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• removed barriers and created access removed barriers and created access where<00:29:42.279> there
• I looked back in some of the older results you have, a spreadsheet off the Secretary of State's website
• the individual jurisdiction's website the individual jurisdiction's website for<00:50:46.520>
• um to receive those results so websites um to receive those results so um<00:51:09.760> under
• I appreciate that it allows more access and more diversity of candidates in communities.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So this change does make those trainings a little bit more accessible.
• Does that mean now you're going to publish this on your website? What are we doing? Ms.
• <01:07:35.599> Accessibility for the education itself.
• Accessibility for the education itself.
• In reality, that accessible to children.

Bills: HF1918, HF2305, HF897, HF2191, HF2617, HF2551, HF2137

Keywords: HF1918, Department of Children Youth and Families, DCYF, child welfare, foster care, out-of-home placement, permanency planning, relative search, noncustodial parent, kinship care, family preservation, African American Child and Family Well-Being, racial disproportionality, maltreatment reporting, educational neglect, truancy, school attendance, Great Start compensation, child care provider payments, TEACH early childhood program

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• At all times, they have access to that.
• Well, that's what I always thought, but we had a meeting, and we go on the website.
• We work with the HOA; we have it on our website about the meeting time.
• I think access to records and access to any of the information, if we're reaching out to our attorney
• Is accessible to the general public and is free of charge.

Bills: HB1835, HB2561, HB3630

Keywords: manufactured housing, HUD-code, zoning, local government regulations, installation permits, municipal utility district, board meetings, public access, meeting location, transparency, fire prevention, agriculture, local government, fire safety, regulations, 1184, house, all

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• Without access to generational wealth, surmount the down payment hurdle and access the wealth-building
• This website is also the sole access point to apply for the first-gen Community DPA funds.
• This website is also the sole access point to apply for the first-gen Community DPA funds.
• <00:08:13.440> point<00:08:13.639> to website is also the sole access point to website
• <00:08:22.960> to<00:08:23.120> all access to all access to all Minnesotan<00:08:25.199

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Their effectiveness depends on realistic training which requires our access to human remains.
• our access to human remains. remains. remains.
• Fraudsters create spoofed websites that closely mimic legitimate bank sites.
• Fraudsters create<00:53:53.120> spoofed<00:53:53.480> websites<00:53:54.200> that
• ><00:53:54.360> closely create spoofed websites that closely create spoofed websites that closely

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• It also will require public access, so beginning October 1st of 2026, a dedicated website so people in
• It also will require public access, so beginning October 1st of 2026, a dedicated website so people in
• It also will require public access, so beginning October 1st of 2026, a dedicated website so people in
• It also will require public access, so beginning October 1st of 2026, a dedicated website so people in
• It also will require public access, so beginning October 1st of 2026, a dedicated website so people in

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Senate Standing Committee on Health Services met with a quorum, first taking up referred administrative regulations. One regulation was deferred, and two others were noted as deficient; with no one wishing to speak, the committee treated the regulations as reviewed. The committee then heard Senate Bill 13 from Chairman Meredith, which would reduce the number of Medicaid managed care organizations from five to three. Meredith argued the bill would reduce administrative burden, improve oversight, help rural providers, and potentially lower costs for families and the Medicaid program. Senators Berg, Herron, and Douglas asked about data, patient impact, network adequacy, and prior authorization burdens; Meredith said the effect on patients would be indirect through better access and less administrative delay. The committee approved a committee substitute and passed SB 13 favorably on a 10-0 vote. The committee next considered Senate Joint Resolution 26, presented by Senator Richardson and Kentucky Pharmacists Association Executive Director Ben Mudd. The resolution asks the Department of Medicaid Services to provide data and cost analysis on paying pharmacists fairly for clinical services already within their scope of practice under Medicaid and KCHIP. Supporters said pharmacists can improve access, especially in rural areas, by providing services such as medication therapy management, chronic disease management, and preventive care, and that the resolution is intended to gather information before any future bill. Senator Douglas questioned whether expanded pharmacy duties have actually improved access or outcomes and whether there is published data; Mudd said the Board of Pharmacy tracks use of protocols but that more data is needed. The committee approved the resolution by roll call, with all members voting aye. At the end of the meeting, Chairman Meredith announced that Senate Bill 27 would be heard for discussion only and not acted on that day so members could review it further. Senator Brandon Storm introduced SB 27, which would create a Kentucky Parkinson’s disease research registry, and noted that a Michael J. Fox Foundation representative could not attend because of a winter storm; her letter was included in the packet. Storm said the registry is intended to support research and policy by tracking Parkinson’s disease in Kentucky, citing national prevalence and cost figures. No vote was taken on SB 27 during this meeting.

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• Access to records is critical for parents to make treatment decisions.
• that you're referring to, right, that federal law does not limit parents' access.
• Um, and then what they had to change on their website cause they had to change the wording on their website
• Uh, provision of access to personal representative or individual that requests such access is reasonably
• A failures to obey the court order for access and possession.

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• updated our website with the rulemaking calendar.
• Yes, but I will be clear that Access is the one who deals with eligibility, I will be clear that Access
• Yes, most likely after Access.
• Do you have any idea why she might have wanted Health, Access, and ADOA specifically?
• We've used it effectively to redesign our website and to satisfy a mandate to make the website accessible

Keywords: 1182, all

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• That's the A14 committee website.
• So um at the risk of website um issues.
• <00:59:30.960> to in the house would have access to in the house would have access to addresses
• <01:10:36.080> systems, entrances, controlled access systems, entrances, controlled access
• > elected Expanding statutory access for elected Expanding statutory access for elected officials

Bills: HF3884, HF3881, HF3882, HF3883, HF3363, HF3362

Keywords: tribal governments, Metropolitan Council, grant programs, funding, local government, small business, contracting, veteran-owned businesses, compliance, government contracts, housing finance, reporting requirements, regional development, city programs, elected officials, campaign access, multiple unit dwellings, residential access, voter registration, 1183

Summary: The committee met on March 4, 2026, and first approved the minutes from March 2 by voice vote. It then took up several Metropolitan Council agency bills, with members repeatedly moving to lay them over for possible inclusion or, in one case, to re-refer a bill to another committee. The first three bills discussed were House File 3884, House File 3881, and House File 3882, all presented as administrative or programmatic changes intended to streamline Met Council processes. House File 3884 would allow tribal governments and tribal development entities to apply directly for Metropolitan Council Livable Communities Act grants and community tree planting grants, rather than applying through a city or other local government. Testimony from Met Council staff said the bill would simplify access and align the Met Council’s tree-planting program with existing DNR authority. House File 3881 would expand the Met Council’s contracting authority to include small businesses more broadly, require an annual report to the legislature on small-business contracting, and repeal a duplicative statute on certificates of compliance. House File 3882 would make a range of administrative cleanups, including removing an obsolete housing-bond review role, clarifying outdated statutory language, extending the review cycle for metropolitan significance rules from every two years to every 10 years, clarifying reporting and Livable Communities Act provisions, changing regional parks operations-and-maintenance reimbursements to rely on audited financial statements, and clarifying agricultural preserves procedures. The committee also considered House File 3883, which was amended with an A1 amendment before adoption. That bill updates appointments to the Metropolitan Area Water Supply Advisory Committee, known as MOSAC, including direct appointments for certain county representatives and adding a tribal representative appointed by the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council, while also cleaning up outdated language and eligibility provisions. A former MOSAC member spoke in support of the committee’s work, and the chair said the bill was common-sense and renewed the motion to lay it over as amended. Finally, the committee began House File 3363, a bill described by the author as a response to safety concerns after the June events, aimed at removing public access to legislators’ home addresses from Campaign Finance Board materials; discussion had just begun when the transcript ended.

Transcript Highlights:

• True inclusion means access, not exclusion masked as opportunity.
• So can you tell me about, you said games were missed, couldn't get access to games? Yes, sir.
• And out of the 35 high school games, we were only allowed access to one game.
• They could have had access to be at that game to participate with their peers, and...
• I understand in order to have access to a facility like Dr.

Summary: The Committee on Education K-16 heard several bills focused largely on special education transparency, school safety, and student support services. Senate Bill 1908, by Senator Zaffirini, would direct the Higher Education Coordinating Board to study the feasibility of a statewide system for coordinating clinical training placements, including regional portals for healthcare clinical slots, with a report due by December 1, 2026. A representative of the Texas Nurses Association and the Nursing Legislative Agenda Coalition testified in support. The bill was left pending subject to the call of the chair. The committee then took up Senate Bill 111, by Senator Hall, which in its committee substitute was narrowed to a reporting bill requiring school districts to disclose legal proceedings involving special education due process complaints when legal fees exceed $10,000, rather than capping spending. Several parents and advocates testified that districts spend large sums on litigation against families of children with disabilities and that greater transparency is needed; some senators raised concerns about unintended consequences, including possible pressure to settle cases. The committee adopted the substitute and left the bill pending. The committee also heard Senate Bill 1551 on automated external defibrillators in public schools, Senate Bill 865 on CPR instruction requirements for certain volunteers, Senate Bill 1032 on the Governor’s University Research Initiative, and Senate Bill 571 on school employee misconduct reporting and access to the Do Not Hire Registry; each was reported favorably after committee substitute adoption and roll-call votes. Additional bills discussed included Senate Bill 1884, which would formalize and expand dedicated staff support for the State Board of Education and give the board chair hiring authority over that staff; members questioned whether it duplicated TEA functions, while a witness argued the workload increase justified the change, and the bill was left pending. Senate Bill 625 would replace the current half-credit economics requirement with a half-credit in personal financial literacy; educators and advocates strongly supported making the course required, and the bill was left pending. Senate Bill 582 would make TEA settlement agreements in special investigations publicly available when sanctions are imposed, and Senate Bill 2600 would bar transportation fees for students living within two miles of campus unless districts do not receive state transportation funding; both were left pending. The committee also heard Senate Bill 2751, which would require TEA inspections of non-public special education programs to consider medical standards of care and crisis-prevention training; testimony from a program operator described severe student behaviors and the need for more flexibility, and the bill was left pending after the substitute was adopted.

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• Then that’s posted on the Legacy website.
• So you can get more information from the LCC website.
• if you were to go onto our website if you were to go onto our website there'd<00:36:34.839> be
• allow folks to maybe more easily access allow folks to maybe more easily access help<00:59:59.240
• some kind of more easily accessible some kind of more easily accessible Restoration<01:02:00.319

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: The Legacy Finance Committee held its first meeting of the session, with members and staff introducing themselves and the chair emphasizing the committee’s role in overseeing Minnesota’s Legacy Amendment funds. The committee then received an overview of the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund from Mary Davis. She explained that the fund receives 19.75% of the 1% sales tax, is constitutionally limited to arts education, arts access, and preserving Minnesota history and cultural heritage, and is not a guaranteed base for prior recipients. She reviewed major recipients and statutory requirements, including the Minnesota State Arts Board’s 47% share, funding for the Historical Society, libraries, humanities and cultural organizations, public media, and the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council. She also noted the 5% reserve requirement, reporting obligations, and a 2023 legislative directive to improve access through free or reduced admission and outreach to households regardless of income. The committee next heard from Janelle Taylor on the natural resources funds, focusing on the Clean Water Fund and Parks and Trails Fund. She said the Clean Water Fund receives 33% of Legacy revenues and must be used to protect, enhance, and restore water quality and protect groundwater, with at least 5% dedicated to drinking water sources. She described the Clean Water Council’s recommendation process and said most of the money goes to Board of Water and Soil Resources projects, with additional funding for PCA and DNR monitoring. In response to a question about Hastings and PFAS contamination, she said the legislature could appropriate clean water money if the project fits the constitutional criteria and protects drinking water sources. For the Parks and Trails Fund, she explained it receives 14.25% of Legacy revenues and is allocated under the long-standing 40-40-20 split: 40% to state parks and trails, 40% to metropolitan regional parks and trails, and 20% to Greater Minnesota regional parks and trails. House Fiscal Analysis staff then reviewed the reserve requirement and available balances, noting that each Legacy fund must keep a 5% reserve to protect against forecast changes. For the upcoming biennium, they cited approximately $327.229 million available for the Outdoor Heritage Fund, $184.73 million for the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, and $133.13 million for the Parks and Trails Fund, with the Clean Water Fund total discussed earlier at about $311 million. Members briefly discussed the importance of the reserve and the zero-base nature of the funds. The committee then moved on to an overview of the Outdoor Heritage Fund and Outdoor Heritage Council from Mark Johnson and Joe Pelco, who explained that the fund was approved by voters in 2008, lasts 25 years, receives about one-third of the 3/8 of 1% sales tax, and is used to protect, restore, and enhance wetlands, prairies, forests, and habitat for fish, game, and wildlife. They described the council’s statutory role, the small grants program for projects from $5,000 to $500,000, and the annual recommendation process, but no votes or formal actions were taken in the portion provided.

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• Those dates and focus areas are posted on the website.
• It's posted on the committee website, but we'll include on Monday East Texas, including the Harris County
• Submitted comments are shared with the Senators and are posted on the committee. committee's website
• So you should have the live stream available on the Senate website via the link that is visible in the
• Transparency in government depends on a constant basis and accessibility.

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• So we might have more reinsurance out there, but not be able to access it right away.
• That bill gives us access to additional potential funding for the future.
• So we have gone through and put out more information on our website that we continually get asked for
• They're on our website. I could pull those. And I apologize, I thought I did.
• And all that information's on your website, just the amount of—okay, I appreciate that.

Summary: The Assembly Insurance Committee held an oversight hearing on the California Fair Plan, focused on the plan’s rapid growth, its financial stability after the January Southern California wildfires, and its role as the insurer of last resort. Fair Plan officials explained that the plan was created in 1968, is a not-for-profit involuntary association of licensed property insurers, and is intended to be a temporary safety net until policyholders can return to the admitted market. They emphasized that the plan is not a state agency or taxpayer-funded, but is regulated by the Department of Insurance and supported by member-company assessments if claims exceed available funds. Victoria Roach and Armand Feliciano said the Fair Plan has grown sharply since 2018 and especially after market pullbacks by major insurers, reaching about 575,000 policies and roughly $600 billion in exposure by spring 2025. They noted that growth is increasingly occurring in lower wildfire-risk areas, where the plan can sometimes be cheaper than the voluntary market, and said this undermines depopulation back into the private market. They also discussed recent policy expansions, including coverage for farms, higher residential and commercial limits, and pending or proposed changes such as AB 290, SB 525, and AB 226, which would add tools like a line of credit and bond access. A major portion of the hearing addressed the January wildfire losses and the plan’s financial response. Fair Plan officials said they assessed member insurers for $1 billion after determining claims and cash flow would exceed available resources, and that the process was approved quickly and paid smoothly, with more than 80% of the assessment collected within 10 days. They also described the reinsurance tower, the plan’s limited surplus, and the need for actuarially sound rates to reduce future reliance on assessments. On claims handling, they said the plan has received over 5,500 claims from the fires, has paid more than $2.9 billion so far, expects total payments near $4 billion, and has focused on advancing payments quickly for total losses and other urgent needs. Members questioned the plan’s solvency, the growth in non-wildfire areas, claim denials, smoke-loss coverage, and how depopulation works. Roach said most closed claims without payment were duplicates rather than denials, and that smoke claims require direct physical loss under the policy, with coverage determined case by case. Public commenters from the California Building Industry Association and the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of California said the Fair Plan’s growth reflects a weak voluntary market, inadequate rates, and insurer fear of future assessments, and urged support for rate increases and AB 226. The hearing concluded with no vote, but with a commitment from Fair Plan officials to follow up on unanswered questions and continue providing more transparency through public data and website disclosures.

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• There are some websites I just don't want to plug.
• We were talking about websites earlier.
• So how do they—sure—how do they access that?
• My website is Texas Right to Know.
• GeoengineeringWatch.org is on my website.

Summary: The joint Senate and House disaster preparedness and flooding hearing opened with quorum calls, prayer, testimony time limits, and remarks from legislative leaders emphasizing decorum, respect, and the goal of learning from the July 4 flood to prevent future loss of life. Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick and Speaker Dustin Burrows said the special session and hearings were intended to hear directly from local officials and residents, and that the state would pursue immediate and longer-term legislation and continue working beyond the current session. The committee then heard invited testimony from Kerr County, Kerrville, Kendall County, Real County, and the Upper Guadalupe River Authority, followed by member questions. Kerr County Judge Rob Kelly, Sheriff Larry Leitha, and emergency management coordinator William B. Thomas described the flood as a sudden, unprecedented event that overwhelmed local systems before many officials or residents understood the danger. They said the county received multiple National Weather Service and IPAWS alerts, but the rain fell in remote upstream areas with limited gauges, and the flood rose too quickly for normal response. They detailed the emergency response, including dispatchers handling heavy call volumes, deputies and volunteer firefighters conducting rescues, and state and federal partners assisting. County officials said 108 people died, including 37 children, and two remained missing. They called for better real-time flood detection, stronger rural emergency management resources, improved broadband and cell coverage, and more funding for swift-water rescue and warning systems. Kerrville Mayor Joe Herring and City Manager Dalton Rice said the city had floodplain rules, emergency plans, and prior preparedness efforts, but the event exposed gaps in communications and regional warning capacity. They urged the Legislature to fund a flood warning system, whether sirens, automated alerts, or a hybrid, and asked for support for predictive weather modeling, broadband expansion, a hazard mitigation fund, and disaster recovery resources. The Upper Guadalupe River Authority said it had long funded gauges and pursued flood-warning and mitigation projects, including a new software-based flood prediction system and possible retention dams, and planned to dedicate reserve funds to feasibility studies and infrastructure improvements. Kendall County Judge Shane Stolarczyk said his county’s emergency action plan and early alerts helped prevent deaths there, and he recommended easier access to alerting tools, a river-wide warning system, simpler grant applications, and regional coordination. Real County Judge Bella Rubio said rural counties face major challenges because of limited cell service, broadband, staffing, and funding, especially for camps and visitors along the Frio and Nueces rivers, and argued that reliable alert systems should be treated as a necessity, not a luxury. Members asked about the timeline of the flood, low-water crossings, communications failures, sirens, bridges, and funding, and several witnesses said the key lessons were better communications, better warning systems, and more investment in rural flood mitigation and emergency response.

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• <00:05:33.600> and posted on the district website and posted on the district website and reviewed
• <00:45:30.240> So don't seem to have that same access.
• So don't seem to have that same access.
• . website. website.
• So more school district website.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• It's on my website, but I photoshopped the pants onto it.
• It's on my website, but I photoshopped the pants onto it.
• It's on my website, but I photoshopped the pants onto it.
• It's on my website, but I photoshopped the pants onto it.
• It's on my website, but I photoshopped the pants onto it.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Some of our technology upgrades, we had some access controls we were trying to put in.
• People ask me all the time what's charity game, youth access to tobacco.
• We have a grant through them and the US Food and Drug Administration to limit youth access to alcohol
• As you see, website design, we utilize $70,000. We're not asking for that again.
• Other than understanding, there are people out there that do want to gain access to our agency.

Keywords: 914, all

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• S. 287, an act relating to studying the construction of a self-funding limited access highway replacing
• S. 287, an act relating to studying the construction of a self-funding limited access highway replacing
• Uh, radio, television broadcasting stations, websites, streaming platforms, mobile apps that broadcast
• <00:21:15.280> platforms, stations, websites, streaming platforms, stations, websites, streaming
• A website, newspaper, or magazine is exempt if the publication clearly states that the deceptive and

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• They know how to access apps such as Blackboard.
• They know how to access those apps such as Blackboard.
• Right now, they're limiting access based on geography.
• The survey was developed by the Department of Public Instruction and is accessible from the ESPB website
• They then basically get access to the items.

Keywords: 908, all

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• information on the State House website.
• So regardless of what accessible.
• Um about looking at the agency website.
• what the on the website on our website<01:03:43.520> if<01:03:43.839> that<01:03:44.079
• a commission's uh page on the website. a commission's uh page on the website.

Keywords: 1189, house, all