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• And so this is, as you're reading it, only applies to appropriated water or appropriatable water, if
• <00:04:19.519> is<00:04:20.160> as<00:04:20.359> you're<00:04:20.560> reading
• <00:04:20.799> it<00:04:21.160> only so this is as you're reading it only so this is
• I'm looking at what I'm calling number two, and I'm reading delete previous 10 years, and then insert
• There've been contested case interventions and proceedings there.

Bills: HB0116, HB0056

Keywords: water rights, beneficial use, industrial production, hydrogen, applications, public welfare, carbon capture, energy standards, public utilities, environmental regulation, state law, 916, all

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• Because as I read the bill, it won't be out in the store, right?
• Okay, you read the box and the box will explain all of those examples.
• I am an interventional radiologist. Just a physician.
• As I mentioned, I am an interventional radiologist.
• It's almost funny reading the side effects. I've used it fairly often.

Bills: HB 265, HB25

Keywords: youth camp, safety regulations, advisory committee, child welfare, health standards, summer camp, camp safety, child abuse reporting, child neglect, mandatory reporting, background check, criminal history check, sex offender registry, CPR training, first aid, public health, child protection, camp operator, camp counselor, Health and Safety Code

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• You need to read the—yeah. Chair: Thank you, members. Thank you for your patience.
• <01:22:00.800> are<01:22:01.000> being medical interventions are being medical interventions
• held them while they passed, and to take that away from them, to force resuscitation, to force intervention
• held them while they passed, and to take that away from them, to force resuscitation, to force intervention
• to force it based on this intervention to force it based on this law<01:24:50.239> which<01:24

Keywords: 1183, house

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• COMPLEX MEDICAL NEEDS, AND DENYING TIMELY ACCESS LEADS TO WORSE HEALTH CONDITIONS AND MORE COSTLY INTERVENTIONS
• BUT AS I READ IT IS EVEN STRONGER THAN THAT. IT SAYS YOU MUST TREAT A PATIENT WHO IS UNVACCINATED.
• THIS CONDUCTS INNOVATIVE RESEARCH AND IMPROVES PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION STRATEGIES.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• I keep reading this line that you've said and it requires them to allow.
• interventions based on regular screenings.
• interventions based on regular screenings.
• They could ask to read individual children’s IEPs or LEP plans.
• They should seek information, but when I'm reading through the bill, it's very ambiguous.

Summary: The committee first heard SJR 1104, a proposed constitutional amendment on voluntary religious expression in public schools. Senator Massullo said the measure would protect students and school personnel from discrimination for lawful religious expression, while not requiring prayer or religious activity. Questions focused on whether the proposal would change existing law, whether it could be used to protect coercive conduct by school officials, and whether the staff summary accurately reflected the bill. Public testimony included support from religious-freedom advocates and opposition from American Atheists and some senators who said the measure could make minority-faith students uncomfortable. The committee voted to report SJR 1104 favorably. The committee then took up SB 1738 on educational facilities, which directs state education offices to review facility requirements and recommend design and construction practices to improve safety and accountability. Senator Yarborough offered and the committee adopted an amendment removing crime-prevention-through-environmental-design language and adjusting the bill to preserve safe spaces during emergencies. The bill was reported favorably after brief discussion about balancing transparency, access control, and emergency safety. The committee also adopted a delete-all amendment to SB 824 on charter schools, replacing it with a transparency measure requiring districts to submit annual reports on unimproved land holdings to the Department of Education, which would publish a statewide report; the amended bill was then reported favorably. The committee next approved confirmation recommendations for appointees on tabs 7 and 8, then took up SPB 7036, a committee bill sponsored by Chair Simon. The package included school turnaround and early literacy changes, updates to school safety and health policies, early learning revisions, instructional changes, and educator pipeline provisions. The most contentious part was a proposal to let the state develop instructional materials; several senators questioned costs, guardrails, and whether the state should enter the textbook business. Simon said that portion was still being considered and that the bill would need safeguards if it moved forward. The committee adopted a motion to submit the bill as a committee bill and reported it favorably. Finally, the committee heard SB 1620 on public education, described by Senator Leak as a “school board members’ bill of rights.” The bill would give individual board members direct access to district documents and staff, limit district attorneys’ ability to represent both the board and administration, strengthen nepotism rules, and prohibit nondisclosure agreements for employees. Testimony from Volusia County board members, educators, and advocates was sharply divided: supporters argued the bill would improve transparency and protect minority board members, while opponents warned it could undermine superintendent authority, expose confidential student or personnel information, and create confusion in district operations. After debate, the committee voted to report SB 1620 favorably. The committee then heard SB 1170 on cameras in self-contained special education classrooms, with an amendment changing the proposal from a statewide mandate to a district policy allowing parents of students with disabilities to request cameras. Testimony was overwhelmingly supportive, centered on protecting non-speaking and vulnerable students and documenting abuse; one witness opposed the bill as an unfunded mandate. The committee was still in debate on the bill when the transcript ended.

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• If the clerk would please read, clerk will read Mariane Nellie Castaneda began her state service as an
• with the critical details needed to assist in facilitating a rapid and potentially life saving intervention
• The clerk will read the whereas Jalen Lundry of Hayworth, Oklahoma, has been named national champion

Bills: HB4440, HJR1067, HJR1087, HB4426, HB3704, HB4311, HB3044, HB4191, HB3465, HB3972, HB3759, HB3625, HB1411, HB2980, HB3015, HB3147, HB3277, HB3323, HB3443, HB3882, HB3406, HB2975, HB3977, HB3263, HB2988, HB3404, HB1770

Keywords: Medicaid, low-income adults, healthcare, eligibility restrictions, constitutional amendment, Medicaid expansion, SoonerCare, health coverage, federal matching funds, FMAP, Article XXV-A, state question, special election, Title 63, public assistance, healthcare funding, federal-state match, Medicaid eligibility, Oklahoma Constitution, ad valorem

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• I didn't read Crime and Punishment by Tulsi. Was too long. It was like 1,800 pages.
• I didn't read Crime and not send a muse.
• I didn't read Crime and Punishment<00:06:55.199> by<00:06:55.360> Tulsi.
• <00:07:06.479> But but I didn't read that whole book.
• But but I didn't read that whole book.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• This is the one that's, I believe, commonly known as Reading Corps, and it's moving that program back
• This is the one that's, I believe, commonly known as Reading Corps, and it's moving that program back
• Thank you. of surgical intervention. Students of surgical intervention.
• Family supportive housing is the essential multigenerational intervention that stabilizes a family through
• essential multigenerational intervention essential multigenerational intervention that that that

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• It's designed to provide interventions to assist students to avoid them needing more intensive services
• It's designed to provide interventions to assist students to avoid them needing more intensive services
• It's designed to provide interventions to assist students to avoid them needing more intensive services
• Read the Chamber of Commerce benchmark report. I think it lays it out pretty well.
• Read the Chamber of Commerce benchmark report. I think it lays it out pretty well.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Following resolution, the clerk will read the resolution.
• Following resolution, the clerk will read the resolution.
• Following resolution, the clerk will read the resolution.
• Following resolution, the clerk will read the resolution.
• The following resolution, the clerk will read the resolution.

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• were heartbreaking to read.
• were heartbreaking to read.
• were heartbreaking to read.
• were heartbreaking to read.
• without police intervention. without police intervention.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• a third reading be read a third time by this resolution.
• Third reading motion is quiet. We have an announcement. >> We have an announcement. Unanimous.
• 06:19:52.558> time<06:19:52.718> by<06:19:52.878> this reading be read a third time
• by this reading be read a third time by this resolution.<06:19:54.000> And<06:19:54.080> that
• Third reading motion >> The eyes have it.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• The chair has read the journal of the preceding day and approves the same.
• <00:31:42.840> skills focused on fundamental reading skills focused on fundamental reading
• in the House for first reading and referral to committee.
• reading and referral to for first reading and referral to committee. committee. committee.
• that said House bills pass first reading that said House bills pass first reading by<00:35:42.680

Bills: HB1576, HB2490, HB1546, HB1588

Keywords: HB1576, Hawaii film industry, DBEDT, BLNR, Department of Business Economic Development and Tourism, Board of Land and Natural Resources, film permits, motion picture production, television production, commercial filming, digital media tax credit, film production tax credit, public notice, transparency, state lands, film studio, land set-aside, revocable permit, memorandum of agreement, memorandum of understanding

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• So, I will read through the bill again.
• I'm sorry, Madam Chair, I was just reading. I read the last page of the bill.
• And reading further. As a controlled substance analog.
• And intervention services in New Mexico.
• And I will read this happily.

Bills: HB195, HB279, SB30, HB234, HB292, SB100, SB23, SB221, SB261, SB264

Keywords: medical malpractice, judgments, independent providers, insurance, personal assets, settlements, healthcare, healthcare privacy, electronic medical records, reproductive health, gender-affirming care, data protection, location tracking, confidentiality, SB30, induced abortion, abortion reporting, vital statistics, public health reporting, medical records

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• The Clerk will read the proclamation. To all to whom these presents...
• The following bills are on first reading and referral to committee. The clerk will read the bills.
• infrastructures and public school indicators and achievement, public school performance ratings, interventions
• The clerk will read the announcement.

Keywords: 997, house, all

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• magistrate in certain criminal proceedings, the regulation of charitable bail organizations. pre-trial intervention
• heard the motion is there chair here's none the rules are spending following resolution the clerk will read
• Following resolution, the clerk will read the resolution.
• there objection the chair here's none the rules are suspended following resolution the clerk will read
• The clerk will read the resolution.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• When you read the fine print, it becomes clear this isn't a bill about saving lives; it's a bill about
• I studied this at NIDA, at the National Institute on Drug Abuse, which I encourage people to read more
• but it was so far deep into that day's schedule that it was scheduled for the last day for second reading
• but the last day before you could hear any. bills whatsoever with one of the last days for third reading
• In reading the governor's veto statement, if we choose not to override that veto, it doesn't make the

Bills: SB31, SB33, SB510, SB871, SB1868, SB2024, SB2166, SB2309, SB2880, SJR27, SJR39, SJR40, SB 31, SB 33

Keywords: SB 31, Life of the Mother Act, Texas abortion law, medical emergency, reasonable medical judgment, pregnancy complications, maternal health, life-threatening condition, ectopic pregnancy, spontaneous abortion, miscarriage, unborn child, abortion exception, abortion ban, physician liability, health care liability claim, aiding and abetting, Texas Medical Board, State Bar of Texas, continuing medical education

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• offer this in real time to get ahead of these issues so that we can respond with public health interventions
• This is a relatively new intervention in the United States.
• This is a relatively new intervention in the United States.
• harm reduction in general, but all the more reason for us to make sure that this is a diffuse intervention
• I was reading through the packet.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Special Commission on xylazine held its first meeting, with House Chair Mindy Domb and Senate Co-Chair John Keenan outlining the commission’s charge and a proposed work plan. The commission is tasked with studying the public health and safety impacts of xylazine in the illicit drug supply, including whether it should be scheduled as a controlled substance, how to regulate its production and distribution, and how to improve outreach and treatment for people exposed to it. Members were told the report deadline had been extended to March 30, 2026, and staff proposed a series of public hearings and working groups leading to a final report. The meeting also included attendance, packet materials, and procedural planning. The first major testimony came from BSAS Director Deirdre Calvert, who described xylazine’s appearance in Massachusetts drug supply data, the state’s public health alerts, and DPH’s partnership with Brandeis, CDC, and harm reduction organizations. She emphasized four priorities: reducing stigma and discrimination in health care, expanding self-directed wound care support and coverage for supplies, expanding access to drug checking and test strips, and supporting low-barrier services such as mobile vans and drop-in centers. Commission members asked about first responder awareness, medical education, and whether harm reduction services might face federal restrictions; Calvert said misinformation remains a problem and noted ongoing training efforts, including collaboration with public safety agencies. Several other speakers reinforced the need for low-barrier care and drug checking. Dr. Raghini Jala, an infectious disease and addiction medicine physician, said xylazine has become a common component of the unregulated opioid supply and urged support for rapid-response education teams, community-based drug checking, and better hospital and detox protocols for xylazine withdrawal and wounds. Recovery coach Alan Young testified from lived experience, describing severe wounds, fear of inadequate withdrawal treatment in emergency settings, and the value of mobile care vans that can provide methadone, buprenorphine, and wound care in the community. Dr. Sarah Wakeman echoed the need for naloxone, rescue breathing, low-threshold treatment, and non-stigmatizing health care settings, while Sarah Macon of the Boston Public Health Commission described Boston’s harm reduction and drug checking work, including on-site testing, wound care, and a decline in opioid mortality. Tracy Green of the Massachusetts Drug Supply Data Stream explained that xylazine has declined in recent samples while metatomidine is rising, said drug checking is increasingly used but still not enough, and argued for more funding, staffing, and statewide access to real-time drug checking and harm reduction services.

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• And my question, I'm reading through your whereases, that since 2010, we have risen from 900,000 or so
• And then just to go over what currently Food is Medicine is targeting, we have clinical interventions
• > clinical medicine is targeting, we have clinical medicine is targeting, we have clinical interventions
• > health<00:26:43.840> care,<00:26:44.159> food<00:26:44.480> service interventions
• , health care, food service interventions, health care, food service integration,<00:26:46.080> community

Keywords: 00:00 - Call to Order/Roll Call 01:38 - Discussion of 26RS SCR 9 22:00 - Roll Call Vote on 26RS SCR 9 23:15 - Discussion of 26RS SJR 23 33:20 - Roll Call Vote on 26RS SJR 23 35:18 - Adjournment, 958, all

Summary: The House Standing Committee on Health Services met with a quorum and first heard Senate Concurrent Resolution 9 from Sen. Steve Meredith. He argued that Kentucky’s Medicaid system is too costly and bureaucratic, saying spending has grown dramatically and that managed care organizations do not align with improving health outcomes. His proposal would create a feasibility study for a five-year pilot of an “accountable community healthcare organization” in three area development districts, with a locally owned, nonprofit, provider-driven model intended to reduce costs, address social determinants of health, and keep savings in the community. Members asked about how the model would differ from MCOs, administrative costs, eligibility changes, and implementation costs; Meredith said the model would eliminate preauthorization barriers, rely on provider and community risk-sharing, and could be funded initially through existing grant opportunities. The committee then voted unanimously to report SCR 9 favorably. The committee next took up Senate Joint Resolution 23, the “Food is Medicine” resolution, introduced by Sen. Shelley Funke Frommeyer and Dana Feldman of the Kentucky Department of Agriculture. They described the resolution as part of a broader wellness and rural prosperity effort, emphasizing that nutrition should be treated as part of health care and that Kentucky agriculture can support better health outcomes through local, healthy food. They said the effort grew out of task force work and regional listening sessions and is intended to build a foundation for continued collaboration between hospitals, agriculture, and state agencies. Members expressed support for the concept and the partnership approach, and the discussion highlighted using evaluation and shared learning to expand the initiative.

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• I read these to our oldest son, and he goes, 'Mom, stop reading my grade card to me,' because these were
• It happens to me often when I read these bills late at night.
• It happens to me often when I read these bills late at night.
• Chair, so I'm going to read it if that's okay.
• I'll keep things brief, so I won't read a speech or anything.

Keywords: 959, house, all