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• did an incidence analysis of those changes, which I can provide to the committee if you don't have access
• 12.240> have the to the committee if you don't have the to the committee if you don't have access
• access to it. It's still on our website. access to it. It's still on our website.
• printing newspapers, pre-re articles, magazines, publishing, radio broadcasting, television broadcasting, web

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• They need access to ongoing services.
• Access to that information.
• Do you all have access to those, or is there HIPAA that violates that?
• We also have the Child Psychiatry Access Network and its sister program, the Perinatal Psychiatry Access
• Perinatal Psychiatry Access Network.

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• 1228 by Representatives Stuart and Frey, also Senator Danielson, concerning measures to increase access
• If voters want to know the fiscal impacts of a proposal, they already have access to it: the Blue Book
• The blue book, public access to it.
• increase in outdoor recreation is very challenging at a local level and local ability to maintain access
• <01:45:26.960> and ability to u to maintain access and ability to u to maintain access and

Keywords: 981, all

Summary: The House opened with the pledge, roll call, and approval of the journal. Members then spent much of the morning on announcements recognizing visiting groups, including the Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance, Catholic Lobby Day participants, Vertical Skills Academy students, the Colorado Optometric Association, the Junior League of Denver, Jack and Jill of America, and advocates for HIV/AIDS harm reduction. Representative Gilchrist also highlighted HIV/AIDS and overdose statistics and urged members to meet with advocates. Representative Velasco announced an absence for Monday and Tuesday. The chamber adopted House Resolution 1002, honoring District Wildlife Manager Bob Holder for 50 years of service to Colorado wildlife. Supporters described his long career, conservation work, bear education efforts, landowner relationships, and awards, and members gave him a standing recognition. The resolution passed 62-0 with 3 excused. The House then received committee reports and moved to third reading on several bills. House Bill 1081, concerning electric transmission system optimization, passed 42-20 with 3 excused. House Bill 1228, increasing access to marriage and family therapist licensure, passed 62-0 with 3 excused. House Bill 1120, implementing mobile home taxation task force recommendations and extending redemption protections for mobile home owners, passed 40-2 with 3 excused after debate over its tax policy effects and fairness to seniors and disabled veterans. House Bill 1084, expanding voter transparency requirements for initiated statewide ballot measures, was debated at length with opponents arguing it would burden citizen initiatives and implicate First Amendment rights; the transcript cuts off before a final vote on that bill.

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• craft equitable equitable and accessible craft equitable equitable and accessible options options
• And what this bill will do is it will open access to people.
• And what this bill will do is it will open access to people.
• <01:26:36.440> to will do is it will open access to will do is it will open access to people
• to access our lands. to access our lands. Thank<01:43:18.960> you,<01:43:19.000> Mr.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• given some of the executive orders that have come down, isn't it really necessary to increase our access
• Go to the two-faced game web page and you'll see report after report, videos from BP and Shell from decades
• this was happening go to the<04:36:59.400> two-faced<04:37:00.400> game<04:37:00.799> web
• ><04:37:01.160> page<04:37:02.000> and<04:37:02.320> you'll the two-faced game web
• page and you'll the two-faced game web page and you'll see<04:37:03.561> report<04:37:03.959>

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• providers to testify about the impacts that the aggressive fraud prevention measures have had on people accessing
• Accessing care and services. I want to get to the essence of continuity of care, right?
• <00:05:12.840> to<00:05:12.960> basic<00:05:13.360> life that they have access
• to basic life that they have access to basic life necessities,<00:05:14.800> such<00:05:15.040
• Providers cannot access significant.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• <00:20:02.720> to on um initiatives to improve access to on um initiatives to improve access
• we have someone who no longer has access we have someone who no longer has access because<02:55:
• <03:11:50.200> um<03:11:50.520> for access um for access um for services<03:11:53.080><
• members for late people to have access members for late people to have access to<04:24:04.199>
• available um we help support the access available um we help support the access point<04:37:28.920

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The House Finance Committee’s Division 3 held a public work session on the Behavioral Health budget on February 27, 2025. The chair opened by explaining the schedule, materials, and deadlines for the budget process, and noted there would be no motions or votes in the division that day. Division of Behavioral Health Director Ktia Fox and DHHS CFO Nathan White then walked the committee through the division’s mission, structure, and budget materials, describing the division’s four bureaus: Mental Health Services, Children’s Behavioral Health, Drug and Alcohol Services, and Homeless Services, along with the policy unit. They emphasized the division’s role in oversight, technical assistance, quality assurance, contracting, and the continuum of care from prevention and early intervention through crisis and residential services. Much of the discussion focused on major programs and funding lines, including the 988 Lifeline contract with Headrest, a technical assistance contract with UNH, Medicaid pass-through payments to New Hampshire Hospital and Glencliff, crisis response services, cold-weather homeless responses, housing supports, and the children’s system of care. Members asked about the UNH contract, the 988 program, crisis stabilization centers, and the peer certification program; Fox explained that the peer certification is a training-and-credentialing pathway for people with lived experience to enter community-based behavioral health work, not a volunteer program. The committee also discussed the “Choose Love” program, which Fox said was created after the Sandy Hook tragedy to build resilience and strength-based emotional regulation in schools and communities. On the children’s side, Fox described the system of care account as the place where many contracted services are budgeted, including community mental health centers, care management entities, rapid response services, and residential programs. Members asked about temporary staffing, and Fox said roughly $500,000 in temporary staff costs shown in the current year would not be spent next year because the money came from a nonlapsing appropriation in HB 1573 for oversight of children’s residential services. She also said provider rate increases were a prioritized need but were not funded in the governor’s current budget, and that the Children’s Behavioral Health Resource Center was not funded, resulting in about a $1 million reduction. The session ended while the division was still moving through the children’s behavioral health slides, including questions about the Fast Forward high-fidelity wraparound program and medication management.

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• And this is to require that third-party vendor has access to VIN numbers and lien holders and owners.
• The vendor has access to all the information.
• <00:59:00.400> to<00:59:00.559> that can give other people access to that can give
• Uh, they all individuals have access to the court system as which would be trumped by federal law.
• So Avery for Ray Web is right up here.

Keywords: MS House Floor - 12 February, 2026; 10:00 AM, 925, all

Summary: The House convened with a prayer led by Reverend Lewis Dixon of Crystal Springs and then recited the Pledge of Allegiance. Members also welcomed several guest groups, including the Hazerhurst Middle School girls basketball team, the Mississippi Society of Radiologic Technologists and students from several colleges, and Oakdale Elementary students visiting the Capitol. On the calendar, the House first took up several rules-calendar items and adopted them overwhelmingly, including a Senate concurrence resolution and multiple resolutions, with votes such as 118-0 and 121-0. The chamber also tabled House Bill 965. Later, House Bill 517, the Mississippi Charter Schools Act, passed 88-10 after members explained it was a technical bill with no substantive changes. House Bill 644, an Administrative Procedures Act measure requiring agencies to report rules or actions costing over $100,000, passed 114-0. The House then approved House Bill 1015, which replaces an inactive member on the Title 5 Advisory Council, by 119-0. House Bill 1314, dealing with contractor bonding and procurement thresholds, was amended to raise a bond amount from $25,000 to $75,000 and to increase a bidding threshold from $10,000 to $15,000; it passed 119-2. House Bill 1468, which narrows public-records access by excluding certain personal information, was amended with a reverse repealer to allow further work on the language and passed 118-1. House Bill 1529, a peer bill with a reverse repealer, passed 128-0. House Bill 1640 authorized DHS to use automated wage verification services and passed 115-2. House Bill 1754 created a fast-track option for cyber security software and hardware emergencies and passed 121-0. The House also adopted a strike-all amendment to House Bill 1218, extending the MyKids youth-court software authority for one year, requiring a progress report, and allowing continued use of MyKids or a replacement system; the bill passed 128-0 after questions about the system’s outdated nature and the need to keep AOC accountable. Finally, House Bill 1225, concerning non-consensual towing, was explained as requiring tow operators to identify who requested the tow and to provide VIN and lienholder information so certified notices can be sent; the discussion was still underway at the end of the transcript.

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• The term includes, but is not limited to, prepaid access as defined by 31 CFR Section 1010.100, as amended
• term includes but is not limited to The term includes but is not limited to prepaid<00:46:45.920> access
• > defined<00:46:46.600> by<00:46:46.680> 31<00:46:47.160> CFR prepaid access
• as defined by 31 CFR prepaid access as defined by 31 CFR section<00:46:48.120> 1010.100 section
• committee five times this the third time, yes, it applies to just Jackson County area. >> Okay, so I can access

Keywords: MS Senate Floor - 12 February, 2026; 9:30 AM, 925, all

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum present, dispensed with the reading of the journal, committee reports, and bill titles, and heard an invocation and pledge. The early portion of the meeting focused on recognizing recipients of the 2026 Governor’s Arts Awards. The Senate adopted resolutions honoring Greg Harkins for excellence in traditional craft, Jesse Robinson for lifetime achievement in blues music, Heather Christian for excellence in music composition, the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra for excellence in performing arts, and Dorothy “Dottie” Armstrong for excellence in art education. The executive director of the Mississippi Arts Commission briefly thanked the senators and invited them to the evening awards ceremony. The chamber also received several announcements and introductions, including recognition of the Mississippi Society of Radiologic Technologists’ Capitol Day and visiting students from several radiologic science programs. There was also mention of an out-of-order resolution commemorating the 155th anniversary of Alcorn State University, though no action on it was detailed in the excerpt. On the calendar, the Senate took up Senate Bill 2915, which concerns alcoholic beverages, native wine retail permits, and festival permits. The bill was explained as a measure to support Mississippi’s native wineries by allowing free-standing tasting rooms in different parts of the state while maintaining tax collection; a committee substitute and a friendly amendment were adopted, and the bill passed by use of the morning roll call. The Senate then began consideration of Senate Bill 2828, the Money Transmission Modernization Act, which would impose transaction fees, create a Law Enforcement 287G Program Fund, provide an income tax credit for fees paid, and revise licensing and control definitions. After objections to the usual motion, the bill was read at length, but the excerpt ends before final action on that measure.

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• Um, and also that is very unlikely because the way these work is you have to have access to the blockchain
• Um, and also that is very unlikely because the way these work is you have to have access to the blockchain
• pretty secure finances, but she's carrying a big balance in a checking account that could be readily accessed
• pretty secure finances, but she's carrying a big balance in a checking account that could be readily accessed
• There's this thing called the dark web. And don't ask me much about it.

Bills: HB0098, HB0075, HB0041, HB0101

Keywords: gun control, Second Amendment, constitutional rights, misdemeanor, law enforcement, virtual currency, kiosk, financial institutions, regulation, Wyoming Money Transmitters Act, penalties, death benefits, retirement, survivor support, public safety, guardianship, monitoring, ward protection, financial independence, case management

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• It has to have access to it.
• How, what's the percentage of our municipalities that have a public access, or what people can actually
• Public participation is streamlined through an emailed and web-based public notice.
• It seems to be a little bit inland, and I guess you’ve got those access points that are coming in from
• We cut it in all sorts of ways, so it's useful to whoever needs to access that information.

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• infrastructure it increases the access infrastructure it increases the access to<03:17:26.760>
• But one of the ways that I think the critical access law actually impedes the expansion of access is
• But one of the ways that I think the critical access law actually impedes the expansion of access is
• I mean, or access.
• <03:53:13.040> gone or or access in fact access has gone or or access in fact access has gone

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• that more younger people now have access that more younger people now have access to<00:17:06.600
• committee as well um in accessing committee as well um in accessing long-term<00:17:20.760> care
• <00:19:38.440> more data um that people are accessing more data um that people are accessing
• Medicaid um this will incentivize access Medicaid um this will incentivize access to<00:58:39.160
• crisis um when we just got folks access crisis um when we just got folks access to<01:29:52.159>

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Access.
• increase access to say that would access increase access to care.<00:53:50.319> I<00:53:50.720
• <01:01:30.880> For access to these procedures. For access to these procedures.
• patient access.
• a hope that this will expand access. a hope that this will expand access.

Keywords: 926, house, all

Summary: The House began with several announcements and recognitions, including a lengthy tribute to Representative Carolyn Brangan of Georgia on her retirement and years of service, followed by remarks from Brangan explaining that she is leaving to care for her husband during cancer treatment. Additional members offered brief reflections, including one on the end of the session and another welcoming students from Founders Memorial School to the gallery, and a member from Brattleboro highlighted a collaborative mural in the card room titled “These Green Hills, Vermont State Symbols and Personal Reflections.” The body then took up its calendar. It adopted Joint House Resolution 12, authorizing limited remote voting in joint committees through the remainder of the calendar year, with an ADA-related accommodation for members physically present but unable to access a meeting room. The House also suspended rules to take up and concur in the Senate amendment to House Bill 935 on emergency management. The committee report described grant programs for emergency response and technical rescue, new definitions and shelter-planning language centered on “whole community,” a wildland fire response task force, and an emergency rulemaking provision requested by the Agency of Natural Resources; the committee approved the Senate proposal on an 8-3 straw poll, and the House concurred. The House next adopted the conference committee report on House Bill 952, the capital construction and state bonding budget adjustment bill. The report explained changes made in conference, including shifting funds to cover a higher-than-expected bid for the St. Johnsbury facility, restoring some funding for maintenance at the women’s correctional facility in Chittenden County, and setting aside $750,000 toward planning for Wi-Fi installation in correctional facilities. It also noted a lease-related language change for a Vermont Huts project at Little River State Park, with notification to the institutions committee chairs. The House then took up Senate Bill 64 on optometrists’ scope of practice; the committee presentation supported allowing specially credentialed optometrists to perform certain minor surgical, laser, and injection procedures, citing improved access, safety, cost, and workforce development, and the bill was read for second reading with committee recommendations for concurrence.

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• It does not interfere with fire mitigation, emergency access, or public safety projects, all of which
• , with fire mitigation, emergency access, with fire mitigation, emergency access, or<00:39:19.520
• But prevention happens upstream through access to information.
• also ensures continuity so public access also ensures continuity so public access to<01:10:07.040
• I'm going to dog access to state parks.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• It is a web of 13 different NGOs, and they all share an interlocking directorship.
• It is a web of 13 different NGOs, and they all share an interlocking directorship.
• It is a web of 13 different NGOs, and they all share an interlocking directorship.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first held a public hearing and then an executive session on HB 650, a housekeeping-style bill from the Joint Committee on Dedicated Funds. Testimony explained that the bill would remove references to two already-repealed dedicated funds, split the state parks dedicated fund so Cannon Mountain winter activities would be tracked separately from the rest of the parks system, and place a $1 million cap on the robotics education fund so excess money would revert to the general fund. Supporters said the changes were mainly administrative but would improve accounting and avoid timing issues; committee members asked about a typographical error in the bill text and whether the measure was more than housekeeping. The committee later voted 16-0 to recommend HB 650 ought to pass, and then placed it on the consent calendar. The committee also opened a public hearing on HB 585, which would revise the property tax exemption for religious organizations. Representative John Janigian, the sponsor, said the bill was intended to help small churches and other religious groups that own parsonages or worship buildings but no longer have a resident pastor, allowing them to rent space or use property for church purposes without losing the exemption so long as the money is used for church operations, maintenance, or outreach. He described his Salem church’s parsonage being taxed after it was no longer occupied by a pastor, and said the bill would prevent similar burdens on small congregations. Former Representative Betty Gay testified in support, describing prior assessor actions in Salem that taxed church land and buildings very aggressively, while a Municipal Association representative testified in opposition. Committee members raised questions about how terms such as “regularly recognized and constituted denomination” would be defined, whether the bill could be applied consistently to larger denominations with multiple parishes, and whether legislative research should review past treatment of similar cases.

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• so for some of the federal funding freezes, if it continues on and the state is no longer able to access
• that fun is there sort of a date access that fun is there sort of a date or<00:38:30.079> a<00
• Today, the mission of the PUC is to improve the lives of all Minnesotans by ensuring access to safe,
• <01:26:50.880> and tasks with Public Access and tasks with Public Access and accountability
• to the expertise to do that have access to the expertise to do that I<01:37:37.119> think<01:

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Bills: HB1800, HB2095, HB1158, HB1518, HB1752, SCR23, SCR24, SCR25, SCR26, SCR27, SCR28, SCR29, SCR30, SCR31, SCR32, SCR33, SCR34, SCR35, SCR36, SCR37, SCR38, SCR39, SCR40, SCR41, SCR42, SCR43, SCR44, SCR45, SCR46, SCR47, SCR48, SCR49, SCR50, SCR51, SCR52, SCR53, SCR54, SCR55, SCR56, SCR57, SCR58, SCR59, SCR60, SCR61, SCR62, SCR63, SCR64, SCR65, SCR66, SCR67, SCR68, SCR69, SCR70, SCR71, SCR72, SCR73, SCR74, SCR75, SCR76, SCR77, SCR78, SCR79, SCR80, SCR81, SCR82, SCR83, SCR84, SCR85, SCR86, SCR87, SCR88, SCR89, SCR90, SCR91, SCR92, SCR93, SCR94, SCR95, SCR96, SCR97, SCR98, SCR99, SCR100, SCR101, SCR102, SCR103, SCR104, SCR105, SCR106, SCR107, SCR108, SCR109, SCR110, SCR111, SCR112, SCR113, SCR114, SCR115, SCR116, SCR117, SCR118, SCR119, SCR120, SCR121, SCR122

Keywords: supplemental appropriations, state budget, Hawaii budget, biennial budget, capital improvement projects, CIP, general fund, special fund, green fee, special land and development fund, clean energy revolving loan fund, agricultural development revolving fund, community grants, nonprofit grants, Office of Community Services, housing, affordable housing, homelessness, health care, mental health

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• , what can't be accessed.
• , what can't be accessed.
• That's retaliation protection, private meetings with foster youth, and records access.
• It normalizes awareness and ensures that all families have access to the same information.
• So, uh when able to access this footage.

Bills: HF4277, HF3819, HF3489, HF4408, HF3901, HF4316

Keywords: child care, child care center, day care, licensed child care, video security cameras, surveillance, security cameras, maltreatment, child abuse, child safety, public and shared areas, camera mandate, child care assistance program, CCAP, Great Start Compensation Support, early learning scholarships, licensed provider, Minnesota Statutes 142B.68, Harvey's Law, privacy

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• Uh, contact has been established for access to the leads online database, which is an important part
• to the leads online database access to the leads online database which<01:11:16.159> is<01:11
• >> Coming up on a year. >> How long ago did you all finally get your web page up to accept these
• <01:43:16.560> to the fairgrounds they use for access to the fairgrounds they use for access
• Jefferson Street is the location that'll provide most of the access to downtown, to the hospitals near

Keywords: 958, all