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• </c><00:26:45.760><c> uh</c> nutritious meals and snacks at sites uh nutritious meals and snacks at sites
• It launched last year. We are excited to celebrate Phoebe Meyer from East Central High School.
• We've also launched<01:29:32.000><c> an</c><01:29:32.239><c> enrollment</c><01:29:32.639><c> ad</c><01
• :29:32.880><c> hoc</c><01:29:33.120><c> committee</c> launched an enrollment ad hoc committee launched

Committee: House Education Finance

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• I want to thank the Speaker's Office for granting permission to do this in an off-site location.
• This is our third off-site meeting away from the State House.
• We've launched community democracy dialogue initiatives. And there's all sorts of events.
• I practice medicine in Massachusetts for years, and I helped launch the Jewish Employee Resource Group
• So earlier this year, I launched an IRB-approved study, and I found that 33% of Jewish genetic counselors

Summary: The meeting was a special commission hearing on antisemitism held off-site at Kerem Shalom Synagogue in Concord, with commissioners approving prior minutes and noting a quorum, a rescheduled October 27 meeting, and the addition of a new commissioner. The co-chairs and host speakers emphasized the personal and communal significance of holding the hearing in a synagogue and the importance of confronting antisemitism while protecting free speech, academic freedom, and civil discourse. The commission heard from former SJC Justice and current UMass General Counsel David Lowy, who discussed the IHRA definition of antisemitism, said its use as nonbinding guidance does not raise First Amendment concerns, and described UMass’s response to a discriminatory academic conference policy. Commissioners also asked about campus speaker vetting, protest rights, and university practices for addressing antisemitism and protecting students’ access to education. District Attorney Marian Ryan testified about restorative justice as a tool for addressing hate incidents, saying it can help victims be heard, reduce reoffending, and be used in criminal, school, and community settings. She described local programs, online reporting forms, and the need for better statutory tools, including changes to restitution and education requirements in hate-crime cases. Commissioners asked whether restorative justice affects charging decisions, and Ryan said it should not alter whether a hate crime is investigated or charged. She also identified model programs and said the commission’s work aligns with the national strategy it is charged with implementing. Three rabbis then described the rise in antisemitic incidents in schools and communities, the emotional toll on Jewish families, and the need for stronger school responses, clearer language in incident communications, and better training for educators. Rabbi Brad David recounted repeated incidents in Acton-Boxborough and praised the district’s improved partnership and response, while Rabbi Tom Shah described parental anxiety, concerns about classroom materials lacking context, and the need for balanced instruction. The rabbis also discussed synagogue security costs and measures, including volunteer security teams, police support, grants, and physical protections. Commissioners said the testimony would inform forthcoming recommendations, and DESE staff noted they are developing instructional-materials guidance and a rubric for educators. The final witness, Professor Christina Miller, outlined hate-crime prosecution issues in Massachusetts, including mixed-motive cases, the need for clearer statutes and jury instructions, better training for police and clerk magistrates, guidance on sentencing and diversity-awareness programs, and the use of community impact statements.

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• Enhanced Care Management (ECM) launched in January 2022 to provide high-touch, in-person, comprehensive
• The number of children and youth receiving ECM has experienced robust growth following the launch of
• Shortly before the launch of the Children and Youth Population of Focus, just under 3,000 children and
• organizations to really support the workload function related to the application processing and also the site
• Again, it's the application and site readiness review fees, which are one-time fees, and then a fee associated

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• Right now, 15 of our sites are telemedicine capable.
• Right now, 15 of our sites are telemedicine capable, and we're proud of the fact that we've been able
• Recognizing this, the National Children's Alliance launched the Leadership and Workforce Development
• finding to DCF within 24 hours, but it usually happens right away because the CPI is right there on site

Summary: The Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Committee held a panel discussion on Florida’s child protection teams (CPTs), child advocacy centers (CACs), and related state systems. Testimony came from the Department of Children and Families, the Department of Health, a local CAC director, the Florida Network of Children’s Advocacy Centers, a CPT medical lead, and a Jacksonville sheriff’s sergeant. Witnesses described how DCF investigations, CPT medical and forensic services, CAC multidisciplinary coordination, and law enforcement work together to assess abuse allegations, provide interviews and exams, and connect children and families to services. Several speakers highlighted telemedicine, co-location, and Jacksonville’s specialized investigative model as examples of stronger coordination. Committee members focused heavily on communication gaps, staffing shortages, and delays in forensic interviews and medical evaluations. Senators asked about implementation of Jordan’s Law, the timing of DCF and law enforcement notifications, whether law enforcement is always included in decisions about forensic interviews, and how quickly children are seen after a report. DCF and DOH representatives said referrals are generally made within 24 hours and that multidisciplinary staffings are used to share information, but law enforcement described cases where interviews were scheduled weeks out or reports arrived late, creating problems for probable cause and safety decisions. Members also raised concerns about turnover among CPIs and CPT staff, caseloads, and the need for more specialty providers. CAC representatives said the model reduces trauma by bringing services together in one place, but noted uneven access across the state, especially in rural areas and in counties without CACs. They said sustainable funding and workforce development are needed to maintain and expand services, and one speaker noted that some CACs have closed due to funding challenges. DCF said there are about 1,500 CPIs statewide and an average active caseload of about 12 per investigator, while CPTs serve roughly 22,000 to 23,000 children annually. The committee did not take any formal vote or action, but members requested follow-up information on staffing numbers, communication practices, CAC locations, and recommendations for statutory or budget changes. The meeting ended with adjournment.

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• I have three children now who have all graduated from college and are launching their lives.
• post-secondary side to apply for funds to scale and grow and create new workforce programs on their respective sites
• Sites.
• about this is while we say we have 28 Florida College System institutions, this represents about 175 sites

Committee: Senate Appropriations Committee on Higher Education

Summary: The Higher Education Appropriations Committee met for its first session of the year, took roll, welcomed new member Senator Bracey Davis, and had members briefly describe their backgrounds and interest in higher education. Chair Harrell framed the committee’s focus on maintaining Florida’s top national ranking in higher education and workforce development, with an emphasis on funding decisions tied to student success, workforce needs, and the state college system. Senior Chancellor Kevin O’Farrell presented the Department of Education’s workforce and Florida College System budget requests and data. He described requested increases for adult education, Florida College System program funding, workforce development, and several grant programs, including workforce capitalization, apprenticeship/teacher apprenticeship, Open Door, and CAPE industry certifications. He highlighted record enrollment and completion growth across Florida’s colleges and technical centers, major gains in career dual enrollment, and expansion in programs such as nursing, AI, cybersecurity, welding, HVAC, and manufacturing. Members asked about labor-market demand, the impact of artificial intelligence on future job training, teacher apprenticeship details, mission creep and duplication in CTE programs, student placement and wages after graduation, and articulation between technical college clock hours and college credit. South Florida State College President Fred Hawkins testified about challenges facing a rural college, including low local college-going rates, long travel distances, limited faculty recruitment due to salaries, and the need for more operational funding to expand capacity. He cited strong job placement and licensure outcomes in nursing, dental hygiene, EMT/paramedic, and radiography, and said the college is exploring AI tools to improve student services and reduce staffing pressure. Pinellas Technical College Executive Director Mark Hunter described strong dual enrollment, high job placement, employer partnerships, and a reported 400% return on investment, while also warning that many programs have waiting lists because of staffing and equipment constraints. He explained how technical college coursework is aligned with state college credit through content-based articulation agreements. The committee then opened the floor for public comment, but no additional business was taken up, and the meeting adjourned.

Bills: HB145 , HR1 , HB80 , SB29 , SB37 , HB206 , SB193 , SB58 , SB64 , HB153 , HB195 , HB234 , HB248 , HB255 , HB279 , HB287 , HB292 , HB303 , HB309 , HB371 , 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

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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• customer's on-site electric uh consumption. consumption. consumption.
• And since launching Community state.
• If there are any new nuclear site, you have this citizens advisory panel that's created.
• If there are any new nuclear site, you have this citizens advisory panel that's created.
• If there are any new nuclear site, you have this citizens advisory panel that's created.

Committee: Senate Energy and Natural Resources

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• In my program, we served 700 Meals on Wheels participants and 1,000 congregate site lunch meals.
• Our Medi-Cal member advisory committee, we launched that about two years ago.
• So since the programs launched through fiscal year 2024-25...
• And it really reflects our shared history in California and serves as a fantastic launching point for
• But at the same time, we have at least three additional community sites that are ready and wanting to

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• We also partnered with University of Kentucky Extension, who hosted the sites as well.
• The conference also served as an official launch of the Kentucky Heritage Emergency Response Network.
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Summary: The committee met to adopt the minutes of the second meeting by voice vote, then heard an update focused on disaster preparedness, resiliency, response, and coordination among state agencies and partners. The chair emphasized avoiding duplication of resources and highlighted the importance of agriculture-related response issues, including animal evacuation, feed distribution, and the role of extension services during disasters. The Department for Public Health was invited to explain its role in emergency planning and response. Public Health described its Emergency Preparedness and Response Branch as the lead coordinating agency for Emergency Support Function 8, covering health and medical services under Kentucky’s emergency operations framework. Testimony outlined its broad responsibilities, including support for hospitals, morgues, local health departments, behavioral health, crisis counseling, suspicious package testing, disease outbreaks, and coordination with emergency management, EMS, transportation, and nonprofit and private partners. Officials also described the agency’s risk-assessment process, training and exercise programs, and deployed assets such as PPE caches, deployable communications, a federal medical station, a mobile treatment center, and alternate care support used in events like the eastern Kentucky floods and COVID-19. The agency also discussed funding through federal cooperative agreements for public health emergency preparedness and hospital preparedness, noting that these programs have evolved since 9/11 and have been shaped by major disasters and emerging threats. Officials said Kentucky’s funding has declined over time and that current awards are partially funded for the first time in the program’s history. They expressed support for efficiency if federal programs are consolidated, but cautioned that combining programs could risk further funding losses.

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• Marshal Lacy was on site and led the efforts to combat the Waldo Canyon fire and save my own home and
• F-18s launch second strike package.
• Thereafter 1536 F-18 second strike starts; also first sea-based Tomahawks launched.
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• Now all of this was intended launched.

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• Because it is true that while many of the other states are struggling with site readiness and even site
• Right now, we have been advancing in making everything happen on our site.
• Of electricity running to these sites.
• You talk about building a campus here. ...or do you have site control over property here?
• With your question regarding site control here, yes, we do have site control of the property that we

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• Well, it should have similar flexibilities at the school site, but it's still a district school.
• that interest, to see if we can have school improvement where authority is returned to the school site
• to say, I don't know that it always means that suddenly we're moving further away from the school site
• because there's a number of examples in the bill where we actually are moving closer to the school site
• I kind of mentioned earlier, teachers or educators at the school site can propose a report that they

Committee: Assembly Education

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• This summer, starting sometime around April, we're going to launch our new show called Southern Dish.
• going to launch our new show<00:27:52.320><c> called</c><00:27:52.559><c> Southern</c><00:27:52.960>
• We have 19 sites across the state that, if they can't come to Jackson, they can go to that site, sign
• We have 19 sites library commission.
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Committee: Joint Appropriations

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• people achieve long-term and lifelong sobriety through cultural activities such as ceremonies, sacred sites
• people achieve long-term and lifelong sobriety through cultural activities such as ceremonies, sacred sites
• We were able to establish a dispensing pharmacy, and we are on track to launch a mail order service by
• a mail order services by track to launch a mail order services by May<01:20:47.600><c> ensuring</c><
• But having on-site staff that we are able to pay just really helps stabilize, if that's helpful. for

Committee: House Health Finance and Policy

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• It is no coincidence that this drop in requests coincides with the 2019 launch of the digital version
• The site is publicly accessible, easy to search, provides links to Supreme Court decisions, and, perhaps
• House of Representatives and the Senate joined President Trump at the White House to launch the G.O.P
• And I am proud to celebrate the recent launch of the Women's Congressional Caucus, which I chair, which
• THIS MUSEUM WILL ORGANIZE THE TRAVELING OLE WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE AND LAUNCHED AND POPULAR NEWSLETTER AND

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• Since the office launched in 2015, it has successfully regulated Delaware's animal shelters.
• means that new animal shelters could open without prior inspection and would have to have animals on site

Bills: SB313 , SB296

Committee: House Health & Human Development

Summary: The House Health and Human Development Committee met and considered a series of health, human services, and related bills. The committee heard and advanced House Substitute 1 for Senate Bill 13, which standardizes hospital charity care and financial assistance statewide, and Senate Bill 296 with Senate Amendment 1, which restructures the Delaware Health Fund grant process with a more formal, transparent competitive rubric. Both measures received supportive testimony from DHSS, the Delaware Healthcare Association, and the Delaware Nurses Association, and both were released by committee on roll-call votes. The committee also released Senate Bill 313 with Senate Amendment 1, which places a temporary moratorium on acquisitions of nonprofit acute care hospitals by for-profit entities and expands notice/review requirements for sales of hospital real estate; Senate Bill 340 with Senate Amendment 1, which requires long-term care facilities to carry specified liability insurance, with questions raised about the exemption for state-owned facilities; Senate Joint Resolution 20, which directs DHSS to study independent assessment tools for Medicaid home- and community-based services; and Senate Bill 341, which updates Delaware Health Information Network law and formally recognizes DIN as the state’s health data utility. Testimony on these bills was generally supportive, with some discussion on constitutional concerns, insurance coverage, and the rationale for the state exemption in SB 340. Later, the committee advanced Senate Bill 257, which requires new animal shelters to be licensed and inspected before operating and removes a prior exception for certain rescue organizations; and Senate Substitute 1 for Senate Bill 278 with House Amendment 1, which allows earlier pre-authorization for summer child care enrollment and lowers copays for half-day care. Public testimony on these measures came from animal welfare advocates, YMCA representatives, and other stakeholders, all largely in support. Each bill was released by committee, with several votes walked for absent members, and the meeting adjourned after all agenda items were addressed.

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• So this board decided to spend $225,000 to purchase two buses, which for a single-site charter school
• As you heard earlier, Answer launched this full transportation program in 2022-2023 to improve access

Committee: House Education

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• full-time employees, with hundreds more that aren't full-time employees but are contractors that are on site
• SB 5971 will help unlock federal tax credit dollars through 45V to launch Washington's green fertilizer

Bills: SB5919 , SB5816

Committee: House Agriculture & Natural Resources

Keywords: fire safety, insurance incentives, best practices, community protection, voluntary measures, juice grapes, agriculture, commerce, state regulation, market access

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• full-time employees, with hundreds more that aren't full-time employees but are contractors that are on site
• SB 5971 will help unlock federal tax credit dollars through 45V to launch Washington's green fertilizer

Summary: The House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee heard public testimony on Substitute Senate Bill 5971, which would create a green fertilizer incentive program to support low-carbon nitrogen fertilizer production in Washington. Committee staff and agency witnesses described the bill as implementing recommendations from a prior work group and said the Department of Agriculture and Ecology could develop the program, though Ecology recommended clarifying lifecycle emissions accounting, defining green fertilizer, and tying incentives to emissions reductions. Supporters, including a labor representative, Atlas Agro, NRDC, and TRIDEC, said the bill could reduce emissions, stabilize fertilizer prices for farmers, create jobs, and help Washington capture federal hydrogen tax credits. The committee also heard testimony on Substitute Senate Bill 6097, which would add federally recognized Indian tribes as eligible participants in the Conservation Futures Program; tribal, county, and land trust witnesses said the change would improve conservation partnerships, reduce transaction complexity, and better support stewardship of open space, farmland, and habitat. Public testimony tallies were read into the record for both bills, with strong support and opposition noted on each. After the hearings, the committee took up executive session on three bills. Senate Bill 5919, encouraging fire districts and insurers to create voluntary incentives for wildfire mitigation and agricultural activities, was moved out of committee with a due pass recommendation on a 10-0 vote with one excused. Senate Bill 5816, adding juice grapes as a covered agricultural product under the Agricultural Marketing and Fair Practices Act, was also reported out with a due pass recommendation on a 10-0 vote with one excused. The committee deferred action on engrossed substitute Senate Bill 5838, which concerns membership on the Board of Natural Resources and includes tribal representation; staff explained a proposed amendment would reduce tribal seats to one and alternate east-west representation by term. The chair announced the next day’s hearing would start at 9 a.m. and reminded members to submit any amendments by 6 p.m. that evening.

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• In federal funding for hospitals since launching 18 months ago, hospitals are required to reinvest this
• Some can be commercial sites and retail and things like that. Some could be rehabs.

Bills: SB101 , SB58 , SB55 , SB101 , SB58 , SB55

Committees: Senate Senate Finance , Senate House Appropriations & Finance

Keywords: SB 101, Health Care Delivery and Access Act, repeal of repeal, sunset repeal, delayed repeal, health care, healthcare, access to care, medical services, provider regulation, state health law, New Mexico, SB58, metropolitan redevelopment, redevelopment property, property tax exemption, payments in lieu of taxes, PILOT, municipal redevelopment, local government