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• We want to increase extraction of victims from trafficking by 40% after an Operation Rahab program.
• signs and symptoms of the operational workflow that we use at our facility.
• So they get a couple hours of me just talking to them about what these things look like and what they
• for medical care, this is a lot of eyes on them and their operations and people are questioning.
• The state of Louisiana also, LaFASA, has a 24-hour crisis line.

Keywords: 965, house, all

Summary: The first meeting of the Human Trafficking and Emergency Department Task Force focused on implementing Act 267 of 2025, which created the body to develop a statewide human trafficking protocol to be incorporated into regional sexual assault response plans. Chair Rep. Kelly Hennessy Dickerson and Office of Human Trafficking Prevention Director Mary Kate Andrepont outlined the task force’s goal of producing a practical, transferable protocol for hospitals and emergency departments across Louisiana, with help from Heal Trafficking. Members and presenters repeatedly emphasized that the protocol should be trauma-informed, survivor-centered, multidisciplinary, and adaptable to different regions and health systems. Hospital, SANE, and advocacy presenters described current practices and gaps. Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport’s Operation Rahab and FMOLHS’s policies highlighted staff education, badge buddies, private screening, reporting pathways, and coordination with the National Human Trafficking Hotline, law enforcement, DCFS, and local advocates. SANE nurses and forensic staff stressed that most trafficking victims pass through emergency departments and that subtle behavioral indicators, rapport-building, and broad staff education are critical. LaFASA described statewide sexual assault advocacy services, emphasizing 24-hour crisis response, legal support, and the role of advocates in helping survivors understand options and regain control. Child and youth trafficking specialists from DCFS-contracted programs, including Unbound Now and BCFS/Common Thread, explained Louisiana’s Act 662 response for minors, which routes reports into coordinated advocacy and care coordination. They said their teams respond statewide within 90 minutes, provide crisis support, and work with CACs, hospitals, and law enforcement. Members raised concerns about major service gaps, especially for adults, transportation, safe housing, and specialized placements for survivors with disabilities. Presenters also noted that male survivor housing remains limited, though Eden Centers now offers some beds. The task force also reviewed a needs assessment showing many hospitals lack mandatory trafficking training, screening practices, written protocols, and confidence in identifying victims. Members discussed expanding education beyond ED staff to residents, nursing schools, student health, mental health, housekeeping, maintenance, and law enforcement. No formal votes were taken, but the chair said the survey results and testimony would be used to draft a protocol before the next meeting, with a final draft to follow after further review and feedback.

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• So just to kind of put you on notice of what's going on, because we've So just to kind of put you on
• A Quebec blackout of just nine hours cost $13 billion in economic loss. The protection...
• And a lot of times that comes because of the states.
• So it covers a bunch of kinds of payment issues. Okay.
• It covers a bunch of kinds of payment issues. Okay.

Committee: House Commerce, Consumer Protection, and International Affairs

Summary: The committee began by deferring six bills en bloc, then took up House Bill 1103, which would exempt certain industrial facility construction or improvement projects—especially aerospace-related facilities—from some local permitting requirements. Supporters said the goal was to reduce red tape and help Louisiana compete with states like Texas and Florida for aerospace investment, while members raised concerns about safety, home rule authority, and whether fewer permits could reduce oversight. The bill was reported favorably. Members then heard extensive testimony on House Bill 1212, which would require utilities to assess large electric transformers for vulnerability to electromagnetic threats and report findings to GOSEP, with a public version of the report. The sponsor and a retired Marine officer argued the bill was a limited “scoping” measure to identify vulnerabilities to solar storms or EMP attacks and estimate hardening costs; they said the current federal standard is too low and that protection technology exists. Committee members and utility representatives questioned whether the bill duplicated existing federal/NERC requirements, whether the information could create security risks if disclosed, whether the PSC had already studied the issue, and whether the costs would be passed to ratepayers. The PSC said it had previously opened a docket and studied EMP/physical security issues but never issued a final recommendation. After discussion, the sponsor agreed to defer the bill, and the committee deferred HB 1212. The committee then reported several technical or narrower bills favorably: House Bill 241 updated bank records disclosure citations and replaced a reference to the defunct Office of Thrift Supervision with the CFPB; House Bill 1091 shifted local fire departments to direct reporting into the federal emergency response system; and House Bill 1027 extended existing liability protection for real estate agents to licensed appraisers regarding smoke and carbon monoxide detector compliance in one- and two-family homes. Finally, House Bill 1096, dealing with electrical cooperative bylaws and board authority versus member approval, was introduced with testimony from cooperative representatives explaining it was intended to restore member control or allow cooperatives to opt out of the 2012 change that had expanded board authority. The transcript cuts off before final action on HB 1096.

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• with us, many of whom have traveled to join us today, and we want to respect their time and hours.
• I am a proud member and leader of SEIU Local 521 and a clinic operations supervisor at Monterey County
• San Diego County is one of 12 Article 13 counties in the state, meaning that we do not own or operate
• As mentioned, many in California are working low-wage jobs with unstable hours when the cost of living
• California are working low-wage jobs with unstable hours when the cost of living keeps increasing.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• As a 15-year veteran of law enforcement, when seconds count, cops were minutes to an hour away.
• The boat was being operated by one of the other girls.
• Statistics show 80 percent of operators in fatal boating accidents had no formal boater education.
• In 75 percent of Andy Fernandez: those cases, operators were older than 36 years old, a group currently
• David Marco Junior: One third of your rural hospitals in the state are operating at a negative margin

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• As well as the budgetary aspects of the operation.
• Again, this is a very brief and quick overview of the agency and it's operations.
• The majority of my general fund operating budget, about 2 3rds of that, which is about $100 million,
• a number of constituents that let's just say some of these mud boards operate a little more transparently
• Some of the changes with regards to how they operate.

Committee: House Intergovernmental Affairs

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• of a model across the U.S. for these types of provisions.
• You know, I know when you're trying to design a program where the allocation of hours spent to create
• You know, I know when you're trying to design a program where the, you know, allocation of like hours
• spent to create it could be different based on on it. you know, allocation of, like, hours spent to
• OSCA, because of the nature of being a part of the third branch of government, is generally in the same

Committee: House Financial Institutions

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• Any person operating within this restricted airspace will be guilty of a misdemeanor and fined $2,000
• My name is Chad Page and I serve as Chief of Institutions and Operations for the Idaho Department of
• This issue is about the safety of our staff, of those in our custody, and of Idaho communities.
• You can also detect the location of the operator and the drone and the controller, the launch location
• Detected location of the operator and the drone and the controller, the launch location.

Committee: House Judiciary, Rules and Administration

Keywords: 989, all

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• of the entire operating room, including our patients.
• of air we breathe through the removal of this harmful smoke.
• of life to suicide.
• Allen Ackerman, Florida Chapter of the American College of Cardiology. Dr.
• I am chairman of the advocacy committee for the Florida chapter of the American College of Cardiology

Committee: Senate Health Policy

Summary: The Senate Committee on Health Policy met with a quorum and heard five bills. SB 126, on prescription hearing aids, would remove Florida’s prohibition on mailing hearing aids when required tele-audiology testing and procedures are completed before sale. The sponsor said the bill would improve access, especially for people with travel or geographic barriers. The Florida Academy of Audiologists expressed support in concept but said it was still working with the sponsor on an amendment for consumer safety. The committee voted the bill favorably. SB 152 would require hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to adopt policies using smoke evacuation systems during certain surgical procedures. Supporters, including the Florida Nurses Association and several nurses, described surgical smoke as a workplace and patient safety hazard containing harmful chemicals, viruses, bacteria, and other contaminants, and said evacuation technology is available and already required in some settings. The committee voted the bill favorably. SB 264 would expand step-therapy exemptions for severe mental illness, including certain postpartum and pregnancy-related mental health conditions, so physicians would not have to require patients to fail preferred drugs in specified circumstances. Support came from Otsuka Pharmaceuticals, NAMI Florida, and several medical and pharmacy groups, who argued that delays in effective treatment can worsen crises and increase hospital and crisis-care costs. The committee voted the bill favorably. SB 342 would create a public-records exemption for current and former AHCA employees and certain family information, citing threats and harassment directed at inspectors and regulators. President Gaetz said he generally opposes such exemptions but supported this one because the employees are not elected officials and face real safety risks. The committee voted the bill favorably. SB 294 would limit the Board of Pharmacy’s ability to add heart failure, coronary heart disease, and cardiac rhythm disorders to the list of chronic conditions eligible for collaborative pharmacy practice, keeping those conditions under direct physician management. The Florida Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons, Florida Medical Association, and the Florida chapter of the American College of Cardiology supported the bill, while the Florida Society of Health System Pharmacists opposed it. The committee voted the bill favorably. Senator Trumbull asked to be recorded in support of SB 126 and SB 152, and the meeting adjourned without further business.

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• the program, spending countless hours mentoring and inspiring generations of pages who will long remember
• of the State of Minnesota.
• Without real oversight Of the rules, we are in a state of spiral out of control.
• The department oversees the financial operation of grain buying.
• It's because of this anachronistic relic where we skip ahead an hour of time in the spring, and we fall

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• We have no anticipation of taking, you know, more than 24 hours at most, I would think, to be able to
• takes all of that off of you at that point and... ...them.
• You know, it kind of takes all of that off of you at that point and at least puts the committee process
• I think within, like, the first two hours I got a burst pipe in the middle of summer, and then we had
• the first reflection of the success of that work.

Committee: All ALC-STATE INSURANCE PROGRAMS OVERSIGHT SUBCOMMITTEE

Keywords: 1204, all

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• Board of Finance, and Mr.
• We have no anticipation of taking, you know, more than 24 hours at most, I would think, to be able to
• If not, all those in favor of approval of review of items eight and nine on these rules, let it be known
• It is on a contingency fee structure of 20% of any claim recovery obtained pre-suit and 25% of any recovery
• And this is kind of the first reflection of the success of that work. Thank you, Mr. Wallace.

Committee: All ALC-STATE INSURANCE PROGRAMS OVERSIGHT SUBCOMMITTEE

Summary: The State Insurance Programs Oversight Subcommittee met on June 17 and reviewed a series of Employee Benefits Division and Office of Property Risk items. Grant Wallace presented March and April formulary changes, explaining that the updates favored lower-cost generics, re-tiered some drugs, left several new-to-market drugs uncovered pending more evidence, and added quantity limits in some cases. The committee approved those formulary recommendations. The subcommittee also approved a cell and gene therapy policy that would exclude automatic coverage of those therapies and route them through prior authorization and review, with members noting the process should not delay urgent cases and that appeals remain available. Members then discussed a UAMS professional consultant services contract amendment for pharmacy benefit consulting. The discussion focused on confusion over the dollar amount and scope, with Wallace clarifying that the committee was being asked to approve up to $2.596 million, including optional services related to coupon and rebate management that could be used later without returning for another approval. Several members raised concerns about matching the written contract to the approval amount and about the relationship to the current pharmacy benefit manager, but the committee ultimately approved the item with the understanding that any use of the optional services would return to the committee. The committee also reviewed, without objection, a Blue Cross/Blue Advantage third-party administrator contract, a CompSack employee assistance program contract, and approved proposed 2027 employee and public school health plan rates of 9.8% and 4.9% increases, respectively. Wallace also said the UnitedHealthcare rebid was in final negotiation and would return in August. On the property risk side, the committee reviewed permanent rules for the property insurance program, a contingency-fee subrogation contract with Denenberg-Tuffly, and extensions for Sedgwick Claims Management, Actuarial Advantage, and Stevens Capital Management. Members asked about claim-adjustment delays after a major winter storm, and Wallace said performance guarantees and communication requirements had been added, with claims still expected to vary by case. The committee also approved 2026-27 captive insurance program rates, which included no change to minimum deductibles, lower rates for K-12 and higher education, a higher rate for state agencies, and an overall 10% reduction. Wallace said the reductions reflected improved actuarial foundations, better claims management, and the program’s first-year performance. The meeting adjourned after approving the rate item.

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• So, as I was saying, back when I had hair and I was the Vice President in charge of press operations
• I started off as CFO, was EVP of business operations for two years, and then I was president and chief
• operating officer of the franchise for six years, where I had the pleasure of working with Senator Drozdo
• Perlman, and I wanted to have a little bit of an understanding of what were some of the pieces of...
• And when I came through an hour... I'm here in L.A. because of the LA84 Foundation.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• As part of that mission, our board has established a goal of building 300 megawatts of locally sited
• in billions of dollars of savings for all customers.
• Of course, I'm open to a lot of these recommendations.
• What we're missing here, because I think of all of that same philosophy, and because of the lack of consideration
• So even though you sort of get the win of a uniform, you end up with two anyways just because they operate

Summary: The committee heard several energy-related bills, with AB 1715 drawing the most discussion. That bill would require the CPUC to create a searchable database of utility advice letters, protests, responses, and resolutions going back to 2020, and to require utilities to report state, federal, and other public financing so ratepayer savings from loans, grants, and similar funding can be tracked and passed through. The author and TURN said the bill is aimed at transparency, affordability, and preventing double recovery; committee amendments removed some language, and labor said the amendments would remove its opposition. Senators pressed on how “financial benefits” would be defined and whether the bill would require refunds to ratepayers, and the author said the CPUC would determine the details. The bill was later moved out of committee on a do-pass-as-amended vote to Appropriations. AB 1301, a CPUC/Public Utilities Code cleanup bill, was presented as a housekeeping measure to remove obsolete references, align deadlines, eliminate duplicative requirements, and extend the Energy Conservation Assistance Act sunset. The Public Advocates Office and Golden State Power Cooperatives supported it, and the committee advanced it do-pass as amended to Appropriations. AB 2463, which would require the CPUC to disclose the models and analysis used to set utility authorized return on equity, was described as a transparency measure for a process that is currently a “black box.” EDF and the Utility Wildfire Survivor Coalition supported the bill, while members noted the importance of understanding how utility profits are set; it also passed to Appropriations. AB 1813, on community solar and storage, generated substantial debate. The author said the bill is intended to fix a CPUC program that he argued is unworkable and inconsistent with the Legislature’s earlier direction, while supporters including San Diego Community Power, TURN, and many clean energy, labor, and local-government groups said it would make community solar viable for renters and others who cannot install rooftop solar. Opponents, including the Public Advocates Office, Southern California Edison, SDG&E, and PG&E, argued it would raise rates, create cost shifts to non-participating customers, and conflict with a recently adopted CPUC decision. The bill was moved out on a do-pass-as-amended vote to Appropriations, with some senators indicating support but also concern about affordability and pending amendments. AB 2111, which would require the CPUC to plan transmission using multiple demand and resource scenarios instead of a single forecast, was supported as a way to reduce bottlenecks, improve reliability, and avoid costly under-planning as electrification grows. Supporters said better scenario planning would help avoid transmission constraints that block new generation, while the committee raised questions about cost impacts and the role of current CPUC planning processes. The bill passed to Appropriations. The committee also took up AB 2266, which would consolidate related CPUC compliance reporting, require consistent reliability valuation across programs, and direct an evaluation if CAISO uses backstop procurement; supporters said it would reduce confusion and improve consistency, while opponents warned against forcing one valuation method across different resource types. AB 2266 was also moved to Appropriations. Finally, AB 2175 was taken up on consent and advanced without discussion.

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• Then spent nearly 10 years, several million dollars, and thousands of hours inventorying every state
• When our guys are out running their traps, there's a limited number of hours of daylight in the day,
• When our guys are out running their traps, there's a limited number of hours of daylight in the day,
• </c><00:34:43.200><c> of</c> of the Minnesota Association of of the Minnesota Association of Townships
• They spend countless hours policing themselves, training operators, working with kids, and they're the

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The committee heard House File 1012, as amended by the A1 amendment, and the author moved the bill to be laid over for possible inclusion in a future bill. The amendment, adopted on a voice vote, changed the timing for public input in trail planning, removed language on decommissioning trails, and combined the measure with another ATV-fee bill. The author said the bill would unify ATV trail signage policy statewide, align statute with DNR best practices, and not affect the forest trail inventory, existing ATV-accessible miles, or hunting exemptions. Testimony was sharply divided. Supporters, including representatives of the Minnesota Public Lands Coalition, tribal officials from the Max Band and Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, a retired DNR conservation officer, a retired wildlife manager, and the Minnesota Environmental Quality Board, argued the bill would better protect wetlands, wildlife habitat, and culturally significant areas, improve transparency and tribal consultation, and make trail planning and enforcement more workable. The EQB said the amended bill’s rulemaking timeline was more workable, and the DNR described its existing multi-step trail review and consultation process. Opponents, including ATV Minnesota, county commissioners from northern counties, and a representative of the Minnesota Trappers Association, argued the bill would burden or restrict existing trail systems, increase costs, and threaten tourism and local economies. They said current trail development already involves DNR and local review, and that the bill could reduce access for riders, trappers, and other users. In member questions, the author and a Minnesota Association of Townships representative said the bill was intended to codify DNR best practices and bring local governments into the process earlier, while confirming that hunting exemptions were not removed.

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• :05:09.000><c> city</c><00:05:09.360><c> of</c> some of the city of some of the city of Burnsville<00
• </c><00:35:22.960><c> of</c><00:35:23.640><c> um</c><00:35:24.640><c> of</c> areas of of um of areas
• I believe it's in the range of $220 an hour, and right now the court's at $136 an hour, and you're asking
• So there are a lot of good reasons to try to close that gap. hour than they're getting paid now in hour
• That's the equivalent of 70,000 two-hour movies.

Committee: Senate Judiciary and Public Safety

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• of its operational impact.
• each way just for one hour of visitation.
• workers have been held to part-time hours just out of reach of employer-sponsored benefits.
• The vast majority of these civil confinement facilities are privately owned and operated.
• The vast majority of these civil confinement facilities are privately owned and operated.

Committee: Senate Health

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• Continued operation of Diablo without restoration of this fund places a disproportionate burden on those
• of operating the plant safely.
• five years of operation, three-quarters of which would have to be newly developed.
• Of the facility within five years of operation, three-quarters of which would have to be newly developed
• They operate for a few hours, park for the duration of the day, where they can serve as distributed energy

Committee: Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• gambling operators to minimize the perception of danger, we're also going to have a discussion on the
• gambling operators to minimize the perception of danger, we're also going to have a discussion on the
• gambling operators to minimize the perception of danger, we're also going to have a discussion on the
• You can sit in front of a slot machine for hours if you're high on meth.
• </c><01:29:26.719><c> if</c> in front of a slot machine for hours if in front of a slot machine for hours

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• /c> Valley Transit operates 2/3 of all high Valley Transit operates 2/3 of all high subsidy<00:04:55.919
• Some of those rides were an hour and a half to two hours long, standing up because the buses were filled
• The first is based on analysis of actual cost to deliver an hour of service.
• </c><00:45:07.120><c> of</c> actual cost to deliver an hour of actual cost to deliver an hour of service
• Transit</c> of operation for Metro Transit of operation for Metro Transit &gt;&gt; Sure.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• We will be limited to two hours of debate. Mr.
• It's a fever, a serious adverse effect from an abortion pill is a fever of 100.4 for over 24 hours.
• Not just an hour and 15 minutes, an hour and 13 minutes, whatever the clock is at now, worth of consideration
• After two hours of asking for help, she was taken to an off-site emergency room.
• After two hours of asking for help, she was taken to an off-site emergency room.

Keywords: 981, all