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• the Committee on Trade, Workforce and Economic Development, HB 2469 by Rosenthal relating to the access
• of certain internet websites and public schools referred the Committee on Public Education, HB 2475
• Health and Safety or for the Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice HB 2490 by BC relating to the student access
• internet website refer to the Committee on the Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence.
• agencies from engaging in certain transactions with certain statewide periodicals or internet news websites

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• the committee on trade, workforce, and economic development, HB 2469 by Rosenthal, relating to the access
• of certain internet websites. public schools, referred the committee on public education in HB 2475
• Health and Safety or for the Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice, HB 2490 by BC relating to the student. access
• internet website for the committee on Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence, page 2579 by Olcott relating
• 2599 by Cain, engaging in certain transactions with certain statewide periodicals or internet news websites

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• This includes supports like mental health services, affordable housing, access to affordable child care
• These boarding home employees, when unregulated, have full access to their clients' personal finances
• And they both concluded that the numbers at the VAERS website are underreported.
• Like, this is what my patients and I want access to, or my constituents and I want access to.
• Why... patients and I want access to, or my constituents and I want access to, why is the answer a ban

Bills: HB18, HB37, HB 116, HB388, HB879, HB913, HB 1151, HB2216, HB2358, HB2809, SB577, SB1590, SB1782, SB1887, SB2744

Keywords: rural health, hospital funding, healthcare access, mental health services, financial stability, perinatal bereavement, healthcare, hospital training, bereavement support, maternal care, fetal demise, stillbirth, neonatal death, parent-child relationship, involuntary termination, family law, child welfare, child protection, HB 388, HB388

Summary: The committee first reopened testimony on House Bill 2216, which would strengthen child welfare requirements by expanding “active efforts” to help families avoid removal and support reunification, while also raising standards related to removals and terminations. Supporters from child welfare and family defense groups said the bill would better protect families and align Texas more closely with ICWA-style principles, but several warned it would require significant new funding, staffing, and community services such as mental health care, housing, child care, and substance use treatment. The committee then left HB 2216 pending. The committee next heard Senate Bill 1782, aimed at boarding and group homes. Senator Miles said the bill closes enforcement gaps left by prior law by requiring retention of background-check records and creating misdemeanor penalties for failing to conduct or keep them, or for knowingly hiring people with serious convictions. Harris County sheriff’s investigators testified in support, describing illegal boarding homes, operators who evade permits and background checks, and exploitation of vulnerable residents; the bill was left pending. The committee also took up Senate Bill 481 on emergency preparedness for nursing facilities and assisted living facilities, adopted a new committee substitute that softened some requirements and removed the fiscal note, and left the bill pending. The committee then heard House Bill 388, which would require the Texas Department of Insurance to create a single standardized coordination-of-benefits form for dual health plans to reduce errors and surprise bills; it was left pending. Senate Bill 1590 would move paternity registry searches for adoptions to an electronic process with a 10-day target, and House Bill 2809 would track child suicide attempts in managing conservatorship and require related reporting and parental notice; both were left pending. The committee also heard Senate Bill 1887, which would prohibit administering mRNA-containing products for immunization for 10 years, with exceptions for cancer and genetic disorders. Supporters argued the bill was needed for safety, informed consent, and medical freedom, while opponents from the medical, research, and public health communities said mRNA vaccines are well-studied, save lives, and that the bill would harm access, research, and Texas’s biotech economy. The bill remained under discussion as testimony concluded.

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• All of the board materials, guidelines, fact sheets, and previous annual reports are posted on the website
• /c><00:08:11.280> posted<00:08:11.680> on<00:08:11.840> the<00:08:12.080> website
• <00:08:12.240> and reports are um posted on the website and reports are um posted on the website
• The application is on the website for the cabinet, so it's easy to find for our companies.
• <00:15:22.160> the industry that are are accessing the industry that are are accessing the

Keywords: Cabinet for Economic Development – Bluegrass State Skills Corporation Overview 02:35 ----Discussion of BR 868, 2026 Regular Session 24:08, 958, all

Summary: The meeting began with a quorum call and approval of the August 21 minutes. The main presentation was from the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development on the Bluegrass State Skills Corporation (BSSC), which was created in 1984 and is administratively tied to the cabinet. Staff explained that BSSC supports workforce training for companies in Kentucky through two main programs: the grant-in-aid reimbursement program and the skills training investment tax credit. They also described the board’s structure, quarterly meetings, annual audit, and the metropolitan tax credit tied to UPS in Louisville, along with public-private training consortia supported by the program. The cabinet outlined eligibility and funding rules: applicants must be qualified companies, trainees must be full-time Kentucky residents meeting wage requirements, and eligible training includes in-house company-specific training, train-the-trainer efforts, safety/OSHA training, and outside training through KCTCS or other providers. Grant-in-aid is a 50% reimbursement program capped at $75,000 per company per fiscal year and $2,000 per trainee, while the tax credit is capped annually and is awarded on a first-come, first-served basis. Applications are scored based on county tier, wages, workforce development activity, veteran hiring, participation in consortia, and job growth. Members asked for data on trainees and industries served, and staff said they could provide it. They also discussed coordination with other workforce programs, especially KCTCS and the state’s TRAIN program, to avoid overlap and double dipping. Several members asked about program usage and differences between fiscal years. Staff said the tax credit is less popular because it is not refundable and requires tax liability, while grant-in-aid is more attractive because it is cash reimbursement. They said lower or delayed spending in some years can reflect one-year training windows, reimbursement lag, new facilities ramping up, consortia activity, and special allocations such as those tied to Ford facilities. Questions also covered support for new businesses, which staff said can receive favorable scoring for new jobs and may have funds set aside for new location projects. On veterans, staff said they connect companies to Kentucky Valor and other resources, but the program does not track veteran retention outcomes. The final discussion was on a draft bill related to the Kentucky Horse Park and the U.S. Center for SafeSport. Representative Vanessa Gracel and Kentucky Horse Park President Lee Carter explained that the proposal is intended to help the park maintain integrity and protect athletes, volunteers, coaches, trainers, and guests from abuse and misconduct. They described SafeSport’s federal role in Olympic and Paralympic sports and said they hope to move the draft forward as legislation in 2026. No votes were taken on the BSSC presentation or the horse park discussion.

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• Due to the increased accessibility offered by the Commission's website, the number of complaints that
• Last year, starting July 1, we began accepting complaints online through our website, and prior to then
• They had to be notarized, so for ease of access for the public, we changed our rules and did away with
• They can go to our website, download a complaint, and we accept them that way.
• They no longer have to have their complaints notarized, so it's ease of access for the public.

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• And also, there are many websites that... ...use the opt-in, opt-out.
• Last year, as many of us know, Beverly Hills Middle School... ...the apps and the websites.
• So we must make sure that the websites are being held responsible for the harms.
• of such websites or the creation or distribution of the images.
• This, my friends, is a picture of the website when you try to find a phone number to call.

Summary: The Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee met with a new membership roster and adopted its committee rules after quorum was established. The hearing then began with AB 412, the AI Copyright Transparency Act, which would require generative AI developers to provide copyright holders notice when registered copyrighted works are used in training data. The author and supporters, including SAG-AFTRA, the Transparency Coalition, voice actors, writers, labor groups, and other creators, argued the bill would give artists a practical way to learn whether their works were used and to vindicate their rights. Opponents, including EFF, CalChamber, RIAA, CCIA, Chamber of Progress, Bay Area Council, BSA, and TechNet, said the proposal was technically unworkable, could burden startups, conflict with existing law and pending litigation, and raise federal preemption concerns. Members discussed the bill’s amendments, including a fingerprinting approach and narrowing the bill to model developers, and the committee voted 8-2 to pass AB 412 as amended to the Judiciary Committee. The committee then heard AB 446, which would prohibit “surveillance pricing,” or the use of personal data to charge different prices for the same product or service. The author and supporters, including Consumer Watchdog, UFCW, labor organizations, and consumer/privacy groups, described examples of differential pricing tied to device type, location, shopping behavior, and digital price tags, and argued the bill would protect consumers from discriminatory and predatory pricing. Business and industry opponents, including CalChamber, grocers, retailers, travel, broadband, and other associations, said the bill could conflict with the CCPA, interfere with loyalty and rewards programs, and create confusion about personalized discounts and dynamic pricing. The discussion focused on how the bill would treat loyalty programs, whether existing privacy law already covers the issue, and whether the proposal would unintentionally affect legitimate discounts and promotions.

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• This bill simply codifies it and makes it more widely accessible.
• H 1058 aligns with environmental protection, agriculture... ...widely accessible.
• Every resident of the Commonwealth should have access to safe water.
• I know that most of the information I got was directly from the MassHousing website.
• I have it, I believe, so the way that I refer to it in the website...

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The hearing covered a broad set of environmental and water-related bills, with much of the testimony focused on blue economy and circular economy proposals, drought management, drinking water safety, flood resilience, and water infrastructure funding. Supporters of bills such as H. 987 and H. 988 described grant programs for blue economy workforce development, research, small businesses, and public education about a circular economy. Other speakers backed measures on coastal erosion research, recreational boating dredging, cranberry water-right transfers, sand mining oversight, and a voucher program for home water filtration in PFAS-impacted communities. Several elected officials and advocates also urged passage of bills to require private well testing, improve school drinking water safety, and address sand mining pollution and PFAS contamination. Water supply and drought issues drew extensive testimony. Senator Eldridge and others supported legislation to let the state, through DEP and the drought management task force, impose regional water-use restrictions during droughts and make the task force permanent in statute. Advocates from watershed groups, farms, and environmental organizations said the current town-by-town approach is inconsistent and ineffective, and they described drought impacts on rivers, farms, private wells, and wildfire risk. A related bill on private wells was supported as a way to help homeowners test and remediate contaminated wells, especially in rural areas without public water. The committee also heard testimony on a bill to allow the Lynnfield Water District to join the MWRA, with local officials saying the move would help address PFAS and other contamination and improve supply reliability. Another major panel supported a water infrastructure funding bill, arguing that aging drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater systems need major new investment, including support for PFAS treatment, sewer rate relief, biosolids research, and regional interconnections. Members asked about costs, funding sources, and the relationship to existing revolving loan funds; witnesses said the bill would need to be paired with future bond funding and new revenue ideas. No votes were taken during the hearing, and the chairs repeatedly invited written testimony and noted the large number of speakers.

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• either a state building or state website, who do you report it to?
• Accessibility can be a little complicated.
• For our departments, accessibility can be a little complicated.
• You're looking at physical and digital accessibility.
• accessibility and things like that.

Keywords: 996, all

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• It was brought in to reflect a modern understanding of family relationships, ensuring equitable access
• This information was also made available on the OMB website.
• Notice was published on the North Dakota Newspaper Association Public Notice website.
• The proposed rules were posted to the North Dakota Lottery website. A public hearing was held.
• The public notice was put in all North Dakota newspapers, and we also have it on our website and shared

Summary: The committee approved the March 12, 2026 minutes and granted the Board of Medicine an extension of time to implement rule changes tied to House Bill 1620/1622, which concern North Dakota’s entry into the physician assistant licensure compact. The Board said it is waiting on compact rules, especially fee structures, before finalizing its own rules. The committee then took up extensive Office of Management and Budget personnel rule revisions, covering salary administration, recruitment, leave policies, funeral leave, service awards, appeals, and shared leave. OMB said the changes modernize HR practices and implement recent legislation, including new hire leave and enhanced annual leave for hard-to-fill positions; the committee raised concerns about the subjectivity and fairness of the hard-to-fill leave provisions, but no action was taken against the rules. The North Dakota Lottery presented emergency and regular rule changes, including updates tied to the Millionaire for Life game and miscellaneous clarifications. The Board of Examiners for Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology described rule updates that add speech-language pathology assistants to the rules, ease continuing education requirements for out-of-state applicants, expand temporary licensure, and clarify supervision standards. The State Electrical Board reviewed numerous code updates, including changes to electrical and fire alarm standards, receptacle labeling, countertop receptacles, and a major new conveyance/elevator inspection program added by the Legislature; the board said it is preparing to begin inspections by August 1. The Industrial Commission’s Geological Survey Division presented new rules implementing House Bill 1459 on critical minerals in coal-bearing formations, including permit, reporting, confidentiality, and royalty-related provisions. The committee asked about confidentiality of exploration data and drilling depth. The Public Employees Retirement System outlined rule changes implementing several bills affecting defined benefit, public safety, defined contribution, insurance, deferred compensation, and retiree health credit programs, and noted possible future proposals to add state EMS or create a LOSAP-style plan. The Department of Health and Human Services presented substance use disorder voucher rules implementing House Bill 1012, including allowing individuals to apply directly and setting reimbursement procedures; the rules were expected to have a $250,000 general fund impact already included in the budget. The longest discussion involved the Gaming Commission rules. Members questioned whether the commission had authority to raise poker tournament buy-ins from $300 to $1,500, viewing it as an expansion of gaming rather than a mere clarification. After debate, the committee voted to void that specific rule section for lack of statutory authority. The rest of the gaming rules covered higher raffle limits from House Bill 1192, the change from “bar” to “alcoholic beverage establishment,” veterans’ organization proceeds, credit ticket voucher kiosks, online raffles, and advertising restrictions; the presenter said several public comments led to revisions or withdrawals of proposed language. The meeting ended with discussion of upcoming Ethics Commission travel-reporting rules and scheduling the next committee meeting in September.

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• for up to five years, the board posted 66 disciplinary actions on its website that were taken more than
• Camacho, locked him out of his access to information or communication with your board?
• Chair, for that last page there was not a related tab; I was just walking through the website.
• I showed them the website, showed them how to work through it.
• , ADE's website: the 2024 graduation rate was 83%.

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The committee first heard the January 2026 follow-up to the special audit of the Arizona State Board of Chiropractic Examiners. The auditor’s contractor reported that the board had implemented or was in the process of implementing most of the 28 recommendations from the 2024 audit, but three remained unimplemented: resolving complaints within 180 days and two open meeting law recommendations. The follow-up also identified new concerns about outdated or incomplete public disciplinary records and the lack of a complete public records request log and response procedures. Committee members pressed the board on open meeting compliance, complaint delays, transparency, and lobbying activities, while the executive director said the board had adopted new policies, added staff and investigators, created an intake committee, improved complaint prioritization, and was transitioning to a new licensing platform. She also said the board had ended broad subpoenas, improved conflict-of-interest tracking, and was working to formalize its practices in rule. The committee did not take a vote or other formal action in the transcript provided. The committee then received the Arizona school district financial risk analysis for January 2026. The Auditor General’s office reported that the number of highest-risk districts increased from two to nine, and districts approaching the highest-risk category increased from seven to nine. The presentation explained the financial risk measures used, common risk patterns among the highest-risk districts, and the district action plans posted on the report website. Tucson Unified School District was used as an example of a highest-risk district, and Scottsdale Unified as an approaching-highest-risk district. Members asked about declining enrollment, reserve balances, negative fund balances, and the use of capital monies for operations. Sierra Vista Unified School District then presented its response to being identified as financially at risk. The superintendent said she had recently taken over and was implementing a turnaround plan that included a school closure, staffing reductions through attrition, spending freezes, tighter purchase controls, a three-year sustainable spending plan, and efforts to stabilize enrollment through outreach, customer-service changes, and alternative program offerings. She also said the district was redirecting some capital assistance to operations, renegotiating contracts, and improving communication with families and staff. Committee members questioned the district about declining enrollment, instructional spending, school safety, academic performance, and whether the action plan adequately addressed those issues. No formal vote or action was taken on the school district item in the transcript provided.

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• <01:44:10.159> And sustainable affordable access. And sustainable affordable access.
• don't have a right to access that bed. don't have a right to access that bed.
• the New Hampshire Health Cost website. the New Hampshire Health Cost website.
• department had a way to access the data. department had a way to access the data.
• We have it on our websites.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• And we did post it online to the committee website.
• None of them were active on your website prior to that.
• So there's a distinction between how they might appear on the Secretary of State's website and whether
• It is reflected on the Secretary of State's website.
• Some of these threads is because it's not accessible.

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• It would be pit toilet access only.
• It would be pit toilet access only. Okay.
• It would be pit toilet access only.
• We accept the National Park Access Pass for disabilities.
• Treasuries, so that funds can be accessed if needed.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• I think there is a move to add medical device companies to the researchers that can access the bodies
• Unfortunately, as written, Senate Bill 2721 would severely limit access to human tissue.
• Unless I'm just wrong, so I'm on the website for AATP, which is an accredited... Accreditation.
• The specialties' website states that the TMB has the responsibility to protect the public.
• And again, that's all available on our website. Okay, I'll let other members ask questions.

Bills: SB2024, SB227, SB268, SB1467, SB1580, HB5537, SB1313, SB1677, SB918, SB331, SB2207, SB2721

Keywords: e-cigarettes, marketing prohibition, youth protection, criminal penalties, public health, school funding, education reform, state budget, property taxes, equity in education, health care, licensing, complaint procedure, disciplinary action, law enforcement, death records, vital statistics, healthcare, trauma facility, Medicaid

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• Freedom of choice means having that same access.
• I want to direct your attention to the website.
• Accessibility to understand how to move forward in their counties and their spaces without having accessibility
• I'm lucky I had access to health care early on.
• across our state. access across our state.

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• Right now, some cleanup, and then we're going to need to revamp our website quite a bit to make accessing
• <00:49:47.440> to hopefully that's increasing access to hopefully that's increasing access to
• So we are available for your questions. for care access. Um uh as we approach for care access.
• <01:48:51.520> Um, know access nearby. Um, know access nearby.
• that we'll have access to those funds. that we'll have access to those funds.

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• It will allow people that don't have access to a veterinarian as they used to.
• Access in California? No, quite the opposite.
• Hines did with his website in the Hines v. Perdue case.
• They've been accessible and constructive in working with us.
• Page four of the bill, it talks about data and public access.

Bills: SB34, SB119, SB261, SB532, SB1035, SB1245, SB1247, SB1267, SB1442, SB1930, SB1948, SB2078, SB2112, SB2143, SB2155

Keywords: wildfire, wildfire mitigation, wildfire prevention, volunteer fire department, Texas A&M Forest Service, West Texas A&M University, prescribed burning, fuel loading, fuel reduction, firefighting equipment database, emergency communications, disaster preparedness, rural fire protection, asset hardening, natural resource management, emergency management, large wildfire risk, fire grant funding, fire suppression, Texas Legislature

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• You're allowed have to allow you access.
• Um, and that a manager of access to us.
• <01:16:09.280> private allowing access into these private allowing access into these private spaces
• <01:16:26.880> into government forcing people access into government forcing people access
• And so we generally make information accessible.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• So the Finance Authority is redoing its website, mostly to ensure that we have accessibility.
• So the Finance Authority is redoing its website, mostly to ensure that we have accessibility.
• So we plan to make that more available and more accessible.
• They're already posted on our website.
• So large systems would access one application process, and small systems would then access another one

Keywords: 996, all

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• c> higher<00:18:40.520> level<00:18:40.880> of It influences access to higher level
• of It influences access to higher level of medical<00:18:41.480> training, medical training,
• Ultimately, increasing AED access and strengthening training programs will save lives, improve community
• <00:30:36.160> if payment or retainage um website if payment or retainage um website if they're

Bills: HCR112

Keywords: HCR112, House Concurrent Resolution, DHRD, Department of Human Resources Development, civil service, classification system, compensation system, salary study, pay scale, job classification, position classification, state workforce, vacancy rate, hard-to-fill positions, labor shortage, recruitment, retention, public employees, state agencies, labor organizations