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• . facilities. facilities.
• Other facilities we're learning that we may need for DOE includes a breaking facility, slaughter facilities
• Um other facilities existing facilities.
• ,</c> um includes a breaking facility, um includes a breaking facility, slaughter<01:33:30.800><c> facilities
• Correctional Facility.

Keywords: 910, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• we're really excited to highlight the modernization of the San Joaquin Salmon Conservation Research Facility
• This is a non-invasive genetic tagging method that samples hatchery broodstock DNA to assign age and
• There are nine grow-out facilities along the coast, and this process and...
• There are nine grow-out facilities along the coast, and this process and this hatchery cannot be done
• without those volunteers that have donated so much of their time to that facility.

Committee: House Joint Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture

Summary: The Joint Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture held its annual Zeke Grader Fisheries Forum, focusing on the state of California fisheries and the environment. Secretary Wade Crowfoot and CDFW Marine Region Manager Dr. Craig Schumann described the sector as economically important but under pressure from drought, climate change, wildfire, warm oceans, and federal uncertainty. They highlighted progress under the state salmon strategy, including barrier removal, habitat restoration, flow protections, hatchery modernization, and technology improvements, while noting that salmon closures in recent years reflected the state’s driest period on record. Schumann reported 2025 commercial landings of about 217 million pounds worth $212 million, led by market squid, Dungeness crab, groundfish, and spiny lobster, and said the state’s marine protected area network had received international recognition. He also discussed salmon season openings, in-season management, hatchery release strategies, parentage-based tagging, kelp restoration planning, domoic acid closures, and expected future opportunities for rebuilt groundfish stocks such as yelloweye rockfish and cow cod. A major portion of the hearing was devoted to the Klamath River dam removal and salmon recovery. CDFW’s Crystal Robinson reviewed the project timeline, from the 2002 fish kill through dam decommissioning and full barrier removal in October 2024, and said fish returned to historic habitat within days. Yurok Chairman Joseph James, Karuk Chairman Russell “Buster” Attebery, and Dr. Craig Tucker described the dam removal as a historic tribal and state partnership and emphasized that salmon are central to tribal culture, food, and sovereignty. They said the river is already showing recovery, including the return of spring-run Chinook above Upper Klamath Lake for the first time in over a century, but stressed that continued restoration, funding, and protection of cold-water tributaries like the Scott and Shasta Rivers are still needed. Speakers also raised concerns about federal efforts to reinterpret the Endangered Species Act and rewrite the Klamath irrigation biological opinion, and urged the state to remain actively involved. The committee discussed AB 263 and AB 2218, which relate to minimum stream flows and Indigenous water rights, respectively. Members also questioned the agencies about Sacramento River salmon management, Shasta Reservoir cold-water releases, enforcement capacity, and federal disaster funding delays. Crowfoot and Schumann said the Sacramento remains the state’s most important salmon river and that the Bay-Delta Plan update and hatchery and flow actions are critical to recovery. They said marine enforcement remains limited, with about 50 officers covering the 1,100-mile coastline, and relies on technology, federal partnerships, and public tips. The committee indicated it would follow up on the federal biological opinion rewrite and on salmon-related policy issues. The final panel addressed the 2026–27 Dungeness crab season outlook. CDFW’s Joanna Grable said the season will be shaped by the “four horsemen” of whales, domoic acid, meat quality, and fleet dynamics, and warned that warm ocean conditions and a possible strong El Niño could increase domoic acid risk and whale entanglement concerns. She said the department will likely take a conservative approach, including possible season delays or gear reductions, while using new tools such as crab evisceration authority. PCFFA Executive Director Lisa Damrosch argued that the fishery has been built too much on fear and litigation, but acknowledged that RAMP now provides a framework to avoid a repeat of the 2016 crisis while still protecting whales and supporting fishing communities.

Transcript Highlights:

• we're really excited to highlight the modernization of the San Joaquin Salmon Conservation Research Facility
• This is a non-invasive genetic tagging method that samples hatchery broodstock DNA to assign age and
• There are nine growout facilities along the coast, and this process and...
• There are nine growout facilities along the coast, and this process and this hatchery cannot be done
• without those volunteers that have donated so much of their time to that facility.

Committee: Senate Joint Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• But for me as mayor, what really matters is that when there's a service issue, a facility concern, and
• But for me as mayor, what really matters is that when there's a service issue, a facility concern, and
• But for me as mayor, what really matters is that when there's a service issue, a facility concern, and
• But for me as mayor, what really matters is that when there's a service issue, a facility concern, and
• I was had a bill in Ag Committee that looks favorable, so that's good.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• MJDA facilities have become a safety net in the mental health continuum of care.
• In 2024, a survey of MJDA facilities showed that on June 1st, 20% of the youth in our facilities were
• in 2024 a survey of detention facilities in 2024 a survey of mjda<01:56:36.320><c> facilities</c><01
• </c><01:56:40.560><c> were</c> 20% of the youth in our facilities were 20% of the youth in our facilities
• </c> themselves in a correctional facility themselves in a correctional facility with<01:57:25.159><c

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• ages 18 to 64, and a continuing growing area for us, our seniors.
• ages 18 to 64, and a continuing growing area for us, our seniors.
• ages 18 to 64, and a continuing growing area for us, our seniors.
• To begin with, Minnesota has more aging women than men.
• Mobility disability age and also um Mobility disability age and also um limited limited limited resources

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So it wasn't in the law, but we did mirror that language. ...visiting with our AG representatives, they
• </c> didn't qualify for whatever reason, age didn't qualify for whatever reason, age 25<01:04:57.839>
• It would have an exception that that additional 2% would not apply to sales to industrial facilities
• Chairman, that's kind of a distinction between what's considered a residential facility versus like a
• versus like a a residential uh facility versus like a more<02:33:16.000><c> of</c><02:33:16.080><c>

Committee: Joint Revenue

Keywords: 916, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So that's going to be our effort, not to constrain government back to some age before this, but just
• </c> constrain government back to some age constrain government back to some age before<00:07:20.639>
• </c> house and what happens here in the age house and what happens here in the age of<02:32:44.640><c
• Unit 3054, facilities operations. >> All right. Are there any amendments? >> Right.
• Unit 3054, facilities operations. >> All right. Are there any amendments?

Committee: Joint Appropriations

Keywords: 916, all

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• Follow-up for a follow-up: so closed shop would mean that you could not work in that facility if you
• Follow-up for a follow-up: so closed shop would mean that you could not work in that facility if you
• Follow-up for a follow-up: so closed shop would mean that you could not work in that facility if you
• </c> never once asked to leave the facility never once asked to leave the facility to<00:28:41.799><c
• Um, and so it, it, it's a challenging labor force environment because it is an aging population.

Committee: House Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Have you found any incentives that seem to work best with that age group when you're trying to motivate
• What incentives may you be using for that age group? You're trying to motivate them to learn.
• What incentives may you be using for that age group? I use a card punch.
• Like when you look at the centralized dashboards that the Hope Hub kind of facilities partnership provides
• identify potentially students that may have some gaps or need some more intervention at an earlier age

Summary: The committee approved the March 9 and 10 minutes and then heard a presentation from the Arkansas Department of Education on the Arkansas Excellence in Teaching Fellowship, featuring three third-grade teachers from Cabot, Poyen, and Drew Central who are also teacher merit pay recipients. The teachers described the fellowship as a year-long Zoom-based collaboration with about 23 educators statewide, focused on sharing classroom strategies, data use, and professional support. Members asked about the teachers’ experience, how they share what they learn with their districts, the range of grades represented in the fellowship, and the relationship between the fellowship and merit pay. The teachers emphasized building relationships with students, using data to drive instruction, early intervention, and collaboration across grade levels, while the secretary said the program is intended to identify and elevate high-performing teachers and spread their practices. A major portion of the discussion focused on third-grade reading, retention, and the new ATLAS testing system. Teachers and the secretary said students are screened and progress monitored throughout the year, families are notified early if students are at risk, and schools are using interventions, tutoring, and individualized reading plans. They said ATLAS results are now available much faster than in the past, often within 24 hours or a few days, allowing teachers and parents to respond quickly. Members asked about the impact of poverty, trauma, foster care, DHS involvement, IEPs, and critical shortage areas; teachers said relationship-building, small-group instruction, and coordination with counselors and special education staff are key. The secretary said the fellowship is a small subset of a broader merit pay program, that participation was voluntary, and that the state is trying to build a coherent system with literacy coaches, high-impact tutoring, and clearer standards rather than teaching to the test. Members also discussed broader policy issues, including the need for more positive public messaging about public education, teacher input in decision-making, and support for early childhood education. Several legislators asked whether the state should expand funding for early learning and whether more literacy or academic coaches are needed in districts that improve and then lose eligibility for state support. The secretary said the state has committed literacy coaches to D and F schools and is still working through how to sustain support as schools improve. He also said the administration would look at data and return on investment before supporting additional funding, and he encouraged legislators to help recruit eligible teachers into future fellowship cohorts. After the teacher panel concluded, the committee moved on to the adequacy resource allocation study, where Bureau of Legislative Research staff began a presentation on state and local education funding sources, categorical funds, and district spending patterns.

Transcript Highlights:

• stories about people who establishments that refuse to take even a vertical license for any validity of age
• any requ any any uh validity of uh to any requ any any uh validity of uh to validate<00:04:24.240><c> age
• c> it's</c><00:04:25.840><c> an</c><00:04:26.000><c> important</c><00:04:26.639><c> um</c> validate age
• Um so it's an important um validate age.
• We did a lot of investigation of the facilities and so on and forth.

Committee: Senate Transportation

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• They serve students from early childhood to age 22, and for the very youngest, those are home-based services
• they serve students from Early<00:48:14.680><c> Childhood</c><00:48:15.240><c> to</c><00:48:15.640><c> age
• 22</c><00:48:17.319><c> um</c><00:48:17.480><c> and</c><00:48:17.640><c> from</c> Early Childhood to age
• 22 um and from Early Childhood to age 22 um and from for<00:48:18.119><c> the</c><00:48:18.280><c> very
• They provide free resources, training classes, facility assessments, emergency operations plan reviews

Committee: House Education Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• mentioned was storage, and I think that's ideal if each of the universities would put part of their facilities
• And it can often seem facile that we'll just... ...order them to do it.
• the President, which means I oversee research innovation with the 10 campuses, three national labs, ag
• Yes, you're educated, but I was taught at a very young age that education comes in many forms.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• accuracy of records for threatened and endangered wildlife records, including but not limited to the age
• However, if data lacks integrity, whether for reasons of age, poor collection methods, or many other
• However, if data lacks integrity, whether for reasons of age, poor collection methods, or many other
• of residential breeder, which I think clarifies what we mean by this and not a separate breeding facility
• breeding facility and uh and<02:33:33.840><c> so</c><02:33:34.080><c> I'm</c><02:33:34.319><c> I'm</

Committee: Senate Energy and Natural Resources

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:42:25.760><c> to</c><00:42:26.000><c> engage</c><00:42:26.400><c> in</c> learners of all ages
• to engage in learners of all ages to engage in computer<00:42:27.040><c> science.
• That included renovating facilities, opening classrooms to higher-need educators, and limiting class
• The turquoise bar is the facility nickel that our community supported in 2007 at the beginning of the
• The turquoise bar is the facility nickel that our community supported in 2007 at the beginning of the

Keywords: Call to Order and Roll Call - 0:25 Approval of Minutes – 3-50 2025 RS SB 253 – 4:25 Computer Science and AI Literacy – 27:36 Fayette County School District Budget Update – 51:46 Adjournment – 2:09:46, 958, all

Summary: The committee first handled routine business, including roll call, introductions, and approval of the previous meeting minutes by voice vote. It then heard a presentation on SB 253, focused on expanding support for teacher apprenticeship and teaching-and-learning pathways. Senator Hickman and staff from the Kentucky Department of Education and Nelson County Schools described how the program uses dual credit, work-based learning, and registered apprenticeship to help students earn an associate degree in high school and continue toward a teaching degree. They said the goal is to address the teacher shortage by creating a sustainable pipeline into the profession. Witnesses emphasized that the main barrier is cost. Mary Taylor said Kentucky’s youth apprenticeship model has been successful in other fields and that education should be added as an in-demand sector, but an associate degree alone will not solve the teacher shortage because teachers still need a bachelor’s degree and certification. Laura Arnold of Nelson County Schools described the district’s Lead Nelson program, saying the district has invested more than $800,000 since 2021, currently has 37 students in the pathway and seven committed apprentices, and spends about $85,000 per apprentice from freshman year through certification. She said district staffing, planning, and university partnerships are also significant hurdles. Members asked about job guarantees, tenure, and retirement; Arnold said employment is performance-based and retirement issues are being considered. Senator Hickman said the bill would use lottery funds to help cover tuition and dual credit costs so more districts can participate, noting that a prior version died because of a high fiscal note. Representative Payne and Representative Tipton praised the program but stressed the need for funding and noted inconsistencies between statute and budget language on Work Ready Kentucky and dual credit support. Representative Tipton also cautioned that lottery revenue may not keep pace with demand and said the General Assembly may need to make broader funding decisions. After the apprenticeship discussion, the chair moved the committee to the next agenda item on computer science and AI literacy, where Code.org began a presentation on the importance of computer science for all students.

Transcript Highlights:

• Following the traditional immigrant experience, I started working at the age of 12 with my father's carpet
• The legislation also exempts the city from the limitation in the Public Facilities Commission's enabling
• pregnancy complications, which you'll hear more about, but 50% become diabetic or pre-diabetic before the age
• hands of Taino people who did not bring back enough gold to their colonizers, told girls as young as age
• hands of Taino people who did not bring back enough gold to their colonizers, told girls as young as age

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The hearing covered a wide range of bills, with substantial testimony on commemorative days and several local development measures. Early testimony focused on competing proposals about Indigenous Peoples’ Day: Senator Comerford and others supported redesignating the second Monday in October as Indigenous Peoples’ Day, while several Italian American legislators and advocates opposed changing Columbus Day and instead urged a separate Indigenous Peoples’ Day on August 9 or another date. Committee members noted the long-running debate, discussed the state flag and motto review process, and emphasized that any changes would require legislation. No votes were taken during the hearing. The committee also heard strong support for a Fred Korematsu Day bill, with testimony from advocates, legal organizations, community leaders, and Korematsu’s daughter. Witnesses described Korematsu’s resistance to Japanese American incarceration during World War II, argued that his story remains relevant amid current immigration and civil liberties concerns, and said the designation would help educate students and the public. A separate bill to designate September as PCOS Awareness Month drew testimony from Senator Miranda and health advocates, who described the disorder’s prevalence, frequent misdiagnosis, fertility and pregnancy risks, and the value of public awareness and education. Other bills discussed included a Domestic Workers’ Rights Day proposal, supported by Representative Garcia and Representative Sousa, who spoke about the invisibility and vulnerability of domestic workers and the importance of recognizing their labor. The committee also heard support for a veteran suicide awareness and remembrance day, a Boston branch library and affordable housing project in Dorchester, and a Fall River waterfront redevelopment bill transferring land to the local redevelopment authority for a major mixed-use project. In addition, Senator Miranda testified in favor of a memorial portrait for former Representative Doris Bunty, highlighting her pioneering role in the legislature and Boston public housing. The hearing was hybrid and lengthy, with the chair repeatedly asking witnesses to be concise and noting that testimony would be public record.

Transcript Highlights:

• But they are ag-tech and farm equipment, space defense and satellites, which is rapidly growing, life
• Across the state, whether that's journalism or the arts or space and defense or ag tech.
• So ag tech and other solutions could change the cost structures and what have you.
• I would put it in the strength and sector, you know, just kind of in our ag production, food processing
• Instead of yielding to this age-old habit, the Legislature was proudly a firm support for the value of

Summary: The subcommittee heard an informational update from the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development on the state’s Jobs First economic development strategy and related budget requests. Go-Biz described its regional planning process, priority sectors such as ag-tech, space defense, life sciences, and semiconductors, and requests including an extension of the CalCompetes tax credit, support for export promotion, additional film commission staff, innovation and emerging technology capacity, and a California brand campaign. Members questioned the campaign’s purpose, with some supporting efforts to counter misinformation about California and others warning it should not obscure regulatory and business-climate concerns. Go-Biz said the campaign would be nationally focused, could include business attraction efforts, and was intended to complement—not replace—policy work on permitting and workforce development. The item was informational only. The committee then heard from the California Office of the Small Business Advocate on the California RISE program, the Performing Arts Equitable Payroll Fund, and the Technical Assistance Program/Capital Infusion Program. CalOSBA reported that California RISE’s first round awarded $16.9 million to 61 employment social enterprises, which collectively increased revenue, secured contracts, and employed thousands of people facing barriers to work; a second round is being launched with a new administrator and expanded services. For the performing arts payroll fund, the office said all 100 awardees had been paid, but demand far exceeded available funding, and the program was oversubscribed within days. California for the Arts testified that the sector remains fragile after COVID and urged statutory changes to simplify eligibility and stretch dollars further. SBDC representatives described TAP/SIP as a statewide network supporting small businesses, capital access, and disaster recovery, emphasizing their role in underserved communities and the leverage of federal matching funds. Committee members focused on whether these programs produce durable outcomes and reach smaller or disadvantaged businesses. Questions centered on long-term job retention in California RISE, outreach to ethnic and community media in the civic media program, and whether TAP/SIP are accessible to entrepreneurs with limited capital or capacity. CalOSBA and its partners said they rely heavily on local community organizations for outreach, provide one-on-one counseling and training, and are working to collect more longitudinal data. The committee also discussed the film and television tax credit program, for which Go-Biz requested funding for three permanent positions and ongoing program support. Film Commission staff said the expanded program is tracking demographic and career-pathway data, with most productions opting into new diversity provisions, and that a formal report to the Legislature is expected in 2027. The item concluded without a vote, as the hearing was for oversight and budget discussion.

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• You all are already running the facility. It's just simply a transfer, correct? Correct, yes.
• And so with this bill, either the DA or the AG can proceed. And that gives the DA an out on it.
• But if a DA doesn't want to proceed, then the AG can. Is that the game plan?
• Standardizing how nursing home early voting is handled... ...especially with our aging populations.
• Like, you know, you have people here of voting age.

Bills: HB117 , HB228 , HB250 , HB260 , HB393 , HB400 , HB446 , HB534 , HB551 , HB576 , HB842

Committee: House House and Governmental Affairs

Keywords: Department of State, statutory entities, re-creation, termination, Louisiana laws, Department of State Civil Service, Louisiana legislation, government re-creation, authority termination, financial disclosure, public servants, ethics, immediate family, transparency, legislators, transportation, foreign travel, cultural exchange, public service, HB393

Transcript Highlights:

• Yes, several of us in here are that age.
• We have 11 facilities from St. Louis to Springfield. We also have opened up a yard in Florida.
• I'm just saying we haven't been— no one has come to our facility and said you need to do it a certain
• I'm just saying we haven't been, no one has come to our facility and said you need to do it a certain

Committee: House Transportation

Keywords: 959, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• And they did this across a number of identifications such as sex, political activism, and age.
• </c> such as sex, political activism, age. such as sex, political activism, age.
• So I'm going to say that if that is the case for political ideology, sex, and age, then it would have
• For example, an individual over the age of 18, a U.S. citizen who can claim domicile in New Hampshire
• For example, an individual<00:27:32.080><c> over</c><00:27:32.240><c> the</c><00:27:32.480><c> age</c

Committee: House Election Law

Keywords: 1189, house, all