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• Government Association: HB 2608, transitioning housing.
• firearms sales transfers; 2421 assault weapons magazines; 2431 appropriation solid 8; 2440 prisoners transition
• program; 2440 prisoners transition program; 24.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• 2023 story in the Boston Globe explains that the BPS took the opportunity of the COVID pandemic to transition
• Several BPS teachers testified at our hearing about the success their students were having once they transitioned
• These grants are available to districts that commit to transition to a system that requires evidence-based
• These grants are available to districts that commit to transition to a system that requires evidence-based
• learning. that commit to transition to a system that requires evidence-based learning.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The House took up several procedural orders early in the session, including extending the reporting deadline for the Housing Committee on H.4655 and suspending Joint Rule 12 for a petition seeking to rescind prior Article 5 constitutional convention applications. It then advanced three Ways and Means bills on education-related topics: personal financial literacy education (H.4670), expanded access to the state seal of biliteracy (H.4671), and teacher preparation and student literacy (H.4672), each moving through amendment adoption and third reading or engrossment procedures. A major portion of the meeting focused on H.4670, which would require personal financial literacy instruction in middle and high school and establish a financial literacy trust fund for curriculum and teacher training. Members spoke in support, emphasizing budgeting, credit, student loans, and long-term financial planning, and the bill passed to be engrossed by a 154-0 roll call. H.4671, which broadens access to the seal of biliteracy for students in public and private schools, also drew support and passed to be engrossed 155-0. The most extensive debate centered on H.4672, a literacy bill requiring evidence-based reading instruction, DESE-approved curricula or approved local alternatives, screening and progress monitoring, professional development, and related implementation measures. Members described concerns about declining reading scores and argued for a shift away from three-cueing toward phonics-based, science-of-reading approaches. Several amendments were considered: a proposal to change intervention language from “significantly” to “at risk of falling behind” failed, while amendments adding funding language, stakeholder collaboration, and other implementation details were adopted. One amendment clarifying that pictures may be used as a supplement in literacy curricula was also adopted, and the bill ultimately passed to be engrossed 155-0. The House also observed moments of silence for former Judge Leslie Harris, former Representative Mark Carron, and former Representative Dennis Rosa, and adjourned to meet the next day at 11 a.m.

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• . >> Senate Bill 3390, City of Philadelphia, authorize a contribution to Philadelphia Transit. >> Make
• Philadelphia authorize a contribution to Philadelphia authorize a contribution to Philadelphia Transit
• Transit. Transit.
• This is simply authorizing the City of Philadelphia to make a one-time donation of $10,000 to the transit

Keywords: MS Senate Floor - 19 March, 2026; 10:00 AM, 925, all

Summary: The Senate considered a series of local and private bills, mostly extending repealer dates or authorizing small local taxes and contributions. These included measures for the City of Laurel, City of Clinton, City of Moss Point, and City of Hattiesburg to continue hotel/motel or restaurant taxes for tourism, parks, and recreation; a Marshall County bill allowing a $7,500 annual contribution to the Bahyia Area Arts Council; a Jackson County bill extending a $5,000 contribution to Friends of Arts, Culture, and Education; a City of Philadelphia bill authorizing a one-time $10,000 contribution to Philadelphia Transit; and a Dotto County bill allowing golf carts and low-speed vehicles on certain public roads. The chamber also approved a Jackson County bill revising the powers and duties of the county fair board. Most of these local bills were passed by voice vote and then by the morning roll call, with no questions raised. The Senate also took up several conference-related matters and House amendments. On Senate Bill 2676, the Proxy Advance of Transparency Act, the Senate voted not to concur and to invite conference. On Senate Bill 2882, dealing with homestead exemption eligibility, members discussed a House amendment clarifying that property owners who deed property but reserve a life estate do not have to reapply for homestead exemption; the Senate concurred and sent the bill to the governor. Additional items later in the calendar included nonconcurrence and conference invitations on bills involving a rural hospital pilot program, dependent care tax credits, health reimbursement arrangement tax credits, state park land lease tax treatment, rural hospital contributions, electronic payment processing fees, storm-related utility revenue bonds, agriculture and logging sales tax exemptions, and revisions to the Pregnancy Resource Act. Near the end of the calendar, senators chose to pass and retain several remaining items rather than take final action, and leadership noted the need to move bills off the calendar in the next session. The Senate then moved to announcements, including committee meetings and a bipartisan social event, and several members requested that the journal reflect adjournment in memory of named individuals. The chamber ultimately agreed to recess until later that day or until the last committee report was filed, with the journal to reflect adjournment until the next morning.

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• BUT TRANSITIONS MATTER.
• OPPORTUNITIES CREATED BY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR AS MANY WORKERS AS POSSIBLE AND TO MAKE THE TRANSITION
• THE TRICK AND THE TASK FOR PUBLIC POLICY IS TO MAKE THE TRANSITION AS SMOOTH AS POSSIBLE AND TO EQUIP
• WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE TEXT TRANSITION.
• IMPORTANT THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT PERSON WAS LOOKING FOR AND UP PARTICULAR MIX AND THEN HOW DO WE TRANSITION

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• It simply puts some parameters around how the transition would potentially work by setting some dates
• Again, it represents the equity side of this whole component and the transition by giving direct access
• to those that otherwise can't participate in the energy transition.
• to larger developers and manufacturers and everyone in between who support them and Minnesota's transition
• don't want to put panels on their roofs, yet still want to participate in our renewable energy transition

Bills: HF2103, HF2793

Keywords: energy, renewable energy, ammonia, hydrogen, certificate tracking, funding, environment, community solar, energy policy, sustainability, solar garden program, regulation sunset

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• We would love to have a commercial resolution that works for everybody and that we can transition to
• Uh but we do have a commitment<00:19:19.679> to<00:19:20.000> transition<00:19:20.559><
• this to the new commitment to transition this to the new service<00:19:21.840> provider<00:19
• <00:55:18.960> If<00:55:19.200> we earlier, transition out of this.
• If we earlier, transition out of this.

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Kentucky Office of the Attorney General 00:01:18 LTS Kentucky Managed Technical Services LLC 00:13:41 Kentucky Wired Operations Company 00:34:20, 958, all

Summary: The committee first approved the minutes from its May 21 and June 10 meetings, then heard testimony from the Kentucky Office of the Attorney General on the effect of HB 314 on the Kentucky Communications Network Authority (KCNA) board. The Attorney General’s representative said HB 314 changed KCNA’s structure and staffing, but did not alter the statutory duties of the board, which still include developing and implementing strategic plans, providing policy direction, monitoring results, and approving fiscal planning. He argued the board is not merely advisory, has operational and budget authority, and that actions taken outside board approval could be ultra vires and without effect. He also noted the board historically approved settlements and contracts, including matters involving Open Fiber, and said the removal of the executive director position reduced direct personnel control but did not eliminate the board’s broader oversight. The committee then heard from representatives of Kentucky Managed Technical Services/LTS, who described a dispute over the Kentucky Wired network refresh and service-provider transition. They said the project agreement required a market test and acceptance of a proposal for both the network refresh and service-provider role, but that their proposals were rejected and the refresh work was later treated by the parties as a change order issue. They said some equipment worth about $3 million had been delivered, transferred, and paid for, while roughly $7 million in additional equipment was canceled by LTS but reportedly shipped to a KCNA warehouse and not paid for. They also said no refresh installation work has been performed, that they continue providing network maintenance to avoid service disruption, but believe the contract has expired and that there is no current agreement for ongoing service-provider work. Committee members asked whether actions taken without board approval would be invalid, whether the board could alter or terminate contractor arrangements, whether the bond disclosures suggesting a successful contract extension were accurate, and what equipment had been purchased or remained in storage. LTS representatives said they would follow up with the committee on the financial delta between the contracted rate and the month-to-month billing they say has been in effect since the contract expired, and on an inventory of in-service equipment and end-of-life dates. They said they want a commercial resolution, but if no resolution is reached soon they may pursue the formal contractual dispute process, and identified September 1 as their stated target date for resolving the matter and completing the refresh.

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• With the release of the new ASAM criteria fourth edition, all providers have been directed to transition
• With the release of the new ASAM criteria fourth edition, all providers have been directed to transition
• <01:08:13.080> to<01:08:13.160> the<01:08:13.360> ASAM directed to transition
• to the ASAM directed to transition to the ASAM criteria<01:08:14.320> fourth<01:08:14.640>
• effective transition. effective transition.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee first approved the August 12 minutes and then handled a large agenda of 355 contracts totaling about $278.7 million. It agreed to defer three Office of Energy Policy items to the October 2025 meeting and reviewed a deferred Kentucky Educational Television contract without objection. The main substantive discussion centered on two University of Louisville legal services PSC amendments and a Seven Counties Services MOA item. For the University of Louisville items, members questioned a large increase in hourly rates and the scope of the legal services, especially complex litigation work and a Colorado estate matter. University officials said the contracts followed an RFP, involved specialized litigation, included local counsel where required, and were expected to be offset by savings in other PSCs and by a potential financial recovery in the Colorado matter. The committee also discussed whether the $125 hourly rate was a statutory requirement or committee policy; the chair later said staff would verify whether it was an executive-branch regulation or statutory rate. Both University of Louisville items were ultimately approved, though Senator Meredith voted no on one and Senator Douglas explained his support while urging future adjustments and more information sharing. The Seven Counties Services contract drew questions about how the $18.7 million would be used and whether federal changes could affect future funding. Cabinet officials described 988 crisis response, outpatient mental health and substance use treatment, prevention, recovery, and harm-reduction services, and said they were monitoring federal developments daily. Representative Petrie and Senator Thomas pressed the cabinet on the long-running Seven Counties bankruptcy and the need to push for resolution; officials said the matter was pending on a motion for reconsideration and that they would try to help move it along. The contract was approved. At the end of the meeting, the committee approved the remaining agenda items as reviewed without objection, but Senator Meredith voted no on the blanket approval motion because of numerous retroactive contract requests and what she said were insufficient explanations such as administrative error or staff being on conference. She said retroactive approvals should be rare and supported stronger internal controls.

Transcript Highlights:

• It's not a transition. Everybody likes to call it a transition into renewable energies.
• As we transition into our next presentation, which is all happening on Zoom or online, I'll ask us to
• We're going to transition into our last panel of the day, which is agriculture and food systems.
• We're going to transition now into public comment, and we'll start with...
• I'm with government affairs for the Navajo Transitional Energy Company.

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• AB 2415 would allow a city, if the majority of a SB 79 transit-oriented development zone is part of a
• AB 2415 would allow a city, if the majority of a SB 79 transit-oriented development zone is part of a
• At a time of rapid economic transformation driven by automation, climate transition, and shifting labor
• This bill relates to the authority of San Diego's transit system, which serves over 3 million people.
• As we know, many in the state are transitioning to electric vehicles.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• For example, the department created pre-transition supports to help and peer support.
• Individuals are not necessarily losing access to those transition supports.
• That example was like the pre-transition supports, where individuals receive support in transitioning
• The proposed legislation also consolidates transition-related provisions. Part C programs.
• That pertains to timeliness of services, transition planning, all those things. Thank you. Great.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• We recognize that our faculty and staff have been through a long period of transition.
• We recognize that our faculty and staff have been through a long period of transition.
• We recognize that our faculty and staff have been through a long period of transition.
• committed to a smooth transition for all of the staff involved, including my future son-in-law.
• The quick question is as we are transitioning from M Health Fairview, we're moving to a new model.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• The first, transitional housing, is time-limited housing up to 24 months where the program holds the
• The first transitional levels of need.
• services to help households transition services to help households transition to<00:29:59.200>
• Minnesota is not alone facing the need to financially establish a bridge or a transition.
• Many states are bridge or a transition.

Bills: HF3425, HF3424, HF1385

Keywords: supportive housing, grants, housing assistance, funding, Minnesota Statutes, eviction, rent, nonpayment of rent, landlord-tenant, residential tenant, notice to quit, unlawful detainer, housing, lease violation, late fees, rental assistance, legal aid, tenant rights, Minnesota Statutes 504B.321, pre-eviction notice

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• This is the transition. This bill helps to reduce costs to ratepayers.
• from fossil fuels to the Maryland Coal Community Transition Act.
• from fossil fuels to the Maryland Coal Community Transition Act.
• It was called transitioning from fossil It was called transitioning from fossil fuels.<01:01:38.640><
• from fossil fuels to Maryland Coal Community Transition Act.

Keywords: House streaming session for Friday, February 6, 2026, 957, house, all

Summary: The House convened with 117 members present, then 123 after a quorum call, and proceeded through routine introductions and referrals, including introductory House bills 959 through 1018, House Joint Resolution 8, House Simple Resolution 1, several Senate bills, and bond initiatives referred to Appropriations. The main floor item was House Bill 1, concerning investor-owned electric and gas utility cost recovery limitations, which was on third reading and final passage. Debate on HB 1 focused on whether the bill would meaningfully lower utility bills and whether it was necessary given existing Public Service Commission authority. Supporters argued the bill would prevent ratepayers from bearing the cost of executive bonuses and other compensation above $250,000, saying utilities can still pay those costs from shareholder profits and that the measure would save money for customers, even if only modestly. Opponents argued the PSC already has authority to review executive compensation, warned the bill could be largely symbolic or misleading, and said it might encourage utilities to shift bonuses into base salaries or harm recruitment and service quality. Several members also argued the bill did not address other drivers of high bills, such as riders and program costs, and one member said the General Assembly itself was responsible for rising energy costs. No final vote on HB 1 was shown in the transcript excerpt, but members on both sides stated their intended positions, with supporters urging a yes vote and opponents indicating they would vote no. The discussion ended with another member beginning remarks about taking on concentrated corporate power and standing with working people.

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• Um, the city of Cohasset is a transition community that is host to the Boswell Energy Center, a coal-fired
• walkability and connections to transit walkability and connections to transit as<01:06:54.480>
• users while also reducing transit users while also reducing vehicle<01:08:20.480> emissions<01
• for pedestrians, cyclists, and transit for pedestrians, cyclists, and transit users<01:20:55.520
• This great project is a regionally significant road project with walkability and connections to transit

Bills: HF2178, HF942, HF2470, HF1043, HF1287, HF1229, HF1230, HF424, HF571, HF404, HF910, HF1055, HF318, HF319, HF401, HF609, HF306, HF1599, HF1881

Keywords: HF2178, Cohasset, capital investment, bonding bill, state bonds, public infrastructure, water tower, water infrastructure, sanitary sewer, storm sewer, street reconstruction, municipal infrastructure, Public Facilities Authority, bond proceeds fund, Minnesota bonding, local government aid, utility infrastructure, public works, infrastructure, stormwater

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• In fact, this study found that on average, trans women before medically transitioning had lower lean
• body mass and less strength compared to cisgender men, and post-medical transition their performance
• like all athletes medical transition like all athletes trans<00:15:51.639> women<00:15:51.920
• had lower lean body mass transitioning had lower lean body mass and<00:15:59.759> less<00:15:
• <00:16:03.680> their men and post-medical transition their men and post-medical transition

Bills: HF1233

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

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• From Fames in Transition.
• <00:35:32.280> headquartered<00:35:32.800> in families in transition headquartered
• in families in transition headquartered in Manchester<00:35:34.119> on<00:35:34.280> behalf
• Families in Transition provides a variety of services, from emergency shelter for adults and families
• to after their for people to transition to after their stay<01:25:43.719> at<01:25:43.880>

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• To transition people from homelessness into long-term and stable housing, we need to make sure that there
• our ability to drive down unsheltered homelessness and drive up the number of people that were transitioning
• people uh from to transition people uh from homelessness<01:36:16.400> into<01:36:16.840>
• <01:36:58.719> into people that were transitioning into people that were transitioning into
• expensive to the county and to the city and to the state than it is just to make sure that this Transitional

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• I would say the transition for Adult Protective Services to go into New Heights.
• funds that really focus on transitioning funds that really focus on transitioning individuals<00
• federally funded helps people transition federally funded helps people transition um<01:07:56.000
• One of them was the transition to billing, and then there were two other items.
• to begin a transition period for um<01:55:56.040> uh<01:55:56.239> the<01:55:56.400>

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Division of Long-Term Supports and Services presented its budget and program overview as part of the Department of Health and Human Services operating budget review. Leadership described the division’s three bureaus—Aging and Adult Services, Developmental Services, and Family-Centered Services—and explained that the division provides guidance, technical assistance, quality monitoring, and contracted provider oversight across the lifespan. Members also discussed staffing, with reported vacancy rates of 4% in Aging and Adult Services, 15% in Developmental Services, and 6% in Family-Centered Services; the division said the higher BDS vacancy rate is partly due to the small number of authorized positions. The governor’s budget had left eight positions unfunded in the division, including three in Aging and Adult Services and five in BDS. A major topic was the division’s roadmap initiatives, especially building a system of care for healthy aging and strengthening developmental disabilities systems through a new reimbursement rate structure. The division said it contracted with an actuary to study DD service costs and found rates had not been reviewed since 2017 and were significantly below actual costs and other states’ rates, contributing to provider shortages even when services are authorized. Members asked about the impact on service delivery and whether rates would need to rise overall; the division said its strategy is to focus on lower-cost services that help people remain in the community. The division also reported waiver enrollment figures, including about 4,161 people on the Choices for Independence waiver, 3,688 average nursing facility residents, 5,061 people on the DD waiver, 228 on the acquired brain disorder waiver, and 488 children on the in-home support waiver, while noting there is no funding waitlist but provider availability remains a constraint. The division highlighted IT modernization as a major accomplishment, especially moving Adult Protective Services and Developmental Services into the New Heights system. Officials said these changes improve case-note access, data retrieval, service authorization tracking, and transparency for providers, and they asked for future oversight discussion focused on IT leverage. Members noted that New Heights maintenance is budgeted in the Office of the Commissioner under class 27 and suggested better transparency on system costs and benefits. The division also reported that it closed out a long-running CMS corrective action plan for BDS on July 1, 2023, and said it is now focused on strengthening the system rather than compliance alone. Other discussion covered the Aging and Adult Services bureau’s name change from Elderly and Adult Services to Adult and Aging Services, intended to avoid negative connotations and better reflect preventative services. The bureau described Adult Protective Services trends involving scams, financial exploitation, self-neglect, and isolation, and explained that it administers the CFI waiver, determines medical eligibility for nursing facility level of care, and braids funding from Medicaid, state funds, Older Americans Act money, Social Service Block Grants, and other grants. Members asked about waiver growth targets and federal consequences if enrollment remains below projections; the division said it would explain the shortfall in a future waiver amendment and did not anticipate a federal penalty. The meeting ended without any votes or formal actions taken.

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• If we don't transition, the goal... The goal has always been to transition.
• If we don't transition into an alternative fuel, the lungs that we're talking about are still going to
• We're going to pause for a moment here while we transition to the opposition witnesses and have our committee
• We're going to pause for a moment here while we transition to the opposition witnesses and have our committee
• Businesses are moving in that direction on their own, and this bill just makes that transition more uniform

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• Lastly, we have an energy transition program that hasn't quite launched yet, based loosely on what we
• did up in the Four Corners area with that energy transition program that was really successful, but
• This can help support pilot programs there, food access, caregiving support, and some care transition
• We've talked about this before; I know that you're in the process of a transition plan regarding those
• During that transition, it is critical. The last thing I want to ask is, what are your thoughts?