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• So are there other hidden fees and costs in there that you're making money on?
• There's no hidden fees. There's no other...
• There's no hidden fees. There's no other subscriptions or login.

Keywords: 965, house, all

Summary: The committee first disposed of several measures without debate, including deferrals of House Bill 460, House Bill 561, Senate Bill 322, and another deferred Senate measure, before taking up House Bill 819 by Chairman Cruz. HB 819 would replace Louisiana’s current workers’ compensation medical treatment schedule with ODG by MCG, a private evidence-based guideline system used in other states. Cruz and Troy Prevo argued ODG is more comprehensive, updated more frequently, and could reduce claim duration, medical costs, and premium rates; Dr. Jason Picard said Louisiana already uses ODG as a secondary reference for gaps in the state schedule and that the bill would not change appeals or variance procedures. Opponents, including injured-worker advocates Joseph Jola St. and Robin Crumholt, argued Louisiana’s current guidelines are working, that ODG is more cost-cutting and insurer-driven, and that the bill could increase denials and delay care. Members discussed amendments to add a two-year sunset, allow tacit approval when treatment follows the schedule, require payment within 30 days, and raise the carrier’s burden to challenge care; the committee adopted the amendments and then reported HB 819 favorably by a 7-6 vote. The committee then began Senate Bill 409 by Senator Myers, the Louisiana Living Donor Leave Protection Act. The bill would provide paid leave protections for living organ donors, set eligibility and verification procedures, and prohibit forfeiture of leave in certain circumstances for private employers. Myers said the measure is intended to remove job and paycheck barriers for people willing to donate organs and to support better transplant outcomes. Technical amendments were adopted at the start of the presentation, and the bill was introduced for further discussion.

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• swell settlements, drive up premiums, and burden every Texas family with roughly $4600 a year in hidden
• common sense solution that restores integrity to our justice system and protects customers from the hidden
• , hidden tax of loss and abuse.

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• , 1585 card readers, over 7,000 cameras, 1585 card readers, over 7,000 fire<00:20:26.799> system
• Work is also in progress on new cameras and replacement cameras on the complex.
• Work is also in progress on new cameras and replacement cameras on the complex.
• c> extended extra uh perimeter protections, extended extra uh perimeter protections, extended camera
• , improved staffing camera coverage, improved staffing letters<00:35:25.599> or<00:35:25.839><

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The committee reconvened in open session after a closed discussion of sensitive security details and reviewed the public executive summary of the Minnesota State Capitol Complex Security Assessment by Axtel. Members discussed weapon screening and access control at length, including testimony from Capitol security and judicial center staff about screening procedures, prohibited items, and how screening is managed for visitors and authorized personnel. The chair emphasized that the committee was voting on high-level recommendations to be included in the final ACAST report and that the Department of Public Safety and Department of Administration would be encouraged to pursue the necessary work, including any legislative or budget requests. The committee then took a series of roll-call votes on the Axtel recommendations. Access control screening and visitor management (5.11) passed 4-2, while authorized access control and credential oversight (5.12), internal circulation and zoning controls (5.13), perimeter and exterior grounds (5.14), staffing models/post orders/operational readiness (5.15), technology and system integration (5.16), and protective intelligence (5.18) all passed unanimously 6-0. Each approved item was added as a recommendation in the final report. After the votes, the Department of Administration, Department of Public Safety, and House and Senate Sergeant-at-Arms offices walked through the draft final report. They highlighted staffing improvements, security infrastructure already installed, and remaining needs, including an estimated $41.008 million request for future enhancements such as kiosks, glass-resistant film, door access controls, cameras, lighting, bollards, and an updated distributed antenna system. The report also includes recommendations on trauma-informed safety drills, conduct rules for hearings, and designating the Minnesota State Patrol Capital Security Division as the primary investigative authority for potential criminal activity on Capitol grounds.

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• So I think a lot of voters look at speed cameras differently from intersection cameras.
• So I think a lot of voters look at speed cameras differently from intersection cameras.
• Of voters look at speed cameras differently from intersection cameras with red lights.
• and red-light cameras.
• Red light cameras, or if it's more clear, speeding, comma, red light cameras, or other traffic control

Keywords: 1182, all

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• And uh, of course, we'd have to have speed safety cameras.
• And uh, of course, we'd have to have speed safety cameras.
• <00:41:54.240> uh have to have speed safety cameras. uh have to have speed safety cameras.
• <00:43:08.079> and uh communication between the camera and uh communication between the camera
• Frankfurt Post 12 and the I75 camera Frankfurt Post 12 and the I75 camera which<00:46:42.000>

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee met for its sixth and final interim meeting after a brief technical delay, approved the October 14 minutes, and heard a presentation on a proposed Kentucky hands-free driving bill. The main discussion centered on distracted driving and a draft measure modeled on South Carolina law that would prohibit holding or supporting a mobile electronic device while driving on public roads, while allowing limited exceptions for parked/stopped vehicles, navigation, emergency reporting, dispatch systems, first responders, and certain hands-free call functions. The bill would make a violation a $100 fine plus court costs, with the draft allocating fine revenue to the traumatic brain injury trust fund, Kentucky trauma care system, and veteran program trust fund. The sponsor also said the bill would address prior concerns about enforcement and clarify that officers need a clear, unobstructed visual observation before stopping a driver, and that they may not search or seize devices or make custodial arrests solely for the violation. Alyssa Burns gave emotional testimony in support of the bill, describing the death of her young daughter Kimberly in a crash she attributed to a distracted driver and urging lawmakers to pass the measure to improve roadway safety. The sponsor cited Kentucky traffic fatality statistics, including 814 deaths in 2023 and an estimated 20% involving distracted driving, and argued that the bill could reduce preventable deaths. Several members voiced support and sympathy, including remarks comparing the effort to past seat belt legislation and suggesting possible future additions such as community service. One member raised concerns about enforcement and whether officers could reliably observe phone use inside vehicles, while another asked about the bill’s interaction with existing texting-while-driving penalties and whether points would still apply. The sponsor said the draft was still being refined, acknowledged gray areas, and invited further changes as the bill moves forward.

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• Testing cameras, testing audio, looking at multiple things here.
• We'll switch through our cameras here. Here's our left view, our presenter view.
• Certainly, we'll run through cameras one more time here, different presentation sources, certainly, so
• We got our left camera view, our presenter view, right view. We're going to go to recess.

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: This appears to be a technical audio-video test for the Rough Rider Room rather than a legislative meeting. The speaker repeatedly checks microphones, cameras, presentation sources, and closed captioning, cycling through quad view, left view, presenter view, and right view. They note the date and time as Tuesday, April 28, 2026, around 9:20–9:23 a.m., and mention a recess and return to live testing. The main purpose of the session was to verify that equipment was functioning properly and to assess how the content view and captioning appeared to the public. The speaker also performed a finger synchronization test and commented that the closed captioning was word-wrapping in a way they wanted to improve. No bills, testimony, votes, or formal actions were discussed.

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• Testing cameras, testing audio, looking at multiple things here.
• We'll switch through our cameras here. Here's our left view, our presenter view.
• We'll run through cameras one more time here, different presentation sources, certainly, so we can see
• We got our left camera view, our presenter view, right view. We're going to go to recess.

Summary: This recording appears to be a technical AV test in the Rough Rider Room rather than a legislative meeting. The speaker repeatedly checks audio, video, camera switching, presentation sources, quad view, and closed captioning, noting the date and time as Tuesday, April 28, 2026, around 9:20–9:23 a.m. They also mention a brief recess and returning live, but no substantive policy, bill, or committee business is discussed. The main purpose of the session is to verify that the room’s equipment is functioning properly and to test how the content view and captioning display to the public. No votes, motions, testimony, or actions on legislation are taken.

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• Senator Pearl: The hidden costs of staying on the Medicaid program could be up to $323,000 in foregone
• Senator Pearl: The hidden costs of staying on the Medicaid program could be up to $323,000 in foregone
• Senator Pearl: The hidden costs of staying on the Medicaid program could be up to $323,000 in foregone
• Senator Pearl: The hidden costs of staying on the Medicaid program could be up to $323,000 in foregone
• Senator Pearl: The hidden costs of staying on the Medicaid program could be up to $323,000 in foregone

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• DCS does not like cameras.
• Families that have cameras in their homes are forced to shut down their cameras when DCS comes into the
• How would we get around the privacy issue of a minor in cameras?
• How would we get around the privacy issue of a minor in cameras?
• Like I said, the camera footage would not be available.

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The committee opened with remarks framing the meeting as a bipartisan effort to improve Arizona’s child welfare system, especially DCS oversight, accountability, and child safety. The chair said the committee would focus on reforms based on Auditor General findings and hear bills and testimony from youth, advocates, foster parents, and attorneys. Roll was taken, and the committee then began considering several child-welfare bills. HB 2611, dealing with group foster home safety, employee drug screening, resident rights, training, and advocates in congregate care, drew extensive testimony. Supporters, including current and former foster youth, described bullying, unsafe staff behavior, drug use in homes, trafficking concerns, and the need for posted rights, mental health services, and stronger accountability. The sponsor and members discussed an amendment that would require quarterly drug-screening results to be submitted, require removal from child contact pending confirmatory testing after a positive result, and give the DCS director more discretion. The amendment was adopted, and HB 2611 as amended received a do-pass recommendation by a 5-1 vote, with some members voting present or expressing procedural concerns but supporting further work on the bill. HB 2035, which expands kinship placement requirements by adding extended family members to search and notification duties and presuming kinship placement is in the child’s best interest, also received substantial testimony. Advocates argued kinship care reduces trauma and improves stability, while several witnesses described cases where children were not placed with available relatives and instead ended up in congregate care. The committee discussed whether the bill duplicated existing law and whether DCS was already required to search for kin; the sponsor said the bill strengthens existing policy and adds written documentation requirements. HB 2035 was given a do-pass recommendation by a 4-2 vote. The committee then heard HB 4049, which would authorize DCS to employ legal counsel or incur legal expenses, along with an amendment that would require the Attorney General or appointed counsel to represent the state’s interests independently in certain cases and not be subject to DCS retaliation for taking a different position. Testimony split between those who argued the current structure creates a conflict of interest and allows DCS narratives to go unchallenged, and those who said the AG’s office already has separate divisions and that keeping representation centralized preserves consistency and oversight. Discussion continued on whether the current system is structurally broken and where counsel would be housed if the arrangement changed; the transcript ends while that debate is ongoing, without a recorded final vote on HB 4049.

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• Next is 1077 by Representative Holcomb, regarding body cameras.
• adding a category to the column of infrastructure so the new category will be able to support body cameras
• , software for body cameras, and storage of body cameras.
• Holcomb: If that previous referendum specified what we are doing here with body camera and data storage

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• The corrections on this bill, and they talked about expediting, you know, the cameras—not cameras, expediting
• You know, the cameras—not cameras, that's a guy didn't, you know, um, reporting to death.
• They've also tried here, but the cameras are in the sky, right?

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Standing Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and Correction met to consider the nomination of Alexander Dockery to serve as a part-time commissioner on the State Commission of Correction (SCOC). Chair Julia Salazar introduced the nomination, noting that the role was created under recent prison reform legislation and that one commissioner must be a formerly incarcerated person. Dockery described his background as a justice-impacted individual who spent years incarcerated in New York, earned a master’s degree, and now works with justice-impacted people on reentry, housing, employment, and education. He said his lived experience and work in a youth detention setting would help him bring both an incarcerated-person and staff perspective to the commission. Senators asked Dockery about why he wanted the position, how his experience would inform oversight, how to improve correctional conditions, how to reach young people before they enter the system, and how to support the Correctional Medical Review Board in investigating deaths in DOCS custody. Dockery emphasized rehabilitation, education, humane conditions, and collaboration with other commissioners and community networks. He said people with direct experience, including formerly incarcerated individuals and former gang members who have turned their lives around, should be brought back into facilities to speak with youth. On deaths in custody, he said existing reporting laws should be enforced and that timely information to families is important. Several senators offered supportive comments, calling the nomination historic and stressing the importance of lived experience, credibility, and the responsibility of being the first formerly incarcerated commissioner. After discussion, the committee moved the nomination, with Senator Harckham making the motion and Senator Bailey and Senator Bullitt seconding. The committee voted to report the nomination to Finance, and the motion carried without opposition.

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• Okay, now we're calling a quorum because we've got one hidden back in the back. So there he is.

Bills: SB210, SB176, SB167, SB244, SB218, SB9, SB153, SB9

Keywords: hospital liens, medical billing, government healthcare, insurance claims, patient rights, controlled substances, unlawful distribution, marijuana, violent offense, sentencing guidelines, criminal justice, DUI, driving under the influence, drunk driving, fatal crash, vehicular homicide, child support, survivor benefits, orphaned child, guardian death

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• It is, in fact, an expansion of the school bus camera system for charter schools and private schools.
• We didn't really talk a lot about the school bus cameras in this process.
• We didn't really talk a lot about the school the camera systems, red light, school zone.
• We didn't really talk a lot about the school bus cameras in this process.
• It alters prohibitions on government entities using cameras on certain vehicles.

Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a series of recognitions for interns, staff, and guests. Members also honored retiring Senate staffer Susan Miller and recognized a veteran injured in combat. After routine announcements, the chamber moved to returning messages from the House and began taking up bills and amendments. The Senate concurred in House amendments and passed SB 118 on RV park assessments and SB 572 on ethics for public officers and employees, both by 38-0 votes. It then took up the elections bill, CS/CS/HB 991, which drew extensive debate. Supporters said it would strengthen election integrity by tightening citizenship verification and ID rules; opponents argued it would burden eligible voters, especially students, seniors, disabled voters, and others without the newly required documents. The bill passed 27-12. The chamber also passed the education package SB 182 after adopting a Senate amendment to the House amendment, and approved SB 474 on military affairs, SB 425 on historic cemeteries, HB 929 on local regulation of chickees, and HB 35/SB 1370 on habitual traffic offender designation, all with unanimous or near-unanimous votes. The Senate then considered SB 902/ HB 733, the Department of Health package. Members adopted an amendment and amendment-to-amendment that preserved most Senate provisions while modifying or removing several House additions, including some early steps and medical marijuana-related changes, and the bill passed 37-0. The chamber also began work on HB 905, the foreign influence bill, with a strike-all amendment offered to expand restrictions on foreign influence, sister-city agreements, linkage institutes, and related activities, but the debate on that measure was still underway when the transcript ended. Several other returning messages and bills were temporarily postponed, and the Senate recessed briefly before resuming business.

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• that same line, can you confirm whether the federal PBM reform laws ensure that rebates can't be hidden
• we heard and talked about was that the federal PBM reform laws would ensure that rebates can't be hidden
• that same line, can you confirm whether the federal PBM reform laws ensure that rebates can't be hidden
• and talked about was that, you know, the federal PBM reform laws would ensure that rebates can't be hidden

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• Does that not amount to a hidden state appropriation to that particular neighborhood? Mr.
• Chairman and members, I'm not sure about hidden, but yes. Mr.
• Chairman and members, I'm not sure about hidden, but yes, this has been an ongoing thing that the money
• So it's not hidden, but unless you get deep in the budget, it's very easy to be overlooked, and most

Keywords: 1182, all

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• To begin, there's a hidden natural resource that's scattered throughout our state that could help offset
• <00:33:28.200> begin,<00:33:28.520> there's<00:33:28.840> a<00:33:28.920> hidden
• <00:33:29.320> natural To begin, there's a hidden natural To begin, there's a hidden natural

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• But the hidden heavier cost is the mental health toll on our staff and our artists and our neighbors.
• revenue during the crackdown.<01:14:14.080> But<01:14:14.240> the<01:14:14.360> hidden
• But the hidden heavier cost crackdown.
• But the hidden heavier cost is<01:14:15.720> the<01:14:15.800> mental<01:14:16.200>

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• Um, and specifically, I know this is a small portion of it, but I feel like it's been hidden a little
• c><01:10:29.679> like<01:10:29.840> it's<01:10:30.080> been<01:10:30.239> hidden
• <01:10:30.560> a<01:10:30.800> little I feel like it's been hidden a little I feel
• like it's been hidden a little bit,<01:10:31.360> um,<01:10:32.239> just<01:10:32.400><

Bills: HB0159

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

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• There's certainly nothing different or unique or hidden about the water quality education program.
• <00:08:39.440> unique<00:08:39.839> or<00:08:40.279> um<00:08:40.599> hidden
• <00:08:40.959> about different or unique or um hidden about different or unique or um hidden

Keywords: 1183, house

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• the vets and the families with their journey in recovering from whatever may be out there from the hidden
• c><00:54:05.480> there<00:54:05.680> from<00:54:06.160> the<00:54:06.359> hidden
• <00:54:06.960> jewels<00:54:07.640> of<00:54:07.799> a be out there from the hidden
• jewels of a be out there from the hidden jewels of a military<00:54:08.559> service<00:54:09.040

Keywords: 1183, house