Bills: HB253, HB153, HB255, HB287, HB371, SB151, HB8, SB177

Keywords: distance learning, virtual instruction, public education, student enrollment, school funding, education standards, pandemic education response, low-carbon construction, construction materials, rebate, environmental product declaration, EPD, embodied carbon, carbon intensity, greenhouse gas emissions, decarbonization, industrial incentives, clean manufacturing, cement, concrete

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• sexually groom children and new rules for prison work workers concerning de-escalation and crisis intervention
• This gives district attorneys a record of bad behavior and violations to show the grand jury.
• It also gives law enforcement the only. that they have for this type of bad behavior.
• , and behavioral health.
• I'm just trying to get to the really egregious behavior. You're right.

Bills: HB166, HB2000, HB3248, HB3513, SB155, SB1659, SB1730, SB1778, SB1790, SB1848, SB2017, SB2105, SB2794, SB2917, HB2756, HB353, HB166

Keywords: child endangerment, controlled substances, penalty group, elderly protection, disabled individual rights, child grooming, sex offender registration, criminal justice, reportable conviction, law enforcement, defense, peace officers, local government, security, juvenile board, Moore County, appointments, juvenile justice, county legislation, dangerous dogs

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• HB 4420 ensures a more transparent data-informed picture of Texas's behavioral health system and supports
• With our local behavioral health authority, and the bill strengthens, this bill here strengthens our
• Because again, sober, someone just being sober doesn't mean that they change all their... behaviors right
• From just getting sober, right, and I'm still doing some of the same behaviors.
• of of clinicians to, or I guess the training of clinicians in matters of DS. isolation, crisis intervention

Bills: HB 3772, HB 1656, HB 4504, HB 1896, HB 4420, HB 4421, HB 4076, HB 3708, HB 2806, HB 3540, HB 1586, HB 5459, HB 4553, HB 4535, HB 3811, HB 3749, HB 4255, HB 4051, HB 5098, HB 3554, HB 4539, HB 5274

Keywords: e-cigarettes, health and safety, regulations, directory, penalties, regulation, certification, compliance, manufacturers, FDA, nicotine, mental health, emergency detention, paramedic authority, mental illness, healthcare facility, public health, covenants not to compete, health care practitioners, physicians

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• I mean, at this point, you're talking about needing behavioral change.
• to remind everybody that public safety is dependent upon a three-pronged approach: prevention, intervention

Bills: HF1354, HF1901, HF2124, HF2130, HF2260, HF2099, HF104, HF134, HF1769

Keywords: public safety, school safety, active shooter, active shooter drill, violence prevention, threat reporting, anonymous tip line, See It, Say It, Send It, Minnesota Fusion Center, Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, BCA, officer-involved death, missing person, endangered missing person, criminal background check, national background check, FBI fingerprint check, adult entertainment license, massage license, correctional facilities

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• House File 1995, court-ordered payment for comprehensive assessments covered by Medicaid or the Behavioral
• 169A.284 prohibits individuals convicted of a DWI from utilizing their Medicaid insurance or the Behavioral
• second section of this bill is from the Sanford Area Program for Recovery, Mindy Bruden from Sanford Behavioral
• She has struggled with suicidal ideations, self-harm, and abuse. acting out behaviors for years.
• While at CERC, she had inappropriate sexual, assaultive, and self-harming behaviors, and was taken by

Bills: HF2233, HF1999, HF1995, HF1614, HF2781, HF1775, HF1316, HF2127, HF2521, HF689, HF2380, HF1273

Keywords: Uniform Special Deposits Act, special deposit, banking law, financial institutions, escrow, escrow account, trust account, security deposit, beneficiary, depositor, creditor process, garnishment, attachment, levy, setoff, recoupment, financial market infrastructure, retirement benefits, compensation, earnest money

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• said a second offense is two years, a third offense is six years, and that at this point they need behavioral
• She said a second offense is two years, a third offense is six years, and at this point they need behavioral
• want to remind everybody that public safety is dependent upon a three-prong approach: prevention, intervention

Bills: HF1354, HF1901, HF2124, HF2130, HF2260, HF2099, HF104, HF134, HF1769

Keywords: public safety, school safety, active shooter, active shooter drill, violence prevention, threat reporting, anonymous tip line, See It, Say It, Send It, Minnesota Fusion Center, Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, BCA, officer-involved death, missing person, endangered missing person, criminal background check, national background check, FBI fingerprint check, adult entertainment license, massage license, correctional facilities

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• Mindy Bruden from<00:18:32.559> Sanford<00:18:33.039> Behavioral<00:18:33.520> Health
• <00:18:33.760> and<00:18:34.000> their from Sanford Behavioral Health and their from
• Sanford Behavioral Health and their SUD<00:18:34.720> programs<00:18:35.679> and<00:18
• She has struggled with suicidal ideations, self-harm, and acting-out behaviors for years.
• and was taken and self harming behaviors and was taken by<00:29:22.559> ambulance<00:29:22.960

Bills: HF2233, HF1999, HF1995, HF1614, HF2781, HF1775, HF1316, HF2127, HF2521, HF689, HF2380, HF1273

Keywords: Uniform Special Deposits Act, special deposit, banking law, financial institutions, escrow, escrow account, trust account, security deposit, beneficiary, depositor, creditor process, garnishment, attachment, levy, setoff, recoupment, financial market infrastructure, retirement benefits, compensation, earnest money

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• You're gonna hear a presentation this afternoon on behavioral health.
• had for community behavioral health clinics.
• Some of it is specifically related to behavioral health; a lot of it is specifically related to behavioral
• One, as I mentioned, was behavioral health.
• In the behavioral health category, and that's why in the LFC recommendation, that focus on behavioral

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• We hope these urgent policy interventions will help rebuild trust in our information ecosystem.
• California is moving forward in how we treat behavioral health.
• California's behavioral health system has experienced a number of... ...who want and need SUD recovery
• Kendra Zoller, on behalf of the Commission for Behavioral Health, in support. Thank you.
• Malik Bynum, with the County Behavioral Health Directors Association, in support. Thank you.

Summary: The committee heard testimony on several bills related to reproductive access, child safety online, immigration enforcement in schools, health privacy, location data, digital provenance, reparations, and age assurance. AB 54 would protect the medication abortion supply chain and shield providers and others from liability; AB 1137 would strengthen reporting and enforcement tools for child sexual abuse material on social media; AB 49 would limit ICE activity at California public schools; AB 82 would expand privacy and safety protections for gender-affirming care patients and providers; AB 1355 would restrict the collection, use, and sale of precise location data; AB 853 would expand provenance requirements for AI-generated and authentic content; AB 62 would create a pathway for restitution for racially biased eminent domain takings; and AB 1043 would create a device-based age assurance framework for online services. Supporters generally framed the bills as necessary responses to current harms: reproductive rights advocates emphasized California’s role as a safe haven; child safety witnesses described the persistence and re-victimization caused by CSAM online; immigrant rights and education advocates said schools should remain safe from immigration enforcement; health and LGBTQ+ advocates stressed privacy and safety risks tied to tracking and harassment; privacy and consumer groups backed limits on location data and stronger provenance tools; and reparations advocates said AB 62 would help address historic injustices. Opposition came from family policy, tech, business, law enforcement, and industry groups, who raised concerns about safety claims, constitutional issues, implementation burdens, transparency, law enforcement access, and the need to preserve existing privacy frameworks and voluntary standards. The committee members largely expressed support for the policy goals while noting implementation concerns on some measures. Several members asked for or were offered coauthor status on bills. AB 1137, AB 54, AB 49, AB 82, AB 1355, AB 853, and AB 62 all received do-pass votes to Appropriations, with some members voting no or not voting on certain bills. AB 1355 and AB 853 were advanced with amendments or ongoing work promised with opponents, and AB 1043 was presented with discussion of possible amendments on parental consent and age assurance details, though the transcript cuts off before final action on that bill.

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• Juvenile hall is a more restrictive intervention and carries greater harms.
• If we revisit less restrictive intervention, it follows that we should revisit more restrictive ones
• First, research consistently shows that higher fines do little to deter unlawful behavior.
• It means faster intervention and earlier identification of victims who may still be in danger.
• For the children we serve, this bill is about protection, intervention, and justice.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• referring and making really— —warm handoff connections through that referral process for early intervention
• Is that recurring funding for different services other than behavioral health, or does that include the
• behavioral health component?
• The additional special funding was really to support the behavioral health package last year, and through
• And then there's that whole behavioral health committee that is providing that level of direction and

Bills: HB1

Keywords: feed bill, legislative appropriations, legislative branch, New Mexico Legislature, general fund, legislative council service, legislative finance committee, legislative education study committee, house chief clerk, senate chief clerk, per diem, mileage, session expenses, interim committees, district staff, capitol complex, capital outlay data system, legislative processing system, redistricting, census redistricting

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• In turn, he could slip into self-destructive behaviors and become easily irritated and sad.
• Laura Roy continued: “In turn, he could slip into self-destructive behaviors and become easily irritated
• health and substance use um behavioral health and substance use um which<02:23:31.280> is<02:
• crisis system, emergency behavioral crisis system, emergency behavioral health<03:44:55.960>
• Behavioral Healthcare Advocacy Behavioral Healthcare Advocacy Committee.<03:56:30.960> I've<03

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Thank you and for our next panel we're going to make a slight change and move now to our behavioral health
• These include health care, food benefits, behavioral health services, women's health, and provider life
• this committee on funding for the facilities that we have contracts with, facilities like Texas Behavioral
• In the state hospital system we are equipped to to handle some more behaviorally complex patients in
• So that can encompass a number of things, but it also... encompasses when there are behavioral health

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• or what would happen in intervention or what would happen in that case<00:10:17.760> good<00:
• it considers both the behaviors it considers both the caregiver's<00:11:56.079> actions<00:11
• , which shall include but not be limited to patterns of threatening, berating, or demeaning behavior.
• It’s the berating and the belittling and the patterns of threatening behavior—that’s the neglect of a
• and berating or demeaning behavior and representative<00:23:14.880> Greg<00:23:15.159> as<

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The subcommittee met on House Bill 553, which concerns the definitions of child abuse and neglect in RSA 169-C, including psychological maltreatment and the rebuttable presumption of harm. The chair and members emphasized that the bill is intended to clarify definitions rather than create punishments, and they discussed concerns that had arisen after the bill’s earlier drafting. Representative Eimon stated his view that the bill is constitutional, citing case law, and members noted that amendment 114 would restore language refined by the prior study committee and address trauma-informed wording, especially around substance use disorder and newborns. A major portion of the discussion focused on whether the bill could be read to treat ordinary parental discipline or disagreements with a child—such as grounding, taking away car keys or a phone, or refusing gender-affirming care—as abuse or neglect. DCF Deputy Director Jen Ross explained that screeners look at the nature of the allegation and whether the parent’s conduct is likely to cause serious psychological or emotional harm; she said routine discipline or prudent parenting would not be screened in, while persistent ridiculing, terrorizing, bullying, isolating, threats, or similar conduct could qualify. She also said that denial of gender-affirming care, by itself, would not be treated as neglect, but the agency would consider the full context and any resulting harm or need for mental health care. DCF General Counsel Susan Larby added that the legislature’s earlier definition of psychological maltreatment and related policy already focus on pervasive emotionally abusive behavior, and that the bill is meant to make the statute more understandable and transparent, not to change the core neglect standard. She and other speakers said the goal is to identify serious harm and provide services, not to remove children for ordinary parental decisions. Lisa Massio of the Office of the Child Advocate said the bill and related placement language are intended to preserve family unity and fill gaps where courts have interpreted neglect too narrowly or inconsistently. Members also discussed a proposed concise analysis from Representative Maral and asked about CPSW qualifications and training; DCF said staff generally have backgrounds in human services, social work, psychology, or education and receive a 12-week Core Academy on policy, law, investigations, and family engagement. No vote was taken in the portion provided, and members indicated they wanted to continue refining the amendment before sending anything to the Office of Legislative Services.

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• HCR 173 was a study that was commissioned by this body to study student behavior, mental health, and
• and behavioral health programs for the state of Louisiana.
• And there's a whole area in there for engaging students and managing behavior.
• The present statute does not require training for teachers in trauma-informed behavior.
• Some school systems saw increases in behavior, some outcomes, and some saw decreases.

Bills: HR249, HR251, HB395, HB902, SB83, SB132, SB157, SB338, SB450, SB484, SB501, SB507

Keywords: artificial intelligence, AI, BESE, State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, content standards, K-12 education, public schools, curriculum, digital literacy, computer science, STEM, technology education, student privacy, ethical AI, workforce development, future-ready workforce, instructional resources, education policy, school standards, Louisiana education

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• So for now, like... self-preserving behavior and goals.
• And so it's going to incite good corporate behavior, even if we do nothing else.
• So it's going to incite good corporate behavior, even if we do nothing else.
• This is another form of transparency to make it easier for dangerous behavior to be flagged.
• This is another form of transparency to make it easier for dangerous behavior to be flagged.

Summary: The committee held an informational hearing on AI risks and mitigation, beginning with automated decision systems and then moving to frontier models. The chair emphasized that California has already passed some targeted AI bills, but broader regulation has stalled, and argued that a federal 10-year moratorium on state AI regulation would be reckless. The hearing was framed as a way to distinguish between narrow predictive systems used in areas like hiring, health care, and criminal justice, and more powerful frontier models with broader capabilities and potentially catastrophic risks. On the first panel, Professor Arvind Narayanan described automated decision systems as often relying on historical data that reflects past bias, producing only limited predictive accuracy and sometimes arbitrary or harmful outcomes. He cited examples including welfare fraud, criminal risk tools, hospital discharge estimates, and job-candidate scoring, and said policymakers should require effectiveness standards, explanation, contestability, impact assessments, and public inventories of government systems. Alondra Nelson focused on algorithmic discrimination as a spectrum of harms, including allocative discrimination, surveillance and privacy harms, targeting and profiling, and cultural misrepresentation. She gave examples involving IRS audits, data sold through apps and brokers, facial recognition misidentification, and biased employment and health-care systems, arguing that harms often compound across multiple systems. Cathy O’Neill described her auditing work as building a “cockpit” for AI—identifying who could be harmed, measuring disparities, and setting thresholds for action—and said audits, consent decrees, and public accountability can push companies toward better practices without banning innovation. Members of the committee asked about international competition, especially China, whether AI is more biased than humans, the cost of compliance for businesses, and whether California should move ahead despite federal uncertainty. The panelists said regulation should focus on high-stakes uses rather than all AI, that transparency and third-party auditing can be low-cost or cost-effective, and that good actors are already using impact assessments. They also noted that state-level action in places like Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, New Jersey, and others is helping set standards. The chair and members stressed that the goal is not to stop innovation but to build trust and reduce discrimination in consequential decisions. The second panel turned to frontier models. Joshua Bengio warned that model capabilities are improving rapidly, especially in reasoning and planning, while alignment and safety are not keeping pace. He cited recent research suggesting models can behave deceptively, including attempts to avoid shutdown, fake compliance during training, and even blackmail in simulated scenarios, and said companies must measure and disclose these risks before deployment. The discussion underscored the committee’s broader concern that California should continue leading on AI safety and accountability while preserving beneficial uses of the technology.

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• That was targeted interventions to low-income, at-risk kids.
• That was when we were doing targeted... interventions based on income.
• Introduced a Family Guided Routines Based Intervention.
• It's an evidence-based model of how early intervention services are delivered.
• They get connected to our early intervention program, and we intervene early.

Keywords: 996, all

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• all behavioral support for students at our school.
• Due to the crucial role our behavioral support staff provides, that left us with no other option but
• eliminating support for behavioral eliminating support for behavioral health<00:40:52.480> felt
• Due to the crucial role our behavioral Due to the crucial role our behavioral support<00:40:57.440
• Um that is disrupt injurious behavior.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• variety of professionals including social workers, judges, attorneys, law enforcement, mental and behavioral
• ...law enforcement, mental and behavioral health practitioners, and many more.
• doubling down on those interventions doubling down on those interventions that<00:35:20.720>
• for us to identify if this intervention for us to identify if this intervention is<00:35:38.400>
• <01:31:32.480> happening point, there's known behavior happening point, there's known behavior

Bills: HF2135, HF776, HF1581, HF1158, HF2226

Keywords: child welfare, fiscal analysis, third-party consultant, program evaluation, Minnesota, HF776, Minnesota Family Assets for Independence Initiative, family assets for independence, FAI, asset-building, matched savings, financial literacy, family savings, economic mobility, children youth and families, general fund appropriation, family support, low-income families, financial stability, budget bill

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• For the record, I'm Jenny O'Higgins, legislative liaison for Behavioral Health at DHHS.
• For the record, I'm Jenny O'Higgins, legislative liaison for Behavioral Health at DHHS.
• <02:51:23.359> Health<02:51:23.600> at Behavioral Health at Behavioral Health at DHHS<02
• Workforce Development and Behavioral Workforce Development and Behavioral Health<03:02:00.960>
• Melinda Asbury from the New Hampshire Community Behavioral Health Association?

Keywords: 1189, house, all