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  • for these types of fees and repairs.
  • Because of the lack of space that we have.
  • So I'm just wondering if you could give us a general picture of the caseload or if there's any backlog
  • I remember a couple years ago there was a backlog of rape kits, you know, that you really worked hard
  • There's been, again, just a lot of focus on that. I think all of you are aware of it.
Summary: The committee met as the Commerce and Legal Services Division and first approved the minutes, then received a Legislative Council overview of the Attorney General’s current budget status and a blue-sheet summary of the AG’s base budget for the next biennium. Staff highlighted compliance with legislative intent items, including FTE changes, one-time funding updates, litigation pool spending, opioid settlement receipts, and continuing appropriations. Members asked about specific funds such as the Missing Indigenous People Grant Fund and the Internet Crimes Investigation Fund, and staff explained the statutory basis and status of those items. The Attorney General’s office then presented an extensive overview of its divisions and budget pressures. Chief Deputy Attorney General Clare Ness described the office’s 14 divisions, the role of the office in defending the state and recouping funds, and concerns about attorney pay, recruitment, and retention. Members discussed whether attorney salaries should be benchmarked across state government and whether more legal work could be centralized in the AG’s office. The office also described challenges with the new-and-vacant FTE pool, operating expense cuts, leased office space, and the criminal justice information systems used to connect law enforcement, prosecutors, and courts. The Crime Laboratory director gave a detailed update on space and infrastructure problems, saying the current lab is overcrowded and outdated, with safety, workflow, air-handling, glycol leak, alarm, and maintenance issues that can delay casework and risk evidence integrity. She said a 2024 study projected a need for a much larger facility and that the preferred option would be a new building on the current health department site, at an estimated cost of roughly $40 million to $45 million. She also reported that backlogs have improved significantly in DNA, firearms, fingerprint, and drug cases, though toxicology had recently developed a small backlog after an air compressor failure. The Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, gaming division, and BCI also provided updates. MFCU’s new director said the unit is federally funded 75/25, focuses on fraud, abuse, and neglect, and is seeking two attorney hires while continuing to work with federal partners on cases and recertification. Gaming staff reported continued growth in charitable gaming and electronic pull-tab activity, with concerns about site competition, large trust balances, possible ineligible expenditures, and the need for more scrutiny as revenues have grown. BCI outlined its staffing, drug task forces, ICAC work, and the Missing Indigenous Person Task Force, which is using its $250,000 appropriation to help tribal nations develop emergency response plans and purchase alerting tools such as IPAWS. No formal votes were taken beyond approval of the minutes.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 2/24/26

Public Safety Finance and Policy

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  • We are facing the possibility of additional surgeries, not to repair what was done that day, but to prevent
  • of the type of weapon used.
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  • </c> of gun crime. of gun crime.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate County and Municipal Government Committee Apr 29th, 2025

County and Municipal Government

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  • many of you are aware of.
  • March 28th that many of you are aware of.
  • First of all,... ...comments. First of all, a library is a place of learning.
  • the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.
  • Statement by Kathy Jones, president of the League of Women Voters of Alabama.
HI
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  • of Health, Department of Human Services, and Department of Education to develop a coordinated plan to
  • We have hundreds of millions of dollars of TANF reserve funds.
  • Office of the Governor in support of the Office of the Governor.
  • I'm here today on behalf of the State of Hawaiʻi Organization of Police Officers.
  • The program is in its fifth year of decline in participation, so the funds could be deployed to repair
Bills: HCR93, HCR14, HR85
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session 02-04-2026 11:30am

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

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  • from my perspective that none of us serving here, none of us serving in any level of government in any
  • all of long-term care but all of the issues that come up.
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  • Yes, nay, Roe, with a vote of Ivey, zero, nay. I declare your bill to have passed out of committee.
  • I appreciate the intent of the bill. It just raised a lot of questions after our conversation.
  • Not all of those would be willing or able to do these particular types of sites.
  • of what happened.
  • We spend a lot of money on a lot of things.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Environment, Energy & Technology Feb 4th, 2026 at 08:00 am

Environment, Energy & Technology

OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Public Health REVISED: Links added Feb 4th, 2026

Public Health

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  • This is the first meeting of the session, and we've got a couple of bills on the agenda.
  • I'm not aware of that.
  • I appreciate the intent of the bill. It just raised a lot of questions after our conversation.
  • Not all of those would be willing or able to do these particular types of sites.
  • A lot of money on a lot of things.
Summary: The Public Health Committee met for its first session and laid over House Bills 3884 and 4410. The committee then heard and advanced several bills. HB 3287 would require hospitals to post discreet notices in areas like X-ray, CAT scan, MRI, or bathrooms telling victims of domestic abuse, sexual abuse, physical abuse, or human trafficking how to alert staff and ensuring they are not discharged before appropriate reporting occurs; members discussed whether to include a phone number, and the bill passed 5-0. HB 2947 would allow clinics to bill Medicaid for services provided by master’s-level mental health interns working under supervision in accredited programs, with supporters saying it could help address rural workforce shortages; questions focused on supervision, liability, whether it would be limited to Medicaid, fiscal impact, and how many interns might participate, and it passed 5-0. The committee also considered HB 3784, as amended by a PCS, which would let permanent makeup artists come out from under physician oversight after three years of experience, while preserving supervision if they use prescription medications such as topical anesthetics; after clarification about the PCS, it passed 5-0. HB 3901 would create a psychological autopsy position in the Department of Health to review suicides and overdoses through voluntary family interviews and records review to improve prevention efforts; members raised questions about cost, whether the work should be housed elsewhere, the pilot nature of the proposal, and what data are currently collected, and it passed 5-0. Finally, HB 4275 would allow case managers and peer support specialists to be employed by cities and counties while keeping their certification, and it also passed 5-0. The meeting ended with adjournment and a notice that the committee would meet again the following Wednesday morning at 9:00.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/04/2026 - House Appropriations

Appropriations

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  • I happen to be the oldest of three brothers, but some of you may be the oldest, some of you may be your
  • a historical point of view, from a moral point of view.
  • we were feeling some of the impacts of.
  • one million dollars ten percent of that is drawn by the fish of $1 million. 10% of that is drawn by
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Agriculture & Natural Resources Jan 27th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Agriculture & Natural Resources

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  • the Commissioner of Public Lands, and Brenda Breiler, also with the Office of the Commissioner of Public
  • The study must include analysis of a variety of factors.
  • The study must include analysis of a variety of factors, including state-specific areas of study that
  • Paul Jewel on behalf of the members of the Washington State Association of Counties, testifying today
  • Point of order. Point of order, Madam Representative.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Human Services Jan 14th, 2026 at 08:00 am

Human Services

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  • the Office of Homeless Youth Prevention and Protection Programs as part of our system of support and
  • That's 10,000 fewer young people homeless every year because of the work of this office and because of
  • Today we'll provide a brief overview of our HIR process and present findings of a recent analysis of
  • The HIR of Senate Bill 5911, strengthening the financial stability of persons in care of DCYF, is due
  • Of care.
TX
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  • Finally, it’s an irreplaceable link as well in the chain of indigent medical care in the city of.
  • It is an irreplaceable link. ...the chain of indigent medical care in the city of Houston.
  • Give us an analysis of how many are within 440 yards of a hospital.
  • Army Corps of Engineers on development management of the Coastal Barrier System.
  • of Senate Bill. 22 of three.