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• Representative, I would be happy to work offline and actually come up with some language that would be
• and actually come up with some offline and actually come up with some language<00:24:25.320> that
• So I really hope this is included in our bill, and I hope we can vote for it on the floor.
• hope<00:42:09.680> we<00:42:09.839> can<00:42:10.319> uh<00:42:10.960> vote
• for it on the and I hope we can uh vote for it on the floor<00:42:12.319> thank<00:42:12.520>

Bills: HF827, HF1258, HF2387, HF2388, HF2534, HF2016

Keywords: education, school funding, consolidation aid, financial support, Minnesota Statutes, education finance, ice arena, school districts, cooperation agreement, equal sports opportunities, school milk program, nutrition, food waste, kindergarten, public schools, supplemental revenue, charter schools, funding, state appropriations, general education funding

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• Can't vote on your own project in teams to rank them, and then what you see as a bonding list coming
• ><00:42:16.720> our<00:42:17.040> system<00:42:17.720> can't<00:42:17.920> vote
• <00:42:18.119> on<00:42:18.240> your others in our system can't vote on your others
• in our system can't vote on your own<00:42:18.640> project<00:42:19.640> in<00:42:19.920
• um to understand that maybe offline um to understand that process<01:40:53.440> a<01:40:53.560

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• question, though, that I have for, um, Oh, he is, and I've been able to ask some of these from you offline
• question, though, that I have for, um, Oh, he is, and I've been able to ask some of these from you offline
• 03.119> I<00:58:03.280> just<00:58:03.359> wanted<00:58:03.520> to on offline
• as well, but I just wanted to on offline as well, but I just wanted to make<00:58:03.760> sure
• Uh, so now we... >> We'll now vote to reinstate. All those in favor say I. I. Those opposed?

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Representative Lawson-Pay, would you care to vote? Declare the vote. “Care to vote?
• Miller, would you care to vote? Miller, aye. Declare the vote.
• Oh, I need to vote. To clear the vote.
• Close the vote and declare the vote. 27 aye, one nay. Mr.
• Anyone on a motion to change your vote? Close the vote. Declare the vote: 26 aye, zero nay.

Bills: HB3622, HB3621, HB3151, HB3882, HB3661, HB4273, HB3644, HB3706, HB3708, HB2021, HB3986, HB3972

Keywords: HB3622, 2030 Census, Decennial Census, U.S. Decennial Census Revolving Fund, Oklahoma Department of Commerce, Commerce Department, census preparation, federal census, state treasury fund, revolving fund, continuing fund, deemed appropriated, technology upgrades, census outreach, redistricting, population count, Title 74, OMES, State Treasurer, budgeting

Transcript Highlights:

• Any no votes? Any without recs? No. No. Three no votes. We have enough to advance the bill.
• Any no votes? Any without recs? Nay. Nay. So there's three no votes.
• Any no votes? Help me in them. Without rec. There's one rec, without rec, and two no votes.
• Any no votes? Any no votes? All right. Any other questions or comments or concerns? Any no votes?
• Any no votes? Well, sorry, I'll certainly message on the motions. And second, any no votes?

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Standing Committee on Energy and Telecommunications considered a large agenda focused mainly on energy affordability, the CLCPA, utility rates, and renewable energy siting. Senator Mattera and other Republican members argued that the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act has driven up utility bills, harmed reliability, and imposed costs on ratepayers, while Democratic members pushed back that rising costs are also driven by natural gas markets, infrastructure costs, and broader economic factors. Several bills sought to repeal or pause CLCPA-related policies, create a CLCPA task force, impose studies or moratoriums on new energy taxes and fees, and increase transparency around utility surcharges and state energy spending. Supporters framed these measures as ratepayer relief and accountability; opponents said some proposals would undermine clean-energy policy and existing consumer-benefit programs. The committee defeated S.1167, which would have repealed the All Electric Building Act, and S.1173, which would have created a CLCPA task force. It also failed S.5250, a bill to study CLCPA costs and impose a moratorium on new energy taxes, fees, or regulations, and S.7075, which would have prohibited the system benefits charge on utility bills. Several other bills advanced, including S.1236A on virtual access and electronic filing for Public Service Commission proceedings, S.1552 establishing reduced residential rates for low-income electric and natural gas customers, S.2484 directing a study of replacement timeframes for battery storage and renewable facilities, S.2638 on carbon allowance auction proceeds, S.3247 on electric vehicle charging stations, S.3553 requiring utilities to post promotional and educational materials on their websites, S.4571A creating a floating solar incentive education program, S.5518 shifting Public Service Commission funding to legislative appropriation, and S.6412A requiring itemized ratepayer disclosure of surcharges. S.9251, on labor-related legal costs, was referred to the Labor Committee. S.7710, which would have restricted energy storage systems near schools and homes in New York City, failed after concerns and support were debated. The committee adjourned after completing the agenda.

Transcript Highlights:

• So thank you for your time and attention to this important topic, and I respectfully urge you to vote
• positively on H. 5013 and S. 2928. ...and I respectfully urge you to vote positively on H. 5013 and
• And I think we're going to, our goal is to take us offline with her and come together to try to find
• I vote right now. Oh, there we go. Go ahead. Thank you.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Public Health heard testimony on four bills: H. 5013 and S. 2928, which would establish a three-year celiac disease screening pilot program for children during routine cholesterol/lipid screening at ages 8 to 12; H. 5087, regulating medical spas; and H. 5115, establishing statewide food truck regulations, though the transcript focused almost entirely on the celiac and medical spa bills. For the celiac proposal, Rep. Badger and Sen. Lovely described long diagnostic delays, the lack of a cure, and the potential for a simple blood test to identify children earlier and reduce long-term harm. Multiple patients, clinicians, and researchers supported the pilot, saying celiac is frequently missed because symptoms vary widely or are absent, and that early detection could prevent malnutrition, growth problems, osteoporosis, and other complications. Testifiers also emphasized that the bill would study feasibility, accuracy, cost, and acceptability, and would include family education and support resources if diagnoses are made through the program. Several experts and advocates backed the celiac screening pilot, including a pediatric gastroenterologist from Italy who described successful national screening efforts there, a Celiac Disease Foundation representative, pediatric gastroenterologists from Massachusetts and Colorado, a pediatric dietitian, and a parent whose child was diagnosed after severe malnutrition. They argued that routine screening alongside existing pediatric bloodwork could identify many undiagnosed children and improve health equity, since celiac disease is often overlooked in people of color and lower-income patients. Committee members asked about how the screening would work, and witnesses explained it could begin with a blood test, followed by confirmatory endoscopy if needed. No vote was taken in the hearing. On H. 5087, witnesses from the medical aesthetics industry largely opposed the bill as written, saying it was outdated, redundant with existing Massachusetts licensing and board oversight, and too restrictive for nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and other licensed providers. Testifiers, including a retired lobbyist, a nurse practitioner, a PA, a plastic surgeon, and a clinic owner, said the bill could reduce access, raise costs, and push care into less regulated settings, while not addressing the real issues of training, compliance, and patient safety. Committee members pressed for more specific feedback on what provisions were unnecessary or duplicative, and witnesses said they had submitted position papers and written testimony identifying conflicts with current law. The hearing ended with the chair noting that all oral and written testimony would be reviewed before any decisions are made.

Transcript Highlights:

• I’m happy to sit down with you offline and show you some of the work that we’ve been doing, just so you
• And by your vote of, what are we got, we got, three, four, five, by your vote of five, zero nays, and
• zero not voting, you have recommended the confirmation of Alex Scalpsa Ridgeway for the director of

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The Senate Committee on Director Nominations met to consider Alex Scalpsa Ridgeway’s nomination to serve as Director of the Arizona Office of Tourism. In her opening statement, Ridgeway emphasized her Arizona roots, prior service in state government, and her view that tourism is a major economic driver for the state. She highlighted record 2024 visitation and spending, argued that tourism marketing produces strong returns for taxpayers, and said her priorities include improving data use, expanding social media and digital outreach, supporting rural communities, and strengthening international tourism and direct air service. Committee members questioned Ridgeway about the state of tourism, responsible visitor messaging, marketing the Grand Canyon and other parts of Arizona, rural tourism, budget priorities, use of public funds, and how she would respond to unlawful or poor policy directives. She said the office uses an activity-based marketing strategy focused on visitor personas such as family travel, outdoor recreation, culinary, wellness, and luxury, and that it partners with rural destinations and event organizers to spread visitor spending statewide. She also said she would follow the law, would raise concerns about bad policy, and described steps taken to improve transparency and conflict-of-interest practices after questions about a prior logo contract and a costly state branding project. Public testimony was strongly supportive. Representatives from the Arizona Lodging and Tourism Association, the Cactus League Baseball Association, and Experience Scottsdale praised Ridgeway’s experience, collaboration with industry partners, and understanding of tourism’s economic impact, especially for rural areas and major visitor destinations. After discussion, the committee voted unanimously to recommend her confirmation, with a 5-0 vote, and adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• The yeas have it by your vote. The amendment has been adopted. The yeas have it by your vote.
• I'd like to talk with you offline, and I just was asked to sit in this committee today because we lost
• It was voted on both by the fire union, the police union, the city of Tampa It was voted on both by the
• Because this was, I'm going to vote for it, but I just was curious about that.
• And I congratulate you on bringing the bill and look forward to voting for it.

Summary: The Government Operations Subcommittee met and took up a long agenda of policy bills, local bills, and open government sunset review measures. The committee first heard HB 433 on administrative procedures, as amended by a strike-all that would create a five-year repromulgation process for agency rules, require review of guidance documents, add cost-benefit analysis requirements, and tighten licensing reporting. Members questioned whether the bill duplicated existing JAPC review functions and raised concerns about costs and the scope of agency authority, but the amendment was adopted and the bill was reported favorably 12-3. The committee then approved HB 699, which increases penalties for certain traffic infractions when they result in a crash; CS/HB 404, a local bill updating the City of Tampa firefighters’ and police officers’ pension plan; HB 711, creating a statewide Spectrum Alert and law-enforcement training for missing children with autism; HB 4023, a local ethics-related charter change for the North Springs Improvement District; HB 583, requiring registration and disclosure for agents and organizations associated with foreign principals and foreign-supported political organizations; HB 251, recognizing International Holocaust Remembrance Day in Florida; and HB 749, extending medical benefits for firefighters who suffer catastrophic injuries during training. Most of these bills drew supportive testimony and were reported favorably by unanimous or near-unanimous votes. The committee also considered several OGSR/open-records measures. PCB GOS-25-04 preserved exemptions for public safety communications system infrastructure records, PCB GOS-25-05 aligned cybersecurity-records sunset dates to October 2, 2026, and PCB GOS-25-06 narrowed exemptions for certain records held by the Department of Financial Services as receiver for insolvent insurers, making more information public. All three were reported favorably on 17-0 votes. The meeting adjourned after the final roll call.

Transcript Highlights:

• Yagi or Representative Backer, please take them offline. All right.
• Representative Carroll, so if you have some good ideas for him, you can take them offline if that's okay
• some good ideas for him, you can take some good ideas for him, you can take them<00:25:28.720> offline
• <00:25:29.679> Okay,<00:25:29.919> I'll them offline if that's okay.
• Okay, I'll them offline if that's okay.

Bills: HF604, HF1972, HF578, HF1951, HF629, HF864, HF874, HF1155, HF884, HF2365, HF643, HF234, HF2655, HF2637, HF2535, HF2530, HF2344, HF584, HF524

Keywords: airport funding, bonds, transportation, capital investment, Karlstad, community center, Breckenridge, state bonds, economic development, HF578, Faribault, River Bend Nature Center, bonding bill, bond proceeds fund, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, DNR grant, nature center, visitor center, environmental education, multicultural center

Transcript Highlights:

• the things that they need to vote on.
• I'd be happy to talk to any of you offline.
• They were voted on by the residents of that community.
• And so for that, I'm just going to vote down.
• So for that, members, I would ask that you vote down on this.

Summary: The Education Administration Subcommittee heard and advanced six bills. The first, PCS/HB 1073 by Rep. Koster, would give individual school board members timely, free access to district documents and budget information, require agendas and supporting materials to be kept as public records, and prohibit school districts from requiring or incentivizing nondisclosure agreements. Testimony from a Volusia County school board member and a former educator described difficulty obtaining records and concerns about NDAs; some members raised chain-of-command concerns, while others argued the bill was needed for transparency. The bill passed 15-3. The committee then approved HB 4049, a local bill for Jacksonville/Duval County that changes how the Duval County School Board’s attorney is selected, and OGSR/HB 7021, which extends and clarifies the public-records exemption for education examination and assessment instruments through 2031. HB 4049 passed 17-1 after debate over whether the board should use the city’s general counsel process; HB 7021 passed unanimously with no debate. Members also approved CS/HB 753 on school counselors, which removes certain certification barriers while keeping degree and counseling requirements in place and allows districts to choose whether to require the removed certificates. Supporters said the bill could help address counselor shortages and free counselors to focus on students; it passed 18-0. Finally, HB 157 created a School Teacher Training and Mentoring Program for D- and F-rated schools, using high-performing current or retired teachers as mentors with stipends funded from an existing allocation. Members discussed mentor limits, funding, and oversight, but the bill passed unanimously, 18-0. The meeting adjourned after committee members recognized visiting officials and students.

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• We had a follow-up meeting in May where it was approved with a vote of 11 to 3 to move forward with submitting
• We had a follow-up meeting in May where it was approved with a vote of 11 to 3 to package.
• We had a follow-up meeting in May where it was approved with a vote of 11 to 3 to move forward with submitting
• I still have more questions that I can ask offline. That’s fine. But something did catch my ears.
• I still have more questions that I can ask offline. That's fine. But something did catch my ears.

Summary: The meeting focused on Arkansas’s proposed workforce system overhaul, including a combined WIOA/Perkins state plan and a package of federal waiver requests intended to consolidate workforce governance, reduce administrative costs, and redirect more funding to training and supportive services. Commerce officials said the plan would replace the current structure of 10 local workforce boards and more than 200 board members with a single statewide board and one administrative entity, while keeping local offices open and using regional business councils to preserve employer and local input. They said the state has already reduced Commerce headcount and operating costs, and that the changes would improve coordination with higher education, adult education, vocational rehabilitation, DHS, and Arkansas Industry Connect. Much of the discussion centered on the waiver package, especially the proposal to make the state board function as the local board, allow more flexible movement of funds across regions, eliminate the WIOA “last dollar” requirement for training and supportive services, create affiliate sites instead of requiring every area to maintain a comprehensive center, and relax the 14 youth program element requirement. Officials said the State Board of Workforce Development approved the waiver package 11-3 before it was submitted to the U.S. Department of Labor, and that implementation would begin only after federal approval and a closeout process, likely taking up to a year. They also described plans to streamline referrals and data sharing, expand mobile and virtual services, and use a more centralized model to improve customer service and employer engagement. Members raised repeated concerns about rural representation, local control, board composition, and whether jobs and relationships would be lost if local boards were eliminated. Commerce officials responded that local offices would remain open, some current staff could be rehired by the state, and regional business councils would help ensure local employer voice. Several members also questioned how the funding was being used, citing audit findings that only about $1.8 million to $1.9 million of roughly $14 million to $15 million in federal workforce funds had gone to training and supportive services. Officials said the reorganization could increase annual training spending to roughly $6 million to $7 million by reducing overhead, one-stop operator contracts, and board administration. The committee also discussed how the changes might support workforce training facilities, apprenticeships, child care and transportation assistance, and employer-driven training in fields such as manufacturing, health care, technology, and welding. The Division of Higher Education also briefed members on Workforce Pell. Officials explained that the new federal program would extend Pell eligibility to short-term programs, but only within narrow limits, such as 150 to 599 clock hours and 8 to 15 weeks of instruction, with additional completion and employment benchmarks. They said Arkansas is working with colleges and universities to identify programs that fit the criteria and that the governor has designated the Division of Higher Education to lead implementation. No votes were taken by the committee during this portion of the meeting.

Transcript Highlights:

• I'd like to know if you can get offline, I'd like to know what schools got that.
• But you can talk to me offline with that because I don't want to take much time.
• Just a reminder that we won't be voting on specials today, that's on Saturday, but we can talk about
• mind, I'd like to see, you know, and I'm Not a big government person, but if I'm going to give my vote
• So after we lost by one vote here at the legislature to add financial literacy as a graduation requirement

Keywords: 996, all

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• I had some questions too, but I'll follow up with you offline sometime. Offline sometime.

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• So I would like to set up a meeting with you offline to kind of look at our notes because what I'm seeing
• I would love to meet offline on this issue because I'm still I'm trying to learn it all myself.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• You offline about. >> Okay. So how is this?
• I'm just hoping for a more consistent and less fragmented system. >> Yeah, I I will ask you offline about

Keywords: 999, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So we would encourage you to vote no, and thank you so much for the time.
• Please vote against this bill.
• Please vote against this bill. Thank you for your time.
• Please vote against this bill. Thank you for your time. Our jobs.
• For this reason, we urge you to vote no on House File 2793. Thank you.

Bills: HF2103, HF2793

Keywords: energy, renewable energy, ammonia, hydrogen, certificate tracking, funding, environment, community solar, energy policy, sustainability, solar garden program, regulation sunset, 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• So, the request is to hold on voting for the bill until we've had the presentation or at least get an
• So, the request is to hold on uh voting<00:04:11.760> for<00:04:11.920> the<00:04:12.239
• for the bill until we've had the voting for the bill until we've had the presentation<00:04:13.760><
• Look forward to the vote. >> Chair Noor: All right.
• Look forward to the vote. vote. vote. >> All<01:42:16.080> right.

Bills: HF3378

Keywords: human services, Optum reports, data privacy, transparency, legislative oversight, 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• ,<00:23:21.720> but we can follow up maybe even offline, but we can follow up maybe even offline
• Uh if we can just do a<01:25:06.760> vote<01:25:07.000> on<01:25:07.080> it<01:25
• on it quickly and I can go over a vote on it quickly and I can go over what's<01:25:08.440> in
• <01:49:40.640> just legislature, I will be a a no vote just legislature, I will be a a no
• vote just for<01:49:40.920> that<01:49:41.120> reason<01:49:41.400> alone.

Bills: HF1660, HF1824, HF1926, HF1002, HF994, HF1915, HF1336

Keywords: children, youth programming, needs assessment, community engagement, state funding, education, funding, school districts, state budget, rural schools, food support, Greater Minneapolis Council of Churches, food shelves, grant funding, Minnesota FoodShare, early childhood, Head Start, education funding, developmental programs, literacy

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• This is done through loans or grants, which the commission must vote to authorize.
• Texans should never be forced to pay tolls on roads they didn't vote for.
• Uh, I, I believe that my constituents ought to have a, a chance to vote on this new tax.
• Even if voters keep voting it down, politicians will just allow the congestion to fester until voters
• Getting a vote on on toll roads Mr. Finger, the committee's up here.

Transcript Highlights:

• talk through a little bit of what's on the agenda so we all know what's happening and what you're voting
• on, what you're not voting on.
• And remember, this is not the first or last Time you will see this, and you are not voting on this today
• Flag things that you're concerned about; you're not voting on this today.
• Voting, so that's important.

Keywords: 996, all