Transcript Highlights:

• Uh, it says a thousand and services.
• It's about real lives.
• </c> from other fosters of lived experience. from other fosters of lived experience.
• We just had a transition of loan servicer previously with Nelnet, which was a for-profit, now to Aspire
• We just had a transition of loan servicer previously with Nelnet, which was a for-profit, now to Aspire

Bills: HF2312

Committee: House Higher Education Finance and Policy

Keywords: higher education, college finance, student aid, financial aid, state grants, North Star Promise, scholarships, tuition relief, Minnesota State, University of Minnesota, Office of Higher Education, work-study, child care grants, Indian scholarships, tribal colleges, Hunger-Free Campus, student parents, pregnant students, parenting students, sexual misconduct

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• And I'll turn it over to Michaela to do roll call, and then we can transition into the rest of the agenda
• the future of the commission and really the desire to have more both practitioners and people with lived
• With that, we can transition to commissioner updates and upcoming events.
• Now transition us to new business. There's not much new business other than.

Keywords: 1212, all

Summary: The commission met to review the state budget process and discuss maternal and perinatal health funding. Members heard that the House did not adopt several maternal health amendments, including funding for community-based perinatal mental health grants, implementation of maternal health law items, Tufts Center for Maternal Health Advancement, private insurance coverage for midwifery care, a midwifery workforce development fund, and birthing center grants. On the Senate side, three amendments were adopted: funding for the Mass Now menstrual equity program, a large earmark for the Neighborhood Birth Center, and funding for an out-of-state resident reproductive health training pilot. Other Senate proposals, including a midwifery workforce fund, a health education trust fund, and the Tufts center request, were not adopted.

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• purpose of what I would want from a college degree, focused rather on working and moving up in various service
• long hours in the Houston humidity in July, just changing tires and, um, overall providing a real service
• especially those that provide a pathway to an experience with higher education, so it would ease that transition
• time, and I now welcome any questions. challenging themselves academically, and ensuring smoother transitions
• We have a 14-county service area. We serve about 18,000 students across five campuses and online.

Bills: SB 49

Committee: Senate Education K-16

Keywords: Galveston County, legal expenses, appropriation, litigation, state funding

Summary: The Senate Committee on Education K-16 heard several higher education bills and took public testimony on each. Senate Bill 60 would let public junior college libraries donate outdated, duplicative, or valueless materials instead of treating them as surplus property; no public testimony was offered, and the bill was left pending. Senate Bill 49 would expand performance-tier funding incentives so community colleges are also rewarded for student transfers to private four-year universities; it also received no public testimony and was left pending. Senate Bill 365 would allow higher education institutions to choose a transcript lookback period between 5 and 10 years for adult undergraduates seeking to waive older transcripts. Senator Eckhardt and witness Daniel Arrevalo described how old academic records can block adults from returning to college; the bill was left pending after testimony. Senate Bill 895 would expand the FAST dual-credit program beyond public school students to include eligible private school and homeschool students, with support from the Texas Private Schools Association, the Texas Homeschool Coalition, and a coordinating board witness explaining the funding structure; it too was left pending. Senate Bill 1400 would clarify what counts as a transfer for performance-tier funding by allowing students with 30 or fewer prior university credit hours to still be counted as transfer students when moving from a public junior college to a general academic institution. Former Representative Leighton Schubert testified that the change would address funding losses and better reflect modern student pathways; after testimony, the bill was left pending. The committee then recessed subject to the call of the chair.

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• For individuals who are often living paycheck to paycheck, even short disruptions in benefits can have
• admire your collaboration and your prioritizing trying to have government deliver a better level of service
• Next, we're going to call up to testify a panel from Greater Boston Legal Services.
• We are attorneys at the Workers' Rights Unit of Greater Boston Legal Services, where we serve individuals
• disqualification once she became able to work again, opening up the door for this worker to then transition

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development

Summary: The Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development held a hearing on House 5188, a late-filed bill to establish a special commission to study access to unemployment insurance in Massachusetts. Chairs and members noted the hearing was in hybrid format and limited to this one bill. Representatives Hadley Luddy and Joshua Tarski testified in support, saying they filed the bill after seeing many constituent cases involving delayed or difficult unemployment claims, especially for seasonal workers and others facing housing and financial instability. They argued a commission could review claim data, identify gaps, and recommend improvements to make the system more efficient, equitable, and transparent. Greater Boston Legal Services also testified in favor. Attorneys described representing many low-income workers whose claims were delayed for months after the launch of the new online DUA system, often leaving them in limbo while trying to pay bills. They cited examples where claimants were denied or delayed due to issues that could have been resolved more quickly, and said the new system has contributed to major backlogs. They reported that DUA’s non-monetary issue backlog more than doubled, separation issues tripled, and hearings appeals grew to more than 12,500 pending cases, with average appeal times far above required timelines. They said the commission could help identify root causes and systemic fixes, and suggested the bill might be improved by giving the commission more time to report. Committee members generally praised the bill’s intent and the filers’ collaboration. Several members shared their own experiences with constituent unemployment cases and emphasized that people should not have to contact legislators to get claims processed. Some asked whether the commission should include broader stakeholder representation, such as business groups, MassHire, staff, and people with direct claims experience, and whether its scope should be widened. No vote was taken during the hearing, and the chair concluded the meeting after testimony and questions.

Transcript Highlights:

• For individuals who are often living paycheck to paycheck, even short disruptions in benefits can have
• admire your collaboration and your prioritizing trying to have government deliver a better level of service
• Next we're going to call up to testify a panel from Greater Boston Legal Services.
• We are attorneys at the Workers' Rights Unit of Greater Boston Legal Services, where we serve individuals
• disqualification once she became able to work again, opening up the door for this worker to then transition

Bills: H5188

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development

Keywords: unemployment insurance, labor, access, special commission, equity in claims, 1212, all

Transcript Highlights:

• And similar to incarceration, you kind of live in a bubble.
• </c> dependent on opiates for really living dependent on opiates for really living through<00:51:23.119
• </c><00:53:51.640><c> Living</c><00:53:52.079><c> and</c><00:53:52.359><c> into</c> sha Farm Transitional
• Living and into sha Farm Transitional Living and into one<00:53:52.839><c> of</c><00:53:52.960><c> the
• I guess if one person's not there anymore and one lives, it's kind of hard to put together.

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The public cloud services, through Azure and Oracle, as well as Amazon Web Services, are all part of
• service providers to deliver private cloud services.
• We are utilizing those outside service providers to deliver private cloud services, public cloud services
• , and Texan communication services.
• , and certainly our lives in government and the services we provide.

Bills: SB1 , SB 1

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• nuclear waste management and disposal, and are too risky to play a significant role in the critical transition
• a significant role in<00:15:31.760><c> the</c><00:15:31.920><c> critical</c><00:15:32.320><c> transitioning
• </c><00:15:32.800><c> from</c> in the critical transitioning from in the critical transitioning from
• really are having trouble getting enough renewable power from sources that the community is willing to live
• This meeting is adjourned. live with. So, we need to look at all of live with.

Committee: House Consumer Protection & Commerce

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection met on April 16, 2025, and heard three resolutions. STR 57 SD1 urged Congress to create a national reinsurance program to address insurance impacts from catastrophic natural disasters; there was no public testimony, and the committee later recommended passage without amendment. STR 198 SD1 encouraged Hawaii insurers and the Hawaii Property Insurance Association to pursue subrogation claims against polluters to reduce insurance costs for residents; again, there was no public testimony, and the committee recommended passage without amendment. The committee spent most of its hearing on STR 136 SD1/HD1, which would create a Hawaii State Energy Office nuclear energy working group to study advanced nuclear power technologies. The Public Utilities Commission and State Energy Office provided written testimony and answered questions. Testimony from 350 Hawaii, Energy Justice Network, and an individual witness opposed the measure, arguing nuclear power and small modular reactors are too expensive, unproven, slow to deploy, create unresolved safety and waste issues, and do not align with Hawaii’s renewable energy goals. Opponents also criticized the measure’s amendment process, saying it replaced the original contents without adequate public notice. During decision-making, the committee adopted the recommendation to pass STR 57 SD1 unamended and STR 198 SD1 unamended. For STR 136 SD1/HD1, the committee adopted a recommendation to pass the measure with amendments, including changing it to a one-year working group with an interim report in 2026 and a final report before the 2027 Legislature. The motion passed with one recorded no vote and some excused members, and the meeting adjourned afterward.

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• House Health and Human Services...
• They're uniformed services.
• They have to reduce service.
• And so they have sales or services. Expanding city. And so they have sales or services expanding.
• My family had a full-service gas station in Aztec. Full service.

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, opened with prayer and the Pledge, and agreed by unanimous consent to allow cameras on the floor and gallery, excuse several senators, and move to announcements and miscellaneous business. The chamber then adopted a ceremonial resolution honoring Lieutenant Governor Howie Morales for his years of service as Senate president and lieutenant governor, followed by extensive remarks from senators and Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham praising his leadership, fairness, education advocacy, and personal kindness. Morales briefly responded, thanking members, the governor, and his family, and noting he would offer fuller remarks on his final day. After messages from the House were read, the Senate adopted several committee reports. These included favorable action on Senate Memorial 31; House Judiciary Committee substitute for House Bill 70; House Bill 124, referred to Finance; Senate Joint Resolution 6, referred to Judiciary; Senate Joint Resolution 7; House Bills 103, 154, 165, and 285 as amended; and the Finance Committee’s amended report on House Appropriations and Finance Committee substitute for House Bills 2 and 3. The Judiciary Committee also reported Senate Bill 104 as duly enrolled and engrossed, and the body noted that SB 104 had been signed in open session. During personal privilege, Majority Floor Leader Peter Wirth discussed a State Ethics Commission advisory opinion on whether legislators who are attorneys may vote on medical malpractice cap legislation, arguing the issue is governed by Senate rules rather than the Governmental Conduct Act. He said he would continue to disclose his interests and vote under Rule 7-5, and also rejected a newspaper suggestion that he had a conflict in sponsoring a judgeship bill for the First Judicial District Court. The Senate then moved into third reading, beginning with Senate Rules Committee substitute for Senate Bill 264, which Senator Duhigg explained as an election-security measure responding to concerns about federal interference, intimidation, and emergency election disruptions; Senator Nava then spoke in support as a co-sponsor.

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• This bill draft would extend Medicaid coverage to assisted living services.
• As you know, assisted living services help with daily living tasks, personal care, medication management
• By comparison, assisted living services cost an average of around $3,400 per month, significantly less
• ><c> services</c> By comparison, assisted living services By comparison, assisted living services cost
• are in the sports for services which are in the sports for community<01:43:18.000><c> living</c><01:

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Medicaid Oversight Advisory Board’s fourth meeting focused primarily on a presentation from University of Kentucky and University of Louisville health leaders about the state university directed payment program. Mark Birdwhistle and Ken Marshall described the program as a long-running, value-based Medicaid arrangement that began in 2019, uses university-provided matching funds rather than provider taxes, and ties a portion of payments to quality outcomes. They said the program has improved measures such as tobacco cessation, diabetes control, depression screening, and cancer screening, while supporting access to specialty care, medical education, and workforce training. They also emphasized that Kentucky’s model is nationally notable and has helped improve health rankings and generate cost savings. A major topic was the federal reconciliation bill signed July 4, which the presenters said will reduce directed payments by 10% annually for 10 years beginning in 2028. UL Health estimated a first-year loss of about $75 million and a cumulative loss of about $600 million over the decade; UK estimated about $100 million in the first year, for a combined first-year impact of roughly $175 million. Both speakers warned the cuts could affect access to care, training capacity, and the sustainability of Kentucky’s value-based model, though they expressed hope that congressional action could alter or delay the changes. They also noted that 340B drug pricing changes could further strain already thin operating margins, but did not provide exact figures during the meeting. Committee members responded positively to the program’s reported outcomes and the institutions’ role in Kentucky health care. Senator Berg praised the quality of care and shared a personal example of being advised to stay at UofL for breast cancer treatment. Representative Moer highlighted Kentucky’s strong cancer-control score and asked for more explanation of the value-based payment structure; the presenters said the system is built around ongoing measurement, accountability, and collaboration with the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. No votes or formal actions were taken beyond approving the amended August 27 minutes by voice vote.

Transcript Highlights:

• And those red bars show the reductions in services that are going to have to occur.
• So that's better service for the employees.
• And those GRTs right now are paying for our, apologies, for our safety services.
• I live in a small community. I'm in rural New Mexico.
• living center.

Committee: Senate Senate Finance

Keywords: 996, all

Transcript Highlights:

• services.
• Parents rely on our community centers and public services when they're working to afford a living.
• Several essential services that residents rely upon—veteran services, libraries, health and human services
• But our services still have to run, and we have had to reduce our services.
• These services complement county human services and school services and include things like early childhood

Committee: Senate Appropriations

Keywords: 999, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• And it's different than living in a city, and there are traditions and Than living in a city.
• Live events, as we know, are vital to California.
• California is the number one state for live events in the nation.
• Live events, as we know, are vital to California.
• California is the number one state for live events in the nation.

Committee: Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I see Senator Martin is with us, so we will pick up tab two, which is SB 1724 on utility services.
• But this bill deals with utilities and municipal services, specifically.
• area, even if the utility currently has service lines running adjacent to their property.
• Upon application for service, a utility must expand its service territory to a property outside its current
• service territory if the property is not within the service territory of another water or wastewater

Summary: The Senate Committee on Regulated Industries met with a quorum and considered four bills. First, the committee took up SB 1724 on municipal utility services. A late-filed strike-all amendment by Senator Martin was adopted after he explained it would require annual customer meetings for certain extraterritorial utility customers, cap the use of utility revenues for general government purposes, eliminate a 25% surcharge and reduce the rate differential cap, remove municipal natural gas utilities from the bill, and preserve certain surcharges only as needed to satisfy existing bond covenants. The Florida League of Cities raised implementation concerns about the July 1, 2026 effective date and the time needed for rate studies and budget adjustments, but the bill as amended was reported favorably. The committee then heard SB 936 on temporary door locking devices by Senator McLean. The bill would define temporary door locking devices, authorize their installation at any height, require the Florida Building Commission to add standards to the Florida Building Code, and require their use to be incorporated into safety plans, drills, and training. With no opposition or debate, SB 936 was reported favorably. Next, the committee considered SB 1014 by Senator Mayfield, which would prohibit municipalities from refusing water and wastewater service solely because a property owner declines annexation, if the property is near a municipal main line, not served by another utility, and the utility has capacity. An amendment narrowed the bill by defining “main line” and reducing the distance threshold from 2,000 meters to one-half mile. The Florida League of Cities opposed the bill as amended, citing concerns about large users, possible conflict with annexation law, potential enclave creation, and revenue impacts, but Senator Mayfield said he would continue working on the issues. The committee reported the bill favorably. Finally, Chair Bradley presented SB 1498 on community associations. A strike-all amendment was adopted that made technical changes to video conference recording, turnover inspection reports, and electronic voting, and added provisions requiring associations to provide records to law enforcement and prosecutors, creating a second-degree misdemeanor for willful refusal. It also targeted mandatory club or amenity fee structures controlled by developers or third parties, declaring such provisions against public policy, limiting assessments to proportional expenses, and allowing suits and conveyance of common areas after turnover. Testimony from homeowners described alleged governance abuses and opaque, profit-driven mandatory fees in their communities, while the Community Associations Institute supported the amendment. The committee reported CS for SB 1498 favorably. Members then recorded additional votes for the record, and the meeting adjourned.

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• All the hoops we have to jump through, all the calls to customer service at OMA, and everything.
• The DMV used to be the gold standard of bad service. Me, Oma has cleared them away.
• I'm a brand manufacturer and a wholesale producer of oil distillate, cured resin, live resin.
• Basically stating that whole plant, re-frozen can only make live resin or live rosin.
• For example, people selling live resin as distillate, cured resin as live. Yada yada yada.

Keywords: 914, all

Transcript Highlights:

• My next one has to do of mental health services.
• >> I would say certainly a focus of the agency will be to preserve access to service, mental health services
• and all services.
• and all services. >> Just one will.
• And are we looking at the pleading services?

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• the fee to the federal government. 16 inches is an arbitrary number and serves no legitimate public service
• because after the Vietnam War, the military... or even during the Vietnam War, the military was transitioning
• great lengths to conceal this weapon in order to make it all the way through the school to take the lives
• Honours the lives that we have lost and almost lost. Any other questions for Ms. Delgado?

Bills: SB108 , SB318 , SB507 , SB511 , SB533 , SB1026 , SB1386 , SB1433 , SB1434 , SB1596

Committee: Senate State Affairs

Keywords: elections, Election Code, poll workers, election clerks, presiding judge, alternate presiding judge, polling place, central counting station, county chair, political party, gubernatorial election, vote counting, election administration, Texas elections, precinct officials, ballot counting, county election officials, election integrity, election fraud, Attorney General

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• So, this one, um, we are certainly transitioning just a bit.
• </c> their lives. their lives.
• </c><00:25:07.600><c> where</c> there are periods of transition where there are periods of transition
• </c> losing skills such as the transition losing skills such as the transition from<00:25:12.880><c>
• So, it education programs and services.

Keywords: Call to Order and Roll Call - 00:13 Approval of Minutes - 4:07 Kentucky Academic Standards for Reading and Writing - 5:18 Math Improvement Committee Report - 21:02 ETS Praxis Exam - 41:47 KDE Performance Review Data - 1:15:04 Adjournment - 1:57:54, 958, all

Summary: The committee heard a presentation from KDE on the revised Kentucky academic standards for reading and writing. KDE explained the statutory six-year review process, the public comment periods, and the main revisions, including updates tied to the science of reading, decodable text, encoding/decoding, and an updated vision statement. KDE said 308 responses were received on the initial public comment, most respondents favored keeping standards as-is, and about 12% of standards were revised. The department also said the document was streamlined by removing repeated graphics and reducing its size by about 24%, and that a later comment period drew more than 400 responses. No new standards were flagged for review. Members asked about alignment between standards, curriculum, assessments, and NAEP, and KDE said instructional resources should be aligned to standards, KSA assessments are aligned to the standards, and screeners/diagnostics help identify student needs. Representative Truett raised the idea of a textbook-to-standards crosswalk, and KDE said publishers and a future repository partner should provide such crosswalks for local districts. Representative Bojanowski asked why foundational reading skills are not directly assessed on the third-grade KSA; KDE responded that the assessment is designed to measure end-of-grade expectations, while screening and diagnostics are used earlier to identify decoding needs. Representative Gel asked about early childhood supports, and KDE said it is working with early learning and special education offices and promoting LETRS professional learning for both teachers and preschool educators. The committee then received the mathematics improvement committee report. KDE said the mathematics committee unanimously approved a new strategic plan for improving math achievement from pre-K through grade 20 and adult education. The plan centers on six priorities: student empowerment, effective mathematics teaching and learning, continuous educator development and growth, a continuum of learning, community and family partnerships, and teacher recruitment and retention. KDE said the plan is intended as a living document with goals, recommended actions, and evidence bases, and that it aligns with the Kentucky Numeracy Counts Act by supporting high-quality instructional resources, professional learning, and family resources. In response to Senator Thomas, KDE explained that the professional learning recommendation means districts should tailor teacher training to classroom needs and instructional materials so math teachers are better equipped to implement standards and support students.

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• </c> service.
• As the father of a service service.
• I also am devastated they will live their school lives in fear. This is tragic.
• </c> school lives in fear. school lives in fear.
• We don't have to live to be this way. We don't have to live like<00:48:08.319><c> this.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, June 4, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• to be any place but here, but as my mother taught me, God rest our souls, sometimes we just have to live
• we</c><00:00:31.119><c> just</c><00:00:31.279><c> have</c><00:00:31.359><c> to</c><00:00:31.519><c> live
• </c> souls, sometimes we just have to live souls, sometimes we just have to live with<00:00:31.840><c
• I'm Melissa Tape, the director of appeals, legal services, and disclosure at the Minnesota Department
• This is a needed service to be don't?

Bills: HF2048 , HF2360 , HF2006 , HF950 , HF912 , HF3140 , HF2931

Committee: House Taxes

Keywords: individual income tax, retirement contributions, tax corrections, annuity contracts, tax year attribution, tax credit, economic development, community investment, data disclosure, Minnesota regulations, tax increment financing, municipal authority, job creation, transferred increment, public hearing, nonresident employees, income tax exemption, Minnesota taxation, employment duties, tax withholding