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• a wide range of practices that occur not in alignment with the way we train or expect because it's human
• we train or expect because it's human we train or expect because it's human beings<00:01:47.680>
• Because while the working group has eight core duties to perform, there is one overarching goal: that
• ,<00:02:19.040> there<00:02:19.280> is eight core duties to perform, there is eight
• core duties to perform, there is one<00:02:20.239> overarching<00:02:21.280> goal one

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• relating to promoting human trafficking. relating to promoting human trafficking.
• House Bill 389 performance by a minor.
• Performance-based funding started in Kentucky back in 2017.
• So by statute, 2026 is the year that the performance-based funding work group is scheduled to meet to
• act relating to promoting human act relating to promoting human trafficking.<00:34:07.519> House

Keywords: Convene 00:00 Senate Message 06:30 Calendar/2nd Readings 07:18 Report of Committees 08:19 Orders of the Day 09:04 HB 96 09:16 Motions, Petitions, and Communications 15:21 Introduction of New Bills and Resolutions 21:24 Recess for ConC and Rules Meeting 23:35 ConC and Rules Report 31:06 Floor Amendments 32:42 Return to Rules Report 33:28 Adjournment 34:27, 958, all

Summary: The House convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, established a quorum of 98 members, excused absent members, and suspended rules to allow co-sponsorships and vote modifications. The chamber approved the journal from January 21, 2026, and received notice that the Senate had passed Senate Bills 29, 38, and 49, along with Senate Concurrent Resolution 9, requesting concurrence. The House also took second reading on several bills, including measures on agriculture programs, milk transportation, food donation, criminal trespass, concealed firearms and deadly weapons, human trafficking, sexual material involving minors, reading and writing in schools, and educators. Committee reports advanced House Resolution 7 on Kentucky election principles, House Bill 134 on sexual assault nurse examiners, and House Bill 168 on boating under the influence. The House then considered House Bill 96, which would revise the membership of the postsecondary education performance-based funding work group, adding more legislators and changing the work group timeline to calendar years; the sponsor said the bill had support from university presidents and the Council on Postsecondary Education. After a question about geographic representation, the House passed HB 96 by a vote of 79-16 and applied the clincher. During motions and announcements, the House brought House Resolution 34 to the floor and heard it reported as recognizing January 22, 2026 as Kentucky Arts Day. Rep. Burke spoke in support, citing the economic impact of Kentucky’s arts and culture sector, and the resolution was adopted without objection. Members also announced upcoming events, including a Holocaust survivor program, a breakfast, and a conservation district reception, and one member withdrew House Bill 284. The House introduced a large slate of new bills and resolutions, including measures on real property, civil rights, local boards of education, peer support specialists, Medicaid coverage for doula services, public contracts, foster care, residential safety, gender, reproductive rights, hate crimes, a child welfare and family court reform task force, memorial highway designations, and constitutional recognition days. The Committee on Committees and Rules later referred and reassigned several bills to standing committees, posted selected bills and amendments for Friday’s calendar, and the House adjourned until 9:00 a.m. on Friday, January 23, 2026.

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• House File 1233, number three on the calendar for the day, is an act relating to human rights, creating
• an exemption for women's athletics in the Human Rights Act.
• are performing in school.
• are performing in school.”
• are performing in school.

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• <00:02:46.560> Um<00:02:47.200> to performance of official duties.
• Um to performance of official duties.
• in the performance of official duties. in the performance of official duties.
• the performance of official duties. duties. duties.
• the human and our electronic<00:05:00.639> devices.

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• performed 27 of those visits. performed 27 of those visits.
• To train employees on how to perform To train employees on how to perform grant<00:19:44.840>
• of Human Services. of Human Services.
• of the Minnesota um Department of Human of the Minnesota um Department of Human Services.
• <00:57:11.800> manage to port- we will performance manage to port- we will performance manage

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• with the department of human with the department of human services.<00:04:43.479> Um,<00:
• structure of the Department of Human structure of the Department of Human Services<00:10:19.440>
• the department of human services. the department of human services.
• commissioner for the Department of Human commissioner for the Department of Human Services.
• <01:38:29.040> Services both the Department of Human Services both the Department of Human

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• So today we are asking, grant them discernment beyond human reasoning, courage to stand for righteousness
• of a legal duty to a requirement that a law enforcement officer be engaged in the performance of his
• They remove discretion, context, and humanity from the courtroom.
• It requires reckless disregard of human life. That is ...not a simple accident.
• What if that punchback was a matter of human instinct?

Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several introductions recognizing guests and visiting groups, including the Challenger Learning Center, the Florida Dental Hygienists Association, school students, and other local officials and organizations. Members also offered remarks about President Allbritton’s recovery and upcoming events, including State of Black Florida Week and a future executive appointments calendar. The main floor debate centered on Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 156, which revises criminal penalties involving law enforcement officers. The bill clarifies that resistance to an officer with violence is not justified when the officer is performing official duties, removes language stating an officer is not justified in using force if the arrest or duty is unlawful and known to be unlawful, and adds mandatory life imprisonment for manslaughter of a law enforcement officer. Senators offered competing views: supporters said the bill corrects a verdict-form and charging problem exposed in the Officer Jason Rainer case and honors his family, while opponents argued it removes civilian protections, expands police authority, and imposes disproportionate mandatory sentencing. Two amendments were offered and withdrawn, and the bill passed 31-4. The Senate then passed a series of bills, mostly on public records and regulatory topics. SB 168 expanded public nuisance law to include gambling establishments and increased penalties; SB 288 narrowed statutory ambiguity affecting rural electric cooperatives; SB 292 and SB 298 created or extended public-records protections for appellate court clerks and victims of dating violence in the Address Confidentiality Program; SB 296 created the HAVEN initiative to study a secure alert system for domestic violence victims and expanded confidentiality protections; SB 364 modernized CPA licensure pathways; SB 386 created protections for farm equipment purchasers; and several Open Government Sunset Review bills preserved exemptions for emergency shelter information, Department of Military Affairs records, conviction integrity unit records, Public Service Commission and Gaming Commission proceedings, Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles investigatory records, social media platform investigations, and certain economic development loan-program financial records. Most of these bills passed with little or no opposition, and the Senate waived rules so all bills passed that day could be immediately certified to the House.

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• We go into perform masterwork series.
• uh, BYU Hawaii, as well as performing uh, BYU Hawaii, as well as performing chamber<01:01:08.400
• If at an evening performance concerts.
• Nobody performs uh for our community.
• Uh do we have the Department of Human Uh do we have the Department of Human Services<03:02:48.880

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• And then to go into the second issue, the human trafficking...”
• According to data from the National Human Trafficking Hotline, there are almost 12,000 cases of human
• Again, to fund vertical prosecution for human trafficking cases.
• According to data from the National Human Trafficking Hotline, there are almost 12,000 cases of human
• Our second recommendation is on the proposed human resources positions.

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Summary: The subcommittee met to review May Revision proposals for several departments and emphasized that no votes would be taken that day. The Legislative Analyst’s Office opened with a warning that the state budget is balanced only through one-time resources and still has structural deficits, recommending that the Legislature avoid new ongoing spending and instead preserve reserves and other solutions. The Judicial Council then presented proposals for language access and interpreter services, appellate court security, a backfill to the state court facilities construction fund, and an extension of the lactation-room mandate; Finance supported the language access item with reporting language and supported keeping the court facilities backfill. Members raised concerns about judicial pay freezes, judge vacancies, and uneven judge allocations across counties, and also asked about the cost and completion of courthouse lactation rooms and remote-hearing infrastructure. The Board of State and Community Corrections items focused on $10 million one-time grants for missing and murdered Indigenous people and for a human trafficking vertical prosecution program. The LAO suggested the Legislature consider whether the Tribal Nations Grant Fund could support the MMIP work, while Finance said it preferred General Fund support and wanted more review before any fund swap. On the human trafficking grant, Finance said the need was clear based on reported cases and California’s share of hotline reports. Members strongly supported MMIP funding and discussed whether ongoing funding would be needed beyond the one-time proposal, while also debating whether BSEC or OES should administer the prosecution grants. The Department of Justice presented antitrust litigation funding, Medi-Cal fraud and elder abuse staffing, organized retail criminal enterprise case completion, and a continuous appropriation for the Victims of Consumer Fraud Restitution Fund. The LAO raised concerns about the Unfair Competition Law Fund’s solvency and recommended rejecting that portion unless DOJ could show the fund could support it without General Fund repayment, and it opposed the continuous appropriation in favor of more legislative oversight. Finance said the fund would remain solvent under current projections and defended the continuous appropriation as necessary to pay victims promptly. Members also clarified that the Medi-Cal fraud unit targets providers, not beneficiaries, and asked about delays in restitution payments. A lengthy portion of the hearing covered CDCR’s May Revision package and the Boston Consulting Group cost-savings effort. CDCR described revised savings from workforce optimization, workers’ compensation, and procurement, but members repeatedly expressed frustration that the promised savings had fallen far short of earlier estimates. The LAO recommended deeper cuts to some parole positions, more detail on proposed eliminations and contract changes, and caution about counting unallocated future savings. CDCR also presented population projections showing continued declines and the LAO again urged the administration to close a prison to reduce ongoing costs. The committee also heard proposals on workers’ compensation, Corcoran honor housing, incarcerated firefighter pay, agricultural food purchasing requirements, menopause care, mental health receiver staffing, resource teams, crisis intervention teams, medical classification staffing, and AI note-taking in electronic health records, with the LAO generally recommending limited-term approvals and reporting requirements while Finance defended ongoing funding and said it was open to additional reporting language.

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• Together they steer policy, hiring policy, benefits administration, performance metrics and the size
• rules, managing programs and often dodging accountability are sheltered by a system that protects performance
• More importantly, this system is unfair to federal employees who are in fact top performers.
• Democracy and Human Rights, and also as Director of Office of Foreign Resources.
• We need to evaluate people based on the performance objectives of their role.

Keywords: nominations, Scott Cooper, Eric Ulan, federal workforce, Office of Personnel Management, Office of Management and Budget, accountability, collective bargaining

Summary: The committee convened to discuss the nominations of Scott Cooper for Director of the Office of Personnel Management and Eric Ulan for Deputy Director at the Office of Management and Budget. This meeting highlighted the critical roles both positions play in managing the federal workforce, which comprises over two million civilian employees. Concerns were raised regarding the current administration's approach to federal employment, citing issues like mass firings and the undermining of collective bargaining rights. Members expressed the need for better accountability and transparency within the federal system, emphasizing the importance of attracting talented public servants.

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• A few quick statistics might help demonstrate the board's increasing workload and performance.
• Additionally, the board would like to provide increases. based on performance to incentivize high-performing
• So much so that we are asking to increase our performance measures for this year.
• Though, so we funded in the base your human trafficking prevention request.
• Lastly, on page 6, performance and results matter for your State Securities Board.

Bills: SB1, SB 1

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

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• I played a lot of sports, but my wife figured out he was a performer.
• I played a lot of sports, but my wife figured out he was a performer.
• HB 50 to Health and Human Services, HB 107 to Health and Human Services, HB 125 to Education K through
• 16, HB 140 to Health and Human Services, HB 141 to Health and Human Services, HB 155 to Criminal Justice
• HB 4116 to Health and Human Services.

Summary: The Senate began with a quorum call, prayer, approval of the previous journal, and messages from the House, then moved through several recognitions and resolutions honoring visiting groups. Members adopted resolutions recognizing the Texas chapters of Blue Star Mothers of America, Fine Arts Education Day, Donate Life Texas Day, Baha’i Capitol Day, County Government Day, Jack County Day, Crockett County Day, and a recognition of Navy Petty Officer Simon Urbanik for service during the Cuban Missile Crisis. The chamber also heard remarks from visiting doctors, students, county officials, and community groups, with multiple senators speaking in support of military families, arts education, organ donation, and local government service. The Senate then took up Committee Substitute Senate Bill 2779, relating to the allocation and use of certain hotel occupancy tax revenues. Senator Birdwell said the bill would stop local governments from conditioning HOT funds on race- or class-based priorities and would require Galveston to transfer the full state rebate for beach cleaning and maintenance to its park board. After questions, the Senate suspended the rules, passed the bill to engrossment, suspended the three-day rule, and finally passed it, though the final vote showed significant opposition. The chamber also passed Committee Substitute Senate Bill 2322, described as a cleanup bill removing the compelling-factor test for dispatchable generation from the Texas Jobs, Energy, Technology, and Innovation Act. A major debate centered on Committee Substitute Senate Bill 2253, which would phase out uncertified teachers in core classrooms and strengthen educator certification requirements. Senator Creighton argued the bill responds to a teacher pipeline crisis, adds parent notification, creates multiple preparation pathways, and provides financial incentives for certification; Senator West and Senator Sparks pressed for rural flexibility and implementation details. An amendment from Senator Gutierrez to add a teacher student-loan repayment program failed on a 11-17 vote, while other technical and fiscal amendments were adopted. The bill then passed to engrossment, the three-day rule was suspended, and it was finally passed. The Senate also passed Committee Substitute Senate Bill 2371, updating skimmer-reporting rules to cover electronic terminals beyond fuel pumps, and Committee Substitute Senate Bill 2351, relating to the construction of certain concrete plants under a standard permit. Senate Bill 619, a conscience-protection bill for health care workers, drew extended questioning from Senators Cook, Eckhardt, and Menendez about patient abandonment, scope, and whether it could allow refusals of legal services such as vaccines, antibiotics, contraception, or personal care; despite those concerns, the Senate suspended the rules and passed the bill to engrossment. Finally, the chamber began consideration of Committee Substitute Senate Bill 1169, which would allow public entities to form public utility agencies to cooperate on water and wastewater projects without eminent domain or cross-collateralization, with Senator Hinojosa explaining it as a tool for small and rural communities facing utility infrastructure problems.

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• School performance. It might be a performance in a library or readings in a library.
• It was classes and workshops for seniors, performances in senior facilities.
• So next, we have the presentation from the Minnesota Humanities Center.
• I serve as the CEO of the Minnesota Humanities Center.
• So as background, the National Endowment for the Humanities was initiated to help fund state-based humanities

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• It goes back to the creation of human It goes back to the creation of human beings<00:18:24.800>
• human. We can make wrong laws. human. We can make wrong laws.
• <00:39:46.800> because<00:39:47.160> of athletic performance because of athletic performance
• in athletic performance. in athletic performance.
• <01:16:07.520> Rights protected in the Minnesota Human Rights protected in the Minnesota Human

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• First up, Director Yammane, Department of Human Services, in support.
• could work with Department of Human could work with Department of Human Services<00:56:47.839>
• um director Yamman Department of Human um director Yamman Department of Human Services<00:57:20.880
• Human Services providing comments. Human Services providing comments.
• date according to Department of Human date according to Department of Human Services<00:59:20.319

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Summary: The committee heard testimony on SB 3025, relating to medical debt, with multiple organizations and individuals, including the Office of Wellness and Resilience, Healthcare Association of Hawaii, Queens Health Systems, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, Aloha Care, Hawaii Health and Harm Reduction, Hawaii Data Collaborative, and Hawaii Appleseed, all speaking in support. No opposition was heard, and the member present had no questions. The committee then took up SB 3199, which would establish a mental health emerging therapies task force. Testimony was overwhelmingly in support, with speakers including veterans, clinicians, researchers, and advocacy groups describing personal experiences with PTSD, depression, traumatic brain injury, and treatment-resistant conditions, and arguing that Hawaii should prepare for regulated access to emerging therapies such as MDMA, psilocybin, ketamine, and ibogaine. The Department of Health and some medical organizations provided comments, and one opposition witness was called but not present. The chair noted broad support, especially from veterans, and no vote was taken during the excerpt. The final measure discussed was SB 3324, relating to Medicaid. The Department of Human Services, Department of Health, Hawaii State Council on Developmental Disabilities, Hawaii Disability Rights Center, Aloha Care, and numerous care-provider and aging/disability organizations testified in support, while one witness was in opposition and several others offered comments. The discussion then moved to SB 2563, relating to homelessness, where the Department of the Attorney General offered comments on specific sections and recommended adopting suggested amendments if the bill proceeds. Additional testimony on SB 2563 began with support from several individuals, including Shelby Pikachu, who emphasized the severity of homelessness and related social problems in the community.

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• And so there's just not as many little humans relative to the ratio of big humans as there used to be
• and as as teachers performance goes up.
• . quintile of performance, I think, statewide.
• It's about the 10th grade performance.
• in the F performance band than campuses that and otherwise perform in the AA performance band set, page

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• The Human Services Subcommittee will come to order. Sabrina, please call the roll. Chair Millow.
• I would like to welcome everyone to the first meeting of the Human Services Subcommittee for the 25-26
• Being over data, being over performance, all of those things.
• We have been able to procure the performance bond that was also required by statute.
• We were able to secure the performance bond.

Summary: The Human Services Subcommittee held its first meeting of the term and heard introductory remarks from the chair, vice chair, ranking member, and members, who broadly described their interest in child welfare, mental health, aging services, homelessness, and agency accountability. The chair then outlined the subcommittee’s jurisdiction, including child welfare, mental health and substance abuse safety net services, domestic violence, developmental disabilities, elder services, and child support, and introduced the Department of Children and Families (DCF) as the first agency panel for the term. DCF presented an implementation update on HB 7089, a 2024 law aimed at increasing accountability and transparency for community-based care (CBC) lead agencies that deliver most child welfare services under contract. The department said the bill was prompted by forensic examinations that found problems such as noncompetitive procurement, related-party transactions, excessive executive compensation, and weak financial oversight. DCF described new contract requirements and monitoring tools covering board governance and annual training, conflict-of-interest disclosures, financial penalties for noncompliance, fidelity bond requirements, limits on direct service provision by lead agencies, related-party procurement rules, procurement thresholds, real-property approvals, compensation caps, expanded public reporting, and a new Future of Child Protection and Funding Work Group. DCF reported that some lead agencies had completed required board training, others were still on schedule, and two agencies exceeding the direct-service threshold had been referred to the Auditor General. Members asked DCF about the reasons for the bill, the impact on children, the work group’s regional representation, aging-out youth, the Embrace Families transition, board training requirements, and whether enforcement actions had been taken. DCF said the bill was intended to protect funds for children and families and improve oversight, and clarified that the Central Florida lead agency contract was awarded through competitive procurement rather than an absorption. DCF also said the board training was designed to be meaningful but not overly burdensome, with timing left partly to lead agencies as they implement the new requirements. The committee then heard from two CBC leaders, who generally supported the accountability goals of HB 7089 and said their agencies had already addressed most of the new governance and disclosure requirements. They reported that board training had been completed or was being scheduled, but both agencies said the fidelity bond requirement has been difficult or impossible to obtain in the market as written, though they were able to secure the separate performance bond. The CBC witnesses also warned that recruiting providers is increasingly difficult, especially for higher-acuity children and group-home placements, due to limited provider supply, regulatory burden, insurance costs, and rising risk. They said these pressures are contributing to budget deficits in some areas and urged lawmakers to consider the funding model, insurance and indemnification issues, and the risk of overregulation reducing provider participation.

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• evokes the story that came out of KSTP on January 6th of this year, where the Minnesota Department of Human
• <00:01:49.360> of um where the Minnesota Department of um where the Minnesota Department of Human
• Services<00:01:50.280> Commissioner<00:01:51.280> said<00:01:51.480> the Human
• uh perform this misconduct. uh perform this misconduct.
• and the investments that all perform and the investments that all taxpayers<00:08:40.760> make

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• Black and brown performers Drag balls had become white-dominated and exclusive.
• Drag performers formed houses led by their mothers.
• And most important to our human race, in my time in the Senate...
• Firsthand the talent and passion of some of the world-renowned ballroom performers.
• Lola began performing at just 14 years old, born in Cuba and raised in California.

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• If we can give the Institute of Human Services a round of applause.
• If we can give the Institute of Human Services a round of applause.
• If we can give the Institute of Human Services a round of applause.
• Again, we Institute of Human Services.
• Who will be performing her Miss America talent.

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