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• That might be kilowatt hour charging.
• Again, 21 hours and 14 bills.
• <00:26:29.600> We Again four 21 hours and 14 bills. We Again four 21 hours and 14 bills.
• Fourteen hours on 21 bills. We spent four and a half hours on one today.
• And biking would take be a three-hour And biking would take be a three-hour round<00:30:09.120><

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Um, and so there is a slight change in the existing structure to say that less than 24 hours the $50
• fee is imposed, but 24 hours to 72 hours a $20 fee would be imposed to someone who cancels or fails to
• um that is or cancels within 24 hours um that is raised<00:09:08.680> to<00:09:08.720> $50
• <00:09:17.360> uh cancels uh or between 24 and 72 hours uh cancels uh or between 24 and 72
• 72<00:09:30.120> hours fee is imposed but 24 hours to 72 hours fee is imposed but 24 hours

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• That floor is 1 hour for every 30 hours worked and 48 hours per year.
• That floor is 1 hour for every 30 hours worked and 48 hours per year.
• That floor is 1 hour for every 30 hours worked and 48 hours per year.
• That floor is 1 hour for every 30 hours worked and 48 hours per year.
• > in hour for every 30 hours worked in hour for every 30 hours worked in potential<01:16:13.639

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• hours. So, it's an even distribution. hours. So, it's an even distribution.
• it was 280 working hours.
• :05.680> hours.
• educational system, they work 185 hours educational system, they work 185 hours at<01:04:11.520>
• based on the hours that they're working. based on the hours that they're working.

Bills: HB0159

Keywords: student rights, free expression, K-12 education, speech protection, religious views, political speech, 916, all

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• , 80 clock hours, or up to an associate's degree.
• They must be on the clock-hour side.
• They must be on the clock-hour side.
• CNA programs on the non-credit side for clock hours typically are around 90 clock hours.
• Well, that's not going to meet your 150-hour threshold.

Summary: The meeting focused on Arkansas’s workforce development reorganization and a set of federal waiver requests intended to consolidate and streamline the state’s WIOA system. Commerce officials said the department has already centralized shared services, split the old workforce agency into reemployment and Arkansas Workforce Connections, and submitted a combined WIOA/Perkins state plan. They described nine waiver requests, including replacing local workforce boards with a single statewide board, creating one planning and accountability structure, allowing more flexible movement of funds across regions, easing the “last-dollar” requirement for training and supportive services, reducing required youth program elements, and allowing affiliate sites instead of mandatory comprehensive centers. Officials said the goal is to reduce administrative costs and redirect more money to training, supportive services, and employer-driven programs. Legislators raised concerns about rural representation, local employer relationships, and whether local offices would close. Commerce officials said local offices would remain open, some current staff could be rehired, and regional business councils would preserve local employer input. They said the current system is fragmented and expensive, with roughly $14 million in federal workforce funds flowing through local boards but only about $1.9 million spent on training and supportive services last year; they argued the reorganization could raise training spending to about $6 million to $7 million annually. Questions also addressed board composition, performance accountability, and how funds could be shifted between regions when needs change. The State Board of Workforce Development had approved the waiver package 11-3 before it was submitted to the U.S. Department of Labor. Members also discussed workforce access for people with disabilities, child care and transportation supports, and the role of Arkansas Launch, apprenticeships, and career and technical education. Officials said vocational rehabilitation now has better access to the state job board and that referrals and data-sharing with DHS and other partners still need improvement. Several legislators emphasized the need for training to align more closely with employer demand, especially in manufacturing, technology, health care, and rural areas. The committee also heard a brief overview of Workforce Pell, with staff explaining that the new federal short-term Pell option has narrow eligibility rules and may not fit many existing programs, including some CDL and CNA programs.

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• and then down to the next one, DCB, 1.8 times the number of hours.
• And then down to the next one, DCB, 1.8 times the number of hours.
• Just having seen this in the last hour, I don't want to say too much.
• takes into account what it costs to deliver an English credit hour versus an engineering credit hour
• number of credit hours for that campus.

Keywords: 908, all

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• Why the one hour? What was the genesis of saying one hour is not harmful but an hour and a half is?
• It's about an hour is where they've landed.
• But scientifically, whether it's 1 hour 55 minutes, 75 minutes, I.
• That's longer than an hour.
• I think, to who starts the clock I think, 3, what happens if you go an hour and one minute?

Bills: HB1782, HB2293, HB3176, HB3544, HB3546, HB3619, HB4358

Keywords: artificial intelligence, education reform, innovation, funding, advisory council, broadband, Oklahoma Broadband Office, broadband access, statewide broadband plan, internet connectivity, grant programs, expansion council, termination plan, Oklahoma, Gas Hub, national laboratory, public-private partnerships, aerospace, high-performance computing, economic development

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• included a waiver that counties can request if they are unable to process mail ballots within that 24-hour
• It takes approximately 11 hours for every 10,000 ballots.
• That's over 73,000 ballots that needed to be processed in 24 hours that we are legally not permitted
• With the waiver process discussed for the 24-hour period in Section 20, there will be regulations set
• So for us, likely, meeting the 24-hour deadline will mean running a double shift because we couldn't,

Keywords: 909, all

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• Thank you, Madam Chair, and due to the late hour, I will be quick. and there's some written, written,
• of standardized, uh, CMS approved home health aide training, plus 10 hours that are tailored to that
• They've reported a 90% reduction in hospitalizations and a 30 to 50% savings per Medicaid hour compared
• So, um, I'm curious, how many hours a day can a parent clock as their child's caregiver?
• It's 40 hours a week, so that's just you, you do have a cap on that. Yeah, there is.

Bills: HB 660, HB 4845, HB 3902, HB 5396, HB 4615, HB 1825, HB 1403, HB 4336, HB 4585, HB 4371, HB 863, SB 1589, HB 5223, HB 3195, HB 2734

Keywords: child protective services, adult protective services, caseload limits, call processing goals, child-care licensing, employee workload, reporting requirements, employee caseload limits, protective services, workload management, accountability, Department of Family and Protective Services, employee goals, call processing, child care, human resources, government accountability, Medicaid, provider enrollment, revalidation

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• Um, 12 hours might not be enough if you don't get it done within 12 hours, bringing people in.
• no 12-hour. no 12-hour. >> Okay. >> Okay. >> Okay.
• domestic abuse cases within 72 hours. domestic abuse cases within 72 hours.
• hours, meaning if the attack happens at 11:45 p.m., the first 24 hours is up at 11:59 p.m.
• Hours, meaning if the attack happens at 11:45 p.m., the first 24 hours is up at 11:59 p.m.

Bills: HF3465, HF3782, HF4075, HF391, HF3946, HF2976, HF3350

Keywords: theft, vulnerable adults, public safety, penalties, Minnesota statutes, chemical irritants, law enforcement, transparency, building owners, tenant rights, notification, remediation, firearm restrictions, domestic violence, court orders, criminal convictions, firearms prohibition, gun surrender, order for protection, protective order

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• into a grocery store or gas station, and the dog is tied up, I mean, if they come back and it’s an hour
• later, two hours later, it gives enough discretion to say, “Hey, if someone’s gone for hours at a time
• if they come back and it's an hour if they come back and it's an hour later,<00:13:44.720> two
• ,<00:13:45.680> it<00:13:45.839> it later, two hours later, I mean, it it later, two
• at a time, then someone's gone for hours at a time, then it<00:13:52.079> that<00:13:52.320><

Bills: HB446, HB446

Keywords: HB446, Daphne, Baldwin County, annexation, municipal boundary, corporate limits, local act, municipal incorporation, city limits expansion, zoning, land use, property tax, municipal services, Section 11-42-6, Judge of Probate, County Road 54 W, County Road 64, Rigsby Road, Highway 181, Alabama State Highway 181

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• access highway exceeding the posted speed limit by 35 miles per hour or more.
• Actually, two different first committee, but 19, its last and 5 miles an hour as well and others.
• Not sure how you do it, but now we're talking about having to do 125 miles per hour on the highway.
• So Somehow you get here for half hours, I'm not sure the final question. >> No, thank you.
• I think recognizing there's different Types of roads we have in Florida. 35 miles an hour or more in

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• <01:02:56.039> hours that's another four to six hour hours that's another four to six hour
• It was like $20 an hour.
• and hours and hours.
• and hours and hours.
• and hours and hours.

Bills: HF1355, HF1469, HF1768

Keywords: commercial diving, scuba diving safety, aquatic plant management, workplace safety, environmental regulations, HF1469, Minnesota, workforce development, job training, job skills training, reentry, reentry services, formerly incarcerated, ex-offenders, inmates, recently released inmates, felony conviction, felony-level offense, corrections, prison release

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• Morning hour 06. Introduction of House Resolutions.
• Morning hour 10. House resolutions lying over.
• Morning hour 11. SCRs lying over.
• Morning hour 16. Morning hour 16. House bills on second reading, report by committee.
• Morning hour five.

Bills: HR320, HR321, HR308, HR309, HR310, HR311, HR312, HR313, HR314, HR315, HR316, HR317, HR318, HR319, SCR65, SCR74, SCR76, HR245, SCR30, SCR40, HB1259, SB4, SB52, SB57, SB83, SB145, SB152, SB194, SB276, SB319, SB333, SB448, SB450, SB465, SB484, SB501, SB509, HR73, HR118, HR144, HR196, HR237, HR249, HR260, HR267, HR272, HR278, HCR85, HCR100, HCR105, HCR107, HCR114, SCR5, SCR29, SCR33, SCR37, SCR63, HB62, HB193, HB210, HB220, HB246, HB364, HB420, HB475, HB584, HB622, HB772, HB784, HB949, HB953, HB1043, HB1070, HB1092, HB1134, HB1162, HB1176, HB1196, HB1214, HB119, HB129, HB233, HB283, HB538, HB789, HB850, HB870, HB1236, HB1241, HB378, HB509, HB1090, SB80, SB131, SB143, SB251, SB254, SB279, SB367, SB384, SB388, SB389, SB398, SB408, SB431, SB468, SB469, SB496, SB149, HB463, HB998, SB123, SB353, SB479, SB495, SB82, SB97, SB283, SB326, SB518, SB197, SB268, HB901, HR20, HR74, HR168, HCR65, HCR71, HCR98, HB284, HB306, HB341, HB366, HB393, HB458, HB577, HB603, HB605, HB614, HB625, HB646, HB733, HB752, HB773, HB798, HB911, HB955, HB996, HB1035, HB1069, HB1113, HB1140, HB1180, HB1191, HB1240, HB1255, SB89, HB74, HB134, HB258, HB359, HB468, HB956, HB1117, SB29, SB42, SB43, SB78, SB217, SB274, SB300, SB379, SB382, SB441, SB449

Keywords: Arsenal, Arsenal F.C., Premier League, English football, soccer, football club, Mikel Arteta, Emirates Stadium, North London, Tottenham Hotspur, Gunners, sports resolution, commendation, celebration, championship, silverware, Louisiana House Resolution, ceremonial resolution, domestic violence, forensic medical examinations

Summary: The House met with a quorum, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and then received a series of Senate messages, conference committee appointments, and enrolled bill reports. The chamber also noted Senate concurrence in several House concurrent resolutions and the adoption of conference reports, while multiple Senate bills and resolutions were signed by the Senate President. Senate Bill 480, dealing with butterfly bottom nets and vessel use/anchorage, was referred to the Natural Resources Committee without objection. Members introduced several House resolutions, including measures to commend Arsenal Football Club, recognize Pope Leo XIV and 4-H honoree Margaret Mimi Stoker, study forensic medical exam protocols for domestic violence survivors, create a task force on second-degree murder sentencing, review miscarriage and pregnancy-loss terminology, commemorate the 250th anniversary of New Orleans, and support the National Guard Youth Challenge Program. Committee reports also moved forward bills on child welfare, water quality, scenic rivers, orphan wells, gravel mining reclamation, groundwater conservation, agricultural production, railroad hazards, and retirement system merger feasibility, along with resolutions on Pope Leo XIV and the LaMelle family. The House took up numerous Senate bills returned from the Legislative Bureau, adopting amendments and advancing many to third reading, including bills on health and welfare, education, insurance, and criminal justice. The chamber also reported favorably on resolutions condemning political violence and honoring public figures and organizations, and it scheduled several committee meetings for the following day, including Health and Welfare, Appropriations, Natural Resources, Civil Law, Transportation, and Ways and Means. The session ended with announcements about upcoming committee agendas and delegation meetings, and the House adjourned on motion to reconvene at 1:00 p.m. the next day.

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• Their rules specifically say that inspections can only occur during regular business posted hours.
• So if we show up at an establishment and it's not during their posted hours, then we can't conduct an
• We conduct it for them during regular business hours.
• We conduct it for barber cosmetology during regular business hours.
• that these front massage therapy parlors don't necessarily have business hours.

Keywords: 996, all

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• That's employee option for either $1,150 in matching or up to 50 hours of vacation or comp time.
• > out<00:03:55.480> up<00:03:55.600> to<00:03:55.720> 20<00:03:56.040> hours
• <00:03:56.400> of<00:03:56.880> comp<00:03:57.280> or cash out up to 20 hours
• of comp or cash out up to 20 hours of comp or vacation<00:03:58.000> time.
• or up to 50 hours of vacation or<00:04:13.040> comp<00:04:13.360> time.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• But to meet the work requirement, they need to spend at least 80 hours each month doing one or more of
• age six or someone who needs help caring for themselves, those who are already working at least 30 hours
• those who are earning $217.50 or more a week, because that equates to federal minimum wage for 30 hours
• It's the number of hours that they're working or the number of volunteer hours that they're taking on
• I would give you an hour. An hour? About an hour. Okay.

Summary: The subcommittee first recognized the Arkansas Community Colleges Leadership Institute and received a brief DHS update on the Living Choices Assisted Living Waiver reimbursement process, including that the new cost-reporting period began in January and provider/contractor calls are underway. The main presentation then focused on SNAP and TANF, with DHS describing federal changes under the One Big Beautiful Bill that tighten SNAP work requirements for adults ages 18 to 64 without certain exemptions, remove some prior exemptions, and add new federal definitions for Native American populations. DHS also reviewed SNAP Employment and Training providers, their service areas, projected budgets, participant characteristics, and outcomes, noting that the program is currently voluntary but will shift toward mandatory participation for those subject to the new rules. Members asked detailed questions about how mandatory participation will be implemented, how referrals will be made, what other training options exist, how verification of work, volunteering, disability, and exemptions will be handled, and whether DHS has enough funding and provider capacity. DHS said it will conduct verbal and written notices during eligibility interviews, make direct referrals to providers, use six-month recertifications and documentation from employers or volunteer organizations, and apply sanctions for noncompliance after determining whether a good cause exists. Members also requested additional data, including age breakdowns of at-risk SNAP recipients, provider-level outcomes and costs, and information on other training programs such as WIOA. The committee then moved to Medicaid community engagement requirements for ARHOME, which DHS said are also required by the same federal law and must be implemented by January 1, 2027. DHS said it is preparing policy, system changes, communications, and a customer-service/outbound verification vendor, and plans a soft launch beginning in July to help clients understand what would be required if the rule were already in effect. Members raised concerns about timing, local versus central decision-making, and how clients in rural areas will be notified and assisted. The meeting concluded with broader discussion of the committee’s workforce-development goals, the recently released Alliance for Opportunity audit, and interest in continuing the contract with that group to help guide future reforms.

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• $12 an hour job, they now have no job. $12 an hour job, they now have no job.
• McDonald's is hiring at 17 an hour. McDonald's is hiring at 17 an hour.
• Le, we had talked about an hour, and we're an hour in.
• Le, we had talked about an hour, and we're an hour in.
• Le, we had talked about an hour, and we're an hour in.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Is that four hours a day or down the week?
• Is some classes require more than the part-time hours?
• And I wouldn't be doing this at the last hour. This was not important.
• waiting period, five-hour waiting period, and you're stuck there for the...
• You know, you have a four-hour waiting period, five- to eight-hour waiting period, and you're stuck there

Summary: The Finance Committee met on May 27, 2026, with six members present and took up a series of House bills, most of them dealing with education funding, criminal justice staffing, transportation, health care access, and economic development. HB 325 was reported favorably after testimony that it would expand TOPS eligibility by allowing dual-enrollment credits to satisfy eligibility criteria and by making part-time students eligible for TOPS Tech, with supporters saying the program has been underused and the change would help working students. HB 719 was amended and reported favorably to increase assistant district attorney positions in various judicial districts; the Louisiana District Attorneys Association said the changes were based on workload data and local input, and members discussed the need to coordinate any expansion with public defender funding. The committee also reported HB 749 favorably, which would move Louisiana’s 529 savings accounts to a more secure online platform after a cyber incident, and HB 1028 favorably, which concerns transportation reimbursement for providers and was described as already subject to appropriation. Several bills focused on food access and local economic development. HB 1222, the Grocery Initiative Act, was reported favorably to let LED use existing grant resources to map food deserts and develop a program, with members noting it could return for funding later if needed. HB 1194 was amended and reported favorably to define food deserts and direct the LSU AgCenter and the Department of Agriculture and Forestry to identify and map them, with authors emphasizing it was a study and not a government-run grocery program. HB 755, which would create IDIQ contracting for architects and engineers on smaller state projects, was reported favorably with no fiscal impact. HB 823, a local diversion pilot for Orleans Parish, was also reported favorably after the fiscal note was revised to remove state impact and reflect only local costs. The committee spent substantial time on HB 488, a proposal from Plaquemines Parish to use severance-tax revenue to help buy out a private toll concession on the parish’s bridge. The author and local officials described severe toll burdens, economic harm to local businesses, and what they called an unfair contract, but members noted the bill was not funded and ultimately deferred it without a motion. HB 797, the Bayou Gold/Louisiana Sound Money Act, was amended to make implementation subject to appropriation and then reported favorably. The committee also took up HB 198, which would raise Medicaid reimbursement for ambulatory surgery centers for certain outpatient procedures; after extensive discussion about fiscal notes, access to care, and potential long-term savings, the bill was amended to narrow its scope and make implementation subject to appropriation, then reported favorably as amended. The meeting ended with the chair noting it would be the committee’s last meeting and asking members to spread the word.

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• I know that it wouldn't be any more than 1.5 hours more total that. To get the 2 hours. So, OK.
• Um, I think this is gonna be a part of the, the forty-hour, uh, crash intervention training module.
• Uh, physical fitness training after hours, your hours say like you're going to be on there on the river
• On the river, look, you're there for 10 hours.
• Some of them travel a few hours to get to their drill. That means they're not near.

Bills: SB 36

Keywords: transportation, regional authorities, mobility, infrastructure, sales tax