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• For example, both the Early Childhood Family Education and Health and Developmental Screening programs
• developmental</c> education and health and developmental education and health and developmental screening
• programs are entirely um state screening programs are entirely um state funded<00:15:39.079><c> DCF<
• The health and developmental screening program provides funding to public school districts, Head Start
• So in state fiscal year 2026, nearly 54,000 children are expected to receive a screening through that

Committee: House Human Services Finance and Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• And those are highlighted in the orange-pink on your screen.
• So, a new requirement of Perkins V is the comprehensive local needs assessment.
• And then the findings that need to be assessed and need to be put into the local application and match
• </c> comprehensive local needs assessment. comprehensive local needs assessment.
• and need to be put into to be assessed and need to be put into the<01:46:15.120><c> local</c><01:46:

Committee: Joint Appropriations & Revenue

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Budget Process 00:02:28 Allotment Process 00:10:30 School Facilities Construction Commission 00:29:10 Role of KDE in School Facilities Funding 00:47:00 Kentucky School Boards Association 01:13:25 Elementary and Secondary School Construction 01:20:40 Perkins V Funding 01:35:32, 958, all

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• Sometimes, during our legal screening, we identify a child who needs county support.
• Sometimes, during our legal screening, we identify a child who needs county support.
• Senator Clark: Sure, well, I actually agree with your assessment of that.
• Sure well I actually agree with your<01:59:54.360><c> assessment</c><01:59:54.920><c> of</c><01:59:55.240
• </c> your assessment of of that. your assessment of of that.

Committee: Senate Judiciary and Public Safety

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• They're currently reviewing and assessing information, and I would expect it to be very quickly and at
• They're currently reviewing and assessing information, and I would expect it to be very quickly and at
• And then we do an assessment where it's not just the investigator determining that we've identified a
• And once we've made that assessment, then we take action based on what we find.
• I will be turning off my screen to share my testimony.

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Education and the state department of Health to create a two-year pilot program that provides vision screenings

Bills: HB3327 , HB3711 , HB4104 , HJR1077 , HB3329 , HB4322 , HB4202 , HB4203 , HB4457 , HB3983 , HB3660 , HB3802 , HB2933 , HB2955 , HB2956 , HB3781 , HB3521 , HB3794 , HB3796 , HB3800 , HB3183 , HB4316 , HB4484 , HB3469 , HB3464 , HB3173 , HB3989 , HB3016 , HB2979 , HB2988 , HB2288 , HB3062 , HB3315 , HB3372 , HB3530 , HB3622 , HB3755 , HB4266

Keywords: State Board of Education, Oklahoma education board, board appointments, school governance, education reform, governor appointments, legislative appointments, speaker of the house, president pro tempore, senate confirmation, board vacancies, removal for cause, public education, state superintendent, school board training, board member qualifications, emergency clause, Oklahoma statutes 70 O.S. 3-101, school funding, transparency

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• that mental health units may operate at more than one facility and allows for short-term care, assessment
• </c><00:02:19.560><c> care,</c> and allows for short-term care, and allows for short-term care, assessment
• ,<00:02:20.720><c> evaluation,</c><00:02:21.480><c> and</c><00:02:21.600><c> stabiliz-</c> assessment
• , evaluation, and stabiliz- assessment, evaluation, and stabiliz- stabilization<00:02:23.440><c> for<
• And a lot of times that's on a screen that pops up.

Committee: Senate Judiciary and Public Safety

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We will also explore some of the ArcGIS tools to see if we can incorporate drift and assessing relationships
• /c><01:02:40.440><c> just</c><01:02:40.760><c> share</c><01:02:41.160><c> my</c><01:02:41.359><c> screen
• increase in the use of the pesticide, there's about a 2.5-point decrease in their full-scale IQ. assessed
• at seven years of age and we assessed at seven years of age and we saw<01:13:54.440><c> that</c> saw
• asthma medication<01:15:44.320><c> in</c><01:15:44.440><c> the</c><01:15:44.639><c> last</c> We also assessed

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: This joint informational briefing of Senate and House committees focused on restricted use pesticides in Hawaiʻi, with opening remarks framing the issue as one of health, environmental impact, and state-level regulation. The briefing reviewed the history of pesticide disclosure efforts, including prior county actions, a 2016 court ruling that shifted responsibility to the state, and Act 45, which enabled disclosure of restricted use pesticide data. Speakers highlighted 2019 reporting data showing concentrated use in parts of Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, especially near schools and communities, and identified fumigants such as 1,3-dichloropropene and metam sodium as among the heaviest-used products. Concerns were raised about potential links to cancer, respiratory illness, reproductive harms, Parkinson’s disease, and developmental effects, as well as the lack of long-term mixture studies and the need for better buffer zones, reporting, and farmer transition support. The Department of Agriculture’s pesticides program manager described the state’s regulatory framework, explaining the distinction between general use and restricted use pesticides and the department’s role under FIFRA and Hawaiʻi law. He outlined the branch’s enforcement, education/certification, registration, and laboratory functions, including inspections, complaint response, market surveillance, applicator certification, product review, groundwater protection modeling, and special registrations. He also noted staffing and resource limitations, including the absence of an in-house toxicologist and long-term monitoring capacity, and compared Hawaiʻi’s resources to California’s much larger pesticide regulatory program. He said the department supports Act 231, which was passed the previous year and is moving forward this session. A pediatrician speaking for the Hawaiʻi chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics emphasized concerns about chronic low-level pesticide exposure in children, citing AAP policy statements and technical reports that associate exposure with cancer, leukemia, birth defects, neurobehavioral issues, and asthma. Drawing on work with the Kauaʻi Joint Fact Finding Task Force, the speaker said the group found the west side of the island to be an unhealthy community but could not prove causation because of missing drift, geospatial, and biomarker data. The testimony pointed to elevated cancer mortality, pneumonia admissions, obesity, dialysis, and developmental delay indicators, and described concerns about pesticide drift near schools and homes, including reports of children becoming ill after nearby spraying and low levels of chlorpyrifos detected in dust samples. An environmental health scientist from the University of Hawaiʻi described a pilot project using restricted use pesticide data in a public health context. She said the project began after seeing maps of Central Oʻahu pesticide use and aimed to pair GIS data with health and ethnicity data, while also conducting community focus groups. Preliminary focus group themes included calls to action, voting and policymaker awareness, concern about pesticide use near homes and fields, lack of community consent, and a desire to stay engaged. No votes or formal committee actions were taken during the briefing.

Transcript Highlights:

• So this is a bill that would limit screen time through K through 5 to 1 hour a Day, there is no data

Bills: HB4274 , HB3076 , HB4358 , HB3312 , HB3288 , HB3885

Committee: House Common Education

Keywords: HB4274, Oklahoma schools, interdistrict transfer, open transfer, school enrollment, military families, active duty, National Guard, Reserve orders, military installation, residency requirements, district of choice, public school transfer, student transfer, special education, IEP, Section 504, military housing, base housing, electronic enrollment

Transcript Highlights:

• I lost my screen there; my apologies.

Committee: Senate Agricultural Affairs

Summary: The Senate Agriculture Committee met to begin its rules review process and welcomed University of Idaho College of Agricultural and Life Sciences students visiting as part of the 24th ag-economics public policy and legislative tour. Committee leaders introduced the students and thanked them for their interest in Idaho agriculture before turning to the rule dockets. The committee heard presentations from Idaho State Department of Agriculture staff on several zero-based regulation rules: stone fruit grades, bulk permits and retail sale of potatoes, weights and measures, pesticide and chemigation use and application, and organic food products. Testimony explained that most changes were technical cleanups, including removing obsolete or duplicative language, updating incorporation-by-reference citations, clarifying definitions and grade language, and aligning rules with current handbooks or federal marketing orders. The pesticide rule also included more substantive updates such as revised license terms, longer sunset periods for some applicators, and new provisions for drone pesticide applications. Members asked a few questions, including about where removed definitions had gone in the weights and measures rule; staff said those definitions are already in statute. No votes were taken on the dockets. The chair announced the committee would not vote on these rules until a later meeting, after additional presentations, and then adjourned the meeting.

Transcript Highlights:

• Lost my screen there—my apologies.

Committee: Senate Agricultural Affairs

Keywords: 989, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Sorry, I was trying to find where to unmute myself with all my screens. Hello and good morning.

Summary: The State Government and Tribal Relations Committee held a public hearing on July 10 at 8:30 a.m. on a proposed amendment to the Lummi Nation’s tribal-state gaming compact. Washington State Gambling Commission Director Tina Griffin and Tribal Relations Advisor Johnny Bray outlined the compact process under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act and explained that the amendment had reached tentative agreement after negotiations with the Lummi Nation. Lummi Vice Chair Terence Adams and Councilperson Vindeen Washington described the amendment as the tribe’s sixth compact amendment and said it would expand gaming opportunities while supporting tribal governmental services, infrastructure, and jobs. The main changes discussed were authorization for electronic table games, extension of credit to customers, higher wagering limits, and the possibility of a second gaming facility. Committee members asked several questions about how credit limits would be set, how electronic table games work, whether online gaming was included, and how the systems would be tested and monitored. Witnesses said online gaming is not authorized by this amendment, that electronic table games must be certified by an independent lab and tested under state-tribal procedures, and that higher-limit tables could go up to $5,000 with no more than 25% of tables at those limits. Lummi representatives said credit policies would be developed responsibly after approval and that the tribe already uses strong internal controls. The Gambling Commission said seven tribes currently operate electronic table games and 13 tribes have adopted the limitations appendix related to credit and wager limits. The hearing was informational and part of the required public review before the commission’s later vote that morning on whether to forward the amendment to the governor or send it back for further negotiations. No vote was taken by the committee during this hearing, and the chair closed the meeting after thanking the presenters.

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• qualified candidates who have already cleared the FBI, DOJ, and California's Child Abuse Central Index screen

Summary: The Assembly Committee on Human Services met, adopted its committee rules, and then considered four items, including two consent bills. The chair opened with remarks about protecting California’s safety net and set limits on testimony. The committee rules were adopted by roll call, and the consent calendar later passed 5-0, with the remaining member’s vote added afterward for a 6-0 final tally on the rules and consent items. AB 276 by Assemblymember Bennett addressed delays in out-of-state child abuse registry background checks for children’s residential agency staff. Supporters, including the California Alliance of Child and Family Services and Casa Pacifica, said long clearance times were worsening staffing shortages and causing qualified applicants to leave, while the bill would allow provisional hiring only after DOJ, FBI, and California Child Abuse Central Index clearance and without unsupervised contact with children. There was no opposition, and the committee approved the bill 5-0, sending it to the Assembly Public Safety Committee. AB 319 by Assemblymember Jackson sought to improve services for foster youth with severe trauma by requiring counties to submit and update detailed plans to the Joint Interagency Resolution Team for providing effective therapeutic interventions in the least restrictive settings. A former foster youth testified in support, and a committee member noted the ongoing shortage of therapists serving foster youth. The bill was approved 5-0 as amended and sent to the Assembly Appropriations Committee. After the consent calendar and remaining votes were completed, the hearing adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• I do have reservations with the damages that are being assessed.
• I I thought even the original assessed I I thought even the original bill<02:23:21.720><c> of</c><02
• It just seems to me that's a smoke screen because the only basis for launching the investigation is his
• The speaker says they agree that the resolution is worded that way, but it seems like a smoke screen
• because the only the only um screen because the only the only um basis<02:50:22.160><c> for</c><02:50

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The House Judiciary Committee opened a hearing on HB 584, which would bar New Hampshire and its political subdivisions from enforcing mandates, orders, or similar directives from the World Health Organization, United Nations, or World Economic Forum. Prime sponsor Representative Green described the bill as a sovereignty measure and offered an amendment to clarify language, including replacing a reference to entities that “create and enforce policies” with language covering enforcement of policies, mandates, orders, requirements, edicts, or directives. Supporters argued the bill was a preemptive safeguard against outside influence and cited concerns about pandemic-era public health measures and international organizations. Opponents, including the American Heart Association, warned it could chill local policymaking and limit the ability of communities to use outside research or guidance. The chair closed the hearing on HB 584 after testimony concluded. The committee then moved to HB 580-FN, relative to retaliatory defamation in domestic violence and sexual violence cases. Representative Anita Burroughs, the prime sponsor, said the bill is intended to protect people who report sexual assault, sexual harassment, abuse, or domestic violence from retaliatory defamation suits, so long as statements are made in good faith and without malice. She also said the bill preserves the ability of accused persons to defend their names. Burroughs explained that the proposal was prompted by a survivor’s experience and was meant to address the chilling effect of expensive litigation on reporting misconduct. Testimony on HB 580 was generally supportive. Witnesses said the bill would help survivors speak out without fear of meritless lawsuits and described retaliatory defamation as a tool used to silence or intimidate accusers. Burroughs noted the bill was informed by anti-SLAPP principles and referenced high-profile defamation cases as examples of the cost and pressure of litigation. No vote was taken in the portion of the transcript provided; the hearing on HB 580 was opened and testimony began.

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• Chair Koznick: That's the number that we anticipate screening with the feds.
• Chair Koznick: That's the number that we anticipate screening with the feds.
• Chair Koznick: That's the number that we anticipate screening with the feds. Well, thank you, Mr.
• Chair Koznick: That's the number that we anticipate screening with the feds. Well, thank you, Mr.
• The first one is um screen. The first one is um you<01:25:56.159><c> got</c><01:25:56.400><c> it.

Bills: HF3694 , HF3844 , HF4006 , HF3785 , HF3849 , HF4102 , HF3441 , HF3507 , HF3562

Committee: House Transportation Finance and Policy

Keywords: transportation, tow trucks, variable message signs, road safety, emergency service, optometrist, window glazing, motor vehicle regulations, medical prescriptions, transportation safety, infrastructure, construction, appropriation, state project, motorized bicycles, motorcycles, electric vehicles, transportation regulations, safety standards, dealer license

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• that you're watching on the screen right there.
• Um, CART reporters that do things like what you see up on your screen here.
• Uh, only that one is artificial intelligence that you're watching on the screen right there.
• ><01:31:03.120><c> watching</c><01:31:03.440><c> on</c><01:31:03.600><c> the</c><01:31:03.760><c> screen
• </c><01:31:03.920><c> right</c> that you're watching on the screen right that you're watching on the

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• [Music] [Music] screens<00:23:55.360><c> hi</c><00:23:56.080><c> I'm</c><00:23:56.200><c> a</c> screens
• hi I'm a screens hi I'm a graduate<00:23:57.919><c> let</c><00:23:58.000><c> me</c><00:23:58.120><c>
• Then we also want to screen them early on and then do brief interventions to make sure they don't develop
• them</c><01:19:17.440><c> early</c><01:19:17.760><c> on</c><01:19:18.080><c> and</c> also want to screen
• them early on and also want to screen them early on and then<01:19:18.280><c> do</c><01:19:18.480><c

Committee: House Higher Education Finance and Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• , um, in the incident that there were narcotic pain medications found, and so they did do a drug screening
• a</c><01:47:45.320><c> drug</c> found and so they did do a drug found and so they did do a drug screening
• <01:47:46.000><c> talk</c><01:47:46.280><c> screening</c><01:47:46.639><c> on</c><01:47:46.960><c> him
• </c><01:47:47.239><c> and</c><01:47:47.320><c> it</c> screening talk screening on him and it screening
• talk screening on him and it was<01:47:47.560><c> found</c><01:47:47.800><c> that</c><01:47:47.920><

Committee: Senate Judiciary and Public Safety

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So, all of the recommendations we make have been screened by HHS.
• recommendations we make um<00:08:03.040><c> have</c><00:08:03.200><c> been</c><00:08:03.440><c> screened
• </c><00:08:06.040><c> They</c><00:08:06.160><c> enter</c> um have been screened by HHS.
• They enter um have been screened by HHS.
• The fact is that these contracts are carefully screened, and they are reviewed, and they approved by

Committee: House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• , and the contractor provides physicals and medical testing for the employees and pre-employment screening
• Professional bail bonds, please. pre-employment screening at the three pre-employment screening at the

Keywords: 924, joint, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I believe we have some exhibits that we might pull up on the screen, and if not, the committee members
• For example, on the screen are four different things that you might call a scooter.
• For example, on the screen are four different things that you might call a scooter.

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Transportation

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Transportation held a hybrid hearing on the governor’s Ride Safe Act, S. 3077, and related micromobility bills. Chairs and administration officials described the bill as a statewide, speed-based framework for e-bikes, scooters, mopeds, and similar devices, intended to replace outdated device categories with clearer rules for age limits, helmets, equipment, operating locations, registration, insurance for higher-speed devices, and restrictions on tampering. They also emphasized improved crash-data collection, a working group for future updates, and battery safety standards such as UL certification to reduce fire risk. Committee members asked about enforcement, shared-use paths, commuter rail accommodations, battery storage, and how the bill would apply to other vehicles like quads; the administration said some issues would need further study or follow-up. Testimony from advocates, municipal officials, and commission members was mixed but generally supportive of clearer statewide rules. Transportation and safety advocates backed the speed-based tier system but urged additional measures, including a default speed limit on shared-use paths, automated enforcement, and more funding for Complete Streets and Shared Streets programs. Bike shop and police representatives said current laws are confusing for riders and law enforcement and that better definitions and data reporting are needed. Several speakers stressed that enforcement and education will be critical, and that local patchwork rules are difficult to apply consistently. Medical testimony strongly supported tighter protections for young riders. Pediatric emergency and trauma doctors described a sharp rise in serious injuries and deaths involving e-bikes and scooters, including severe pediatric cases, and urged amendments adding a minimum age for faster devices and a universal helmet requirement. They argued that the force and weight of these devices make crashes more dangerous than conventional bicycles and pointed to past Massachusetts safety laws as evidence that age and equipment restrictions can reduce injuries. Some public testimony opposed the bill as written, especially from moped commuters who argued that gas-powered mopeds are being treated differently from comparable electric devices and should be included in the framework. They called for clearer rules on bike-lane access, insurance, parking, and statewide standards for mopeds as vulnerable road users. No votes were taken during the hearing; the committee heard testimony and questions only.