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• SB 1015, gender transition procedures provider liability; SB 1016, employers, medical products, religious
• SB 1016, employers, medical products, religious exemption; SB 1017, informed consent signatures; SB 1018
• planning participation racketeering; SB 1094, civil liability, gender reassignment surgery; SB 1096, religious

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• Nothing religious exemptions exist.
• This bill does not create any new religious exemptions, nor does it expand them.
• Nothing more. religious exemptions, nor does it expand religious exemptions, nor does it expand them.
• statement attesting to their religious statement attesting to their religious objection<01:49:14.639
• These religious any sort of outbreak.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• No, simply private schools will make parents aware of. certain religious requirements or certain religious
• that's discriminatory based on religion. this religious test.
• There's no religious discrimination. There's no gender discrimination. and so on and so forth.
• society, theological or religious seminary.
• Nor should it be considered a religious act.

Bills: SB2, HB2, HB2000, HB2196, HB213, HB222, HB645, HB1458, HB 1022, HB141, HB502, HB643, HB3093, HB1700, HB 117, SB503, SB2, HB 120, HB20, HB150, HB6, HB 100, HB210, HB215, HB1393, HB 1151, HB 1268, HB142, HB451, HB 124, HB2, HB2000, HB2196, HB213, HB222, HB645, HB1458, HB 1022, HB141, HB502, HB643, HB3093, HB1700, 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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• This includes asylum seekers from Iran, China, and other countries known to persecute religious minorities
• wait to be sent back to their home countries to face deadly consequences for their human right of religious
• persecution earlier this month religious persecution earlier this month the<00:04:56.280> Trump
• countries known to persecute religious countries known to persecute religious minorities<00:05:17.639
• for their human right of religious for their human right of religious freedom<00:06:30.000> what

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, March 3, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• a representative, who, as my colleague has mentioned, has been full of invective and hate for a religious
• process, I really want to highlight the exceptional work CAIR does to protect Muslims and other religious
• process, I really want to highlight the exceptional work CAIR does to protect Muslims and other religious
• where somebody can turn if they are incarcerated and are not being given food that aligns with their religious
• where somebody can turn if they are incarcerated and are not being given food that aligns with their religious

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• And I know that there have been several members of religious organizations who have expressed interest
• And I know that there have been several members of religious organizations who have expressed interest
• 12.880> of that there have been several members of that there have been several members of religious
• <00:18:13.679> organizations<00:18:14.320> who<00:18:14.559> have religious organizations
• who have religious organizations who have expressed<00:18:15.200> interest<00:18:15.520> to

Keywords: Convene 00:00 Motions, Petitions, and Communications 04:28 Election and Swearing In of Constitutional Officers 04:35 Introduction of New Bills and Resolutions 06:51 HR 1 08:08 HR 2 08:40 HR 3 17:11 Impeachment Petitions reported 18:33 Introduction of New Bills and Resolutions 20:27 Stand at Ease 20:54 Introduction of New Bills and Resolutions 28:30 Adjournment 33:05, 958, all

Summary: The Kentucky House convened for the opening of the 2026 regular session, with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, roll call, and a declared quorum of 100 members present. The House then excused absent members and suspended the rules to allow co-sponsorships and vote modifications to be filed. It also elected House staff constitutional officers by acclamation, including the chief clerk, deputy clerk, sergeant at arms, chief doorkeeper, enrolling clerk, cloakroom keeper, and janitor, followed by the oath of office. Members introduced and adopted House Resolutions 1, 2, and 3. House Resolution 1 established the 2026 House membership. House Resolution 2 adopted the House rules for the session, with changes reflecting the new temporary building, removal of COVID-related provisions, elimination of remote and alternative voting, shortening motions/petitions/communications time from 30 to 15 minutes, deleting guest introductions and gallery references, requiring only one signed jacketed bill copy, clarifying billbook co-sponsorship procedures, deleting consent orders and pairing rules, and updating chamber-access and lobbying restrictions. Some members objected that the changes reduced transparency and public access, and one member asked that the 15-minute limit be kept at 30 minutes, but the resolution was adopted. House Resolution 3 invited pastors of Frankfurt churches to open sessions with prayer; one member asked that it be broadened to include people of all faiths and beyond Franklin County, but it was also adopted. The House then reported interim communications, including citizen impeachment petitions filed against Supreme Court Justice Pamela Goodwine and Ballard County Jailer Eric Cppus. Members were reminded of a mandatory ethics meeting the next day. The clerk reported the first batch of filed bills and resolutions, including House Bill 11 on independent school districts and House Bills 12 through 34 on topics such as legislative privacy, income tax, rural hospital funding, Medicaid and Medicaid expansion, school employee payments, firearms, reproductive health and privacy, employment schedules, cancer treatment coverage, workers’ compensation for first responders, savings accounts, education opportunity accounts, leave from employment, criminal procedure, home purchases, FNF devices, data privacy, and death benefits, along with House Resolutions 4 through 6. The House then adjourned until 2 p.m. on January 7, 2026.

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• for educational documents, monuments, and educational public displays, providing relative to the religious
• Senate Bill 341 by Senator Edmonds, Louisiana churches and nonprofit religious organizations, shelf insurance
• for educational documents, monuments, and educational public displays, providing relative to the religious
• Senate Bill 341 by Senator Edmonds, Louisiana churches and nonprofit religious organizations, shelf insurance
• Senate Bill 341 by Senator Edmonds, Louisiana churches and nonprofit religious organizations, shelf insurance

Bills: HR252, HR253, HR254, HR255, HR256, HCR103, HCR104, HR244, HR245, HR246, HR247, HR248, HR249, HR250, HR251, HCR101, HCR102, SCR40, SCR60, SB112, SB131, SB145, SB194, SB268, SB307, SB312, SB319, SB333, SB341, SB346, SB464, SB466, SB488, SB495, SB503, SB507, SB509, HR9, HR196, HCR27, HCR28, HCR50, HCR62, HCR67, HCR71, HCR78, HCR81, SCR20, HB123, HB251, HB625, HB662, HB709, HB769, HB775, HB783, HB895, HB1011, HB1057, HB1155, HB1186, HB1224, HB1245, HB1247, HB1253, HB1254, HB1255, HB1256, SB8, SB10, SB11, SB12, SB13, SB14, SB16, SB17, SB18, SB20, SB21, SB22, SB40, SB48, SB55, SB69, SB75, SB77, SB78, SB85, SB102, SB115, SB133, SB140, SB148, SB151, SB165, SB169, SB170, SB185, SB197, SB200, SB217, SB235, SB278, SB280, SB291, SB300, SB303, SB315, SB324, SB330, SB411, SB416, SB420, SB436, SB438, SB449, SB455, SB456, SB477, SB489, SB521, SB97, SB105, HR171, HCR49, HCR65, HCR72, HR37, HCR64, HR170, HR191, HR206, HR207, HR208, HR217, HCR11, HCR53, HCR60, HCR66, HCR68, SCR19, SCR3, SCR6, SCR18, SCR11, SCR22, SCR2, HCR6, HB64, HB68, HB92, HB130, HB258, HB633, HB801, HB61, HB98, HB102, HB139, HB142, HB170, HB185, HB194, HB199, HB231, HB247, HB294, HB336, HB474, HB661, HB842, HB852, HB66, HB153, HB165, HB326, HB387, HB455, HB513, HB603, HB660, HB719, HB762, HB766, HB802, HB816, HB833, HB940, HB950, HB975, HB1028, HB1039, HB1051, HB1053, HB1080, HB1201, HB1215, HB1228, HB1251, HB1252, SB1, SB23, SB32, SB42, SB43, SB46, SB51, SB110, SB113, SB150, SB154, SB161, SB218, SB220, SB221, SB253, SB289, SB310, SB351, SB399, SB404, SB502, SB26, SB28, SB29, SB30, SB41, SB44, SB64, SB84, SB87, SB93, SB98, SB107, SB118, SB142, SB192, SB195, SB199, SB219, SB222, SB234, SB241, SB255, SB275, SB277, SB292, SB294, SB306, SB314, SB482, HCR32, HB798, HB998, HB1084, HB1223, HB59, HB955, HB1191, HB1234, HB646, HB824, HB341, SB397, SB442, HB901, HB79, HR20, HR74, HB284, HB306, HB366, HB393, HB458, HB577, HB582, HB605, HB614, HB682, HB733, HB752, HB773, HB911, HB926, HB996, HB1035, HB1069, HB1113, HB1140, HB1180, HB1240, SB47, SB82, SB89, SB149, SB382

Keywords: consumer protection, credit card fees, cash transactions, rounding practices, transparency, low-income, economic impact, residential construction, building codes, inspection practices, housing costs, task force, HR254, House Resolution 254, Ty Hebert, Acadiana Legislative Delegation, Louisiana State University, LSU, graduation, commendation

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• Whereas children who are raised in a religious or spiritual environment are better protected from illicit
• 00:58:02.440> a Whereas children who are raised in a Whereas children who are raised in a religious
• or spiritual environment are religious or spiritual environment are better<00:58:04.720> protected
• And whereas children with a religious<00:58:10.280> upbringing<00:58:10.800> experienced
• ><00:58:12.120> more religious upbringing experienced more religious upbringing experienced more

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• And it is meant to honor the victims of Nazism and to condemn all forms of religious intolerance, incitement
• condemn all victims of Nazism and to condemn all forms<00:41:22.160> of<00:41:22.319> religious
• <00:41:22.800> intolerance, forms of religious intolerance, forms of religious intolerance
• communities based on ethnic<00:41:29.119> origin<00:41:29.680> or<00:41:30.000> religious
• <00:41:30.480> belief ethnic origin or religious belief ethnic origin or religious belief

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Summary: The Kentucky Senate convened with an invocation marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day, followed by the pledge, roll call, and a quorum declaration. The chamber approved the prior journal, received new bill and resolution introductions, and heard a House message that House Bill 312 had passed the House and was sent over for concurrence. The Senate also recessed briefly for committee meetings, then received committee reports referring several bills and resolutions to standing committees and placing Senate Joint Resolution 23 on the regular orders for January 28, 2026. The main floor action was on Senate Bill 17, relating to the Kentucky Court-appointed Special Advocate Network. The Senate adopted a committee substitute that updated CASA statutes, including reducing the minimum board size from 15 to 12, narrowing a volunteer/employment restriction to Department of Community Based Services employees, removing outdated references to the National CASA Association while retaining compliance with national standards through the Kentucky CASA Network, and updating the state association’s name. The bill passed 33-0, and a title amendment was adopted without objection. The Senate also considered Senate Bill 181, an emergency bill relating to schools and traceable communications. The chamber adopted a committee substitute and two floor amendments: one requiring parent notification after investigations involving alleged unauthorized electronic communication by a student, and another adding limited exemptions for communications involving school resource officers and directors of pupil personnel when certain school officials are included. Supporters said the changes were intended to refine implementation while preserving the bill’s original student-protection purpose. The bill then passed unanimously, 33-0. In addition, the Senate adopted Senate Resolution 36 recognizing January 25-31, 2026 as Physician Anesthesiologist Week, with remarks highlighting the specialty’s contributions to anesthesia, airway management, patient safety, ICU care, pain management, and major surgeries. The Senate also heard announcements thanking road crews, first responders, and utility workers for winter storm response, and members made several co-sponsorship requests and announcements, including notice of Kentucky Audiologist Association advocacy day and a committee cancellation.

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• We opposed the bill because it could prevent harmful, unintended consequences for our ministry's religious
• continue discussions surrounding HB 4852 discovery request provisions to address these potential religious
• HB 4852 and instead support measures that honor fairness, transparency, and economic freedom and religious
• I sat down after that heartfelt exchange and immediately felt at risk in the current religious extremist
• context of Texas for having used a pronoun that's different than what most people use in their religious

Bills: HB 256, HB 1308, HB 1554, HB 1743, HB 2308, HB 2351, HB 2858, HB 3676, HB 3784, HB 4312, HB 4552, HB 4823, HB 4852, HB 5007, HB 5010, HB 5520, HB 5524, HCR 19

Keywords: E-verify, employment verification, illegal employment, state contracts, government entities, license suspension, immigration compliance, state grant funding, E-Verify, compliance, penalties, immigration, government contracts, employee status, state contractors, E-verify program, legally present, employment practices, legal services, public money

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• We oppose the bill because it could lead to harmful unintended consequences for our ministry's religious
• continue discussions surrounding HB4852 discovery request provisions to address these potential religious
• Texas has long been proud of its... growth and business-friendly, and I would say pro-religious freedom
• us. based on political or social advocacy, leading to a horrendous effect on LGBTQIA+ Texans and religious
• I sat down after that heartfelt exchange and immediately felt at risk in the current climate of religious

Bills: HB256, HCR19, HB256, HB1308, HB1554, HB1743, HB2308, HB2351, HB2858, HB3676, HB3784, HB4312, HB4552, HB4823, HB4852, HB5007, HB5010, HB5520, HB5524, HCR19

Keywords: severe weather, adaptation plan, vulnerability assessment, environmental protection, state agencies, federal agents, transparency, law enforcement, identification, public trust, immigration enforcement, HCR 19, Texas concurrent resolution, federal immigration enforcement, masked agents, facial coverings, visible identification, uniforms, badges, name tags

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• spaces, I can tell you that one of the groups of people that I work with have expressed the most religious
• So there's a little bit of a religious things going on behind that.
• Again, growing up in a religious household, I'm not religious now, but I respect those who are, growing
• We can say the state can come in and say your religious belief is OK here. But it's not OK here.
• So my only response to that is this is outside of that, um, your religious beliefs are irrelevant here

Bills: HB 2646, HB 3941, HB 5153, HB 5155, HB 5394, HB 1106, HB 426, HB 4529, HB 3984, HB 4273, HB 1097, HB 3940, HB 1941, HB 4377, HB 3153

Keywords: child care, task force, high-quality care, affordability, prekindergarten partnerships, foster care, transitional living, Medicaid reform, youth assistance, independent living, services for youth, employment training, educational support, mental health services, health care, public health, child health program, reimbursement, local health entities, maternal health

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• It um it had a religious text, which is a very broad thing, and so we changed that, took it out to a
• um<00:15:03.600> it<00:15:03.839> had<00:15:04.240> a<00:15:04.560> religious
• It um it had a religious text which you.
• It um it had a religious text which is<00:15:05.920> a<00:15:06.079> very<00:15:06.240>

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• school district to notify a parent of curriculum or instructional material containing religion or religious
• Berlin to a period of prayer and reading of the Bible and other religious texts in public schools refer
• A private school operated by a religious organization or providing religious instruction, refer to the

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• It increases support for religious freedom and to address religious persecution around the planet.
• 22:00.160> freedom increases support for religious freedom increases support for religious freedom
• > persecution and to address religious persecution and to address religious persecution around
• Religious leaders from across the world are coming to Washington, DC, this week to celebrate religious
• Hindu and Buddhist religious minorities are being persecuted in Bangladesh.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, February 3, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Representative Ingoglia: has recommended
• for countries whose governments have engaged in and tolerated systematic, ongoing violations of religious
• And so what I would share is that if we care about religious freedom in Nigeria, let's not pick sides
• Representative Spencer: Really, religious freedom cannot and will not survive if there's chaos in the
• I want my country to be free of religious undue influence.

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• There's a religious. And then there is a religious discrimination prevention coordinator as well.
• And then the pending legislation... ...as a religious discrimination prevention coordinator as well.
• I'm challenged to understand how the religious, disabilities, just because of looking at... ...how the
• religious disabilities, just because of looking at CRD's history and the years of discrimination complaints
• , how the religious discrimination compares to a race and ethnicity discrimination.

Summary: The subcommittee heard presentations on several GovOps-related budget proposals, beginning with ongoing funding for the California Education Learning Lab. The Learning Lab described its intersegmental grants to UC, CSU, and community college faculty, including AI-related work and a math alignment project, and said the Governor’s proposal would move the program’s home agency to GovOps and restore $4 million annually. The Department of Finance supported the proposal as a way to improve coordination, while the LAO recommended rejecting it, arguing the projects are hard to scale, similar professional development already exists in the segments, and the state should consider saving General Fund dollars. Senators split on the value of the program, with some emphasizing innovation and intersegmental collaboration and others questioning its measurable long-term impact; the item was held open. The committee then reviewed the Office of Civil Rights proposal to implement AB 715 and SB 48 with $3.5 million in 2026-27 and $2.8 million ongoing. GovOps said the office had been set up administratively, positions were being recruited, and it would provide training, technical assistance, and complaint review related to anti-Semitism and other discrimination in TK-12 schools. The LAO had no concerns, but senators raised substantial questions about the office’s placement in GovOps, the lack of guidance while the laws are being implemented, the use of gubernatorial appointees, and whether the staffing structure matches the likely workload across different discrimination categories. GovOps said it would develop guidance, coordinate with CDE, and shift resources as needed once staff are hired, but several members said they were not prepared to support the item as presented; it was also held open. After public comment supporting the California Education Interagency Council, the subcommittee approved vote-only items 11 through 17 and 6 through 10. It then heard from the Office of Data and Innovation on a request for five positions and $1.25 million in reimbursement authority to expand digital service delivery work. ODI described projects such as reducing unauthorized EBT theft and forecasting community water system outages, and said it uses guardrails and contracts to protect sensitive data when working with vendor AI services. The LAO had no concerns, and members generally praised ODI’s small, high-impact role; the item was held open. Finally, the Department of Technology presented on the Middle-Mile Broadband Initiative, reporting that 423 miles are complete, more than 70% of the network has been permitted, and about 5,300 miles are expected to be completed by December 2026, with some work potentially slipping into 2027. CDT said Skyline Technology Solutions had been selected to operate the network and that the third-party administrator, Golden State Net, would continue to support development and later help oversee operations and sales. The LAO noted the project’s progress but raised concerns about the novel three-party structure, accountability, and long-term financial sustainability. Senators questioned the legal basis for the operator arrangement, the revenue outlook, reporting to the Legislature, and whether the network will be self-sustaining; CDT said it expects revenues to cover operations over time and will continue annual and quarterly reporting. The item was left open.

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• Our intermediate has the model in place and is happy to work with any other district to try to accommodate
• Our intermediate has the model in place and is happy to work with any other district to try to accommodate
• relationships and to build trust and to perform their work effectively across cultural, political, and religious
• across perform their work effectively across cultural<01:30:28.760> political<01:30:29.360> religious
• <01:30:29.880> differences cultural political religious differences cultural political religious

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• Through your social, political, and Christian nationalist religious communities, we are here again because
• Thank you for accommodating us. I spoke upstairs a little bit earlier.
• Thank you for accommodating<01:07:46.960> us.
• <01:07:47.400> I<01:07:48.160> um accommodating us. I um accommodating us.

Bills: SB1

Keywords: special primary election, redistricting, State Senate districts, federal court ruling, injunction, vacated order, election calendar, 2026 general election, 2026 primary election, runoff election, party nominee, Governor proclamation, Alabama elections, district boundaries, court-ordered redistricting, special election, nomination process, Secretary of State, election law, 1136

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• raised the growing problem of health care professionals being forced to hide their sincerely held religious
• at no added cost is if this bill passes and that appropriation is in place, we can go ahead and accommodate
• c><00:51:59.440> go<00:51:59.599> ahead<00:51:59.760> and<00:52:00.000> accommodate
• place, we can go ahead and accommodate place, we can go ahead and accommodate this.<00:52:00.800

Bills: HB0143, HB0129

Keywords: health care providers, free speech, discrimination, governmental agencies, civil remedies, physician access, internationally trained physicians, medical licensing, provisional license, healthcare workforce, 916, all