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• And we thank this committee for being in the heart of the community, with the community at heart.
• The HST needs a reliable, constant chain of communication with the disability community so that their
• My name is Carmen Rosado, and I'm the community access ...
• Ours is a very diverse community. Nothing about us without us. Ours is a very diverse community.
• Residents of underserved communities are more severely impacted.

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Summary: The committee opened by explaining hearing procedures and time limits, then heard testimony on House 2499, a bill to create a public awareness campaign on menopause and related midlife health issues. Supporters, including a nurse, the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women, and other advocates, said menopause is widely misunderstood by patients and providers, leading to delayed care, unnecessary suffering, workplace impacts, and inequities in women’s health. Several speakers shared personal experiences with symptoms being dismissed or misdiagnosed and urged the committee to advance the bill. The committee then took testimony on a package of endometriosis bills, including House 2527 and Senate 1564, calling for a task force and broader awareness efforts. Patients, a physician, and advocates described long diagnostic delays, severe pain, infertility, medical gaslighting, and limited access to specialists and effective treatment. They argued for more research, provider education, and a coordinated state strategy, and several asked for favorable reports. The chair also noted the hearing was running behind and extended time to allow more testimony. Later, the committee heard Senate 1579, which would eliminate parental consent and judicial bypass requirements for abortion access for minors under 16. Planned Parenthood representatives, physicians, legal advocates, and students argued the current law creates unnecessary delays and harms vulnerable youth, especially those in unsafe homes or foster care, while supporters said minors can already consent to other reproductive health care. A pro-life witness opposed the bill and emphasized parental involvement and support services. The committee also heard House 2403 and Senate 1560, which would create a Human Service Transportation Consumer Advisory Board; disability advocates and riders described past safety problems and current service gaps, and supported the board as a low-cost way to improve accountability, rider input, and reliability. No votes or final actions were taken in the excerpt.

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• Louis region, in the business community.
• We already see hospitals closing across rural and underserved communities.
• Communities already experiencing disparities will bear the brunt of the decisions.
• Communities already experiencing disparities will bear the brunt of the decisions.
• Urban communities struggling with access and outcomes will see those gaps widen.

Keywords: 959, house, all

Summary: The House first approved the journal for the 54th day by roll call vote, 117-5, after a prayer, pledge, and a long series of introductions of guests and school groups. The chamber then took up a motion from the Clay County member to reconsider perfection and adoption of House Committee Substitute for House Bills 3283 and 3306, which was described as a precautionary step to send the bill back for legislative review because of possible conflict with current case law involving arbitration and court jurisdiction. Members supporting the motion said the bill protects first responders and should be tightened up before returning to the floor. The reconsideration motions and the motion to commit the substitute to the Committee on Legislative Review all passed, each by roughly 98-43 or 99-43 votes. The House then considered House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 982, a sex offender registry bill. The sponsor said it would streamline Missouri’s registry by moving to a clearer tier-based system, standardizing who must register, reducing litigation exposure, and aligning state law more closely with federal SORNA requirements. The bill also included language allowing the Department of Mental Health to contract with the Department of Corrections for housing sexually violent predators, plus other technical provisions. After a small technical amendment correcting a typo, members asked about whether the bill would allow offenders to petition off the registry; the sponsor said it would make removal easier for those who meet the tier requirements. The House adopted the substitute 141-4 and then third-read and passed the bill 141-4. The main floor debate centered on House Joint Resolutions 173 and 174, which would place before voters a constitutional change aimed at eliminating the state income tax over time and potentially broadening sales and use taxes to replace lost revenue. Supporters argued the proposal would shift Missouri from taxing income to taxing consumption, improve economic development, help attract businesses and workers, and give taxpayers more control over how they are taxed. They repeatedly described the measure as revenue-neutral and emphasized guardrails such as requiring any sales-tax expansion to be tied to income-tax reduction, done in the same legislation, and limited to a five-year window. Opponents argued the plan would raise taxes on most Missourians, especially lower- and middle-income families and seniors on fixed incomes, and would shift costs onto everyday goods and services, health care, and local governments. They also warned it could weaken funding for schools, hospitals, and other public services and noted that many witnesses and constituents opposed the measure. No final vote on the joint resolution was shown in the transcript excerpt.

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• We are steadfastly opposed to any bill targeting any marginalized communities and populations in Missouri
• I have numerous people I serve in this community, in Columbia's community, in communities all over America
• I have numerous people I serve in this community, in Columbia's community, in communities all over America
• communities and poverty.
• The bills that are targeting marginalized communities and populations in Missouri do that.

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• Robots and drones are being increasingly deployed in our communities.
• communities and law enforcement.
• We are part of your communities, as are the dangers we face.
• I have worked and volunteered in the Jewish community for 20-plus years.
• Greater Boston is home to the fourth-largest Jewish community in the country.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The committee opened with procedural guidance for a very large hearing, explaining testimony limits, written testimony procedures, and rules for maintaining order. Members then heard testimony on a wide range of bills, including proposals to define antisemitism using the IHRA definition, regulate facial recognition technology, restrict weaponized robotics and drone use, expand protections for journalists’ confidential sources, address access to decedents’ email accounts, and create or adjust rules around municipal enforcement and animal cruelty fines. Several sponsors and advocates asked for favorable reports, and committee members asked clarifying questions on implementation, costs, and how the bills would interact with existing law. On facial recognition, sponsors and advocates described the technology as a threat to privacy, due process, and civil liberties, and urged adoption of the Special Commission’s recommendations, including warrant requirements, notice to defendants, and limits on untargeted surveillance. Support came from legislators, the ACLU, CDT, EFF, and a UMass professor, while committee members asked about current state law and municipal bans. On robotics, Senator Moore and industry witnesses from MassRobotics, Boston Dynamics, and AUVSI supported a bill prohibiting weaponized robots and requiring warrants for certain law enforcement uses, describing it as a public-safety and trust-building measure. On the shield law bill, newspaper publishers, journalists, NEFAC, and the Reporters Committee argued Massachusetts needs statutory protection for confidential sources, citing costly subpoenas and chilling effects on reporting. The committee also heard testimony on a bill to expand the right of publicity to cover image and voice, with SAG-AFTRA members supporting protections against AI-driven exploitation and some discussion about viral content and consent. Another bill would allow limited access to a decedent’s email accounts, with one witness describing a family’s inability to use a deceased relative’s email to notify friends. The committee then took testimony on psilocybin-related bills: supporters described medical and personal benefits and argued for narrow decriminalization or study, while an opponent warned of public-health risks, impaired driving, and youth exposure; the Massachusetts Psychiatric Society supported limited, safety-based decriminalization. Finally, the committee heard strong support for a “safe reporting” bill for sex workers and trafficking survivors, with advocates saying immunity would encourage victims and witnesses to report crimes without fear of arrest, and members raised questions about how the immunity would work in practice.

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• you're relying on two-way communication you're relying on two-way communication like<01:15:50.000
• I've never Communications Commission.
• <04:21:16.080> benefits talks about uh the community benefits talks about uh the community
• <04:26:12.640> benefits sourcing in community benefits sourcing in community benefits provisions
• Uh and information about that community.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• <00:04:10.480> Housing education, and community. Housing education, and community.
• Minnesota's supportive housing community Minnesota's supportive housing community and<00:05:17.120
• keep our communities stable for years. keep our communities stable for years.
• for the things that our community needs. for the things that our community needs.
• and preserved community stability. and preserved community stability.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• in weaker communities.
• . communities. communities.
• board service, and push marginal board service, and push marginal associations<00:24:51.120>
• Minnesota common interest community Minnesota common interest community statutes.<00:25:12.240><
• <00:39:56.480> Association CI, the Community Association CI, the Community Association [snorts

Bills: SF1750, HF704, HF3479

Keywords: common interest community, CIC, homeowners association, HOA, condominium, planned community, cooperative, unit owner, association board, declarant, declarant control, special declarant rights, assessment lien, foreclosure, late fees, fines, attorney fees, resale disclosure, annual report, maintenance plan

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• Maplewood is a strong and diverse community with many assets, but like other communities that we've even
• Maplewood is a strong and diverse community with many assets, but like other communities that we've even
• Maplewood is a strong and diverse community with many assets, but like other communities that we've even
• shortage and support communities shortage and support communities Statewide<00:36:59.599> I'd
• in almost every one of our commun in almost every one of our commun unities<01:24:55.199> the

Bills: HF1746, HF2585, HF1159, HF2574, HF2839, HF157, HF158, HF160, HF338, HF512

Keywords: Oakdale, tax increment financing, local government, funding, urban development, tax increment, St. Paul, redevelopment, housing authority, housing trust fund, low-income housing, property taxation, Minnesota statutes, vacant property, housing, commercial to residential conversion, Minneapolis, urban redevelopment, public parks, tax capacity

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• in their community.
• Instead, just another tool in the so-called toolbox for communities to be able to address their communities
• to community, and the agreements that are made in those communities.
• He is giving back to our community. They both did.
• However, they paid their dues and have given back to the community. community.

Bills: HB3772, HB1656, HB4504, HB1896, HB4420, HB4421, HB4076, HB3708, HB2806, HB3540, HB1586, HB5459, HB4553, HB4535, HB3811, HB3749, HB4255, HB4051, HB5098, HB3554, HB4539, HB5274

Keywords: e-cigarettes, health and safety, regulations, directory, penalties, regulation, certification, compliance, manufacturers, FDA, nicotine, mental health, emergency detention, paramedic authority, mental illness, healthcare facility, public health, covenants not to compete, health care practitioners, physicians

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• Higher mortality rates, communities.
• In 2017, healthcare in our community.
• . with many other communities.
• communities in Minnesota. This communities in Minnesota.
• relationship with our community members. relationship with our community members.

Bills: HF2779, HF1645, HF1885, HF1289, HF1534, HF2707, HF1675, HF3046

Keywords: health care transparency, ownership disclosure, control reporting, health care consolidation, private equity, management services organization, MSO, provider organization, health insurer, pharmacy benefit manager, hospital system, affiliate reporting, financial disclosure, public reporting, market concentration, horizontal consolidation, vertical consolidation, health care ownership, corporate practice, health care regulation

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• barriers standing between our community barriers standing between our community members<00:29:21.440
• <00:35:43.119> across and retailers in every Community across and retailers in every Community
• <01:13:51.080> increasingly functioning our community increasingly functioning our community
• Thank you very much. service to our community we have over service to our community we have over 300<
• <01:59:41.920> across communities across communities across Minnesota<01:59:44.320> thank

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• c> countries<00:20:36.720> like communities afloat in countries like communities afloat in
• Community bank approval of what?
• > communities serve those small communities serve those small communities better.<05:14:30.320>
• communities. This is the way they do it. communities. This is the way they do it.
• community care is far from reality. community care is far from reality.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, May 20, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• , for IQ or intellect, communication, for IQ or intellect, communication, processing,<00:04:11.040
• communities and populations. communities and populations.
• <00:48:07.119> pharmacy locations, 20 community pharmacy locations, 20 community pharmacy
• human services can communicate with us. human services can communicate with us.
• negative operating margin last year. negative operating margin last year.

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• Uh, House Bill 51 dealing with assaults that they've asked to carry over and communic harassing communication
• Uh, House Bill 51 dealing with assaults that they've asked to carry over and communic harassing communication
• Uh, House Bill 51 dealing with assaults that they've asked to carry over and communic harassing communication
• <00:35:38.560> more will help make our communities more will help make our communities more
• I know in my community, I don't represent the community of Mayberry.

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• <00:56:17.280> with operate on razor thin margins with operate on razor thin margins with
• They want to do business with a community, be upfront with the community, be transparent about who they
• They want to do business with a community, be upfront with the community, be transparent about who they
• They want to do business with a community, be upfront with the community, be transparent about who they
• They want to do business with a community, be upfront with the community, be transparent about who they

Bills: HF1277, HF1006

Keywords: data centers, tax exemption, Minnesota statutes, economic development, employment growth, property tax, abatement, land bank, redevelopment, political subdivision, 1183, house

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• protection for residential communities protection for residential communities where<00:26:57.520
• And by the way, for those communities.
• <00:48:02.079> um help those within our community um help those within our community um achieve
• from communities around the state. from communities around the state.
• community solar garden partnerships. community solar garden partnerships.

Bills: HF2928, HF2912, HF2297

Keywords: water appropriation, data centers, environmental review, energy conservation, permit application, carbon-free energy, geothermal energy, renewable energy, Macalester College, appropriation, sustainability, solar energy, pollinator programs, license plates, agrivoltaics, environmental sustainability, 1183, house

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• Certain communities have been overlooked.
• Not one taxpayer, not one community, all of us.
• Not one taxpayer, not one community, all of us.
• , but all communities throughout the Commonwealth.
• These are costs that no single community can absorb on its own.

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Summary: The House opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and welcomed several student and community guests, including ambassadors from Robinson Middle School in Lowell, visitors honoring the Gaudet family and Patricia Rappucci, Scottish visitors celebrating Scotland’s World Cup appearance, Top-Notch Scholars students from Lawrence, and the King Philip Regional High School baseball team after its first state championship. The chamber also adopted several routine resolutions and orders, including extending the reporting deadline for the Health Care Financing Committee and suspending Joint Rule 12 for a condominium-related petition. The House then rejected concurrence with the Senate on the Massachusetts Data Privacy Act and instead voted to appoint a committee of conference. The major policy action was on Senate Bill 3064, the Mass Ready Act, a large climate resilience and environmental bond bill. Members speaking in support emphasized flood protection, clean water, PFAS remediation, municipal vulnerability preparedness, coastal resilience, parks, trails, housing, and agricultural and food-system investments. The bill was described as authorizing roughly $3.8 billion in general obligation bonds, with discussion of specific funding for the Clean Water Trust, PFAS remediation, coastal infrastructure, biodiversity, healthy homes, and farmland preservation. A consolidated amendment was adopted, and after debate the House passed the bill to be engrossed by a roll call vote. The House also took up the conference report on H. 5511, the early literacy and teacher preparation bill. Supporters said the measure would require evidence-based reading instruction, move away from three-cueing approaches, support educator training and apprenticeships, and improve student literacy outcomes statewide. The conference report was accepted on a roll call vote of 152-0. Later, the House considered amendments to the Mass Ready Act, including one proposal to increase PFAS remediation funding that was ultimately withdrawn, and adopted another consolidated amendment before passing the bill to be engrossed by a roll call vote of 151-0. The House then adopted an order to meet the next day at 11 a.m. and adjourned to an informal session.

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• of the Minnesota Consortium of community of the Minnesota Consortium of community developers<00:
• <00:36:59.480> and on on common interest communities and on on common interest communities
• <00:42:34.559> and<00:42:34.680> homeowners communities and homeowners communities and
• <01:07:01.079> and group on common interest communities and group on common interest communities
• because they wanted to make a difference in their community and serve.

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• And whereas today, on May 12, 2026, child care providers, teachers, families, and community members across
• many accomplishments as a sports agent, author, scholarship initiator, and active citizen of his community
• many accomplishments as a sports agent, author, scholarship initiator, and active citizen of his community
• It benefits the MCOs as much as it does the state and their profit margins.
• When you look at this money, each MCO will tell you they're working on probably a 1% profit margin.

Bills: HR265, HR266, HR267, HR268, HR269, HR270, HR271, HR272, HR273, HCR107, HCR108, HCR109, HCR110, HCR111, HR257, HR258, HR259, HR260, HR261, HR262, HR263, HCR105, HCR106, SCR30, SB57, SB157, SB202, SB237, SB276, SB450, SB465, SB501, SB525, HR3, HR80, HR197, HR243, SCR5, SCR35, HB4, HB623, HB944, HB986, HB1098, HB1222, SB34, SB164, SB172, SB198, SB208, SB232, SB281, SB286, SB317, SB322, SB334, SB380, SB385, SB409, SB417, SB421, SB430, SB439, SB447, SB458, SB510, SB398, HB646, HR84, HR188, HR205, SCR19, SCR3, SCR6, SCR18, SCR11, SCR22, SCR2, SCR20, SCR24, HCR6, HB301, HB359, HB657, HB675, HB680, HB727, HB302, HB819, HB1257, HB1258, SB8, SB10, SB11, SB12, SB13, SB14, SB16, SB17, SB18, SB20, SB21, SB22, SB40, SB48, SB55, SB69, SB75, SB77, SB78, SB85, SB102, SB115, SB133, SB140, SB148, SB151, SB165, SB169, SB170, SB185, SB197, SB200, SB217, SB235, SB278, SB280, SB291, SB300, SB303, SB315, SB324, SB330, SB411, SB416, SB420, SB436, SB438, SB449, SB455, SB456, SB477, SB489, SB521, SB45, SB58, SB71, SB81, SB92, SB100, SB109, SB141, SB156, SB181, SB203, SB204, SB205, SB207, SB213, SB214, SB216, SB229, SB257, SB274, SB290, SB304, SB374, SB379, SB396, SB410, SB425, SB427, SB429, SB479, SB522, HCR72, HB633, HB603, HB940, HB251, HB775, HB998, HB1191, HB625, HB1255, HB901, HR20, HR74, HCR65, HCR71, HB284, HB306, HB341, HB366, HB393, HB458, HB577, HB582, HB605, HB614, HB733, HB752, HB773, HB798, HB911, HB955, HB996, HB1035, HB1069, HB1113, HB1140, HB1180, HB1240, SB82, SB89, HB258, HB842, SB149, SB382, SB441

Keywords: Pineville High School, Lady Rebels, softball, LHSAA, Louisiana High School Athletic Association, Class 5A, state championship, high school sports, student athletes, commendation, resolution, athletics, girls softball, championship team, Pineville, school recognition, sportsmanship, coach Allison Frye, Louisiana legislature, House Resolution

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• for the most vulnerable in our community.
• SB 247 is an upstream investment in community safety.
• In community safety.
• So this idea of targeted community benefits and hiring and equitable metrics is Targeted community benefits
• We want your community to benefit just as I want South Central to benefit.

Keywords: 988, house, all