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• . >> What I would submit to you, Representative, is that this is because certain high-profile cases have
• So, if you ask me why does it seem this way, it seems this way because there have been some high-profile
• cases have received certain high-profile cases have received quite<00:23:55.360><c> a</c><00:23:55.520
• There are some high-profiles, disagree.
• There are some high-profiles, but<00:25:49.520><c> at</c><00:25:49.760><c> the</c><00:25:49.840><c> end

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• We've started to create profiles for your particular districts. A lot of this...
• We've started to create profiles for your particular districts.
• These are profiles as part of our market intelligence that we would like to continue to provide.
• here, and I know I didn't want to oversaturate you with data, but we will be providing those data profiles
• and trade profiles in your districts to peruse at your leisure.

Bills: HB2754

Committees: House International Trade , House House International Trade Committee of Reference

Keywords: Arizona Commerce Authority, business development, economic growth, small business support, job creation, Board of Directors, e-verify, grant administration

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• We now understand that racial profiling is constitutional according to our Supreme Court.
• Supreme Court green-lighting racial profiling in immigration enforcement.
• If you are brown or black and speak accented English, you may experience racial profiling.
• Chair, Representative Reeb, so under the New Mexico Civil Rights Act, it was racial profiling.
• Communities, based on racial profiling norms, based on low-wage job workers.

Committee: House Courts, Corrections & Justice Committee

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• I tabloid size uh long-term uh profile.
• and long-term profile.
• and long-term key points in the profile and long-term profile.<00:03:04.720><c> Uh</c><00:03:04.959>
• Um, if I might jump to the long-term profile and I'll maybe come back to the golden rod profile, but
• . profiled. profiled.

Committee: Joint Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:

• We've started to create profiles for your particular districts. A lot of this... ...screen.
• We've started to create profiles for your particular districts.
• These are profiles as part of our market intelligence that we would like to continue to provide.
• here, and I know I didn't want to oversaturate you with data, but we will be providing those data profiles
• and trade profiles in your districts to peruse at your leisure.

Committee: House House International Trade Committee of Reference

Summary: The Committee on International Trade heard a presentation from Monica Villalobos, president and CEO of the Arizona Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, who shared trade and economic data on Hispanic businesses and consumers in Arizona and nationally. She emphasized that Hispanics represent a major economic force, that small and medium-sized businesses are key exporters, and that tariffs or border disruptions can significantly affect Arizona businesses. She also highlighted Arizona’s trade relationship with Mexico, major import/export sectors such as computers, electronics, transportation, and machinery, and the need for more state support for small businesses through capital access and technical assistance. Villalobos noted the Chamber’s upcoming business engagement tour to Mexico City and said the organization would provide district-specific trade profiles to legislators. Members asked questions about top Mexico trade products, transportation equipment, and how the state could better support small businesses. Villalobos said major Mexico-related trade areas include automotive electronics, transportation, and service-oriented business opportunities, and she pointed to the need for microloan access and funding for technical assistance programs that have lost federal support. She also offered to share additional data and connect members with experts on transportation infrastructure and trade. The committee then considered HB 2754, which would add the chairs of the Senate Finance Committee and House International Trade Committee, or designees, to the Arizona Commerce Authority board; shift trade office oversight and the Arizona Competes program to legislative appropriation; require annual reporting on trade office activities; and remove the Competes program’s termination date. The bill sponsor argued the legislature should have more direct oversight of trade offices and the Competes Fund. After discussion, the committee voted 5-0 with 2 present and 3 absent to give HB 2754 a do pass recommendation, and the committee adjourned.

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• you anecdotally, as I see, you know, anytime a child dies not due to natural causes, we get a high-profile
• We take the state of Florida, we see a high-profile child death.
• Similar circumstances, a high-profile event has actually made national news attention.
• Massachusetts, high-profile event, headlines like this, and then we see firings.
• What's different about those industries, and you may have noticed this recently in some high-profile

Committee: Joint Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on the Department of Child Safety

Summary: The Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on the Department of Child Safety met to review child welfare reforms developed after prior oversight hearings on the deaths of Emily Pike, Zariah Dodd, and Rebecca Baptiste. Committee members and the chair described a series of stakeholder meetings with tribes, DCS, law enforcement, county attorneys, schools, and other advocates that produced several bills aimed at improving communication, reporting, investigations, and court decision-making. The chair said SB 1125, creating a tribal-DCS memorandum of understanding, had already been signed, and highlighted HB 1126 on school records access, HB 1127 on mandatory reporting by people with direct knowledge, HB 1174 on hotline case history and review of prior reports, HB 1175 on photo documentation of children in care, HB 1496 on allowing attorneys to share more safety information with judges, and HB 1631 requiring advanced forensic interviews within 72 hours in sexual abuse cases, with some exceptions. DCS Director Catherine Patak presented agency data showing nearly 160,000 hotline calls in 2025, about 43,000 investigations, and a relatively steady out-of-home care population that ended the year at 7,077 children. She said about 3,000 children were reunified, 1,300 adopted, and 800 entered guardianship, while 1,100 young adults received transition services. She also reported 534 new foster homes licensed, a 50% reimbursement increase for older youth caregivers, a 40% decrease in youth missing from care since September 2024, and a 30% reduction in fatalities of children in care since 2024. Patak discussed the annual fatality review process, noting that 52 of 123 alleged fatality or near-fatality reports had prior DCS involvement, and described agency responses such as health plans for children with complex medical needs, a diabetes training app, expanded LifeSet services, fentanyl and safe-sleep prevention campaigns, staffing realignment, retention efforts, and improved coordination with law enforcement and tribes. Members asked about group home notification rules, the distinction between “missing” and “runaway,” behavioral health needs driving children back into care, training under Jacob’s Law, and whether best practices exist for placing sexually abused youth with appropriate staff. Patak said DCS is updating rules to remove “runaway” and “AWOL” in favor of “missing,” and that the agency is considering whether the statute’s immediate-or-24-hour reporting language should be clarified. She also said DCS does not currently have a specific staffing requirement tied to a child’s sex in group homes, but would look into practices in other states. The committee then heard from Malcolm Hightower of Casey Family Programs, who said Arizona is generally in the middle of the pack nationally: slightly higher than average in foster care entries and congregate care use, but near the national average on screening, substantiation, recurrence, re-entry, and maltreatment fatalities. He praised Arizona’s kin placement rate, said congregate care remains a challenge, and noted that neglect definitions and poverty-related removals remain an area of policy discussion. Finally, K.C. Melsick of Collaborative Safety described the organization’s safety-science approach to systemic critical incident reviews, arguing that child welfare systems should move away from blame and toward learning from near-misses and system failures. Members discussed applying similar methods across state agencies, and the committee adjourned after members and witnesses emphasized continued collaboration and further reforms in the interim and next session.

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• As was mentioned, Minnesota's Melissa's Twitter profile for many years said, quote, "Speaker, Minnesota
• As was mentioned, Minnesota's Melissa's Twitter profile for many years said, quote, "Speaker, Minnesota
• As was mentioned, Minnesota's Melissa's Twitter profile for many years said, quote, "Speaker, Minnesota
• As was mentioned, Melissa's Twitter profile for many years said, quote, "Speaker, Minnesota House of
• As was mentioned, Melissa's Twitter profile for many years said, quote, "Speaker, Minnesota House of

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• They were clearly profiling me,' or they were wasting my time.
• But that person gets on TV and they have their lawyer with them saying, 'I was profiled.
• But they weren't racially profiled.
• They were profiled because the car they were driving matched the description.
• So don't say racial profiling is not real because it is, sir.

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, opening prayer, pledge, and several member introductions and recognitions, including resolutions and visiting groups. The chamber then moved to a special order calendar and took up a series of bills, beginning with SB 88 on utility terrain vehicles, which would allow local governments to opt in to street use of UTVs under specified safety conditions; it passed 32-5 after debate over safety concerns. SB 102 on exceptional student education created a workforce credential/badge program for students with autism or on modified curricula; despite concerns about unfunded mandates, it passed 36-0. SB 106 on exploitation of vulnerable adults authorized alternative service methods for scammers through the apps they used to contact victims and passed 37-0. SB 130 expanded and eased procedures for compensation of victims of wrongful incarceration, including extending filing deadlines and removing restrictive bars; it passed 38-0. SB 158 eliminated cost sharing for diagnostic and supplemental breast exams under the state employee health plan and passed 38-0. The Senate then considered SB 234 on crimes against law enforcement officers, prompted by the killing of Officer Jason Raynor. The bill clarified that a person may not resist an officer with violence and added a mandatory life sentence for manslaughter of a law enforcement officer. A late amendment to restore “good faith” language failed, and after extensive debate over due process, racial profiling, and sentencing concerns, the bill was temporarily postponed rather than brought to a final vote. SB 262 on trust code technical changes passed 36-0. SB 274 designated portions of roads in Orlando as Harris Rosen Way and Geraldine Thompson Way; it passed 38-0 and then received 37 co-sponsors. SB 280 created an enforcement mechanism for candidate party-affiliation qualification requirements and passed 38-0. SB 296 repealed the statewide middle and high school start-time mandate and returned the issue to local districts with reporting requirements; it passed 38-0. Later, SB 356 designated January 27 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day in Florida, with the sponsor emphasizing anti-Semitism and the need for education and remembrance. The transcript also included additional ceremonial remarks and recognition of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity members in the gallery. Throughout the meeting, most measures advanced with unanimous or near-unanimous support, while SB 234 generated the most substantive disagreement and was set aside for later consideration.

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• We do a visitor profile, uh, and we go in and look and we find out what are you doing, not necessarily
• The interest in the outdoors absolutely is, and as part of that visit or profile in the research that
• The interest in the outdoors absolutely is, and as part of that visit or profile in the research that
• The interest in the outdoors absolutely is, and as part of that visit or profile in the research that
• Bourbon, as you mentioned, is probably the most high-profile product and where, as an industry, their

Summary: The committee met for its second Budget Review on Economic Development, Public Protection, Tourism, and Energy and first approved the minutes from the prior meeting. Members then heard a presentation from the Tourism, Arts, and Heritage Cabinet and the Kentucky Department of Tourism on the 1% tourism marketing fund. Witnesses explained that the fund supports statewide tourism promotion, advertising, research, regional marketing, and matching grants to local tourism commissions, and that it cannot be used for capital construction. They reported that the General Assembly and governor increased appropriations in the 2024 session, adding $3 million in FY25 and $7 million in FY26, and set aside funding for the Kentucky Mountain Regional Recreation Authority, the National Quilt Museum, and the Southern Kentucky Tourism Initiative. Tourism officials emphasized that Kentucky tourism is a major economic driver, citing 2023 figures of $13.8 billion in economic impact, 79.3 million visitors, $9.7 billion in direct spending, more than 95,000 jobs supported, and nearly $1 billion in state and local tax revenue. They said the department now uses targeted digital and over-the-top advertising in selected domestic and international markets, with 62% of media placements digital and 80% of the budget spent out of state. Members asked about market selection, how the department measures return on investment, and what attracts visitors from places such as Dallas, Orlando, Toronto, and Washington, D.C.; officials said research shows a mix of family visits, outdoor recreation, and varied Kentucky offerings, and that 81% of overnight visitors are repeat visitors. They also discussed the potential impact of tariffs and trade tensions on bourbon-related tourism and international visitation, especially from Canada, and officials said they were monitoring the situation with U.S. Travel Association and Brand USA. The committee then heard from Kentucky State Parks officials on capital projects funded through HJR 76, HJR 56, and House Bill 6. They said they are providing quarterly project reports and have been meeting regularly with the Finance Cabinet’s engineering and contract staff. The presentation focused on campground utilities, broadband, and structural upgrades, including $40 million for campground improvements across the park system, with completed bathhouse renovations at Barren River and Nolin Lake and additional projects underway or in planning. Officials said the work is based on camper survey feedback, such as requests for better Wi-Fi, sewer and electric upgrades, frost-free spigots, and improved site layouts, and noted that the My Old Kentucky Home campground project is under construction and expected to be completed by spring 2026.

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• And some on both sides of the aisle who spoke out against the racial profiling that happened.
• the aisle who spoke out against the the aisle who spoke out against the racial<00:05:04.560><c> profiling
• </c> racial profiling that happened. racial profiling that happened.

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• that his historic history has profiling that his historic history has told<00:16:36.639><c> us</c><00
• </c><00:18:43.280><c> them</c><00:18:43.520><c> because</c> look at somebody, profile them because look
• at somebody, profile them because of<00:18:43.840><c> where</c><00:18:44.000><c> they</c><00:18:44.320
• </c> &gt;&gt; profile or do any unconstitutional? &gt;&gt; profile or do any unconstitutional?
• </c> rightfully that you can be profiled rightfully that you can be profiled because<00:34:45.440><c>

Committee: House Judiciary

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• So, when you have a... when you log into our system, the applicant system, you have to create a profile
• So when you create a profile and you log into your profile, you will see that that position has been
• So, when you have a, when you log into our system, the applicant system, you have to create a profile
• So when you create a profile and you log into your profile, you will see that that position has been

Committee: House House and Governmental Affairs

Summary: The committee first considered House Bill 338, which would recreate certain entities transferred to or placed within the Office of the Governor. Representative Carver described it as a sunset measure, and the committee quickly moved it favorable without objection. House Bill 379 followed, expanding eligibility for election commissioners to include 17-year-olds who are in the 11th grade or equivalent homeschool level rather than only the 12th grade. Members briefly discussed the bill’s youth sponsor, Owen Estey, and the bill was also reported favorable without objection. The most extensive discussion centered on House Bill 861 by Speaker Pro Tem Mike Johnson, which would eliminate inactive, outdated, or unnecessary state boards, commissions, and related entities. The bill came with a large amendment package that removed some entities, added others, and made technical corrections based on the legislative auditor’s annual report and follow-up review. Members questioned how entities were identified, whether they had been notified, and whether some boards should remain because they still serve a purpose, especially the Waste Tire Task Force. The sponsor said the goal was to streamline government and that he had contacted about 85% of the affected entities; he also said some items in the package were local and therefore excluded. After adopting amendments 17 and 18, the committee reported the bill favorable as amended. House Bill 202 by Representative McMakin would require job advertisements for classified state positions to include salary information and require applicants to be notified when a position is filled or they are rejected. An amendment narrowed the bill to classified positions only. State Civil Service Director Byron Deccato testified that the system already posts salary ranges and sends notices when agencies properly update the hiring system, but that compliance depends on agency staff and some agencies are slow to close out postings. Members expressed frustration that applicants can be left waiting without notice, while Deccato said Civil Service audits agencies and is willing to work on the issue. The bill remained under discussion at the end of the transcript.

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• So, when you log into our system, the applicant system, you have to create a profile.
• So when you create a profile and you log into your profile, you will see that that position has been
• So, when you have a, when you log into our system, the applicant system, you have to create a profile
• So when you create a profile and you log into your profile, you will see that that position has been

Bills: HR9 , HR15 , HB202 , HB206 , HB338 , HB379 , HB547 , HB691 , HB843 , HB861 , HB908

Committee: House House and Governmental Affairs

Keywords: human rights, individual liberties, Magna Carta, constitutionalism, free speech, voter identification, election integrity, federal elections, public confidence, election security, SAVE America Act, Louisiana, election fraud, job advertisement, salary transparency, civil service, employment notification, applicant rights, legislative attendance, task force

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• the option, as determined by the commissioner, to increase or decrease capital based on the risk profile
• the option, as determined by the commissioner, to increase or decrease capital based on the risk profile
• the option, as determined by the commissioner, to increase or decrease capital based on the risk profile
• the option, as determined by the commissioner, to increase or decrease capital based on the risk profile
• </c><00:49:08.240><c> of</c><00:49:08.960><c> that</c> Based on the risk profile of that particular bank

Bills: SF0021 , SF0022 , SF0054 , SF0055

Committee: Senate Minerals, Business & Economic Development

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• THEY HAVE A LOWER PROFILE, A VISUAL PROFILE THAN A TYPICAL VEHICLE.
• SOME OF THE TESTIMONY PREVIOUS IS ABOUT LOW-PROFILE. I FOUND THE OPPOSITE. IS ABOUT LOW-PROFILE.
• MY MACHINES HAVE A LARGER PROFILE THE MANY CARS ON THE ROAD TODAY.

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• also have a special report on today's agenda ready to law enforcement agency's adoption of racial profiling
• from 203 of 383 law enforcement agencies regarding adoption of a written policy prohibiting racial profiling
• a copy of each law enforcement agency's response containing an updated policy prohibiting racial profiling
• a copy of each law enforcement agency's response containing an updated policy prohibiting racial profiling

Committee: All LEGISLATIVE JOINT AUDITING-STATE AGENCIES

Summary: The committee met with prayer and approved the January minutes, then heard a series of Arkansas Legislative Audit reports. Reports with findings were presented for the Department of Human Services, Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism, Department of Corrections, and Department of Veterans Affairs, along with a special report on law enforcement racial profiling policy compliance. Several reports without findings were also filed without objection. For DHS, auditors reported apparent thefts involving false benefit claims in disaster nutrition assistance and Medicaid, a nearly $610,000 altered warrant cashed by a California auto body shop, and multiple asset-control issues, including missing equipment, inventory discrepancies, and improper sales tax paid on exempt vehicle purchases. Members questioned DHS about the warrant fraud and whether other agencies or California officials had been notified. For Parks, Heritage, and Tourism, auditors cited missing museum receipts and problems with change funds at Daisy State Park and War Memorial Stadium; department officials said they are considering cashless payment options and provided an update on the museum loss investigation. For Corrections, auditors reported unauthorized personal fuel-card purchases totaling about $4,500 and a delayed disaster recovery test for critical IT systems. Department officials said staffing has been increased for fuel-card oversight and that a full production disaster recovery test is scheduled soon. For Veterans Affairs, auditors found improper pay for employees who were not working, duplicate vendor payment, and numerous overtime approvals that were not properly authorized; the department said it has tightened overtime approval procedures. The special report said only 203 of 383 law enforcement agencies had responded regarding racial profiling policies, and the Attorney General had notified the remaining agencies that they were not in compliance. The committee requested a list of nonresponding agencies and adjourned, with the next meeting scheduled for March 12.

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• It is intimidation, harassment, and it looks like racial profiling for those people, Black and brown,
• So today I'm saying clearly this has to stop for the racial profiling that we seen in our state of Minnesota
• 00:01:12.240><c> looks</c><00:01:12.479><c> like</c><00:01:13.200><c> racial</c><00:01:13.840><c> profiling
• </c><00:01:14.880><c> for</c> and it looks like racial profiling for and it looks like racial profiling
• 03:15.120><c> in</c><00:03:15.440><c> our</c><00:03:15.680><c> state</c><00:03:15.840><c> of</c> profiling

Summary: State Rep. Samakab Hussein and other Minnesota lawmakers held a press event focused on allegations of ICE misconduct in St. Paul and surrounding communities, using the case of Nasra Ahmed, a 23-year-old U.S. citizen, as the central example. Hussein and others said Ahmed was detained for two days, denied clear explanation and legal representation, and suffered trauma and injuries; Ahmed described being taken from a predominantly Somali neighborhood, called a racial slur, and physically restrained, while her father said the experience was unacceptable for any citizen or resident. Several lawmakers, including Reps. María Isa Pérez-Vega, Mahmud Nur, Dave Pinto, and St. Paul City Council Member Anika Buouie, said they were drafting or supporting legislation and local responses to provide behavioral health, mental health, and emergency assistance for affected families and businesses. They also said they were hearing from teachers, faith leaders, and community members about fear, disrupted work and school attendance, and broader economic harm, and that St. Paul’s city council would pursue a letter to Gov. Walz seeking an eviction moratorium. The speakers alleged that ICE actions were unlawful, racially targeted, and in some cases in violation of a recent federal court order limiting certain tactics. They urged people to document incidents, call 911, and use an attorney general portal to report constitutional-rights violations so data could be collected. No formal vote was taken at the event, but the lawmakers said they were working with county and state officials and referenced ongoing lawsuits and possible future court orders.

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• And build the graduate profile skills in all of our schools.
• We want all of our students to leave our schools with a really good grasp on these. graduate profile
• We come back to our graduate profile because it is why we do the work we do for our students.
• We focused on those graduate profile skills and began paid internships in 2023.
• The leadership is tied to our graduate profile and stronger K-12 career alignment.

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• of our student, the most common profile of all our students, including our traditional aid folks who
• That’s the most common profile. That’s the most common profile.
• of our student the most common profile of our student the most common profile<00:40:42.079><c> of</c
• </c><00:40:49.680><c> And</c><00:40:49.920><c> so</c> That's the most common profile.
• And so That's the most common profile.

Bills: HB0023 , HB0024 , HB0025

Committee: Senate Education

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• this is, and if it saves lives, millions millions of lives, that's got a great efficacy and a great profile
• And as such, the safety profile and the side effects were somewhat delineated.
• So it's completely different in the sense of the side effects. effect profile and the adverse effect
• profile that can occur with certain types of drugs, medications, or natural elements.
• You look at the overall risk profile in a certain patient population as to whether or not a medication

Bills: SB 3 , SB 16 , SB 2 , SB 5 , SB 10 , HB17 , SB 54 , SB 9 , SB 7 , SB 17 , SB 4 , HB8 , HB25 , HB26 , HB192 , HB8 , HB25 , HB26 , HB48 , HB149 , HB192 , HB254 , HB17 , SB54 , SB9 , SB7 , SB17 , SB4 , SB3 , SB16 , SB2 , SB5 , SB10