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• ><c> championed</c> Throughout his service, he championed Throughout his service, he championed energy
• Postal Service.
• She worked to expand and services.
• Their service products reflect quality. Their service reflects<02:42:01.439><c> care.
• Your extraordinary service your service.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, September 11, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• </c><00:16:23.519><c> which</c> opportunity to use phone service which opportunity to use phone service
• Marshals Service.
• Marshals Service.
• I yield back. miss Michael in his service but he never miss Michael in his service but he never could
• </c> discipline and the safety of our service discipline and the safety of our service members<02:09:

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, March 26, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• This bill was sunset on June 1, 2029. ground ambulance services in the state ground ambulance services
• It deal with no ambulance service.
• </c><00:55:30.240><c> I</c> services. I live in a rural area. I services. I live in a rural area.
• </c> ambulance services uh operate at a loss. ambulance services uh operate at a loss.
• </c> the ambulance services. the ambulance services.

Keywords: 920, all

Summary: The Alabama Senate convened with prayer, the pledge, and roll call, establishing a quorum and adopting routine motions to excuse absent senators, dispense with the prior journal, and allow bills and committee reports to be received throughout the day. The chamber also welcomed several guests, including members of the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity and other visitors in the gallery. The Senate received multiple House messages, referring several House bills on taxation, local legislation, and the entertainment industry to committee, and concurred in House amendments to Senate Bill 259 on counties and Senate Bill 228 on the Alabama Space Authority. Committee reports then advanced a number of bills, including favorable reports from Judiciary, County and Municipal Government, and Local Legislation committees, with several bills receiving substitutes or minor dissent. The Senate also re-referred Senate Bill 333 to Local Legislation, Mobile County, and Senate Bill 292 to County and Municipal Government. Members adopted several commemorative resolutions, including Senate Joint Resolutions honoring Lt. Col. Jonathan David Schultz, Honda’s 25 years of operation in Alabama, Mrs. Kelly Fischer as Alabama High School Principal of the Year, and Peggy Sers Benson on her retirement from the Alabama Board of Nursing. The Senate also adopted a Rules Committee report setting a special order calendar that included bills on ground ambulance services, counties and municipalities, solid waste collection fees, public schools, and public assistance. On the floor, the Senate passed local bills including Senate Bill 324 on Tallapoosa County, House Bill 485 on Clark County, House Bill 479 on Cusa County, House Bill 410 on Limestone County, and House Bill 412 on Limestone County. The chamber then took up Senate Bill 254 on parole, adopting an amendment offered at the request of district attorneys to clarify the Pardons and Paroles Board’s discretion, and passed the bill 26-2. The Senate also debated Senate Bill 269 on ground ambulance services, with the sponsor describing it as a pilot bill addressing reimbursement, surprise billing, reporting requirements, and “treat in place” options; Senator Stutts raised concerns that it would shift costs to a smaller group of payers and increase premiums, while the sponsor argued it could reduce unnecessary transports and save money. The transcript ends during that discussion, with no final vote on SB 269 shown.

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• </c> service and sacrifice. service and sacrifice.
• ,</c> Employment and Training Services, Employment and Training Services, otherwise<00:16:09.600><c>
• </c> are voting to pay our service members. are voting to pay our service members.
• </c> deploy at the expense of our service deploy at the expense of our service members.<00:57:05.839>
• 55.600><c> are</c> Because when essential services are Because when essential services are gutted,<04

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, February 3, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• So, these are services that are being provided to many, many, many more folks than just basic services
• </c> services to residents. services to residents.
• To the witness. consolidated services in this region? Um consolidated services in this region?
• . services. services.
• </c> ambulance service, as well. ambulance service, as well.

Committee: House Taxes

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Services Services funding<00:25:39.120><c> uh</c><00:25:39.480><c> uh</c><00:25:39.640><c> followed<
• , and secondary guidance services.
• The nursing services are sometimes provided, the health services are sometimes provided by the school
• :43:17.960><c> services</c><00:43:18.400><c> are</c><00:43:18.760><c> sometimes</c> the health services
• There's the general education one, the community service fund, debt service...

Committee: House Education Finance

Keywords: 1183, house

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• I don't want don't get me services.
• </c> They didn't receive this extra service. They didn't receive this extra service.
• </c> ACA, um likely due to the service ACA, um likely due to the service industries<02:56:49.120><c>
• ><03:14:03.960><c> physicians</c> services is really covering physicians services is really covering
• </c> services as well. services as well.

Committee: Joint Health Insurance Affordability Task Force

Keywords: 916, all

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• </c><00:19:33.600><c> to</c> even more remarkable by her service to even more remarkable by her service
• </c> gratitude for his remarkable service gratitude for his remarkable service while<00:38:47.200><c>
• </c><07:26:12.240><c> he</c> leadership compassion and service he leadership compassion and service he
• </c><07:48:07.478><c> 193</c> charge through the forest service 193 charge through the forest service
• </c> community providing essential services community providing essential services and<08:00:24.680><

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, January 22, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• </c><00:07:50.080><c> and</c> more money on goods and services and more money on goods and services and
• Um, so recipients government services.
• </c> as uh the director of Minnesota services as uh the director of Minnesota services uh<01:04:50.000
• /c> uh Minnesota services and strategic uh Minnesota services and strategic growth<01:04:51.599><c> at
• </c> beginning in health and human services beginning in health and human services and<01:08:46.400><

Keywords: 1183, house

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• We are licensed by the Department of Family Services.
• It is under the intervention services.
• Services. Services.
• ,</c><03:18:13.680><c> an</c><03:18:14.080><c> essential</c> To provide the service, an essential service
• </c> physician services to 105% of Medicare. physician services to 105% of Medicare.

Committee: Joint Appropriations

Keywords: 916, all

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• </c> services who are now are in harm's way. services who are now are in harm's way.
• Public Service Commission Christopher Public Service Commission Christopher Boswell.
• </c><00:50:05.840><c> Public</c> Public Service Commission. Public Public Service Commission.
• Public Service<00:50:06.520><c> Commission.</c> Service Commission. Service Commission.
• </c> Public Service Commission, roll call. Public Service Commission, roll call. Anderson?

Keywords: 916, all

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• </c> is chartered by Minnesota IT services is chartered by Minnesota IT services through<00:10:34.640
• We encourage entities we visit to adopt those services and not try to take it all on themselves.
• </c><00:43:14.319><c> And</c> minute services one way or another.
• And minute services one way or another.
• </c><00:43:33.440><c> and</c> with you know Minnesota IT services and with you know Minnesota IT services

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Conference Committee report on House File 2115, an act relating to human services.
• our state better in many provisions that we have from the personal care attendant to folks who get services
• to human services, and the policy that we have contains a lot of provisions that were in the budget
• to human services, and the policy that we have contains a lot of provisions that were in the budget
• </c><00:28:02.399><c> is</c> school district providing services is school district providing services

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Keith Regan, Comptroller for the Department of Accounting and General Services.
• </c><00:24:20.159><c> uh</c> Public Works and Central Services uh Public Works and Central Services uh
• General Services we stand on our written General Services we stand on our written testimony<00:39:50.440
• First off, we have the Comptroller, Keith Regan, County General Services.
• First up, we have the Comptroller, Keith Regan, from the State of Hawaii General Services.

Committee: Senate Government Operations

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The committee opened its first hearing of 2025 and announced that all measures heard that day would be deferred to the next committee hearing for decision-making on Thursday, January 30. The agenda centered largely on procurement and government-operations bills, with testimony generally split between state agencies and local governments. On procurement measures, SB 254 and SB 383 would raise small-purchase thresholds; the State Procurement Office opposed both, while county officials, the City and County of Honolulu, the state librarian, and others supported them. SB 382, which would bar disclosure of a competing offeror’s proposal or evaluation score, and SB 462, which would require performance incentive contracts to specify pricing bases, goals, and formulas, drew mostly written comments and some support from agencies such as the Department of Transportation and Department of Education. SB 615, which would treat certain large change orders as new contracts, received opposition from the Comptroller and engineering interests. The committee also heard several bills on vacancies, appointments, and legislative oversight. SB 5 on state legislative vacancies had one supporting testifier, while SB 300 on deadlines for filling certain Senate vacancies drew opposition from several individuals and support from one late testifier. SB 1081, which would create a legislative budget office to provide fiscal analysis and reports on bills, received broad support from advocacy groups, civic organizations, and individuals. SB 711, requiring Senate advice and consent for certain executive-branch appointments, drew written opposition from the Governor’s Office and support from one individual. SB 375, establishing a select commission on government restructuring, had one written supporter. SB 418, which would require the Attorney General’s office to review a portion of administrative rules each year, prompted extended discussion about outdated rules, the difficulty of repealing or amending rules, and whether the bill should be refined; the AG’s office indicated the process is burdensome and could be streamlined. The committee then took up transparency and access measures. SB 55, requiring agency rules to be posted online in a digitally accessible format, received support from several advocacy and civic groups and written comment from the Lieutenant Governor’s Office. SB 870 would direct the comptroller to identify state office buildings that could provide equitable telecom access for remote participation in hearings, especially for residents with disabilities; the Comptroller supported the concept, and members discussed using libraries, DAGS facilities, county facilities, and other public buildings, with concerns raised about staffing, bandwidth, and competing public use. SB 270, a sunshine-law measure allowing board members to attend informational meetings and presentations, drew opposition from the Public First Law Center, which argued it would create a broad loophole and should be narrowed to existing county-council provisions. SB 45, concerning neighborhood board meetings and third-party presentations, prompted discussion about whether it actually addressed neighborhood boards’ Sunshine Law concerns; the committee was told it was not the right vehicle for that issue. SB 406, which would cap copying fees for government records at 5 cents per page with exceptions, drew support from media and transparency groups but opposition from DAGS, which said its actual per-page cost is much higher; members discussed possible electronic-copy alternatives and asked for more cost information before the next hearing.

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• Korr for his years of distinguished service to Arizona Western College. Whereas Dr. Daniel P.
• Korr for his exemplary service to Arizona Western College, expresses profound gratitude for his decade
• Corps for his years of distinguished service to Arizona Western College. Whereas Dr. Daniel P.
• Today, we are very honored to have the 2026 class of the Doty London Excellence in Public Service.
• SB 1630, home and community-based services, mental illness.

Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, electronic roll call showing 27 present, and approval of the previous day’s journal. Members then introduced guests, including Dr. Kelly Arari as Doctor of the Day, visitors from Arizona Western College and its health-care programs, a Tempe Leadership participant, a Flagstaff county attorney and city council member who were there to testify on a public safety bill about detox centers, and participants in the Doty London Excellence in Public Service class. The chamber also adopted a legislative proclamation honoring Dr. Daniel P. Korr for his decade of leadership as president of Arizona Western College, citing record enrollment, expanded transfer and dual-enrollment success, financial stability, and broader impact on rural higher education and workforce development. Senators noted ongoing efforts to address rural health-care shortages, including support for a future University of Arizona regional medical campus in Yuma. On the floor, the President announced a temporary committee appointment and referred SB 1176 from Natural Resources to Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency. The clerk then read a long list of bills on second reading, covering topics such as taxes, water, housing, education, public safety, health care, elections, labor, and appropriations, along with two Senate concurrent resolutions. No debate or votes on those measures occurred in this transcript. Committee meeting announcements were made for the following day, and the Senate adjourned until Thursday, February 5, 2026 at 11:00 a.m.

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• burden of paying... ...between reducing business costs and ensuring the burden of paying for public services
• how committed you are to our veteran community, and having served as well, we thank you for that service
• This lack of funding jeopardizes continuing services such as policing, youth and elderly support services
• facing cities across California: the growing gap between the cost of delivering essential public services
• the voters of the city of Hercules to decide whether they want to tax themselves to sustain city services

Committee: Senate Revenue and Taxation

Summary: The committee heard several tax and local revenue measures. SB 288, by Senator Seyarto, would clarify that for inherited homes going through probate, the Proposition 19 one-year deadline to move in and claim the homeowner exemption begins when the property is legally declared to belong to the heir, rather than during probate. The author accepted committee amendments; Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association supported the bill, and it passed 4-0 to Appropriations. SB 347, by Senator Choi, would reduce the state annual minimum tax from $800 to $600 for LLCs, LLPs, limited partnerships, S corporations, and C corporations. The bill was supported as a small-business tax reduction and passed 5-0 to Appropriations. The committee also considered two veterans property tax measures. SCA 4, by Senator Archuleta, would allow eligible veterans to stack the homeowners exemption with the veterans’ or disabled veterans’ exemption and remove outdated property-value limits in the constitutional veterans’ exemption. Testimony from veteran advocates and the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association supported the measure, and it was adopted 5-0 and referred to the Committee on Elections and Constitutional Amendments. SB 623, the companion statutory bill, would make conforming changes to implement SCA 4; it also drew support from veterans’ groups, the County of San Diego, and Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, and passed 5-0 to the Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs. SB 762, by Senator Archuleta, would authorize the city of Hercules to place before voters a local sales tax increase of up to 1% to help fund public safety, parks, infrastructure, and other services. Supporters described it as a narrowly tailored local control measure, while the committee noted it would let residents decide whether to tax themselves. The bill passed 4-1 to Local Government. SB 575 by Senator Laird was taken up on the consent calendar, the committee adopted technical amendments, and the consent calendar passed 5-0. The meeting then adjourned after all business was concluded.

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• </c> contra contraception service offerings. contra contraception service offerings.
• </c> providing the service? providing the service?
• That's what I service.
• . service. service.
• </c> appreciate your time and your service. appreciate your time and your service.

Committee: House Judiciary

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Does that um getting these services?
• </c> downtime in between calls for service downtime in between calls for service and<00:42:02.760><c>
• So if they ask for these services or go out on their own and get mental health services, there's also
• </c> pre- previous service people out. pre- previous service people out.
• </c><02:23:13.080><c> has</c> the Department of Family Services has the Department of Family Services

Committee: Joint Labor, Health & Social Services

Keywords: 916, all

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• Thank you, and thank you for being here. ...service.
• We thank you all for your service and being willing to serve.
• If you will call the Board of Rehabilitation Services: Charles Wilkinson and Kevin...
• So, we will use the previous role for the Board of Rehabilitation Services: 12 Yays, 0 Nays.
• The Board of Rehabilitation Services is approved: 12 Yays, 0 Nays. Thank you for being here today.

Committee: Senate Confirmations

Keywords: 923, senate, all

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• with the protection of patients receiving those services.
• I think we need to put money into services that women need. And thank you for doing this.
• We have obviously clear vacancies and gaps in our health care services and people to fulfill those services
• workers, and other property service workers across California.
• And if passed, we'll make our services for the businesses that need the most. Thank you.

Committee: Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development

Summary: The committee heard several bills, beginning with SB 936 on nitrous oxide sales. Senator Blakespear and supporters, including Orange and Humboldt County supervisors and public safety, medical, waste, and local government groups, argued the bill would curb youth misuse, impaired driving, and hazardous waste by prohibiting retail sale of nitrous oxide canisters larger than eight grams while preserving legitimate uses. There was no lead opposition testimony, though members raised questions about enforcement and existing regulatory agencies. The committee ultimately moved the bill on a due pass basis to Senate Appropriations, with broad support and no recorded opposition at the time of the vote. Members also heard SB 1312 on abandoned cemeteries and SB 1340 on small business contracting transparency. SB 1312 would use the existing cemetery workgroup process to develop recommendations for addressing abandoned cemeteries, with the author and the Cemetery and Mortuary Association describing vandalism, theft, and inadequate endowment funds as ongoing problems. SB 1340 would require state agencies to report more detailed small business contracting information, including actual payments, to the Office of the Small Business Advocate; the Controller’s office supported the measure as a way to improve accountability and help small businesses compete for state work. Both bills were moved forward on due pass motions to Senate Appropriations. The committee also considered SB 903 on artificial intelligence in mental health care, SB 1271 on midwifery preceptor data, and SB 1327 on EV charger accuracy oversight. SB 903 drew strong support from mental health and professional groups that said AI should not replace licensed clinicians, while medical and technology groups opposed it unless amended, warning the definitions were too broad and could hinder beneficial tools and research; the author said the bill was meant to keep a human clinician in the loop and allow administrative uses with consent. SB 1271 was supported by midwives and birth workers who said California needs better data on preceptor capacity to expand training and address maternity care deserts; it advanced to Senate Health. SB 1327 would shift EV charger accuracy oversight from CDFA’s weights and measures division to the California Energy Commission; supporters said this would modernize and standardize enforcement, while county sealers and others opposed the shift as unnecessary, costly, and potentially weakening consumer protections. SB 1327 passed on a divided vote to Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications. Several bills were held on call after votes, and the committee established quorum before taking formal actions.