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• Those disparities show up in the student experience: academic support, mental health services, special
• They show up in access to mental health services.
• They show up in access to arts, technology, music, career counseling, and enrichment opportunities.
• same time, one of our challenges with the budget and protecting access to Medi-Cal and other public services
• same time, one of our challenges with the budget and protecting access to Medi-Cal to other public services

Summary: The Senate Committee on Appropriations heard SCA 5, the Education Equalization Act, which would create an Equalization Reserve in the General Fund funded only in strong budget years with non-Prop 98 dollars. Senator Cortese and supporters argued it would provide a stable, ongoing stream of funding to reduce per-pupil disparities between basic-aid and non-basic-aid districts without reducing the Prop 98 minimum guarantee. Supporters included education foundation, school board, administrator, employee, and business representatives. Opponents, including the California Charter Schools Association, argued the measure unfairly excludes charter and county school students and could worsen inequities; some committee members also raised concerns about its fiscal effects and constitutional structure. The committee ultimately voted 4-0 to adopt SCA 5, with the measure kept on call for additional members. The committee then took up a series of Assembly bills, most of which were suspense-file candidates and were moved without objection after brief or waived presentations and no opposition testimony. AB 402, AB 708, AB 1080, AB 1126, AB 1235, AB 1555, AB 1641, ACA 7, AB 1672, AB 1943, AB 2565, and AB 2571 were all sent to suspense. AB 1204 drew testimony from school district leaders and coalition members who said it would worsen LCFF funding disparities by shifting future growth away from the base grant; the bill was opposed and moved to suspense. AB 1672 received support from CalPACE. The Department of Finance did not attend and had no comments on the measures. Finally, ACA 18 was presented as a constitutional amendment to double student voting seats on the UC Board of Regents, creating separate undergraduate and graduate student representation. The author and UC student witnesses said the change would strengthen student voice on issues such as tuition, housing, basic needs, and free speech, and would align UC with CSU and community college governance. There was no opposition testimony, but the committee treated ACA 18 as a suspense-file candidate and moved it to suspense without objection. The hearing then adjourned.

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• Service coordination is the first service.
• However, this service is not even in the new rate study service description.
• Services such as CCP, coupled with tailored day services or a new community inclusion employment service
• Our services, right?
• Services.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• This is about ensuring service.
• Division</c> Services and Family Services Division Services and Family Services Division policies. policies
• Service at NYU.
• </c><02:04:25.480><c> Thank</c> Services. Senator from Chittenden. Thank Services.
• </c> provision of mental health services. provision of mental health services.

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• I did have House Committee Services do a recent study back in January 12th, 2026, math requirements as
• report we got from the ECS and Services report we got from the ECS and for<00:07:19.120><c> this</c>
• <c> the</c> services committee services here the services committee services here the researcher<00:15
• </c><00:43:14.400><c> fields,</c> trades or specialized technology fields, trades or specialized technology
• <04:24:21.120><c> engineering,</c> is science, technology, um, engineering, is science, technology, um

Committee: House Education Policy and Administration

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• of Education for fiscal year 2007, appropriating monies to the Agriculture Research and Extension Service
• And so the intent here is that some preference be given to military members for their service. Mr.
• This language further details the exception of customer service and internal business operations.
• This clarifies that the operator is the deployer of the conversational AI service.
• In the House of Representatives, House Bill 593, by the Environment, Energy, and Technology Committee

Summary: The Senate met with a quorum present, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and approved the previous day’s journal. Early in the day, members received committee reports and messages from the Governor and House, including the transmission of several bills and resolutions. The chamber also advanced a number of measures to later orders of business, and several bills were held on the calendar or referred to committees for further action or possible amendment. The Senate then considered and passed a series of bills on third reading. Among them were Senate Bill 1227 on generative AI in education, which passed after debate over teacher control, local control, and parent transparency; House Bill 603 on camping at the Capitol Mall, which passed after debate over free speech, public safety, and sanitation; House Bill 688 updating airbag and counterfeit airbag laws; House Bill 645 creating a voluntary portable benefits framework for independent contractors; House Bill 738 allowing LLCs to use a commercial registered agent’s address; House Bill 521 correcting background-check statutory placement; House Bill 615 clarifying disturbing-the-peace protections for houses of worship; House Bill 695 correcting a fee reference from possession to restitution; House Bill 568 repealing obsolete Department of Lands provisions; House Bill 774 repealing outdated fish and game penalty language; House Bill 762 revising charter school admissions preferences for foster and military children; House Bill 661 extending solid-waste competition rules to counties; House Bill 733 adopting a partnership audit procedure aligned with federal law; House Bill 749 revising city annexation rules to address hardship and property-rights concerns; House Bill 662 expanding milk testing provisions and Department of Agriculture dispute resolution; House Bill 664 eliminating differential speed limits for heavy trucks; and House Bill 716 revising transportation-funding distributions and increasing bridge inspection funding. Most of these measures passed by substantial margins, often using the same roll-call vote by unanimous consent, and titles were approved without correction. One bill, House Bill 684, was sent to the 14th order for possible amendment. The Senate also received committee reports on additional bills and gubernatorial appointments, then moved into the Committee of the Whole, where it began reviewing several measures and adopted amendments to Senate Bill 1297 and Senate Bills 1352, 1353, and 1354, with motions to report those bills back as amended without recommendation.

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• And when it comes to advancing technology, data centers play a central role.
• Senate Spotlight is produced by the Minnesota Senate and Senate Media Services.
• elementary school or middle school or in high school, but you've got to have a more wrap-around social services
• elementary school or middle school or in high school, but you've got to have a more wrap-around social services
• In today's world, we are trying to advance technology.

Keywords: 918, senate, all

Summary: The program covered three main topics: Minnesota’s February economic forecast, gun violence prevention efforts, and the growing debate over data centers. Minnesota Management and Budget reported a stronger-than-expected outlook, replacing a projected deficit with a $3.7 billion surplus for FY 2026-27 and a projected positive balance for FY 2028-29, though officials warned the state still faces a structural imbalance and possible federal funding losses tied to Medicaid reimbursements and fraud-related federal actions. Lawmakers also discussed affordability concerns, with Senate Republicans promoting a tax-relief package focused on property taxes, vehicle tab fees, and ending taxes on tips and overtime. A lengthy segment focused on gun violence prevention, including a Capitol rally by Annunciation Catholic Church families, students, and advocates. Senator Ron Latz said an interim working group he co-led with Senator Zeinab Mohamed gathered public and expert input and helped shape ideas for the session. He said there is no single solution, but cited measures such as red flag laws, universal background checks, an assault weapons ban, high-capacity magazine limits, safe-storage requirements, ghost gun and binary trigger bans, and more school counseling and wraparound mental health supports. Latz emphasized that he sees these as compatible with the Second Amendment and said he hopes to build bipartisan support, especially around school counseling and other “common-sense” measures. Latz said the short session and narrow margins mean compromise will be necessary, and that if a package does not pass this year, lawmakers will return to the issue next session while voters should hold legislators accountable in future elections. The final segment introduced the data center discussion, with Senator Bill Liske describing how data centers have grown from small server rooms into large industrial facilities and noting that some communities are considering moratoriums or restrictions because of neighborhood impacts.

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• create its own app to have this in, so that if you had situations where you might not have cell phone service
• So I think that technology currently could do that, but there may be more that comes in the future.

Summary: The committee first approved the February 4 and February 10 minutes. It then introduced RS 33209, a transportation cleanup measure that would update the highway distribution account statute to reflect current practice and adjust funding for local bridge inspections from a fixed $175 amount to $300,000 for fiscal year 2027. The motion to introduce passed without opposition. Next, the committee introduced RS 33409, which would impose a $75 one-time late fee for failing to timely register a vehicle in Idaho. Sponsors said the bill is intended to encourage timely registration and align with the state’s existing late fee for driver’s licenses. Members asked whether back registration fees could still be collected; the sponsor said the $75 fee would apply only once, though back time could still be collected. The motion to introduce passed. The committee then heard House Bill 532, which would create uniform identity-verification standards across driver’s licenses, vehicle registration, and titling so DMV records use the same information and create a one-person, one-record system. The bill was sent to the floor with a do-pass recommendation without opposition. Finally, House Bill 629 was heard, allowing vehicle registration to be provided in either electronic or printed form instead of requiring a mailed copy. Law enforcement testified to safety and verification concerns about relying on phones during traffic stops, while the sponsor argued the change would save mailing costs and mirror existing digital practices for insurance and hunting/fishing licenses. Despite several members expressing reservations, the committee voted to send HB 629 to the floor with a do-pass recommendation, with one member recorded as opposed.

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• create its own app to have this in, so that if you had situations where you might not have cell phone service
• So I think that technology currently could do that, but there may be more that comes in the future.

Committee: House Transportation and Defense

Keywords: 989, all

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• It removes a utility report related to heat disconnections on days when the National Weather Service
• And that would be useful in terms of reporting on technologies that could, you know, reduce carbon emissions

Summary: The Environment and Energy committee met for executive session on four bills. Staff briefed House Bill 2416, which would replace Climate Commitment Act no-cost allowances for the Spokane waste-to-energy facility with a separate regulatory scheme requiring emissions reductions, reporting to Ecology and Commerce, and enforcement provisions; members discussed whether emissions accounting included biogenic emissions and confirmed the reduction measures would need to occur on-site. House Bill 2537 would direct Ecology to recommend a future allowance schedule for emissions-intensive, trade-exposed facilities and require biennial reporting and periodic plans, while House Bill 2575 would reduce several Energy Independence Act and state energy strategy reporting requirements for utilities and Commerce. House Bill 2322, as amended in a proposed substitute, would delay alternative jet fuel tax incentives until July 1, 2031, remove capacity thresholds, tie eligibility to life-cycle rather than direct emissions, and drop a Clean Fuels Program carbon-intensity change. During executive action, the committee debated the policy impacts of the waste-to-energy bill, with supporters saying the Spokane facility is unique and needs a separate framework, and opponents arguing it would create costly disincentives and raise ratepayer costs. The EITE bill drew support from members who said it would help identify facility-specific decarbonization options, while opponents warned about competitiveness, job losses, and industry leaving the state. The reporting-reduction bill was described as a streamlining measure that would save utilities money and remove duplicative or outdated reports. The alternative jet fuel substitute was presented as a clarification and simplification of the incentive structure, and members praised the changes. All four measures were reported out of committee with due pass recommendations. House Bill 2416 and House Bill 2537 each passed on 12-9 votes, House Bill 2575 passed unanimously by voice vote, and the proposed substitute for House Bill 2322 also passed unanimously by voice vote.

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• We can honor our service to this great state and this great country.
• The House Environment, Energy, and Technology Committee will not meet Monday, January 26.

Summary: The House convened with a quorum present, approved the previous day’s journal, and received a notice naming Grayson Stone as a qualified substitute for District 25CA for Representative Donald Hall. It also received an enrolled House Concurrent Resolution 22 from the Senate. Committee reports referred several printed measures, including House Joint Memorial 10 and House Bills 518 and 519, and the House introduced and referred House Bills 520 through 531, covering topics such as administrative procedure, criminal history records, unmanned aircraft near correctional facilities, Capitol Mall property and access rules, child custody, execution procedures, cottage food operations, the Yellow Dot medical information program, directed blood product transfusions, anti-cancer medications, and epinephrine delivery systems. On third reading, House Resolution 20 passed by voice vote after brief remarks emphasizing civility, reducing political violence, and supporting public servants. House Bill 489 was held on the calendar for one legislative day. House Bill 491, which would expand Good Samaritan protections to encourage layperson intervention in suicide crises, passed 67-0 with three absent and excused; supporters cited the need for bystander intervention and examples of lives saved. House Bill 492, which adds a juvenile justice administrator position to a council to better represent those working directly with youth in detention and probation settings, also passed 67-0 and was transmitted to the Senate. The remaining bill on the calendar was held one legislative day. During announcements, members welcomed University of Idaho students, FFA visitors, and other guests, noted a firefighters’ Medal of Honor application event in the rotunda, and mentioned Idaho Potato Commission potatoes available in the rotunda. Committee meeting notices were announced for several standing committees later in the week. The House then adjourned until 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, January 27, 2026.

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• about closing the last exception to unemployment insurance for our bus drivers, our paras, our food service
• From clean energy to cutting-edge technologies, America needs these resources to build the economy of

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• Looking forward, our vision is to provide quality and timely service through world-class customer care
• We are striving to provide a higher standard of service to our licensees and the public alike.
• In addition to phone service, staff received and responded to over 13,600 emails.
• Their dedication, hard work, and commitment to quality and timely service are essential to protecting
• It's about 250 calls a day, and we have a dedicated team of four customer service representatives and

Committee: Senate Senate Regulatory Affairs & Government Efficiency Committee of Reference

Keywords: 1182, all

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• You're asking a boomer about technology.
• </c> &gt;&gt; expanding upon that technology. &gt;&gt; expanding upon that technology.
• </c> You're asking a boomer about technology. You're asking a boomer about technology.
• Um, it started out as just this really brilliant piece of technology.
• Um, it started out as just this really brilliant piece of technology.

Committee: House Capital Investment

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Modern technologies such as drones and other unmanned aerial vehicles present a new challenge for public
• that, to be clear, our concern is to ensure that we don't inadvertently limit the use of a growing technology
• finally, one of the challenges that we have to overcome, and that is that there is an evolving technology
• regulations that we have that don't allow us to completely mitigate drone operations because of the technology

Committee: House Arts, Entertainment, Sports, and Tourism

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• don't have in front of you, there was a language change requested by a member for the advancement technology
• the</c> requested by a member for the requested by a member for the advancement<00:08:03.759><c> technology
• </c><00:08:04.800><c> That</c><00:08:05.039><c> change</c> advancement technology bill.
• That change advancement technology bill. That change was<00:08:05.360><c> made.

Bills: SB342 , SB342 , SB159

Committee: House Ways and Means Education

Keywords: land bank, land bank authority, local land bank authority, Alabama Land Bank Authority, tax delinquent property, tax sale, tax lien, redemption period, quiet title, blight remediation, vacant property, foreclosure, ad valorem tax, property tax exemption, intergovernmental agreement, county government, municipal government, redevelopment, brownfields, floodplain management

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• Calling the 110 calendar of the joint session of Health, Human Services, and Labor and Technology.
• </c> is problematic we have a civil service is problematic we have a civil service system<00:16:16.959
• </c> responsibilities of of all civil service responsibilities of of all civil service jobs<00:16:30.839
• Council of Autism Services Providers, and support. Omo Autism Services, and support.
• </c><01:13:31.960><c> Dental</c> dentists the community service Dental dentists the community service

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The joint Health, Human Services, and Labor and Technology committee heard testimony on SB 447, a Department of Health pilot program related to recruitment, and SB 1043, a tax measure. On SB 447, the Department of Health said the pilot had streamlined hiring by delaying minimum-qualification review until later in the process, while the Department of Human Resources Development objected that parts of the bill could conflict with civil service rules, due process rights, and equal pay requirements. Several labor and employee groups testified, with some supporting the pilot as a way to address vacancies and others warning about merit-system concerns. The committee later voted to pass SB 447 as is. On SB 1043, testimony was mixed but largely focused on the bill’s tax changes, especially the proposed increase to the general excise tax and exemptions or credits for lower-income households. Supporters, including labor groups and housing/worker advocates, argued the bill would reduce burdens on working families, help with food insecurity, and keep residents in Hawaiʻi. Opponents, including the Tax Foundation of Hawaiʻi and some community witnesses, said the general excise tax is regressive and would raise costs across the state. The committee voted to advance SB 1043 with substantial amendments, deleting most of the bill except section two and setting a far-future effective date, while noting the fiscal impact had not been provided. The committee also deferred SB 633 and later deferred SB 1633 for further decision-making, scheduling continued consideration for February 12, 2025, in Room 225. The hearing included standard instructions on one-minute testimony, written testimony, and Zoom procedures, and the committee adjourned after taking the above actions.

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• Regulating these short, limited-service clinics like full-service hospitals would create significant
• <c> to</c> Our services are limited to Our services are limited to vaccinations,<00:08:53.320><c> preventive
• </c> Regulating these short, limited service Regulating these short, limited service clinics<00:09:08.040
• ><c> like</c><00:09:08.280><c> full-service</c><00:09:08.960><c> hospitals</c> clinics like full-service
• Hi, Wesley Duke, General Counsel, Cabinet for Health and Family Services.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee first reviewed several Fish and Wildlife regulations. Staff explained amendments to 301 KAR 2:176, 4:112, and 6:030, including updating wildlife control tag language, creating an impoundment agent program for seized wildlife, and clarifying boating safety rules. A member raised a concern about boat wakes near docks, and staff said the commission had recently voted on related changes that were not yet included because the regulation had been filed earlier; those changes would have to come back later. The committee approved the staff amendments without objection. The Board of Veterinary Examiners then presented 201 KAR 16:767, which would require veterinary managers to be physically present during business hours and limit them to five registered facilities. Board representatives said they had tried to meet with affected parties before the hearing but had not reached agreement. A representative for Kentucky Pet IQ argued the rule was written for full-service hospitals and would be impractical for short, limited-service clinics that only provide vaccinations, preventive care, and parasite testing. Members expressed concern about the rule’s impact on veterinary access in underserved areas, and the committee voted to defer the regulation until the next month so the parties could continue negotiating. The committee next considered Transportation Cabinet 601 KAR 9:120, the online insurance verification system, in both ordinary and emergency form. The chair said staff had identified conflicts with a bill passed the prior year and moved to find the regulations deficient. The motion passed on a roll call vote, with six ayes and two pass votes. The committee then found ordinary ABC regulations 804 KAR 12:020 and 12:030 deficient as well, again by six ayes and two pass votes, after noting that the emergency versions had already been found deficient the previous month. Finally, the committee reviewed Cabinet for Health and Family Services 902 KAR 55:110, which would require veterinarians to report dispensed controlled substances to KASPER while exempting administered medications. OIG staff said the rule was meant to align regulation with statute, which includes veterinarians as prescribers, and emphasized that the reporting duty applies to prescriptions, not administration to animals. Some members supported the change as a needed anti-diversion measure, while others worried about implementation burdens and timing. After discussion, the committee found the regulation deficient by a 6-2 vote. The meeting then moved into full review of 922 KAR 1:565, a Department for Community Based Services rule implementing kinship care provisions from Senate Bill 151; staff said it was needed for implementation once funding is available, but a member criticized the two-year delay and the inclusion of language conditioning implementation on funding. A public witness from the Kinship Families Coalition argued the rule should not shift the 120-day application window in a way that could affect federal funding eligibility and urged the committee to reject the regulation as written.

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• </c> after each year of the debt service after each year of the debt service for for for uh<00:36:10.720
• </c><00:41:44.920><c> or</c> county public health services or county public health services or priorities
• </c> debt service debt service uh<00:42:01.000><c> on</c><00:42:01.280><c> bonds</c><00:42:01.760><c>
• </c><01:11:30.200><c> in</c> largest private ambulance services in largest private ambulance services
• </c><01:24:31.600><c> that</c> provides critical trauma services that provides critical trauma services

Committee: Senate Taxes

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• 00:31:31.080><c> and</c><00:31:31.200><c> maybe</c><00:31:31.480><c> future</c><00:31:31.800><c> services
• </c><00:31:32.520><c> or,</c> goods and and maybe future services or, goods and and maybe future services
• When that advantage is combined with pricing technology, it becomes even harder for our small community
• , it becomes even pricing technology, it becomes even harder<01:10:12.480><c> for</c><01:10:12.680><c
• We're a left-leaning technology trade association.

Committee: House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on several bills, with most measures drawing either support or comments rather than opposition. HB 2395, relating to taking marine deposits for research, education, management, or propagation, received support from the University of Hawaii and DLNR. HB 2585, relating to agricultural tourism, drew broad support for its intent to keep agritourism secondary to farming, but agencies and farm groups raised concerns about enforcement, county authority, and the rebuttable presumption language. Testifiers included OPSD, the Agribusiness Development Corporation, Hawaii Farm Bureau, a small farm operator, and others, with some urging clearer definitions, simpler registration, and protections for bona fide farms and hosted farm stays. HB 1728, on rainwater catchment systems, was supported in principle by DLNR, which cited drought conditions and said it deferred to counties and the Department of Health on safety and regulation. HB 1881, which would prohibit passenger ropeways on mountain lands, drew strong support from community testifiers who said it would help prevent development disguised as agritourism and protect forests and country lands. HB 1990, establishing penalties and possible foreclosure for unresolved zoning violations, received comments from the Attorney General recommending removal of AG references and more county-centered enforcement, while the Hawaii Association of Realtors warned the 30-day timeline could create problems for absent or unaware homeowners. The committee also heard HB 1712, which would expand and make permanent certain seats on the State Building Code Council. The Plumbers and Fitters union supported the bill, but BIA Hawaii requested amendments to add “licensed contractor” language, and architects and other professionals opposed the measure, arguing that increasing the council from 12 to 15 voting members would make it less efficient and harder to reach quorum. Finally, HB 2151, relating to hempcrete, was supported by a Kauai workforce development advocate and the Hawaii Farm Bureau, who said hempcrete could support agriculture, manufacturing, and affordable housing while reducing carbon and reliance on imported materials. No votes or final committee actions were taken in the portion of the meeting provided.

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• Citizenship and Immigration Services provides the E-Verify system free of charge to employers and is
• </c> citizenship and Immigration Services citizenship and Immigration Services provides<00:35:49.280>
• Services to those taxpayers<00:59:00.880><c> and</c><00:59:01.119><c> we</c><00:59:01.280><c> know</
• Researchers from the University of California and Georgia Institute of Technology did a report called
• Automation in order to save money more Automation in order to save money more technology<01:31:16.520

Committee: Senate Commerce

Keywords: 1191, senate, all