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• <00:04:21.440> prevent plays by the same rules helping prevent plays by the same rules helping
• This accounted for 2,13 calls and was for help in retrieving their security deposit.
• However, having a more well-documented and defined process will be helpful in that regard.
• However, having a more well-documented and defined process will be helpful in that regard.
• this is that um you know it's helpful this is that um you know it's helpful especially<00:58:25.720

Keywords: 1183, house

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• In addition, moving the program to the center will help with the timing and ability to support.
• We heard that again in our committee hearings, that this would help greatly.
• The pilot program helps restore competency and provide more comprehensive treatment.
• General in the midst of this, where the sleeves rolled up, will be very helpful as well.
• So do you believe that this bill will help?

Summary: The Appropriations Committee heard presentations on the Senate’s proposed 2025-2026 budget, SPB 25-200, totaling $117.4 billion. Chair Hooper and committee chairs highlighted major spending priorities including a 4% raise for state employees, continued health insurance contributions, investments in water quality, transportation, education infrastructure, and workforce development, along with reductions tied to long-vacant positions. Education funding was a major focus, with increases for K-12 public schools and scholarships, higher education workforce programs, nursing initiatives, tutoring, and university performance funding. Health and human services, criminal and civil justice, transportation/economic development, and agriculture/environment budgets were also outlined, including Medicaid, mental health, corrections staffing, affordable housing, beach restoration, citrus recovery, and water projects. Members then questioned several budget choices, especially K-12 funding. Senators Polsky and Smith raised concerns that the Senate’s AP and dual enrollment funding changes could disadvantage public schools, while Burgess argued the budget preserves the money in the FEFP and gives districts more flexibility rather than reducing support. Questions also addressed voucher availability, school stabilization funding, and the My Safe Florida Home program. The committee adopted 171 consent amendments and three late-file amendments, then approved SPB 2500 as a committee bill. It also favorably reported implementing and conforming bills for state employees, retirement, natural resources, judgeships, K-12 education, higher education, and health and human services, along with SB 7022 on Florida Retirement System contribution rates and elected-officer DROP options, CS/SB 1320 on the Resilient Florida Trust Fund, SB 7014 ending the Mediation and Arbitration Trust Fund, SB 7028 on cancer research, CS/CS/SB 170 on nursing home quality and oversight, CS/SB 168 on mental health diversion and behavioral health data, SB 114 creating an insurance and risk management research center at FSU, and SB 180 on emergency preparedness and post-storm recovery. Most bills were reported favorably with little or no opposition, though SB 180 drew discussion about local-government authority after storms and the need to balance recovery speed with local safety and planning concerns.

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• Algorithms basically help us score those charts.
• We get grants and contracts to help the USDA do monitoring or to help Peru set up a mesonet or the state
• So we thought it might be helpful to have Dr.
• We'd much rather work alongside you and help you become compliant.
• Just help me understand the thought process or why that's created.

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• Massachusetts where they have a big tech. tech industry and probably a lot of available people to help
• Importantly helping the insured students and their families are represented in key decisions affecting
• During the pandemic, the flexibility helped provide greater continuity to students.
• AB 833 helps realize that vision.
• , we are helping the entire community.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• And so that has been a very helpful development.
• And so that has been a very helpful development.
• So they can still serve as a chaplain, help with search and rescue, help with parking, help take care
• of animals, help with community crime prevention, etc.
• That's really super helpful.

Summary: The committee held a work session in Mill Creek focused first on the eviction process. Judge Michael Scott of King County Superior Court described historic highs in unlawful detainer filings across Washington, especially in urban counties, and said King County has reduced its backlog and average time to resolution to about 60 days by adding two dedicated eviction judges and using more judges when needed. He also described how King County and other counties are implementing the right to counsel for indigent tenants, and noted that additional housing commissioners may help. Office of Civil Legal Aid representatives Philippe Knapp and Jane Paxe said the statewide appointed counsel program has represented more than 30,000 tenants, referred clients to social services, and helped many remain housed, but they warned of a funding shortfall that could eliminate about 17 attorneys and leave roughly 2,000 tenants without representation. A landlord-side panel argued that eviction timelines remain too long and fragmented, creating unpaid rent, safety issues, and uncertainty for both landlords and tenants; they urged more uniform procedures, streamlined rental assistance, and procedural changes to reduce refiling and delays. The second work session addressed theft and vandalism of critical infrastructure, especially copper and telecom cable theft. Committee staff reviewed existing criminal and regulatory laws covering malicious mischief, theft, scrap metal businesses, and metal property deception. Comcast, Mason Public Utility District, and the Recycled Materials Association testified that theft of aerial cable and copper has become a crisis affecting power, internet, 911 service, schools, hospitals, and line-worker safety. Utility representatives described outages, hazards, and rising costs, and asked for stronger audits of scrapyards, tougher penalties for theft affecting critical infrastructure, and tighter rules on payment and identification. Recyclers said they oppose the thefts and already operate under heavy regulation, but acknowledged enforcement gaps and the need for better coordination; committee members discussed possible bill concepts and asked for written recommendations. The final work session covered standards for law enforcement personnel. Criminal Justice Training Commission Executive Director Monica Alexander and Assistant Director Kimberly Bliss explained current certification and decertification rules, including background checks, training requirements, mandatory and discretionary grounds for decertification, and the hearing process. They said elected sheriffs are not currently required to undergo the same pre-election background check as other applicants, though they can still be decertified if already certified, and they reported a backlog of more than 1,000 cases with about 70 to 80 new cases coming in each month. Retired Judge Ann Levinson then outlined ways the legislature could strengthen and align standards for chiefs, sheriffs, and marshals, including requiring certification within a set time, setting a minimum age, requiring recent state background checks, and making loss of certification a vacancy in office. Committee members asked questions about accountability for elected sheriffs, background-check administration, and decertification outcomes.

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• I've never heard of a school helping anybody transition.
• These approaches help provide funding in a sustainable manner while achieving mutual goals.
• No, I would be hollering for help, real quick.
• And we'll help these people, and we'll try to help you do that.
• Paul Bettencourt could help us out with that. What is it?

Bills: SB27, SB1494, SB2121, SB2373, SB2431, SB1, SB8, SB12, SB13, SB15, SB30, SB37, SB260, SB268, SB331, SB379, SB441, SB447, SB457, SB568, SB650, SB763, SB1405, SB1506, SB1540, SB1566, SB1610, SB1637, SB1660, SB2018, SB2024, SB2217, SB2308, SB2337, SB2601, SB2753, SB2878, SB2900, SB2972, SB3059, HB4, HB40, HB46, HB119, HB145, HB300, HB493, HB705, HB1545, HB2011, HB2017, HB2067, HB2516, HB2885, HB2963, HB2974, HB3071, HB3372, HB3556, HB3595, HB3642, HB3909, HB5138, HB5246, SJR36, SJR50, SJR63, SCR12, SCR39, SB2023, SB62, SB666, SB847, SB284, SB854, SB810, SB1505, SB583, SB507, SB1434, SB1772, SB2016, SB1122, SB731, SB397, SB508, SB1436, SB287, SB1882, SB393, SB1791, SB209, SB2429, SB1085, SB1975, SB2717, SB1262, SB636, SB2056, SB884, SB1200, SB1845, SB2458, SB801, SB3014, SB3013, SB758, SB2797, SB2076, SB2876, SB1640, SB1449, SB1181, SB1234, SB2926, SB2841, SB1528, SB1854, SB317, SB1250, SB2082, SB1237, SB2819, SB629, SB2608, SB1602, SB2009, SB867, SB640, SB1698, SB2680, SB913, SB1071, SB1086, SB1087, SB1483, SB1444, SB1553, SB1556, SB1703, SB2133, SB2297, SB2298, SB2622, SB2955, SB2334, SB1367, SB2044, SB2363, SB2565, SB1888, SB3036, SB3057, SB3043, SB3063, SB3035, SB203, SB2688, SB2522, SB2459, SB2655, SB2251, SB1884, SB2928, SB2566, SB2549, SB2553, SB2919, SB1944, SB1232, SB1798, SB2603, SB2607, SB2683, SB1319, SB3045, SB3071, HB796, HB1523, HB5294, HB748, HB3395, HB180, HB3171, HB146, HB5596, HB5694, HB1135, HB3225, HB186, HB1449, HB3793, HB112, HB104, HB3336, HB3520, HB3320, HB5663, HB2399, HB111, HB3483, HB4580, HB3748, HB632, HB4730, HB5690, HB5689, HB3385, HB4359, HB5381, HB123, HB5606, HB1057, HB3664, HCR141, HCR40, HCR59, SR634, SR687, SR703, SR709, SR715, SB1494, SB2121, SB2373, SB2431, HB46, SB1, SB8, SB12, SB13, SB15, SB37, SB260, SB331, SB379, SB441, SB447, SB457, SB568, SB763, SB1405, SB1540, SB1566, SB2018, SB2308, SB2337, SB2878, SB3059, HB705, HB2017, HB2067, HB3071, HB3372, HB3556, HB3595, HB3909, HB5246

Keywords: elections, local governance, political subdivisions, general elections, Texas Election Code, data brokers, personal data, regulation, business entities, consumer protection, financial exploitation, artificial intelligence, phishing, legal liability, criminal offense, civil penalty, foreign language, study abroad, higher education, language credit

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• There are no callers to provide mutual testimony at this time. Thank you very much.
• UNR helps to coordinate this.
• Number one, it should help our small businesses generate some additional revenue.
• Both will be helpful.
• Senator Scheibel, you want to help us out here? Thank you. Thank you.

Bills: AB102, AB108, AB117, AB213, AB220, AB221, AB251, AB259, AB331, AB336, AB375, AB379, AB409, AB475, AB476, AB550, AB575, AB594, SB466

Keywords: emergency medical services, ambulance, licensing, health district, paramedic, training requirements, outdoor education, recreation, grant program, environment, funding, special license plates, vehicle registration, custom plates, state revenue, transportation, public works, prevailing wage, custom fabrication, nonstandard materials

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• This revenue helps stabilize budgets during economic... recurring general fund.
• This revenue helps stabilize budgets during economic downturns.
• New Mexico oil and gas helps supply domestic energy... grid reliability.
• Speaker, please join me in showing gratitude to the doctors that help and help me welcome them to the
• self-determine what we're talking about, that we're helping them in.

Bills: HM3, HM11, HM14, HM15, HM18, HM21, HB10, HB11, HB12, HB13, HB14, HB31, HB50

Keywords: nurses, health care workers, healthcare workers, frontline workers, hospital staff, clinicians, allied health professionals, support staff, public health, workforce shortage, nursing shortage, safe staffing, patient safety, rural health care, frontier communities, behavioral health, mental health, substance use disorder, substance abuse, health care memorial

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• You can help us move things along a little bit.
• Hill and, and, uh, uh, her experts and her witnesses to help present that bill because she was one of
• Anything else that Theresa might have, I think would help you further, Senator. Thank you.
• School officials helped report. Law enforcement responded to the school.
• Um, I think allowing unstructured time is, is helpful as well too.

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• Can anybody help with that? Oh, sorry. I didn't see you there. I thought you were a gallon.
• Chairman, is this funding would help with that automated system in that regard?
• We can sort of validate... ...and so we stand ready to help all of you think through it.
• You stand ready to help us? Gosh, I'd love to see this. You have modeling?
• You stand ready to help us? Gosh, I'd love to see that modeling. How do I get it?

Bills: SB1046, SB1317, SB1376, SB1416, SB1448, SB1471, SB1493, SB1498, SB1502, SB1504, SB1538, SB1544, SB1550, SB1579, SB1581, SB1584, SB1624, SB1673

Keywords: telecommunications, broadband, internet infrastructure, critical infrastructure, cybersecurity, national security, foreign adversary, China, Chinese equipment, supply chain security, network equipment, microchips, Arizona Corporation Commission, telecommunications provider, communications infrastructure, Huawei, ZTE, state-owned enterprise, sanctions, infrastructure security

Summary: The committee first approved its February 4 minutes and announced several bills would be held, including SB 1317, SB 1416, SB 1419, SB 1490, and SB 1493. It then heard SB 1579, which would appropriate about $4.7 million from the state general fund to expand a law enforcement data-sharing pilot through the Department of Administration, with funds for DPS, county sheriffs, university police, and city/town police departments. Testimony from the sponsor, Flagstaff’s mayor, Eloy’s police chief, and Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office staff emphasized faster records access, better coordination, and officer safety; an amendment added $125,900 for the Scottsdale Police Department after it had been omitted. The committee adopted the amendment and gave SB 1579 a do pass recommendation by a 6-0 vote with one not voting. The committee next considered SB 1581, which appropriates about $1.4 million from the Peace Officer Training Equipment Fund for pepperball equipment and about $1.316 million for public safety training simulators, with an amendment increasing the Nogales Police Department’s pepperball allocation and expanding simulator funding so Yavapai County could buy two simulators with a three-year warranty. Supporters from Navajo County, Phoenix, Glendale, Flagstaff, and Cochise County described pepperball as a de-escalation tool and simulators as important for crisis-response and use-of-force training. The committee adopted the amendment and passed SB 1581 as amended on a 7-0 vote. SB 1673 was heard next and would appropriate $8.2 million from the general fund to the Law Enforcement Crime Victim Notification Fund, exempting the appropriation from lapsing. The sponsor and law enforcement witnesses said the automated notification system has improved victim communication, reduced workload, and sent millions of updates; committee members asked about funding sources and why a bill is needed for a constitutionally mandated program. The committee approved SB 1673 without amendment on a 7-0 vote. The committee also heard SB 1544, which would make adult probation records public on request, while requiring redaction or withholding of sensitive information such as victim data, minors’ information, medical or counseling records, active investigations, and confidential informants, and creating a process for written denials and court appeals. The sponsor said the bill is intended to increase transparency and data access, while witnesses raised concerns about risk-assessment language and confidential information; the sponsor said amendments would be brought later to clarify those provisions. The committee passed SB 1544 on a 4-3 vote. Finally, SB 1376, creating a civic leadership development special plate and fund for a youth mentoring nonprofit, passed unanimously, and SB 1550, a three-year Queen Creek pilot program to prevent runaway youth exploitation and improve investigations, also passed after testimony from Queen Creek officials and police; one senator voted no, citing concerns about how runaway youth are treated in other legislation. The committee then began hearing SB 1504, a pension bill modifying retirement dates and COLA timing for Tier 2 and Tier 3 public safety personnel, with supporters arguing it would improve recruitment and retention and opponents warning it would create significant unfunded liabilities, but the transcript cuts off before final action on that bill.

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• My question is, I think one of the FDA-approved products helps people wean off and helps them quit.
• The second question to that: if there's a product that's helping people wean off of nicotine, it helps
• That's helping people wean off of nicotine; it helps them get to completely quit.
• Ethanol helps diversify that system.
• Okay, helpful. Thank you. Okay, thank you, Vice Chair.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• We are a nonprofit project developing policies to help California achieve our climate goals.
• This is the opportunity for finance and policy to mutually reinforce each other.
• And I think the state could have a role in this that could either help or could hurt.
• So can you help me build that?
• That's helpful. Thank you. I have some more questions, but I'm going to let other members jump in.

Summary: The committee first heard AB 13, which would restructure the CPUC to increase legislative oversight, add legislative liaisons, require more detailed and timely reporting on rate-setting decisions, and add a public advocate member. The author and supporters argued the bill would improve transparency, accountability, and geographic diversity in CPUC decision-making amid rising utility rates. Witnesses from TURN, San Joaquin County, SDG&E, and former CPUC Commissioner Loretta Lynch offered support or support-in-principle, while no opposition testimony was presented. Members generally praised the bill’s transparency goals, and AB 13 passed 10-0 to Appropriations, with the roll left open for absent members. The committee then adopted the 2025-2026 committee rules and approved three consent items: AB 61, AB 365, and AB 406. The next bill, AB 99, would cap investor-owned utility rate increases above inflation except for specified costs such as safety, modernization, and fuel/commodity costs. The author and supporters, including a representative of the California Senior Legislature, said the bill was needed to protect ratepayers, especially seniors and low-income customers, from repeated rate hikes. Opposition came from utility labor, utilities, the Chamber of Commerce, and others, who argued the bill was too simplistic, could suppress labor costs, and did not account for major cost drivers such as wildfire mitigation, mandates, and net metering. Several members supported moving the bill forward as a starting point on affordability, while others criticized it as overly blunt. AB 99 passed 11-0 to Appropriations, with the roll left open. The hearing then shifted to an informational panel on strategies to reduce California transmission costs. A Public Advocates Office staffer described a growing backlog of approved-but-unbuilt transmission projects, rising transmission access charges, and long project timelines driven largely by utility pre-application and construction periods. Panelists from Net Zero California and consulting firms presented research suggesting that public financing or public-private partnership lease models could reduce transmission costs by lowering financing, tax, and capital costs, with estimated savings of up to 57% and as much as $123 billion over 40 years. PG&E’s representative said the utility is already pursuing federal loan guarantees, grants, and a public-private partnership with Citizens Energy, but warned that state ownership could create tax, wildfire-liability, and governance risks. Members asked about the CPUC’s role, the causes of delays, and whether public financing could complement existing competitive solicitation processes.

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• in the state, we need to involve the frontline workers, the people who are actually servicing and helping
• So this bill is meant to listen to our frontline workers that are helping our citizens, give them that
• <00:11:55.680> your to help your to help your mission<00:11:57.959> so<00:11:58.200
• <00:12:03.760> our workers that are helping our workers that are helping our citizens<00:12
• Representative Robbins did a wonderful job on this and helped me on this amendment, and with after 10

Keywords: 1183, house

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• It's just a way to help make the valuation more fair for the taxpayer because, in my own personal situation
• I don't know whether we're helping them.
• I don't think that they're mutually exclusive.
• put a cap... ...that really wanted to help put a cap on the overall total amount collected.
• And again, the aim is to help individual taxpayers, not just on a countywide basis.

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• Our strongest disagreements never turned personal because we held on to mutual respect.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• He is eager to help others, not to be helped, quick to apologize and forgive, and find goodness in others
• /c><00:09:41.200> to others not to be helped, who is quick to others not to be helped, who is
• <00:16:25.519> makes low-income schools, and helps makes low-income schools, and helps makes
• need it now more than ever to help need it now more than ever to help increase<00:36:38.000>
• about helping the American public?

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, December 11, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• it says is someone needs to have help it says is someone needs to have help with<01:24:23.800>
• > or<01:42:36.920> help<01:42:37.199> through patient either appeal or help through
• Can you walk without help?
• <02:07:16.880> they dressed can you walk without help they dressed can you walk without help
• stepped in with General funds to help stepped in with General funds to help actually<03:05:39.960

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Senator Holdcroft, can you help us with that, please? Please.
• pit and was completely submerged except for its eyes, nose, and mouth, just enough to cry out for help
• “But it's that type of effort that Tom put in to help and mentor.
• He helped modernize access to telehealth in a way that acknowledged real-world conditions.
• It's a particular challenge that can be the difference between getting help and going without it.

Bills: LB764, LB815A, LB839, LB888, LB955, LB972A, LB1029, LB1087, LB1091, LB1126A, LB1181A, LB1237A, LB1261A, LB304A, LB762, LB889, LB929, LB966, LB1022, LB1187, LR508

Keywords: law enforcement, correctional services, Department of Correctional Services, corrections officers, state prison employees, peace officer, certification, police standards, training academy, Nebraska Commission on Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice, Nebraska Police Standards Advisory Council, criminal justice, correctional staff, conditional officer, law enforcement authority, public safety, LB815A, LB815, appropriation, appropriations bill

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• <00:08:50.920> them level could get subsidies to help them level could get subsidies to help
• , idea, this chart's not maybe helpful, idea, this chart's not maybe helpful, maybe<01:45:44.920>
• early stages and what we can do to help early stages and what we can do to help them<02:46:33.480
• ,<02:46:36.760> all question that would be helpful, all question that would be helpful, all
• <03:12:00.200> share It's helpful to see what share It's helpful to see what share of<03:12

Keywords: 916, all

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• additional funding was very helpful. additional funding was very helpful.
• And if if you could help me with that. And if if you could help me with that.
• helpful for the committee as well. helpful for the committee as well.
• So, um, that's helpful.
• doing that mutual aid across the state. doing that mutual aid across the state.

Keywords: 916, all