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• Up next, we have Kate Lynch with SEIU Healthcare Minnesota and Iowa.
• I'm here to testify on behalf of my union, SEIU Healthcare Minnesota and Iowa.
• 59.000><c> Healthcare</c><00:58:59.480><c> Minnesota</c><00:59:00.000><c> and</c><00:59:00.160><c> Iowa
• </c> with SEIU Healthcare Minnesota and Iowa with SEIU Healthcare Minnesota and Iowa if<00:59:00.559>
• I'm a vice Healthcare Minnesota and Iowa I'm a vice president<00:59:30.640><c> of</c><00:59:30.839><

Committee: Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection

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• Yes, more than 20 states have menstrual products in public schools and public facilities.
• Cabral's bill on school interpreters.
• DESE also monitors school districts directly to ensure they're complying with the law.
• Well, I think the whole issue of starting school—let's talk about children, starting school at the time
• So it doesn't make sense to go to permanent daylight and start school later.

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight

Summary: The Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight heard testimony on several bills. Senator Mike Moore supported S. 2185, which would delay implementation of the heavy-duty omnibus/advanced clean truck requirements while requiring the Commonwealth to purchase or lease electric medium- and heavy-duty vehicles starting in 2025; he argued the delay is needed because infrastructure, grid capacity, vehicle availability, and costs are not yet ready. The committee also heard strong support for S. 2156/H. 3318, which would require free menstrual products in public buildings, with advocates and students describing period poverty and the need to treat menstrual products like other basic restroom supplies. Senator John Keenan testified for S. 2158, a bill to let municipal light plants protect proprietary and competitively sensitive information from public disclosure while keeping board meetings and minutes open, saying it would help level the playing field against larger competitors. A major portion of the hearing focused on S. 2125/H. 3384, the language access and inclusion bill. Testimony from the AAPI Commission, Mass Speaks coalition members, Mass Appleseed, MLRI, ATASK, MAPC, the Boston Bar Association, Mass Advocates for Children, and others described barriers faced by limited-English-proficient residents in accessing MassHealth, DCF, courts, domestic violence services, schools, and other state services. Witnesses cited untranslated documents, inadequate interpretation, delays, and the burden placed on bilingual staff and children; several also pointed to recent federal moves toward English-only policy as making state action more urgent. Committee members asked questions about implementation, interpreter availability, and the role of technology and remote participation, and the chair noted the bill had been reported favorably in a prior session and intended to be again. The committee also heard testimony on time-zone legislation. Dr. Karin Johnson, representing sleep medicine interests, supported H. 3405 for permanent standard time and opposed S. 2157 for permanent daylight saving time, arguing that standard time better aligns with circadian rhythms and health, while permanent daylight saving time would worsen morning darkness and sleep disruption. Members questioned the strength of the scientific evidence and discussed school start times, geography, and whether Massachusetts should align with neighboring states. No votes were taken during the hearing, and testimony continued on additional bills as the session progressed.

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• I come from Smyrna High School.
• So my mom got up for the school bus for 31 years, she said.
• Senate Bill 322 addresses two related issues affecting local school funding in Delaware: how school districts
• Association of School Administrators and the vice president of the school business officials.
• But currently, the process as it is right now is every five years, school district through the school

Summary: The House convened with Girl State participants presiding for part of the session, including introductions of the student leadership and a unanimous voice vote passing House Concurrent Resolution 152 honoring the young women participating in Delaware Girl State. The chamber also welcomed congressional interns and other guests, accepted the prior day’s minutes, and observed a moment of silence for Nathan Cynix and Kara Feeley before prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance. A major portion of the meeting was devoted to tributes for Representative Ron Gray, who was recognized for his 14 years of service and his work on issues such as bond bills, dredging, bike paths, small business, constituent service, and agriculture-related funding. Multiple members from both parties praised his humor, honesty, mentorship, and dedication to the House and his district. Gray responded with extended remarks reflecting on his family legacy, legislative service, and appreciation for colleagues and staff, and the chamber later sang “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” at his request. The House then received communications, including Senate messages returning several bills and informing the chamber of Senate passage of additional measures. Members were also told that the FY27 bond bill, House Bill 500, had been placed on desks as a gift for review. The House read in Consent Agenda S, which included House Bill 476, House Joint Resolution 13, Senate Substitute 1 for Senate Bill 168, Senate Bill 297, Senate Substitute 1 for Senate Bill 319, and Senate Joint Resolution 21, and began a roll call vote on the consent agenda.

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• students to healthcare more high school students to healthcare careers<01:02:26.400><c> through</c><
• </c><01:03:53.680><c> or</c> places like pharmacies or schools or places like pharmacies or schools or
• So sometimes if you don't have access at your home but you could go to the school or to the pharmacy
• or to um the could go to the school or to um the pharmacy<01:15:51.600><c> and</c><01:15:51.679><c>
• Where were your rotations in medical school?'

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

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• As a law student, I had the opportunity to participate in the 2004 Iowa presidential caucus.
• With a few hundred voters packed into an elementary school gym, I watched as voters were sent to this
• lawyer by trade and actually worked at a law firm where I did election law when I graduated from law school

Bills: H4916 , H4262

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Election Laws

Keywords: ranked choice voting, instant runoff voting, RCV, Bedford, municipal elections, town offices, local option, ballot question, election reform, plurality voting, multi-seat elections, single-seat elections, town clerk, tie-breaking, ballot tabulation, Boston elections, voter preference, local government

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• , at lunch, after school.
• have them uh before school, at lunch, after<00:05:45.759><c> school.
• It does differ between the large schools and the small schools too as to the usage.
• and the small schools too large schools and the small schools too as<00:31:28.640><c> to</c><00:31:28.799
• </c> the schools then. Is that correct? the schools then. Is that correct?

Bills: SF0035 , SF0090 , SF0072

Committee: Senate Education

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• Delaware corporation, but I do not operate here, but I'm only operating in, let's say, the state of Iowa
• comment: there's undoubtedly, it's not about nexus to be in a Delaware-registered corporation based in Iowa
• that there's, undoubtedly, it's not about nexus to be in a Delaware registered corporation based in Iowa

Summary: The committee heard several bills, but much of the meeting focused on House Bill 306, which would require disclosure when a consumer is interacting with a chatbot rather than a human. Sponsor Senator Townsend described it as a consumer protection measure and said the bill is meant to keep pace with rapidly changing AI technology. Committee members and witnesses raised concerns about the bill’s enforcement structure, especially private rights of action and penalties that could apply even without actual consumer harm. The Department of Justice said the bill would apply where the conduct has a Delaware nexus, and that the disclosure requirement is the key consumer protection. Industry witnesses and chambers of commerce opposed the bill as drafted, arguing it would create broad compliance burdens and expose businesses to excessive litigation risk without a harm requirement or clearer safe harbor language. Earlier in the meeting, the committee discussed House Bill 429, which would update Delaware’s step therapy exception process to include biosimilars and interchangeable biologics. Senator Poore and supporters from Highmark and the Department of Insurance said the bill would modernize insurance law, improve access to effective treatments, and reduce costs; they cited national savings from biosimilars and said the bill has agency support. Members asked about Delaware-specific savings, patient switching, and how the process would work, but no vote was taken during the discussion. The committee also heard House Bill 310, which would exclude large data centers from Blue Collar Jobs Act tax credits; the sponsor said the bill is intended to ensure large energy users contribute more to state and local revenues, while supporters and opponents debated competitiveness and community impacts. House Bill 406, on allowing insureds to choose their auto repair shop, and Senate Bill 347, a cleanup bill related to medical debt collection and personal property levies, were also presented without opposition in the hearing. House Bill 253, concerning who may receive letters testamentary or of administration, was described as a cleanup to align statute with existing practice. The committee approved the meeting minutes, but the transcript does not show final votes on the bills discussed.

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• . school. school.
• School to Scrubs, that's it. workshops. School to Scrubs, that's it.
• </c> who had 14, 15, 16 years of schooling. who had 14, 15, 16 years of schooling.
• </c> yield from a medical school program. yield from a medical school program.
• </c> classes or schools or whatever. classes or schools or whatever.

Committee: Joint Labor, Health & Social Services

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• Well, we do have 15 mph speed limits for school zones at certain times of the day.
• </c> uh, very very smart people from Iowa uh, very very smart people from Iowa State<01:19:45.080><c>
• I don't track the school zone speed limits.
• Again, it's just another rule that unfortunately not everybody applies to, like school bus lights.
• Again, it's just another rule that unfortunately not everybody applies to, like school bus lights.

Committee: House Transportation

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• Safety of our children, school personnel, and crossing guards.
• Across the state, safety of our children, school personnel, and crossing guards in school zones is vitally
• He attends Fairfield Magnet School in Caddo Parish Public Schools and is an accomplished speller who
• who was a high school student at Ruston High.
• Phillips, which is a Blue Star School, which is very hard to get.

Bills: HB410 , HR310 , HR314 , HR316 , HR317 , HR321 , HR275 , HR276 , HR279 , HR282 , HR286 , HR289 , HR292 , HR295 , HR302 , HR319 , HR307 , HR273 , SCR59 , SCR61 , SCR62 , SCR68 , SCR69 , SCR70 , SCR54 , SCR55 , SCR64 , SCR75 , HCR32 , HB776 , HB42 , HB119 , HB159 , HB302 , HB1017 , HB1028 , SB217 , SB283 , HB953 , SB208 , HR74 , HB998 , HB901 , HR20 , HCR65 , HCR71 , HCR98 , HB284 , HB306 , HB341 , HB366 , HB393 , HB458 , HB577 , HB603 , HB605 , HB614 , HB625 , HB646 , HB733 , HB752 , HB773 , HB798 , HB911 , HB955 , HB996 , HB1035 , HB1069 , HB1113 , HB1140 , HB1180 , HB1191 , HB1240 , HB1255 , SB82 , SB89 , SB97 , SB123 , SB237 , HB36 , HB74 , HB75 , HB258 , HB259 , HB414 , HB459 , HB784 , HB848 , HB956 , HB1095 , HB1220 , HB1252 , SB469 , SB479

Keywords: oil and gas, orphan wells, inactive wells, shut-in wells, marginal wells, plugging and abandonment, well decommissioning, site remediation, site restoration, Oilfield Site Restoration, OSR program, financial security, bonding, taxpayer liability, public liability, offshore wells, onshore wells, coastal erosion, Department of Conservation and Energy, natural resources

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• School and over decades to St. Joseph High School.
• I attended public schools from kindergarten to high school.
• Ryan Middle School Jack Yates Senior High School.
• School Program.
• the public schools.

Bills: HB630 , HB420 , HB767 , HB1708 , HB2842 , HB1404 , HB2457 , HB140 , HB333 , HB227 , HB913 , HB201 , HB2198 , HB 109 , HB2763 , HB519 , HB 1261 , HB 1135 , HB1318 , HB2358 , HB2415 , HB2765 , HB2735 , HB3307 , HB1373 , HB694 , HB 1242 , HB272 , HB1437 , HB1888 , HCR78 , HCR12 , HCR128 , HR7 , HR11 , HR37 , HR69 , HR83 , HR89 , HR100 , HR123 , HR129 , HR137 , HR254 , HR258 , HR289 , HR293 , HR318 , HR324 , HR350 , HR368 , HR370 , HR372 , HR379 , HR406 , HR407 , HR432 , HR445 , HR471 , HR504 , HR506 , HR507 , HR528 , HR567 , HR572 , HR591 , HR592 , HR593 , HR603 , HR614 , HR621 , HR673 , HR684 , HR685 , HR687 , HR700 , HR701 , HR711 , HR712 , HR754 , HR757 , HR758 , HR760 , HR764 , HR765 , HR766 , HR767 , HR768 , HR769 , HR770 , HR771 , HR772 , HR774 , HR776 , HR777 , HR778 , HR779 , HR780 , HR783 , HR784 , HR784 , HR6 , HR6 , HR17 , HR17 , HR18 , HR18 , HR49 , HR49 , HR170 , HR170 , HR236 , HR236 , HR247 , HR275 , HR355 , HR356 , HR364 , HR672 , HR690 , HR690 , HR755 , HR755 , HR756 , HR756 , HR759 , HR759 , HR762 , HR762 , HR763 , HR763 , HR781 , HR781 , HR785 , HR785 , SB2 , SB260 , SB569 , HB2 , HB2000 , HB213 , HB222 , HB645 , HB1458 , HB 1022 , HB141 , HB643 , HB3093 , HB1700 , HB 117

Keywords: outboard motors, certificate of title, vessel regulation, Texas Parks and Wildlife Code, marine documentation, HB 420, Texas Water Code, special district, water district, board meetings, meeting location, teleconference, videoconference, remote meeting, public hearing, tax rate hearing, special districts, Cedar Creek Reservoir, county boundary, local government

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• Mason grew up with my son, graduated high school at Staley High School in Kansas City, went to college
• everybody came running out and they started shooting the children as they were running out of the school
• those facilities that are state inspected, which would be daycares, nursing homes, state buildings, schools
• those facilities that are state inspected, which would be daycares, nursing homes, state buildings, schools
• Well, all of a sudden, Illinois and Kansas and Iowa start getting more CDL traffic because, well, Missouri

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• legislation to try to have Missouri adopt processes similar to Texas, Florida, Kansas, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Iowa
• , California, Illinois. ...to Texas, Florida, Kansas, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Iowa, California, Illinois

Committees: House Insurance , House Insurance and Banking

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• And I'm Greg Davids, District 26B, and I don't know if I'll be here that long because apparently Iowa
• is buying the lower row of counties, so I always wanted to own some Iowa farmland.
• c><00:04:17.840><c> is</c><00:04:17.959><c> buying</c><00:04:18.199><c> the</c> because apparently Iowa
• is buying the because apparently Iowa is buying the lower<00:04:18.600><c> row</c><00:04:18.840><c>
• to own some Iowa farmlands so that's<00:04:23.639><c> uh</c><00:04:24.120><c> I</c><00:04:24.240><c>

Committee: House Taxes

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• This is a system school diploma or GED.
• </c><03:47:12.479><c> and</c> of federal land to support schools and of federal land to support schools
• </c><03:49:33.920><c> The</c> North Dotans and public schools. The North Dotans and public schools.
• Miss Young's establish an MDI in Iowa.
• Nunn from Iowa, big fan of that.

Bills: HR1299 , HB5317 , HB4544 , HB3234 , HB1993 , HB3726 , HB2954 , SB2393 , HB3482 , HR1352 , HB4684 , HB2252 , HB6506 , HB7432 , SB4530

Keywords: housing, affordable housing, homeownership, rental assistance, HUD, Department of Housing and Urban Development, zoning reform, land use, building codes, single-stair buildings, point-access block, infill development, housing supply, housing affordability, HOME Investment Partnerships, CDBG, Community Development Block Grant, FHA, Federal Housing Administration, small-dollar mortgage

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• The with her middle school classmates.
• </c> vast majority of her middle school vast majority of her middle school classmates<02:11:34.320><c
• </c><05:18:34.878><c> The</c> The people of Iowa are watching. The The people of Iowa are watching.
• </c> baseball state championship in school baseball state championship in school history.<07:46:37.440
• Enjoy your well-deserved summer vacation. championship in school history with a championship in school

Bills: HB8823 , HB4541 , HB8790 , HB3029 , HB5578 , HB1722 , HB6330 , HB4123 , HB2069 , HB7283 , HR1118 , HB8205 , HB6238 , HB3491 , HB1493 , HB2001 , HB3747 , HB5160 , HB4348 , HB2821 , HB2715 , HB1703

Keywords: FECA, Federal Employees' Compensation Act, workers' compensation, Department of Labor, medical provider fraud, provider accountability, payment suspension, fraud conviction, health care fraud, federal health care benefit program, state health program, workers compensation medical benefits, program integrity, provider sanctions, injured federal employees, geothermal, next-generation geothermal, enhanced geothermal systems, closed-loop geothermal, supercritical geothermal

Bills: SR44 , HCR1027 , SJR50 , SJR52 , SJR53 , HB1185 , HB1937 , HB2035 , HB2137 , HB2166 , HB3148 , HB3323 , HB3466 , HB3498 , HB3661 , HB3678 , HB3710 , HB3977 , HB3986 , HB4104 , HB4108 , HB4142 , HB4191 , HB4274 , HB4275 , HB4322 , HB4336 , HB4484 , HB3880 , HB1687 , HB3673 , HB1170 , HB2959 , HB3718 , HB3021 , HB3443 , HB3501 , HB4143 , HB4326 , HB2992 , HB3660 , SB171 , SB1325 , SB1980 , SB2045 , HB4422 , HB4423

Keywords: SR44, Senate Resolution 44, Teacher Appreciation Week, teachers, educators, Oklahoma educators, public schools, K-12 education, pre-K, school recognition, education resolution, appreciation week, National PTA, Eleanor Roosevelt, teacher recognition, school staff, classroom, Oklahoma Legislature, concurrent resolution, sine die adjournment

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• I go to Bing High School.
• That would mean for that school year where they are in school, they would get that base.
• that public school?
• public school students?
• For during that school year.

Bills: SR44 , HCR1027 , SJR50 , SJR52 , SJR53 , HB1185 , HB1937 , HB2035 , HB2137 , HB2166 , HB3148 , HB3323 , HB3466 , HB3498 , HB3661 , HB3678 , HB3710 , HB3977 , HB3986 , HB4104 , HB4108 , HB4142 , HB4191 , HB4274 , HB4275 , HB4322 , HB4336 , HB4484 , HB3880 , HB1687 , HB3673 , HB1170 , HB2959 , HB3718 , HB3021 , HB3443 , HB3501 , HB4143 , HB4326 , HB2992 , HB3660 , SB171 , SB1325 , SB1980 , SB2045 , HB4422 , HB4423

Keywords: SR44, Senate Resolution 44, Teacher Appreciation Week, teachers, educators, Oklahoma educators, public schools, K-12 education, pre-K, school recognition, education resolution, appreciation week, National PTA, Eleanor Roosevelt, teacher recognition, school staff, classroom, Oklahoma Legislature, concurrent resolution, sine die adjournment

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• Heather Middlebrooks from the Bozier Parish School Board, Lisa Fraser from Northwest Louisiana Council
• House Resolution by Representative Dickerson to commend Live Oak High School wrestler Laken-Griven on
• HCR 18 by Representative Barrow to commend John Paul II Catholic High School Lady Jaguar soccer team
• House Bill 973 by Representative Bamberg, Title 17, student high school graduation plans, to provide
• House Bill 973 by Representative Bamberg, Title 17, student high school graduation plans, to provide

Bills: HR39 , HR40 , HR41 , HCR19 , HCR20 , HCR21 , HB2 , HB3 , HB15 , HB441 , HB976 , HB977 , HB978 , HB979 , HB980 , HB981 , HB982 , HR19 , HR20 , HR21 , HR22 , HR23 , HR24 , HR25 , HR26 , HR27 , HR28 , HR29 , HR30 , HR31 , HR32 , HR33 , HR34 , HR35 , HR36 , HR37 , HR38 , HCR15 , HCR16 , HCR17 , HCR18 , SCR10 , HB115 , HB208 , HB465 , HB964 , HB965 , HB966 , HB967 , HB968 , HB969 , HB970 , HB971 , HB972 , HB973 , HB974 , HB975 , HB474 , HB487 , HB503 , HB606 , HB633 , HB707 , HB720 , HB728 , HB733 , HB846 , HB852 , HB856 , HB868 , HB875 , HB78 , HB112 , HB148 , HB149 , HB190 , HB221 , HB346 , HB354 , HB355 , HB356 , HB358 , HB384 , HB427 , HB657 , HB675 , HB716 , HB207 , HB300 , HB331 , HB428 , HB464 , HB587 , HB618 , HB629 , HB801 , HB853 , HB891 , HB901

Keywords: St. Joseph's Day, Saint Joseph's Day, St. Joseph's Altar, Italian American, Italian heritage, Italian immigrants, Louisiana culture, New Orleans, Sicilian heritage, Catholic, Feast of Saint Joseph, cultural resolution, heritage caucus, legislative caucus, ethnic heritage, jazz history, Italian Louisiana, immigrant contributions, cultural recognition, House Resolution 40

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• , Yash Triathy from Broadrun High School, Niger Sha and ... schools who participated in this schools
• High School.
• This is in Iowa.
• </c> they say in Iowa?
• In Iowa, they said they say in Iowa?

Bills: HR1048 , HR242 , HB1534

Keywords: House resolution, committee assignment, standing committee, House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, committee membership, committee seniority, Mr. Menefee, Mr. Riley of New York, House organization, congressional procedure, internal rules, legislative administration, Energy Conservation, Energy Standards, Department of Energy, Higher Education Act, Foreign Contracts, rules resolution, House Rules Committee, Congressional Review Act