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• That could be the result of the warrant status of the driver or an occupant of the vehicle, or it could
• of the driver or an occupant of status of the driver or an occupant of the<00:25:16.399> vehicle<
• from any of the other existing statues from any of the other existing statues it<01:37:33.000>
• <01:37:38.520> that<01:37:38.679> we clarifies statues that we clarifies statues that
• so if I was to have anything the Statue so if I was to have anything that<01:42:22.480> I<01:

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Physicians care for all who live in Massachusetts, regardless of citizenship status.
• Losing immigrants on temporary protected status will be devastating and leave us with enormous vacancies
• The unintended consequences will result in employers and employees being shifted from salary status to
• The unintended consequences will result in employers and employees being shifted from salary status to
• So let's end the second-class legal status of farm workers and provide them with the economic conditions

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development held a hybrid public hearing with testimony on a wide range of labor, workforce, unemployment insurance, apprenticeship, disability services, farm labor, hospital staffing, and workplace harassment bills. Chairs Jake Oliveira and Paul McMurtry outlined hearing procedures, limited testimony to two minutes, and noted written testimony would be accepted after the hearing. Committee members and staff were introduced throughout the session as witnesses arrived in person or remotely. A major portion of the hearing focused on unemployment insurance legislation. Greater Boston Legal Services, the AFL-CIO, and Rep. Joan Meschino supported bills to adjust UI eligibility for workers with fluctuating schedules and to streamline waivers and write-offs for non-fault overpayments, arguing the current system unfairly denies benefits or burdens workers who were not at fault. They also backed bills calling for more oversight and resources for the Division of Unemployment Assistance, citing persistent delays in benefit payments. NFIB opposed the UI changes, warning that the trust fund is headed toward insolvency and arguing the bills would worsen the system’s finances. Rep. Meschino and committee members emphasized that the proposals were meant to protect good-faith claimants and did not apply to fraud. Another large set of bills addressed wages, workforce development, and working conditions. Testimony supported raising and modernizing direct care wages to address severe staffing shortages in human services and disability services, with advocates from the Massachusetts Developmental Disability Council, The Arc of Massachusetts, parents of adults with disabilities, and a direct care worker describing how low pay and turnover harm people needing support. The committee also heard support for apprenticeship-related bills from the AFL-CIO and the Carpenters, while Associated Builders and Contractors opposed mandatory apprenticeship ratios and urged changes to align them with licensing laws. Farm worker advocates supported a bill to raise farm labor standards, including minimum wage, paid breaks, and paid time off, while the Farm Bureau opposed parts of it beyond the minimum wage increase. The hearing also featured testimony on workplace harassment training, overtime protections, hospital mandatory overtime, suicide prevention signage on construction sites, and a proposal to update the Massachusetts Medical Society’s mission language from “citizens” to “people.” Labor groups, educators, and compliance trainers strongly supported mandatory annual sexual harassment training, saying it would improve workplace culture and reduce harm. SEIU 1199 supported extending the hospital nurse mandatory overtime ban to the broader hospital workforce. Witnesses on the suicide prevention bill described personal losses in construction and recovery work and urged posting 988 information on job sites. The committee took no votes during the hearing; witnesses repeatedly asked for favorable reports, and members asked follow-up questions on UI calculations, apprenticeship ratios, small-business impacts, and emergency exceptions for hospital staffing.

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• They have to meet the citizenship or alien status criteria. for regular Medicaid, and they also have
• What is the status of getting people The eligibility, you know, getting them signed up.
• So what is the status of that? I don't know. It's not under me, that's okay.
• So track the status of their application or upload additional documents or things that we may need.
• It replaces the 40-year-old. rate structure where you've heard of we have kids that are basic or all

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• The budget for the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles provides $7.1 million for the replacement
• within the Department of Financial Services, there are eight positions in $43.1 million to continue replacing
• So what is the status of that and the status of money for the budget on the Emergency Management Trust
• And as I was reviewing again last night, I'm trying to determine: is that funding replacing the funding
• ...funding, replacing the funding that we had in the old stabilization program, or is it in addition

Summary: The Senate took up the 2026-2027 budget package, beginning with an overview of the $115 billion General Appropriations Bill (SB 2500/HB 500). Appropriations Chair Hooper said the budget is smaller than last year’s, maintains strong reserves, and includes a 3% pay raise for all state employees and 5% raises for state law enforcement, firefighters, correctional officers, and park rangers. Committee chairs then highlighted major spending in their areas, including $34.9 billion for Pre-K-12 education, $11.9 billion for higher education, a $2.1 billion-plus increase in health and human services, $7.9 billion for criminal and civil justice, $16.8 billion for transportation/tourism/economic development, and major environmental and regulatory investments such as Everglades restoration, water quality, and land acquisition. Members asked detailed questions about several items. Topics included the Emergency Management Trust Fund, arts and cultural grants, Florida Forever land acquisition versus conservation easements, teacher salaries and charter school funding, New College funding, ADAP/HIV drug assistance, Medicaid rate reductions for non-critical access hospitals, DOC operational deficits and inmate health/food costs, judicial staffing, and school enrollment supplements. Chairs explained that some reductions reflected shifts in how scholarship and categorical funds are tracked, that the ADAP appropriation would take effect immediately upon enactment but would only cover part of the year, and that hospital reductions were tied to a broader DPP funding increase. Questions also covered lottery staffing, concealed carry licensing workload, and whether vacant positions were being eliminated as part of budget right-sizing. After the budget discussion, the Senate substituted House bills for the Senate budget bills and adopted amendments placing the Senate language onto the House vehicles. The chamber then passed HB 500, HB 503, and HB 5201, and agreed to conference on each. It also passed SB 7028/HB 5205 on retirement, SB 2506 on fuel taxes, SB 2508 on the state agency law enforcement radio system, SB 2510/HB 5401 on court trust funds, SB 2512 on judgeships, SB 2514 on K-12 education, SB 2516 on higher education, and SB 2518 on health, with each bill passing by unanimous or near-unanimous votes and then being sent to conference or requested of the House for concurrence.

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• The budget for the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles provides $7.1 million for the replacement
• within the Department of Financial Services, there are eight positions and $43.1 million to continue replacing
• So what is the status of that and the status of money for the budget on the Emergency Management Trust
• And as I was reviewing again last night, I'm trying to determine is that funding replacing the funding
• ...funding, replacing the funding that we had in the old stabilization program, or is it in addition

Summary: The Senate began with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, then moved into floor consideration of the 2026-2027 budget. Appropriations Chair Hooper presented Senate Bill 2500, describing a $115 billion budget that reduces overall spending from the prior year, maintains reserves, and includes a 3% pay raise for state employees and 5% raises for state law enforcement, firefighters, correctional officers, and park rangers. Committee chairs then outlined major spending in their areas, including K-12 education, higher education, health and human services, criminal and civil justice, transportation/tourism/economic development, and environmental and agricultural programs. Highlights included increased funding for school scholarships and safety, workforce and university programs, Medicaid and child welfare, corrections operations, affordable housing, rural communities, Everglades and water quality projects, and infrastructure. Members then asked detailed questions about several budget items. Senators sought clarification on the Emergency Management Trust Fund, arts and cultural grants, Florida Forever land acquisition versus conservation easements, teacher salaries, charter school capital outlay funding, EASE grants, New College funding, DOC inmate counts and reimbursement, lottery staffing, concealed weapons licensing positions, election security funding, iBudget waiver support, ADAP funding, Medicaid hospital rate reductions, and scholarship and enrollment supplements in K-12 education. Chairs explained that some reductions reflected technical shifts or right-sizing, that some funds were being moved below the line for better tracking, and that several items—such as ADAP and corrections operations—would likely remain conference issues with the House. After questions, the Senate substituted House bills for the budget and implementing measures and adopted amendments placing the Senate language onto the House vehicles to prepare for conference. The chamber passed the budget-related bills and several conforming measures, including bills on retirement, fuel taxes, the state agency law enforcement radio system, court trust funds, judgeships, and K-12 and higher education conforming changes. Votes on the major bills were overwhelmingly unanimous or near-unanimous, and the Senate repeatedly voted to accede to the House’s request for conference on the substituted bills.

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• straightforward formula that ensures Proposition 28 funds add to existing ongoing investments, not replace
• AB 1797 places the interests of the children above the comfort of the status quo.
• The bill rebalances the State Board of Education by replacing gubernatorial appointees with legislative
• how we merge these functions while maintaining fiscal discipline and protecting the civil service status
• And so, given that the status quo has not been endorsed by any study of California governance, shouldn't

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Also returns a statue of limitations for a lawsuits relating to conditions of confinement to one year
• How does this interact with existing Florida statues when it comes to capital felonies?
• to the future replacement of gear that does not have excessive carcinogens.
• We are in regular replacement schedules right now in the bill.
• To remove obviously statues and improve efficiencies of the department operations.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• And could you please provide an update on accreditation status for Dickinson State?
• But I thought the whole purpose of layoffs, these companies are replacing them with AI.
• But, I mean, these people that are good at this have replaced themselves in the AI.
• But I would say it could be replaced.
• I think it could be replaced perhaps with more online synchronous instruction.

Keywords: 908, all

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• Chisum is replacing automated notice with human connection and community collaboration to ensure every
• <00:37:56.079> Chisum<00:37:56.560> is<00:37:56.720> replacing tardy rules.
• Chisum is replacing tardy rules.
• Chisum is replacing automated<00:37:57.760> notice<00:37:58.160> with<00:37:58.400>
• health, education and employment status health, education and employment status and<01:04:47.920

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Jenna Townan, on behalf of the California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls, co-sponsored.
• Rather, it ensures that layoffs are carried out with transparency and respect, replacing uncertainty
• I have Alex Succo with the California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls, and Ryan Spencer..
• I'm the Director of Policy and Legislation for the Commission on Status of Women and Girls and proud
• I just want to make sure it's not replacing current law.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• The funding status on a percent funding status, uh, three of the five insurance funds are fully funded
• The funding status on a improved.
• The funding status on a percent<00:05:05.240> funding<00:05:05.560> status percent funding
• status percent funding status uh<00:05:06.880> three<00:05:07.160> of<00:05:07.280>
• social security replacement plan social security replacement plan social security<01:46:52.600>

Keywords: Meeting Start: 00:00:00 Attendance Roll Call: 00:00:12 Approval of Minutes: 00:01:34 Actuarial Valuation Update – KPPA: 00:02:10 Actuarial Valuation Update – TRS: 00:25:32, 958, all

Summary: The meeting began with roll call, confirmation of a quorum, and approval of the prior minutes. The main presentation was from KPPA officials Ryan Barrow and Erin Saratt on the annual actuarial valuations for the retirement and insurance systems. They said the systems’ funding status improved overall, with three of five insurance funds fully funded, CERS hazardous dropping from over 100% funded to 90.9% because of premium changes, and KRS receiving $650 million in supplemental funding over the biennium. They also reported strong investment returns above assumed rates, higher payroll and membership counts, and resulting actuarial losses tied to higher salaries and premiums, especially on the insurance side. Members asked several questions about what drove the actuarial losses and whether legislation affected them. KPPA said the CERS insurance loss was driven by premium increases and Senate Bill 10, while the pension-side losses were largely due to higher payroll and benefits for Tier 1 and Tier 2 members. They explained that new Tier 3 employees are designed to add no additional unfunded liability, and that the state administers the systems but does not directly control all hiring. Questions also focused on retiree health premiums, which KPPA said rose about 15% for non-Medicare retirees and 38% for Medicare retirees, with the increase attributed to utilization, prescription costs, and the Inflation Reduction Act. The committee then heard from TRS Deputy Executive Secretary and General Counsel Beau Barnes on the 2025 TRS actuarial valuation. He reported that the Retirement Annuity Trust and Health Insurance Trust both received full funding, the retirement trust’s funded ratio improved to 61%, TRS 4 remains well funded with no liability, and the health insurance trust improved to 89.1%. Barnes said TRS is on track to fully fund legacy liabilities within the amortization period, with 2044 as the point when the system reflects 100% funding and 2046 as the last year needing additional dollars for the legacy liability. He also explained that lower assumed investment returns and updated mortality assumptions increased liabilities, but that TRS uses direct rate smoothing for budgeting purposes. At the end of the meeting, the chair circulated a proposed set of “do’s and don’ts of pensions,” emphasizing that future legislation should not create unfunded liabilities. Barnes also noted he would later discuss several legislative proposals for the 2026 session, but the transcript provided ends before that discussion or any votes on those proposals.

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• in 2010 for his Decades of Amer status in 2010 for his Decades of dedicated<00:23:01.600> service
• Because this bill is so sweeping, even Dreamers and people living here on temporary protected status,
• record in addition to his illegal status record in addition to his illegal status he<01:06:28.079
• Words will never replace her life.
• will re never replace her life you<01:12:30.040> know<01:12:30.320> in<01:12:30.560>

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, January 7, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• and those uh recommissioned and replaced and those uh jobs<00:18:53.440> will<00:18:53.679>
• And we keep getting turned around and attacked and getting replacement projects shut down by people in
• And then there have been multiple iterations of these data centers, and the current status of the one
• of the one that the the current status of the one that I've<00:21:55.039> been<00:21:55.200><
• That's going to replace some tax funds.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• program to address the urgent needs of disaster victims. housing assistance, groceries, income replacement
• happened in the Palisades or in the Ian fires, I don't think fires decide whether or not you have legal status
• discriminate whether or not it's gonna impact you and your community, depending on your. immigration status
• And just for the avoidance of doubt, not as a replacement to our existing aerial response force, but
• It will not replace crewed aircraft, but can amplify existing capabilities by enhancing response times

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• budget for the Department of Highway, Safety, and Motor Vehicles provides $7.1 million for the replacement
• the budget provides $5.8 million for additional expenses for troopers, including $4.0 million to replace
• Within the Florida Gaming Control Commission, there are eight positions in $43.1 million to continue replacing
• So what What is the status of that and the status of money for the budget on the Emergency Management
• And as I was reviewing again last night, I'm trying to determine, is that funding replacing the funding

Keywords: 998, house, all

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• I've never been challenged with market value being not appropriate and maybe replacement value.
• something you'd entertain because when you do market value, we know they're not going to be able to replace
• You all about changing it to look at replacement value? Not me personally.
• Coming and replacing your St.
• They have pulled this property out of a tax status, say exempted in agricultural status, and all of a

Bills: HB24, HB2015, HB2149, HB2559, HB2701, HB2797, HB3172, HB24

Keywords: zoning, public notice, local government, residential development, protests, water conservation, municipal utility districts, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, environmental regulation, groundwater management, nonconforming uses, zoning regulations, land use, property rights, municipal authority, municipal moratorium, development moratorium, property development, subdivision, site plan

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• stock of the current situation by submitting a comprehensive report by December 2025. detailing the status
• Why not consider replacing those with a single statewide standard can be agreeable for all stakeholders
• They've also said keeping status quo.
• Having waived close senators choose to adopt Substitute Amendment bar code 6, 9, 6, 2, 4, 6, It will replace
• Let's go find land that is actually environmentally sensitive and replaced them with the other. >> Thank

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• It otherwise grants circuit courts jurisdiction over juvenile delinquency or status offense proceedings
• It otherwise grants circuit court's jurisdiction over juvenile delinquency or status offense proceedings
• Can you give me an update on that or the status of that? I don't know the status of this board.
• This bill would replace the tiers with the following language: beginning on July 1, 2027, the tax imposed
• This bill would replace the tiers with the following language that says beginning on July 1st, 2027,

Keywords: 994, senate, all

Summary: The Senate convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, approved the journal, and spent much of the day recognizing pages, guests, school groups, and civic organizations visiting the chamber. Several communications from the House and committee reports were received, and a petition on support for new electric transmission lines was referred to the Committee on Energy, Industry, and Mining. Senate Resolution 61, urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse Obergefell, was referred to the Committee on Rules, while other resolutions and bills were held over or referred as required. The chamber then acted on a large number of measures, including concurrence in House amendments to Senate Bill 137 on parole eligibility for second-degree murder and voluntary manslaughter, and a conference committee was appointed on House Bill 4026 regarding integrated resource plans. Numerous House bills were advanced or passed after committee reports, covering topics such as industrial access roads, local airport hangar financing, college campus safety, youth and handicapped hunting, missing persons records, driver’s licenses, adjudicatory alternative dispositions, chronic absenteeism, party-switching deadlines for candidates, teacher/school personnel/state police pay raises, election official trainees, political committee filing notices, security personnel for the State Treasurer, post-secondary financial aid, legal practice rules, overseas voting, public officials’ residential information, homestead exemption, military juvenile jurisdiction, military interpersonal violence, kinship care subsidies, statewide prevention planning, contraband smuggling into federal prisons, forestry equipment taxation, microgrid and data center certification, transcript acceptance for students, emeritus medical licenses, higher education rule authorizations, board and commission reforms, managed care organization taxes, and deputy sheriff vacation carryover. Most of these measures passed with little or no opposition, and several received title amendments. The Senate also passed a series of supplemental appropriations, many with immediate-effect motions adopted by the required two-thirds vote. These included funding for the Department of Commerce, Workforce West Virginia, Homeland Security divisions, Health Facilities, Administration, Human Services, the Governor’s Civil Contingent Fund, the Department of Agriculture, and the Bureau of Senior Services. Votes were overwhelmingly in favor, with only a few measures drawing one or more dissenting votes. One bill on tourism appropriations was referred to the Committee on Rules, and several second-reading bills were advanced, including measures on the West Virginia Collaboratory, business-ready sites, volunteer fire companies, religious organization eminent domain restrictions, electric load forecasting, and funeral service licensure.

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• We do mention on page 6, lines 13 and 14, when we had replaced that, where we had a request to replace
• Section 18, this is School for the Deaf, for a boiler replacement.
• doing that for two reasons: for the total cost of doing it, and because we're trying to hit a certain status

Bills: HB1540

Keywords: education savings account, ESA, school choice, private school vouchers, nonpublic school, tuition assistance, education tax credit, homeschool exclusion, Bank of North Dakota, Department of Public Instruction, public funding for private education, voucher program, student scholarships, special education, parental choice, curriculum funding, tutoring, online learning, state per-pupil payment, income-based eligibility

Summary: The committee first took up amended bill 10-13, a school funding and education appropriations measure. Senator Schaible walked through the final version, which included changes to foundation aid, transportation grants, free and reduced-price meals funding, paraprofessional and teacher support programs, Native American education items, library and school facility projects, and several one-time grants. Members discussed removing the science center grant funding, and Senator Meyer objected to that removal, arguing that Grand Forks had raised matching private and local funds and that other cities had received similar state support. The committee also agreed to adjust regional education association funding to reflect six centers rather than seven, reducing that line to $600,000. The committee then adopted the amendment to 10-13 unanimously and passed the bill as further amended on a unanimous roll call, with Senator Shively designated as carrier. After a brief recess, the committee turned to bill 1540, but no formal action was taken. Bank of North Dakota and OMB representatives raised concerns that the draft included policy changes and procurement/IT exemptions that needed further discussion. Members agreed the bill would be delayed until Monday so the Bank, OMB, and NDIT could confer and work through the mechanics and policy issues before the committee moved it forward.

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• But if that goes away, that's going to be very expensive to replace.
• You probably know the status of that program right now. I haven't been up there and checked on it.
• FTE status: this slide.
• It provides an overview of the full-time equivalent (FTE) status within our departments.
• It includes server replacement, power and cooling upgrades, and network redundancy.