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• and Republican values.
• and Republican values.
• and Republican values.
• and Republican values.
• and Republican values.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, April 9, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• types of housing: mobile and manufactured homes, publicly supported rental housing, and recreational vehicles
• First of all, I just wanted to briefly share what our mission as well as our values are.

Keywords: 907, all

Summary: The committee met for a series of information sessions focused on housing stabilization, rental assistance, senior housing, and heat resilience. In the first panel, OHCS and NOAA described the state’s affordable housing preservation work, including the $35 million in 2025 stabilization funding used to reduce debt and keep distressed affordable rental projects operating, plus manufactured home park preservation efforts. OHCS said the portfolio remains under strain, with about a third of projects at debt coverage ratios of 1.0 or less and rising insurance and operating costs. NOAA urged faster closings on the stabilization awards, more funding in 2027, and broader rent assistance and process reforms. Committee members asked about the gap between current appropriations and need, and OHCS explained that the new Article 11-Q bond preservation program is structured differently and requires full refinancing rather than simple cash infusions. The committee then heard a detailed discussion of the state’s eviction prevention and rental assistance program, ORDAP. OHCS said the program is administered through community action agencies, prioritizes households at imminent risk of eviction, and is now funded at a much lower level than in the prior biennium, reducing expected service to about 8,200 households this biennium. The Oregon Law Center, a county community action agency, and Multifamily Northwest all agreed the program prevents homelessness and is effective, but they differed on whether assistance should be tied so closely to eviction court. Legal aid and community action witnesses said the current system is underfunded and that eviction filings are the clearest indicator of need, while Multifamily Northwest argued the process can push people into court unnecessarily and should be moved earlier when possible. Legislators raised questions about whether a pre-eviction model could be developed and about the costs of court involvement; one member shared a personal story about how rental assistance helped keep their family housed. Next, the governor’s office, OHCS, and OHA presented on the new senior housing initiative and healthy homes work. The governor’s housing director said Oregon is making progress on homelessness and housing production, with reductions in homelessness outside Multnomah County and an estimated 50,000 future units added to the pipeline through recent state actions. OHCS outlined the senior housing programs launched in May: a debt-financing program using elderly and disabled bond authority, an older adult housing development program funded through the senior property tax deferral revolving account, and a rehousing program for older adults that will use bridge funding and services to move at least 400 unsheltered older Oregonians into housing. OHA also described its Healthy Homes Grant Program, including $24.6 million already awarded, a new $5 million grant round for seniors and people with disabilities, and examples of home repairs and weatherization that help people remain safely housed. The final information session focused on home cooling and heat resilience. OHA presented data showing rising extreme heat days, more heat-related emergency visits, and likely undercounted heat deaths, especially among older adults, people with disabilities, low-income communities, and people without access to healthy homes. ODOE reviewed implementation of Senate Bill 1536, including a cooling needs study that found 58% of surveyed households in the studied housing types needed permanent cooling, with estimated statewide costs of $582 million to $1 billion. ODOE said its rental home heat pump and community heat pump programs have supported 4,638 installations so far, with a temporary reopening planned using remaining funds. The session ended with a remote presentation from a Community Action Partnership of Oregon representative, continuing the discussion of how community action agencies help deliver energy and anti-poverty services.

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• voting in favor of this consolidated amendment, remember that it's also a vote that reaffirms our core values
• The problem is that the FY27 budget that we're negotiating is not the right vehicle to be used to delete

Keywords: 1212, all

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• that is because there is no federal or Arizona prohibition on foreign nationals contributing to vehicles
• the legislative intent of this legislature and quite frankly the legislature writ large that we see value

Bills: SB1285 , SB1289 , SB1326 , SB1328 , SB1329 , SB1330 , SB1392 , SB1402 , SB1425 , SCR1013 , SCR1014

Committee: Senate Judiciary and Elections

Keywords: sentencing, correctional facilities, multiple sentences, death penalty, aggravating circumstances, juvenile offenses, class 2 felony, foreign donations, election administration, certification, Arizona Revised Statutes, transparency, public disclosure, victims' rights, attorney fees, government accountability, right to counsel, legal representation, parents' rights, family law

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• Since we are seeing a probable economic downturn, With a flattening of property values and a reduction
• They are something owned by the department, just like the vehicle that the officer drives is owned by

Bills: SB2 , SB3 , SB5 , SB9 , SB10 , SB14 , SB16 , SB18 , SB34 , SB6 , SB7 , SB8 , SB11 , SB12 , SB13 , SB15 , SB 2 , SB 3 , SB 5 , SB 9 , SB 10 , SB 14 , SB 16 , SB 18 , SB 34 , SB 6 , SB 7 , SB 8 , SB 11 , SB 12 , SB 13 , SB 15 , SB 17 , SB 4 , SB1 , SB2 , SB3 , SB5 , SB9 , SB10 , SB14 , SB16 , SB18 , SB34 , SB6 , SB7 , SB8 , SB11 , SB12 , SB13 , SB15 , SB17 , SB4

Keywords: flooding, public safety, outdoor warning sirens, disaster preparedness, emergency response, flood warning, outdoor sirens, local government, safety measures, flood management, emergency preparedness, municipal safety, disaster response, disaster relief, emergency funding, Meteorological forecasting, local government assistance, training facilities, hemp regulation, consumable products

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• Uh, is there any value in your opinion, uh, if you're familiar with it, to, for us to reflect on those
• Cleanup now would be less expensive if we did not have those houses, trailers, and vehicles that, uh,

Bills: HB1 , HB 2 , HB18 , HB19 , HB20

Committee: House Disaster Preparedness & Flooding, Select

Keywords: youth camps, emergency preparedness, safety standards, health regulations, camp licensing, disaster preparedness, emergency management, flooding, mass fatality, mass casualty, fatality tracking, body recovery, autopsy, justice of the peace, medical examiner, county judge, sheriff, mayor, emergency coordinator, emergency manager license

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• Everyone has value, including Jack.
• Everyone has value, including Jack. Including, as I stated, everyone in this room.
• risks and values without government coercion. coercion. coercion.
• I have the A2, which just deletes—we're just using 1509 as the vehicle bill.
• </c> realm, we really value lived experience. realm, we really value lived experience.

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• The University of Minnesota and M Health physicians will establish new collaborative vehicles for achieving
• new</c> physicians will establish new physicians will establish new collaborative<00:06:55.600><c> vehicles
• vehicles for achieving their<00:06:56.960><c> shared</c><00:06:57.360><c> land</c><00:06:57.680><c>
• The University of Minnesota Physicians doesn't necessarily do academics, but we are the vehicle to both
• to both support the are the vehicle to both support the academic<00:25:01.600><c> mission</c><00:25:

Committee: House Higher Education Finance and Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Uh we've exempted snowmobiles and other vehicles from the PAOS provisions that define juvenile products
• ><00:36:32.320><c> other</c> exempted um snowmobiles and other exempted um snowmobiles and other vehicles
• from the PAOS provisions that vehicles from the PAOS provisions that define<00:36:36.240><c> juvenile
• Senator Jasinski has a provision in here about salvage vehicle title updates, and Senator Howe has some
• title updates and Senator How vehicle title updates and Senator How has<00:36:57.040><c> some</c><00

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• the language of the bill, as it stands, would include all kinds of devices, potentially including vehicles
• The computer in that vehicle is not as capable, at least the computer relative to the piece we're talking
• And just to close the loop on the vehicles, I don't have a Tesla, but I do have a mobile device equipped
• loop</c><00:58:16.559><c> on</c><00:58:16.720><c> on</c><00:58:17.040><c> the</c><00:58:17.200><c> vehicles
• ,</c><00:58:17.680><c> I</c> close the loop on on the vehicles, I close the loop on on the vehicles,

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The subcommittee work session focused on House Bill 293, which would prevent minors from accessing obscenity on certain internet-connected electronic devices. Chair Pardell opened by noting the bill had been discussed several times and that the goal was to find language acceptable to the committee. Representative Coutab argued the bill is important for child safety, said parents vary in technical ability, and pointed to Apple as evidence that filtering tools can be implemented. He asked whether the other members saw a path forward and what it might look like. Representatives McFarland and Tur both said they support the underlying concern but questioned the bill’s structure and practicality. McFarland emphasized parental responsibility and individual liberty, said any final language should avoid infringing on rights or creating indirect pressure on corporations, and suggested looking at other states’ approaches and Apple’s closed ecosystem as a limited example. Tur said the bill may solve one problem while creating others, especially by placing the burden on device manufacturers and browsers rather than on the content providers; he cited the recent Texas Paxton decision as an example of a more targeted age-verification approach aimed at websites. Both expressed concern that a broad device-level mandate may be difficult to implement consistently across different platforms. Chair Pardell responded that the bill is intended to add protective measures rather than impose a blanket ban, and compared it to existing restrictions on minors accessing alcohol, tobacco, or pornographic magazines. She said the proposal is meant to ask for the user’s age during device setup, not to require identification or database checks, and stressed that parents would still be responsible for entering accurate information. Members also discussed whether Apple’s tools are generalizable to Android and other ecosystems, whether the market is already developing solutions, and whether a parent-facing filter or device-level controls would be the best route. Pardell said the committee had received public feedback and that another work session would likely be held in October; no vote or final action was taken.

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• continue to have the conversation, strip it off in finance if we decide that yes there is going to be a vehicle
• continue to have the conversation, strip it off in finance if we decide that yes there is going to be a vehicle
• continue to have the conversation, strip it off in finance if we decide that yes there is going to be a vehicle
• continue to have the conversation, strip it off in finance if we decide that yes there is going to be a vehicle
• Be a vehicle, but for us to say that this is going to go to conference, trying to presume what the House

Committee: Senate Jobs and Economic Development

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Please look for the vehicles with a sign stating EOC.

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• Make SB 1089 a true valued benefit to the state employees and ultimately to all Californians.
• treatment, we are concerned that this bill will accelerate utilization of these drugs before their value
• by doing that, you don't necessarily take into consideration the immediate look at what your actual value
• is for this... ...consideration, the immediate look at what your actual value is for this year going
• Now, a lot of those costs come from either replacement value for fire-prone hazard areas, and I realize

Committee: Senate Health

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• Instead of increasing the value of the gold and pennies each year, when the property values increase,
• Share the same values. Whereas when you get into the larger school districts in the urban areas.
• If we truly value public.
• It returns us to what matters, to our values. Our kids and communities.
• Their appraisal values went from $2 billion to $12 billion. $12 billion, a six-time increase.

Bills: SB2 , HB2 , HB2000 , HB2196 , HB213 , HB222 , HB645 , HB1458 , HB 1022 , HB141 , HB502 , HB643 , HB3093 , HB1700 , HB 117 , SB503 , SB2 , HB 120 , HB20 , HB150 , HB6 , HB 100 , HB210 , HB215 , HB1393 , HB 1151 , HB 1268 , HB142 , HB451 , HB 124 , HB2 , HB2000 , HB2196 , HB213 , HB222 , HB645 , HB1458 , HB 1022 , HB141 , HB502 , HB643 , HB3093 , HB1700 , HB 117

Keywords: public education, teacher compensation, certification, funding, school finance, educator rights, education funding, charter schools, staff compensation, state aid, retention allotment, child grooming, sex offender registration, criminal justice, reportable conviction, law enforcement, virtual education, hybrid learning, school funding, average daily attendance

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• departing at the same location, so please look for the red signage, which will indicate those are the vehicles

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• So it's no surprise that we have recognized the value of harm reduction as a public health strategy focused
• I value harm reduction tools like Narcan and know that OPCs can prevent on-site deaths, In the moment
• There's also no value judgment around using a defibrillator, no discussion of preserving defibrillators
• We save lives, no questions asked, because every life has value.
• We save lives, no questions asked, because every life has value.

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use, and Recovery held a public hearing on several harm reduction bills, including measures to decriminalize simple possession and paraphernalia, authorize overdose prevention centers, and expand access to naloxone for first responders. Chair Mindy Domb and Senator John Velis opened by describing harm reduction as an evidence-based public health strategy and noting Massachusetts’ recent decline in fatal overdoses. They emphasized that testimony would help shape whether and how the bills advance, and explained the hearing process, including time limits and written testimony. Testimony was sharply divided. Supporters, including Rep. Kate Donaghue, Sen. Cindy Friedman, Rep. Marjorie Decker, Rep. Manny Cruz, public health professionals, recovery advocates, and people with lived experience, argued that harm reduction saves lives, reduces stigma, and can connect people to treatment. They supported overdose prevention centers and decriminalization as tools to keep people alive long enough to enter recovery, and several speakers described personal losses to overdose or family experiences with addiction. Some supporters also framed the bills as racial justice measures, arguing that criminal penalties for possession have disproportionately harmed Black and brown communities. Opponents, including Sen. Nick Collins and several South End residents, argued that overdose prevention centers and decriminalization would worsen public drug use, crime, and neighborhood disorder, especially around Mass and Cass. They said current approaches such as Section 35, diversion, and police leverage into treatment are more effective, and they urged more treatment beds and recovery facilities instead of harm reduction sites. Committee members questioned witnesses about research, local siting, crime data, and the relationship between harm reduction and treatment, and several members said neighborhood impacts must be considered alongside overdose prevention. The committee did not take a vote during the hearing; it continued receiving testimony and announced a later break before resuming on H. 2196 and S. 1393.

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• we heard in committee, some local governments are already exempting work from permit requirements valued
• the offender's birth month and timely reporting of changes of address, phone number, employment, vehicles
• phrase Sharia law, it is often portrayed as something foreign, extreme, or incompatible with American values
• For many Muslims, Sharia functions primarily as spiritual guidance, shaping values around prayer, charity
• For many Muslims, Sharia functions primarily as spiritual guidance, shaping values around prayer, charity

Summary: The Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several guest introductions before moving into a long special-order calendar. The chamber first considered two claims bills: SB 6/HB 6507 for relief of L.E. through the Department of Children and Families, described as compensation for severe injuries after DCF returned the child to unsafe parents, and SB 26/HB 6509 for the estate of Mark Legata, involving catastrophic injuries tied to FDOT negligence. Both bills were substituted with their House companions and passed overwhelmingly. Members then approved several policy bills focused on child welfare, education, and professional regulation. CS/CS/SB 42/HB 47 required child protective investigators to consider certain medical diagnoses before proceeding in abuse cases; CS/SB 206/HB 851 expanded autism-related training and incentives for teacher preparation programs; SB 556/HB 453 allowed Special Olympics participation to satisfy PE requirements for students with disabilities and clarified marching band credit; SB 688 reestablished licensure and regulation for naturopathic doctors; SB 878/HB 1347 addressed clinical laboratory personnel shortages by aligning more closely with federal CLIA standards; and SB 914/HB 867 clarified that licensed occupational therapists may perform dry needling. Each of these measures passed, most by unanimous or near-unanimous votes. The chamber also approved bills on court administration, public records, financial disclosure, and child welfare. SB 326/HB 131 modernized rules for curators of estates; SB 758/HB 625 updated the composition of the Justice Administrative Commission, with an amendment broadening the judicial member to a judge or senior judge; SB 830 created a public records exemption for certain local government executives and their families; SB 964/HB 6011 revised how gifts and honoraria are reported and, via amendment, restored a percentage-based reporting option for financial disclosures; and SB 1002 clarified that acute or chronic parental drug abuse can constitute harm or neglect and allow courts to order assessment and services. These bills all passed, with SB 830 drawing the most opposition among them. The most contentious debate centered on CS/CS/CS/SB 354, the Blue Ribbon Projects bill, which would create a framework for very large planned communities with substantial conservation set-asides. Supporters argued it would provide a new growth-management tool and economic opportunity, while opponents warned it was too broad, lacked specificity, weakened local control, and could be exploited by large developers. After extensive debate and an amendment limiting data centers in commercial areas, the bill was temporarily postponed rather than brought to a final vote. The Senate also passed SB 530 on lottery operations, SB 1632/HB 1471 on foreign law and domestic terrorist designations after a lengthy and divisive amendment debate over references to Sharia law, and SB 21/HB 218 on land-use regulations tied to hurricane recovery, which preserves SB 180 restrictions in storm-affected counties while lifting them later for unaffected counties.

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• Over 3,000 burned vehicles had to be removed from roadways, and major repairs have been made to roadways
• /c><00:24:01.000><c> since</c><00:24:01.240><c> our</c><00:24:01.520><c> tax</c><00:24:01.919><c> values
• </c> strong tax base and since our tax values strong tax base and since our tax values are<00:24:02.559
• to $1,220, a nearly 25% increase in any value over $2.5 million.
• Keys are being distributed on all 85 units as we speak. in any value over 2.5 million and we in any value

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• across the state providing shared value across the state and<00:16:23.519><c> beyond.
• </c><00:37:53.760><c> neutral</c><00:37:54.320><c> right</c> technology it's it's value neutral right
• technology it's it's value neutral right it's<00:37:54.800><c> a</c><00:37:54.960><c> tool</c><00:37
• We have values that the AI hub will not deviate from, and that sort of people-centered component of it
• </c> that deployment into highv value that deployment into highv value outcomes<01:14:55.360><c> and<

Bills: HF1316 , HF4369

Committee: House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Keywords: HF1316, child support, new hire reporting, centralized work reporting system, independent contractors, payors, employers, payor of funds, withholding orders, income withholding, child support enforcement, Minnesota Department of Children, Youth, and Families, gig economy, rideshare drivers, delivery drivers, 1099, W-9, W-4, newly hired workers, rehired employees

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• He did this as the vehicle was burning, and he did it all while having a broken foot.
• So beyond the accolades, the Lady Raiders' success reflects the values we celebrate across Oklahoma:
• Success reflects the values we celebrate across Oklahoma: hard work, resilience, and a commitment to
• And so my friends on the right side of this room, I love your conservative values.
• And so my friends on the right side of this room, I love your conservative values.

Bills: SB1177 , HB3705 , SB1942 , SB2026 , SB1533 , SB1327 , SB2065 , SB2155 , SB2159

Keywords: education funding, mental health services, public safety, housing, state budget, tax credit, parental choice, private school, income tax, dental insurance, health care, medical necessity, insurance claims, dentist rights, military discharge, veterans, DD Form 214, confidentiality, grandchildren access, veteran burial

Summary: The House convened, completed the roll call, received an invocation focused on grief and remembrance, and heard several special presentations recognizing a brave child, visiting groups, and multiple student-athlete teams and school groups in the galleries. The chamber also introduced the Doctor of the Day and Nurse of the Day. The main business was consideration of the Joint Committee report on Senate Bill 1177, the general appropriations bill, presented by Chairman Caldwell-Trey. Most of the floor time was spent on extended questions about the budget’s major features. Caldwell-Trey explained the bill as a largely flat or modestly increased budget that includes a $200 million transfer to a new sovereign wealth fund, $225 million in set-asides, a $12.5 million “dream accounts” program for newborns, and funding tied to teacher pay, education, workforce, public safety, agriculture, and health agencies. Members questioned the use of one-time funds for recurring expenses, the reduction in state contributions to the OPRS pension system, Medicaid assumptions, emergency management funding, veterans’ services, child care, school counselors, and the lack of funding for some requested items such as National Board Certified Teacher stipends and veterans’ facility maintenance. Caldwell-Trey defended the budget as transparent, early, and designed to preserve cash reserves while supporting core services. No final vote on the appropriations report is reflected in the transcript excerpt. The House also heard explanations that the limits bills would be run later in committee, and that the budget negotiations were still ongoing with the Senate and governor on some related items. The session ended with the queue closed after the budget questioning, and the transcript cuts off during additional remarks from Representative Timmons.