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• No applicable individual shall be enrolled in Medicaid unless at the time of application, the individual
• No applicable individual<00:14:16.079> shall<00:14:16.320> be<00:14:16.480> enrolled
• shall be enrolled in Medicaid unless<00:14:17.680> at<00:14:17.839> the<00:14:18.000><
• Roman numeral three is: no applicable individual shall remain enrolled in Medicaid in any month unless
• in the program that it's enrolled in the program that it's important<00:40:41.520> that<00:40

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• That act of protest sparked a global movement that continues today.
• We will continue with the normal order of business.
• We'll continue now with the order of business. Are there reports of committees?
• So Senator Rouson, continue doing the work that you're doing.
• There can be no auto enrollment. So this is 100% completely voluntary.

Summary: The Senate began with opening prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several recognitions, including interns, Denim Day awareness, and a resolution honoring Vietnam veterans exposed to Agent Orange on the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon. The chamber also observed a moment of silence for former Senator Karen Johnson Gendron. After routine business, the Senate took up several special-order bills. The first major bill, transportation offenses involving death, increased penalties for repeat DUI/BUI manslaughter and vehicular homicide offenses. An amendment added penalties for refusal to submit to breath or urine testing and required law enforcement to notify suspects of those penalties. The bill passed 37-0. The Senate then passed SB 306 on Medicaid providers, requiring broader after-hours and holiday access to care and setting network standards for Medicaid managed care plans, also by a 37-0 vote. The chamber next considered a major condominium and cooperative associations bill responding to post-Surfside safety and financial concerns. Senators described the measure as balancing building safety with financial relief, extending reserve-study deadlines, allowing temporary reserve relief after inspections, tightening oversight of managers and inspectors, and adjusting voting, resale, and reserve rules. After extensive debate and praise from members for the bill’s sponsors and staff, the bill passed 37-0. The longest discussion centered on a constitutional amendments/petition process bill aimed at curbing fraud in citizen initiative petitions. Sponsors argued that the 2024 petition process was plagued by fraud and identity theft and proposed tighter rules for circulators, faster submission deadlines, voter notification, penalties, and limits on petition handling. Senators offered and adopted multiple amendments, including changes to petition-circulator definitions, invalid-signature thresholds, and voter notification procedures. After a substitute amendment was withdrawn, the Senate continued debating the underlying amended bill, with members split between concerns about election integrity and worries that the bill would burden volunteers and make it harder for citizen initiatives to qualify.

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• But we're very importantly able to continue to make investments. that are going to make New Mexicans'
• We are able to continue to hold the line on the remarkable investments that the legislature has made
• prepared in order to go ahead and continue to invest, to develop, to plan, to strategize.
• And we, even in a tighter time, the consensus was to continue to look for ways.
• We continue the unprecedented investments in natural resources.

Keywords: 996, all

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• They would continue on the same path that we have. We have tuition agreements with..."
• "They would continue on the same path that we have. We have tuition agreements with...
• We are counting on your continued leadership to help us make this possible.
• Thank you... ...we are counting on your continued leadership to help us make this possible.
• Continue to work on it. Any questions? Okay, thank you very much. Thank you. I appreciate it.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Education held a hearing on two late-file bills: H. 4867, concerning school choice, and H. 4927, concerning access to applied behavior analysis (ABA). For H. 4867, testimony focused on a DESE interpretation of M.G.L. c. 76, §12B(k) that would require small elementary-only districts with school choice students to pay secondary tuition when those students continue into high school. Superintendents, school committee members, parents, teachers, and a representative argued this creates large fiscal shortfalls for rural districts such as Hancock, Warwick, Richmond, and Worthington, which do not operate high schools and already rely on tuition agreements for their own resident students. Witnesses said the current interpretation has led some districts to stop accepting school choice students, reducing class sizes and limiting educational opportunities; they urged an exemption or amendment so these districts could continue school choice without assuming high school tuition obligations for nonresident students. Committee members asked about the number of affected districts, how the arrangement worked before 2023, and whether alternative statutory language might solve the issue more broadly. Representative Barrett described the bill as a simple fix to an unenforced provision that had only recently been raised by DESE, and the hearing later included testimony from both district officials and families supporting the bill. The committee closed testimony on H. 4867 and H. 4927 and then adjourned. H. 4927 drew testimony from educators, an ABA provider, and a parent of a child with autism in support of protecting in-school ABA access. Witnesses said the bill would clarify that qualified ABA providers, including BCBAs and RBTs under supervision, may deliver services in schools while allowing districts to maintain neutral safety and operational rules. They argued that inconsistent access to ABA can undermine districts’ obligations under IDEA, including free appropriate public education and placement in the least restrictive environment, and that school-based ABA can reduce removals from class, improve student progress, and support families. A parent testified that her young son needs ABA to function in school and that promised supports had been delayed or not delivered, while another witness said the bill would help ensure accountability and consistent services for students with autism.

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• We strongly support House Bill 30 and the continued investment in teacher residency as a core workforce
• , indexing residency stipends to the level one teacher salaries ensures stipends keep pace as we continue
• Unless there is a legislative fix, it's unclear that the agency would be able to not fund the enrollment
• How does a district does a district continue to create this new program, not approved yet, and continue
• And and then go forward and have all these kids enroll, and there is no accountability.

Bills: SB83, SB106, SB107, SB123, SJR1

Keywords: ecological monitoring, sustainability, tribal engagement, education, research funding, graduate scholarship, higher education funding, New Mexico, appropriation, financial aid, out-of-school programming, education funding, youth programs, affordability, nonprofit organizations, defibrillators, public schools, health and safety, emergency response, school elections

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• /2025. the bill expands the itd pilot program to all individuals with developmental disabilities enrolled
• Enrollment in the pilot is voluntary.
• The file of clients who are eligible for enrollment.
• If they were to switch back to the waiver, the statutory language is they would be entitled to enroll
• These are the walls that we continuously hit. And therefore, we don't resolve. We've great policy.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• And so I would just ask that this body continue to do the work, continue to make sure that we are committed
• And so I would just ask that this body continue to do the work, continue to make sure that we are And
• so I would just ask that this body, continue to do the work, continue to make sure that we are committed
• And we will continue to do that.
• I know that our budget chair has been working so hard to continue those negotiations, as well as continuing

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Summary: The Senate opened with roll call, prayer, and the Pledge of Allegiance, then approved the Senate journals and adopted floor amendments. Members voted on motions to advance Budget and Fiscal Review Committee measures and to suspend Joint Rule 62A so the budget committee could hear budget-related bills with shortened notice; both motions passed by roll call. The chamber then moved through the Daily File, including several second-reading bills and gubernatorial appointments. Three appointments were confirmed: Julie Lee and Ann Patterson to the Delta Stewardship Council, and Santa Cruz County Sheriff Christopher Clark to the Board of State and Community Corrections. Senators also took up Senate Joint Resolution 17, which urges Congress and the President to clarify that states may extend burial and memorial benefits in state veterans’ cemeteries to Republic of Korea veterans who served alongside U.S. troops in Vietnam; the resolution passed unanimously. The Senate then considered AB 109, the Budget Act of 2026, with extensive debate on the state’s fiscal condition and major budget priorities. Supporters said the budget is balanced, maintains reserves, reduces the structural deficit, and protects funding for child care, Medi-Cal, distressed hospitals, in-home supportive services, housing, higher education, and transit. Opponents argued it relies on future tax increases, leaves a structural deficit, and does not adequately address affordability, public safety, or repayment of unemployment insurance debt. After debate, AB 109 passed 28-9, and the chamber later approved the consent calendar items 81 through 86. The session ended with adjournments in memory of Honorable Hajan Lee, Doris Fisher, and James Leslie Barbie. The Senate announced its next floor session would be Thursday, June 18, 2026, at 9 a.m.

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• a little bit counterintuitive to that rule, if we don't get any authors, we will not be able to continue
• It's a major hardship for our students and that's why we continue to come back with this bill and we've
• They currently enroll less than the 5,000 students that this school is. Thank you very much.
• I hope all parties can continue to act.
• We recommend the program be expanded and continued. Committee passed the 2860 last year.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• you to the senate for your continued you to the senate for your continued attention<00:08:29.879
• to come to the reporting to continue to come to the legislature<00:15:17.639> um<00:15:18.000
• produce their medical enrollment produce their medical enrollment credentials<00:27:11.159> from
• anybody and certainly happy to continue anybody and certainly happy to continue working<01:05:40.640
• But I appreciate the conversation today, and I'm glad we're going to continue the conversation.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Continuing on, we are going to move on to the second reading, file item number one.
• On to reconsideration, file items 2 through 4: all items shall be continued.
• These, you're tested all the time and you're going to continue to be tested.
• This would require that that release be separate from enrollment.
• All motions shall be continued.

Keywords: 988, house, all

Summary: The Assembly met on May 7, 2026, after an initial delay due to lack of quorum, then proceeded through a long House of Origin deadline session focused mainly on floor votes for dozens of bills. The day opened with prayer, a moment of silence for victims of a hate-motivated shooting at an Islamic Center in San Diego, and a warning to visitors about disrupting proceedings. Leadership repeatedly urged members to be on time and at their desks as the chamber worked through a large daily file. The bills considered covered a wide range of topics, including artificial intelligence, community college trustee compensation, transit camera enforcement and privacy, taxation and excess proceeds claims, HOA rules, hepatitis C treatment access, child care planning, greenhouse energy standards, consumer lending, housing and homelessness, pet spay/neuter access, local financing for workforce housing, student financial aid, DUI penalties, senior housing, foster youth, behavioral health licensing, transit stop data, disaster response for child welfare, elections notices, safe surrender for infants, college enrollment and leave policies, insurance regulation, fair funding, school safety, environmental labeling, cash rounding, park passes through libraries, grocery access, pregnancy protections in education, swatting, domestic violence protective orders, farmworker housing, juvenile justice, cervical cancer screening, Medi-Cal transitions, disability certification, and home protection products. Most authors described their bills as cleanup measures, consumer protections, access expansions, or targeted fixes to existing law. Testimony from authors and supporters emphasized access, safety, affordability, and administrative simplification, while a few bills drew policy concerns or opposition, especially AB 1751 on townhome development and labor standards. That bill prompted extended debate over wages, prevailing wage, and stakeholder engagement, but it ultimately passed. Other notable discussion included AB 1628 to extend California’s safe surrender window for infants, AB 1902 on juvenile detention extension hearings, and AB 1925 on permanent disability certification, each framed as addressing difficult real-world gaps in current systems. The chamber took many roll-call votes, with most measures passing overwhelmingly and several by unanimous or near-unanimous margins. A few bills were temporarily passed, retained on file, or moved to the inactive file, and AB 1534 required the call to be lifted and then passed on a 54-8 vote. Overall, the session was dominated by floor action on the daily file rather than committee reports or gubernatorial messages, and the Assembly advanced a large number of bills on a deadline day.

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• As mentioned previously, during the 2026 open enrollment, 82,403 New Mexicans enrolled in medical coverage
• What will happen if they do continue the subsidies? What will happen?
• So that program continues to be successful as well.
• Is continuous funding being requested or is...
• Funding doesn't continue as well.

Keywords: 996, all

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• The Committee on Education K-16 will continue now with public testimony.
• And we're actually declining in enrollment, so there's no new funding coming our way from enrollment
• Fund districts by enrollment and not by attendance.
• We urge you to support HB 2 and continue building a stronger future for Texas students by continuing
• We're going to continue, members, to listen and to have an open door to continue to hear from our districts

Bills: HB2

Keywords: disaster preparedness, emergency management, flooding, mass fatality, mass casualty, fatality tracking, body recovery, autopsy, justice of the peace, medical examiner, county judge, sheriff, mayor, emergency coordinator, emergency manager license, volunteer management system, volunteer registration, criminal history check, background check, Texas Division of Emergency Management

Summary: The committee continued public testimony on House Bill 2, which would make major changes to public school funding, teacher pay, special education, early learning, school safety, and related programs. Many superintendents and education advocates supported the bill’s overall direction but urged changes, especially a larger basic allotment and more flexible funding for rural and small districts. Witnesses from Paint Creek, West Hardin, Cushing, Blooming Grove, Mildred, Buffalo, Plano, and rural school groups said the bill’s targeted raises and new requirements would not fully cover inflation, TRS/Medicare costs, transportation, insurance, or support staff salaries, and several asked the committee to restore the House version’s higher basic allotment and small-school allotment. Charter school representatives supported the facilities funding changes and said charter schools need state help because they cannot levy taxes, while also noting the funding gap with ISDs. Fine arts advocates asked the committee to restore the fine arts allotment, arguing arts improve engagement, attendance, and academic outcomes, especially in rural and at-risk communities. Early learning and special education witnesses supported parts of the bill but raised concerns about pre-K restrictions, disability-related pre-K access, and the need to preserve or clarify special education provisions and mental health oversight language. Several witnesses praised the teacher pay raise, teacher incentive allotment expansion, and teacher preparation investments, saying they would help recruit and retain educators and improve student outcomes. Others, including counselors and support staff advocates, argued the bill should also include raises for counselors, nurses, librarians, bus drivers, custodians, aides, and other non-teaching employees who keep schools running. One witness from the Texas Counseling Association opposed the substitute because it removed a counselor pay provision, warning of counselor shortages and inequities. A parent and special education advocate said the bill’s structure creates too many strings attached and asked for a larger basic allotment instead of more targeted funding. Another witness from Mental Health America urged keeping the collaborative task force on public school mental health services through 2031, and a disability rights advocate said the committee substitute appears to omit some special education items that were in the House version. The committee also briefly took up House Bill 6, a school discipline bill. After questions about automatic mandatory expulsion for vape possession and concerns about younger students, the committee adopted the substitute and voted to report HB 6 favorably to the full Senate by a 9-1 vote, with Senator Menendez voting no and Senators West and Menendez expressing reservations but supporting further discussion. After that vote, testimony on HB 2 resumed. Senators used the hearing to ask about the bill’s cost, the difference between the basic allotment and the bill’s targeted funding buckets, and whether the permanent teacher pay increase shifts pressure off districts. The bill’s supporters emphasized that it represents an historic, roughly $8 billion investment and that many of the new funding streams are intended to be permanent or to address specific district needs.

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• when you enroll in that silver 94 plan. when you enroll in that silver 94 plan.
• <00:48:28.720> They're special enrollment periods. They're special enrollment periods.
• <00:48:52.640> on<00:48:52.880> the time to then go enroll on the time to then go enroll
• And if they enroll on the marketplace.
• Um clearly continue this conversation.

Bills: HB2488, HB2456

Keywords: disability, communication access, deaf, hard-of-hearing, deaf-blind, healthcare, sign language interpreters, auxiliary aids, weight loss, GLP-1 drugs, obesity, Medicaid, healthcare costs, 910, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on HP 1972, which would create a nonrefundable family caregiver tax credit, and on a related tax measure to increase the existing dependent care tax credit. Supporters of HP 1972, including AARP, the Executive Office on Aging, the Hawaii Public Health Institute, Hawaii Children’s Action Network, and others, said unpaid caregivers are essential to keeping kūpuna and other loved ones at home and described significant out-of-pocket costs. The Department of Taxation and the Tax Foundation raised technical concerns, including the need to avoid overlap with existing credits and to prevent double-dipping. The department said taxpayers can claim credits to the extent allowed, but recommended explicit language barring the same costs from being claimed under more than one credit. No vote was taken in the excerpt, and the chair moved the bill along after questions. The committee then heard HP 1975, which would repeal the sunset on the state rent supplement program for kūpuna. AARP, Catholic Charities Hawaii, the Executive Office on Aging, and others supported making the program permanent, saying it helps low-income older adults avoid eviction and homelessness and allows them to remain in affordable housing. Catholic Charities described clients who were paying unsustainable shares of income for rent before receiving the supplement. Members also shared a constituent example of an elderly retiree who needed the subsidy to stay housed. Written support was noted from additional organizations and individuals. Next, the committee took up HB 1706, which would expand Medicaid prospective payment reimbursement to include mental health services furnished in federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics by mental health professionals under supervision. The Office of Hawaiian Affairs supported the bill, and DHS said it appreciated the intent to address workforce shortages and expand training, but cautioned that unlicensed professionals cannot currently bill Medicaid and that a state plan amendment would be needed, with limited precedent for approval. Members asked about the likelihood and timing of federal approval and whether the bill could help rural areas; DHS said approval is uncertain and the process can take time, though it saw possible alignment with the state’s rural health transformation efforts. The committee also discussed HB 546, a three-year health coverage continuity pilot program for people losing Medicaid coverage. DHS, the Attorney General’s office, DCCA, Catholic Charities, the University of Hawaii, and others testified, with DHS warning that federal changes could increase uninsured rates and that the state may need to act quickly. Catholic Charities and others emphasized the risk to Medicaid recipients, including homeless and near-elderly residents, while DHS explained the state’s existing premium assistance program for certain immigrants and compared it to the proposed pilot. The excerpt ends during discussion of that comparison, with no vote shown.

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• Reports that same has been duly enrolled and engrossed preparatory to signing by the officers of the
• That same has been duly enrolled in a gross preparatory to signing by the officers of the Senate.
• We'll continue to do that.
• As I understand it, it is a It is the ability of these folks enrolled in the 340B program to purchase
• So it is in their best interest if they want to continue is to adhere to all of the state and federal

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• First enrolled act for our consideration: enrolled act number 46. Reading clerk, I don't know.
• Next enrolled act, 44.
• Next enrolled act: 44.
• . enrollment. enrollment.
• You don't have continuity there.

Keywords: 916, all

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• That's who will now be eligible to enroll.
• So continue on, Mr. Chair.
• We've also seen a 50% enrollment increase in those programs.
• Programs with nearly 800 individuals enrolled in FY25.
• Like we need to continue to help it grow and foster.

Keywords: 996, all

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• low-income families, children in foster care, and kids living in areas with low enrollment.
• Imagination Library on efforts to enroll Imagination Library on efforts to enroll low-income<00:
• For example, the cabinet could automatically enroll children in foster care.
• to increase enrollment through hands or to increase enrollment through hands or put<00:02:44.640>
• I lost custody of my daughter, and my life continued to spiral.

Keywords: 00:00 - Call to Order/Roll Call 01:00 - Discussion of 26RS SJR 54 03:23 - Roll Call Vote on 26RS SJR 54 04:48 - Discussion of 26RS SB 122 17:08 - Roll Call Vote on 26RS SB 122 21:30 - Adjournment, 958, all

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• They continue to go on to do what they have always done.
• This is also an opportunity for increased enrollment. at the university.
• Currently UHVA has an in-person enrollment of less than 1% of these graduates.
• If you would please come up so he can continue to ask you questions. Thank you so much.
• I agree with both of my consti But also, to add, I would enroll in the program.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• some type of increase in enrollment, substantial increase in enrollment at some point.
• to some type of increase in enrollment to some type of increase in enrollment substantial<00:43:
• c> substantial increase in enrollment at substantial increase in enrollment at some<00:43:22.280>
• I get it, but you increase your total enrollment, not just your program enrollment.
• We got to continue the momentum. Thank you, Chair.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• I service to continue to be handed down.
• We continue to work.
• Uh we continue to from both parties.
• <02:08:12.639> to that year. uh we will continue to that year. uh we will continue to experience
• to<03:10:28.960> continue<03:10:29.359> to Senator Nelson's point to continue to

Keywords: 1187, senate, all