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• Before SB 158, DTSC used a tiered model with a fee that ranged depending on the project.
• However, this model was replaced with a fixed price per ton model of $46.20 per ton.
• Access to free safe and reliable menstrual products is a necessity to care for the health and well-being

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• feeling that that Hawaii is a reliable feeling that that Hawaii is a reliable place<00:25:16.520
• <01:15:17.520> where pay models where pay models where you<01:15:18.960> know<01:15
• <01:22:25.306> [snorts] reference model? [snorts] reference model?
• , international model, international model, but<01:23:19.520> that<01:23:19.720> is,
• we're studying as far as a model we're studying as far as a model can<01:24:02.040> translate

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on SB 83, which would require hotel keepers to give adequate notice of service disruptions to guests and third-party vendors. The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs Office of Consumer Protection supported the bill but asked for amendments to restore remedies and add a nonwaiver provision, arguing that without penalties the measure would lack consequences and that consumers should not be able to waive the notice rights. Supporters, including Unite Here Local 5 and individual testifiers, said guests deserve transparency and meaningful recourse when disruptions occur, especially for labor disputes, construction, or other service interruptions that affect the experience they paid for. Hotel industry representatives, including the American Hotel and Lodging Association, the Hawaii Hotel Alliance, and hotel workers/testifiers, opposed the bill in its current form while offering amendments. They said the measure was too broad, difficult to implement, and could interfere with collective bargaining, third-party booking systems, and existing contracts. They also argued that some disruptions are not easily known in advance and that the bill unfairly singles out hotels compared with other industries. One testifier emphasized that notice should be required only for actual, known disruptions rather than potential events, and another raised concerns about applying the bill to properties not directly involved in a labor dispute. After the SB 83 testimony, the committee moved on to SB 2798, which would make permanent and expand statewide the agricultural enforcement pilot program created in 2025 and rename it the agricultural enforcement program. The chair introduced the measure and called on the Hawaii Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity as the first testifier, but the transcript excerpt ends before testimony or any vote on SB 2798.

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• Do you follow the model procurement code? Uh, do some of these other entities follow that?
• Those customers are subject to either reliability issues or disconnections due to this situation.
• The response was: months, if not years, to be connected to an affordable, reliable connectivity option
• connectivity uh months if not reliable connectivity uh months if not years.<00:48:18.880> Uh<
• network, and I'm just not seeing that reliability. >> Yeah.

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Roll Call 00:00:27 Legislative Research Commission 00:01:15 KentuckyWired Operations Company 00:17:30 Wireless Internet Service Providers Association 00:40:15 Administrative Office of the Courts 01:08:55 Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts 01:33:00, 958, all

Summary: The committee first approved the July 9 minutes without objection and heard from Jay Hartz and Jonathan Harris of the Legislative Research Commission. Members asked about Capitol and legislator security in light of recent targeted shootings in other states. Hartz said LRC had removed members’ home addresses from its website, was reviewing other state-government records for similar information, and was working with the Speaker, Senate President, Kentucky State Police, and outside security experts on broader safety measures. He also said LRC is exploring commercial products to help block personal contact information from public view, but declined to name vendors publicly. Harris added that driver’s license scans at the Capitol are handled by Kentucky State Police, while LRC has a process for flagging high-volume or concerning contacts for police review. The LRC also reported that redistricting work has already begun, with census coordination underway, evaluation of redistricting software including Mapitude and open-source tools, and plans to make the same tools available to the public in the LRC library. The committee then heard from Kentucky Wired Operations Company CEO Robert Morphonius, COO Tom Snyder, and counsel Patrick Hughes about the Kentucky Wired network. They explained the corporate structure: Kentucky Wired Operations Company is a private for-profit special purpose entity that designs, builds, operates, and maintains the network; Kentucky Wired Infrastructure Company is a nonprofit instrumentality used for financing; and Open Fiber Kentucky handles commercialization of excess capacity under a wholesale agreement. They said Kentucky Wired Operations is in the operations and maintenance phase, with those obligations continuing until 2045, and that technical changes to the network generally require KCNA approval through formal change-order processes. They also said the company conducted a market test in June 2023 under Schedule 19 of its contract, considered proposals including Open Fiber and the incumbent service provider, and retained the existing provider. Members asked about KCNA’s role, procurement, network customers, and revenue. The witnesses said Quac operates outside normal state procurement because its process is governed by contract, while KCNA acts as the Commonwealth’s oversight authority and filter for changes. They identified current network users as including AOC, KCTCS, postsecondary education, and other Commonwealth agencies, with all requests routed through KCNA; they also said a separate change process for Exceliccom is in litigation. On funding, they said the operation is paid through monthly appropriations, with roughly a million dollars a month for the service provider and a couple hundred thousand for Quac’s oversight, not including debt service, which is bundled into the availability payment. The discussion ended as members began asking about responsibility for damage-related costs such as squirrel-related outages.

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• He said by obtaining cheap, reliable resources of energy in this state, we can generate value, create
• He said by obtaining cheap, reliable resources of energy in this state, we can generate value, create
• He said by obtaining cheap, reliable resources of energy in this state, we can generate value, create
• There's an organization called Regional Economic Modeling, Inc., or REMI for short.
• <02:37:10.479> that locked into a regulatory model that locked into a regulatory model that

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• It is scraping all of our writings to train its language models.
• own implementation of language models own implementation of language models and<00:53:19.040>
• The next one, with the hybrid model... With the hybrid model, performance...
• In national jargon, we call this a central panel model.
• Judge Starr, because we do that here without a central panel model, I don't know. I'm so sorry.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• A person receives in a VP payment model.
• to have a value-based purchasing program that promotes the use of innovative health care delivery models
• type of value-based purchasing as well as the amount really leading toward a value-based purchasing model
• that has both a risk and reward shared savings and that type of more complex value-based purchasing model
• kind of curious if our focus on these activities specifically and incentivizing plans is the best model

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• IT'S NOT OFFERED BY THE MANAGED CARE PLANS AND IT'S AN ALTERNATIVE MODEL AND PROGRAM THAT THEY CAN CHOOSE
• SENSE AND WORK IN COLLABORATION WITH THE PACE ORGANIZATION TO RIGHT SIDE IT TO UNDERSTAND THE PACE MODEL
• GOAL THAT AGENCY IS TRYING TO ACHIEVE WHILE STILL ALLOWING THE PACE ORGANIZATIONS TO SUCCEED IN THE MODEL
• ON SENATOR HARRELL'S QUESTION ON SLIDE 18 SHOWING THE FUNDING MODEL. AND THE REVERSIONS.
• AND THE SOLICITATION REALLY FOCUSES ON A TEAMING MODEL APPROACH FOR THE DENTAL PROGRAM AND SHOWS OUR

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• That says it will develop policies that are based on responsible, equitable, traceable, reliable, and
• <01:35:02.400> AI<01:35:03.280> large<01:35:03.600> language<01:35:04.080> model
• <01:35:04.960> or generative AI large language model or generative AI large language model
• <01:35:50.400> in courts maintain trust and reliability in courts maintain trust and reliability
• We're pleased to see the introduction of model legislation on court reporting requirements that includes

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The committee continued its hearing on enforcement and compliance with the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act, first taking additional public testimony from Melissa Zimmerman and Matt Senot of the East Side Corridor residents in Owatonna. They described submitting roughly two dozen data requests across several government entities related to a proposed highway project, saying some agencies responded but others did not, and that even after they substantially prevailed in a data practices complaint and the court imposed a maximum civil penalty, they still did not receive meaningful access to the records. Zimmerman said the lack of access harmed their ability to comment on the project’s environmental review, and both witnesses argued that the law needs stronger enforcement, realistic timelines, better communication, and more accessible remedies for requesters who cannot afford repeated litigation. They also raised practical barriers such as inaccessible file formats, missing software on a county-provided laptop, and the need for electronic delivery options. The committee then heard from Eric Johnson of Anoka County, who testified about Chapter 13 issues involving third-party polygraph data used in probation monitoring. He argued that when the state relies on third-party-generated summaries, the responsible authority’s obligations for access, retention, and correction are unclear, and there is no effective remedy when the third party does not respond. Johnson said the county directed him to seek raw data from the third party, which had not responded, and he warned that short retention periods can make data subject rights unenforceable if the records are destroyed before a request is resolved. Members asked about statutory citations and retention schedules, and several commented that the issue may warrant review of data-retention rules. During member discussion, legislators broadly agreed that the Data Practices Act’s enforcement mechanisms are not working well enough and that many requesters cannot afford to pursue administrative or court remedies. Co-Chair Scott suggested staff compile the testimony into a report to identify possible legislative fixes, while Senator Lucero said there may be some “low-hanging fruit” that could be addressed quickly in the short session. The chair also floated the idea of involving the Office of Collaboration and Dispute Resolution in a mediation role to improve communication and reduce gridlock, though members noted that any process would still need to produce results consistent with the law. The committee then moved on to its next agenda item, a discussion of the BCA Fusion Center and its annual reporting requirements.

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• we In addition to the CRNAs, we also have members of the rural electric cooperatives who provide reliable
• SB 1200, assured water supply certificate model. SB 1201, long-term storage shortage prohibition.

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The Senate opened with a prayer and pledge, then recorded attendance, approved the journal, and recognized several guest groups in the gallery, including CRNAs for Capital Day, rural electric cooperative representatives, AEA Retired members, March of Dimes participants, students, and other visitors. The invocation focused on faith, courage, and the need for just laws, and several senators used personal privilege to introduce guests and highlight causes such as public education, maternal and infant health, and the Equal Rights Amendment. The body then moved through a lengthy calendar of second-reading bills, covering a wide range of topics including child welfare and DCS procedures, public school safety, health care and insurance, groundwater and water supply, tax and appropriations measures, housing and HOA issues, elections and campaign protections, criminal justice, firearms, abortion-related measures, and transportation projects. The transcript primarily reflects bill titles being read rather than debate on substance, and no floor votes on those measures are shown in the excerpt. The Senate also received a large set of first-reading bills and committee referrals, including measures on motor vehicle booting fees, EMS reciprocity, election procedures, physician assistant licensure, mental health hearings, assisted living, Alzheimer’s planning, safe haven providers, short-term rentals, fire district formation, correctional officer contributions, and several appropriations items. After the readings and routine announcements, the Senate adopted a motion to adjourn and recessed until Thursday, January 22, 2026, at 10:00 a.m.

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• Department of Energy, geothermal is renewable, reliable, and versatile.
• 00:02:27.760> renewable, Energy, geothermal is renewable, Energy, geothermal is renewable, reliable
• <00:02:30.160> Across<00:02:30.480> the reliable, and versatile.
• Across the reliable, and versatile.
• energy for decades affordable, reliable energy for decades to<00:03:28.000> come.

Bills: HF4348, HF4186, HF4202, HF4455, HF3884, HF3883, HF3882, HF3881, HF2688, HF3295, HF3862, HF3362, HF4242, HF3798

Keywords: HF4186, Minnesota local government finance, housing and redevelopment authority, HRA, public investment authority, qualifying government, State Board of Investment, SBI, index mutual fund, multifamily housing development, long-term equity investment, investment-grade fixed income, federally insured securities, government-sponsored entities, municipal investing, local government investments, housing finance, public funds, investment policy, risk of loss

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• ...” “...and the person is not in imminent danger, there is no clear or reliable pathway to escalate
• This process requires a...” and the person is is not in imminent danger, there is no clear or reliable
• But we cannot expand access to this model of care if we fail to invest in the workforce that delivers
• in 2026, did account for that and did add new forms of compensation that need to be disclosed as models
• We've seen this model and want to make sure that the information is correct.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• When Care Court is not sufficient and the person is not in imminent danger, there is no clear or reliable
• But we cannot expand access to this model of care if we fail to invest in the workforce that delivers
• in 2026, did account for that and did add new forms of compensation that need to be disclosed as models
• There is an active litigation model where the employer, as the fiduciary, is ultimately held responsible
• We've seen this model and want to make sure that the information is correct.

Summary: The Assembly Health Committee heard several measures, beginning with SB 331 by Sen. Menjivar, which would require large-group health plans to cover hearing aids for children. The author and supporters described the bill as a long-running effort to address a developmental emergency and reduce out-of-pocket costs for families, while opponents were absent. Testimony from parents, advocates, medical experts, and organizations emphasized the importance of early access to hearing aids; committee members voiced strong support, and the bill was moved on a do-pass basis to Appropriations, with several members requesting to be added as coauthors. The committee then heard SB 608, also by Sen. Menjivar, to expand access to condoms in school-based health centers and related settings and to prevent barriers such as ID checks. Supporters, including students and school health advocates, argued the bill would improve sexual health and reduce stigma, while opponents from family and faith groups argued it would undermine parental authority and normalize early sexual activity. The bill was supported by committee members and moved forward on a do-pass basis to Appropriations. Next, SB 971 by Sen. Choi proposed community-based healthy aging partnerships for older adults, with testimony from the California Senior Legislature and supporters from aging and dementia organizations. The measure was described as voluntary and focused on connection, independence, and local collaboration; there was no opposition, and the committee moved it on a do-pass basis to Appropriations. The committee also heard SB 869 by Sen. Weber Pierson, which would require warning icons and statements on chain restaurant menus for beverages with very high added sugar content. Supporters framed it as a transparency and public health measure, while restaurant and beverage industry representatives opposed it unless amended, citing cost and menu-space concerns; the bill was nevertheless moved on a do-pass basis to Appropriations after a roll call vote, with some members voting no and the measure placed on call. The committee also considered SB 950 by Sen. Weber Pierson, aimed at ensuring timely coverage of FDA-approved, medically necessary treatments for early-onset Alzheimer’s disease on commercial plans. Supporters, including the Alzheimer’s Association and a patient advocate, said the bill would reduce delays and barriers to care, while health plan representatives opposed it over step therapy and utilization-management concerns. Members discussed the limited treatment window and the need for early access, and the bill was moved on a do-pass basis to Appropriations. In addition, SB 490 by Sen. Umberg would set timelines for DHCS investigations of unlicensed sober living homes and allow counties to assist if the department cannot act in time; supporters from Anaheim and a patient-brokering survivor described serious abuse and oversight gaps, while county behavioral health representatives opposed the county role as an unfunded and potentially liability-creating burden. After discussion, the bill was also moved on a do-pass basis to Appropriations. Finally, the committee began hearing SB 1037 by Sen. Weber Pierson on health insurance affordability and rate review, with supporters arguing it would tie premium increases more closely to affordability targets and public reporting; the transcript cuts off before the committee completed action on that measure.

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• Examples of those reliable sources include managed care plans, other human services programs, return
• Those individuals are those eligible for MA under section 256B.055, subdivision 15. reliable sources
• uh include managed care reliable sources uh include managed care plans,<00:34:49.080> other<00
• The community mental health center model The community mental health center model was<01:40:25.240
• Both these models are mandated to serve everyone regardless of their ability to pay.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• reliable, flexible federal loans,<00:12:47.120> pushing<00:12:47.519> them<00:12:47.760
• Currently, the SCORE Act has not laid out an equitable revenue-sharing model and leaves it wholly
• <02:49:46.479> and<02:49:46.640> leaves<02:49:46.800> it revenue sharing model
• and leaves it revenue sharing model and leaves it wholly<02:49:47.279> up<02:49:47.359> to
• small businesses always have a reliable small businesses always have a reliable channel<05:32:36.638

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, December 2, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• The committee developed two models to guide further discussion.
• Our recommended model is an annual global budget, not an episode-based model or a model at the individual
• So if we change models has the department.
• that might be created to go to this model?
• So I'm assuming the model is 50-50, right?

Keywords: 908, all

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• In my opinion, we've shut down reliable power plants, nuclear, coal, and oil, and forced foreclosed access
• Do you consider not reliable when it's to renew distributed energy with battery resources?
• reliable.
• So with that, we're going to ask John Gates to come up and set the timer. reliable issue reliable issue
• We want affordable, reliable, and safe energy.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• dust today, in the winter weather, and how hard families in Grant County work to keep affordable, reliable
• How hard families in Grant County work to keep affordable, reliable energy for New Mexicans, and the
• They support independence and grid reliability.
• New Mexico oil and gas helps supply domestic energy... grid reliability.
• introduced by Representative Gonzalez, an act relating to insurance, providing for wildfire risk modeling

Bills: HM3, HM11, HM14, HM15, HM18, HM21, HB10, HB11, HB12, HB13, HB14, HB31, HB50

Keywords: nurses, health care workers, healthcare workers, frontline workers, hospital staff, clinicians, allied health professionals, support staff, public health, workforce shortage, nursing shortage, safe staffing, patient safety, rural health care, frontier communities, behavioral health, mental health, substance use disorder, substance abuse, health care memorial

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• Um, but just to say that this bill is modeled after the Schools Not Shelters Act introduced by Senator
• in the survey the data is not reliable in the survey the data is not reliable and<04:09:14.800><
• We do look into whether this is reliable or not reliable.
• If there is a more sample size that is reliable, then yes.
• we<04:18:38.680> do<04:18:38.960> have a reliable or not reliable we do have a reliable

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The House Education Policy and Administration Committee heard testimony on House Bill 71, which would bar public elementary and secondary schools and higher education facilities from being used as shelters for certain non-citizens, with a stated exception for short-term emergency sheltering of up to 72 hours and for community-wide emergency use. Prime sponsor Rep. Juliet Harvey-Bolia said the bill was modeled on federal and out-of-state proposals and was prompted by examples in New York and Massachusetts where schools or other facilities were used as shelters, causing disruption. She argued the bill does not truly “ban” anything, but instead places a condition on receipt of state funds, and said the fiscal note’s projected loss of federal funding was unsupported and should have been described as undeterminable. Committee members questioned the bill’s scope and practical effects, including whether it would apply to vacant school-owned buildings, schools used during summer, charter schools, and situations where other states send people without advance notice. Harvey-Bolia said vacant buildings not functioning as schools would not be covered, and that the bill would still allow short-term emergency sheltering and community-wide use during weather events. She also said the bill would not prevent remote learning, and that its purpose was to avoid displacing students. Several members pressed her on the fiscal note and whether any federal or state program would actually be at risk; she said she found no evidence that funding would be lost and that DHHS had not identified a real threat. A witness from the New Hampshire Association of School Administrators, Jerry FW, raised practical concerns about who would determine eligibility at a shelter site, how the 72-hour limit would be enforced, and whether the bill would apply to charter schools. He also noted that remote learning is no longer an option in New Hampshire, making one of the bill’s stated concerns less relevant. The discussion also included clarification of the terms “refugee” and “asylum seeker,” with members and the sponsor debating the distinction and whether refugees are vetted. No vote or final committee action was taken in the portion of the meeting provided.

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• process<00:26:04.799> that for sale. this model, this process that for sale. this model,
• ,<00:26:19.279> which senators who thought this model, which senators who thought this model
• Do we want it to be a private industry-based model? Do we want it to be state-run models?
• <04:28:36.880> and win for businesses, a more reliable and win for businesses, a more reliable
• costbased rate under all pair model costbased rate under all pair model program<06:14:24.400>

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• I think one of the directives we were given as a body by the legislature was to develop a model local
• In addition to that model ordinance, we built out a local government guidebook that operates as a sort
• That model has led us to now about a 75% compliance rate over the last few months, where we're seeing
• in regards to the medical program model in regards to the medical program we've<00:25:19.360> seen
• <00:51:23.240> of they're held up as a sort of model of they're held up as a sort of model

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: The Minnesota House Commerce Committee held its inaugural meeting with Chair Tim O’Driscoll and co-chair Representative Greg Davids opening the session and inviting members to introduce themselves. Members briefly described their districts, business backgrounds, and priorities, with recurring themes including small business competitiveness, insurance and health care access, property and real estate issues, agriculture, and making Minnesota easier to do business in. Committee staff also introduced themselves and reminded members and testifiers about sign-in procedures and microphone use. The committee then heard an overview from Eric Toell, interim director of the Office of Cannabis Management, on the agency’s work and budget priorities. He said the office now oversees adult-use cannabis, medical cannabis, and hemp-derived cannabinoid products, has grown from about nine employees to 90 full-time staff plus temporary workers, and has been working with a Cannabis Advisory Council on testing, warning labels, and implementation issues. He also described outreach efforts, including webinars, newsletters, guidebooks for local governments, and office hours for applicants, along with enforcement of hemp-derived product rules through more than 3,000 inspections and an increase in compliance rates from about 35% to 75%. Toell also reported that the medical cannabis program has surpassed 51,000 patients and nearly 2,500 registered health care providers, and that a chronic pain report found more than a third of patients reported decreased pain. On the adult-use side, he said the office has posted proposed rules for public comment, plans to adopt them after review, and will open a licensing window from February 18 to March 14. He explained that the office is also managing community reinvestment grants and a technical assistance grant, with an emphasis on safeguards to ensure funds reach intended recipients. No votes were taken during this meeting.