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• Training and education of developers, certification of crane operators. You get a great question.
• Training and education of developers, certification of crane operators.
• During transportation, it's subject to a lot of stress. There is a crane operator.
• You've heard of the term “drive to qualify.” We were talking about a two-hour drive.
• We create it as a division with the company as kind of a consultant. operate as a manufacturer.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• It requires the owner of a data center that begins operation or expands after July 1st of 2026 to annually
• cents per kilowatt hour to the Department of Revenue and deposit it into a specified account.
• And so one of the things you'll see here is there's a half a penny fee per kilowatt hour.
• A lot of states put it as a megawatt-hour charge, so based on the size, and it was a flat fee.
• We recognize the state policy goals under CETA and have no intention of operating outside of those goals

Summary: The committee first met in executive session on Senate Bill 5941, which would exempt certain school districts from a Washington State Energy Code requirement for onsite renewable energy systems on large new commercial buildings or additions. The committee adopted Senator Short’s amendment narrowing the eligible school district definition from 1,000 or fewer students to 500 or fewer students, then approved the bill as amended and sent it to the Rules Committee with a do pass recommendation. The committee then held a public hearing on Senate Bill 6171, a proposed substitute addressing emerging large energy use facilities, primarily data centers. Staff explained that the bill would require utilities serving such facilities to adopt tariffs or policies to protect other ratepayers, require long-term contracts and full cost recovery, allow curtailment during emergencies, add reporting and sustainability requirements, create a fee to fund energy assistance, weatherization, and higher education programs, and impose new clean energy and labor-related requirements. The prime sponsor said the bill is intended to protect affordability, reliability, transparency, and the public interest as data center demand grows. Testimony was mixed. Supporters, including community action groups, environmental organizations, some utilities, Ecology, and student representatives, argued the bill would prevent cost shifting, improve transparency, support low-income energy assistance, and help manage grid and climate impacts. Opponents, including data center representatives, public utility district and business groups, and some local government and port officials, said the bill was too prescriptive, could raise costs, threaten competitiveness, duplicate existing utility practices, and interfere with existing CCA/CETA provisions and local flexibility. No vote was taken on SB 6171 during the hearing, and the meeting adjourned after public testimony.

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• In the best cases, this is a story of strength, of welcoming a new family member, of joy, of empowerment
• I'm joining you today from the state of Oregon, where I own and operate a small freestanding birth center
• As expected, Hours of labor before we could finally get back to work in the maternity suite.
• In recent years, about half of the 50 health centers in our state have been running operating deficits
• Because she didn't bill insurance, she could visit him at home and answer calls outside of office hours

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Financial Services

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The committee held a public hearing with testimony on several health care bills, with most of the discussion focused on primary care access, community health center reimbursement, midwifery and birth centers, telehealth, hospital-at-home, direct primary care, and trans-inclusive health care access. Chair Feeney and Chair Murphy opened by noting the large number of signups and asking testifiers to keep remarks brief because of time constraints. Legislators and witnesses repeatedly emphasized that Massachusetts’ primary care system is under strain and that federal policy changes and reimbursement gaps are worsening financial pressure on providers. On community health centers, Representative Blay, Senator Lovely, Michael Curry, Bethany Keeley, Jag Deep Trevetti, Sean Cahill, and Christina Severin all supported H. 1096/S. 711, which would require commercial insurers to pay federally qualified health centers at least the MassHealth prospective payment system rate. They argued that commercial plans currently reimburse health centers below Medicaid rates, threatening sustainability, staffing, and access, especially as federal cuts and coverage losses could increase uncompensated care. Testifiers said the bill would stabilize health centers, protect primary care access, and not cost the state money. A second major topic was H. 1117/S. 784 on sustaining birth centers and the midwifery workforce. Senator Lovely, Senator Miranda, Emily Anesta, Rebecca Orden, Catherine Rushworth, Nishira Burrill, Joel Sutherland, Rachel Blessington, Joelle Ward, and others described the 2024 maternal health omnibus as an important first step, but said birth centers and midwives still face low reimbursement, workforce shortages, and financial instability. They urged reimbursement parity, a workforce development fund, and support for freestanding birth centers, citing improved outcomes, lower C-section rates, better patient experience, and racial equity in maternal health. Several speakers shared personal birth stories and said the bill would help preserve and expand birth options in communities like Roxbury, Worcester, and the North Shore. The committee also heard support for H. 1343 on direct primary care from Dr. Garofalo, Dr. Altman, Dr. Nair, Stephanie Cameron, Dr. Haley Moke-Blessed, and others, who said current insurance rules force patients to use a separate in-network primary care doctor for referrals and sometimes prevent physicians from dispensing medications. They argued the bill would reduce delays, administrative burden, and costs while improving continuity of care. In addition, Dr. Miklides and Sue Stempeck supported H. 1141 on hospital-at-home parity, saying the model has strong outcomes and should be reimbursed at the same rate as brick-and-mortar hospital care. Heather Myers and Katrina Cook testified on telehealth and digital health equity, urging broader coverage for asynchronous care, remote monitoring, interpreter services, and digital literacy supports. SEIU Local 509 supported H. 1188/S. 681 on trans-inclusive health care access, saying it would remove arbitrary insurance barriers to gender-affirming care. No votes or committee actions were taken during the hearing.

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• We have spent the $4 million dollars of appropriations from the state to We have been operating the home
• result of shifting to the 12-hour shifts.
• looking to replicate it because of the ability to have those flexible hours to further drive down most
• And so all of the Medicaid services the Department of Mental Health Pays the state portion of that.
• operations currently approximately 15% of agency expenditure is state appropriated with the remainder

Keywords: 914, all

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• We need a legal structure that matches the operational reality of disaster response.
• Private treatment providers have long operated under different sets of expectations than their public
• The $14 million we received allowed us to maintain operations during a period of dangerously low cash
• Nearly 45% of our hospitals operate at a deficit.
• workers have been held at part-time hours just out of reach of coverage.

Summary: The Assembly Health Committee heard a long agenda of health-related bills, with most items presented for later vote once quorum was reached. Early in the hearing, the committee adopted a consent calendar of multiple bills with motions for due pass to Appropriations, and it noted that AB 2029 had been pulled from the agenda. The committee also took up AB 1973, a bill by Aguiar-Curry to expand who may provide procedural abortion care. Supporters, including physicians and certified nurse midwives, argued the bill would align law with current training and improve access, while opponents said later-term abortion procedures require physician-level surgical training and raised safety concerns. The author emphasized hands-on training, consultation, and transfer protocols, and the bill was held pending quorum with a motion and second recorded. The committee then heard AB 1558 by Arambula, which would adopt the Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act to speed the use of out-of-state licensed volunteers during declared disasters. Supporters from the Uniform Law Commission and the Red Cross said the bill would reduce delays and clarify legal authority for volunteer health workers; there was no opposition testimony. AB 2282 by Alanis, a temporary rural emergency stabilization center for Patterson while a permanent hospital is built, drew support from local emergency responders and a late opposition from the California chapter of ACEP. The chair praised the bill as a creative local solution and agreed to coauthor it; a motion and second were recorded, with the vote to occur later. Several public health access bills followed. AB 1843 by El-Hawari would limit prior authorization and align hepatitis C treatment coverage with medical guidelines; supporters said it would remove barriers to a curable disease, while health plans opposed it as a mandate, citing premium impacts and the recent SB 306 prior-authorization process. AB 2247 by El-Hawari would create the THRIVE program for mental health services for youth affected by gun violence; Youth Alive and other supporters described trauma-informed, community-based care, and the chair and another member asked to be added as coauthors. AB 2138 by Krell would expand access to certified peer support specialists in enhanced care management and remove automatic disqualifications based solely on criminal history; supporters said peers are essential to engagement and recovery, and the bill was held with a motion and second. Later, AB 1682 by Hart would require coverage of scalp cooling for chemotherapy patients, with emotional testimony from cancer survivors and clinicians; insurers opposed it as another mandate, but the author stressed the modest per-member cost and the bill was moved with a motion and second. AB 1879 by Dixon would standardize data reporting for alcohol and drug treatment facilities, including private providers, to improve statewide information on outcomes and access; the bill drew broad support from recovery organizations and the prior opposition was withdrawn after amendments. AB 1906 by Aguiar-Curry would require coverage of at-home cervical cancer screening kits without cost sharing; supporters cited improved access for rural and working Californians, insurers opposed it on affordability grounds, and the bill passed on a recorded roll call after quorum was established. Finally, AB 1556 by Haney would clarify and support drug-free recovery housing and return-to-use policies; supporters said it would expand sober housing options, while opponents warned it could allow evictions after relapse and conflict with Housing First principles. The hearing ended with the bill still under discussion and opposition-unless-amended concerns noted.

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• </c> purpose of House Bill 297 is simple. purpose of House Bill 297 is simple.
• </c><00:08:49.560><c> 39</c><00:08:50.080><c> of</c> average of about 45 days a year. 39 of average of
• so that equates about $9.16 an hour for a person rescuing people off of a helicopter in contaminated
• so that equates about $9.16 an hour for a person rescuing people off of a helicopter in contaminated
• You worked there a lot of days, a lot of hours, saved a lot of people's lives, and it'd be a shame if

Committee: House Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection

Keywords: 958, all

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• Typical of a lot of the submitted testimony, people stated, "Hannah embodies the role of a cahu vi a
• guardian of water.
• Typical of a lot of the submitted testimony, people stated, "Hannah embodies the role of a cahu vi a
• guardian of water.
• to both of these.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• someone to speak outside of their official hours merely because they work for the office.
• of their official hours merely because they work for the office.
• operation of the vehicle.
• And what this bill does is transfer the operations of the managed care plan from the Department of Health
• And to Senator Graal, your amendment goes from 72 hours with a definite time period of 60 days.

Summary: The Senate convened with opening prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several recognitions and introductions, including guests from Miami Northwestern Senior High School, Clay County, and a moment of silence for Pope Francis. The chamber then took up a motion to reconsider the prior day’s failed vote on CS for SB 1080 (local government land regulation), which was adopted without objection, and moved into the special order calendar. A series of bills were debated and mostly passed, often after substituting House companions. Measures approved included funding for expedited DNA testing grants, additional aggravating factors in capital cases, fertility preservation coverage for cancer patients, commuter rail indemnification, migrant vessel disposition, specialty license plates, an Alzheimer’s and dementia awareness campaign, relocation of the Council on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys to Florida Memorial University, charter school changes, sexual offender registration updates, utility worker assault/battery penalties, juvenile justice revisions, student mental health outcome reporting, foster home licensure transfers, water access facilities, Florida Virtual School changes, school readiness resources for children with disabilities, sexual images/child exploitation penalties, tampering with electronic monitoring devices, certified recovery residences, the FSU Election Law Center, the Office of Faith and Community, and bonuses for county tax collector/property appraiser employees. Several bills were temporarily postponed, including measures on social media use by minors, veterans’ nursing homes, Parkinson’s disease, mental health and substance use disorders, education, educator preparation, benefits for certain officers injured in the line of duty, school social workers, and brownfields. Debate centered on public safety, health care access, education, recovery housing, and government administration. Some of the most substantive discussion came on the Office of Faith and Community bill, where an amendment to bar political activity by office staff was offered and defeated after extended debate over election-related communications and the proper scope of existing ethics laws. The certified recovery residences bill also drew extensive support and testimony about addiction recovery and housing stability. Most bills passed on strong bipartisan votes, with a few receiving notable opposition, including the charter schools bill, the aggravating factors bill, and the Office of Faith and Community bill.

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• Can you imagine the size of the operation and how that has to be complied with and paid for and all of
• So the cost of operation is only increasing.
• Madam Chair, members of the committee, Eric Jennings, on behalf of the Judicial Conference of Missouri
• hour.
• I would like to reiterate this was one of our legislative proposals, and we are strongly in favor of

Committee: House Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence

Summary: The House Judiciary Committee met with a quorum, announced that House Bills 3304, 2777, and 3054 would not be heard that day, and then moved into executive session. In executive session, the committee considered House Bill 1910, which concerns child maintenance/child support obligations for certain persons convicted of DWIs. Representative Davis offered an amendment changing mandatory language from “shall” to “may” to preserve judicial discretion; the amendment was adopted 5-2 with one present. The committee then adopted a substitute and voted the House Committee substitute for HB 1910 do pass 7-0 with one present. The committee next took up House Bill 3116, a civil jurisprudence bill. An amendment was adopted to incorporate provisions from three previously heard bills: HB 1711 (Uniform Deposition Act), HB 1713 (allowing circuit courts to dissolve LLCs), and HB 3072 (workers’ compensation changes). The committee rolled the amendment into a substitute and voted the House Committee substitute for HB 3116 do pass 8-0. The committee also considered House Bill 3289 on court operations. An amendment was adopted to add treatment court administrators in certain circuits, subject to appropriations, then rolled into a substitute. The House Committee substitute for HB 3289 was voted do pass 8-0. In public hearing, Representative Dolan presented House Bill 3443, which would raise the court automation fee from $7 to $10 and add a CPI-based annual adjustment. Supporters from the Judicial Conference of Missouri said the fee has not been updated since the 1990s, that court automation costs continue to rise, and that the surcharge covers only a portion of the system’s expenses; they also noted that salaries are generally funded through general revenue rather than fees. Committee members asked about the new fee amount, what the revenue would support, and the collection-rate assumptions in the fiscal note. No opposition testimony was offered. Representative Parker then presented House Bill 2865, which would remove the statutory cap of $75 per hour for attorney’s fees in certain agency/licensure proceedings and replace it with “reasonable” fees. He and supporters said the current rate has not been updated since 1989 and is too low to attract attorneys for cases involving licensed professionals defending their licenses. Testimony in favor came from a private attorney who practices in this area, the Missouri Bar, and another supporter who said the bill would improve representation for Missouri licensees. No opposition testimony was presented, and the hearing on HB 2865 was concluded.

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• current 3 hours for assessed services, for a total of 12 hours of home care nursing to meet the needs
• :00:35.880><c> Care</c><01:00:36.440><c> Nursing</c> total of 12 hours of Home Care Nursing total of
• per</c><01:05:06.440><c> day</c> require 9 hours of Nursing Care per day require 9 hours of Nursing Care
• The hard code will hardcode a rate that will save thousands of pieces of paper and hours of staff time
• </c><01:26:28.560><c> each</c> the number of hours they put in each the number of hours they put in each

Committee: Senate Human Services

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• So, this was the opinion we've been operating off of.
• </c><01:52:58.920><c> Uh</c><01:52:59.320><c> you</c> we've been operating off of.
• Uh you we've been operating off of.
• But let me remind you of this: every congregation pays at least 32% of its operating bill.
• Now, let me remind you of this: every congregation pays at least 32% of its operating bill.

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

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• is, and provide the example of an operator with 10 wells.
• And this fee goes toward the operations of the department.
• OSR, and 50% goes to the operations of the department.
• the operations of the department.
• That money is directly put back into operations of the oyster leasing section, as well as a lot of our

Committee: House Natural Resources & Environment

Keywords: 965, house, all

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• It requires the individual operating the recording device to be able to testify, regardless of whether
• It's of running. of falling, of cutting my knees and my palms across concrete as I tried to escape the
• The likelihood of having intentional impairment is often not reflective of the reality of many adult
• Good evening, I am standing before you today as a survivor of rape and as a voice of thousands of others
• The driver must be in possession of the front license plate while operating the vehicle if it is not

Bills: HB75 , HB108

Committee: Senate Criminal Justice

Keywords: building standards, youth camps, floodplains, safety regulations, environmental policies, drainage utilities, flood management, land use regulation, county authority, drainage fees, 1185, senate, all

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• </c> that the two of you are here and kind of that the two of you are here and kind of bipartisan<00:
• Johnson part of the negotiations. okay. Johnson part of the negotiations.
• We kind of took energy last night, but then we kind of gave it back.
• It was about a very different view of what was unfolding at the beginning of session.
• </c> new branch of a new little part of new branch of a new little part of government<00:20:12.880><c

Keywords: 1183, house

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• And as you know, and my understanding is that we had a number of child care operations which were set
• ,</c> it it's one of a number of situations, it it's one of a number of situations, Mr.<00:19:32.000>
• </c><00:20:24.960><c> of</c><00:20:25.600><c> child</c><00:20:25.919><c> care</c><00:20:26.240><c> operations
• </c> uh a number of of child care operations uh a number of of child care operations which<00:20:27.280
• c> A lot of people have raised a lot of A lot of people have raised a lot of private<00:24:39.919><c>

Committee: Joint Finance

Keywords: Finance - Room 216, 19 February, 2026; 1:30 PM, 925, all

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• It's good to be back on this same day since we were here on this day just a couple of hours ago.
• Just for information of the body, uh, 23 hours and 49 minutes, everybody.
• So, uh, currently I have a blade operator that we pay, uh, $20 an hour as he's running in just a private
• Aren't you happy we're going to be out of here in about 24 hours, less than 24 hours, 23 hours, 22 hours
• the water at that to pay the overhead of the operation.

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• In the past couple of sessions, you've done a great job of being able to In the past couple of sessions
• more of those, especially with the crush of some of those bigger committees.
• I’m the Director of Grassroots Operations for Americans for Prosperity Arizona.
• I know they only give us an hour for this committee, so it gets kind of tight sometimes, but I want to
• I know they only give us an hour for this committee so it gets kind of tied sometimes, but I want to

Committee: House House Artificial Intelligence & Innovation Committee of Reference

Summary: The House Artificial Intelligence and Innovation Committee heard a presentation from Steven Garrison of the Cicero Institute on how Arizona state government could use AI to improve service delivery, reduce costs, and streamline procurement. He argued AI should be treated as software, with agencies proactively identifying use cases, tracking outcomes, and avoiding unnecessary agency-level regulation or new bureaucratic structures. Members questioned him about workforce impacts, privacy, agency involvement, and the balance between innovation and guardrails; he said AI would likely augment workers in the short term and create new jobs over time, while legislative oversight should focus on specific harms and gaps in law rather than broad agency rules. The committee then considered HB 2592, which directs the Arizona Department of Administration to require budget units to identify AI opportunities, reduce administrative duties, streamline procurement, and establish AI governance, while also sending emergency or temporary AI rules to the legislature for approval. An amendment added reporting requirements to the governor, legislative leaders, and Secretary of State on efficiency measures and barriers encountered. After limited testimony, including support from Jeannie Magdua of Conservative Ladies of America, the committee adopted the amendment and passed the bill as amended on a 4-2 vote, with one member absent. The final bill, HB 2452, would add data centers and small modular reactors to county comprehensive planning considerations and adjust county planning requirements for land use and energy-related development. Supporters, including Russell Smolden of the Arizona Municipal Power Users Association and Dave Morris of Americans for Prosperity Arizona, said the bill would improve long-term planning for data centers, energy infrastructure, and emerging technologies. The County Supervisors Association opposed it, arguing it improperly singled out specific uses, blurred comprehensive planning with zoning, and reduced local control. The committee passed HB 2452 on a 4-3 vote and then adjourned.

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• the darkest of places.
• to the needs of the residents of our state at this time.
• And the third and final area of focus is strengthening our agency's operations. Let me be clear.
• elements of that.
• to adopt rules to regulate the expansion of the practice of pharmacy.

Summary: The Senate Health and Long-Term Care Committee held confirmation hearings for Ryan Moran to lead the Health Care Authority and Dennis Worsham to serve as Secretary of Health. Moran emphasized his personal background, experience in Maryland Medicaid, and priorities of protecting coverage amid federal changes, addressing health disparities, strengthening tribal partnerships, and improving agency operations. Worsham described his long public health career in Washington, his statewide listening tour, and his focus on collaboration, science-based decision-making, accountability, workforce support, and rebuilding public trust. Senators raised questions about behavioral health, social determinants of health, communication, misinformation, and the impact of federal policy changes; both nominees said Washington should continue leading on coverage, prevention, and public health resilience. In executive session, the committee advanced several bills. It passed SB 5899, allowing qualified chiropractors to perform chiropractic diagnosis and adjustments on animals; SB 6292, creating a joint legislative-executive committee on health care financing with a substitute; SB 6182, establishing an abortion savings program, after rejecting several Christian-sponsored amendments and adopting a Bateman amendment limiting eligible organizations to DOH-contracted abortion providers or funds; SB 5947, creating the Washington Health Care Board; SJR 8206, proposing a constitutional right to affordable health care; and SB 5933, on overdose mapping information sharing, with a substitute. The committee also recommended confirmation of both gubernatorial appointments. In a second group of bills, the committee passed SB 5823 on patient advocates with a substitute requiring at least one person physically present daily in acute care settings and expanding exemptions for certain hospitals; SB 6210 on the health plan certification process with a substitute; SB 5921 on psilocybin; SB 6226 protecting audiologists’ clinical autonomy with a substitute; and SB 5924 expanding pharmacists’ prescriptive authority with a substitute. Members discussed access, affordability, rural workforce shortages, and patient safety, and the committee adjourned after completing its agenda.

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• </c><03:05:43.840><c> of</c> 10-minute break every three hours of 10-minute break every three hours of
• But if she knew ahead of time that there was a three-hour break or a three-hour session and then there
• But if she knew ahead of time that there was a three-hour break or a three-hour session and then there
• employer operated solely outside of an employer operated solely outside of the<03:31:48.080><c> state
• c> is</c> order of operations of what is order of operations of what is restricting<04:45:52.798><c>

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The meeting was an introductory organizational session for the House Legislative Administration Committee. Chair Greg Hill and Vice Chair Vanessa Sheen welcomed members, introduced the new clerk and committee staff, and described the committee as generally nonpartisan and focused on bills on their merits. They also noted that many bills are handled on a consent calendar after discussion, and that the committee often works closely with staff, House counsel, and the House clerk on procedural matters. A substantial portion of the meeting focused on committee operations and expectations: how committee reports should be prepared and submitted, the use of electronic submissions, scheduling hearings, and the need for clear bill placards at the witness table for livestream viewers. Members discussed the committee’s calendar, including a proposed conflict with the governor’s budget address, and ultimately settled on moving the remaining hearings to February 19. The chair also emphasized advance notice for absences or amendments, and said executive sessions can be scheduled as time allows under current rules. House Clerk Paul Smith testified about his role as a nonpartisan officer and said he would be providing informational testimony on a bill affecting a law he sponsored years ago, as well as on a forthcoming PSLF-related bill for legislators. He also spoke about legislative customs, precedents, and the value of parliamentary procedure. The chair concluded with guidance on decorum: arrive on time, avoid interruptions during testimony, keep food out of the room, use electronic devices discreetly, and route questions through the chair for clarification rather than debate.

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• The only kind of people who are going to these homes are maybe family members for a few hours or nurses
• The only kind of people who are going to these homes are maybe family members for a few hours or nurses
• King, do they have a right of freedom of speech?
• Kirk, the fundamental piece in this is the right of freedom of speak. in this is the right of freedom
• of speech.

Committee: House Government

Keywords: 1182, all