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• degree, Jonas plans to earn a master's in urban and regional planning at FSU and then attend law school
• Plans to graduate and attend law school, member of Phi Alpha Delta fraternity.
• Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 1470, a bill to be entitled an act relating to school safety.
• This is the school safety package that we passed off the floor.
• before and 30 minutes after a school day begins or ends.

Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a series of member introductions recognizing interns, pages, and a retiring Senate employee. Leadership also announced that budget talks with the House were continuing and that senators should not plan to be in next week, with hopes of sharing more budget news soon. The chamber then moved to third reading and took up a major bill on citizen initiatives and constitutional amendments, with sponsors saying it was needed to address documented petition fraud and to protect the integrity of the process. That bill drew extensive debate. Supporters argued that recent investigations showed widespread fraud in petition gathering, that the measure would add reasonable guardrails, and that it would prevent taxpayer-funded government messaging from being used to influence ballot measures. Opponents said the bill would make it much harder for ordinary Floridians to place amendments on the ballot by adding costs, deadlines, registration requirements, fines, and felony exposure, and they warned it would chill grassroots participation and effectively favor wealthy or corporate-backed campaigns. After debate, the Senate passed the bill 28-10. The Senate then adopted several House amendments and concurred on a series of education and public-safety measures, including bills on stem cell therapy, student-athlete electrocardiograms, cardiac emergency planning in schools, school safety, Bright Futures and other education policy items, and educator preparation. Most of those measures passed unanimously or with overwhelming support, and the chamber also recognized additional interns and a long-serving education advocate before recessing and returning to continue with House messages.

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• University Bloomberg School of Public Medicine. Dr.
• Increase of assaults on teachers, school-related threats, as a result, many parents, teachers, school
• Access to telehealth, mental health services, and public schools.
• It includes also high school students enrolled at the Wyndham School District to be included in the Financial
• Aid for SWIFT Transfer or FAST program, while the Wyndham school students are considered public school

Keywords: legislation, Senate Joint Resolution 40, Senate Bill 871, constitutional amendment, emergency powers, governor authority, legislative oversight

Summary: The meeting focused on several crucial pieces of legislation, notably Senate Joint Resolution 40, which proposed a constitutional amendment to clarify the powers of the governor, the legislature, and the Supreme Court during emergencies. Senator Birdwell presented the resolution, emphasizing the need for legislative involvement during prolonged crises. It garnered broad support, passing with 29 votes in favor and only 1 against. Following this, Senate Bill 871, considered the enabling legislation, was also moved for discussion, with the aim of reinforcing the legislature's authority during emergencies while establishing clear guidelines for the governor's powers.

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• I'm having flashbacks to law school, Senator.
• Originally constructed in 1917 as a high school and most recently renovated in 2013, the building is
• The project now operates at roughly one-third the energy use of a typical K-12 school in Massachusetts
• This was in partnership with Beverly Public Schools and National Grid.
• the EPA has done several rounds of competitive grants for school districts to be able to install the

Committee: Senate Senate Committee on Climate Change and Global Warming

Keywords: 1212, all

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• And we hear that from our school-based health centers.
• And we hear that from our school-based health centers.
• With the Dental Policy Advisory Committee and the school-based, the Connecticut Association, School-Based
• We do have data from Hartford Public Schools and New Haven Public Schools because they run their own.
• We do have data from Hartford Public Schools and New Haven Public Schools because they run their own

Keywords: 962, all

Summary: The Care Management Meeting opened with a DSS update on the PCMH program. Staff reported the program remained steady at 124 practices, 553 sites, and 2,548 providers, with some month-to-month fluctuation driven by practice consolidation, retirements, and a few practices leaving the program because NCQA requirements were burdensome. Members asked about declining provider and site counts, member attribution trends, and whether PCMH practices overlap with behavioral health homes; DSS said attribution changes are largely due to members becoming ineligible, moving, or getting other insurance, and that PCMH and behavioral health homes are separate programs that coordinate informally. The committee also discussed why some smaller practices leave the program and whether the requirements could be made easier to support retention. The committee then resumed a detailed presentation on the Husky Dental program. The presenter described the dental benefit’s history, the importance of preventive oral health, workforce and consolidation pressures in dentistry, and the lack of interoperability between dental and medical records. Network data showed year-over-year declines in enrolled dental practitioners and service locations, with access gaps concentrated in rural and eastern parts of the state. Appointment availability surveys showed average waits of 38 days for adults and 23 days for children, but much longer waits at FQHCs than private fee-for-service practices. The presenter said Connecticut remains above the national median on CMS pediatric dental quality measures, though sealant rates remain a concern, and noted that preventive care is associated with lower per-member costs. Members raised concerns about provider participation, large practices dropping Medicaid, mobile dental care, and whether the public directory accurately reflects which dentists are actually accepting new patients. The presenter said the plan uses secret-shopper calls, tracks appointment availability, and has begun using place-of-service coding to better identify school-based dental care. She also noted a new MOU with 20 Head Start programs to share data and provide oral health literacy and navigation support. The final major topic was implementation planning for HR1. DSS said CMS guidance was expected in early June and proposed using upcoming meetings to cover medical frailty, communication strategy, and data integration/ex parte verification. Committee members urged the department to create a dashboard to track disenrollments and other impacts of HR1, to build a process for complaints and problem resolution, and to think through cost-sharing, caregiver verification, exemptions, and notices. Members also asked about using existing eligibility structures such as the working-disabled program as a model. The committee agreed to move the next meeting to June 10 by Zoom, with the agenda to be circulated in advance and any PCMH Plus quality data shared if available.

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• district or public charter school.
• Senators, this legislation is an important addition to the school facilities fund.
• As we all know, there are funds that go to schools, and they're structured as sort of a waterfall.
• This creates consistency, senators, compared to what other charter schools are allowed to do.
• It allows more choice, better for school districts, and for parents.

Keywords: 989, all

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• Okay, you need to go to school.” So I did.
• Okay, you need to go to school.” So I did.
• They don't go to school to learn how to do dentures.
• They don't go to school to learn how to do dentures.
• That's what I went to school for.

Committee: House Health and Welfare

Keywords: 989, all

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• I understand the difficulty if we start cutting schools, if we start cutting counties.
• If that is your choice, for those that choose to go to a private school, public school, two-year school
• , you've got to go to school somewhere in Oklahoma.
• If that is your choice, for those that choose to go to a private school, public school, two-year school
• , you've got to go to school somewhere in Oklahoma.

Bills: HJR1024 , SB1316 , SB1491 , SB1552 , SB1679 , SB1877 , SB2040 , SB2133 , SB2153 , SB2174 , SB2180 , SB227 , SJR39 , SJR47 , SJR48

Committee: Senate Rules

Keywords: Judicial Nominating Commission, congressional districts, terms of office, Oklahoma Constitution, legal qualifications, political party restrictions, family ties, administrative rules, sunset provision, state agencies, regulatory review, legislative oversight, presidential electors, vacancies, oath of office, political party, elections, county home rule charter, home rule, county government

Summary: The Senate Rules Committee met and first laid over Senate Bill 2133 and skipped several bills because the Pro Tem and Senator Hall were not present. The committee then took up Senate Bill 1552, which would expand an option for very large counties to adopt local charters; an amendment was adopted to raise the population thresholds so the bill would apply only to future growth. After discussion that the measure was optional and not a mandate, the bill passed 12-7. The committee also passed SJR 39, a proposed constitutional amendment to lower the cap on annual increases in property tax assessed value from 3% to 1% for homestead and agricultural property and from 5% to 3% for other property, despite opposition that it would worsen funding pressures and create inequities between long-term owners and new buyers. SJR 47, moving voter ID requirements into the Constitution, and SJR 48, changing how the state handles ad valorem reimbursement for tax-incentive projects, both passed 16-2. The committee next passed Senate Bill 1491, which requires replacement presidential electors to take the same oath as the original slate, and Senate Bill 2174, which changes the membership mix of the State Fire Marshal Commission to include more business-oriented voices; both measures drew little opposition and passed overwhelmingly. Senate Bill 1877 also passed unanimously; it creates a centralized reporting system for 510 reports, with members noting it should have no fiscal impact because an existing state filing system would be used. House Joint Resolution 1024, which revises the Judicial Nominating Commission by removing certain lawyer/non-lawyer and party-balance restrictions and capping service at 12 consecutive years, passed after significant debate over judicial independence and political influence. The committee then approved Senate Bill 2040, which updates the Tulsa Reconciliation Education Scholarship Program by simplifying eligibility rules, changing the income cap to $128,000 and indexing it to inflation, and clarifying that unused funds may still be used for room, board, and books; supporters said it preserves a long-standing scholarship with no fiscal impact. Senate Bill 1316 passed 17-1 and would require agencies to periodically sunset a percentage of administrative rules, though the author said he may lengthen the cycle after reviewing other states’ models. Senate Bill 1679, the Preserving Oklahoma Values Act, passed 16-2 after debate over its references to foreign law and Judeo-Christian Western values; supporters said it protects due process and equal protection, while opponents warned it could marginalize other faith traditions and create legal uncertainty. Finally, the committee passed Senate Bill 227, clarifying which oil and gas facilities are exempt from ad valorem tax and ensuring flow lines, gathering lines, and injection wells are treated consistently; Senate Bill 2153, directing state agencies to use the terms Judea and Samaria instead of West Bank in official documents; and Senate Bill 2180, a transparency measure on foreign lobbying that was amended before passing 17-0. The meeting then adjourned.

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• They continue to burden drivers, adding unnecessary costs to something as basic as getting to work, school
• And school districts do that all the time.
• And school districts do that all the time.
• :31.800><c> already</c><00:15:32.080><c> do,</c> do what school districts already do, do what school
• school districts do that all the time. time. time.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Summary: Minnesota Senate Republicans held a press conference unveiling a package of affordability and tax-relief bills aimed at property taxes, taxes on tips and overtime, and vehicle registration costs. Leader Mark Johnson said the proposals were meant to counter rising costs for wages, homeownership, and driving, and argued that Democrats’ policies had made life more expensive. Several senators echoed that theme, saying Minnesotans need immediate relief and that the state has room to act because of a reported surplus. Senator Michael Kunesh described a property-tax cap bill that would limit increases for cities and counties to inflation plus 50% of population growth, with higher increases requiring voter approval. He said constituents, including seniors, a disabled veteran, and young people, are seeing unsustainable property-tax hikes, and he argued that state and federal mandates have driven local costs. In response to a question about added county workload from federal SNAP and Medicaid changes, he said the solution is both to pause new mandates and to cap property-tax growth. Senator Karin Housley outlined a proposal to end state taxes on tips and overtime, with deductions up to $25,000 for tips and $12,500 for overtime, phased out at $150,000 for individuals and $300,000 for families. She said the measure would help workers keep more of what they earn and would not cost small businesses directly. Senator John Jasinski proposed rolling back vehicle registration tab fees to pre-2023 levels, saying Minnesota’s fees are far higher than neighboring states and that the change would save drivers money over time. Senator Julia Coleman also supported the package, saying the bills would provide practical relief for families facing high housing, driving, and work-related costs. No votes were taken; the event ended with questions from reporters about fiscal impacts, offsets, and whether the proposals would worsen the state’s structural budget imbalance.

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• Today, Isabella is a junior at DuPont Manual High School and I never have a microphone without taking
• . school. school.
• </c><00:04:57.360><c> and</c> junior at DuPont Manual High School and junior at DuPont Manual High School
• </c> editor-inchief position at her school editor-inchief position at her school publication<00:05:21.520
• </c><00:20:07.840><c> or</c> uh really graduated from high school or uh really graduated from high school

Committee: Senate Families & Children

Keywords: 958, all

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• They're going to have grown up with AI through their middle school and high school years.
• And I was home schooled through elementary school, then attended very toss a private university model
• school before doing rolling in St.
• the fallen. 25 and this isn't limited to our school districts.
• So students in Florida's middle and high schools can learn about nursing.

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• Shawna, do you remember if my DLA had to step down from the school board to be able to be hired?
• A school district would not be part of the Big Four.
• As everyone knows, I've been on the school board longer than I have in the legislature.
• If it was a prerequisite for me to step off the school board to Be a part of the legislature, I would
• School Board could serve, but don't we still have the same problem with the appearance?

Committee: House Legislative Council

Transcript Highlights:

• Welcome, Gideon-Hausner School. Welcome, welcome.
• Welcome, Gideon-Hausner School. Welcome, welcome. Welcome, welcome.
• First up is Big Valley Junior High School. They're up in the gallery. If you guys could stand up.
• those policies—policies that were generated from assimilation policies from boarding schools.
• that already exist in the insurance market available for school-provided plans.

Summary: The Assembly met after a quorum call, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, approved routine procedural motions, and recognized several guest groups, including First Five California, a fourth-grade class from Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School, visitors from Modoc and Lassen counties, and representatives from the Port of Long Beach. The chamber then moved through second reading and concurrence items, with most bills and resolutions being read, deemed adopted, or passed on file without debate. The main floor action centered on ACR 39, designating May 2025 as Missing and Murdered Indigenous People Awareness Month. Assembly Member Ramos and many caucus members spoke in strong support, describing the crisis as a state of emergency and emphasizing violence against Native women, girls, and two-spirit people, the need for better data collection, agency coordination, tribal sovereignty, and continued action beyond symbolic recognition. The resolution passed concurrence with 67 ayes and 0 noes. The Assembly also passed a series of bills on topics including classified school employee pay stubs (AB 374), allowing voucher preferences in housing (AB 282), authorizing nurse practitioners to sign death certificates (AB 583), student health insurance protections (AB 594), local housing pre-approval programs (AB 1206), veterans education program administration (AB 1509), expanding the Family Urgent Response System (AB 898), Star Wars Day (H.R. 33), local news sale notice requirements (AB 611), mask-wearing protections in public spaces (AB 1326), a Chula Vista university land-use measure (AB 76), undercover officer record protections (AB 1178), and preservation of Clover Valley in Rocklin (AB 1152). Most passed with broad support, though AB 282 and AB 611 drew some opposition. A major debate occurred on AJR 10, which urged the President to reverse cuts to the U.S. Forest Service. Members from both parties discussed wildfire prevention, forest health, staffing, and federal-state responsibility, with some criticizing the administration and others emphasizing forest management and the need for bipartisan cooperation. The resolution was adopted after a co-author roll and final roll vote of 67 ayes and 0 noes. The chamber then adopted the second-day consent calendar, heard an adjournment in memory for Giovanni “Johnny” of East Side Italian Deli, and adjourned until Monday, May 12, 2025.

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• family medical leave, targeting earned sick and safe time, targeting reproductive rights, universal school
• All these important wins school meals.
• So there's still the inflationary increase in school funding that's not reflected in the $40 million.
• That's really important for the school districts.
• And we think it's important that the schools get additional funding.

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: House Democratic leaders and House Republican leaders announced a compromise set of budget targets reached Friday night, describing it as a numbers-only deal that leaves policy issues aside. They said the targets are the first step in the budget process: House committee chairs will write bills to fit the targets, those bills will go to Ways and Means, and later leaders will negotiate global targets with the governor and Senate. Leaders emphasized that the agreement reflects compromise rather than either party’s ideal budget, and that they will continue talks with Governor Walz and the Senate over the next several weeks. The speakers highlighted what was not included in the deal, saying it does not target paid family and medical leave, earned sick and safe time, reproductive rights, or universal school meals. They said the House priorities that did make it in include housing, education, pensions, public safety, and transportation. On education, they said the compromise provides $40 million in new money in the first biennium for the READ Act and no cuts in either biennium, contrasting that with larger cuts in the governor’s and Senate proposals. They also said schools could still choose to fund unemployment insurance for school workers from existing resources, though it was not earmarked in the targets. Leaders said the agreement leaves room for committee chairs to make choices within the targets, including in health and human services, where they described the target as a reduction in projected growth rather than a cut to existing appropriations. They said the budget plan sets aside discretionary inflation adjustments in the first biennium while preserving inflation indexing for items like the K-12 formula. They also said the deal improves the state’s long-term balance, with a projected $1.6 billion balance in the first biennium and a $1.3 billion deficit in the second, and that the House’s numbers do not include the same revenue assumptions as the governor’s and Senate’s plans. In questions, leaders said conference committees will require majority support from both House and Senate conferees, and that the House will send equal numbers of Democratic and Republican conferees. They said the bonding bill size is still under discussion, but the adopted numbers would allow for roughly a $700 million general obligation bill. They also said large state spending for professional sports facilities is likely over, and explained that the press conference was held without Republican leaders for logistical reasons after the deal was reached late Friday.

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• And we've been doing that by keeping our price unchanged, by pushing to try and get poi into the school
• And the funny thing is I presented to this entrepreneurship class at K schools just the other week, and
• And we've been doing that by keeping our price unchanged, by pushing to try and get poi into the school
• And the funny thing is I presented to this entrepreneurship class at K schools just the other week, and
• so that we can get POI into the school so that we can grow<00:10:23.920><c> our</c><00:10:24.920><c>

Committee: Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The joint Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection and Economic Development and Tourism committees heard S.B. 890, which would have prohibited the sale, display, or marketing of products labeled as poi unless wholly derived from Hawaii-grown taro. The Attorney General’s Office raised Commerce Clause and free speech concerns, and the Department of Agriculture offered support with comments. Testimony was mixed: several individuals and organizations supported the bill as a way to protect the cultural integrity and purity of poi and support local taro farmers, while an industry representative opposed the bill as written, arguing that poi is a process, that the language was too restrictive, and that the industry already faces taro shortages and supply variability. Committee members also discussed the limited supply of local kalo, the use of imported taro for tabletop products, and the need to expand production. After testimony, the committees recommended passing S.B. 890 with amendments. The amendment package would convert the measure from a prohibition to a labeling requirement so poi made with ingredients from outside Hawaii must be labeled with the origins of those ingredients, remove references specifically to taro to accommodate other ingredients, add a severability clause, and set a defective date of July 1, 2050. The measure was adopted, with one senator voting with reservations and the rest voting aye. The committees then took up previously heard measures. S.B. 281, relating to telehealth, was recommended for passage with amendments to reinstate an opt-out from video conferencing in the definition of interactive telecommunications software; it was adopted. S.B. 1449, relating to prior authorization of health care services, was recommended for passage unamended and was also adopted.

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• Here's what this initiative protected: It applied fingerprint clearance cards to private schools who
• legislature should be working to protect children, no matter if they're in a public or a private school
• It would have reverted those dollars back to the general fund so that they can pay for public school
• to send their children to private school.
• by lining the pockets of those families who can already afford to send their children to private school

Committee: Joint Legislative Council

Summary: The Arizona Legislative Council met to revise the adopted analysis for Proposition 212, the Protect Education Act, after the Arizona Supreme Court issued a ruling that would remove the measure from the ballot. Staff presented a revised draft analysis, explaining that the only changes were on page one and that the revised text was intended to comply with the court order and state law. One member of the public testified, saying she was neutral on the revision but questioned whether a sentence was necessary and urged that the analysis remain unchanged so voters could still consider the initiative. Members then debated the prior analysis and the court ruling. Democratic members argued the earlier language was biased, argumentative, and unlawful, and said the committee had to fix language the court found improper. Republican members responded that passing a law later ruled unconstitutional is not itself illegal and criticized the discussion as partisan. One member also argued that the revised analysis still contained other biased references, including language about severability and the funding source. The motion to adopt the revised analysis passed on a roll call vote of 7 ayes, 6 noes, and 1 not voting. During the vote explanation, one senator opposed the measure, arguing the initiative would have added guardrails to ESA voucher spending, restricted luxury purchases, required fingerprint clearance cards for private schools and tutors receiving ESA funds, and returned unused funds to the general fund. The committee then adjourned.

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• Madam Chair, members, HB 4005, Artificial Intelligence Course Public Schools, passed the Senate 16...
• Artificial intelligence course public schools passed the Senate 16-13 on a party-line vote.
• The bill as passed the House requires each school district to offer instruction on the ethical, moral
• for public school districts only. ...to remove charter schools, so it is specifically for public school
• In the Senate, they amended it to replace the requirement for each school district to offer this instruction

Keywords: 1182, all

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• This bill also establishes a permanent and ongoing aid to school districts, 36 of the school districts
• and<00:03:01.959><c> ongoing</c><00:03:02.600><c> aid</c><00:03:03.519><c> to</c><00:03:03.680><c> school
• </c><00:03:03.959><c> districts</c><00:03:04.480><c> to</c> and ongoing aid to school districts to and
• ongoing aid to school districts to 36 36 36 of<00:03:06.200><c> the</c><00:03:06.320><c> school</c><
• districts out of 330 in of the school districts out of 330 in the<00:03:08.280><c> state.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• accountability, clarifying regulation, updating outdated terminology, and ensuring before- and after-school
• Let's take up tab 1, SB 182 on school teacher training and mentoring programs by Senator Jones.
• This strike-all aligns the bill with the House companion and refocuses the school teacher training and
• mentoring program on campuses with the greatest need by limiting mentor placements to schools earning
• a grade of D or F and expanding participation to allow both school districts and charter schools to

Committee: Senate Education Pre-K - 12

Keywords: 999, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Committee on Education Pre-K through 12 considered three bills. SB 1318, relating to the Florida tax credit scholarship program, made a technical clarification that any remaining funds in a closed scholarship account revert but do not revert to the state; it passed favorably without debate. The committee then took up CS for SB 1690 on child care and early learning services, which updates child care laws, improves transparency and accountability, and clarifies rulemaking authority through an adopted amendment shifting rulemaking language to the State Board of Education. During discussion, Senator Berman raised a question about removing a parent-notification requirement related to leaving children in vehicles, and the sponsor agreed to follow up. The committee reported the bill favorably after the amendment was adopted. The committee also considered SB 182 on school teacher training and mentoring programs. A strike-all amendment aligned the bill with the House companion and narrowed mentor placements to D- and F-rated schools, expanded participation to districts and charter schools, tightened mentor qualifications, authorized stipends up to $3,000, and allowed use of educational enrichment allocation funds. Two appearance forms were filed in support, and the bill was reported favorably after the amendment was adopted. At the end of the meeting, the chair thanked staff and recognized Kathy Missouri for her last committee meeting, with members applauding her service. Senators later requested to be recorded as voting in the affirmative on the bills, and the committee adjourned.

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• I'm a public school teacher.
• My name is Gabrielle Hill, and I go to school at Coeur d'Alene Charter Academy.
• I keep trying to retire, but I ended up going back to school and just finished my master's degree in
• She's 15, a freshman in high school. And I'm excited to be here.
• She's 15, freshman in high school. And I'm excited to be here.

Summary: The meeting was a brief introductory session for a legislative committee with a new member present. Members and one student participant introduced themselves, sharing their districts, professional backgrounds, prior committee assignments, and a few personal updates. Several members noted their interest in issues likely to come before the committee, including technology, health and welfare, commerce, education, and nuclear-related matters tied to the Idaho National Laboratory. A short discussion followed about whether artificial intelligence legislation might be assigned to this committee. The chair said such issues have traditionally gone to State Affairs, but he was open to asking leadership to route more technology-related bills to this committee, including AI proposals, if they arise. Representative Ilana Rubel then introduced herself, noting her Southeast Boise district and her background as an intellectual property attorney with experience in technology law. No bills were heard, no testimony was taken beyond introductions, and no votes were held. The chair closed the meeting after the introductions and discussion of possible future committee jurisdiction.

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• Today we are joined by the Reading School of the Arts, a new charter high school in my district that
• The early college high school model allows students to earn both a high school diploma and college credit
• They offer a positive small school environment where students can continue to pursue their love of the
• They are from Hopkins Middle School from Fremont in my district.
• Please welcome Hopkins Middle School National Science Bowl team to the State Assembly. Thank you.

Keywords: 988, house, all