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• They've kept our universities running, our prisons secure, our hospital staff, and our public services
• Services slow down, efficiency drops, and taxpayers are left footing the bill to train their replacements

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• AND THERE ARE NO INJURIES, NO DEATH, IT'S JUST HIGH-SPEED, COULD THEY BE SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON
• You can have anybody who has never gotten in trouble, they reasonably believe... the prison was in a
• I want those incarcerated in our prisons to know that you are not alone.
• You can be model prisoners; we have programs that will help you...
• The bill amends Florida statute to remove and replace outdated terminology, such as replacing the term

Bills: HB 29, HB 125, HB 145, HB 171, HB 255, HB 50, HB 796, HB 363, HB 116, HB 491, HB 589, HB 1495, HB 368, HB 1285, HB 1905, HB 1360, HB 2002, HB 917, HB 2723, HB 2067, HB 1238, HB 2337, HB 745, HB 1188, HB 1606, HB 2003, HB 2147, HB 2391, HB 2355, HB 2546, HB 2495, HB 2818, HB 2249, HB 1749, HB 3109, HB 3228, HB 3240, HB 1507, HB 658, HB 1748, HB 1851, HB 1922, HB 2001, HB 2798, HB 107, HCR 29, SB 5, SB 262, HB 11, HJR 72, HB 106, HB 18, HB 48, HB 27, HB 37, HB 1481, HB 581, HB 1696, HB 2216, HB 1035, HB 1633, HB 742, HB 754, HB 1689, HB 1690, HB 2669, HB 391, HB 517, HB 1024, HB 1607, HB 252, HB 1716, HB 1562, HB 4116, HB 1866, HB 1741, HB 2103, HB 2637, HB 2884, HB 503, HB 1089, HB 2986, HB 972, HB 502, HB 29, HB 125, HB 145, HB 171, HB 255, HB 50, HB 796, HB 363, HB 116, HB 491, HB 589, HB 1495, HB 368, HB 1285, HB 1905, HB 1360, HB 2002, HB 917, HB 2723, HB 2067, HB 1238, HB 2337, HB 745, HB 1188, HB 1606, HB 2003, HB 2147, HB 2391, HB 2355, HB 2546, HB 2495, HB 2818, HB 2249, HB 1749, HB 3109, HB 3228, HB 3240, HB 1507, HB 658, HB 1748, HB 1851, HB 1922, HB 2001, HB 2798, HB 107, HCR 29

Keywords: water audit, water loss, water loss mitigation plan, municipally owned utility, municipal utility, water conservation, Texas Water Development Board, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, water leakage, leak detection, billing data accuracy, utility validation, water audit validation, water scarcity, water management, infrastructure, public utility, conservation plan, administrative penalty

Summary: The Florida House of Representatives conducted legislative business including prayer, pledge, and voting on multiple bills. Key legislation included HB 1105 expanding Florida Bright Futures Scholarship eligibility, HB 443 on charter school regulations (passed 83-23), and HB 1539 on materials harmful to minors (passed 81-29) after extensive debate about book challenges in schools. Other bills addressed education funding, law enforcement benefits, parole guidelines, and various local issues. The Speaker announced budget negotiations with the Senate have stalled, with disagreements over spending levels and tax cuts. The House will not meet this weekend as originally planned. Session adjourned until tomorrow at 10 AM.

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• It's a daunting task to replace what was a 30-hour school week. That plan needs to start...
• It's a daunting task to replace what was a 30-hour school week.
• students, which can in turn help narrow the academic achievement gap and dismantle the school-to-prison
• students, which can in turn help narrow the academic achievement gap and dismantle the school-to-prison
• One of the largest barriers to education access in Massachusetts is the school-to-prison pipeline, by

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Education held a hearing focused primarily on special education-related bills, with testimony centered on two major themes: transition planning for students aging out of school-based services at age 22, and the fiscal strain special education costs place on districts. Committee members explained hearing procedures, noted the House was in formal session, and periodically stepped out for votes while staff recorded testimony. A separate bill on special education due process was also taken up briefly, along with a bill on special education finance and another on equitable access/data reporting. On House Bill 752 and Senate Bill 313, witnesses from the Arc of Massachusetts, the Massachusetts Down Syndrome Congress, the Developmental Disabilities Council, families, self-advocates, and Senator Comerford described the “Turning 22” transition as a crisis point that often leaves families without adult placements, services, or clear communication. Testimony emphasized earlier planning, more accountability, better data collection, and a commission to improve coordination and residential placement. Several parents and advocates shared personal accounts of traumatic transitions, delayed placements, and the need for plans to begin at least a year before age 22. The committee later closed testimony on these bills after hearing from all signed-up speakers. House Bill 4217, on special education due process, drew support from Representative Sullivan-Almeida, parents, and advocates who argued that the burden of proof should shift from families to school districts. Testimony described costly legal battles, delays, and parents having to become experts in reading instruction or hire advocates and attorneys to secure services. Brody Dwyer, a 10-year-old student with dyslexia, and his mother described how evidence-based instruction helped him after years of struggle. The committee also heard testimony on House Bill 546/Senate Bill 317, which would require DESE to publish cross-tabulated data on race, disability, gender, income, and other factors; advocates said this would better expose disparities and help address the school-to-prison pipeline. Finally, on House Bill 691/Senate Bill 430, school leaders, educators, and union representatives testified that special education costs are outpacing district budgets and that increasing circuit breaker reimbursement and creating a commission to study long-term sustainability would help prevent staffing cuts and service reductions. No votes were taken during the hearing; the committee repeatedly closed testimony on individual bills as speakers finished and moved through the agenda.

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• someone last year or a couple years ago running for the State Assembly who had spent many years in prison
• ... ...year or a couple years ago running for the State Assembly who had spent many years in prison,
• Many of the folks who supported me while I was running for office had spent decades in prison, and it's
• I fully understand the school-to-prison pipeline and many of the issues.
• direct the Office of Election Cybersecurity to assess whether additional resources are necessary to replace

Summary: The Assembly Elections Committee met as a subcommittee until quorum was established, then heard a series of election- and public-trust-related bills. Early items included AB 2592, which would move lobbyist training from legislative ethics committees to the FPPC starting in 2029 and make it available online on demand; it drew support from the FPPC and an oppose-unless-amended request to make the training public and ensure lobbyists pay fees. AB 2573 would refine California’s confidential voter registration protections for candidates and elected officials, with support from the Secretary of State and county election officials after amendments narrowed some family-member coverage. AB 2753 would bar registered sex offenders from running for or holding local or state office; it prompted extended debate about public trust, second chances, and where to draw the line, but was ultimately advanced on a 5-0 vote with one member not voting. AB 2691 similarly would expand disqualifying felony convictions to include sexual assault and human trafficking, and it also passed 5-0 after testimony from victim advocates and discussion about survivors, restorative justice, and the power dynamics involved in public office. The committee also advanced AB 2413, which would prohibit public funds from being used for large-format ads featuring elected officials, and AB 2281, which would direct the Office of Election Cybersecurity to assess replacement resources after federal cybersecurity support cuts and allow consultation with academic researchers. AB 1664 would require local election officials to notify the Secretary of State and Attorney General within one business day of warrants, subpoenas, or investigations involving election records or voting systems; supporters said it would help the state respond quickly to improper seizure of election materials, and it passed 5-0. AB 2484, concerning San Diego MTS, would let voters authorize a local sales tax initiative for transit funding and exempt it from an existing cap; it drew support from transit leaders and labor, opposition from the Realtors, and a lengthy exchange over Prop. 13, Prop. 218, and whether the measure created a special deal, before passing 6-1. The committee then heard AB 2230, which would create buffer zones around voting centers and child care facilities to keep immigration enforcement away from those locations. The author said the bill was meant to reduce fear and intimidation for voters and families, while the opposition argued it was unenforceable, lacked evidence of a problem, and would interfere with federal officers doing their jobs. Members supporting the bill cited reported ICE profiling and intimidation in California communities, while others raised jurisdictional and practical concerns. The transcript ends during this debate, with no final vote shown for AB 2230.

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• that disproportionately impact people who are less income or have no income, having just got out of prison
• with any kind of fairness or equity in the fact that these are not people that are getting out of prison
• And as far as the comment about probation being in lieu of prison, that's not always the case.
• Sometimes, yes, probation is given instead of a prison sentence, but a lot of times people are serving
• prison sentences and then coming out on probation.

Bills: SB1285, SB1289, SB1326, SB1328, SB1329, SB1330, SB1392, SB1402, SB1425, SCR1013, SCR1014

Keywords: sentencing, correctional facilities, multiple sentences, death penalty, aggravating circumstances, juvenile offenses, class 2 felony, foreign donations, election administration, certification, Arizona Revised Statutes, transparency, public disclosure, victims' rights, attorney fees, government accountability, right to counsel, legal representation, parents' rights, family law

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• Can you talk about the prison action to the disciplinary report so I can better understand that?
• Could this lead to an impact on prisoners? You are recognized. They could not lead to that.
• When you talk about sending a person with mental illness to prison,... Which happens so often.
• Would make any type of proceeding, any challenge to a prison disciplinary report.
• WE ELIMINATE ONE BUREAUCRAT AND REPLACE IT WITH AN ENTIRE BUREAUCRACY.

Bills: SB 2, HB 2, HB 2000, HB 2196, HB 213, HB 222, HB 645, HB 1458, HB 1022, HB 141, HB 502, HB 643, HB 3093, HB 1700, HB 117, SB 503, SB 2, HB 120, HB 20, HB 150, HB 6, HB 100, HB 210, HB 215, HB 1393, HB 1151, HB 1268, HB 142, HB 451, HB 124, HB 2, HB 2000, HB 2196, HB 213, HB 222, HB 645, HB 1458, HB 1022, HB 141, HB 502, HB 643, HB 3093, HB 1700, HB 117

Keywords: public education, teacher compensation, certification, funding, school finance, educator rights, education funding, charter schools, staff compensation, state aid, retention allotment, child grooming, sex offender registration, criminal justice, reportable conviction, law enforcement, virtual education, hybrid learning, school funding, average daily attendance

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• 16:51.519> populations<00:16:52.000> like<00:16:52.160> our<00:16:52.320> prison
• on special populations like our prison on special populations like our prison population.<00:16:
• Obviously, you know, if we don't replace roofers and we don't do the work that we need to do, the number
• Obviously, you know, if we<00:40:25.040> don't<00:40:25.359> replace<00:40:25.680> roofers
• roofers and we don't do we don't replace roofers and we don't do the<00:40:26.640> work<00:40

Keywords: Appropriations - Room 210; 14 January, 2026: 3:30 PM, 925, all

Summary: MDES presented its FY27 budget request, describing the agency as a special fund workforce agency focused on helping Mississippians get jobs through employment services, labor market information, and unemployment insurance. Executive Director Bill Ashley said the revised request seeks level spending authority similar to FY26, with line-item changes driven mainly by higher salaries and fringe benefits and lower contractual services. He said MDES currently has 406 employees, 28 active recruitments, and six additional planned positions, for a requested total of 440 positions, down from 453 authorized last year. The request also includes $1.4 million for the State Longitudinal Data System and $400,000 for Accelerate Mississippi fiscal support. Committee members asked about the SLDS pass-through funding, whether it is recurring, and the staffing/pin changes; MDES explained the SLDS is a recurring annual pass-through and that the staffing request reflects turnover and recruitment needs rather than a net expansion. Accelerate Mississippi then outlined its FY27 request and program updates. Officials said the office is requesting level funding overall, with some salary adjustments tied to benefits and two new positions, including one for Talent Solutions and one systems administrator. They described workforce initiatives such as Encore, a recruiter/instructor program; Facet, a partnership with Northwest Mississippi Community College to strengthen instructor preparation; Power Path, a K-12 advanced manufacturing credential model; and expanded career coach activity, reporting 204 coaches serving 209 schools and more than 22,000 unique student interactions. They also reviewed funding streams for workforce enhancement training, Mississippi Works, Equip Mississippi, and ARPA, saying ARPA funds are on track to be fully spent by the September 30 reimbursement deadline and that monthly check-ins are being used to ensure funds are drawn down. Members asked about the budget changes, the use of contractual services, and the career coach program; the office said it was shifting some audit and monitoring costs to the funds being monitored and was not requesting an increase for career coach funding. The Mississippi community college presidents and the Community College Board also presented their budget priorities. They reported that Mississippi community colleges served 88,600 students in academic year 2023 and said the system’s graduation rate is about 42 percent, with a goal of reaching 55 percent. Their FY27 request includes a 6 percent salary increase for employees, increased basic operations funding, and continued support for CTE Advantage programs, totaling $61.5 million in general support. On facilities, they requested $150 million after receiving no facilities funding last year, citing roughly $413 million in identified needs across capital improvements, repairs and renovations, and pre-planning. The Community College Board requested restoration of $310,000 in general fund cuts and a new $2 million appropriation for adult education, noting that an estimated 300,000 to 330,000 Mississippians lack a high school diploma. No votes were taken during the presentations.

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• You are not ready to go to prison to serve a political point. Correct.
• We're talking about life in prison and criminal punishment.
• . in prison.
• As newer laws have replaced it.
• Doctors are afraid to go to prison.

Bills: HB44, HB2200, HB1612, HB2747, HB2038, HB3717, HB1431, HB3800, HB3801, HB3560, HB3246, HB44

Keywords: HB 44, Life of the Mother Act, abortion exceptions, medical emergency, reasonable medical judgment, pregnancy complications, maternal health, life-threatening condition, ectopic pregnancy, miscarriage, spontaneous abortion, fetal survival, Texas abortion law, abortion ban, physician liability, health care provider, disciplinary action, aiding and abetting, emergency abortion, obstetric care

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• are currently spending more than a half million dollars per year on operations, between staff and replacing
• medical devices. ...replacing DEHP with other orthophthalates in newer revised medical devices.
• There are many studies on prisons and prison food as well, and on the aggression that increases when
• We replaced them with fruits and vegetables, proteins, and dye-free alternatives.
• We replaced them with fruits and vegetables, proteins, and die-free alternatives.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Public Health held a lengthy hearing to take testimony on a wide range of bills related to environmental health, PFAS, medical device chemicals, food access, lead poisoning, air quality, oral health, and school food additives. Chair Driscoll and Chair Decker emphasized that the hearing was for testimony only, no decisions would be made that day, and that written testimony could still be submitted. They also noted the high volume of speakers and asked witnesses to keep remarks brief. A major portion of the hearing focused on PFAS-related legislation, including bills to restrict PFAS in products and food packaging and to create a PFAS remediation trust fund. Municipal officials and advocates described the high costs of PFAS cleanup, especially for drinking water systems, citing Easton’s multimillion-dollar treatment investments and rate increases. Testimony from legislators and advocates argued that Massachusetts should act despite federal uncertainty, and that the state should stop PFAS at the source rather than leaving municipalities and residents to pay for remediation. The committee also heard strong support for a bill banning DEHP in medical devices, with physicians, nurses, and a bill sponsor saying the chemical can leach from IV bags and tubing and that safer alternatives already exist. The committee also heard testimony on bills to establish statewide food truck permitting, with food truck owners and a senator describing the current system as costly, duplicative, and inconsistent across municipalities. Another set of witnesses supported the “Bean New Deal,” which would expand plant-based food options in public institutions, senior nutrition programs, and WIC, citing health, equity, and cost savings. On lead poisoning, housing advocates and a representative backed bills to expand lead-safe housing requirements to all rental units, arguing the current law contributes to discrimination against families with children and leaves too much pre-1978 housing uncertified. The committee also heard support for an outdoor air pollution bill that would create an advisory committee, identify pollution hotspots, expand monitoring, and set reduction targets, with testimony from environmental justice groups, pediatricians, and legislators describing disproportionate asthma and other health harms in overburdened communities. Later testimony addressed oral health bills to create dental therapists and allow dental hygienists to administer nitrous oxide, with supporters saying the measures would expand access, reduce costs, and help underserved patients. The committee also heard testimony on a bill to prohibit harmful food dyes in competitive school foods, with parents describing behavioral and health concerns tied to synthetic dyes. No votes or formal actions were taken during the hearing.

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• Well, and we're not trying to replace anything. I don't know that all… ...anything.
• And then the other changes are replacing lines 102 through 103.
• That's what the replacement of these Ten Commandments in our school is about.
• So, this is not about just replacing...
• So, this is not about just replacing religion in our schools.

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• of a defendant's default on the payment of fines, surcharges, assessment fees, and restitution by replacing
• In December of 2023, I retired as the warden of Ironwood State Prison.
• In December of 2023, I retired as the warden of Ironwood State Prison, a position I held for nine years
• for taking their... ...could be liable for like 2.5 years in prison for taking their child to a drag
• And if we really... could be liable for like 2.5 years in prison for taking their child to a drag show

Bills: HB2028, HB2047, HB2136, HB2244, HB2364, HB2406, HB2415, HB2557, HB2573, HB2589, HB2720, HB2749, HB2825, HB2861, HB2862, HB2870, HB2970, HB4070, HB4117, HCR2004, HCR2051

Keywords: community restitution, homelessness, indigence, court assessments, monetary obligations, forcible entry, detainer, writ of restitution, criminal trespass, judgment enforcement, civil terrorism, disorderly conduct, vandalism, political activism, public order, subversion, government security, evictions, judgment satisfaction, tenant rights

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• He is going to replace Tina Yamaki at the Hawaii Realtors Association.
• Visiting schools, jails, prisons, hospitals, snorkeling in bays, hiking on mountaintops, meeting with
• We're growing food locally for families, schools, hospitals, and prisons.
• <01:37:20.639> And<01:37:20.800> we schools, hospitals, and prisons.
• And we schools, hospitals, and prisons.

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• Um, the question is, you know, should we be just replacing our computers, our monitors, our keyboards
• <01:12:25.440> So, we uh do replace them as they fail?
• So, we uh do replace them as they fail?
• them in advance uh but not as to replace them in advance uh but not as much<01:12:32.159> as<
• to accommodate and keep the prison to accommodate and keep the prison running<01:29:13.199> because

Keywords: 916, all

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• It will be difficult to replace him in all those roles that he played.
• It will be difficult to replace well.
• or state prison.
• I need you to prison or state prison.
• <04:15:56.880> all Windham submitted a replace all Windham submitted a replace all amendment

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• knee replacement. knee replacement.
• He went to prison for it. Yep.
• He went to prison for it. Yep.
• >> He went to prison for it. >> He went to prison for it.
• People do go to prison for this, and they lose their careers and everything they own for this.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• programs, establishes new penalties for Medicaid fraud over $100,000 and over $1 million, brings prison
• <00:19:08.559> fraud it brings medical assistance fraud it brings medical assistance fraud prison
• 10.080> line<00:19:10.240> with<00:19:10.400> other<00:19:10.720> state prison
• time in line with other state prison time in line with other state theft<00:19:11.440> laws<00
• projects, economic development grants, and infrastructure investments such as lead service line replacement

Keywords: 1183, house

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• As a third-degree felony is punishable by up to 5 years in prison.
• A second-degree felony is punishable by up to 15 years in prison. That's the bill.
• So Senator Yarborough to other states have similar prison, the provisions and their for trust administered
• We found 25 million dollars for law enforcement agencies to replace their drones because we don't want
• There's a lot of bad people in prison. They're getting out every year that put in there.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• programs available within CDCR that would be funded as part of that, so individuals sent to state prison
• population, and we are right now projecting Proposition 36 to send about 3,300 additional individuals to prison
• decrease since it was passed back in 2014. sort of state savings from sending fewer individuals to state prison
• programs and increasing the number of beds that we expect to fill in our institutions, our state prison
• These funds were approved by the voters to support new climate resiliency projects, not To replace existing

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• This bill replaces the term master with judicial officer and revises some of the pay rates for appointed
• Assembly Committee on Ways and Means, makes appropriations to the Department of Corrections for the replacement
• over the 2025-2027 biennium to the Department of Corrections for equipment purchase and furniture replacement
• over the 2025-2027 biennium to the Department of Corrections for equipment purchase and furniture replacement
• of equipment and furniture at High Desert State Prison.

Keywords: 909, all

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• SENATORS ARE ON BENDED KNEES AND PRAYING HANDS TO GET $40,000 FOR A COMMUNITY THAT NEEDS SEPTIC REPLACEMENTS
• USABLE SO THERE IS ANOTHER, THAT 35 CARS THAT AREN'T BEING USED AND YET RICKY DIXON WHO RUNS OUR PRISON
• LIKE, YOU CAN'T LOOK AT MY STUFF AND YOU MAY BE HERE LONG ENOUGH TO REMEMBER DOROTHY, THE SENATOR I REPLACED

Keywords: 999, senate, all