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• These sections extend the expiration of the exceptions for Anoka Metro Regional Treatment Center and
• Operations. Section 5 is new.
• Funding the operations for state-operated safety net programs, which offer services for people with mental
• Treatment Center.
• I'm the Executive Director at Center City Housing.

Bills: HF2434

Committee: House Human Services Finance and Policy

Keywords: healthcare, personal care assistance, worker retention, disability services, state funding

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• The CTE center shall provide program information to potential students within its region, listing admissions
• The CTE center shall provide program information to potential students within its region, listing admissions
• Could we have a regional pool, like the CT centers, a regional pool of teachers that could go out to
• </c><04:21:04.319><c> a</c><04:21:04.560><c> regional</c><04:21:04.880><c> pool</c> um like the CT centers
• , a regional pool um like the CT centers, a regional pool of<04:21:05.279><c> teachers</c><04:21:05.600

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first took up SB 209, which would require schools seeking building aid for construction or reconstruction projects to use an owner’s project manager. The chair explained an amendment that would remove the bill’s requirement that the manager be engaged before application and instead revert to current law, while updating the project threshold from the older $1 million figure to a more current amount and clarifying that the manager’s role is to protect the project owner’s interests. Members asked about the cost of hiring a project manager over several years before a project is funded, the 1.5% fee in rule, and whether the rules already define the manager’s duties. The chair said the amendment addressed those concerns by leaving the timing to current law and relying on existing administrative rules for qualifications and responsibilities. The committee then voted 18-0 to adopt the amendment and 18-0 to recommend SB 209 OTPA, placing it on the consent calendar. The committee then moved to SB 99, which concerns allowing students enrolled in career and technical education programs at receiving comprehensive high schools to take additional academic courses there. The chair said the bill was intended to make it easier for students to access CTE without being blocked by scheduling conflicts in their sending schools, and to clarify how agreements between sending and receiving districts would work. He described concerns about the bill’s cost formula, transportation, part-time versus full-time status, and whether the proposal could unintentionally create open-enrollment or athletic-transfer issues. He said the amendment would mirror existing treatment for homeschool and charter school students, use a familiar funding model, and limit participation to students already enrolled in one or more CTE classes at the receiving school. The chair also emphasized that comprehensive high schools already have a statutory definition and that the bill would help more students participate in CTE, which he said currently reaches only a relatively small share of students statewide. He noted that transportation would be covered only when a CTE bus is available, otherwise students would be responsible for arranging travel as under current practice. After brief discussion, the committee voted 18-0 to adopt the amendment and 18-0 to recommend SB 99 OTPA, also placing it on the consent calendar.

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• They're not tasked with the day-to-day operations.
• The Kia Center is a $226 million project. These are funded with TDT dollars.
• The Kia Center is a $226 million project. These are funded with TDT dollars.
• We think about the operational costs and maintenance.
• and management costs of assets like the Orange County Convention Center.

Committee: Senate Appropriations

Summary: The Appropriations Committee met with a quorum and considered a series of bills, most of them receiving favorable reports. SB 132, as amended, would require the Department of Financial Services to contract for a study on whether Florida should recognize gold and silver as legal tender; an amendment advanced the report deadline to December 1, 2025, and the bill was reported favorably. SB 1050, also amended, expands the intellectual and developmental disabilities managed care pilot program statewide, emphasizes that enrollment is voluntary, adds transparency and reporting requirements for APD, creates a statewide family care council, and requires related studies and coordination; it was reported favorably after supportive testimony about reducing the APD wait list. SB 820 codifies the Office of Faith and Community in the Governor’s office, and the bill drew extended debate over church-state separation and concerns about political activity by the office; despite opposition from several senators, it was reported favorably. SB 1060 creates a joint legislative oversight committee for Medicaid financing and operations, with supporters citing the size of the program and the need for stronger legislative review; it passed favorably. SB 7032 presumes Medicaid eligibility for permanently disabled individuals receiving certain long-term services during redetermination, to prevent gaps in care, and was reported favorably with broad support. SB 12, a claim bill for a minor injured in a DCF-related case, was also reported favorably without opposition. The committee also approved several infrastructure and tax-related measures. SJR 318 proposes an ad valorem exemption for certain tangible personal property used in agriculture or agritourism, such as equipment and tractors, and was reported favorably with support from agricultural and business groups. SB 818, as amended, revises utility relocation funding for public road and rail projects, shifting the financing structure after constitutional concerns were raised and adding a $50 million grant program; it passed after discussion of the impact on local governments and utilities. SB 1348 modernizes DMV services through tax collectors, adds a distracted driving course option, bans appointment scalping, and extends certain disabled parking permit terms; it was reported favorably. SB 1664 requires voter reapproval of local taxes, including tourist development taxes and local option sales taxes, when they expire, with special rules for taxes tied to revenue bonds; it drew significant debate over impacts on tourism-dependent counties and was reported favorably despite opposition from some members and local government groups. SB 1050, SB 820, SB 1060, SB 7032, SB 12, SJR 318, SB 818, SB 1348, and SB 1664 all received favorable committee votes, and the meeting ended with final missed-vote requests and adjournment.

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• So we could operate there if we had to have a committee of the whole.
• Oh, by the way, SB 98 is extending the donations to regional career and technical education center programs
• </c><01:05:46.799><c> technology</c> addressed in the regional technology addressed in the regional technology
• So the plan is for the sending and regional school to provide that.
• Going down the<01:26:12.639><c> center,</c><01:26:13.120><c> it</c><01:26:13.440><c> shows</c> the center

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee began with housekeeping announcements about clearing office file cabinets by May 22, arranging lockers in another building, and the building’s cold temperature. The chair also reviewed the calendar, noting the May 29 reporting deadline, the May 26 Memorial Day closure, and possible dates for subcommittee or committee-of-the-whole meetings. Representative Damon then apologized for his word choice in a prior vote, and the chair accepted the apology. The committee recessed briefly for caucus before returning to the docket. The first bill taken up was SB 98, extending donations to regional career and technical education center programs. Representative Peoples moved OTP, the motion was seconded, and members noted the bill would allow continued private donations to support the program. The committee voted unanimously to pass the bill and then agreed to place it on consent, with discussion noting a fiscal note but no objection to consent. The committee then considered SB 294, concerning lab fees for career and technical education courses. Representative Peoples moved ITL, but members debated whether the bill would create an unfunded mandate or instead simply require that lab fees be addressed in regional agreements. Supporters argued it would make costs transparent and prevent students from being surprised by fees, while opponents said it would shift costs onto sending districts and add to an already underfunded CTE tuition and transportation line. After discussion, the committee voted 10-8 to pass the bill, with Representative Peoples assigned the majority report and Representative Bricky the minority report. Finally, the committee turned to SB 195, which revises the composition and duties of the New Hampshire Advisory Council on Career and Technical Education. The chair initially asked questions about how CTE funding works for part-time students, then corrected that he was on the wrong bill before returning to SB 195. Representative Lad offered amendment 1938H and explained that it largely tracked current law while making changes to council membership, including the appointment process for business and trade representatives. Discussion focused on how the amendment and bill would alter council appointments and whether the current structure should remain, but the transcript cuts off before any final action on SB 195 is shown.

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• </c> Healing Center in Arnold, Maryland, Dr. Healing Center in Arnold, Maryland, Dr.
• </c> to center from District 5. to center from District 5.
• It operates, and this is key, without a central authority, making it highly secure and transparent.
• </c> Well, it's a digital or virtual currency secured by cryptography operating on a decentralized blockchain
• ><c> on</c><00:48:37.160><c> a</c> secured by cryptography operating on a secured by cryptography operating

Keywords: Senate streaming session for Tuesday, March 10, 2026, 960, senate, all

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• in Framingham, as well as the Brazilian Worker Center and the Lynn Worker Center.
• They often operate in the underground economy, misclassifying workers as independent contractors, operating
• As a worker center, we assist many workers who get injured on the...
• I'm the director of the Metro West Workers Center, which people know as CASA. Thank you, Mr.
• Employers currently operate from fear of liability and therefore avoid responsibility.

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development held a lengthy hearing on June 18 focused on workers’ compensation, independent contractor and classification issues, workplace safety, warehouse worker protections, extreme temperature protections, retaliation against injured workers, and workplace bullying. Committee chairs outlined procedures for the hybrid hearing and noted that members would be leaving intermittently for floor votes. Testimony also touched on a bill to expand workers’ compensation disfigurement benefits by removing the current $15,000 cap and extending coverage beyond scars on the hands, neck, and face. A major theme was workplace safety in warehouses and in extreme heat or cold. Teamsters, warehouse workers, and labor advocates described high injury rates, strict quotas, lack of water, inadequate ventilation, frozen or missing safety equipment, and pressure to work through heat waves and snowstorms. Supporters urged favorable reports on bills protecting warehouse workers and requiring employers to adopt heat- and cold-safety plans, while the NFIB opposed the temperature bill as overly prescriptive and burdensome for small businesses. Sen. Edwards, Sen. Roche, Rep. O’Day, and others argued that the measures are needed to prevent heat illness, provide shade, water, rest breaks, training, and emergency plans, and to cover all workers regardless of immigration status. Another major subject was the “Act to Protect Injured Workers,” backed by labor groups, immigrant worker centers, legal services organizations, and individual workers. Witnesses said employers often retaliate after injuries by threatening deportation, lying about how injuries occurred, delaying care, or firing workers, and they supported stronger anti-retaliation enforcement, multilingual notices, and a rebuttable presumption of retaliation within 90 days of protected activity. The Mass AFL-CIO and immigrant advocacy groups supported the bill and opposed measures they said would weaken employee classification standards. Testimony also supported a funeral-benefits bill to raise workers’ compensation death-benefit reimbursement for burial and funeral costs, based on a family’s experience after a workplace fatality. The committee heard additional testimony on workplace bullying bills, with some witnesses urging a new legal duty for employers to prevent and respond to bullying, while others described the harms of toxic workplaces and the lack of effective remedies.

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• . operations. operations.
• operators of a Minnesota<00:33:02.880><c> dairy</c><00:33:03.200><c> cow</c><00:33:03.519><c> operation
• </c><00:33:04.159><c> that</c> Minnesota dairy cow operation that Minnesota dairy cow operation that
• They have to add into the operation.
• Um so initial cost operating today.

Committee: Senate Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• operating and serving in Washington.
• I'm the vice president of research of the Washington Policy Center.
• I'm the vice president of research of the Washington Policy Center.
• I'm the vice president of research of the Washington Policy Center.
• I'm the vice president of research of the Washington Policy Center.

Bills: HB1420 , HB2233 , HB2271 , HB2212 , HB2284

Committee: House Environment & Energy

Keywords: textile responsibility, recycling, sustainability, environmental impact, consumer protection, waste reduction, environment, retail, bags, pollution, consumer products, plastic, environmental policy, postconsumer waste, microplastics, environmental protection, washing machines, water quality, litter reduction, public health

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• They like their experience at the regional institution.
• centers that we have in Shreveport and New Orleans.
• We have two outstanding health science centers.
• We have an outstanding biomedical research center in Pennington. health science centers.
• And I'll use McNeese in your region.

Committee: House Education

Summary: The House Education Committee met on May 6 and first welcomed LSU President Wade Roos and Chancellor Jim Dalton, who outlined LSU’s goals of becoming an elite, accessible flagship university, increasing research expenditures, improving student recruitment and retention, and expanding pathways that keep Louisiana students in-state. Members praised the new leadership and LSU’s workforce and research direction, and a representative from LSU enrollment reported gains in TOPS Excellence commitments for the coming fall. The committee then advanced several education bills. SB 105 by Sen. Kathy, which reinstates TOPS Tech eligibility for honorably discharged veterans, was reported favorably without objection. SB 374, also by Sen. Kathy, creates a uniform framework for college economic development districts; members adopted an amendment adding a legislator to each district board, and the bill was reported favorably with amendments. SB 304 by Sen. Edmonds, which authorizes the Board of Regents to establish a list of eligible accreditors and allows institutions to seek different accreditors, was reported favorably. SB 522 by Sen. Edmonds, allowing vocational and technical charter schools to apply directly to BESE as Type 2 charters with Commerce and Industry support, drew discussion about whether the authority should extend to public schools as well; it ultimately passed 9-1. The committee also approved SB 290 by Sen. Abraham, a cleanup bill requiring school system concurrence before student exit-code changes in the data system, and HCR 81 by Rep. Freiberg, which asks the Department of Education to study options for districts facing declining enrollment and related financial pressures. HCR 175 by Rep. Larvadain, a study resolution on possible TOPS Tech changes, was deferred by the author because it overlapped with another measure. Several members also used personal privilege to welcome local mayors and community guests to the committee room.

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• using a shared regional model.
• So our proposal is that we use a million dollars of one-time money to start up to regional centers where
• So our proposal is that we use a million dollars of one-time money to start up to regional centers where
• Chair, Senator Galloway, you're referring to the Regional Service Center. Yes, thank you.
• I'm going to use a region like Region 5, which would be Malad, Preston, Grace, Soda Springs, Bancroft

Keywords: 989, all

Summary: The committee heard a lengthy presentation on the K-12 public school support budget, including how support units, career ladder funding, health insurance, discretionary funding, transportation, facilities, and the Public Education Stabilization Fund (PSIF) work. Legislative Services explained that FY 2026 support units were revised downward, creating a $22.3 million ongoing general fund reduction, and walked through the FY 2027 agency request and governor’s recommendation. The governor recommended no increase for population forecast adjustments, but did recommend some statutory and policy changes, including shifting certain interest earnings to the general fund and reducing funding for some virtual school and IDLA-related items. The agency request also included one-time proposals for a high-needs special education fund and a regional service model for related services. Members asked extensive questions about how career ladder dollars are distributed, how health insurance and discretionary funds interact, why the health insurance increase in the budget differed from current plan estimates, and how facilities money under House Bill 292 is used. There were also questions about the size and use of the Idaho Career Ready Students fund, the maintenance-of-effort implications of special education funding, and whether some special education costs are being used for student housing or other noninstructional expenses. The superintendent and budget staff emphasized that many of the budget lines are formula-driven or statutorily required, that local districts determine actual staffing and spending within those formulas, and that special education costs continue to outpace available funding. Superintendent Debbie Critchfield then framed the budget request around enrollment trends, shifting demographics, and the need for more flexibility in how districts use existing dollars. She highlighted proposed categorical flexibility for some funds, changes to digital content and curriculum distribution, continued literacy gains, growth in career technical education programs funded through Idaho Career Ready Students, and the importance of endowment and Millennium Fund support. She also described the special education proposals as a temporary bridge while the state considers larger formula changes and noted a near $100 million gap between special education spending and funding. She further outlined planned federal waiver requests on assessments and flexibility, and said the department is seeking more state control over testing and reporting requirements. The committee did not take final action on the budget during this portion of the meeting. Members raised concerns about interest transfers from dedicated funds, the complexity of the funding formula, special education accountability, and whether the state should revisit the overall school funding model. Several follow-up data requests were made, including information on health insurance participation, regional special education service needs, and school contingency fund balances.

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• New Hampshire is one of the states in your region, correct?
• You have a region of states, of which New Hampshire is one, correct?
• </c><02:18:59.120><c> to</c> governments creates a double security to governments creates a double security
• </c> in economy economic and security in economy economic and security initiatives<03:54:24.680><c> prolonged
• </c> particularly in terms of security trade particularly in terms of security trade and<03:54:54.399

Committee: House State-federal Relations and Veterans Affairs

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Regional Behavioral Health Boards.
• We have crisis centers operating across the state.
• It does this while preserving the regional health centers and the core service obligations, and you can
• We have our departments across the state, and we have our regional crisis centers.
• and the regional boards and the assessment centers, juvenile corrections, Department of Corrections,

Committee: Senate Health and Welfare

Keywords: 989, all

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• This division is responsible for the general operation. Our administration division.
• This division is responsible for the general operation and support of the department.
• Page 13 is our insurance operations.
• On page 24, excuse me, is an NDI for insurance operations, outreach, and education.
• So we have entities that are operating in Missouri for reinsurance.

Committee: House Budget

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• We also provide court security officer training opportunities for all state-employed security officers
• security security officers<00:05:46.199><c> additionally</c><00:05:47.120><c> we</c><00:05:47.319><c
• </c><00:11:09.040><c> officer</c> to assist with court security officer to assist with court security
• :11:10.720><c> officer</c> and general court security officer and general court security officer training
• </c> program to help train the court security program to help train the court security officers<00:16

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Finance Division 2 hearing took testimony from the director of New Hampshire Police Standards and Training on the agency’s budget request and operations. He described the agency’s role in setting hiring, education, certification, and discipline standards for police, corrections, probation and parole, and court security officers, and noted that the agency runs the full-time, part-time, corrections, and court security training programs. He also outlined the agency’s staffing, facility, and budget request for FY 2026-27, including a request to keep funding level with the governor’s recommendation while shifting funds to support an IT manager position by defunding a vacant administrative slot. The agency requested several statutory changes in Chapter 106, including clarifying the definition of police misconduct, allowing a temporary member on the Conduct Review Committee, clarifying reporting requirements for misconduct allegations, and codifying the Law Enforcement Accreditation Commission. The director also reviewed new responsibilities added in recent years, including crisis intervention training, statewide accreditation, the Conduct Review Committee, and increased annual in-service training requirements. He explained that crisis intervention funding is carried in a continuously appropriated, non-lapsing account and that some budget lines were reclassified, including software and janitorial services, to reflect actual spending needs. Members asked about national standards, the different academy tracks, crisis intervention funding, maintenance and contract changes, temporary positions, and the court security training program. The agency said it coordinates with national peers through IADLEST, that the part-time and corrections academies are longstanding programs, and that the new court security academy can be delivered either as a full academy or as in-service training depending on resources. The director also said the agency has been running extra full-time academies because of high vacancy rates, but expects to return to three full-time academies this year, with two corrections academies and one or possibly two part-time academies. He also explained the current approach to misconduct records and public disclosure, saying sustained findings under RSA 106-L are heard by the council and published, replacing the older, less standardized exculpatory list process.

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• But even more impressive, this team has secured the San Joaquin section title for four consecutive years
• I recently visited a communication center. public safety telecommunicators.
• I recently visited a communication center in Rialto, and staff there shared that due to funding challenges
• Center with the Santa Barbara County Fire Department and President of CalNENA, California Chapter of
• Fire Communications Center with the Santa Barbara County Fire Department and President of Calina, California

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• We've opened three new regional training academies in our state and actually training officers faster
• This prohibition does not apply to officers performing their duties during active undercover operations
• For background, the Department of Social and Health Services operates two state psychiatric hospitals
• The 2025-27 state operating budget included a number of appropriations from the State General Fund to
• Just last night, I was at a regional basketball playoff game here in Spokane Valley.

Committee: House Community Safety

Keywords: 904, all

Transcript Highlights:

• . security.
• </c> cyber security. cyber security.
• cyber security.
• but security issues in general concern but security issues in general cyber<01:11:16.880><c> security
• <c> our</c> center, the retirement center, our center, the retirement center, our prisons<01:56:19.599

Keywords: 916, all

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• Again, heavily centered in the Northeast, but also New Mexico, California, Florida.
• We are the regional planning agency for Greater Boston.
• And then the yellow is also operated by MAPC.
• And then you can see here what those projected population changes were at the regional level.
• address their local and regional housing needs.

Committee: Senate Senate Committee on the Census

Summary: The Senate Committee on the Census, chaired by Senator Will Brownsberger with Senator Liz Miranda and other members participating, held a hearing on mid-decade population estimates and projections for Massachusetts. Susan Strait of the UMass Donahue Institute presented the latest Census Bureau estimates and explained the main components of population change: births, deaths, domestic migration, and international migration. She said Massachusetts has continued to grow, but much more slowly than in the immediate post-2020 period, largely because net international migration has fallen sharply after a pandemic-era surge. She also reviewed fertility and aging trends, noting that births are concentrated among women in their 30s, that the state’s population is aging, and that the share of residents 65 and older is projected to rise substantially, increasing the dependency ratio. Strait and committee members discussed the role of immigration in Massachusetts’ population growth, the concentration of immigrants in Greater Boston and other regions, and the effect of immigration on births and the labor force. They also discussed domestic out-migration, especially among young adults, and the possibility that housing affordability is a major driver. Senators raised questions about how the Census counts people in group quarters such as prisons and dormitories, and Strait explained that the Census counts incarcerated people where they are housed and generally does not treat dormitory residents as migrants in the same way as household residents. She said the Census Bureau is still working on methodological issues such as extending a “college fix” to more areas. Jesse Partridge Guerrero of the Metropolitan Area Planning Council described how MAPC uses Donahue Institute population projections, household headship rates, and UrbanSim to allocate projected households down to regional, municipal, and sub-municipal levels. He said the projections used for MassDOT’s long-range transportation plan anticipated slower statewide growth and regional decline in the Cape and parts of western and central Massachusetts. Tim Reardon of the Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities then explained how those projections feed into the statewide housing plan, including three population scenarios and associated housing needs. He said the plan estimates a need for about 115,000 homes to address existing shortages and another 73,000 households even under a low-growth scenario, with total housing needs rising to roughly 222,000 units under the middle scenario and 262,000 under the high scenario. Members pressed him on whether the scenarios may understate future need given the recent drop in immigration and ongoing affordability problems, and he said the state is also pursuing housing production, rental assistance, shelter response, seasonal conversion prevention, and infrastructure support for communities. No votes were taken.

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• State parks, state regional trails, metro, regional, and greater Minnesota regional parks, Mr.
• Our state's parks, state and regional trails, metro, regional, and greater Minnesota regional parks,
• <c> metro</c><00:08:30.479><c> regional</c><00:08:30.800><c> and</c> and regional trails, metro regional
• and and regional trails, metro regional and greater<00:08:31.199><c> Minnesota</c><00:08:31.680><c>
• regional</c><00:08:32.080><c> parks</c><00:08:32.479><c> and</c> greater Minnesota regional parks and

Keywords: 1183, house

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• in our state, from one region to another.
• However, again, a good number of student teachers in special ed are placed in regional centers, non-public
• However, a good number of student teachers in special ed are placed in regional centers, non-public schools
• I think it varies region by region.
• We ask that you secure the future today. Thank you. Good afternoon.

Keywords: 988, house, all