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• clarify that for the provision in the bill related to having cameras in child care centers, the facility
• > um</c><00:32:02.559><c> as</c><00:32:02.880><c> required</c><00:32:03.360><c> under</c> of its facility
• um as required under of its facility um as required under this<00:32:03.760><c> subdivision.
• who sort<00:47:45.200><c> of</c><00:47:45.280><c> came</c><00:47:45.440><c> of</c><00:47:45.599><c> age
• </c><00:47:46.119><c> politically</c> sort of came of age politically sort of came of age politically

Bills: HF2436 , HF2929

Committee: House Children and Families Finance and Policy

Keywords: child welfare, economic assistance, child care, grant program, video security cameras, HF2929, SNAP, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, food assistance, nutrition assistance, public benefits, eligibility determination, income eligibility, federal poverty guidelines, poverty level, county agency, Tribal agency, human services, children and families, benefits administration

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• He described ADUs as a critical solution that can provide additional living space for aging relatives
• Parents who have aging children are unable to afford housing.
• Parents who have aging children are unable to afford housing.
• of 30, they have about 35 years before they reach retirement age.
• </c><05:00:50.240><c> uh</c> to the biomedical research facility uh to the biomedical research facility

Committee: House Housing

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• It expands by age of the victim and it expands by crime.
• At its core, this bill is all ages.
• </c><03:12:10.560><c> Specifically</c><03:12:11.439><c> in</c> established facilities.
• Specifically in established facilities.
• Why are we just carving it out for an age increase for judges but not for sheriffs?

Committee: House Judiciary

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Oh God, our help in ages past, our hope for years to come.
• Oh God, our help in ages past, our hope for years to come.
• Speaker, I'm concerned about the human rights of people in ICE detention facilities.
• I visited the California facilities.
• At the end of last year, at the age of 85, Miss Mary Sue Rich passed away.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Friday, January 9, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• In 2024, we started with a smaller ag disaster program.
• In 2024, we started with a smaller ag disaster program.
• And between ag and energy, that's what the state's about.
• We've got to protect those ag people, too.
• We've got to protect those ag people, too.

Summary: The committee received a compliance and budget update on Industrial Commission agencies and programs, including the Industrial Commission administrative office, the Oil and Gas Research Program, the Clean Sustainable Energy Authority, the State Energy Research Center, the Research Technology Park grant program, and related funds. Staff reviewed spending and balances for items such as electric grid resiliency grants, lignite research, enhanced oil recovery, the salt cavern business case study, and the new NDSU research and technology park grant. Members also discussed timing, carryover balances, matching requirements, and how some programs are structured to reimburse projects over several years rather than spend funds immediately. Karen Tyler of the Industrial Commission described the agency’s administrative budget, the grant management system nearing completion, and the transition to standalone audits and staffing after separating from other agencies. She also outlined the status of active grant rounds across lignite, oil and gas, renewable energy, outdoor heritage, and clean sustainable energy programs. Members asked about the length of active grants, demand for clean energy funding, and the possibility of future grant rounds. Tyler and members also discussed the salt cavern study, the need to better define its commercial value, and the research technology park grant’s cash-match requirement. Ron Ness then testified on enhanced oil recovery and broader oil and gas market conditions. He said North Dakota production remained steady, but future growth depends on infrastructure, longer laterals, and better use of natural gas and carbon dioxide for EOR. He described the state’s EOR grant round, the use of federal DOE funding to replace part of a state-funded project, and the expectation of additional grant rounds. Members asked about CO2 supply, storage, and the economics of using legacy fields and pipelines to extend oil production and support agriculture and industrial uses. The committee also heard from Bank of North Dakota President Don Morgan, who reviewed the bank’s mission, governance, lending verticals, disaster programs, and new initiatives. He said the bank is seeing deposit growth flatten and is responding to fintech competition by focusing on liquidity, risk management, and a new payment infrastructure initiative called Rough Rider Coin, which he emphasized is not crypto and not a public coin, but a banking payment rail for North Dakota institutions. Members asked about student loan rates, disaster lending, and how the bank’s lines of credit and balance sheet capacity are affected by deposit trends. Morgan said the bank remains profitable and continues to support agriculture, commerce, and industry through participation loans, student lending, and state-directed programs.

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• It is important for traffic to our town because it is a boarding facility.
• Obviously, as a private school, the largest amount of revenue I bring in is from enrollment, facilities
• ahead. obviously as a private school, the largest amount of revenue I bring in is from enrollment, facilities
• If you're going to be an 18-year-old and you're going to have 220 other guys between the ages of 14 and

Committee: House Special Committee on Tourism

Keywords: 959, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I went to, I've gone, I have a wonderful, the sheet metal workers have a training facility in, not in
• Well, we had, when we toured the facility, we did have a time for Q&A, and there were many questions
• The components age, including corrosion, debris buildup, and actuator burnout.
• I believe, you know, in the city that I come from, we have some large warehouses, and they have facility

Committee: House Local Government

Keywords: 959, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• whereas occupational therapy is a health care profession that promotes the well-being of people of all ages
• home health agencies, schools, clinics, nursing homes, rehabilitation centers, and mental health facilities
• and Fish to design, plan, and construct an aquatic endangered species hatchery and rearing station facility
• and Fish to design, plan, and construct an aquatic endangered species hatchery and rearing station facility

Keywords: 996, all

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• Money also goes to hiring local companies to help improve the facilities of the library.
• Librarians not earning a living wage, and especially library directors who manage facilities, develop
• for us as a community to build that kind of a tradition: decades of investment in our youth, our facilities
• Just over 40% of our population is between the ages of 16 and 44, so it's a relatively young population

Committee: Joint Economic & Rural Development & Policy Committee

Keywords: 996, all

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• Was it an ADA accessible facility? Did people seem engaged in the work?
• Or maybe they're working with a senior facility or a youth program on health and well-being, mental health
• It was classes and workshops for seniors, performances in senior facilities.
• I do see that there's a number of participants under age. ...participating in this kind of grant.

Committee: House Legacy Finance

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• I'm the Director of Facility Services for the Judicial Council.
• I'm the Director of Facility Services for the Judicial Council.
• The Facility Modification Program, also known as FM, is intended to help extend the life of a facility
• FM projects cannot change the function of a facility or expand a facility.
• It's age. California has historically stepped forward in these moments.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Our new public safety facility is currently being built.
• I've heard volunteer, do you have an ESD or county paid facility?
• His other half is facilities maintenance.
• So FIRST was created to serve essential facilities, critical facilities.
• The 89th... funded the operational funding for the facility.

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• I am a veteran, and I was an educator for 27 years before retiring in August 2021 at the age of 58.
• have had to delve deeper into our retirement to pay for the cost of health care before Medicare at age
• So in effect, this applies to childless adults age 19 to 64.
• altogether. ...are contemplating closing service lines or facilities altogether, and the situation is
• We do have a particular ongoing concern for those that age out of the CCS program at age 21 and what

Committee: House Health

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:13:15.200><c> and</c> recognize the concerns of the AGS and recognize the concerns of the AGS
• to the judiciary uh to lead us the AGs to the judiciary uh to lead us all<00:13:25.519><c> in</c><00
• So it was, um, I guess suggested that the chair be transferred from the AG to Judiciary.
• </c> Relating to waste disposal facilities.
• They even constructed a field trial of ash-amended asphalt pavement at the H-Power facility.

Committee: House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee heard several housing, landlord-tenant, and condominium-related measures. Senate Bill 62, relating to the Hawaii Public Housing Authority, would allow HPHA-owned parcels and related areas such as parking lots to be closed to the public with posted signage; HPHA strongly supported the bill, saying it would help reduce loitering, drinking, and other problems, and no further testimony was offered. Senate Bill 822, relating to the landlord tenant code, would create a three-year working group in the Department of the Attorney General to study and improve the residential landlord-tenant code. The Judiciary supported the measure but said the scope should be narrowed; the Attorney General opposed leading the group and suggested another agency should do so; Hawaii Realtors and the Hawaii Worker Center supported the concept and suggested moving the chairmanship to the Judiciary and including Legal Aid participation. The Judiciary said it could chair the group if the bill were narrowed to matters within the court’s purview. Senate Bill 38, relating to housing, would limit counties from imposing stricter conditions, AMI requirements, or fee-waiver reductions on certain affordable housing proposals if those changes would increase project costs. HHFDC supported the bill, saying county changes after state approval create uncertainty for developers, while the Hawaii State Association of Counties opposed it as an intrusion on local authority and a restriction on county safety and infrastructure conditions. Members asked about whether existing county review periods were sufficient, and the county association said the main concern was the bill’s language limiting counties from making cost-increasing conditions. Senate Bill 146, relating to condominiums, would revise alternative dispute resolution procedures for condo disputes, including evaluative mediation and binding arbitration. The Hawaii Real Estate Commission said it took no position overall but supported a $150 mediation fee and asked for a similar arbitration fee; Community Associations Institute supported the bill with suggested amendments; however, most testimony was strongly opposed by condominium owners and advocates, who said the bill had been changed to the detriment of owners and would increase costs and reduce protections. The committee noted 44 testimonies on the bill, with 2 in support, 37 in opposition, and 2 with comments. Senate Bill 253, relating to condominium reserves, would require a detailed budget summary to stand on its own, remove a good-faith defense for certain noncompliant budgets, and clarify standing and the association’s burden regarding substantial compliance. Hawaii Realtors and Community Associations Institute supported the measure as improving transparency and giving owners and buyers a clearer picture of association finances. Greg Msakian also supported it, arguing it would help owners and describing problems he experienced with budget committee exclusion and budget noncompliance in his own association. The discussion ended while testimony on the bill was still underway, with additional witnesses expected.

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• Um those septic aging septic systems.
• This bill protects children from age.
• Um, my parents are aging, our fans are aging, and it just it's common sense legislation in my eyes.
• Um, my parents are aging, I do the kids.
• Um, my parents are aging, our<00:59:59.599><c> fans</c><00:59:59.839><c> are</c><01:00:00.000><c> aging

Bills: HB0076 , HB0102 , HB0115

Committee: House Education

Keywords: annexation, landowner rights, municipal law, city planning, property, local government, artificial intelligence, synthetic sexual material, child protection, self-harm, criminal liability, cardiac emergency, defibrillator, school safety, training, public health, 916, all

Transcript Highlights:

• By age three, he had severe communication delays, tantrums, and behavioral symptoms consistent with autism
• It’s also providing the elderly a way to age respectfully in place and not having to put them into a
• long...” “...a way to age respectfully in place and not having to put them into a long-term care facility
• As I experience a quality of life I have not known since age 18, the last time I was this serious, I

Bills: HB2048 , HB2189 , HB2248 , HB2403 , HB2728 , HB2729 , HB2730 , HB2731 , HB2906 , HCR2058

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

Keywords: orders of protection, domestic violence, court procedures, legal guardian, enforcement, healthcare, licensed health aides, scope of practice, ventilator care, training standards, medical freedom, healthcare mandates, employment requirements, public health, government regulation, elderly, physical disabilities, Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, home and community based services, funding increase

Transcript Highlights:

• before we get started, we're going to provide a few reminders of the rules of the road here in the House Ag
• So whether it's your first time here or your 50th time here in Ag, a couple reminders.
• These other agencies—Recreation and Conservation Office, Fish and Wildlife, Energy Facility Siting—all
• I would say that, yes, similarly to Ag, that's our understanding as well. Okay.
• concerns from the committee relative to this presentation, and no further business before the House Aged

Committee: House Agriculture & Natural Resources

Keywords: 904, all

Transcript Highlights:

• As far as Hillsborough County or Hillsborough College, excuse me, I have one college-age son and two
• college-age daughters.
• I have one college-age son and two college-age daughters.
• for students, relevance and quality of the coursework, engagement with the community, and taught facilities

Committee: Senate Appropriations Committee on Higher Education

Keywords: 999, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I did get a chance to visit the apprenticeship training facility.
• It also authorizes enforcement by the AG and allows private civil actions.
• For penalties, the substitute revises the AG enforcement model by replacing the existing civil penalty
• It requires the AG to develop certain materials for employers and workers and to conduct outreach and
• The note shows costs for the AG of $441,000 for 2025-27 and $244,000 for each biennium going forward.

Summary: The Labor and Commerce Committee held public hearings and later executive action on several bills. Senate Bill 6158, by request of L&I, would update factory-built housing and commercial structure rules to incorporate International Code Council standards and allow qualified third-party inspectors approved by L&I; the sponsor said it would make modular housing inspections more efficient and cost-effective, and L&I supported it with a requested technical amendment and no fiscal impact. Senate Bill 6197 would separate plumbing discipline standards for residential and nonresidential work, allowing suspension after five infractions in five years for nonresidential violations while keeping the current three-in-36-month standard for residential work; supporters from mechanical contractors, union plumbers, and a plumbing advisory board member said it would curb unlicensed work and unsafe practices, while opponents from contractor groups and some plumbing businesses argued it was too punitive, did not adequately distinguish commercial service from construction, and should be refined. L&I said it needed time to implement and asked for a later effective date. During executive session, the committee adopted a proposed substitute and advanced Senate Bill 5437, which voids noncompetition covenants, with a delayed effective date and other conforming changes; some Republicans opposed it as too broad. The committee also advanced Senate Bill 6117, which would extend PERC jurisdiction and state collective-bargaining protections if federal labor law no longer applies, after rejecting an amendment that would have narrowed coverage further. Senate Bill 5852, dealing with immigrant worker protections during federal I-9 inspections, advanced after the committee rejected an amendment to remove the private right of action. Senate Bill 5847, on workers’ compensation medical care and treatment access, advanced with an amendment removing penalty provisions and another adding claims manager positions; the bill was sent to Ways and Means. Senate Bills 6067 and 6136 also advanced, the former changing workers’ compensation health benefit calculations and the latter requiring L&I to publish actuarially indicated industrial insurance rates. The committee then heard Senate Bill 6302, which would address misclassification in finishing trades on public works by limiting contractors and subcontractors to no more than two independent contractors on covered finishing work such as drywall, flooring, tile, painting, and glazier work, with violators treated as employees for prevailing wage and workers’ compensation purposes. Supporters from building trades and pipefitters said the bill would reduce misclassification, protect workers, and level the playing field; opponents from general contractors and contractor associations said it would effectively ban legitimate independent contractors, reduce flexibility on public projects, and hurt small businesses. L&I said it had clarifying questions about how the cap would apply and asked for more specificity.

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• I went to kindergarten through fifth grade, has been completely restored, is now a senior living facility
• And I know in some districts you're underpaid and overworked, having to juggle multiple age groups, multiple
• <00:29:27.200><c> to</c><00:29:27.360><c> juggle</c><00:29:27.840><c> multiple</c><00:29:28.240><c> age
• </c><00:29:28.559><c> groups,</c> having to juggle multiple age groups, having to juggle multiple age

Keywords: 927, senate, all