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• of recognition in state statute, but if we don't do something about it, and as the bill suggests, teach
• of recognition in state statute, but if we don't do something about it, and as the bill suggests, teach
• 11.840><c> uh</c> about it and and as the bill suggests uh about it and and as the bill suggests uh teach
• 12.280><c> school</c><00:07:12.599><c> children</c><00:07:13.440><c> about</c><00:07:13.720><c> the</c> teach
• school children about the teach school children about the importance<00:07:14.319><c> of</c><00:07:14.560

Keywords: 1183, house

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• </c><00:38:39.720><c> them</c> learning for students teaching them learning for students teaching them
• It connects families, teaches patience, respect for nature, and strengthens our communities.
• classes on wool felting in and teaches classes on wool felting in local<00:52:16.000><c> libraries</
• The proposed budget builds strongly on the M Cultural Center's heritage over the past 33 years teaching
• with teach teachers and students<02:08:44.840><c> and</c><02:08:45.040><c> again</c><02:08:45.239><c

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• aspects of the bill where a juvenile is within a mental health inpatient psychiatric hospital or teaching
• </c><00:04:31.360><c> or</c> inpatient psychiatric hospital or inpatient psychiatric hospital or teaching
• 33.199><c> There</c><00:04:33.520><c> are</c><00:04:33.680><c> a</c><00:04:33.840><c> couple</c> teaching
• There are a couple teaching hospital.
• :05:24.000><c> pediatric</c> psychiatric hospital or pediatric psychiatric hospital or pediatric teaching

Keywords: 958, all

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• :44.160><c> Stahhagen,</c> Simpson, Smith, Sorrel, Stahhagen, Simpson, Smith, Sorrel, Stahhagen, Standard
• Star,</c><00:09:45.839><c> Stringer,</c><00:09:46.320><c> Stubs,</c><00:09:46.800><c> Tilman,</c> Standard
• , Star, Stringer, Stubs, Tilman, Standard, Star, Stringer, Stubs, Tilman, Travis,<00:09:48.160><c> Treadway
• the parents of the school is to teach the parents of the<01:00:12.799><c> children</c><01:00:13.040>
• religion because I mean that's teaching religion because I mean that's what<01:35:51.199><c> it's</c

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• Still another layer by a lesser legal standard.
• And again, it bears mention that that's after the legal standard required to convict someone beyond a
• I point to Pennsylvania's standard criminal jury instructions.
• The 35-year sentence fits within the normal standard structures.
• You shall teach them to your sons, talking of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk along

Keywords: Scheduler, 972, senate, all

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• In fact, many of the levees do not currently meet the USACE standard as climate change impacts... ...
• levees do not currently meet the USACE standard as climate change impacts weather patterns.
• And our commitment as a state... ...the levees at today's standards, so that just isn't feasible.
• Its erasure disrupted the cultural teachings, the spiritual traditions, and the reciprocal stewardship
• This bill makes minor changes to the reporting requirements, ensures the reporting is standardized and

Summary: The committee first heard SB 872, which would direct $300 million annually for 20 years to repair subsidence damage in the State Water Project and to fund Delta levee repairs. The author and supporters said the bill is needed to protect water deliveries for 27 million Californians, prevent major infrastructure and flood risks, and address long-term threats to California’s water supply. Support came from a broad coalition of water agencies, local governments, environmental groups, and business interests; there was no opposition testimony. Members discussed the scale of the funding, the beneficiary-pays issue, and whether the bill should more clearly address risk and identify likely project areas. The committee adopted amendments, and SB 872 passed 5-0 to Appropriations and was placed on call. The committee then took up SB 1305, a study bill on the feasibility of reintroducing the California grizzly bear. The author, tribal sponsors, and conservation supporters framed the bill as a science-based roadmap that would examine habitat, impacts, and implementation, while recognizing the grizzly’s cultural significance to tribes and its ecological role. Opponents, including sheriffs, cattle groups, county representatives, and a former Fish and Wildlife law enforcement official, argued that California lacks the staffing, funding, and public-safety capacity to manage another apex predator and that the state is already struggling with wolves and mountain lions. Members raised questions about the scope of the feasibility study, local control, and whether the bill should address conflict risk earlier in the process. The author agreed to work on additional amendments, and the bill passed 4-1 to Appropriations and remained on call. SB 1079, creating a Cal Fire Fire Innovation Unit to speed the testing and deployment of wildfire technologies, was heard next. The author and supporters said California has strong wildfire innovation but lacks a formal pipeline to move promising tools from pilot projects into statewide use. Supporters included Megafire Action, Fireworks, the Orange County Fire Authority, and the California Association of Realtors, which sought amendments related to nonprofit administration of grants. There was no opposition testimony. The bill passed 5-0 to Emergency Management and was placed on call. The committee also heard SB 997, which would give the North Fork Kings Groundwater Sustainability Agency lien authority to collect fines and fees tied to its groundwater sustainability plan. Supporters said the change would allow more efficient enforcement and avoid lengthy civil litigation; no opposition appeared. Members asked whether the authority should be extended more broadly to other statutory GSAs, and the author said discussions were ongoing. SB 997 passed 2-0 to Judiciary and was placed on call. The committee later caught up on votes for the earlier bills and then moved to SB 894, a wildfire resilience loan program modeled on Go Green to help homeowners finance home-hardening measures; it passed 5-0 to Emergency Management and was placed on call. Finally, SB 1229 was introduced by Senator Allen to strengthen coastal protections for rebuilding after disasters, beginning with the Palisades fire context, but the transcript cuts off before that bill’s full hearing concluded.

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• In fact, many of the levees do not currently meet the USACE standard as climate change impacts... ...
• levees do not currently meet the USACE standard as climate change impacts weather patterns.
• in which those same farmers or their descendants today could finance all of the levees at today's standards
• Its erasure disrupted the cultural teachings, the spiritual traditions, and the reciprocal stewardship
• This bill makes minor changes to the reporting requirements, ensures the reporting is standardized and

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• out of college, I guess, we still had to go to the legislature to get the personal exemption and standard
• From net income, we take two things that are important: obviously, the standard deduction in Section
• So, taxpayers can take the standard deduction or the itemized deduction, and the definition of itemized
• Just keep in mind on the next slide that these are important: standard deduction and itemized deductions
• So the standard deduction, again, New Mexico conforms.

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• That's 98. faculty members, teaching 1,031 classes, affecting 6,999 students. students being paid with
• TVMDL competes with these new and existing schools for the specialists they need. need to teach, but
• We'll teach to update existing training areas and construct new realistic training environments which
• miss a bit. a big cloud of smoke out of there, but it, the professionalism and the skills that you teach
• Our teachings are amazing. That's what we refer to ourselves as.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• And being on an officer team can teach you skills ranging anywhere from managing chapter finances and
• And being on an officer team can, you know, teach you skills ranging anywhere from managing chapter finances
• And being on an officer team can teach you skills ranging anywhere from managing chapter finances and
• event that we have is a thing called BASIC, kind of similar, but we take all of our chapter officers, teach

Keywords: 989, all

Summary: The Senate Education Committee heard and advanced Senate Bill 1291, presented by Senator Carrie Semmelroth as a code cleanup bill tied to the prior session’s Code Cleanup Act. She walked the committee through multiple sections of Title 33 that were described as obsolete, outdated, or unused, including provisions on public school appropriations, third-party academic contracts, teacher recognition reporting, county school funding mechanisms, orphan code, maternity school language, an unused industry partner fund, an old asbestos abatement appropriation, and advanced opportunities language. The committee asked no substantive questions, then moved and seconded a motion to send the bill to the floor with a due pass recommendation; the motion carried unanimously. After the bill, the committee received a presentation from Idaho FFA state officers, who described FFA’s three-circle model of classroom instruction, career and leadership development events, and supervised agricultural experiences. The officers highlighted their own agricultural projects and education paths, explained state and national FFA leadership activities, and emphasized community service and student leadership development. They also invited legislators to the upcoming state convention in Twin Falls. Committee members offered supportive comments and asked a few questions about welding, beekeeping, and recordkeeping for agricultural projects. The FFA officers responded with details about their experiences and techniques. The chair closed by thanking the students and the committee adjourned until the next day.

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• Let us be inspired by these teachings of the trees and the words and the actions of Dr.
• 00:09:18.240><c> inspired</c><00:09:18.640><c> by</c><00:09:18.880><c> these</c><00:09:19.120><c> teachings
• </c><00:09:19.519><c> of</c> Let us be inspired by these teachings of Let us be inspired by these teachings

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• charter schools available in order to make sure that children are in a safe place that knows how to teach
• more schools, especially in our rural areas and underserved areas where we will be able to treat and teach
• And very, very importantly, in order to teach the student with autism, to assist in the therapy of a
• establish a safe environment for children who have autism so that they know how to best handle, best teach

Keywords: 998, house, all

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• She is dedicated to helping others discover the benefits of meditation and the teachings of Buddha.
• Her teaching style is down to earth and practical and shows us how to apply these teachings in our daily

Keywords: 1182, all

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• It's going to get worse as new caseload standards are imposed.
• Again, as we brace for new caseload standards currently under review, meeting those standards would require
• This is a standard null and void.
• So the underlying bill had reduced those standard ranges.
• Trudeus Tangle staff to the Labor and Workplace Standards Committee.

Summary: The committee began with a public hearing on Substitute House Bill 1592, which would change how state public defense funds are distributed and, in the substitute version, keep current law on state funding responsibility while revising the allocation formula. Staff explained the bill would shift county and city distributions to a pro rata, caseload-based model, allow very low-density counties to request OPD to provide some or all public defense services, require additional data collection and reporting, and direct OPD to study caseload reductions and retention. Representative Peterson said the bill is meant to create a better structure for future state support of indigent defense without the very large cost of the original proposal. Testimony from counties, cities, OPD, defenders, and local officials was strongly supportive, emphasizing a statewide public defense crisis, rising local costs, staffing shortages, and the need for a fairer funding model. The committee then heard Substitute House Bill 1742 on environmentally sustainable urban design and Substitute House Bill 1906 on water system regulation and water rates. HB 1742 would create a center in Ecology to promote sustainable urban design, fund design competitions and grants, and establish an advisory council; the sponsor said the bill reflects a desire to support a pilot project through alternative funding, and there was no public testimony. HB 1906 would require more planning and notice for Group A water systems, add customer notice and right-of-first-refusal provisions for some ownership changes, and direct the UTC to consider external funding sources, capital planning, and rate smoothing when setting water rates. Water utility and PUD witnesses supported the goal of improving transparency and consolidation of failing small systems, while noting the substitute reduced some fiscal concerns. The committee also heard HB 2248 on Secretary of State corporate and charity filings, HB 2438 creating the SEED scholarship for early childhood education students, and HB 2515 addressing emerging large energy use facilities such as data centers. HB 2248 would redirect part of annual filing fees to the Secretary of State revolving fund, require initial reports from nonprofits and LLPs, and change trademark certificate procedures; the fiscal note showed modest revenue losses, and the division supported restoring the fee split for operational funding. HB 2438 would transfer $10 million annually from the GET account to fund scholarships and wraparound services for early childhood education degree seekers, with testimony from early learning advocates and a student describing workforce shortages and personal financial barriers. HB 2515 drew extensive testimony both for and against: supporters said it would protect ratepayers, water resources, and grid reliability by requiring tariffs, reporting, clean-energy requirements, and a fee on large energy users; opponents argued it singled out data centers, could hurt investment and jobs, and included unrelated labor and procurement provisions. After public testimony, the committee moved into executive-session briefing on several bills and amendments, including HB 1903 on statewide low-income energy assistance, HB 1909 on a court unification task force, HB 1982 on vacating certain convictions tied to treaty Indian rights, HB 2034 on LEOFF Plan 1 retirement changes, HB 2105 on employer notice of federal I-9 audits, HB 2210 on ranked-choice voting, HB 2215 on Climate Commitment Act fuel supplier obligations, and HB 2271 on post-consumer recycled content requirements. Staff summarized proposed substitutes and amendments, with several changes aimed at reducing or shifting fiscal impacts, narrowing agency duties, or striking provisions entirely.

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• We as engineers can say all we want, it's safe, it's this meets our standard.
• It's this meets our standard. It's safe. It's this meets our standard.
• And there's all kinds of standards for that. So they need to be able to see that.
• So, they need to be standards for that.
• So, when we teach road design, we have a choice.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• </c> years in the university system teaching years in the university system teaching and<01:54:08.320
• </c> to the same standard to the same standard as<06:39:27.080><c> to</c><06:39:27.240><c> our</c><06
• </c> closer to the standard closer to the standard and<06:39:36.680><c> provides</c><06:39:37.680><c>
• </c> this was the most secure standard ever. this was the most secure standard ever.
• It was the It was the gold standard.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• appreciate the fact that the professionalism that you have and the teacher that's in you, willing to teach
• us, willing to teach me.
• and the teacher that's in you, willing and the teacher that's in you, willing to<00:22:53.600><c> teach
• /c><00:22:53.920><c> us,</c><00:22:54.120><c> willing</c><00:22:54.400><c> to</c><00:22:54.480><c> teach
• </c><00:22:55.520><c> I</c> to teach us, willing to teach me. I to teach us, willing to teach me.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• I wanted to just share briefly uh this will date me but now I retired from teaching 12 years ago.
• I wanted to just share briefly uh this will date me but now I retired from teaching 12 years ago.
• I wanted to just share briefly uh this will date me but now I retired from teaching 12 years ago.
• Well, when I went teaching 12 years ago.
• So, I do hope that we'll continue to work on teacher prep and, even throughout my teaching career, I

Bills: HF60, HF3067, HF3730, HF3638, HF3401

Keywords: interchange, bond issuance, transportation, infrastructure funding, Sherburne County, paraprofessional, paraprofessional qualifications, education support staff, teacher aide, teacher assistant, special education, Title I, federal personnel qualifications, Minnesota Department of Education, school district, charter school, cooperative unit, Read Act, reading instruction, math instruction

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• These ancient words teach that holiness is not confined to sanctuaries of wood and gold.
• The verse teaches: let them make, not one alone, but together. Governance is collective work.
• These ancient words<00:01:16.640><c> teach</c><00:01:16.880><c> that</c><00:01:17.119><c> holiness</c
• ><00:01:17.680><c> is</c><00:01:17.920><c> not</c> words teach that holiness is not words teach that
• teaches let them make not one alone<00:01:59.680><c> but</c><00:02:00.000><c> together.

Keywords: Senate streaming session for Thursday, February 19, 2026, 960, senate, all

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• Honestly, we're teaching from a young age that this is socialism and this is what it looks like.
• Well, what are we teaching them? Do I want hungry kids? Absolutely not.
• ><c> a</c><00:47:36.160><c> young</c> Honestly, we're teaching from a young Honestly, we're teaching
• </c> Well, what are we teaching them? Well, what are we teaching them?
• </c><00:49:33.760><c> them</c> putting a band-aid on and teaching them putting a band-aid on and teaching

Keywords: 916, all