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• IT'S PRETTY REMARKABLE TO SEE WHERE WE ARE AT AND THESE ARE PICTURES OF KIDS THAT HAVE RECENTLY GRADUATED
• WHETHER THAT IS A STANDARD MODEL OR A GED, THE YOUTH IS GRADUATING ON TIME WITH WHAT THEIR INTENDED GRADUATION
• THAT LAST ONE GOES BACK TO WHAT ARE WE DOING TO ENSURE CAREER PATHWAYS FOR OUR KIDS?
• TO HOLDING OURSELVES TO A STANDARD GIVING KIDS THE BEST EDUCATION POSSIBLE AND PUTTING THEM ON A PATHWAY

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• In 2024, we completed major site improvements, including the installation of an accessible pathway system
• In 2024, we completed major site improvements, including the installation of an accessible pathway system
• He graduated and went on to Landmark College, got his Associate of Arts, and graduated cum laude, which

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Children, Families, and Persons with Disabilities held a hearing focused on accessibility-related legislation, with the chairs emphasizing ASL and CART accessibility and asking testifiers to speak slowly and clearly. The committee heard testimony first on H.223/S.130, a bill to establish a livable wage for community-based human service workers by reducing the pay gap with state employees. Providers’ Council, Communities for People, the Key Program, and BAMSI all supported the bill, describing persistent wage disparities, high vacancy and turnover rates, and the impact on continuity of care for children, youth, and families. Witnesses said the bill would help recruitment and retention and stabilize services across the Commonwealth. The committee then heard extensive testimony on H.224/S.160, the ACE Act, which would create a dedicated funding source to improve accessibility in the creative economy. Arts organizations and advocates, including Community Access to the Arts, Abilities Dance Boston, Jacob’s Pillow, the Multicultural Arts Center, Northampton Community Music Center, Mass Creative, Open Door Arts, and Monkey House, described barriers such as inaccessible buildings, lack of ASL interpretation and captioning, inadequate lifts and backstage access, and the high cost of renovations. Testifiers said the bill would help smaller and historic institutions make physical and programmatic improvements and allow people with disabilities to participate as artists, workers, and audiences. The committee also heard testimony on H.4180, which would require DDS to consider neuropsychological evaluations when determining eligibility for intellectual disability services. Parents and advocates argued that IQ cutoffs alone can miss significant functional needs, especially for autistic adults and others with complex developmental profiles, and urged broader access to DDS supports. Additional testimony supported S.101 on closed captioning and telecommunications in public areas, and S.158 on requiring restaurants to have some chairs with arms to better accommodate physically disabled and older patrons. No votes were taken during the hearing, and the chair adjourned after hearing from the scheduled witnesses and noting a few signups that were not present.

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• when he enlisted with the 162nd Tactical Fighter Group, Arizona Air National Guard, following his graduation
• After graduating from the University of Arizona in 1965 with a bachelor's degree in architecture, he
• Community College embodied the vision of Navajo leaders who understood that education would serve as a pathway
• for the Navajo... ...who understood that education would serve as a pathway for the Navajo people to

Keywords: 1182, all

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• She hails from San Diego and just graduated from UC Davis.
• to leverage regional assets, facilitate a just transition to a lower-carbon economy, and create pathways
• to leverage regional assets, facilitate a just transition to a lower carbon economy, and create pathways
• Larry was born in Orange, California, on September 17, 1939, and graduated from Wilson High School in

Summary: The Assembly met after a quorum call, prayer, and pledge, with members observing a moment of silence for the Minnesota tragedy mentioned by the Speaker. The chamber then moved quickly through a large daily file, taking up many Senate amendments and third-reading measures, with most bills passing by wide margins or unanimously. Early procedural actions included returning AB 1308 to the Senate, rescinding action on SB 863, and later taking up several resolutions and bills on concurrence and third reading. Among the main policy items, members adopted AJR 8 on temporary protected status after debate over immigration policy, and AJR 19 urging opposition to dismantling the U.S. Department of Education. The Assembly also adopted ACR 112 recognizing September as Deaf Awareness Month, with several members speaking in support of the deaf community and accessibility. Other notable measures included bills on water reclamation and Colorado River Aqueduct maintenance (AB 580), telehealth (AB 688), housing approvals and ADU enforcement/cleanup (AB 920, SB 9, SB 543), pension and retirement rules (SB 301), volunteer fire department tax exemptions (SB 87), dementia training for home care aides (SB 412), and a San Francisco public-safety measure on stolen goods resale (SB 276), which drew opposition over permitting and criminalization concerns. The Assembly also passed or concurred in a number of Senate bills dealing with local government finance and infrastructure, public contracts, the Delta, fairgrounds compensation, and San Francisco liquor licenses, as well as AJR 3 on Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. Most measures were approved on roll-call votes with few no votes; SB 227 and SB 276 were urgency measures and received the required two-thirds support. The consent calendar was adopted unanimously, and the day concluded with several adjournment-in-memory tributes, including remembrances of former Assembly staffer Lawrence Merman, Jeff Brady, Fran Urcini, and Alejandro Luna, before the House adjourned until the next morning.

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• become accredited, and we support federal legislation that would resolve this issue by providing a pathway
• Every attorney in this room has completed an undergraduate degree and a graduate degree in law.
• I'm a Minnesota-based attorney; I went to the University of Minnesota Law School and graduated Mavicum
• and Senate Veterans Affairs committees to pass consumer protection legislation that would open a pathway

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• I am a UT graduate. I work overnights as a pharmacist, and during the daytime I work.
• Certification by the American Board of Pathology includes... graduation from medical school and a full
• Is there a pathway for pathologists specifically?
• So the answer is, as of today, anatomic pathology graduates have less experience than when I graduated
• They needed an American graduate to do it, but they had a Mexican medical graduate who did residency

Bills: HB2814, HB4477, HB5084, HB5108, HB5127, HB5383, HB5611, HB5663, HB5664, SB1563, HB2668, HB3841, HB4114

Keywords: juvenile justice, release documents, children, identification, Texas Juvenile Justice Department, civil service, staffing requirements, local government, positions exemption, Texas legislation, fireworks, Lunar New Year, retail permits, public safety, Texas law, holiday sales, HB 5108, deaths in custody, custodial death, jail death

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• The navy blue being less than a high school graduate, the light green being high school graduate, all
• the way on up to graduate or professional degree.
• Two graduates from our first cohort are from East Africa, and since they graduated, they have worked
• Two graduates from our first cohort are Two graduates from our first cohort are from<00:39:27.920>
• <01:25:47.679> for intentionally in building pathways for intentionally in building pathways

Keywords: 1183, house

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• foreign medical school graduate foreign medical school graduate licensing<00:11:08.320> requirements
• The foreign medical school graduate licensing requirements bill.
• 00:13:02.680> bill graduate licensing requirements bill graduate licensing requirements bill line
• And I want to commend the representative for doing the foreign medical school graduation piece.
• medical school uh graduation piece. medical school uh graduation piece.

Bills: HF2435

Keywords: healthcare, dementia services, public health funding, opioid prevention, women's health, community health boards, mental health, 1183, house

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• <00:29:00.640> to responsibility to make the pathway to responsibility to make the pathway
• pathway through that screening<01:52:57.040> process?
• So I teach seniors who are new graduate.
• their<02:37:17.200> BW<02:37:18.080> um graduating um with their BW um graduating
• The people I graduated with, most of them are in the same position I am.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• We have an 85.8% success rate where young adults have been able to graduate.
• One is a young man who wanted to be a real estate agent, but if he did not successfully graduate, he
• After he graduated, he moved out of state to work for his mother's real estate business.
• And she was able to graduate. She got into junior college. She was working.
• That said, I think the Legislature has also recognized that retaining certain judicial pathways where

Summary: The committee first adopted a seven-bill consent calendar, then heard several public safety measures. AB 1127 by Assembly Member Gabriel would restrict sale of certain semi-automatic handguns that can be easily converted to automatic weapons with “switches”; supporters, including Everytown and Moms Demand Action, said it targets a specific Glock-style design flaw linked to mass shootings, while the NRA and gun-rights groups argued the bill duplicates existing federal law and effectively bans popular handguns. The bill was moved on a due-pass-as-amended motion to Judiciary and remained on call. AB 468, also by Gabriel, would increase penalties and clarify offenses involving looting and impersonating emergency personnel in evacuation zones and during disasters; firefighters, district attorneys, and law enforcement supported it as a deterrent, while public defenders and justice advocates warned it was overbroad and could worsen racial profiling. The committee approved the bill on a due-pass-as-amended motion to Appropriations, also held on call. The committee then heard AB 1187 by Assembly Member Celeste Rodriguez, which would require eight hours of firearm safety training, including live-fire instruction, before obtaining a firearm safety certificate and would add a requirement for new residents who import firearms. Supporters said California should require training comparable to other safety-sensitive activities and that the measure would reduce gun deaths; opponents argued the bill misunderstands the existing FSC process, would be hard to implement because of range and instructor limits, and would burden a constitutional right. The bill passed on a due-pass-as-amended motion to Appropriations and was held on call. The committee also heard AB 1424 by Rodriguez, which would require CDCR climate resiliency and heat-safety measures in prisons, including temperature monitoring, shade, showers, fans, and emergency planning. Prisoner-rights and labor groups strongly supported the bill, citing extreme heat, wildfire, and flooding risks, while one opponent said the monitoring mandate could be too costly; the bill was moved on a due-pass motion to Labor and Employment and held on call. Finally, the committee began hearing AB 1258 by Assembly Member Kalra, which would extend the sunset of the Young Adult Deferred Entry Program through 2029 for selected counties. Kalra and Santa Clara County Judge Erica You described the program’s success in reducing recidivism and providing wraparound services for young adults with felony charges, including housing, counseling, and parenting support. The transcript cuts off before the committee completed action on AB 1258.

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• A graduate of Trinity College, Commissioner Gonzalez received her... ...from St.
• I'm the first in my family to graduate from college.
• As well as four and six-year graduation rates being not what I would want to see.
• The taxpayers' dollars are spent, their own dollars, that they graduate with a degree that they deserve
• I plan to attend graduation in a few days. Very good. Alright.

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• As an example, my two sons are West Point graduates, so they're Army officers. I was enlisted.
• I'm a West Point graduate, a 23-year Army veteran, a paratrooper, with six combat deployments.
• Just like all of us who graduate from high school, they have to be accredited.
• Step two, find a pathway because you're right.
• Between the two of them, they have seven... ...two sons that are West Point graduates still serving.

Summary: The Assembly Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs met with a quorum and first approved its consent calendar, which included AJR 15, SB 56, SB 296, and SB 855, with the roll left open for absent members. The committee then heard SB 694 by Senator Archuleta, a bill aimed at protecting veterans from unaccredited claims representatives and other for-profit entities that charge fees to assist with VA disability claims. The author and supporters, including county veterans service officers and veterans organizations, argued the measure would curb predatory practices, restore accountability, and steer veterans toward free, accredited assistance through CVSOs and other authorized representatives. Testimony in support emphasized that veterans are often targeted online and may pay large fees for services that are available for free, while supporters said unaccredited firms lack transparency and can exploit vulnerable veterans. Opposition witnesses, including representatives of claims-assistance companies and individual veterans, argued the bill would eliminate choice and that some contingency-based firms provide useful services, better outcomes, and faster claims processing. Committee members debated whether the bill would unlawfully bar legitimate assistance or whether it was needed to stop illegal business practices, with several members noting the issue is also being litigated in federal court and that an accreditation process already exists through the VA. After discussion, the committee voted to pass SB 694 and refer it to the Committee on Judiciary. The final vote was 6 ayes, with some members not voting. The committee then completed the consent calendar vote, which passed with eight votes, and adjourned.

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• Can we clear the pathway so I can see. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Hold on.
• Can we clear the pathway so I can see? Rep. Trabulsy? Hold on.
• it's diversity, equity, and inclusion programs that have oftentimes given us the language and the pathway
• to be able to talk through and understand how to get... ...giving us the language and the pathway to
• care procurement, reimbursement, nursing home quality incentives, newborn screening requirements, graduate

Summary: The House convened with prayer, a moment of silence for former Senator Don Childers, the Pledge of Allegiance, and recognition of Officer Antonio Richardson as law enforcement officer of the day. The chamber announced it would take up 11 budget conference committee reports, with no third-reading bills or special-order calendar items. Members were reminded that conference reports were subject to debate but not amendment, and that the required review periods had been satisfied. The first major action was on HB 7031E, the tax package. Representative Duggan explained that the conference report included a mix of retained, modified, and new tax provisions, including sales tax holidays, property tax and homestead-related changes, reductions in certain gaming and carbon-related taxes, changes to child care and documentary stamp tax credits, a new refund process for public works construction tax paid by universities and colleges, and other tax administration changes. Debate focused on the bill’s consumer impact, the reduction of the child tax credit from three years to one, the inclusion of firearm accessories in a sales tax holiday, the absence of gas tax relief and combined reporting, and the homestead exemption provision for certain deployed diplomatic and foreign service personnel. Critics argued the package favored niche or corporate interests over broad affordability relief, while supporters said it provided targeted tax relief and reflected conference negotiations. The House adopted the conference report and passed HB 7031E by a vote of 88-11. The House then began presenting the conference report for HB 501E, the state budget, which totaled $114.5 billion for fiscal year 2026-27 and was described as below the prior year’s spending level while maintaining reserves. Subcommittee chairs outlined major budget areas: pre-K-12 funding included an increase in FEFP, salary increases for veteran teachers, stabilization funding, and support for declining enrollment; higher education included full Bright Futures funding, workforce programs, college operating support, university initiatives, and school guardian expansion; IT funding focused on Palm, ACCESS, APD’s I-Connect replacement, corrections systems, emergency management systems, and cybersecurity grants; health care funding covered Medicaid, nursing home rates, waiver provider increases, ADAP funding and restructuring, child welfare, and behavioral health; transportation and economic development included housing, cultural grants, jobs and rural infrastructure, Visit Florida, Space Florida, highway patrol equipment, and local transportation projects; justice funding included correctional construction, juvenile justice facilities, law enforcement grants, and clerk and due process reimbursements; state administration included fire stations, constrained counties, building maintenance, and Safe Florida Home; and agriculture/natural resources funding emphasized Everglades restoration, water quality, land acquisition, Florida Forever, state parks, and citrus research. Members then began questioning the budget details, including school voucher accountability, school funding formulas, public defender parity, prison technology, wastewater monitoring in prisons, ADAP policy, SNAP fraud controls and AI-assisted verification, Florida Forever funding, school lunch funding, and coral reef restoration. No final vote on HB 501E appears in the transcript excerpt.

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• There are three legislative pathways we can consider given our case studies.
• There are three legislative pathways we can consider given our case studies.
• There are three legislative pathways we can consider given our case studies.
• There are three legislative pathways we can consider given our case studies.
• <01:03:23.520> this Are you None of you are graduating this Are you None of you are graduating

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• I am a little disappointed we don't have more unit production for that pathway to home ownership.
• I am a little disappointed we don't have more unit production for that pathway to home ownership.
• no big deal until we, um, I tell you that we don't have enough residency slots for kids who are graduating
• no big deal until we, um, I tell you that we don't have enough residency slots for kids who are graduating
• no big deal until we, um, I tell you that we don't have enough residency slots for kids who are graduating

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• for all your graduates on whatever positions you have available.
• for all your graduates on whatever positions you have available.
• Graduation time, just send your notes to the university for all your graduates on whatever positions
• Graduates on all islands.
• Is that we create a career pathway for government service.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• program that PED is offering for young people who are in their senior year, are off track to graduation
• , and are likely not to graduate, doing a capstone project in an internship and getting paid.
• And then, in addition to what you provide here for the graduation, so after they complete an internship
• Wilson Hurley graduated from the United States Military Academy.
• Wilson Hurley graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1945 and served as a

Keywords: 996, all

Summary: The House Labor, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee met with a quorum and first addressed a point of order over whether HB 270 could be heard after being taken up earlier in the Transportation Committee. The chair ruled the bill could proceed because it was assigned to this committee and had been properly noticed. The committee then heard HB 280, which would create a three-year pilot program to support paid student internships through grants administered by the Department of Workforce Solutions. Supporters said the bill would help fund internships, mentoring, and transportation, and could improve workforce development, graduation outcomes, and pathways into apprenticeships or higher education. Members asked about administrative costs, student selection, rural and tribal access, payment mechanisms, and whether public entities, land grants, and dual credit could be included. The bill sponsor and witnesses said the program would likely serve about 100 students, use a sliding-scale matching model, and allow local flexibility in program design. The committee voted due pass on HB 280. The committee then heard House Memorial 46, honoring the Hurley family and especially Major General Patrick Hurley and his son Wilson Hurley for military service and artistic contributions in New Mexico. The memorial was presented as a tribute to a family of heroes, and members expressed support. The committee voted due pass on the memorial. Finally, the committee heard HB 270, which would amend the Public Works Apprentice and Training Act to require contributions to apprenticeship and training programs on most public works projects, including road and utility work, while exempting trades without approved programs. Sponsors said the bill would close loopholes, broaden participation, and strengthen the workforce pipeline. Opposition came from asphalt, contractor, and utility groups, which argued the bill would raise costs, duplicate existing training programs, and create access problems for nonunion and geographically distant contractors. Supporters from mechanical contractors, building trades, and labor groups said the bill would improve workforce development and keep training dollars in New Mexico. After debate over the earlier Transportation Committee action and the bill’s cost impacts, the committee voted due pass on HB 270 by a 5-3 roll call.

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• Y'all said if I graduated from high school and if I got good grades that you'd help me go."
• So if you haven't heard my story, I was a teen mom turned first-generation college graduate, and I now
• Y'all said if I graduated from high up.
• We both graduated, and the connections made on those Saturday afternoons are still alive today.
• I'm not going to talk for a long time this evening, but I want you to know where some of the graduates

Keywords: 1183, house

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• . pathway so it is equitable for our pathway so it is equitable for our students<00:42:54.800> in<
• This is certainly a pathway we choice.
• other nine pathways available to people. other nine pathways available to people.
• Let's saying, look, we have pathways.
• details are important in this pathway. details are important in this pathway.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• I've got a graduate Saturday. We're going to Louisiana Tech University. Thank you very much.
• Given such, this model offers a pathway for patients to gain services in a way that is, I would offer
• Given such, this model offers a pathway for patients to gain services in a way that is, I would offer
• Given such, this model offers a pathway for patients to gain services in a way that is, I would offer

Bills: SB511, SB512, HB591, HB909, HB938, HB1154, HB1187

Keywords: automobile repairs, insurance transparency, repair shop liability, non-OEM parts, policyholder rights, automobile insurance, appraisal process, insurance policyholders, dispute resolution, claim valuation, family leave, insurance, paid leave, employment benefits, caregiver support, behavioral health, crisis services, mental health care, insurance coverage, healthcare access