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• </c><00:15:15.680><c> Um</c> health, uh mental health counselors.
• Um health, uh mental health counselors.
• . health. health.
• </c><00:38:27.280><c> Um</c> health component. Um health component.
• 30:44.000><c> to</c><03:30:44.319><c> be</c> like oper wow words operational to be like oper wow words

Committee: Joint Select Committee on Tribal Relations

Keywords: 916, all

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• </c><00:13:02.560><c> Senator</c> 505 free foods produced in homestead food operations.
• Second, overreaching zoning ordinances that go beyond the health and safety concerns.
• Second, overreaching zoning ordinances that go beyond the health and safety concerns.
• Toxic stress can impact the brain and cause negative health impacts.
• Toxic stress can impact the brain and cause negative health impacts.

Committee: Senate Commerce

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• And uh to do with oral health.
• ><c> health.
• That preventive role is essential, not only to oral health, but to overall health.
• It is a threat to public health.
• </c> Stability at the Department of Health Stability at the Department of Health and<02:42:15.120><c>

Committee: Senate Executive Departments and Administration

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Uh, we have several members of the WYDOT team behind me, the brain trust that can help me if there's
• Uh, we have several members of the WYDOT team behind me, the brain trust that can help me if there's
• </c><00:41:02.240><c> costs</c> with with additional operating costs with with additional operating costs
• "Now, we also take a look at what we call additional vehicle operating cost.
• They're doing some mental health training.

Committee: Joint Transportation, Highways & Military Affairs

Keywords: 916, all

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• Why is this bill not in Health and Human Services?
• Why is this bill not in Health and Human Services?
• Why is this bill not in Health and Human Services?
• Why is this bill not in Health and Human Services?
• You get Health and Human Services?

Bills: HF4234 , HF3697 , HF1183 , HF4738

Committee: House Taxes

Keywords: HF4234, Minnesota private activity bonds, tax-exempt bonds, bond cap, aggregate bond limitation, residential rental projects, multifamily housing, affordable housing finance, housing bonds, public finance, bond allocation, private activity bond cap, Minnesota Statutes 474A.02, tax committee, tax refund, Minnesota Statutes, time limit, claims, tax overpayment, taxation

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• We should not operate like a manner.
• </c><01:04:26.160><c> Health</c> kicked off their health plans.
• Health kicked off their health plans.
• </c> health, or otherwise improve education. health, or otherwise improve education.
• May is Mental Health Awareness Month, a time for us to stop and consider how mental health impacts and

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, May 20, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• </c><01:31:50.159><c> He</c> had a mental health crisis. He had a mental health crisis.
• </c> its way out of a public health crisis. its way out of a public health crisis.
• </c> of lifts um operations and malfunctions. of lifts um operations and malfunctions.
• We operate across all 50 states.
• </c><02:39:46.080><c> Uh</c> We operate across all 50 states. Uh We operate across all 50 states.

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> results also revealed mental health results also revealed mental health concerns<00:46:14.839><c
• Mantra Health was designed to provide supplemental mental health support and works hand in hand with
• campus-based staff and faculty. and mental health support to ensure this and mental health support to
• </c> modules on a range of mental health modules on a range of mental health focused<00:48:33.359><c>
• health and Home Health models like telea health and Home Health Services<01:05:14.520><c> expand</c>

Committee: Senate Higher Education

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Since then, operating costs have increased significantly. 6% will allow them to cover the increased cost
• What it does is define who is a mental health specialist for the purpose of diagnosing a disability for
• That'll be left up to the directors of operations and whatnot to make those calculations.

Bills: HB1739 , HB1784 , HB1889 , HB2116 , HB2206 , HB3625 , HB2939 , HB3028 , HB3265 , HB3313 , HB3413 , HB3414 , HB3415 , HB3416 , HB3417 , HB3418 , HB3420 , HB3588 , HB3748 , HB3721 , HB3852 , HB4132 , HB4263 , HB4303 , HB4311 , HB4428 , HB4429 , HB4434

Committee: House Government Oversight

Keywords: retirement, law enforcement, disability benefits, pension system, Oklahoma, education reform, local control, student outcomes, curriculum changes, school funding, public retirement systems, pension, retirement benefits, cost-of-living adjustment, COLA, inflation adjustment, CPI-U, Consumer Price Index, firefighters pension, police pension

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• receives of the unclaimed property administration fee from 4% to 6%. 4% was set in 2003; since then, operating
• What it does is define who is a mental health specialist for the purpose of diagnosing a disability for

Bills: HB1739 , HB1784 , HB1889 , HB2116 , HB2206 , HB3625 , HB2939 , HB3028 , HB3265 , HB3313 , HB3413 , HB3414 , HB3415 , HB3416 , HB3417 , HB3418 , HB3420 , HB3588 , HB3748 , HB3721 , HB3852 , HB4132 , HB4263 , HB4303 , HB4311 , HB4428 , HB4429 , HB4434

Committee: House Government Oversight

Keywords: retirement, law enforcement, disability benefits, pension system, Oklahoma, education reform, local control, student outcomes, curriculum changes, school funding, public retirement systems, pension, retirement benefits, cost-of-living adjustment, COLA, inflation adjustment, CPI-U, Consumer Price Index, firefighters pension, police pension

Summary: The committee opened with prayer, laid over House Bill 1784 as dead, and then heard a long series of measures, many related to pensions, retirement systems, elections, and state procurement/reporting. Early bills included HB 3588 on debtor-creditor law updates, HB 3748 on county partnerships with four-year institutions, HB 4303 extending the municipal ordinance publication deadline from 15 to 30 days, HB 4311 increasing the treasurer’s share of the unclaimed property administration fee from 4% to 6%, and HB 3028 allowing CareerTech to charge processing fees. All of these advanced on due pass votes, with some opposition on HB 3588, HB 4311, and HB 3028. A major block of the meeting focused on retirement and pension policy. The committee advanced HB 4428 and HB 4429 on proxy advisor transparency and fiduciary voting standards for retirement systems, with the author arguing they would improve transparency and keep pension decisions focused on financial returns rather than ESG/DEI considerations. Other pension-related bills that passed included HB 4132 creating a cybersecurity safe harbor for local governments, HB 1889 fixing a COLA gap for certain retired police officers and firefighters, HB 3265 defining “mental health specialist” for disability applications, HB 1739 reinstating a half-pay provision in the state law enforcement retirement system, HB 3313 changing the Retirement Freedom Act by raising contribution and match rates and eliminating vesting, HB 2116 expanding eligibility for State Fire Marshal officers, HB 2206 allowing newly hired school resource officers to join OLEERS, HB 3625 expanding school district investment options, and HB 3721 creating a survivor-benefit election for children of certain public safety officers. Most of these passed with little or no debate, though HB 1739 drew questions about actuarial “safe harbor” language and pension funding. The latter part of the meeting centered on a package of government contracting and transparency bills from Representative Strom. HB 3413, HB 3414, HB 3415, HB 3416, HB 3417, HB 3418, and HB 3420 would require more detailed reporting of contracts, subcontractors, consulting services, and post-contract assessments; create public posting and reporting requirements through OMES and Central Purchasing; revise bidding rules for state, county, and municipal entities; require vendor ownership disclosures; allow live-streamed bid openings; and add misdemeanor penalties for violations of Central Purchasing rules. Strom said the package was intended to improve accountability, documentation, and protection of taxpayer dollars. The committee also passed HB 3852 clarifying poll worker list requirements for county election boards, HB 4434 requiring gubernatorial notice when out of state, and HB 2939 removing fax-machine references from statute. Most measures were adopted with policy recommendations and passed on strong votes, and the meeting ended with Chairman West thanking members for their work and adjourned the committee.

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• </c> street car system operating regionwide. street car system operating regionwide.
• So when the feds stopped, um, giving money for operations, operations, they did um give money and beef
• , operations, operations, they<00:16:06.480><c> did</c><00:16:07.279><c> um</c><00:16:07.680><c> give
• Metroransit operates Maple suburbs.
• or counties transitway operating.

Bills: HF4693

Committee: House Transportation Finance and Policy

Keywords: transportation, license plates, validation stickers, replacement fees, government fees, 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> usually approach department of health usually approach department of health and<01:44:06.480><c>
• So I just our public health and safety.
• We support. >> Department of Health. >> Department of Health. Support.
• ><c> as</c><03:29:26.960><c> working</c> Um convening should operate as working Um convening should operate
• Thank you. administrative operations of such a administrative operations of such a large<04:05:30.960

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• Yeah, they with their health insurance. Health insurance. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E.
• I'm a senior operations director for LifeStance Health, overseeing our practices in New Hampshire and
• primary care with mental health.
• It applies to all health carriers operating in our state, including insurance companies and third-party
• carriers it applies to all Health carriers operating<04:48:56.280><c> in</c><04:48:56.360><c> our</c

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on a non-germane amendment to HB 297 that would create the Granite State Home Mitigation and Resiliency Program. Insurance Commissioner DJ Beton, joined by department staff, explained that the proposal is intended to help homeowners afford insurance by funding proactive home improvements that reduce risk and improve insurability. He said the program would be funded by the first $1 million collected annually from the insurance premium tax, with grants of up to $10,000 available on a first-come, first-served basis. Beton described the problem as rising homeowners insurance premiums, hard-market underwriting, nonrenewals, and the resulting shift to more expensive surplus lines coverage. He said eligible projects could include roof fortification, exterior improvements, flood-related foundation work, and removal of hazardous trees or limbs. He cited similar programs in other states, especially Alabama, Louisiana, and North Carolina, as evidence the model can work and noted that industry representatives were present in support. He also said the program would use means testing aligned with the Department of Energy’s weatherization program to target lower-income applicants. Members asked about the non-germane process, who would administer the program, and how the bill would prevent misuse of grant funds. The commissioner said the department would administer the program using one repurposed existing position, with Treasury handling fund flow through an MOU. Staff explained that applicants would have to show completed work through a signed contract, itemized work, and a sworn contractor affidavit, with some upfront payment allowed for materials and the remainder paid after completion. The chair and members discussed that the amendment is being attached to a different bill only to move the proposal through committee and on to House Finance for further consideration.

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• TDCJ operates several manufacturing operations within these prisons of goods and services to support
• You know, we're in a cow-calf operation.
• Four percent of our state is actually a pretty large area for less scrupulous operators to operate in
• to operate in.
• as an operator.

Committee: House Natural Resources

Summary: The committee held a hearing on high-capacity groundwater wells proposed in Anderson, Henderson, and Houston counties, with members framing the issue as one of local water supply, fairness, and the need to modernize groundwater law while protecting private property rights. Opening remarks focused on the scale of the proposed Redtown Ranch and Pine Bliss projects, the potential export of tens of thousands of acre-feet of groundwater annually, and concerns that the applications lacked sufficient technical detail and could harm nearby landowners, cities, agriculture, and manufacturing. Members also noted the broader context of the recent flooding tragedy in central Texas and the Legislature’s intent to address water-related loss of life in the upcoming special session. Witnesses from the Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts and the Texas Water Development Board explained the current groundwater management framework. They described groundwater conservation districts as the state’s preferred management method, the role of groundwater management areas and desired future conditions, and how the Water Development Board uses those conditions to calculate modeled available groundwater. They emphasized that districts rely on local data, monitoring wells, and planning processes, but that information is often more limited in areas without a district, where the rule of capture applies. Members pressed witnesses on recharge rates, export permits, subsidence, the effect of pumping on nearby wells, the age and real-time availability of model data, and whether the proposed project would exceed modeled available groundwater in some counties. TCEQ explained its limited oversight role over groundwater conservation districts, including inquiries, compliance actions, and, in extreme cases, dissolution authority. Water Development Board staff also outlined funding programs, saying the New Water Supply for Texas Fund is limited to projects such as brackish desalination, reuse, ASR, and other new-supply projects, and does not fund fresh groundwater exports alone. They said the project at issue had not applied for board funding. A water lawyer then testified on the rule of capture, ownership in place, and district regulation, arguing that districts must use permitting and other tools to manage production within modeled available groundwater and that the Legislature could consider additional authority over groundwater exports under current law.

Transcript Highlights:

• Um, their peers, and especially first graders and kindergartners, they don’t understand mental health
• Mental health, or the mental health of our student body, is certainly a contributing factor.
• Mental health or the mental threats.
• Mental health or the mental health<00:08:01.120><c> of</c><00:08:01.360><c> our</c><00:08:01.520><c>
• We need more access to restorative practices, counseling services, and mental health supports.

Committee: Senate Education Policy

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Bring things up to a little closer to where the industry actually operates.
• State systems operate best enforcement.
• We're trying to allow them to operate in the exact same way that they're operating right now, but just
• c> that</c><05:27:30.798><c> they're</c><05:27:30.958><c> operating</c> exact same way that they're operating
• I think that we are operating legally.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first discussed a budget-related issue involving liquor commission enforcement staff and tobacco enforcement funding. A member explained that proposed cuts to “group two” enforcement positions at the liquor commission could jeopardize the tobacco enforcement money that flows to Health and Human Services, and expressed confidence that the enforcement division would ultimately be preserved. The main hearing was on Senate Bill 19, which would modernize hotel and motel statutes by repealing outdated requirements. The sponsor and the New Hampshire Lodging and Restaurant Association said the bill would remove obsolete rules such as the old guest book/card system and antiquated posting requirements for room rates and motel signs. Members questioned whether the bill would eliminate the requirement to record guest departure dates or affect inspection rights, and the witnesses said the intent was only to remove the book-and-card reference while leaving the rest of the recordkeeping requirement in place. Supporters argued the rate-posting rules are widely ignored, hard to enforce, and outdated in an era of digital reservations and variable pricing; the committee also discussed whether any consumer-protection purpose remained. The public hearing on SB 19 was then closed. The committee then heard Senate Bill 280FN, which would require food delivery services to have an agreement with a restaurant or food retail store before offering delivery from that business. The sponsor said the bill restores a prior law that had sunset and was intended to prevent third-party platforms from listing restaurants without consent. Restaurant industry testimony strongly supported the bill, describing problems with unauthorized listings, delayed deliveries, and reimbursement disputes, and saying the agreement requirement protects restaurant brands and consumer expectations. Members shared examples of delivery problems and voiced support for reinstating the safeguard.

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• </c><00:05:43.360><c> after</c> energy if they began operation after energy if they began operation after
• </c><00:07:36.560><c> And</c> operation after January 1st, 2013.
• And operation after January 1st, 2013.
• </c> have been more appropriate for health have been more appropriate for health and<04:22:36.560><c>
• </c> chair and keyboard to do the operations chair and keyboard to do the operations which<04:33:00.479

Committee: House Science, Technology and Energy

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• </c> be qualified just by a health be qualified just by a health professional.<00:45:47.440><c> It</c
• health needs, and they are placed in a facility to provide them with support around those mental health
• around those mental health needs.
• Mental health needs. And it is with DHS and the parent that that determination is made.
• Um, so you're saying Department of Health and Human Services pays for that. Oh, and I'm sorry.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The commission met to continue its study of the cost of special education, with the chair emphasizing that the group needs to narrow its focus over the coming year toward specific cost drivers, including the IEP process, Medicaid, charter schools, and EFAs. Members reviewed a draft first report due November 1 and agreed it would be a brief synopsis of prior meetings, with minutes attached. The September 30, 2025 minutes were amended to correct the number of federally funded department staff from 234 to 23, and to revise language about Senator Sullivan’s comments so they reflected concerns about IEP advocates and fees charged to families rather than support for the concept. The amended minutes were then approved unanimously, with abstentions noted for members who were absent. The main presentation focused on how special education costs are handled for students attending charter schools. The DOE representative said there are 804 students with disabilities in charter schools across 88 of the state’s 176 districts, and that the district of residence remains responsible for all services and costs. She explained that students must meet IDEA criteria through district evaluation and parent consent, and that services are determined through individual IEP meetings rather than by a blanket charter-school decision. Members asked how those costs are tracked, whether any students are merely “monitored,” and whether districts separately identify charter-school special education expenses; the answer was that most districts fold those costs into their overall special education budget, though some may break them out as a line item. The discussion then turned to transportation and mileage costs for staff providing services at charter schools. Testimony indicated that districts may use their own staff, contract staff, or contract with a charter school for certified services, and that travel costs are often either built into contracts or absorbed as part of staff time rather than separately reimbursed. Members questioned whether mileage is reimbursed when staff travel to distant charter schools and whether those costs can be isolated in district budgets; the response was that practices vary by district and are not usually broken out by special education function. Several members argued this makes it difficult to determine the true cost of delivering special education, especially given New Hampshire’s model in which the district of residence pays regardless of where the charter school is located. The chair noted the complexity of the system and compared it to the state’s separate tuition and transportation approach for career and technical education centers.

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• </c> health department and then the health health department and then the health department<00:56:34.160
• </c> uh the Judicial System Operation Fund. uh the Judicial System Operation Fund.
• Is it creating a new health care professions board within the Department of Health?
• It has great health benefits.
• health care services for them.

Keywords: MS Senate Floor - 10 March, 2026; 10:00 AM, 925, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Representative, we have a dock on Lake Sunapee that's part of a big dock-owning operation, but I mean
• but I mean I'm sort of owning operation but I mean I'm sort of uh<00:37:49.480><c> arguing</c><00:37
• </c> this is the way they've been operating this is the way they've been operating for<01:37:13.639><
• So now we're going to charge all permanent personnel operating expenses to this account.
• He's been operating for two years, so there is a fair amount of history there.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The committee met to continue work on House Bill 2, with the chair saying the goal was to finish the bill as given by the governor, though additional amendments were expected. Members first discussed the bail section and agreed to hold it for later because a separate House bail bill was expected on Thursday and could have significant county cost impacts. They also generally accepted the proposed reorganization of positions between Fish and Game, DNCR, and the Department of Environmental Services, but noted the need to review effective dates and funding details, including a possible double appropriation of $275,000 for a scientist position already funded in HB 1. A substantial portion of the meeting focused on environmental review and native plant-related sections moving functions from DNCR to DES. Members discussed changing the rulemaking timeline from 180 days to 90 days, and clarifying that “begin” means the public hearing stage. They also reviewed how fee revenue would shift between agencies in HB 1 so the budget impact would be net zero. The committee indicated it would prepare amendments reflecting these changes and revisit them at a later vote. The longest discussion concerned the boathouse provisions. Members debated whether the new definitions and construction standards were appropriate in a budget bill, with one member arguing they should be in a separate bill, while others said the provisions were urgent because of a lawsuit and the lack of clear guardrails. Concerns included the February 20, 2025 effective date, which some thought might be retroactive, the detailed limits on what may be stored in a boathouse, and a fee increase that some felt could discourage homeowners from seeking permits. The committee also questioned whether the fee structure should be tiered for smaller projects and whether permit-by-notification projects should be exempted. No final votes were taken on these sections during the discussion; instead, members agreed to seek legal and policy answers and to return with amendments and public hearing input before voting.