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• parts of our government where assignment parts of our government where assignment of<00:05:19.759
• We did work very hard to get assigne.
• that assignability piece. That was good. that assignability piece. That was good.
• <00:10:14.399> but assignability but assignability but uh<00:10:16.480> right<00:10:16.720
• within 30 days of the assignment.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• We don't fit in our assigned boxes.
• When we don't fit in our assigned boxes, we're told that something is wrong with us.
• So assigned, Uh, recorded by a healthcare practitioner at birth as a boy, OK.
• And so that completely screws with the laboratory, more assigned woman at birth.
• I do not see in any way whatsoever how documenting a patient's assigned gender at birth.

Bills: HB 45, HB 755, HB 1232, HB 1555, HB 2460, HB 2702, HB 2973, HB 3120, HB 3225, HB 3314, HB 3356, HB 3371, HB 3634, HB 3638, HB 4247, HB 4283, HB 4290, HB 4302, HB 4503, HB 4511, HB 4565, HB 4581, HB 4627, HB 4632, HB 4660, HB 4668, HB 4960, HB 5042

Keywords: housing, affordable housing, rent control, landlord-tenant laws, housing rights, lobbying, public entities, expenditures, government code, transparency, Texas Ethics Commission, government regulation, lobbying restrictions, government accountability, taxpayer money, HB 1232, whistleblower, whistleblower protection, public employee, retaliation

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• So I know the assignment, my first assignment was to try to protect Minnesotans with disabilities, and
• So now that that assignment is complete and I feel less than satisfactory about it, the assignment Who
• So I know the assignment, my first assignment was to try to protect Minnesotans with disabilities, and
• So now that that assignment is complete and I feel less than satisfactory about it, the assignment The
• <00:27:24.720> was<00:27:24.960> to assignment, my first assignment was to assignment

Keywords: 1183, house

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• recently ruled on this issue, that the... ...other duties clause does not permit the legislature to assign
• We don't fit in our assigned boxes. When we don't fit in our assigned boxes, we are told to leave.
• This bill wants medical providers to categorize a patient's sex assigned at birth as strictly male or
• Both medically and socially, forcing us to put a patient's sex assigned at birth on their chart opens
• Care with strep throat—whether or not they were assigned male or female at birth doesn't matter.

Bills: HB45, HB45, HB755, HB 1232, HB1555, HB2460, HB2702, HB2973, HB3120, HB3225, HB3314, HB3356, HB3371, HB3634, HB3638, HB4247, HB4283, HB4290, HB4302, HB4503, HB4511, HB4565, HB4581, HB4627, HB4632, HB4660, HB4668, HB4960, HB5042

Keywords: flooding, disaster response, emergency preparedness, state guidance, public safety, housing, affordable housing, rent control, landlord-tenant laws, housing rights, lobbying, public entities, expenditures, government code, transparency, Texas Ethics Commission, government regulation, lobbying restrictions, government accountability, taxpayer money

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• Monago was deployed to Italy where he was assigned to bring injured soldiers back to safety from the
• Monago was deployed to Italy where he was assigned to bring injured soldiers back to safety from the
• Monago was deployed to Italy where he was assigned to bring injured soldiers back to safety from the
• Monago was deployed to Italy where he was assigned to bring injured soldiers back to safety from the
• Italy where he was assigned to bring Italy where he was assigned to bring injured<00:04:53.400> soldiers

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• That's the task that we were assigned.
• That's the task that we were assigned.
• It's the responsibility that we were assigned and we will talk to our leadership.
• It's the responsibility that we were assigned and we will talk to our leadership.
• It's the responsibility that we were assigned and we will talk to our leadership.

Bills: HF2434

Keywords: healthcare, personal care assistance, worker retention, disability services, state funding, 1183, house

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• Assigned student responsibility and the assigned family responsibility.
• c> responsibility<01:24:23.120> to uh assigned student responsibility to uh assigned student
• adding the search charge to the assigned adding the search charge to the assigned family<01:24:37.760
• to the assigned family responsibility. to the assigned family responsibility.
• <01:38:25.440> family fully reassess assigned family fully reassess assigned family responsibility

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The Higher Education Conference Committee reviewed differences among the Governor’s, House, and Senate proposals for state grant parameter changes and their effects on state grant spending, North Star Promise spending, and average student awards. Nonpartisan staff explained that the proposals use different combinations of parameter changes, with the Governor’s and Senate plans modeled to avoid or minimize rationing, while the House plan would require rationing to balance the program. Staff reported projected biennium balances of a positive $29.836 million for the Governor’s proposal, a negative $60.758 million for the House proposal without rationing, a positive $994,000 for the House proposal with rationing, and a positive $3.623 million for the Senate proposal; North Star Promise balances also varied, with the Senate showing a positive balance and the Governor and House with rationing showing negative balances. Staff also said the Senate proposal would extend availability of the state grant appropriation and suspend surplus procedures through fiscal year 2029, allowing the balance to carry forward. The committee then focused on the House-only tuition and fee cap provision, which would limit the tuition recognized for state grant purposes for four-year programs to the University of Minnesota Twin Cities level, with 1% annual increases in fiscal years 2026 and 2027. House members said the cap was intended to address rising tuition, especially at the University of Minnesota, and to produce savings in the state grant program. The governor’s office confirmed the provision was not included in the Governor’s bill. Representatives from the University of Minnesota and the Minnesota Private College Council opposed the cap, arguing it would reduce awards for low-income students and shift costs to students rather than address underlying tuition pressures; they also said it could discourage enrollment at higher-cost institutions. Supporters from Minnesota State argued the cap would improve fairness because students at lower-tuition institutions are effectively capped lower, while students at more expensive institutions receive larger awards, and they said the legislature should intervene in a variable that has grown substantially over time. Committee members questioned how the cap would work and whether it was tied to the Twin Cities campus rate. Testifiers clarified that the state grant formula is tied to the University of Minnesota level, but because Minnesota State institutions are below that level, the cap effectively limits their students to their own lower tuition while allowing higher awards at the University of Minnesota and private colleges. No formal vote or final action was taken in the portion of the meeting provided; the chair indicated the committee would continue with item-by-item review of the remaining parameter changes and hear additional testimony from agencies and institutions.

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• Um, in the assignments, there's all the jurisdictions.
• And so, uh sometimes it gets initially assigned to a committee that you make sense from the title, but
• > all<00:02:29.120> the in the assignments, there's all the in the assignments, there's
• > a<00:02:37.200> committee<00:02:37.440> that initially assigned to a committee
• that initially assigned to a committee that you<00:02:37.840> make<00:02:38.000> sense

Keywords: Senate streaming session for Friday, January 16, 2026, 960, senate, all

Summary: The Senate held a brief pro forma session, waived reading of the prior journal, and received the first calendar item, Senate Bill 246, which was referred to the appropriate standing committee. The chamber also announced several committee reassignments under Rule 33D. The reassignments included Senate Bill 18, concerning the State Board of Social Work Examiners, moved to Finance; Senate Bill 42, relating to reduction in facilities and veteran service organizations, moved to Judicial Proceedings; Senate Bill 106, the vehicle emissions inspection program repeal, moved to Judicial Proceedings; Senate Bill 119, the State Board of Environmental Health Specialist sunset extension, moved to Finance; and Senate Bill 186, concerning optometry examination requirements, moved to Finance. The presiding officer noted the reassignment process and joked that the chief of staff had a 98% accuracy rate on initial committee assignments. No substantive debate or votes on legislation occurred. The Senate thanked the pages for their service, held a quorum call for the pro forma session, and then adjourned without objection until Monday, January 19th at 8:00 p.m.

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• But it is my intention on this first batch to assign the rules based on the number of pages that we've
• So Once I get that done, we will assign this first packet, and we'll see kind of how that progresses.
• I will tell you that when we assign the rules to you, the person that they are assigned to is the one
• That is great, but I need you to prioritize and focus on the ones that we assigned initially so that
• Then, sometime over the next couple of days, I will try to do some assignment to each of you to where

Keywords: 914, all

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• Does equitable mean assigning<01:03:23.119> risk<01:03:23.440> to<01:03:23.680> one<
• /c><01:03:23.920> group<01:03:24.160> of<01:03:24.319> people assigning risk to
• And because the body feels good about this word called equity, we're going to assign the risk to the
• And because the body feels good about this word called equity, we're going to assign the risk to the
• >> House Bill 1181 will be assigned to the committee<02:14:06.960> on<02:14:07.119>

Keywords: 981, all

Summary: The House convened, established a quorum, and approved the journal of Friday, February 6, 2026. Members then proceeded out of order to consider Senate Joint Resolution 8, honoring Colorado’s 2026 Winter Olympians and Paralympians. The resolution was read at length, and members spoke in support of Colorado athletes, training communities, families, and facilities. An amendment correcting an athlete’s state affiliation was adopted, and the resolution passed 63-0 with two excused. Representative Bottoms then asked to co-sponsor the resolution. The chamber also set several bills as special orders for February 9, 2026. It then considered House Bill 1020, concerning colorimetric field drug tests in drug possession cases. Sponsors said the bill addresses unreliable field tests and had support from the Judiciary Committee and stakeholders. The committee report and the bill both passed without opposition. House Bill 1040, concerning the sterilization rights of a person with intellectual and developmental disabilities, was also taken up. Sponsors said the bill seeks to undo a historical harm by removing language that allowed sterilization against a person’s wishes. Two amendments to the committee report were adopted: one narrowing language around an imminent threat to life or health, and another adding a petition clause. The committee report and the bill then passed. Finally, the House considered House Bill 103, which modernizes the Colorado Small Business Recovery and Resiliency Loan Fund. Sponsors said it would better support small businesses facing higher costs and access-to-capital challenges. One amendment to direct 30% of funding to rural counties, veteran-owned businesses, and minority-owned businesses was debated but failed after the sponsor urged a no vote, saying the bill already included distribution metrics and that a fixed percentage was not workable in statute. The bill itself was then discussed further, with concerns raised about state lending programs and the use of the term “equitable,” but the transcript cuts off before final action on the bill is shown.

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• Raising the assigned family state.
• <00:07:13.120> family um the the family assigned family um the the family assigned family
• likely need to increase the assigned likely need to increase the assigned student<00:48:17.520><
• assigned student Again, the assigned student responsibility<00:48:28.720> impact<00:48:29.599
• > responsibility<01:07:13.119> for the assigned family responsibility for the assigned

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• <00:24:05.200> student increase the assigned student increase the assigned student responsibility
• have lme we have assigned student um responsibility<01:09:37.799> assigned<01:09:38.120> family
• responsibility assigned family responsibility assigned family responsibility<01:09:39.560> and
• modifiers that we have for assigned modifiers that we have for assigned family family family responsibility
• , um, sort of on the other end, the assigned student responsibility and the assigned family responsibility

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Summary: The committee received an informational presentation from the Minnesota Office of Higher Education on the State Grant program and governor-recommended changes, with some discussion of North Star Promise. Staff explained that State Grant is the state’s largest financial aid program, intended to promote college access and choice for students with the highest financial need, and that it works alongside Pell Grants. They reviewed program eligibility, award calculation, and participation rules, and noted that the program serves a large share of low- and middle-income students, including many dependent students, student parents, BIPOC students, and adult learners. They also described how awards and spending are distributed across public and private institutions and how the agency projects spending using enrollment, tuition, and FAFSA data. A major focus was the current fiscal-year deficit in State Grant. Staff said the program is experiencing a shortfall driven by higher-than-expected enrollment, more students with greater financial need, and major FAFSA formula changes that increased the number of applicants with zero or negative student aid index values. They said the office has already rationed awards where allowed and imposed a FAFSA deadline for spring awards, and does not expect to fund some awards. Officials explained that if the program projects a surplus, they typically adjust the living and miscellaneous expense allowance to spend down funds; if it projects a deficit, they can increase student and family responsibility to reduce award sizes, but the program must stay within its appropriation. Senator Duckworth asked several questions about whether unused funds could be transferred between State Grant and North Star Promise, and how the two programs are treated. Staff said State Grant funds revert to the general fund at the end of the biennium, while North Star Promise uses a special revenue account, and that transfers may be possible but would need clarification under current authority. They referenced a prior legislative transfer from North Star Promise funds to cover a shortfall in the Fostering Independence Grant and said they would follow up on the exact transfer authority. No votes or formal actions were taken during the presentation and discussion.

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• Governor's also recommending increasing the assigned student responsibility to 51%.
• Governor's also recommending increasing the assigned student responsibility to 51%.
• Governor's also recommending increasing the assigned student responsibility to 51%.
• Governor's also recommending increasing the assigned student responsibility to 51%.
• recommending increasing the assigned recommending increasing the assigned student<00:15:17.519><

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• And one, is that the same thing as the assigned council you were talking about that is assigned by courts
• you<00:21:06.720> were assigned the assigned council you were assigned the assigned council
• There's contract attorneys and assigned<00:21:25.440> counsel.
• The difference being assigned counsel.
• cover the cost of contract and assign cover the cost of contract and assign counsel?

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Thank you. reimbursement costs assignments provide for certain prohibitions.
• These cases would be randomly assigned to judges. Is that your understanding?
• It’s assigned to a judge. So that’s purely—” “They commit a crime. It’s assigned to a judge.
• And even so, it’s a random assignment.
• It’s a random assignment.”

Bills: HR115, HR116, HR117, HR118, HR112, HR113, HR114, HCR51, HCR52, SCR18, SCR20, SB14, SB76, SB118, SB142, SB156, SB170, SB197, SB234, SB258, SB287, SB288, SB313, SB315, SB393, SB396, SB426, SB427, HCR7, HB76, HB84, HB132, HB181, HB210, HB250, HB265, HB275, HB291, HB322, HB342, HB457, HB475, HB477, HB486, HB616, HB635, HB639, HB690, HB740, HB757, HB761, HB766, HB774, HB808, HB855, HB866, HB872, HB883, HB886, HB903, HB949, HB962, HB996, HB1003, HB1036, HB1054, HB1071, HB1076, HB1078, HB1113, HB1132, HB1146, HB1232, HB1233, HR15, HR20, HCR14, HCR6, HCR19, HCR10, HR74, HCR26, HCR35, HB98, HB108, HB131, HB151, HB161, HB288, HB294, HB305, HB310, HB320, HB336, HB380, HB392, HB403, HB420, HB459, HB476, HB540, HB615, HB631, HB637, HB648, HB665, HB682, HB789, HB813, HB815, HB835, HB870, HB905, HB915, HB933, HB938, HB987, HB1040, HB51, HB82, HB143, HB145, HB160, HB180, HB192, HB393, HB430, HB445, HB506, HB515, HB521, HB565, HB590, HB614, HB638, HB670, HB672, HB685, HB692, HB752, HB773, HB781, HB799, HB860, HB874, HB887, HB917, HB937, HB956, HB965, HB972, HB977, HB982, HB1006, HB1010, HB1044, HB1072, HB1088, HB1179, HB1200, HB81, HB400, HB154, HB410, HB463, HB827, HB868, HB952, HB953, HB140, HB750, HB911, HB52, HB961, HB399, HB401, HB901, HB9, HB58, HB193, HB284, HB570, HB577, HB582, HB605, HB733

Keywords: Kappa Alpha Psi, fraternity, Louisiana, commemoration, community engagement, recognition, state championship, basketball, sports achievement, school commendation, commendation, athletics, team sports, youth, community recognition, water utility, tax credit, excessive rates, residential service, subcommittee

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• We then assign that language to the various state entities.
• The gold bars are the agency assignments that make up that teal bar.
• So each fiscal note has a certain number of agencies assigned to it.
• <00:15:26.720> to a 2 to1 ratio of agency assignments to a 2 to1 ratio of agency assignments
• <00:16:06.319> get fiscal note agency assignments get fiscal note agency assignments get completed

Keywords: 1183, house

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• correction of previous day's journal, House and Senate bills and joint resolutions on second reading, assignment
• strength, give them peace, strengthen their families, and encourage each one today in their unique assignment
• Assigned to Administrative Rules.
• Assigned to Administrative Rules.
• Assigned to Administrative Rules. ...marijuana authority. Assigned to Administrative Rules. Mr.

Bills: SB1687, HB1687, HB4431, HB2894, HB2979, HB3262, HB3298, HB3369, HB3431, HB3462, SB1226, SB1876, SB1916, SB1920, HB3467, HB3498, HB3500, HB3521, HB3581, HB3650, HB3673, HB3764, HB3767, HB3781, HB3800, HB3831, HB3834, HB3941, HB2749, HB3970, HB3972, HB3979, HB3980, HB3981, HB3996, HB4095, HB4104, HB4191, HB4248, HB4298, HB4338, HB4427, HB4428, HJR1023, HB3660, HB3718, HB4326, HB3443, HB3880, HB3649, HB3000, SB1651, SB504, SB372, SB1326, SB1633, SB248, SB1242, SB1238, SB423, SB1989, SB1286, SB904, SB1213, SB1216, SB1827, SB65, SB1390, SB259, SB1944, SB540, SB2139, SB346, SB1595, SB1400, SB1555, SB1209, SB2110, SB1670, SB1061, SB2104, HR1057, SB1946, SB1734, SB1316, SB1360, SB1557, SB1684, SB2049, SB1410, SB2011, SB1437, SB1204, SB1732, SB1775, SB2084, SB1380, SB1572, SB1772, SB1224, SB710, SB1338, SB1266, SB1303, SB1307, SB1562, SB1794, SB1191, SB1983, SB1832, SB1448, SB1534, SB1593, SB1597, SB1630, SB1489, SB1726, SB1796, SB1806, SB1877, SB1451, SB1553, SB1632, SB1423, SB1425, SB1502, SB2180, SB1725, SB2182, HB3003, HB3004, HB4434, HB4324, HB4342, HB2137, HB4432, SJR50, SJR52, SJR53

Keywords: driver licenses, exam proctor, Service Oklahoma, commercial training, background checks, advance directive, advance health care directive, health care proxy, medical power of attorney, durable power of attorney for health care, living will, surrogate decision-maker, default surrogate, health care agent, capacity determination, supported decision making, mental health directive, psychiatric advance directive, end-of-life care, life-sustaining treatment

Summary: The House convened, completed the roll call, prayer, Pledge of Allegiance, and recognized Eileen Cooper Grubbs as Nurse of the Day. The chamber then took up several procedural items, including second-reading referrals of Senate Joint Resolutions 50, 52, and 53 to Administrative Rules. Speaker Hilbert also announced the House would continue working despite uncertainty about action in the other chamber, and members were told dinner had been ordered for a long day of floor work. On legislation, the House rejected Senate amendments to House Bill 1728 and House Bill 3021 and requested conference on both. It adopted Senate amendments to House Bill 2137, a criminal procedure bill, and then passed the bill. The House also approved a motion by Speaker Hilbert to override the governor’s veto of House Bill 4432, with a recorded vote of 68-15, allowing the bill to become law notwithstanding the governor’s objections. The House then adopted House Concurrent Resolution 1028, which authorizes the House or Senate to modify legislative deadlines for the remainder of the 60th Legislature. Members discussed that the change was intended to keep legislation moving while the Senate was not meeting and to preserve the ability to hear bills and return them between chambers. The resolution passed after a recorded vote of 77-4. Finally, the House suspended certain rules for the rest of the session by a 68-15 vote and recessed until 1 p.m., with a reminder that the rural caucus would meet in Room 206.

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• Other entries were found to have no staff assigned to it.
• Agencies in these spaces assigned 3,168 FTEs, while only 1,828 people use the space on a daily basis,
• The agencies that use these spaces assigned 3,462 FTEs, while only 1,830 employees use the space on a
• Currently, there are only 11,408 assigned to these buildings, a 74% reported utilization rate.
• Of the employees assigned, 5,736 of them used the space on a daily basis.

Keywords: 914, all

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• And it corroborated the fact that they had absolutely no information, no assignments, no instructions
• There were not specific assignments given to staff.
• And so it was a failure of having a written plan, of having written assignments, and drilling those assignments
• So, the lack of an adequate plan, including the lack of an assignment of responsibilities to camp staff
• So the lack of an adequate plan, including the lack of an assignment of responsibilities to camp staff

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• Members, today I have the honor of announcing committee assignments for the 89th legislature.
• The clerk will read the assignments momentarily.
• Once the clerk has read all the assignments, hard copy them.
• Chair announces the following committee assignments the clerk will read the assignments the clerk will
• read the assignments Texas House of Representatives 89th Legislature Standing committee appointments

Keywords: 1184, house, all