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• A survey conducted by the Asian-American Organizing Project found that over 80% of Asian Americans in
• Hillary Cass to conduct a study released in April 2024 of so-called gender identity services.
• Thomas Barriman, who's serving time until an anticipated release date of 2039 for criminal sexual conduct
• Hillary Cass to conduct a study released in April 2024 of so-called gender identity services.
• Thomas Barriman, who's serving time until an anticipated release date of 2039 for criminal sexual conduct

Keywords: 1183, house

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• It requires a third circuit and Big Island drug court to conduct an interim study to establish a blueprint
• program within the Second and Fifth Circuits, requires the Third Circuit and Big Island drug court to conduct
• 49.760> to circuit um and big island drug court to circuit um and big island drug court to conduct
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Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Judiciary Committee heard testimony on HB 400, the Judiciary’s biennium budget, and HB 727, a proposal to create a women’s court pilot program. On HB 400, Judiciary officials said the request includes operating funds of about $6.17 million in FY 2026 and $6.25 million in FY 2027, 17 permanent positions and one temporary position, plus $11.9 million for capital improvements. Testifiers from the legal services community, including the Legal Clinic, Legal Aid Society of Hawaii, and the Hawaii State Bar Association, supported the budget and emphasized the need for civil legal services and immigration-related legal help. Judge Kim also highlighted Big Island needs, including courthouse design funding and an additional district court judge. HB 727 drew extensive testimony in support from Judiciary officials, treatment court staff, legal and behavioral health organizations, prosecutors, and individuals with lived experience in drug court. Supporters said women in the justice system often face trauma, abuse, addiction, and mental health challenges that are not adequately addressed in existing programs, and argued that a women’s court could improve rehabilitation and reduce recidivism. Judiciary witnesses explained that the proposed program would be a specialty court within the drug court framework, initially focused on the Kona division of the Third Circuit, with possible future expansion to Hilo. A probation officer and a former drug court participant described the benefits of treatment court and the need for women-specific services, including spiritual counseling options. After testimony, the committee recessed briefly for lack of quorum and later returned to vote. HB 400 was passed with amendments, including added amounts in the committee report for civil legal services and immigration-related legal services, and a revised defective date. HB 727 was also passed with amendments, including changes to the purpose section to make the First Circuit women’s court permanent, create a three-year Third Circuit Kona women’s court pilot, and remove the broader expansion language for the time being. The committee adopted both measures by vote, with Senator Chang excused.

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• We conduct those district vulnerability assessments in person.
• Chris Free was conducting extensive research on post-traumatic stress with the VA.
• We conduct many trainings throughout... It's part of the training that we do.
• We conduct many trainings throughout the year with the police departments.
• Unauthorized, correction: Disorderly conduct, Texas Penal Code 42.01.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• while living in the behavior and conduct while living in the residence<01:49:45.920> is<01:49
• <01:57:27.360> has<01:57:27.599> occurred rental, if uh conduct has occurred rental
• , if uh conduct has occurred during<01:57:28.880> the<01:57:29.199> course<01:57:29.360
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• <01:57:48.960> poses eviction law is that their conduct poses eviction law is that their conduct

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• I yield back. ...not hindered because of this unacceptable conduct.
• The first electronic vote will be conducted as a 15-minute vote.
• <06:22:57.920> Pursuant conducted as a 15minute vote.
• Pursuant conducted as a 15minute vote.
• <06:23:02.718> as electronic votes will be conducted as electronic votes will be conducted

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, July 22, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• It provides an exemption for law enforcement when conducting a criminal investigation.
• And last question for me: do you know how many people are serving sentences now, currently, for conduct
• Identify that person or that entity to handle this, conduct this business. Thank you.
• There's no studies that's been conducted to determine 42.
• This is a three-year study that will be conducted by the Florida Department of Commerce, and there's

Summary: The committee met and first reported favorably CS for SB 1782, which creates a new offense for dangerous excessive speeding, with support noted from the Orange County Sheriff’s Office and the Florida PBA. It also reported favorably CS for SB 306, which addresses Medicaid managed care provider network access by requiring after-hours and holiday appointment availability and a minimum level of primary care participation. CS for SB 716, imposing mandatory minimum sentences for certain sexual offenses committed by registered sex offenders or predators, and CS for SB 1084, expanding protections against non-consensual dissemination of intimate images and digitally forged intimate images, were also approved. The committee then approved CS for CS for SB 1604, a corrections package that would require prepayment of court costs for certain inmate lawsuits, shorten the limitations period for confinement-condition claims, allow consecutive sentencing in some cases, and revise mental health treatment procedures in correctional settings. Members discussed constitutional concerns and access-to-courts issues, but the bill was reported favorably. CS for CS for SB 1804, which creates a capital offense for trafficking a child 12 or younger or a mentally incapacitated person for sexual exploitation, drew extensive debate and opposition from the Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops, the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and Floridaans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty; despite objections about constitutionality and ethics, it was reported favorably. The committee also approved CS for SB 1838, expanding protections for court officials against tampering, harassment, and retaliation, and CS for CS for SB 890, the Emily Adkins Family Protection Act, which creates a statewide VTE registry and requires blood clot screening and training in hospitals and care facilities. Members and public witnesses spoke in strong support of the blood clot bill, including family members and survivors. Finally, the committee reported favorably CS for SB 1252, directing FDLE to study a statewide pawn data database, CS for SB 468, increasing penalties for fleeing or eluding law enforcement and allowing vehicle impoundment, CS for SB 490, expanding off-duty concealed carry eligibility for correctional officers and correctional probation officers, and CS for SB 572, the Pam Rock Act on dangerous dogs, which was amended to refine enclosure, confiscation, euthanasia, and insurance requirements.

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• Uh, it also appropriates funds to the Department of Law Enforcement to conduct public awareness campaigns
• Uh, it also appropriates funds to the Department of Law Enforcement to conduct public awareness campaigns
• Uh, it also appropriates funds to the Department of Law Enforcement to conduct public awareness campaigns
• I support legislation to conduct public awareness campaigns on gun violence protective orders.
• I support legislation to conduct public awareness campaigns on gun violence protective orders.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs took up several measures, beginning with House Bill 2413 on pre-trial reform, which had been deferred from a prior agenda. The chair said the committee would incorporate judiciary recommendations and other technical, non-substantive amendments to continue discussion, and the measure was adopted with amendments by a 2-1 vote, with one member excused. The committee then heard extensive testimony on House Bill 2062, which appropriates funds for gun violence prevention efforts, including processing temporary restraining orders and gun violence protective orders and funding public awareness campaigns. Supporters, including county, advocacy, law enforcement, and student witnesses, said the bill would improve implementation of an existing law, save lives, and reduce suicides and violence. Opponents argued red flag laws can be abused, raise due process concerns, and may create dangerous enforcement situations. Written testimony was reported as 60 in support, 47 in opposition, and one comment. The committee later passed HB 2062 with amendments, including a corrected effective date, by a 3-1 vote with one member excused. The committee also considered House Bill 1957 on safe entryways, which would establish enforcement procedures in larger cities to prevent blocking of private doorways and entrances. Written testimony included support and opposition, but no oral testimony was offered, and the bill was passed with technical, non-substantive amendments. House Bill 253 on fireworks, which expands civil asset forfeiture for felony fireworks offenses and clarifies air-delivery provisions, was also passed with an amended effective date. House Bill 2581 on emergency management, which would narrow the definitions of disasters and emergencies, drew testimony both supporting the bill as a check on emergency powers and opposing it as incomplete or too broad in its current form; decision-making on that measure was deferred to the committee’s March 23 meeting. House Bill 2498 on a care home resilience pilot program was also deferred to March 23 after no testimony was offered.

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• The moderator shall conduct<00:21:18.320> every<00:21:18.559> meeting<00:21:18.880>
• according<00:21:19.200> to<00:21:19.360> this conduct every meeting according to this
• conduct every meeting according to this charter,<00:21:20.320> the<00:21:20.559> laws<
• <00:21:27.360> of<00:21:27.600> the preserve order in the conduct of the preserve order
• in the conduct of the business<00:21:28.080> of<00:21:28.240> the<00:21:28.400> meeting

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• I urge you to support this memorandum and conduct a study and detailed investigation of what this entails
• I think the reality of this is that we need to let the PRC conduct its process.
• that unless the study is done in-house, it would require a contractual agreement with someone to conduct
• Thank you. of Finance Committee conduct a study.
• Part of my concern is taking the staff of the Legislative Finance Committee, whose role is not to conduct

Bills: HB303, SB96, HM6

Keywords: public utility, certificate of public convenience and necessity, certificate of need, Public Regulation Commission, PRC, utility regulation, ratemaking, energy storage, battery storage, grid reliability, renewable energy, transmission, distribution, generation plant, utility expansion, service territory, mutual domestic water consumer association, economic development department, clean energy, fossil fuel reduction

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• assessment, they play a valuable and collaborative role in the assessment. assessment process by either conducting
• To that end, House File 2647 would allow a licensed practical nurse to conduct focused assessments consistent
• LPNs are trained, licensed health professionals who have the ability to conduct these assessments.
• LPNs could conduct these assessments prior to AL licensure, and LPNs conduct these assessments in every
• required to be reported to the or nurse per scope of practice, and an RN would still be required to conduct

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• bill creates a consortia of Parkinson's disease research within the University of South Florida, conduct
• And it requires the department, the emergency departments to conduct training specifically on the policies
• as a pediatric emergency care coordinator for the E D and it requires all emergency departments to conduct
• with the House bill and it it deals with the readiness project. >> It changes the shall to may to conduct
• Open assessment during the year in which the National Pediatric Credit Readiness Assessment is not conducted

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• Everyone is doing things on their phones now, so we conduct webinars that are very high-level.
• We also conduct online webinars for each of the individual programs with more details about how to apply
• We conduct a financial risk assessment and review their financial statements before those proposals move
• Recently, the Americans for the Arts conducted a study.
• They conducted this study across a number of the 50 states, including Minnesota.

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• In that circumstance, the court may also order that the respondent be detained to conduct the evaluation
• , which includes detention and transport to the appropriate facility to conduct that evaluation.
• At the hearing on the petition, the qualified professional who conducted the evaluation will be called
• Let me make this clear: even with all of these, we do not conduct competency evaluations.
• in exactly the same way that it would have been conducted under the prior section.

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• functions that we pursue so we conduct functions that we pursue so we conduct investigations<03:
• <03:23:53.760> an or anytime we even have to conduct an or anytime we even have to conduct
• Those inspections are conducted by the part-time employee.
• modified and they also conduct modified and they also conduct inspections<04:19:44.560> of
• <04:21:56.920> regular spill and they also uh conduct regular spill and they also uh conduct

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Environment and Agriculture Committee held an introductory orientation for members, many of whom were new or newly assigned to the committee. Leadership emphasized that the committee is intended to operate in a nonpartisan, collaborative way, and members introduced themselves and described their backgrounds in farming, gardening, food service, environmental work, water and waste issues, veterinary work, and related fields. Several members noted personal ties to homesteading, livestock, orcharding, food security, landfill concerns, and animal welfare, while others said they were eager to learn the committee’s work. The chair then reviewed committee procedures and expectations. Members were told the committee would generally meet on Tuesdays, with hearings starting around 10 a.m. and often running until about 4:30 p.m., and that absences, substitutes for executive sessions, and email communications would be handled through House rules and the committee’s email system. The chair also covered decorum rules for live-streamed meetings, including professional dress, limiting food and drink at the table, and giving full attention to witnesses. Members were reminded that legislative emails are subject to public records laws and that the committee may soon transition to a new email domain. The chair also explained logistics such as bill folders, committee room storage, and emergency procedures for evacuation or shelter-in-place. No bills were debated or voted on in this meeting, but the chair noted that the committee already had roughly two dozen bills pending, including animal welfare, landfill, policy, and cat-and-dog related measures. Members were told to expect a broad mix of topics beyond agriculture, including solid waste and animal-related legislation.

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• So then you'll conduct tours and stuff when we stop by?
• We had conducted a comprehensive review of our fees, which resulted in House Bill 1123, where we aim
• I don't believe so at that time, because the legal analysis that was conducted I don't believe so at
• that time, because the legal analysis that was conducted happened after that request.
• Throughout this period, Fargo has continued to conduct a. Plan review processes.

Summary: The committee began with roll call, introductions of a new fiscal analyst and a new member, and approval of the March 19 minutes. The first major presentation was from the Office of Management and Budget on the state’s general fund and special fund status through May. OMB reported general fund revenues were running below the legislative forecast by about $76 million, driven largely by weaker individual income tax and sales tax collections, though the projected ending balance remained positive and above the budgeted level. The budget stabilization fund was above its cap and would transfer excess earnings to the general fund, and the legacy fund balance continued to grow. Members also asked about federal funding uncertainty and mineral leasing revenue variability. The committee then reviewed compliance reports and trust fund analyses, followed by discussion of a bill draft for the fixed-route city transportation network study. The draft would create a $15 million general fund grant program with a formula-based distribution to eligible fixed-route transit cities, intended to support operating and capital needs and help match federal transit funds. Transit officials from Minot and Fargo testified in support, explaining local fare and match structures and the difficulty of replacing aging buses and securing federal matching dollars. Several members questioned whether the program should be limited to the current four cities or broadened to future eligible urban areas, and whether local funding sources should be explored further. The committee did not finalize the bill draft at that point and planned to continue discussion at a later meeting. The committee also approved a bill draft repealing obsolete language related to approval of a bi-state authority with South Dakota, after staff explained that no agreements had ever been implemented and the provision appeared outdated. A roll call vote was taken and the motion carried. Later, the Department of Commerce and the Northern Plains UAS Test Site presented updates on uncrewed aircraft systems initiatives, including the Vantis radar data enclave, the drone replacement program, and efforts to build a revenue model for Vantis. Test site officials said FAA approval had been secured for the radar data program, replacement of noncompliant drones was underway, and future revenue could come from state and external users once pricing and intellectual property arrangements are finalized. Members asked about Chinese-made drones, supply chain issues, automation, and how the system would manage beyond-visual-line-of-sight operations. The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation then presented on the design of a new minimum-security prison and a reentry housing study. Officials said the proposed facility would relocate the minimum-security prison to the penitentiary campus, reduce costs from an earlier estimate, and provide more beds and programming space, with construction potentially beginning in 2027 and opening around 2031. They also described staffing needs, the planned move of women to the New England facility, and possible expansion of men’s housing there. The parole and probation chief described a reentry housing task force studying housing needs for people leaving incarceration, with a goal of developing data-driven recommendations for subsidies and support services; a representative from Protection and Advocacy closed by expressing general support for fixed-route and paratransit funding.

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• Off-duty conduct being brought into on-duty performance.
• Off-duty conduct being brought into Off-duty conduct being brought into on-duty<00:30:59.400> performance
• Well, there are a lot of jobs that you shouldn't be impaired when you're conducting them, right?
• So, it could be conducting them, right?
• And so, whether required to conduct.

Keywords: Senate streaming session for Friday, March 6, 2026, 960, senate, all

Summary: The Senate opened with an invocation by Pastor Jermaine Turner, followed by welcoming remarks for visiting students and a quorum call confirming the chamber was in session. The body then moved through introductions and began considering bills and messages, including a supplemental budget message from the Governor that was journalized and referred to Budget and Taxation for incorporation into the FY27 budget. The chamber also handled several committee reports and amendments, with multiple measures ordered printed for third reading after no objections. Among the notable committee actions, the Senate adopted amendments and advanced Senate Bill 538 on Baltimore City raffles for organizations affiliated with professional baseball and football teams, Senate Bill 108 on water resources and wetlands enforcement, Senate Bill 328 on property tax credits for disabled or fallen public safety and judicial officers, Senate Bill 587 funding the Maryland Patient Safety Center Fund, Senate Bill 765 on property tax sales heir protection and tax credits, and Senate Bill 767 on property tax credits for commercial buildings rented to small businesses. The chamber also adopted favorable reports for Senate Bill 503 on the Growing Family Child Care Opportunities Program and Senate Bill 519 on delaying and studying the Earned Income Tax Credit Assistance Program. The Senate then took up third-reading votes on a series of bills, passing measures including Senate Bills 540, 544, 578, 581, 634, 638, 852, 897, 69, 177, 241, 323, 776, and 439. The final bill, Senate Bill 439 on employment discrimination related to fire and rescue public safety employees’ use of medical cannabis, prompted extended discussion about off-duty cannabis use, impairment, and the difference between prescribed opioids and medical cannabis recommendations. The bill sponsor and other senators debated whether cannabis can be prescribed, the role of physicians, and the lack of a measurable standard for impairment, but the transcript ends before a final vote on that bill is shown.

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• The exception is for conduct already permitted under California Senate Bill 54, the law that protects
• Since June 2025, federal agents have conducted sweeping, indiscriminate enforcement operations across
• The FTC has made it clear in their reports that this conduct undermines our civil rights and puts all
• That kind of anti-competitive conduct hurts competitors, consumers, and workers.
• There's been some very ruthless anti-competitive conduct.

Keywords: 988, house, all

Summary: The Assembly convened, first dealing with quorum and routine procedural matters before moving through a series of third-reading bills, many focused on immigration enforcement, worker protections, child care, and school or voting-site safety. Early measures included AB 2393, AB 1994, AB 1929, AB 1633, AB 1650, AB 1655, AB 1851, AB 1896, and AB 2230, with authors and supporters arguing these bills would provide accountability, protect immigrant communities, preserve access to benefits and services, and limit intimidation by immigration enforcement. Opponents repeatedly argued the bills were anti-law-enforcement, unconstitutional, or based on exaggerated or nonexistent threats. Several bills passed by recorded vote, including AB 2393 (41-15), AB 1994 (58-0), AB 1929 (41-17), AB 1650 (44-19), AB 1655 (50-14), AB 1851 (56-0), AB 1896 (41-19), and AB 2230 (42-15). AB 1633, a 54-vote bill imposing a tax on for-profit detention facilities, was debated at length but the roll was not completed in the excerpt and the item was moved on from temporarily. After a caucus break, the House returned and took up additional bills. AB 2379 would require child care providers to be informed of constitutional protections and receive multilingual training regarding immigration enforcement; it passed 59-10 on both the urgency and the measure. AB 2460 would direct the education department to update referral protocols so schools can better respond to students affected by immigration enforcement trauma and family deportation; it passed 52-8. AB 2495 would expand prohibitions on unfair immigration-related practices by employers, making immigration-related threats unlawful in workplace disputes; it passed 50-15. Throughout the day, debate was highly partisan and often heated, with repeated exchanges over whether the bills addressed real harms or were political messaging, but the Assembly ultimately advanced the measures that came to a vote.

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• This reads like a survey that I just conducted for a related reason on a different committee.
• Another is the Judicial Conduct Committee.
• committee uh if you judicial conduct committee uh if you have<01:32:37.560> a<01:32:37.719>
• committee uh and the judicial conduct committee uh and then<01:33:02.719> in<01:33:02.840>
• committee over a period judicial conduct committee over a period of<01:34:17.560> time<01:34:

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The subcommittee on the Children and Family Law Committee met organizationally to continue work on family court issues, building on a prior special committee’s report and taking a collaborative approach with the Judiciary. The chair said the group would focus on solutions rather than rehashing public complaints, and identified three main topics for early study: specialization and training of family court judges, the extent to which judges should be bound by the rules of evidence, and whether mediation in family cases should be mandatory or voluntary and what qualifications mediators should have. A fourth concern was also raised about overlap between superior court domestic violence cases and family court custody/support matters, and whether one judge should hear both. Members discussed whether to divide into smaller subcommittees, but the prevailing view was to work as a committee of the whole at first. Most members agreed that additional public testimony was unlikely to add much, though recent concerns could still be emailed to the committee. The committee then heard from Attorney Erin Krian, general counsel for the judicial branch, and Judge Michael Mace. Krian said the judicial branch could provide additional witnesses on mediation and judicial training, including Judge Kissinger, and noted the branch was preparing materials on how other states handle the issues. Mace described the history of the Family Division and said he had reviewed older reports going back to the 1990s. He also outlined current judicial branch efforts, including expanded shadowing for new judges, monthly family-law trainings, and a year-long focus on family law topics. He reported that court rules had been updated to clarify notice requirements for minor guardianship changes, and that the branch had received positive feedback on the family access motion, which provides a statutory timeline and listed remedies for parenting-time disputes. Members also discussed prior committee work on rules of evidence and family court procedures. One member recalled recommending quiet review of any judges who appeared to apply evidence rules inconsistently, and Krian said the administrative judge can review complaints even if they come from a single person. The committee also received a status update on prior initiatives, including a federal grant for guardian ad litem services for indigent litigants in four locations, testing of redesigned court forms, and continued training improvements. The chair scheduled the next subcommittee meeting for April 1 and the full Children and Family Law Committee for April 8, with further documents from committee research and NCSL to be circulated.

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• The fees to conduct these have not increased since 2013.
• Inspections will not be able to be conducted at the statutory mandated frequencies because of the number
• <00:35:38.440> for<00:35:38.680> the not be able to be conducted for the not be able
• to be conducted for the statutory<00:35:39.359> mandated<00:35:40.040> frequencies<00:
• With no way of aggregating data on the inspections that staff are conducting, should our data systems

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: The committee met for a Health and Finance Policy hearing, began with member and staff introductions, and noted that Representative Keeler was participating as a non-voting member. The chair outlined committee rules on decorum and then introduced the day’s first agency presentation from the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH), with Commissioner Cunningham appearing to present the department’s budget priorities. Commissioner Cunningham described MDH’s broad public health role and emphasized that public health is underfunded relative to health care, with significant reliance on federal dollars. The department’s main budget request was for infectious disease prevention and response to offset anticipated federal funding losses. MDH also outlined several fee increases tied to public water systems, wells, licensing and certification, assisted living and health care facilities, HMO regulation, food/pools/lodging inspections, radioactive materials, X-ray equipment, and asbestos abatement. The commissioner said these changes were needed because costs, workload, and regulatory complexity have increased, while many fees have not been updated in years. MDH also presented budget-neutral proposals, including continuing the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Advisory Committee, converting the Maternal and Child Health Advisory Task Force into a standing advisory committee, restoring some local and tribal public health cannabis and substance misuse prevention grants, creating direct American Indian Health Special Emphasis Grants, reauthorizing the State Trauma Advisory Council, and extending firefighter PFAS biomonitoring work. The department also requested an operations adjustment for rising employee, insurance, fuel, utility, and legal costs, and referenced additional Clean Water Legacy Fund proposals. No votes or formal actions were taken in the portion provided. Representative Bierman then offered supportive comments, praising MDH’s work and backing the funding and fee proposals, especially the restoration of local public health prevention grants.

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• A report to the legislature on the voter engagement activities conducted by colleges and universities
• Jurisdictions must also conduct a public accuracy test of voting equipment prior to each election.
• must also conduct a public accuracy<00:25:51.760> test<00:25:52.039> of<00:25:52.200><
• an election um face in condu conducting an election um at<00:34:27.040> the<00:34:27.159>
• We conduct tabletop exercises.

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