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• So we kind of trended this and tracked it, and we asked the question: Just how rate-sensitive are today
• We like to track the year-over-year change in price, and it tells a little bit of a different story.
• to looking at the price we like to track to looking at the price we like to track the<00:15:15.120
• Yet another metric that we track and love is the percent of original list price.
• We don't really track it a couple different ways to think about it.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Track that. You know what I'm talking about?
• And so, what you do see is tracking the federal funds.
• The spending requirements require districts obviously to track.
• Do y'all have a tracking? Yes, sir. We have data on that. Can you get that to me?
• You keep track of those numbers, do you not? Yes, sir.

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• anniversary of those wildfires, we have with us groups that have been working in community, helping us track
• So MA was began as a grassroots academic community partnership to track the health and social impacts
• <00:12:43.200> the that have been helping us track the that have been helping us track the
• academic community partnership to track academic community partnership to track the<00:14:11.040
• I mean, their church wants fast-tracked.

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The House Committee on Public Safety held an informational briefing on the second anniversary of the Maui wildfires, with Chair Dela Alani framing the discussion around emergency preparedness, recovery, and lessons for future disasters. The main presentation came from researchers involved in the Maui Wildfire Exposure Study, who described the project as a grassroots academic-community partnership that has enrolled more than 2,000 adults and children for health screenings, social assessments, and biomonitoring. They said the study has documented elevated mental and physical health conditions, housing instability, unemployment, barriers to care, and exposure to heavy metals and other toxicants, while also noting some modest improvement in adult mental health and self-rated health compared with the prior year. The presenters emphasized that wildfire impacts remain severe two years later. They reported that about half of adult participants had worsening health since the fires, roughly 40% had direct or frequent fire exposure, and many adults showed chronic disease burdens such as hypertension, diabetes, and respiratory impairment. They also said about half of adult survivors reported depressive symptoms, about a quarter had moderate to severe anxiety, more than 4% had considered suicide in the prior month, and nearly one in four had PTSD. A clinician from the Lahaina Certified Community Behavioral Health Center described the clinic’s no-turn-away model, with case management, therapy, psychiatric evaluation, and medication management for anyone who needs it, and urged lawmakers to fund and expand that approach. The researchers also highlighted environmental findings, saying urine testing of more than 1,200 adults found heavy metal signatures that differed between burn-zone residents and those on the perimeter, with higher levels associated with displacement and ash re-exposure. They said about 20% of participants had higher-than-expected heavy metal levels 6 to 12 months after the fires, and cited a negative association between nickel levels and lung function. They argued for long-term monitoring, better cleanup methods, and a centralized health surveillance system tied to community outreach. No vote or formal committee action was taken during the briefing; the chair said the presentation materials and related reports would be posted for public access, and members were invited to ask questions after the presentation.

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• <00:13:45.079> their another example somebody can track their another example somebody can
• track their absentee<00:13:45.720> ballot<00:13:46.120> in<00:13:46.560> Vietnamese
• We use those to share situational awareness of things that we're tracking and aware of, to hear their
• I say first and foremost, in terms of incidents that we have tracked, we do sort of keep track of that
• uh we do uh sort of keep we have tracked uh we do uh sort of keep track<00:46:21.839> of<00:46

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: The Minnesota House Elections Finance and Government Operations Committee met to begin its session with member and staff introductions, then heard an overview from Secretary of State Steve Simon and elections director Paul Linnell on the state’s elections administration and budget needs. Simon said the office’s committee-jurisdiction budget request was for the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) election security grant match: Minnesota received about $1 million in federal funds in 2024 and needs a $200,000 state match to unlock the money for election security navigator work. He also previewed the office’s broader presentation on the 2024 election, outreach efforts, and election security. Simon described the 2024 election cycle as successful, saying his administrative goals were high turnout and low drama. He reported that Minnesota had very high turnout in the November election, with more than 3.27 million ballots cast and about 76.4% turnout, and noted that more than 1.3 million voters cast ballots before Election Day. He also highlighted outreach and accessibility efforts, including the Students Voting Program, Youth Day at the Capitol, National Voter Registration Day activities, expanded online voter tools in additional languages, and work to inform eligible Minnesotans about the Restore the Vote law for people leaving prison. He emphasized that elections are a team effort carried out largely by counties, cities, townships, and election judges. Linnell then explained the state’s election administration structure and responsibilities, including the Statewide Voter Registration System, candidate filing and election reporting systems, voting equipment certification, and post-election performance reviews. He said counties are central to voter registration updates and ballot preparation, and noted that in 2024 there were a handful of counties with ballot errors that required court action, with a vendor process change identified as a contributing factor. Committee members asked for more detail on the number and identity of the affected counties. No votes or formal committee actions were taken during the portion of the meeting reflected in the transcript.

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• Last session you all passed HB 2078 where we actually have to track DFC achievement.
• I mean, I know that we do, but do we track the depletion rate?
• Speaker: Can you tell me, are we on track to be oversubscribed in this round? Mr.
• Ultimately though, it's tracking the DFC and meeting the DFC.
• Well, there's so much going on in that case that it's hard to keep track of it.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• We have a long track record of delivering results to participants and community.
• Uh, and so Right Track in your packet.
• Paul to expand the city's Right Track youth internship program.
• In 2024, Right Track supported 1,165 internships in the city of St.
• The Right Track program in the 2658.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Have you tracked the per-person cost of administering or receiving this?
• the biggest reasons that I'm doing this is to make sure that once things get put on PDLs, we lose track
• Have you tracked the per person down.
• Have you tracked the per person cost<00:22:58.120> of<00:22:59.240> uh<00:22:59.720>
• lose track of where those costs are. lose track of where those costs are.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• And so they would track that, and so it basically moves it from what we called AMTEP to LASIA, which
• and it opens up for all teachers that are in a high-need area or shortage area, and that we would track
• And so they would<00:09:45.680> track<00:09:45.920> that<00:09:46.160> and<00:09
• :46.399> so<00:09:46.640> it<00:09:46.880> basically would track that and so it
• basically would track that and so it basically moves<00:09:47.600> it<00:09:47.839> from

Bills: HB178, HB124, HB96, HB250, SB289, SB317, HB359, HB178, HB124, HB96, HB250, SB289, SB317, HB359

Keywords: HB178, Ten Commandments, public schools, K-12 education, Alabama, school display, religious display, Bible, Judeo-Christian, Establishment Clause, church-state separation, religion in schools, founding documents, Mayflower Compact, Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution, Northwest Ordinance, social studies, civics, history curriculum

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• It takes a cast of seemingly thousands to keep us on track. Chair Davis. Yes, it does.
• Uh, so, uh, as I was saying, we've got our, speaking of the people who keep us on track, our nonpartisan
• seemingly thousands to keep us on track. seemingly thousands to keep us on track.
• <00:03:57.680> Uh,<00:03:58.000> we've track, our nonpartisan staff.
• Uh, we've track, our nonpartisan staff. Uh, we've got,<00:03:58.799> uh,<00:03:58.959> Mr.

Bills: HF9

Keywords: energy policy, renewable energy standard, carbon-free standard, solar standard, hydroelectric, hydropower, electric utility, Public Utilities Commission, PUC, renewable portfolio standard, carbon capture and sequestration, CCS, greenhouse gas emissions, climate policy, nuclear power plant, certificate of need, fossil fuel plant demolition, utility compliance delay, beneficial electrification, sales tax exemption

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• We tried to track it with the auditors, and they were not able to come up with those.
• We tried to track it with the auditors. And they deposited.
• So I think they recognize that we're on track. I know I'm going to stay on track.
• We would not mind tracking them, but that's just informational.
• So I personally tracked down the head guy of Caterpillar, which is Alan Gassaway.

Keywords: 1204, all

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• So, like, that's not being tracked, and actually, um, the industry of illegal gaming is producing 700
• So like that's not being tracked<00:15:49.040> and<00:15:49.519> actually<00:15:50.959>
• um<00:15:51.839> the<00:15:52.240> industry<00:15:52.639> of tracked and
• actually um the industry of tracked and actually um the industry of illegal<00:15:53.360> gaming<
• Is uh Department<00:38:35.440> of<00:38:35.599> Health<00:38:35.920> tracking<00

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• And that's basically been 5% each year for the last three, and we're on track, it looks like, to see
• We are on track, it looks like, for another 5% increase this year, just based on preliminary pieces of
• And I was adjunct until 2011 and was hired into a tenure track and then earned my tenure in 2014.
• We're tracking slightly ahead of last year at this time.
• I'm at the end of November with currently, tracking slightly ahead of last year at this time, I'm at

Summary: The committee held a work session on the state of Washington’s community and technical college system with State Board executive director Nate Humphrey and Tacoma Community College president Ivan Harrell. They described the system’s open-access mission, 34 colleges serving more than 307,000 students, relatively low tuition, enrollment growth over 12 consecutive quarters, and strong outcomes such as more than 46,000 credentials awarded last year. They also highlighted system initiatives including guided pathways, I-BEST, dual enrollment, tribal partnerships, a new program search tool, and six colleges named Aspen Prize finalists. At the same time, they emphasized major challenges: high rates of student food, housing, and homelessness insecurity; sharply rising emergency aid requests; and federal funding disruptions affecting TANF, BFET, adult basic education, Carl Perkins, NOAA-related tribal work, and several federal grants. Members asked about SNAP impacts, declining high school graduates, and how BFET and TANF interact with other aid programs. The presenters also discussed system priorities such as AI, Workforce Pell, capital planning, nursing accreditation alignment, and the Washington College Grant. The committee then heard testimony from AFT Washington and the Washington Association of Higher Education on faculty and staff conditions in the community and technical college system. Jackie Kane and Suzanne Sutherland argued that classified staff, professional staff, and contingent faculty are essential to student success but face low pay, instability, and weak retention, and they urged lawmakers to protect existing funding and avoid further cuts. They said working conditions for faculty and staff are student learning conditions, and that underfunding leads to reduced services, shortened advising, and program instability. Marina Parr of the Workforce Board presented on federal H.R. 1’s new Workforce Pell provisions and the updated Career Bridge website. She explained that Workforce Pell would allow federal aid for short-term training programs of 8 to 15 weeks, with high completion, employment, and earnings thresholds and a requirement that credentials be stackable and portable. She said Washington is well positioned to implement the program because of its existing eligible training provider evaluation system and Career Bridge, which now has a redesigned public portal, digital portfolios, multilingual access, and performance data on programs. Members asked about rulemaking, possible gaps in state services, and how the wage and completion standards would be applied. The Washington Student Achievement Council then briefed the committee on the new Washington Completes FAFSA campaign created by executive order. Staff described an advisory board with statewide representation, a pilot that used microgrants and other supports at 25 priority schools, and a new goal of 46,000 FAFSA or WASFA completions this year. They reported that completion rates were tracking slightly ahead of last year, with 24% of high school seniors having completed a FAFSA by the end of November, and they showcased a public dashboard with subgroup data and a WIAA-based leaderboard. Members asked about outreach to rural and homeschool students, legislative communications, Pierce County representation, and barriers to FAFSA completion, and staff said they would provide toolkits and continue expanding outreach. The committee then began hearing from student presenters about affordability, access, equity, and student experience.

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• If everything stays on track, we do have a third party there.
• And real-time data tracking of how groundwater is changing.
• All of these actions are being tracked among all of our various areas on an ongoing basis.
• But it'd be good to have that so we can track our progress over the next 20 years. Thank you.
• If the technology is good and the water's characterized correctly, let's get these things fast-tracked

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• So bill tracking, risk pool insurance. legal advice, the things that don't require you to register, are
• from their members are the most valuable services, and I know you hear as well, whether that's bill tracking
• Your bill, as filed, Senate Bill 12, the bill tracking part of it, isn't that how it... would work, like
• filed every session, it's not, from my perspective, I don't think it's realistic to expect them to track
• Why a lot of these associations exist, right, in order to track legislation like that.

Bills: SB5, SB11, SB12, SB9, SB42, SB15, SB5, SB11, SB12, SCR1

Keywords: hemp regulation, consumable products, cannabinoids, occupational licenses, criminal offenses, SB 11, Texas attorney general, election crimes, election law enforcement, criminal prosecution, Election Code, Government Code Chapter 402, local prosecutors, county attorney, district attorney, grand jury, probable cause reports, state election offenses, voter fraud, election integrity

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• This bill fast tracks affordable student and faculty housing by requiring coastal commission to issue
• This bill is part of the fast track housing bill package, an initiative to address California's housing
• It's to go and play, and to graduate from college, because that school put me on track.
• For example, about a year ago, nearly all major browser vendors adopted do not track technology, yet
• despite vows to honor Do Not Track, the businesses receiving these signals were not legally required

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• huge consequential things that can have a decades-long impact with little debate, and you can fast track
• And We tend to be kind of like our enrollment projections tend to track more with actual enrollment.
• Chairman, we should, we should look at a subcommittee in some way, shape or form to track this, but he
• Uh, any questions that you have, please bring it there so that we're all tracking things.
• So it helps track some fraud there.

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• It's was called the ballot track, or I'm sorry, the vote by mail, uh, Tracking Act.
• where 2000 duplicate absentee ballots. were prevented from being counted twice thanks to the ballot tracking
• I just feel like if we're putting it on, then it can be tracked to that specific person.
• Will you keep track of what ranges are assigned to what groups.
• All of that would need to be, need to be tracked and recorded, of course.

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• I mean, how will I track you? And so... Well, you just started driving.
• I can say that that is very rare because you can track the iPhone.
• I mean, I can track it right to your house, right to your classroom.
• I mean, you can track it, obviously.
• I mean, you can track it, obviously.

Summary: The Student Academic Success Subcommittee met to review Florida’s cell phone and social media literacy law, with Representative Brad Yeager describing the 2023 policy as aimed at removing classroom distractions and teaching students how to use social media responsibly. He said the law was intended to keep phones out of classrooms unless used for instruction, require social media literacy education, and limit access to certain sites on school Wi-Fi and government devices. Yeager said feedback since passage has been mixed: many teachers support it and some have adopted inexpensive shoe-organizer or pouch systems, but implementation varies by school and administrator enforcement. He said he is not currently pursuing a broader statewide mandate. Superintendent Dr. Maria Vazquez and Timber Creek High School Principal Mr. Wasco described Orange County’s approach as bell-to-bell phone restrictions, while Pasco County’s Dr. Zetchy described a similar policy with some flexibility during lunch or passing periods at the high school level. Both districts said the policy was implemented with parent communication, town halls, surveys, and transition periods, and that concerns about emergencies were addressed by allowing phones to be returned at the end of the day and by establishing procedures for parent contact. They reported few theft problems and said discipline issues related to phones have generally been manageable, though some teachers still struggle with enforcement or with students trying to evade the rules. A major portion of the discussion focused on social media literacy instruction. Orange County said it uses counselor-led programs, Canvas courses, resiliency days, and curriculum materials to teach students about cyberbullying, human trafficking, privacy, and the permanence of online posts, with progress tracked through the learning platform. Pasco said it has some resiliency modules but lacks a fully built-out, pre-made social media curriculum and would welcome more guidance from DOE, especially for high school classrooms where instructional time is limited. Members also asked about student anxiety, 504/IEP accommodations, caregiver students, and parent education; the districts said exceptions are handled through school committees and that parent academies and district resources are being used to help families set boundaries and understand the risks and benefits of phones and social media. No votes were taken.

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• In case you're keeping track. Leader Johnson. I am. I got my solution. Full transparency.
• In case you're keeping track. Leader Johnson. I am. I got my solution. Full transparency.
• In case you're keeping track. Leader Johnson. I am. I got my solution. Full transparency.
• In case you're<00:20:50.520> keeping<00:20:50.800> track.
• <00:20:52.480> I you're keeping track. Leader Johnson. I you're keeping track.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• I don’t think it tracks reality. You’re recognized for a follow-up. Thank you, Madam Chair.”
• It just, again, it doesn’t track the realities of legal practice.
• It doesn't track our law. So it's a very, very poor analog.
• It doesn't track our law.
• So I filed an amendment which tracks 775.021.

Summary: The Civil Justice and Claims Subcommittee met to consider one measure, PCS for HB 289, which would amend Florida’s wrongful death statute to allow parents of an unborn child to recover damages for the child’s wrongful death and to include parents in the definition of survivors. The sponsor said the bill is intended to give parents a remedy when a wrongful act, negligence, breach of contract, or breach of warranty causes the loss of an unborn child, while also preserving existing protections for lawful medical care and the mother. Members questioned the bill extensively about the meaning of “survivors,” whether it could reach surrogacy situations, friends or family who assist someone in obtaining abortion care, paternity issues, and whether abusive or unqualified fathers could bring claims. The sponsor repeatedly said the bill is limited to parents, does not authorize suits against the mother or lawful medical providers, and would still require the normal wrongful death procedures, including appointment of a personal representative. He cited Duncan v. Flynn as the case holding that current law does not allow recovery for the death of an unborn child. Representative Gottlieb offered an amendment modeled on criminal-law protections, aimed at expanding explicit immunity for a pregnant woman and for persons providing medical care or abortion-related conduct with consent. Supporters of the amendment said it would better align civil law with criminal protections; opponents argued it was overly broad and could shield unlicensed conduct. The amendment failed on a voice vote. Public testimony was divided, with supporters from pro-life and Catholic organizations backing the bill and some asking to remove the health care exemption, while opponents from ACLU, Equality Florida, Planned Parenthood affiliates, Florida Voice for the Unborn, Voices of Florida, and others warned the bill could chill reproductive health care, increase liability for doctors and hospitals, and invite lawsuits involving surrogates, family members, and abortion-related care. In debate, supporters said the bill simply recognizes the value of unborn children and gives parents a remedy for wrongful loss, while opponents argued it could create unintended consequences in family law, surrogacy, IVF, and medical practice, and could empower abusive partners or rapists. After closing remarks, the committee voted 13 yeas and 3 nays to report PCS for HB 289 favorably. The meeting then adjourned.