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• I would direct uh members attention to a couple of um documents in your packet.
• <00:01:59.439> in attention to a couple of um documents in attention to a couple of um documents
• People also have the option of submitting documents electronically or by mail.
• :07.760> electronically submitting documents um electronically submitting documents um electronically
• Proposed language to 15.17 documents.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Pink are counties that CWD was not found in, but had been found in previous years.
• We subsequently found positive deer and have found more positive deer.
• It’s been found in birds. It’s been found in plant material.
• He had never found CWD, then found the first one two seasons ago.
• We found a positive.

Keywords: 965, house, all

Summary: The meeting began with roll call, adoption of the agenda, and approval of the prior minutes. The main presentation was from Julie Grenwald of Louisiana Hunters for the Hungry, who described the nonprofit’s protein donation programs, including freezer clean-out days, deer and fish processing partnerships, and a paused feral hog donation program that had collected about 3,500 hogs and 137,000 pounds of pork before funding ran short. She said the group has donated roughly 300,000 pounds of protein over two years, works with food banks and local agencies, and is protected under Louisiana’s Good Samaritan Law. Members asked about processor locations, exotic species, signage, sponsorships, and whether the program could expand to other invasive species or mobile drop-off options; Grenwald said expansion is possible if processors and funding are available. The task force then received a Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries update from Jonathan Bordelon on chronic wasting disease testing. He reported more than 2,800 samples collected and over 2,300 results returned, with nine positives total: eight in Tensas Parish and one confirmed in Concordia Parish on Richard K. Yancey WMA, which triggered preparation of an emergency declaration and future rulemaking to adjust the control area. He said harvest and sampling remain near record levels, most samples are voluntary, and the agency continues to monitor symptomatic deer reports and public submissions. The final major presentation was from William McKinley of the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, who gave a detailed overview of Mississippi’s CWD response. He said Mississippi has 529 detections across 18 counties, with prevalence rising from about one in 500 samples to about one in 80 statewide, and much higher in some counties. He described Mississippi’s surveillance system, targeted tags within three miles of positives, environmental sampling, feeder bans in CWD zones, and research showing contamination at feeders and in scrapes. He also discussed possible multiple strains, including one linked to the Wisconsin whitetail strain and another around Vicksburg/Issaquena, and said the disease appears to be expanding about 3.5 miles per year. Members asked about high-fence enclosures, live deer movement restrictions, baiting and feeding rules, hunter participation, and whether Louisiana should develop similar environmental testing capacity; no votes were taken on these issues, but members discussed possible future legislative or budget action.

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• Reporting from DMV has found that nearly 40% of drivers with at least three prior DUI offenses who were
• her testimony today, and I think that there were some good points made and some common ground to be found
• An evaluation of the LEAD program found... ...treatment when appropriate.
• After hearing my words, the victim's father found it in his heart to forgive me and even asked if he
• No contraband was found during this illegal invasive search.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• They found out I have harder blood to match than my sister.
• It was hard to find my special blood, but my mom found it.
• I finally found enough, and after that, I stopped getting sick all the time, too.
• Documents? Or is it? Yes. Yes, it's documented because TMA... I wanted to ask the question.
• I mean, I would prefer just a quick overview and then provide that documentation.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• of business is the approval of the minutes, and our sharp eye over here, Representative Mher, has found
• me introduced is what you haven't found me introduced is a<00:30:09.440> bill<00:30:09.720>
• Um, so yeah, I looked at the letter submitted from the Department of Human Rights and I found it really
• Government has no business collecting that, surveilling that, documenting it, placing it in a database
• it placing in a that documenting it placing in a database<00:58:36.280> for<00:58:36.559>

Bills: HF414, HF768, HF359

Keywords: data practices, filing fee, government transparency, complaints, public access, free speech, human rights, censorship, protected speech, Minnesota Department of Human Rights, real property, partition, eminent domain, transfer on death deeds, property rights, 1183, house

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• What we have found in Gadsden is that transition just doesn't work Why?
• And the reason why we chose that theory of action is because all of those required documents that have
• What we've found so far is that there's some definite strengths out there.
• All of that is in a Q&A document that's also linked on one of these slides here for your perusal.
• I don't have a document for you. You probably heard about this yesterday.

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• Our latest survey at PPIC found 69% of Californians are expecting bad times ahead for the economy over
• And in the PPIC statewide survey, we have found that 30 percent of Californians have indicated they have
• I'm going to. skip over that document or that slide and move to this strategic sector framework.
• And we are really viewing them as supply and demand documents.
• With little to no savings, we found ourselves relying on credit cards. to get by.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• It doesn't affect evidence found.
• The alleged main perpetrator and the other accomplice were found not guilty.
• I found a workaround for landlords discriminating against me.
• She was found hanging. I wasn't there because I was in court.
• The pre-nup was found valid and enforceable.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The committee heard extensive testimony on several Judiciary bills, with the largest portion focused on S. 1178/H. 2052 to reduce mass incarceration and end life without parole. People incarcerated at MCI Framingham, MCI Norfolk, and NCCI Gardner described personal growth, rehabilitation, restorative justice work, family separation, and the belief that parole eligibility after long sentences would better reflect public safety and human development. Speakers emphasized that life without parole removes hope and can undermine rehabilitation, while supporters argued that many lifers are older, less likely to reoffend, and could contribute positively if given a chance at parole review. Committee members did not take votes during the hearing. The committee also heard testimony on S. 1139 to restore the statute of limitations for wrongful death claims involving tobacco use, with Sen. Keenan explaining that a recent SJC decision had cut off claims where the injured person did not sue within three years before death. He said the bill would restore families’ ability to seek redress in cases involving long-latency tobacco harms like COPD. Another major topic was S. 1205, which would add abusive litigation to the definition of coercive control in domestic violence law; Sen. Michael Moore said the bill would stop abusers from using repeated court filings to harass and financially burden survivors. The committee also took up S. 1114 on automatic record sealing, with Sen. Friedman and others arguing that the current petition-based process is slow, burdensome, and disproportionately harms people with criminal records, especially Black and Latino residents. Testimony also supported H. 1965/S. 1132 on compensation for wrongful conviction, with advocates and sponsors describing a faster administrative claims process, transitional support, and higher compensation without the current cap. Sen. Payano testified for S. 1241 to expand educational programming for incarcerated emerging adults, saying education reduces recidivism and improves reentry outcomes. A substantial portion of the hearing focused on S. 2522, an update to Massachusetts’ shield law for reproductive and gender-affirming care. Sen. Friedman, the Attorney General’s office, and DPH Commissioner Robbie Goldstein said the bill is needed to strengthen protections against out-of-state legal attacks, protect patient and provider data, clarify enforcement authority, and add a state-level EMTALA-style emergency care requirement. Committee members asked detailed questions about prescription labeling, the prescription monitoring program, attorney discipline, custody and full faith and credit issues, and whether the bill’s enforcement language could create unintended limits or conflicts. The Attorney General’s office said it would provide follow-up written testimony on several technical questions.

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• That information in those reports can also be found elsewhere.
• <00:04:27.360> So reports can also be found elsewhere.
• So reports can also be found elsewhere.
• Do you that information can be found.
• Are we reducing of this document is?

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• found to be duplicates<00:13:26.720> which<00:13:26.959> were<00:13:27.120> also
• with a form found on our website,<00:13:37.600> which<00:13:37.760> is<00:13:37.920>
• I would sign the document.
• I would sign the document.
• So I would assume sign the document.

Keywords: Voter List Maintenance - State Board of Elections -- 05:38 State Employee Health Insurance Plan – 44:18 Discussion of HB 622 (2025 RS) – 01:01:43, 958, all

Summary: The Interim Committee on State Government met on July 29, established a quorum, approved the June 24 minutes unanimously, and heard an update from the State Board of Elections on voter list maintenance. Taylor Brown, the board’s general counsel, explained the federal NVRA requirements and Kentucky’s statutory process for maintaining voter rolls, including use of USPS change-of-address data, ERIC reports, and agreements with non-ERIC states. He said Kentucky has entered or discussed agreements with several states, and that the board sends postcards to voters believed to have moved; if a voter does not respond to an 8D2 postcard and does not vote over two federal election cycles, the registration may be removed. He also described other removal categories such as death, felony conviction, incompetency, duplicate registrations, and self-requested cancellations. Brown reported that between July 1, 2024, and June 30, 2025, the board removed 284,381 registrations from the rolls, including 42,675 for death, 5,940 for felony conviction, 5,527 for registration in another state, 578 for incompetency, 223 based on jury questionnaires indicating non-citizenship, 746 self-removals, and 3,381 duplicates, along with 225,311 removals through the address-maintenance program. He said Kentucky’s total registrations decreased by roughly 169,000 over the year and are now below the Census Bureau’s estimate of the state’s voting-age population. Brown emphasized that receiving a postcard does not mean a voter has been purged and that failure to vote alone does not trigger removal. Members asked about the 223 non-citizen-related removals, the availability and effectiveness of alternatives to ERIC, the partisan criticism of ERIC, and how duplicate registrations are identified. Brown said the non-citizen jury questionnaire cases had been referred to the Attorney General for further review, that Kentucky currently has no organized alternative to ERIC but is pursuing reciprocal agreements with states such as Florida, and that ERIC recently changed bylaws to remove a postcard requirement that had been costly for member states. On duplicates, he said the board uses multiple data points, not just name and address, and noted that fuller Social Security data could improve accuracy. Committee leaders praised the board’s work and said they wanted to meet before session to discuss possible statutory changes to improve voter list maintenance.

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• I am proud to have co-founded the pain.
• detect and identify and document detect and identify and document violations<00:38:34.480> of
• against at the time but now have found against at the time but now have found that<01:05:09.520>
• Um, it was, you know, the budget was found in the St.
• A Washington state study uh found group.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• If you can't document this expense through proper invoices and other types of documentation or service
• not documented. not documented.
• <00:17:41.600> may examples of claim documentation may examples of claim documentation may
• documentation? documentation?
• <00:18:55.039> Other documented through a schedule. Other documented through a schedule.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• I went in for a confirming ultrasound where they found that it was a blighted ovum.
• I found out that 30% of sexual assault is reported in the military, 30%, which is low to me.
• That is how our founding fathers felt about this age group.
• Constitutional, supported by statements from our founding fathers, and it's working.
• The system may incorrectly reject a U.S. citizen or documented immigrant.

Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and quorum established, then adopted the Rules and Ethics Committee’s special order report for the day. The chamber first took up HB 167 on former phosphate mining lands. Sponsor Rep. McClure said the bill would remove strict liability for previously mined phosphate lands if a Department of Health study is done at the owner’s request and the former mining status is recorded publicly. Opponents, including Reps. Cross, Nixon, and Eskamani, argued the bill did not provide enough notice to future buyers and renters and could create health and disclosure concerns. The bill passed 87-24. The House then passed HB 145 on suits against the government, which Rep. McFarland said updates Florida’s sovereign immunity caps for the first time since 2010, raising them to $500,000 per person and $1 million per incident with future automatic increases, aligning the statute of limitations with private claims, and allowing governments to settle above the caps if they choose. He said the bill would make redress more accessible without eliminating the liability shield. The bill passed 104-7. The chamber then considered CS/HB 289 on civil liability for the wrongful death of an unborn child, a bill by Rep. Greco that would amend the Wrongful Death Act to allow parents and other survivors to bring claims for the death of an unborn child, while exempting the mother and lawful medical care provided within the standard of care. Debate centered on whether the bill could affect abortion access, fertility treatment, miscarriage care, surrogacy, and liability for doctors, friends, family members, and others. Multiple amendments were offered to narrow the bill or add carve-outs for abortion, fertility care, surrogates, perinatal professionals, rape/incest/human trafficking situations, and to require the mother’s consent before suit; sponsors and opponents argued over whether these changes would prevent frivolous lawsuits or instead create loopholes and weaken the bill. None of the amendments were adopted during the portion of the transcript provided.

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• What we have found is that some state What we have found is that some state agency<00:09:20.720> um
• In 2024, the last calendar year, our office authenticated about 29,500 documents.
• <01:00:18.960> for notaries and certifying documents for notaries and certifying documents
• That's up from 29,500 documents.
• That's how they found people, the voting rolls. And it sort of snowballed from there.

Bills: HF1151, HF1239, HF1240, HF2020, HF2514, HF2515, HF2451

Keywords: Compensation Council, salaries, state officials, judicial compensation, legislative process, public funds, misuse, law enforcement, accountability, state government, legislative auditor, compliance, transparency, retirement benefits, health insurance, dependents, state employees, Medicare, legislative studies, government oversight

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• the evidence, only to document change the evidence, only to document the<00:04:00.879> evidence,<
• Then they found there were 40 thing.
• contracts, other relevant documentation. contracts, other relevant documentation.
• um com compel or request the documents um com compel or request the documents that<03:03:26.560>
• Uh, which I found interesting.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• So right now, the question is, you know, when certain original documents may be filed, either in paper
• They want documentation. The IRS doesn't care whether you put it lower or higher.
• I found that Radio Shack no longer sells radios.
• you that if someone ever sends you a Word document, a Microsoft Word document, and you go to File Properties
• , you can see who the author of the document was.

Keywords: 974, senate, all

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• I did not receive any emails, documents. That was December 8, 2025.
• So I have not received any emails, documents, anything related to that position.
• I did not receive any emails, documents. That was December 8, 2025.
• So I have not received any emails, documents, anything related to that position. Okay.
• Received any emails, documents, anything related to that position. Okay.

Bills: SR86, SB491, HB205, HB210, HB228, HB813, HB1045, HB1177

Keywords: Senate rules, Louisiana Senate, Senate Chamber, smart glasses, recording eyewear, audio recording, video recording, wearable technology, covert recording, legislative security, media access, chamber decorum, Senate President, internal rules, public access, lobbyists, official journal, public notices, competitive bid, Louisiana legislation

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• When I got to the ledge, I found out there was no one there. laws over DNA material and foster children
• That is uploaded into our impact case management. system, just as an image document.
• What we do have is a document, and typically it's going to be an image of a document that has essentially
• There are still children from the refuge that have been missing and were never found, where their images

Bills: HB2646, HB3941, HB5153, HB5155, HB5394, HB 1106, HB426, HB4529, HB3984, HB4273, HB 1097, HB3940, HB1941, HB4377, HB3153

Keywords: child care, task force, high-quality care, affordability, prekindergarten partnerships, foster care, transitional living, Medicaid reform, youth assistance, independent living, services for youth, employment training, educational support, mental health services, health care, public health, child health program, reimbursement, local health entities, maternal health

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• and they ask for those three documents to have it redacted.
• The first document that you have in your packet is kind of this overview document.
• So next up, in your packets, you have two documents. One is...
• So next up, in your packets, you have two documents.
• One is the draft legislative organizational session document, and the other one is a new document.

Keywords: 908, all

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• and they ask for those three documents to have it redacted.
• The first document that you have in your packet is kind of this overview document.
• So next up, in your packets, you have two documents. One is...
• So next up, in your packets, you have two documents.
• One is the draft legislative organizational session document, and the other one is a new document.

Summary: The committee met to organize upcoming legislative session arrangements and staffing, and to review several rule and security-related items. It first approved a Joint Rule 211 change, recommended by the Employee Benefits Committee, that clarifies the deadline and statutory references for introducing health insurance mandate bills so required cost-benefit materials can be completed in time. Members noted the change would streamline the process, though it would not solve all timing and mandate-determination issues. The committee then discussed a draft bill on confidentiality protections for certain public officials and candidates, but members raised concerns about the statute’s complexity, the practical difficulty of administering it, and whether it would meaningfully improve safety; no action was taken and the topic was set aside for further discussion. The committee received an update on the new NCSL Legislator Security Fund. Staff explained that North Dakota is in process to apply for grant funding that could reimburse up to about $200 per legislator for personal security-related expenses such as home cameras, locks, lighting, or monitoring services, with reimbursement handled through Legislative Council and subject to Emergency Commission approval. Members asked about eligible expenses, timing, and whether new legislators would be included, and staff said the program would likely cover current legislators only for this round. The committee also approved the 2027 joint session schedule for the State of the State, tribal-state message, and State of the Judiciary on January 5, with the tribal and judiciary addresses in the morning and the governor’s address later in the day. The committee next approved the statutory reporting schedule for the Commerce Commissioner and agricultural commodity groups, setting the Commerce report for January 13, 2027, and the agriculture reports and pesticide container disposal update for January 14, 2027. Members questioned the usefulness of some of these recurring reports, but agreed to follow the existing statutory requirements. The largest discussion centered on Legislative Council staffing for the 2027 session: the committee approved reducing session staff to 36 Senate and 41 House employees, eliminating procedural clerk positions in standing committees in favor of permanent policy analysts, while retaining quality assurance clerks and adding a House parking lot attendant. It also approved a 3% salary increase for those staff positions, matching the increase given to state employees. Finally, the committee reviewed a revised organizational session and new legislator training agenda. Staff proposed moving some orientation content into a separate pre-session training day for new legislators on November 30, including laptop setup, mock committee and floor sessions, parliamentary procedure, and HR/benefits training, while adding more security and budgeting instruction. Members strongly supported earlier and more practical training, including follow-up reinforcement during the first week of session, and suggested using experienced or term-limited former legislators as mentors. Staff also described efforts to expand training materials into podcasts, flowcharts, and other formats, and Legislative Council leadership outlined the office’s remaining vacancies and a proposed expansion of policy analysts, program evaluators, legal staff, and training support to better serve the legislature and improve oversight of state programs.