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• School at the University of Delaware.
• He's a junior at the University of Delaware, majoring in economics.
• He is the president and captain of the University of Delaware rugby team, helping lead the program to
• the most incredible minds coming out of Delaware State University and the University of Delaware, minds
• the University of Delaware.

Summary: The Senate reconvened, received House communications and committee reports, and then took up several bills and a resolution. Committee reports covered measures on composting, volunteer background checks, campaign finance, the Delaware John Lewis Voting Rights Act, publication of Public Integrity Commission reports, Cheswold’s territorial limits, child support, alcohol and marijuana, salary supplements, certified registered nurse anesthetists, land use, school taxes, and a constitutional elections amendment. House Bill 344 and House Bill 444 were referred to the Senate Finance Committee. The Senate also confirmed the nomination of Christy N. Vitola as Commissioner of the Family Court by a 21-0 vote. The chamber then recognized several fellows and Girls’ State delegates, with tributes to the Legislative Fellows Program and the Communications Fellowship, followed by House Concurrent Resolution 152 honoring the 2026 Delaware Girls’ State participants. The resolution passed unanimously. Senators and guests spoke about the civic value of the program and introduced the Girls’ State leadership team and delegates. On legislation, the Senate passed House Bill 89, creating a dispute-resolution process for home improvement fraud and strengthening consumer protection enforcement; House Bill 381, requiring notice to the Attorney General of computer security breaches; House Substitute 1 for House Bill 407, making technical and penalty updates to the Hazardous Substance Cleanup Act; House Substitute 1 for House Bill 150, limiting civil arrests at courthouses and Industrial Accident Board offices; and House Substitute 2 for House Bill 94, restricting state and local participation in civil immigration enforcement at sensitive locations such as schools, houses of worship, and health care facilities, with emergency exceptions and reporting requirements. The Senate also began consideration of House Substitute 1 for House Bill 368, which would limit use of state and local resources for federal civil immigration enforcement while preserving exceptions for serious offenses and judicial warrants, but the transcript cuts off before final action on that bill.

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• Lubbock is the home of Texas Tech University, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Texas Chris
• He sort of went over some of the basics of the property value study. I'll skip that.
• members as of this February of 2025.
• of higher education and university systems in the Texas Historic Preservation Tax Credit Program.
• Institutions of higher education and university systems were authorized to participate in the Texas Historic

Bills: HB249

Committee: House Ways & Means

Keywords: real property, ad valorem tax, tax appraisal, property value limitation, real estate taxation, property ownership

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• All of those.
• of them.
• As an example, let's say the university currently engages in an exchange with the University of Tel Aviv
• That is a university making a decision of a boycott against Israel.
• That was part of Roxanna Blood Gruver: what I did at the university.

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• The House of Representatives inserted within the nutrient plans to add Alcorn State University.
• House Bill 479, universal recognition of occupational license for aggravated garden guarding practices
• House Bill 479,<00:43:00.320><c> universal</c><00:43:00.840><c> recognition</c><00:43:01.440><c> of</
• c> 479, universal recognition of 479, universal recognition of occupational<00:43:02.240><c> license<
• </c> universal statute. universal statute.

Keywords: MS Senate Floor - 9 March, 2026; 4:00 PM, 925, all

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• One of my big concerns is that some of the universities' schools of education have professors who teach
• That is a slide presented to students for credit by a professor of education at an Arizona public university
• If you'll email me the information, I will talk to the president of the relevant university about that
• of it.
• Of course not. Of course not. Right.

Committee: House Education

Keywords: 1182, all

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• </c> the country of origin or nationality of the country of origin or nationality of a<00:13:28.560><
• . to the City of Minneapolis regardless of to the City of Minneapolis regardless of immigration<00:35
• </c><00:52:04.119><c> the</c> of Health shows that only 77% of the of Health shows that only 77% of the
• </c> kind of bizarrely broad Coalition of kind of bizarrely broad Coalition of people<01:10:37.960><c

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on House File 16, and the chair moved the bill with a recommendation that it be re-referred to Elections Finance and Government Operations. Representative Rymer said the bill would require reporting to ICE when an illegal immigrant is arrested on suspicion of a violent crime, even if the county attorney does not prosecute, and would bar state and local entities from blocking federal immigration enforcement. He described the bill as narrowly focused on serious offenses such as murder, assault, robbery, kidnapping, and criminal sexual conduct, and said it was intended to improve communication with federal authorities about dangerous offenders. Supporters argued the bill would improve public safety and cooperation with federal law enforcement. David Zimmer, a former local law enforcement official, said cooperation with ICE is consistent with law enforcement practice and helps with information-sharing, warrants, consulate notifications, and locating individuals. Several other supporters, including a crime victim family member and a security officer, said the bill would help identify dangerous criminals and protect communities. Opponents said the bill would reduce trust in local law enforcement and discourage victims and witnesses from reporting crimes. Testifiers from the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota, The Advocates for Human Rights, Violence Free Minnesota, the Minnesota Council on Latino Affairs, the Northstar Alliance, the City of Minneapolis, and others said mandatory ICE notification could deter domestic violence and trafficking victims from seeking help, harm due process, and undermine community safety. Some also warned it would interfere with local separation policies, burden local agencies, and have negative economic and civil rights impacts. The committee also heard emotional testimony from individuals describing domestic abuse and immigration-related fears, and from family members of a murder victim who supported the bill.

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• I'm a second-year medical student at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine and former family
• Uh, we sit on the University of Kentucky campus in the shadows of Kroger Field as a 21-bedroom house
• So that is our relationship with the University of Kentucky.
• </c><00:53:54.760><c> of</c><00:53:55.160><c> Kentucky</c> expansion on the University of Kentucky expansion
• We have an agreement in principle with the University of Kentucky to build a new house on campus in a

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Budget Review Subcommittee on Health and Family Services met in person, approved the July 15 minutes, and heard a presentation from Dr. Matthew Holder and Dr. Henry Hood of the Lee Specialty Clinic in Louisville. The clinic serves people with complex intellectual and developmental disabilities through a transdisciplinary model that combines medical, dental, behavioral, psychiatric, therapy, and other services under one roof. The presenters argued that this population is large-cost but small in number, often receives little provider training, and is vulnerable to diagnostic overshadowing, overmedication, and missed medical or dental problems. The clinic reported that in Tennessee, payer data showed average costs of about $5,200 per member per month before clinic involvement, with a 44% reduction in overall health care spending after patients were seen, including lower emergency room use, inpatient admissions, and prescription use. They said those savings were measured by the payer, not the clinic, and that the savings accrued to Medicaid or managed care payers rather than the clinic itself. They also shared a case example of a patient who had been placed on hospice but improved after diagnosis and treatment at the clinic. Patient and parent satisfaction were described as very high, generally above 95%. The clinic asked for roughly $5 million to expand into Northern Kentucky, estimating 500 to 700 patients would use the new site and projecting annual savings of about $13 million to $19 million once mature. Members asked about the budget, startup and operating costs, where the savings go, and whether the clinic had considered taking full risk or another value-based model. Senator Meredith and others encouraged the clinic to explore an accountable care or risk-based arrangement, while the presenters said they were open to that discussion but had not pursued it yet. The exchange ended with follow-up questions about the clinic’s overall budget structure and public-private funding mix.

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• We're part of the University of North Dakota, a non-teaching unit.
• So we are part of the University of North Dakota and a state and part of the state of North Dakota.
• So we are part of the University of North Dakota and a state and part of the state of North Dakota.
• the University of North Dakota.
• campus here, some of the new renovation of the university campus.

Summary: The committee met in Grand Forks, approved the February 26 minutes by voice vote, and recessed for a tour of Minnkota Power Cooperative before hearing presentations on large energy consumers and related infrastructure issues. The first presentation, from the North Dakota Transmission Authority, focused on the need for better local decision-making tools for counties, townships, and planning and zoning boards facing major projects such as transmission lines, pipelines, data centers, wind, solar, and large-scale agriculture. The speaker urged more objective, data-driven analysis, noted that local officials often have limited time and resources, and said the state should support training and tools through groups like the League of Cities and the Association of Counties. Members asked about proactive outreach, data center ordinances, and how to avoid subsidizing large loads or causing reliability problems. The Division of Air Quality then discussed environmental oversight of data centers, emphasizing that North Dakota’s air remains among the cleanest in the country and that the agency’s role is limited to air, water discharge, stormwater, and waste—not zoning or water use. The presentation explained that data centers generally have low direct emissions but may rely on diesel backup generators when the grid is unavailable, which creates air-quality concerns; the department said it is requiring air monitors at some projects to collect real-world data and guide future decisions. Members asked about generator emissions, misinformation, monitoring costs, and staffing succession, and the agency said permit applicants pay for the monitors while the state handles some QA work. The Department of Water Resources followed with an overview of North Dakota water law and data center water use. The director explained the state’s prior-appropriation system, the public-interest review for permits, and the large overall water supply available from groundwater and the Missouri River. He said most proposed data centers use closed-loop cooling systems and generally request relatively small amounts of water compared with other uses such as power plants, irrigation, and oilfield operations, and that even a worst-case data center scenario would use only a tiny fraction of Missouri River flow. Questions focused on downstream impacts and comparisons to fracking water use, and the director said the state’s use is too small to materially affect downstream users. Later, McLean County State’s Attorney Ladd-Erickson testified online about data center zoning and permitting. He asked the committee to have Legislative Council gather information on how other states handle data center permitting and to keep the topic on the interim agenda. He argued that local zoning should remain local, but said counties lack the technical and legal resources to manage complex reclamation or bonding requirements and that state-level enabling legislation may be more appropriate. He also recommended eliminating tax incentives for data centers. The committee chair said staff would prepare a document on other states’ zoning and permitting approaches. After a lunch recess, the committee reconvened at the EERC, where CEO Charles Gorecki gave an overview of the center’s 75 years of work and its role in oil and gas, carbon management, and other energy technologies, highlighting enhanced oil recovery and carbon dioxide utilization as major opportunities for future production and tax revenue.

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• Jen Chase, on behalf of the University of California.
• and universities across the state of California.
• Chris Morales on behalf of the California State University Office of the Chancellor, in alignment with
• Hello, Jeff Darna from the University of Southern California.
• University of Pittsburgh is now the first public university that has a chiropractic program.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• and the student region for the University of New Mexico.
• and Professional Student Association at the University of New Mexico.
• Madam Chair, my understanding, in speaking to the University of New Mexico, is that they...
• So, Madam Chair, Representative, I want to address some of the University of New Mexico concerns they
• So any way that we can sort of think that through, and you said the university, Madam Chair...

Committee: House House Consumer & Public Affairs

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• University of South Florida men's basketball coach Amir Abdur-Rahim.
• On October 24th, 2024, the University of South Florida and the broader Tampa Bay community suffered a
• He went on to graduate from the University of Florida and Harvard Law School.
• He went on to graduate from the University of Florida and Harvard would become immeasurable.
• He went on to graduate from the University of Florida and Harvard Law School.

Summary: The Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a series of introductions and moments of silence recognizing recent tragedies and public figures, including students affected by the FSU shooting, John Thrasher, Coach Amir Abdur-Rahim, and conservation and youth groups visiting the chamber. The body also adopted Senate Resolution 1878 honoring Coach Abdur-Rahim and Senate Resolution 1892 recognizing Florida Wildlife Corridor Week. The chamber then moved through a long special-order calendar, passing several bills with little or no opposition. Measures approved included child care and early learning provider regulation updates (SB 738, 37-0), false reporting/swatting penalties and cost recovery (SB 726, 38-0), health care billing and collection protections/medical debt (SB 656, 38-0), hazardous walking conditions for schoolchildren (SB 650, 38-0), young adult housing support for foster and homeless students (SB 584, 38-0), the Family Empowerment Scholarship Program disclosure bill (SB 508, 37-1), trust fund interest for court-approved purposes after a debated amendment (SB 498, 28-10), transportation and traffic-safety changes including school bus camera hearings and micromobility rules (SB 462, 37-0), public records exemptions for AHCA investigators and JQC/appellate court clerks (SB 342, 34-4; SB 302, 35-3; SB 300, 35-3), municipal water and sewer utility rate fairness for Miami Gardens/North Miami Beach (SB 202/HB 11, 36-2), motor vehicle offenses involving obscured plates and impersonation (SB 44/HB 253, 36-0), trespass at large-scale ticketed events and law-enforcement-controlled sites (SB 1828/HB 1447, 35-1), patient refund of overpayments (SB 1808, 37-0), stem cell therapy standards (SB 1768, 37-0), insulin administration by direct support professionals and relatives (SB 1736/HB 1567, 38-0), and pre-arranged transportation services/rideshare impersonation (SB 1696/HB 1525, 37-0). Several bills were temporarily postponed, including cardiac emergencies, chemicals and consumer products, motor vehicle manufacturers and franchise dealers, and education. Debate centered most heavily on the trust fund interest bill, with supporters arguing it would stabilize funding and better reflect market rates, and opponents warning it would sharply reduce legal aid funding and hurt access to justice. The transportation bill also drew extensive questions and amendments, including removal of a speed-limit increase, changes to school bus infraction hearing procedures, micromobility regulation, and flood-wake enforcement. The municipal water bill prompted constitutional and fairness concerns, while the public records bills were defended as necessary to protect investigators and court personnel from doxing and harassment. Most measures ultimately passed with strong bipartisan support, though the scholarship disclosure bill and trust fund interest bill drew the most visible dissent.

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• President and Senator, having served on the Board of Directors for the University of the Southwest, this
• We have 12 of these universities in the state of New Mexico. I apologize, Mr. President.
• We have 12 of these universities in the state of New Mexico.
• It's kind of an out-of-control level of emissions, Mr.
• They're the size of the desk in front of each of the members here right now.

Keywords: 996, all

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• University of South Florida men's basketball coach Amir Abdur-Rahim.
• Senate Resolution 1878 honors the life and legacy of University of South Florida men's basketball coach
• He went on to graduate from the University of Florida and Harvard Would become immeasurable.
• He went on to graduate from the University of Florida and Harvard Law School.
• He went on to graduate from the University of Florida and Harvard Law School.

Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several introductions and moments of silence, including tributes related to the FSU campus shooting, Coach Amir Abdur-Rahim, John Thrasher, the Florida Wildlife Corridor, and visiting student and community groups. The chamber then moved into special order bills and adopted a resolution honoring Coach Abdur-Rahim. A number of measures were taken up and passed, including child care and early learning provider regulation updates, false reporting/swatting penalties, health care billing and collection protections, hazardous walking conditions for schoolchildren, young adult housing support for foster and homeless students, the Family Empowerment Scholarship Program, trust fund interest rules for IOTA accounts, transportation-related changes, public records exemptions for AHCA investigators, JQC employees, and appellate court clerks, municipal water and sewer utility rates in Miami-Dade, motor vehicle offenses involving obscured plates and impersonating law enforcement, trespass at large-scale ticketed events, refund of patient overpayments, stem cell therapy standards, insulin administration by direct support professionals and relatives, pre-arranged transportation services, and the Uniform Commercial Code update for digital assets. Several bills were amended before passage, often by substituting House companions and adopting late-filed amendments. The transportation bill was significantly revised to remove speed-limit increases and utility-related provisions while adding beach equipment removal, flood-wake enforcement, expectant mother parking permits, and local regulation of micromobility devices; it passed 37-0. The trust fund interest bill drew the most debate, with supporters arguing it right-sized a volatile funding stream for legal aid and opponents warning it would sharply reduce support for legal aid organizations; it passed 28-10. The municipal water and sewer rate bill also prompted extended debate over fairness, fiscal impact, and accusations of racism, but passed 36-2. Public records exemption bills for AHCA investigators, JQC employees, and appellate clerks passed with varying margins, with supporters emphasizing safety and anti-doxing protections. One bill on cardiac emergencies and another on education were temporarily postponed. Most measures were adopted by wide margins, often unanimously, after brief sponsor explanations and little or no debate. The Senate also adopted a resolution honoring the late USF coach Amir Abdur-Rahim and recognized several visiting groups in the gallery. After completing the day’s special order calendar, the Senate recessed for lunch until 1:30 p.m. or on call of the President.

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• We heard from Aaron Fine, examples of the University of Massachusetts of similar kinds of behavior. .
• ..at the University of Massachusetts of similar kinds of behavior.
• here and how many of them were universal in their nature in addressing hates, bigotries, and other issues
• And there is a difference between sentence one, which is the president of the university, you know, President
• Members of our family have sat on every corporate board, college or university board, and even on the

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The commission held its 16th and final meeting to review and vote on revisions to its draft report on combating antisemitism. After roll call, members approved the prior meeting minutes, adopted a procedure for handling substantive and technical edits, and authorized limited technical corrections after the meeting. Senator John Velis’s letter was read into the record noting his military deployment and support for the final report, and the commission discussed the scope of the report, including its 118 findings and recommendations and the large volume of testimony received over the year. Members then worked through a series of amendments to the report. The chair’s prefatory statement was revised to restore language and data about Massachusetts Jews’ relationship to Israel and the impact on the commission’s work. Commissioner Liken’s proposal called for DESE guidance and teacher training to support intellectually diverse K-12 classrooms; members debated how to ensure it could not be used to justify biased or false material, and the amendment passed with discussion about existing guardrails. Commissioner Hay’s technical edits were adopted, and commissioners also discussed whether DESE’s new reporting system should anonymize data; the language was revised to specify anonymized data and approved. Additional amendments were adopted on public safety and higher education, including clarifying support for nonprofit security grants and personnel grants, refining language on academic boycotts, and adding references to Zionist identity and presumed Zionist identity as possible bases for antisemitic treatment. Commissioner Kipnis’s revisions to the prefatory statement were also considered, with some members objecting to the removal of language about minimization and traumatic invalidation and others supporting a more concise, fact-driven tone. The commission also approved language strengthening recommendations by changing several “should” statements to “must.” Treasurer Deborah Goldberg then delivered closing remarks praising the commission’s work and sharing personal family history to illustrate the persistence of antisemitism in Massachusetts. She said the report offers a practical roadmap, including bias reporting in schools, security coordination, and broader anti-discrimination training, and emphasized that the recommendations will help all communities. Commissioners thanked her for her leadership and testimony. The meeting continued with further amendments, including one on law enforcement security grants and another on higher education findings and recommendations, and the commission repeatedly voted by roll call, generally approving the revisions unanimously.

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• Jean Hearst here today on behalf of the boards of supervisors of the counties of Santa Barbara and Santa
• I'm a graduate of the University of Angelica of El Salvador, one of the universities partnering with
• Today, I work with doctors at schools I always admired, and my training at the University of Angelica
• Today, I work with doctors of the schools I always admire and my training at the University of Angelica
• Chair, Senators Dingerfield with Capital Advocacy, on behalf of our client Allied Universal, I stand

Committee: Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• So anywhere from $6,000 to, you know, the sky's the limit, but at the University of Minnesota that would
• </c> $200 a credit range so at the University $200 a credit range so at the University of<00:25:37.159
• </c> the sky the limit but at the University the sky the limit but at the University of<00:26:00.559>
• Studies by the University of Chicago, MIT, Utah State University, and the Center for Audit Quality all
• Studies by the University of Chicago, MIT, Utah State University, and the Center for Audit Quality all

Committee: Senate State and Local Government

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• He was attending Bethel University in his final year of high school, taking college credits right so
• That spring, um, he was approached by an alumnus at Bethel University, where he was with kind of this
• where he was with at bethl University where he was with kind<00:03:55.200><c> of</c><00:03:55.360><c
• /c> be in the water kind of do that kind of be in the water kind of do that kind of fun<00:04:31.520>
• the 21st to the University of Minnesota hospitals, where there are some of the best neurologists in

Keywords: 1183, house

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• She was the executive in residence at the University of Louisville School of Business, director of international
• </c> radiology at University of Louisville radiology at University of Louisville over<05:01:33.440><c
• </c><05:02:03.680><c> of</c> emergency room at University of emergency room at University of Louisville
• University of Louisville over 30 years ago.
• In the meantime, of the universities.

Keywords: 958, all

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• She has majored in economics at the University of Mississippi and is currently studying public affairs
• Landon Williams, a freshman at the University of Missouri, Columbia. I ask the body to welcome Mr.
• Landon Williams, a freshman at the University of Missouri, Columbia.
• He is the new executive director of innovation and artificial intelligence at Washington University.
• He is a sophomore at Truman State University, and he's going to hopefully learn a lot from all of us

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• I rise for the purpose of a personal point of privilege, introduction of guests, and the reading of a
• He currently serves as a clinical assistant professor at the University of Arizona College of Medicine
• , Phoenix, and Western University, and as an instructor with the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine.
• of the American College of Emergency Physicians.
• He graduated in 2021 with a master of health care management degree from the University of Arizona.

Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, approval of the journal, electronic roll call, and several guest introductions, including recognition of Health Workforce Wellbeing Day of Awareness, the Doctor of the Day, educators visiting the Capitol, and student guests. The President also made temporary committee appointments for the day and announced the day’s calendar of bills and committee referrals. The chamber then took up third-reading votes on several measures. Senate Bill 1014, relating to health insurance, passed 17-9. Senate Bill 1016, on employment practices and religious exemptions, also passed 17-9 after debate about workplace safety and public health. Senate Bill 1050, concerning state parks and veteran access, passed 19-9, with supporters citing benefits for disabled and retired veterans and opponents warning about impacts on park fees. Senate Bill 1054, relating to referendum power and emergency measures, passed 16-10 amid debate over local emergency authority. Senate Bill 1177, relating to public monies and health care services, passed 17-9 after sharp partisan debate over transgender-related medical restrictions. Senate Bill 1194, also on health care services and vaccination-related medical decisions, passed 17-9. Senate Bill 1398, relating to AHCCCS, passed 17-9. Senate Bill 1751, relating to capital punishment, passed 16-9. The Senate also passed SCR 1049, a concurrent resolution proposing a constitutional amendment on capital punishment, by a 16-9 vote. Throughout the floor debate, members offered explanations of vote focused on public health, religious liberty, veterans’ benefits, emergency powers, transgender rights, vaccination policy, and the death penalty. The Senate then announced a Health and Human Services Committee meeting for the following day and adjourned until Thursday, March 19, 2026, at 10 a.m.