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• And then we have DOH CAREA navigators and MCO care coordinators trying to interact with families and
• Most people who are interacting with the health care and behavioral health system really think they don't
• moms, which really... and I know that bonding in the NICU is, you know, it's a whole different ball game
• starting point of trying to think about how this is all going to work and how our systems are going to interact

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• There may be a student after representation up here; it might be at a high school football game or at
• So can you kind of tell us what the interaction is and what the funding source is, and if at all, it
• Legislation that went into effect on July 1, Madam Chair, and how they are interacting with your part
• that speaks more to that and leveraging not just opioid settlements, but also how the community is interacting

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• Assembly Bill 831 by Assembly Member Ramos and relating to gaming.
• departments to bridge communication gaps with residents who have disabilities that may affect interactions
• This inexpensive yet effective initiative helps create safer interactions between officers and vulnerable
• Adopting this sticker program provides our peace officers with an extra level of understanding during interactions

Summary: The Assembly convened after a quorum call, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and then held its Latino Spirit Awards ceremony. Members adopted House Resolution 16, proclaiming May 4–11, 2025 as Cinco de Mayo Week, after supportive remarks from several caucuses emphasizing Mexican history, women’s contributions, LGBTQ solidarity, Black and Brown unity, and AAPI and Jewish community support. The chamber then recognized 11 Latino Spirit honorees for achievements in human rights, business, arts, public service, community empowerment, health and science, environmental justice, philanthropy, and entertainment. After the ceremony, the Assembly returned to floor business and approved a series of measures. AB 60, banning synthetic nitro musks in cosmetics and personal care products, passed 56–3. AJR 6, urging Congress to protect federal school meal and local food funding, drew extensive debate and broad bipartisan support; members cited child hunger, farm economies, and local food systems, and it passed 76–0 with 73 coauthors added. Other measures adopted included AB 679 on state park land acquisitions, AB 681 expanding Dream Loan Program caps for undocumented graduate students, AB 1224 on substitute teacher continuity, AB 831 on gaming technical changes, AB 259 extending Brown Act teleconferencing flexibility, AB 467 extending Los Angeles Neighborhood Council teleconferencing authority, and AB 519 targeting deceptive puppy mill sales. The chamber also passed AB 1522, an urgency Judiciary Committee bill protecting attorneys from politically motivated discipline and creating an expedited licensing path for some former federal attorneys, and AB 263, which extends temporary water flow requirements on the Shasta and Smith Rivers; that bill drew sharp disagreement over water rights, tribal participation, and impacts on farmers, but ultimately passed 51–16. Additional measures approved included AB 428 on pooled insurance for water corporations, AB 492 requiring notice to local jurisdictions when recovery treatment facilities are licensed, and AB 536 preserving colorectal cancer screening coverage. The Assembly also adopted a motion to suspend file notice so Appropriations could hear AB 379 on May 7.

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• protocols for traffic stops and crash investigations, enabling law enforcement... enforcement to interact
• effectively with AVs by requiring that AVs have a first responder interaction plan on file with DPS.
• emergency responders, even if some responsible A.V. companies have voluntarily adopted law enforcement interaction
• You know, we want to stay on top of our game.

Bills: HB1540, HB3837, HB5571, SB370, SB2425

Keywords: government review, Texas Sunset Act, regulatory oversight, agencies, sunset provisions, autonomous vehicles, regulation, safety, criminal offense, Autonomous Vehicle Commission, registration, regulations, Level 4 automation, Level 5 automation, self-driving technology, traffic laws, permit system, collision reporting, safety standards, Automated Vehicle Commission

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• So it's really a ground game, and it's making sure because there's always a new business that's new to
• Our department has the honor of interacting with pretty much each and every one of your constituents
• constitutional tax collectors serve as our agents, and so they generally handle the face-to-face interactions
• Director, I've got to tell you something: being in law enforcement space for a while and interacting

Summary: The Transportation and Economic Development Budget Subcommittee met to organize for the session, take roll, and hear introductory remarks from members and agency heads. Members briefly introduced themselves and their districts, with several noting transportation, economic development, emergency response, military, and hurricane recovery issues in their areas. Chair Shove then outlined the subcommittee’s jurisdiction and current-year budget, noting a total of about $20.3 billion, with most funding coming from trust funds and only a small share from general revenue. The committee also heard that upcoming meetings would include presentations from major agencies in the subcommittee’s purview. The first agency presentation was from the Department of Military Affairs and the Florida National Guard. Major General John Haas described the Guard’s three missions—supporting national security, responding to state emergencies, and adding value to the state—and highlighted deployments for hurricanes, border security support, and ongoing support to the Department of Corrections. He emphasized that the Guard is understrength relative to Florida’s size and demand, said recruiting is strong, and identified force structure growth as the main challenge. Members asked about aircraft, funding sources, and recruiting; Haas explained the Guard’s helicopter and fixed-wing fleet, said aircraft purchases are funded through legislative appropriations, and reported strong interest in the Florida State Guard’s recruiting pipeline. Executive Director Mark Thieme then described the Florida State Guard’s expansion into air, ground, and maritime capabilities, including Black Hawks, boats, drones, canine search-and-rescue teams, and ground support units. He said the agency supported immigration enforcement and hurricane response, and asked for continued legislative support to expand aviation, maritime, and medical capabilities. Members praised the Guard’s disaster response work and asked about aircraft, funding, and staffing. Secretary Cord Byrd of the Department of State followed, focusing on election administration, election security, the SunBiz and voter registration IT systems, arts and culture, corporations, libraries, and historical resources. He said Florida’s election system remains a national model, reported two prosecutions for non-citizen voting, and discussed modernization needs for legacy IT systems. The committee also asked about voter lookup tools, password privacy for SunBiz, and arts funding vetoes. Secretary Alex Kelly of the Department of Commerce described the agency’s broad portfolio, including workforce, economic, community, and international commerce functions, plus housing recovery, broadband, small business support, rural infrastructure, defense-community grants, and law enforcement recruitment bonuses. He said access to capital is the biggest barrier for small businesses and noted ongoing work with CareerSource, the Department of Corrections, and other partners on workforce and reentry. Secretary Jared Perdue of the Department of Transportation then outlined FDOT’s record budget and five-year work program, emphasizing emergency response, preservation and maintenance, safety, and major investments in roads, ports, airports, transit, and spaceport infrastructure. He said the department has removed millions of cubic yards of storm debris, is ahead of schedule on the Moving Florida Forward initiative, and faces a large unfunded project backlog. Members asked about supply chain issues, project priorities, and workforce needs, and Perdue said FDOT is open to collaboration on recruitment and retention.

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• nursing homes have in the past offered alcohol to their residents in a kind of happy hour social interaction
• , Department of Public Safety, and specifically within the department, the division, the alcohol, gaming
• 14.000> alcohol, division, the age or AG, the alcohol, division, the age or AG, the alcohol, gaming
• 14.880> and<00:22:15.039> enforcement<00:22:15.600> had<00:22:15.840> some gaming
• , and enforcement had some gaming, and enforcement had some questions.<00:22:16.400> We<00:22:

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, a roll call establishing a quorum, and approval of the previous day’s journal. The body then moved through routine business including committee reports, second readings, first readings of a large batch of House files, and receipt of Senate File 3958 for comparison with a House companion. Several noncontroversial motions were adopted without objection, including referral and re-referral motions later in the day. The chamber then took up a series of bills, many of them veterans, commerce, mortgage, liquor, elections, and financial institutions measures. House File 3544, a veterans housekeeping bill updating state law to conform with federal standards and clarifying benefit forfeiture language, passed 133-0. House File 3467, authorizing MDVA to use nonmonetary support to collaborate on veteran services such as food insecurity, homelessness, and suicide prevention, also passed 133-0. House File 3437, clarifying that certain mortgage lending protections apply to consumer home loans rather than commercial loans, passed 133-0. House File 3479, clarifying homeowners’ rights to postpone foreclosure sales in several edge cases, passed 128-5. The annual liquor bill, Senate File 2511, drew the most discussion. Members described provisions addressing the so-called “Granny Happy Hour” in senior facilities, University of Minnesota liquor-related flexibility, and other local liquor-law changes. An author’s amendment was adopted, and the bill passed 129-1. House File 4118, allowing state-chartered credit unions to use private deposit share insurance subject to state oversight, passed 131-2. House File 4241, a local government/elections omnibus addressing disclosure rules, Hennepin County medical examiner appointment procedures, and Rochester School Board election structure, passed 124-9. House File 3699, changing a license plate contest to feature the Lake Superior agate and requiring a Minnesota artist, passed 110-22. Later, the House adopted motions to send House File 4668, an Explore Minnesota film tax credit bill, and House File 4319, a Lake City port authority bill affecting local taxing authority, to the Taxes Committee. The chamber also approved a motion to recall House File 1234, the payment transparency bill, from Ways and Means and place it on the General Register after a zero-cost fiscal note was reported.

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• have been harmed in athletics, particularly citing Peyton McNab, who was concussed in a volleyball game
• He continued, citing Peyton McNab, who was concussed in a volleyball game when she suffered an injury
• He continued, citing Peyton McNab, who was concussed in a volleyball game when she suffered an injury
• So there are real physiological differences, and that's what this bill addresses, because we interact
• So there are real physiological differences, and that's what this bill addresses, because we interact

Bills: HF1233

Keywords: women's athletics, gender, sports competition, Human Rights Act, biological sex, participation limits, 1183, house

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• Anyway, it was league night, and so I'm pre-playing before we do league to make sure my game is good
• Anyway, it was league night, and so I'm pre-playing before we do league to make sure my game is good
• > when<00:37:30.240> I<00:37:30.359> do<00:37:30.560> the make sure my game
• is good when I do the make sure my game is good when I do the league<00:37:31.160> but<00:37:
• <00:58:46.359> with need to live independently interact with need to live independently interact

Bills: HF1937, HF2407, HF1678, HF1477, HF2040, HF1840, HF257

Keywords: PACE, elderly, Medicaid, health services, long-term care, community-based services, support person, healthcare, patient rights, assisted living, community support, caregiver respite, financial eligibility, Minnesota Statutes, HF1477, residential program licensing, community residential setting, small group home, licensed capacity six or fewer, rental licensing

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• <04:05:52.040> between<04:05:52.399> it has addressed the interaction between it has
• addressed the interaction between it and<04:05:53.159> RSA<04:05:53.680> 26335<04:05:54.680
• agree with the majority report, which suggests that this topic is best suited for the Charitable Gaming
• <04:16:12.359> Commission<04:16:13.159> that<04:16:13.319> we charitable Gaming
• Commission that we charitable Gaming Commission that we will<04:16:13.600> be<04:16:13.760>

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• flightware system or some other more robust software, trying to figure out how that system would interact
• I know obviously Max Westheimer charges one on game days when OU comes to town or when a visitor comes

Bills: SB1312, SB1323, SB1599, SB1863, SB1932, SB1950, SB1956, SB1958, SB1966, SB1970, SB2052

Keywords: vehicle registration, automatic payments, Service Oklahoma, taxes, motor vehicle, prepayment program, memorial designation, highway, Sheriff Marty Grisham, transportation, Oklahoma Statutes, memorial bridge, dedication, Oklahoma, commemoration, memorial highway, road designation, John Skelley, motor carrier, administrative hearing

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• commission to collaborate on policy game commission to collaborate on policy approval<01:46:00.400><
• <04:04:04.880> that the um Department of Fish and Game that the um Department of Fish and
• Game that they<04:04:05.520> can<04:04:05.840> submit<04:04:06.239> their<04:04:
• <05:04:28.400> with<05:04:28.718> certain don't like to interact with certain don't
• like to interact with certain schools<05:04:29.360> in<05:04:29.600> their<05:04:29.760

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• If we pass this, I imagine there will be some pushback from some areas because this is a game changer
• I'm assuming that you're here, given your Texas presence. are familiar with the game Texas Hold'em, a
• I mean, that is... the gaming of that system is legendary.
• All I have to say is I've had hundreds of interactions with funeral consumers and am very accustomed
• 40 or 50 pounds of mulch. ...which is the organic matter that was put into the vessel that has interacted

Bills: HB 44, HB 2200, HB 1612, HB 2747, HB 2038, HB 3717, HB 1431, HB 3800, HB 3801, HB 3560, HB 3246

Keywords: HB 44, Life of the Mother Act, abortion exceptions, medical emergency, reasonable medical judgment, pregnancy complications, maternal health, life-threatening condition, ectopic pregnancy, miscarriage, spontaneous abortion, fetal survival, Texas abortion law, abortion ban, physician liability, health care provider, disciplinary action, aiding and abetting, emergency abortion, obstetric care

Summary: The meeting of the public health committee focused on the pressing issue of opioid addiction in Texas, with a particular emphasis on House Bill 3717. Chairman Harris detailed the bill's intent to fund a grant program for Ibogaine clinical trials, framing it as a critical response to the ongoing opioid crisis. He shared poignant testimonies highlighting the struggles of families and veterans battling addiction and mental health issues. The conversation underscored the necessity of innovative treatments, like Ibogaine, which showed promising results in studies for reducing symptoms of withdrawal and PTSD.

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• How to right-size that, because they are continuing to grow, but it's kind of like that game of whack-a-mole
• also jump off the roof Um, but, I mean, I'm just, I'm not, I'm not trying, I'm not trying to play a game
• One is Youth Aware. of Mental Health as an evidence-based interactive mental health prevention program
• It's not just because they just want to be violent and wreak havoc and, you know, play games of thrones
• They're representing their interest in court and providing that day-to-day interaction.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• gaming establishment. gaming establishment.
• games of chance?
• commission regulates gaming. commission regulates gaming.
• . gaming. gaming.
• for Responsible Gaming. Yes. for Responsible Gaming. Yes.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• <03:16:05.040> The by the 2028 Summer Olympic Games.
• The by the 2028 Summer Olympic Games.
• c> and<03:19:23.279> protect Stop the partisan games and protect Stop the partisan games and
• Speaker, I say to my Democrat friends and colleagues, stop the games. End the shutdown.
• Speaker, I say to my Democrat friends and colleagues, stop the games. End the shutdown.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, March 4, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• to interject at any point um and ask questions, I'm happy to answer questions and make this as interactive
• questions and make this as interactive questions and make this as interactive as<00:05:03.199>
• <00:10:19.200> Um<00:10:19.440> the game with non-f fungeible tokens.
• Um the game with non-f fungeible tokens.
• It's meant to enable those financial institutions to interact with each other, not just on their own

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The meeting began with roll call and approval of the prior meeting minutes, which passed unanimously. Members then introduced the day’s presentations, including one on the Canton network and another on tokenizing real-world assets, with a focus on how blockchain systems can support regulated financial institutions and asset tokenization. Julie, the director of policy and government affairs at Digital Asset, presented on the Canton network, describing it as a privacy-enabled public blockchain designed for regulated finance. She said tokenization should preserve the same legal and economic rights as the underlying asset, and argued that blockchain-based books and records can shorten settlement times, improve 24/7 trading, and reduce friction in capital markets. She identified three main barriers to institutional adoption of public blockchains: lack of privacy, limited throughput/scalability, and lack of control for compliance purposes such as freezing assets, pausing transactions, and meeting AML/sanctions obligations. She explained Canton’s structure as a public, permissionless network with application-level privacy controls, a global synchronizer, and super validators chosen by vote. She also highlighted current ecosystem participants and use cases, including Broadridge, Circle, and the DTCC’s planned tokenization of U.S. Treasuries on the network. Members and online participants asked about the relationship between tokenized assets and the Clarity Act, tokenized deposits, safeguards for faster settlement, and whether the platform could be used for municipal or property records. Julie said Digital Asset was not taking a position on rewards, but supported clearer statutory definitions because tokenized securities should carry the same rights as the underlying assets and investors need to know whether a token is a true tokenized security or a synthetic/reference token. She said the company is agnostic on whether the cash leg is stablecoins or tokenized deposits, though it expects both to develop. In response to concerns about rapid settlement, she pointed to institution-level permissions and SEC disclosure expectations as safeguards. She also said the technology could be used for other records, including potentially property-related records, if those assets can be tokenized.

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• We won't, of course, we didn't meet yesterday because of the games.
• And what we know from research is that for the lowest-risk kids, any sort of interaction with the justice
• Giving that intensive care in those first critical days after they've been impacted by an interaction
• When you take that away from our general fund, so why not figure out a way that you have skin in the game

Bills: SB5, SB6, SB8

Keywords: physician residency, healthcare, rural communities, medical education, appropriation, education, medical school, New Mexico, construction, behavioral health, funding, mental health services, general fund transfer, 996, all

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• really helped us, including the Department of Health, because there are some provisions that we interact
• really helped us, including the Department of Health, because there are some provisions that we interact
• provisions health because there are some provisions that<00:02:37.599> we<00:02:37.840> interact
• with<00:02:38.400> the<00:02:38.560> department<00:02:38.879> of that we interact
• with the department of that we interact with the department of health.<00:02:39.760> I<00:02:

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Summary: Members met to review a budget bill agreement using a nonpartisan spreadsheet and summary materials. Chairs and members thanked fiscal, research, revisers, and agency staff for the collaborative process, noting the bill had been difficult and that the final product reflected compromise. The chair also said only minor technical changes were expected before final enactment, and the spreadsheet walkthrough was then turned over to fiscal staff. Fiscal staff explained that the agreement met the overall budget target and walked through major human services provisions. Key items included nursing facility payment changes, including a phased PDPM change, APS inflation, modified single-bed incentives, and a CPI-U capped payment cap; a nursing facility surcharge; workforce standards board rule costs; continuation of certain nursing facility property tax rates; regulation of for-profit acquisitions of nursing homes and assisted living facilities; repurposing assisted living special project funds; funding the SEIU self-directed worker agreement; CFSS reimbursement in acute care hospital settings; and multiple disability waiver rate and authorization changes, including CPI-U inflation caps, waiver authorization reforms, and a waiver reimagined advisory task force. The agreement also included family residential service rate increases, a temporary extension of customized living disproportionate share payments, tribal eligibility for targeted case management, positive supports training changes, out-of-home respite modifications, swimming lessons as an allowable service for certain children with disabilities, a provisional EID provider license, and program integrity services funded by licensing fee increases. Additional provisions covered MinnChoices studies and assumed savings, behavioral health fund changes, substance use disorder treatment billing and rate changes, supportive recovery housing, housing support supplemental rates for specific providers, disability determinations, enteral nutrition payment timing, temporary funding for Boundary Waters Care Center, several one-time human services grants, senior nutrition funding, and grant reductions and extensions. No formal vote was described in the transcript; the discussion focused on explaining the agreement and its fiscal effects.

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• My job was to help creators build games and social experiences on a spatial VR platform.
• present in the digital spaces myself, playing the experiences, observing player behavior during interactions
• , and studying how people responded to one another in real time to help others build games.
• There was no age verification, no parental controls, and no real moderation access across free-to-play games
• health, I was written up, blocked from internal jobs, and later terminated, while still in the ADA interactive

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development held a lengthy hearing on June 18 focused on workers’ compensation, independent contractor and classification issues, workplace safety, warehouse worker protections, extreme temperature protections, retaliation against injured workers, and workplace bullying. Committee chairs outlined procedures for the hybrid hearing and noted that members would be leaving intermittently for floor votes. Testimony also touched on a bill to expand workers’ compensation disfigurement benefits by removing the current $15,000 cap and extending coverage beyond scars on the hands, neck, and face. A major theme was workplace safety in warehouses and in extreme heat or cold. Teamsters, warehouse workers, and labor advocates described high injury rates, strict quotas, lack of water, inadequate ventilation, frozen or missing safety equipment, and pressure to work through heat waves and snowstorms. Supporters urged favorable reports on bills protecting warehouse workers and requiring employers to adopt heat- and cold-safety plans, while the NFIB opposed the temperature bill as overly prescriptive and burdensome for small businesses. Sen. Edwards, Sen. Roche, Rep. O’Day, and others argued that the measures are needed to prevent heat illness, provide shade, water, rest breaks, training, and emergency plans, and to cover all workers regardless of immigration status. Another major subject was the “Act to Protect Injured Workers,” backed by labor groups, immigrant worker centers, legal services organizations, and individual workers. Witnesses said employers often retaliate after injuries by threatening deportation, lying about how injuries occurred, delaying care, or firing workers, and they supported stronger anti-retaliation enforcement, multilingual notices, and a rebuttable presumption of retaliation within 90 days of protected activity. The Mass AFL-CIO and immigrant advocacy groups supported the bill and opposed measures they said would weaken employee classification standards. Testimony also supported a funeral-benefits bill to raise workers’ compensation death-benefit reimbursement for burial and funeral costs, based on a family’s experience after a workplace fatality. The committee heard additional testimony on workplace bullying bills, with some witnesses urging a new legal duty for employers to prevent and respond to bullying, while others described the harms of toxic workplaces and the lack of effective remedies.

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• The big game draws out, and my son drew an elk tag. So we're excited about that.
• resources that are available in the community where, in your basin, for example, often the Title 25 interaction
• that's an agreement or a contract with another hospital like WBI, and sometimes it's just a waiting game
• It's an interesting interaction, and I think similarly with when Mr.
• cost and reduces it, it doesn't necessarily save the state program any money because of the rebate game

Keywords: 916, all