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• I think it's going to take care of... Okay, do we have any questions or comments?
• My comments are really kind of based on... We've been at...
• to make sure that we get this across, defenders of recognition...
• This bill was passed out of the House last year. In our county, we have what's called a...
• Because many of them are teachers, we employ them in that program as...

Bills: SB39 , HB165 , HB189 , HB44 , HB44

Committee: House State Government

Keywords: board governance, occupational licensing, Sunset Law, public accountability, training requirements, state holidays, Juneteenth, Rosa Parks Day, Alabama law, public observance, public works, sealed bids, bidding notice, advertising requirements, newspaper of general circulation, centralized website, electronic mail, U.S. mail, state procurement, county procurement

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• of of that of completely uh violative of of that of that<00:05:14.479><c> agreement</c><00:05:15.280
• The Chair has examined the Journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the House the approval
• The Chair has examined the Journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the House the approval
• </c> of low and moderate income a person of of low and moderate income a person of low<04:00:43.080><
• of rape, of turning over evidence of voyeurism, of turning over evidence of sex trafficking, and who

Bills: HR736 , HR692 , HR965 , HR975 , HR386 , HR224

Keywords: diaper need, infant health, family well-being, basic needs, public health, childcare, September 11, terrorist attacks, education, curriculum, first responders, national security, temporary protected status, Haiti, immigration, refugees, quorum, House of Representatives, business proceeding, legislative procedure

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• final approval to be accredited as a single institution by December of this year.
• But again, nothing can happen without the approval of the local government. Good, good.
• So the existing ones already have to have the approval of the local government district.
• So the existing ones already have to have the approval of the local government district.
• So I would agree with this if it says provides for approval of charter school, public schools, any other

Bills: HR175 , HCR81 , SB105 , SB290 , SB304 , SB374 , SB522

Committee: House Education

Keywords: TOPS, education funding, workforce development, postsecondary education, Louisiana Works, tech training, declining enrollment, public schools, school districts, Louisiana Department of Education, state superintendent, school closures, budget cuts, teacher layoffs, school consolidation, education policy, enrollment decline, birth rates, migration, private schools

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• We are a driver of lots of pieces of our economy. So this bill is a really simple bill.
• And whereas, the citizens of the state of Oklahoma and the members of this body recognized Coach Morris
• of your life.
• This comes at the request of hundreds and hundreds of parents across the state of Oklahoma, many teachers
• So the amount of credit that you're able to, or well, the amount of deduction of charitable deduction

Bills: SR31 , SB2060 , SB2184 , HB1371 , HB1411 , HB1933 , HB2361 , HB2398 , HB2893 , HB3006 , HB3044 , HB3127 , HB3322 , HB3147 , HB1276 , HB3472 , HB3522 , HB3704 , HB4303 , HB4319

Keywords: military, children, resilience, Purple Up!, military families, master development district, improvement district, public improvements, infrastructure financing, special assessments, statutory revision, consolidation, law amendment, emergency legislation, legal clarity, oil and gas, mineral rights, proceeds, royalties, escrow account

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• And then all of a sudden, out of nowhere, we start having issues with maybe...
• And then all of a sudden, out of nowhere, we start having issues with maybe...
• So I would feel like the industry is doing more than their fair share of taxes in the state of Oklahoma
• a game of dodgeball.
• of Oklahoma.

Bills: SB1319 , SB1369 , SB1378 , SB1379 , SB1309 , SB1330 , SB1481 , SB1546 , SB1122 , SB1403

Committee: House Appropriations and Budget

Keywords: SB1319, Corporation Commission, Oklahoma, remediation, environmental emergency, brine contamination, oil contamination, oilfield pollution, residential property, home buyout, property acquisition, fair market value, revolving fund, remediation fund, state plugging funds, well plugging, abandoned well, natural breakout, Department of Environmental Quality, DEQ

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• a decision is made and a person in one of these certification outfits is harmed by no fault of their
• appellants, in favor of the appellant. 26% approval rate for the appellants in favor of the appellants
• So the Teacher Certification Appeals Council is a council that is made up of nine members.
• I was proud of what I had accomplished. Then my certification application was denied.
• And so one of the things that you all approved in '24 was the consolidation of those plans into a single

Bills: HB28 , HB50 , HB196 , HB268 , HB271 , HB285 , HB316 , HB649 , HB807

Committee: House Education

Keywords: teacher certification, certification appeals, BESE, State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, Teacher Certification Appeals Council, educator licensure, teaching license, teacher licensure, appeals process, certification denial, administrative appeal, special meeting, board president, retroactive application, education board, Louisiana teachers, Department of Education, statutory entities, re-creation, termination date

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• By way of background, there are different types of hospitals defined by a variety of criteria, such as
• My name is Katie Durkin, here on behalf of the Washington Federation of State Employees in support of
• Paul Jewell, on behalf of the members of the Washington State Association of Counties, also opposed to
• And since 2018, the Department of Health has been a federally approved accrediting body.
• My name is Carrie Sessions, and I work as the Director of Governmental Relations of the Department of

Bills: HB2689 , SB5832 , SB5922 , SB5944 , SB5988 , SB6151

Committee: House Appropriations

Keywords: Working Connections Child Care, child care subsidy, subsidized child care, Washington DCYF, Department of Children, Youth, and Families, low-income families, child care providers, licensed child care centers, family child care, market rate survey, subsidy rates, income eligibility, state median income, SNAP, Basic Food, collective bargaining, provider reimbursement, daily payment, half-day care, partial-day care

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• And there's a lot of chairman discretion with a lot of respect back on that.
• </c> of probate. of probate.
• Kind of take me through that portion of it, then. All right.
• </c> couple of concerns. couple of concerns.
• They're already uh the judge of probate— Of<00:23:58.000><c> course.</c> Of course. Of course.

Bills: HB91 , HB95 , HB255 , HB318 , HB91 , HB95 , HB255 , HB318

Committee: Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund

Keywords: county housing authority, public housing, housing authority, affordable housing, low-income housing, mixed-use development, community facilities, subsidiary, affiliate, public corporation, municipal tax exemption, deed tax, mortgage tax, probate fee, bond financing, housing project, urban redevelopment, rural housing, public-private partnership, eminent domain

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• </c><00:04:10.159><c> and</c> of Hawaii College of Tropical and of Hawaii College of Tropical and Agriculture
• If I might, I have a couple of letters of late testimony in support, but I also have an outline of the
• So we have a little bit of a sense of what it takes to do this kind of work.
• of plants.
• of plants.

Bills: HB1952 , HB1951 , HB1929 , HB2497 , HB2208 , HB2572 , HB1737 , HB1953 , HB2551 , HB2549

Committees: House Agriculture & Food Systems , House Agriculture and Environment

Keywords: HB1952, Hawaii agriculture, University of Hawaii, CTAHR, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience, Kauai, agricultural research station, extension station, capital improvements, general obligation bonds, GO bonds, appropriation, ADA compliance, Americans with Disabilities Act, certified kitchen, greenhouse, laboratory, field research, cesspool decommissioning, invasive species

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• I know there are a lot of factors involved in those challenges, and one of them has been the need for
• Is there some kind of a mechanism that the insurance company could be billed instead of relying on state
• This came up kind of kind of Quickly, with our focus now on literacy and other issues, we have addressed
• There are already a lot of organizations out there that help cover the funding of this, and I will continue
• These new properties are some of those that are listed or some of the state-run facilities that are in

Bills: HB4329 , HB3016 , HB4118 , HB3066 , HB3649 , HB3650

Committee: House A&B Health Subcommittee

Keywords: dental insurance, claims, medical necessity, appeal procedures, dentist reimbursement, education, vision screening, binocular vision, kindergarten, elementary education, health, family caregiver, tax credit, activities of daily living, elderly care, Oklahoma tax law, HB3066, Health Care Workforce Training Commission, workforce recruitment, health care workforce

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• May but prior to the end of May.
• of.
• Their parents might have approved of this book, but I didn't.
• And just to read some of the things we're trying to move off: acts of masturbation, sodomy, acts of sexual
• We know we've got a lot of time that we got a lot of things to do.

Bills: HB4359 , HB4115 , HB3467 , HB2978 , HB3026 , HB3032

Committee: House Common Education

Keywords: statewide assessments, student testing, testing window, end-of-year testing, Oklahoma Academic Standards, Oklahoma School Testing Program, State Board of Education, grade 3-8, alternate assessment, students with disabilities, special education, cognitive disabilities, assessment calendar, school year calendar, education accountability, academic standards, math intervention, advanced mathematics, course placement, college and career readiness

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• of requests closed within five days, average number of days from receipt of request to final disposition
• of over 400 Gold Star families... ...families of Washington, our organization of over 400 Gold Star
• We can't close the government to people because we don't approve of the reasons for their wanting access
• It adds types of personal information that will be exempt to include... approved.
• One of them is that folks have to figure out how to opt in or opt out of being part of the PRA.

Bills: HB2514 , HB2661 , HB2637 , HB2632 , HB2499 , HB2198 , HB2520

Committee: House State Government & Tribal Relations

Keywords: HB 2514, global war on terror, GWOT, war on terror memorial, Capitol campus memorial, Washington veterans, fallen service members, military memorial, post-9/11 veterans, Iraq War, Afghanistan War, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation New Dawn, veterans memorial, capitol grounds, state memorial, Secretary of State, Capitol Committee, Department of Veterans Affairs

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• At the trial, the jury found Otha Wallace guilty of the lesser offense of manslaughter because of a large
• On behalf of the City of Daytona Beach and in memory of Officer Jason Raynor, we respectfully urge your
• This bill does not lower any of the standards currently in place. certification.
• For a reasonable period of time during an active, ongoing, and good-faith investigation of a claim of
• Some of those instances are tear-out of a poor foundation where you have a bad mix of concrete, very

Bills: S0062 , S0156 , S0168 , S0288 , S0290 , S0292 , S0296 , S0298 , S0364 , S0386 , S0624 , S7004 , S7006 , S7008 , S7012 , S7014 , S7016

Committee: Senate Rules

Keywords: candidate qualification, political party, voter registration, election law, Florida Statutes, rural electric cooperatives, energy production, Florida law, energy tariffs, regulation, agriculture, landscape equipment, gasoline-powered, ecologically significant parcels, local government regulations, public records, appellate courts, information exemption, safety, personal identifying information

Summary: The Senate Committee on Rules met with a quorum present and heard a long agenda of bills, beginning with CS/SB 62 on candidate qualification, which would create an enforcement mechanism for party-affiliation qualification requirements and allow challenges by qualified candidates or political parties. The bill was reported favorably. The committee then heard CS/SB 156, the Officer Jason Raynor Act, which would clarify resistance-to-officer language and impose a mandatory life sentence for manslaughter committed against a law enforcement officer; the sponsor and local law enforcement supporters emphasized the Raynor case, while criminal defense lawyers objected to deleting existing force-limit language and to the mandatory life penalty. Despite the opposition, the bill was reported favorably. The committee also approved several open-government sunset review bills extending or preserving public records exemptions, including CS/SB 7014 on social media platform investigations, SB 7016 on small business loan program records, CS/SB 7012 on Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles investigations, CS/SB 7000 on emergency shelter recipient information, CS/SB 7002 on Department of Military Affairs records, SB 7004 on conviction integrity unit reinvestigation materials, SB 7006 on Florida Public Service Commission records and meetings, and SB 7008 on Florida Gaming Control Commission records and meetings. Other measures reported favorably included SB 624 allowing optional faith-based activities in batterers’ intervention programs, HB 167 protecting former phosphate mining lands from certain strict-liability claims, CS/SB 48 on accessory dwelling units and housing supply, SB 288 on rural electric cooperatives, CS/SB 364 modernizing CPA licensure, SB 292 creating a records exemption for appellate court clerks and families, CS/SB 296 expanding domestic violence safety tools and address confidentiality protections, CS/SB 298 as the public-records companion, SB 386 on farm equipment lemon-law style protections, and SB 168 expanding public nuisance law to include gambling houses. Several bills drew supportive testimony from local governments, advocacy groups, industry groups, and affected families, with some opposition on SB 156 and SB 290. For CS/SB 48, the committee adopted two amendments before reporting the bill favorably. SB 290 on the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services was temporarily postponed after the chair allowed public testimony but no final action was taken. At the end of the meeting, senators recorded their votes on selected bills, and the committee adjourned.

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• form of education or certificate.
• form of education or certificate.
• By the end of January, when CMS approves Arizona's budget in February, it will be locked in and we can't
• end of this month by the end of January when CMS approves Arizona's budget in February will be locked
• food. to request a waiver from USDA to exclude foods or categories of foods not listed on the approved

Bills: HB2190 , HB2202 , HB2233 , HB2251 , HB2252 , HB2396 , HB2437 , HB2689 , HB2796

Committees: House Health & Human Services , House House Health & Human Services Committee of Reference

Keywords: physician assistants, licensure compact, medical services, multistate practice, patient care access, healthcare workforce, military families, adverse actions, dementia care, telementoring, healthcare education, rural communities, grant funding, HB 2233, rural health transformation, rural health transformation program, AHCCCS, Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, Joint Legislative Budget Committee, JLBC

Bills: HSB314 , SF304 , HF708 , HSB500 , HSB501 , HSB502 , HSB503 , HSB504 , HSB505 , HSB506

Committee: Joint Health and Human Services

Keywords: medical release, incapacitated, terminal illness, serious medical condition, parole, risk assessment, victim impact statement, supervision, care facility, Iowa, minors, medical consent, healthcare services, sexually transmitted infections, privacy, youth healthcare, healthcare decisions, palliative care, hospice care, life-sustaining procedures

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• A person could bring such an action without the agreement or approval of the pregnant person. ...potentially
• Came out in the 1980s, indications that are FDA-approved for use for management of hypertension.
• On that, but that is an FDA-approved indication for the use of Mifepristone.
• Under Chapter 36 of the Human Resources Code, the Medicaid fraud claim provision, the state has to approve
• Out of lack of freedom and choice, misoprostol and mifepristone are safe and effective medications approved

Bills: SB10 , SB16 , SB6 , SB 6 , SB 10 , SB 16

Committee: Senate State Affairs

Keywords: trafficking, prostitution, affirmative defense, victims, criminal justice reform, victim rights, criminal justice, judicial reform, court procedures, mental health services, criminal penalties, court security, SB 6, Woman and Child Protection Act, abortion, abortion-inducing drugs, medication abortion, mifepristone, misoprostol, pro-life

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• of naturalization.
• Of course, without proper oversight, chain of command, or clarity of jurisdiction.
• I can think of a...
• So, there's kind of a mixing of traffic control pieces.
• the state of Texas.

Bills: HB5097 , HB5513 , SB523 , SB857 , SB964 , SB1101 , SB2143 , SB2332 , SB2383 , HB 1108

Committee: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

Keywords: criminal history, background checks, government code, licensing, information access, rural law enforcement, child care grants, community support, law enforcement retention, advisory committee, SB 523, Texas driver’s license, alternative address, residential address, confidential address, address confidentiality, Department of Public Safety, DPS, Transportation Code, Section 521.1211

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• A bunch of third-party supporters of this bill, and I'd love to hear their examples of that first. before
• Our money just goes into the general fund of the state of Texas.
• To say it's been kind of disconcerting is an understatement; it's kind of like being in a hall of mirrors
• I'm the Vice Chair of the Libertarian Party of Texas.
• delegates and costs tens of thousands of dollars, even hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Bills: HB2139 , HB2253 , HB3632 , HB4171 , HB4309 , HB4508 , SB760 , SB1470

Committee: House Elections

Keywords: voting access, polling place, disability, caretaker provisions, ballot delivery, election code, HB 2253, Texas Election Code, bond election, bond issuance, local government, election cancellation, disaster declaration, natural disaster, emergency election, county election officer, polling place notice, open meeting, election workers, voter safety

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• First of all, you bring...
• Of our democracy.
• The perpetrator was eventually found guilty of six counts of voter fraud.
• SB 760 both protects the integrity of our elections and prevents the coercion of one of our most vulnerable
• Also, the issue of...

Bills: HB2139 , HB2253 , HB3632 , HB4171 , HB4309 , HB4508 , SB760 , SB1470

Committee: House Elections

Keywords: voting access, polling place, disability, caretaker provisions, ballot delivery, election code, HB 2253, Texas Election Code, bond election, bond issuance, local government, election cancellation, disaster declaration, natural disaster, emergency election, county election officer, polling place notice, open meeting, election workers, voter safety

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• of one of the instead and that's one of one of the areas<00:18:29.840><c> that</c><00:18:29.960><c>
• ><c> of</c> co-products of other streams some of co-products of other streams some of these<00:21:51.880
• must submit an expired notice from the future certificates of title.
• </c><00:52:26.559><c> certificates</c><00:52:27.119><c> of</c><00:52:27.319><c> title</c><00:52:28.280
• ><c> um</c><00:52:28.400><c> so</c> cert certif certificates of title um so cert certif certificates

Bills: HF1621 , HF1701 , HF1796 , HF1676 , HF40 , HF1428 , HF1540

Committee: House Agriculture Finance and Policy

Keywords: HF1621, CelluComp, Minnesota Department of Agriculture, appropriation, grant, commercialization, fiber-based barrier packaging, packaging materials, PFAS, perfluoroalkyl substances, polyfluoroalkyl substances, plastic reduction, sustainable packaging, environmental health, materials innovation, bio-based packaging, food packaging, agriculture finance, one-time grant, state subsidy