over lawful conduct, conduct already addressed by other remedies, and products, while preserving other causes of action. Supporters said the bill would prevent regulation through litigation and protect legislative authority; opponents said it would eliminate important remedies and that no Texas abuse had been shown. The author indicated he would revise the bill, and it was left pending.

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• <00:07:19.759> you<00:07:19.879> wanted to access was lack of access you wanted to
• access was lack of access you wanted to<00:07:20.240> correct<00:07:20.560> was<00:07:20.720
• > Capital to correct was lack of access to Capital to correct was lack of access to Capital 74%
• <00:07:25.400> to definitely helped them with access to definitely helped them with access
• some people weren't able to um access some people weren't able to um access these<00:23:26.960><

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Dialysis centers: 18 reported four types of vascular access site infections.
• reported four types of vascular access reported four types of vascular access site<00:27:18.520>
• We'd like to make them more accessible online for everyone to access.
• making these data much more accessible making these data much more accessible and<00:30:33.880><
• online for for everyone to accessible online for for everyone to access<00:30:42.200> we<00:30

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first handled organizational business, electing Representative Mark Pearson as chair for the coming term, appointing Representative Lucy Weber as clerk, and approving the November 22 minutes with abstentions from members who were absent. Members also noted excused absences for Senator Avard and Representative Jessica Lontine. After the vote, the committee moved to the DHHS commissioners’ update. DHHS associate commissioners Patricia Tilly and Chris Santinello described a process-improvement effort to improve transitions for youth moving from DCF care into adult developmental services and Medicaid. They said the old process was fragmented, dependent on personal relationships, and not sustainable, so staff from DCF, the Bureau of Family Assistance, Developmental Services, and public health used a Kaizen/Lean event to map the workflow, identify bottlenecks, clarify roles, and create a more consistent playbook. Members asked about IT support and whether the process would create new bureaucracy; DHHS said current systems are antiquated, especially DCF’s CWIS, but the goal is to streamline coordination, not add bureaucracy, and future systems like Granite Families may help with reminders and age-based ticklers. Several members praised the work, including a CASA volunteer who said the added attention has improved services for vulnerable youth. The committee then received the annual healthcare-associated infections update from Ctin Hansen of the Division of Public Health Services. Hansen reported that New Hampshire’s HAI program, created by statute, tracks infections in hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, dialysis centers, and long-term care facilities. For 2023, hospitals reported fewer infections than predicted nationally, with 135 infections statewide and 174 C. diff infections also below national rates; hospital influenza vaccination was 89.9%. Ambulatory surgery centers reported low infection counts and an 80.1% staff flu vaccination rate; dialysis centers reported fewer infections overall than the prior year but higher local access-site infections, with staff vaccination at 52.6%; and long-term care facilities reported a 50.1% flu vaccination rate, up from 37.8%. Hansen also said the program conducted over 100 investigations, handled 84 antibiotic-resistant organism reports, completed 20 infection-prevention assessments, and operated on a budget of about $348,000 plus grant funding, including an Epidemiology Laboratory Capacity Grant that was later reduced.

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• <01:01:01.120> to businesses have equal access to businesses have equal access to insurance
• <01:17:17.640> to own because they don't have access to own because they don't have access
• :54.480> consumers creates access for Minnesota's consumers creates access for Minnesota's consumers
• And, importantly, they're more accessible in terms of cost and underwriting.
• And, importantly, they're more accessible in terms of cost and underwriting.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• And that relates to the requirement that who can have access to the call logs.
• could call and get that information; it's just the family and others who would need that kind of access
• have access to this life-saving<00:36:03.520> care.
• Phoning a friend who wants to come to the testifier table. access to.
• Um, so I think that this is access to.

Bills: HF3935, HF2216, HF4354, HF4210, HF4212

Keywords: assisted living, healthcare, training, unlicensed personnel, resident rights, safety regulations, nursing home, long-term care, guardian, conservator, arbitration, mandatory arbitration, consumer protection, fee increase, rate increase, price hike, private pay, public funds, Medicaid, waiver services