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• And is there a role that the legislator, maybe John, this is a question for you, can play in.
• The Levelall platform is a resource tool that contains multiple libraries of information and content
• There's a comprehensive library. There's multiple forms of engagement with this generation.
• The legislation asks schools to expand on academic competencies.
• I was just providing some feedback on what shareholders took to the legislation and then the decisions

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• I believe that I can refer to legislation that has been passed in this body in relation to this figure
• I believe that I can refer to legislation that has been passed in this body in relation to this figure
• When I think about the legislation we pose here, I always hope that this legislation is to help the everyday
• When we, I think about the legislation that we pose here, I always hope that this legislation is to help
• And will this particular piece of legislation benefit them?

Summary: The House opened with prayer, a moment of silence for the Reverend Jesse Jackson and Joseph Di Alessandro, the Pledge of Allegiance, and announcements confirming a quorum. Members also adopted the special order report and recognized several guests in the gallery, including former Speaker Dan Webster and law enforcement and civic visitors. The chamber then moved through a long special-order calendar of bills, mostly on third reading, with several measures passing unanimously or by wide margins. Among the bills considered were measures on civil procedure and estates, including C.S. HB 1407 on commencement of civil actions, HB 895 on trustee settlement and discharge, C.S. HB 1337 on estates, HB 131 on curators of estates, and C.S. HB 351 on concurrent legislative jurisdiction over military installations. The House also passed C.S. HB 441 on conservation lands, which would lengthen notice and increase transparency for land swaps involving conservation property, and C.S. CS HB 919 on commercial service airports, which created a statutory definition for major airports and preempted local naming authority for several airports. HB 919 drew extensive debate over the proposed naming of Palm Beach International Airport after President Donald J. Trump, with amendments to delay or alter the naming failing before the bill passed. Other bills approved included HB 409 requiring K-12 schools to observe Veterans Day, CS HB 461 allowing certain students to volunteer at polling places for community service hours, CS HB 1115 creating grants for genetic counseling education, HB 569 revising forensic client services, CS HB 505 regulating virtual currency kiosks to address fraud, and HB 271 on foreign and alien bail bond insurers. The House also passed HB 191 on re-employment assistance eligibility verification after extended questioning about its effects on benefits, appeals, and suitable work standards. One bill, CS HB 243 on electric bicycles, was temporarily postponed, and CS HB 1073 on school districts was also postponed.

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• And the other question I had is, um, it's a very specific piece of legislation referring to a position
• And the other question I had is, um, it's a very specific piece of legislation referring to a position
• referring to a position.
• It also references references references curriculum<01:53:06.480> frameworks<01:53:07.119>
• guide and reference. guide and reference. >> Yes.<01:55:20.480> Yep.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The Legislative Oversight Committee met to review statewide education improvement and assessment issues under RSA 193-C:8-a, with the chair focusing on curriculum frameworks, academic standards, and resource elements tied to the state’s adequate education statutes. The chair walked through the statutory relationship between minimum standards for public school approval, academic standards, and local control of curriculum, noting that New Hampshire law requires curriculum frameworks to guide what students should know and be able to do while leaving districts flexibility in instruction. He also raised concerns that some subject areas appear to have current frameworks or standards while others do not, and suggested the committee may need to consider an amendment creating a curriculum frameworks and academic standards coordinator at the Department of Education. Nate Green, director of the Division of Education Analytics and Resources, explained that the terms “academic standards” and “curriculum frameworks” have evolved over time and are often used interchangeably, but can mean different things depending on the subject area. He said the state’s more prescriptive standards largely developed after No Child Left Behind, especially in math, ELA, and science, while older or less-tested subjects such as arts, physical education, and health often retained looser framework-style documents. Green outlined one possible approach of standardizing terminology, but also said New Hampshire could instead define curriculum frameworks separately as a combination of standards, curriculum, and instructional approaches. He emphasized that state standards must support statewide consistency and assessment, while local districts retain control over how they teach. Committee members discussed how these distinctions affect different grade levels and subjects, using examples from math and science to show that minimum standards are broad while academic standards are more specific and grade-level based. Green described how science standards are organized by physical science, life science, and earth/space science across grade bands, while math standards are more directly tied to individual grades. No votes were taken and no formal action was reported during this portion of the meeting; the discussion remained informational and exploratory as members considered whether statutory language or departmental organization should be updated.

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• Need to place a lot of emphasis on during this legislative session.
• Each biennium, this legislative approach is legislated through appropriate significant sums. hard-earned
• R.J.T. library, yes, he did, he made me do it.
• There, the Terry Library, again. Well past its shelf life.
• We have a new library that's well completed, and so that was.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• legislative prerogatives. legislative prerogatives.
• Our job as legislators is not to legislate fear.
• The majority of the committee on legislative administration, which is referred CACR22, an act relating
• The majority of the committee on legislative administration, which was referred to House Bill 1114
• The committee on legislative administration, to which was referred House Resolution 42, an act honoring

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• The Committee on Rules, to whom was referred the order filed by Representatives Montero of Boston and
• The Committee on Rules, to whom was referred the order filed by Representatives Montero of Boston and
• Cushmerich for legislation to further regulate social media accounts for persons under 16 years of age
• The Committee on Rules, to whom was referred the order filed by representatives Montero of Boston and
• Cushmerich for legislation to further regulate social media accounts for persons under 16 years of age

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The House opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and then took up several Rules Committee reports. Members adopted resolutions congratulating Auburn on the 100th anniversary of the world’s first liquid-fueled rocket launch and welcoming Boston’s new National Women’s Soccer League team, the Boston Legacy, to Massachusetts. The House also adopted orders extending the reporting deadlines for the Committee on Revenue on two House documents into 2026. The chamber suspended joint rules to allow several petitions to proceed, including proposals on social media regulation for minors, a sick leave bank for a Department of Children and Families employee, retirement credit for a probation employee, taxation of certain foreign government pension benefits, and naming the American lobster the official crustacean of the Commonwealth. The Steering, Policy and Schedule Committee then listed bills for consideration, including measures on private road maintenance in Gloucester, property valuation and assessment fairness, municipal tax collectors, preservation of historic resource information in community preservation funds, and Salem liquor license changes. The House advanced those bills through second and third readings, then passed to be enacted local bills involving compensation for a Revere widow, a Wellesley senior tax deferment change, and a Hopkinton library trustees charter amendment. It also engrossed a bill directing the Boston Police Department to waive the maximum age requirement for a specific applicant, Edney Joseph. The session ended with a moment of silent tribute to Adrian Dolan of South Boston and an order to adjourn until the next Thursday morning in informal session.

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• Message 143, House Bill 83, legislative Message 143, House Bill 83, legislative subpoena<00:22:23.200
• I would like to introduce you to the Library of the Year, the Gann County Library.
• appropriations to whom was referred appropriations to whom was referred House<00:38:38.400> Bill
• <01:09:56.239> and you've got to look at legislation and you've got to look at legislation
• it is always dangerous when legislation it is always dangerous when legislation is<01:19:31.760>

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• We support this legislation.
• It's one of the community-based nonprofits they were just referred to.
• That's what we do at the Zuni Public Library. We are an equitable space.
• We do at the Zuni Public Library.
• We believe that this legislation will allow... Senate Joint Resolution 1.

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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• <00:46:41.760> right local library has a seed library right local library has a seed library
• the idea of a seed Library a local seed<00:47:19.839> Library<00:47:20.200> you<00:47:
• through our Carver County Library System through our Carver County Library System I<00:47:22.559>
• <01:18:39.560> field disappearing with this legislation field disappearing with this legislation
• travel corridors with this legislation travel corridors with this legislation potential<01:21:05.760

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• For these reasons, the department recommends that the committee ITL this legislation or refer it for
• For these reasons, the department recommends that the committee ITL this legislation or refer it for
• For these reasons, the department recommends that the committee ITL this legislation or refer it for
• For these reasons, the department recommends that the committee ITL this legislation or refer it for
• For these reasons, the department recommends that the committee ITL this legislation or refer it for

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• Comerford, resolutions recognizing Russell Russ Carrier's 44 years of service to the Forbes Library.
• Rule 12 be suspended with reference thereto.
• The matter will be referred to the Committees on Public Safety and Homeland Security.
• The petition will be referred to the Committee on Education. All those in favor say aye. Opposed?
• The petition will be referred to the Committee on Education.

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Summary: The Senate opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and adopted a resolution offered by Senator Comerford recognizing Russell Russ Carrier’s 44 years of service to the Forbes Library. The chamber then took up several local bills, including an act amending the charter of the town of Provincetown and an act amending the charter of the city of Greenfield; both advanced on voice votes, with Provincetown passed to be engrossed and Greenfield ordered to a third reading and then passed to be engrossed. The Senate also acted on committee reports and rule suspensions. A report from the Committee on Rules recommended suspending Joint Rule 12 for a bill filed by Senator Crighton to update Massachusetts student transportation; the Senate suspended the rules and referred the matter to the Committees on Public Safety and Homeland Security. A House petition concerning access to applied behavior analysis services in schools was likewise taken under Joint Rule 12 and referred to the Committee on Education. On final passage, the Senate enacted a bill increasing the age limit for retired police officers serving as special police officers in Weston and a bill dissolving a special fund in Athol. The chamber also adopted an order extending the Committee on Agriculture and Fisheries’ reporting deadline on Senate Document No. 58 concerning oyster shell recycling until January 23, 2026. The Senate concluded by adjourning in memory of Manuel B. Barros after a brief memorial tribute and moment of silence, and set its next meeting for Thursday at 1:00 p.m. in formal session with the calendar.

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• appointed municipal town and library appointed municipal town and library boards. boards. boards
• visitor or staff member, theft of library materials, fighting, domestic situations, damage to library
• visitor or staff member, theft library visitor or staff member, theft of<00:40:02.000> library
• , damage or library property, situations, damage or library property, public<00:40:07.120> urination
• senior library director We had a library senior library director retire,<01:53:09.080> but<01

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• a similar filter law restricting access to pornography in virtually all public libraries and school
• libraries. public libraries and school libraries, stating that filters restricting adult access to pornography
• could be easily disabled by library staff at the request of an adult patron.
• I want to ask how do we ensure that this legislation doesn't stunt innovation?
• I will say that of all the legislation that I've ever carried up here, this legislation has more input

Bills: SB186, SB187

Keywords: internet filtering, child protection, obscene content, civil liability, manufacturers, app store, app store provider, app developer, mobile app, age verification, parental consent, minor safety, child online safety, parental controls, age gating, digital privacy, data protection, in-app purchases, online consumer protection, deceptive trade practice

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• The bill ensures that parents have full access to their child's curriculum, to their library materials
• The legislation upholds parental authority by giving parents the ability to opt their child in or out
• Would a biology lesson that references sexual orientation in other species be banned under the law?
• My point is it specifically refers to instruction, guidance, activities, or programming.
• This applies here today, as you consider legislation that gives certain people an undue influence over

Bills: SB12, SB226, SB413, SB1049, SB1191, SB2398, SB571, SB2920, SB 12

Keywords: parental rights, education, social transitioning, diversity, equity, inclusion, school policy, student clubs, residency, public schools, child safety placement, enrollment, education code, school boards, transparency, public meetings, attendance, recording, released time, religious instruction

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• Chair referred the following bills, which the clerk will now read.
• There's lots of reserves in different legislative accounts.
• And I guess if I would have to provide a reference today, I would refer to the philosopher from Charlotte
• The chair referred the following.
• This legislation would take away any land-use restriction.

Summary: The House met in extended session with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, quorum call, and a series of journal, committee, and Senate bill reports. Members also received several referrals and Senate messages, and the Speaker signed multiple bills already prepared for the Governor. The chamber then took up a long slate of measures, largely budget-related and conference/concurrence items, with repeated roll-call votes and several brief floor remarks for and against the bills. Among the major actions, the House passed or concurred in a number of Senate bills addressing fiscal code and budget implementation, abusive towing practices, telemarketing robocalls and caller ID spoofing, prostitution penalty changes, veteran notification procedures, the cosmetology licensure compact, solar decommissioning, Korean War Veterans Armistice Day, E85 flex fuel definitions, local road transfers, civil penalties for unlicensed commercial driving schools, and trailer sales. The House also adopted House Resolution 580 designating July 18, 2026, as Piping Plover Day. Most of these measures passed overwhelmingly, many by unanimous or near-unanimous votes. The most significant debate centered on House Bill 2400, the General Appropriations budget for fiscal year 2026-2027, and House Bill 1505, the education-related budget implementation bill. Supporters described the budget as a bipartisan compromise that funds adequacy and tax equity for schools, public safety, mental health, roads and bridges, veterans, seniors, and workforce programs while avoiding broad-based tax increases. Opponents argued the budget used accounting maneuvers, deferred spending, and was structurally unbalanced. After extended debate, the House concurred in the Senate amendments to HB 2400 by a 167-35 vote and to HB 1505 by a 172-30 vote. The House also considered House Bill 2559, which included Commonwealth property conveyances and a controversial provision affecting Penn State branch campus properties. A motion to recommit the bill failed, and the House ultimately concurred in the Senate amendments by a 105-97 vote after members debated property rights, labor effects, and the future use of the campuses. The session concluded with the Senate later concurring in several House amendments, the Speaker signing the final bills, and the House adjourning until September 9, 2026, unless recalled sooner.

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• We absolutely thoughtful legislative proposal.
• We don't need legislation to make it less affordable.
• Regulation comes and goes; legislation stays.
• As such, NGEPA cannot currently support the legislation.
• The legislation identifies no size limits.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on H. 4144, the Governor’s Energy Affordability, Independence, and Innovation Act, with the administration arguing the bill would lower bills in the short and long term while expanding clean energy supply and innovation. The Governor and Secretary said the bill would reduce or restructure charges on customer bills, reform Mass Save, expand securitization as a financing tool, speed interconnection, create energy-ready zones, strengthen consumer protections in competitive supply, and allow broader state procurement of energy resources. They said the package could save consumers billions over time and would help address high energy costs, especially during extreme heat and winter spikes. Committee members pressed the administration on several provisions, especially securitization, asking whether the bill requires an apples-to-apples comparison of total costs over time, including interest and lost tax revenue, versus paying through rates. Administration witnesses said DPU review and public comment would be required and said they would work to clarify the language if needed. Members also questioned the bill’s solar and procurement provisions, including reduced net metering compensation for some large facilities, the scope of all-resource procurements, and whether hydro, solar, and nuclear would be included; the administration said those resources were contemplated and that procurement would still be reviewed by DPU. Other questions focused on the short-term relief from bill changes, the treatment of low- and moderate-income discounts, and whether the bill’s heat pump and Mass Save reforms would help customers who cannot afford upfront costs. Several witnesses and committee members discussed Mass Save reforms, including securitization of program costs, on-bill financing, pre-approval of rebates, and shifting program administration away from gas utilities. Administration witnesses said the changes were intended to reduce volatility, lower administrative costs, and better align costs with long-term savings. Questions also touched on geothermal permitting, municipal participation in offshore wind procurement, and the proposed repeal of the ballot requirement for nuclear power, which the administration defended as preserving future options under heavy review. No votes were taken during the hearing portion described. Supportive testimony came from labor, environmental, business, planning, and development groups. The AFL-CIO, NECA, and the Environmental League of Massachusetts backed the bill, emphasizing lower bills, job creation, labor standards, just transition protections, and cleaner energy. NAIOP, the Massachusetts Business Roundtable, and MAPC supported provisions on energy-ready zones, interconnection reform, microgrids, extreme-heat shutoff protections, and Mass Save improvements. A HEET representative praised the bill’s use of securitization, geothermal, and utility financing tools but urged guardrails and workforce protections. Overall, testimony was broadly favorable, with most witnesses calling for refinements rather than opposing the bill outright.

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• Judiciary members, we are on part two of our trilogy SMART Act hearing today, uh, 10:00 in Old State Library
• Again, Judiciary Committee members, 10:00 Old State Library. Representative<00:20:39.600> Mabry.
• Uh 10:00 10:00 10:00 in<00:20:52.400> Old<00:20:52.720> State<00:20:52.960> Library,
• <00:20:53.520> depending<00:20:53.840> on<00:20:54.000> if in Old State Library
• , depending on if in Old State Library, depending on if the<00:20:54.400> Senate's<00:20:54.720

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Summary: The House came to order with a prayer-like musical intro, then proceeded with the Pledge of Allegiance and a roll call that showed 52 members present and 13 excused, barely meeting quorum. The chamber then approved the journal from Tuesday, January 20, 2026, as corrected by the chief clerk. Most of the remainder of the meeting consisted of announcements. Representative Mabrey previewed a Judiciary Committee SMART Act hearing later that day on the judicial branch, Board of Parole, Access to Justice Commission, Commission on Judicial Discipline, Behavioral Health Administration, and State Public Defender. Other members announced upcoming committee meetings and events, including a public safety power shutdown hearing, a Health and Human Services presentation, an Aerospace and Defense Caucus meeting on Artemis 2, a legislative breakfast for land surveyors, and an Agriculture, Water, and Natural Resources Committee hearing on three sunset reviews. Members also noted visits from student groups in the Capitol, excused absences, and a reminder that Friday would be “Bronco Friday” with relaxed dress. Majority Leader Duran moved that the House stand in recess until later in the day, and the motion was adopted without objection.

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• It is referred to a committee, in this case the Special Joint Committee on Initiative Petitions, where
• We saw the Healey administration put forward legislation to kind of manage how the state conforms to
• I wonder if I could first take a few minutes to edit some of the sky is falling references out of my
• our schools, universities, libraries, and local communities.
• The challenges are significant currently in our schools and universities and libraries.

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Summary: The Special Joint Committee on Initiative Petitions held a public hearing on two proposed ballot initiatives: one to reduce the state personal income tax rate from 5% to 4% over three years, and another to revise the state’s tax collection cap/62F process so it would be based on prior-year collections plus wage growth and include surtax revenue. The committee chair and House co-chair outlined the hearing process, and the first witness was Doug Howgate of the Massachusetts Taxpayer Foundation, who testified as the committee’s subject-matter expert on both measures. He said the income tax proposal would lower taxes broadly but would reduce state revenue by about $5.4 billion when fully implemented, with an estimated $800 million hit in FY27, and he discussed possible effects on competitiveness, taxpayer savings, and public finances. On the 62F proposal, he said the revised cap would make refunds more likely, could have produced several large refunds in recent years, and would reduce stabilization fund deposits and constrain recovery after recessions. Committee members questioned Howgate about competitiveness, outmigration, prior tax ballot measures, spending growth, MassHealth, and the interaction between the income tax and surtax. He emphasized that taxes are only one part of the state’s overall competitiveness and that housing, public services, and other factors also matter. He also noted that the surtax is constitutionally restricted but can still support ongoing spending choices. After his testimony, the committee moved to the proponents’ panel. Proponents of both initiatives, including representatives from Taxpayers for an Affordable Massachusetts, the National Federation of Independent Business, Pioneer Institute, and the Mass Opportunity Alliance, argued that the measures would improve affordability, help retain residents and businesses, and support job growth. They cited polling support, outmigration, small-business reinvestment, and comparisons to lower-tax states such as North Carolina. Their economist, Rebecca Paxton, said her model showed smaller revenue losses than critics claim and projected that the revised revenue cap would not create additional annual revenue losses while producing more regular taxpayer refunds. Committee members pressed the panel on competitiveness, prior ballot initiative implementation, and whether the measures would actually address broader affordability pressures; the hearing ended with the committee continuing to take questions from the proponents.

Bills: HB145, HR1, SB29, SB37, SB193, SB58, SB64, HB195, HB234, HB279, HB287, HB292, HB303, SB30, SB35, SB40, SB43, SB48, SB96, SB143, HJM1, HM7, HM17, HM4, HM22, HM23, HM24, HM26, HM2, HM16, HM32, HM13, HM47, HM20, HM51, HM1, HM31, HM35, HM36, HM46, HM53, HM54, HM39, HM29, HM43, HM59, HM11, HM14, HM21, HM34, HM50, HB332

Keywords: high-wage jobs, tax credit, job creation, New Mexico, economic development, House Resolution 1, HR1, House investigatory subcommittee, special committee, legislative investigation, subpoena power, public corruption, criminal activity, Zorro ranch, Santa Fe County, public accountability, government oversight, impeachment power, children and vulnerable persons, public funds

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• this benefit for all the hardworking town employees in all departments: highway, police, transfer, library
• departments, highway,<00:12:45.680> police,<00:12:46.160> transfer,<00:12:46.800> library
• highway, police, transfer, library, etc. highway, police, transfer, library, etc.
• I asked whether it would be appropriate just to re-refer the bill, knowing that we're pending a decision
• the bill knowing that just to re-refer the bill knowing that we're<00:57:07.280> pending<00:57

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