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• a very sacred population of Floridians serving as the director for the agency for Persons with Disabilities
• governor and so many others, investments like the development of a plan to support individuals with developmental
• disabilities as they transition to adulthood post high school graduation and not waiting for circumstances
• well as a newly created tax credit program geared towards companies that hire individuals with disabilities
• and her husband actually came down to my district to go to events that supported persons with disabilities

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• I just said I'm in the surface water division.
• We have elderly and disabled and veterans that are.
• I'm the Chief Executive Officer for Hill Country Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities.
• Again, I'm the CEO of Hill Country Mental Health. developmental disability centers which provides mental
• disabilities. disabilities, able to work with persons with autism.

Keywords: 997, house, all

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• As we are celebrating March as Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month, I'm proud to present AB 984
• CalABLE savings accounts are primarily used by low-income individuals with disabilities, with 71% of
• As Assemblymember Nguyen stated, this is effectively the only vehicle for people with disabilities. .
• without disabilities.
• It would be held by the person with the disability.

Summary: The Assembly Committee on Revenue and Taxation met and announced that, under its suspense-file rules, every bill on the agenda would be referred to suspense because each had a fiscal impact. The chair also reminded attendees to submit position letters in advance for inclusion in the bill analysis. A quorum was established and the committee then heard six bills, all of which drew support testimony and no opposition testimony in the room. AB 814 would exempt law enforcement pensions from state income tax to encourage retired peace officers to remain in California and support recruitment and retention. AB 918 would create a targeted income tax exemption for pay earned by local first responders deployed under mutual aid during declared emergencies, with supporters saying it would help sustain disaster response and reward extraordinary service. Both bills were backed by police and public safety organizations and were referred to suspense. AB 976 would create a nonrefundable tax credit for small retailers in disadvantaged communities to help pay for security equipment in response to retail theft and violence; members discussed whether the bill should be broader and how it related to Proposition 36 and crime policy. AB 984 would allow state tax deductions for contributions to CalABLE accounts, with testimony from CalABLE representatives and families describing the program as an essential savings tool for people with disabilities. AB 1282 would create a deduction for out-of-pocket medical expenses up to $5,000 through 2030, and AB 838 would raise California’s renter’s tax credit from $60/$120 to $2,000 for eligible filers. Each of these bills was also referred to the suspense file, and the committee then adjourned.

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• certified school psychologists to participate in certification of certain persons as intellectually disabled
• or developmentally disabled.

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The committee met for its final meeting of the year and considered a series of Judiciary-related bills. The first measure, S.48 (Walsh), proposed a constitutional amendment to bar the governor from using messages of necessity for budget-related bills. Supporters argued that budget bills should receive the normal three-day review period and that the public and legislature need more time to examine major spending and policy changes. Despite that support, the motion to advance the bill failed, and it was not reported. Several other bills were advanced with little or no opposition. S.951 (Kavanaugh), requiring disclosure of certain demographic information by real estate brokers and salespersons, was reported to Finance. S.7279 (Scarcella Spanton), allowing certified school psychologists to participate in certifications related to intellectual or developmental disability, was reported to the floor. S.9582 (Gonzalez), concerning persons ineligible to act as fiduciaries, drew concerns that judges should retain discretion and that the bill could create problems for well-intended fiduciaries, but it was still reported to the floor. S.9765 (Sunshine and Litigation Act on protective orders), S.9788 (arbitration), S.9788/9789 (jurisdiction over certain defendants in city and justice courts), S.9848 (contents of claims in the Court of Claims), and S.9894 (rape shield/evidence of a victim’s sexual conduct or dress) were also reported to the floor. The committee also discussed S.9790 (audio-visual coverage of judicial proceedings), with supporters saying cameras would increase transparency and public trust while preserving safeguards for sensitive proceedings; it was reported to the floor. Another bill, S.9798, would prohibit the use of reproductive or sexual health devices as evidence of prostitution in certain criminal or civil proceedings; it was reported to Codes. The meeting concluded after all listed bills were acted on, with the chair thanking members and guests and noting the committee would meet again the following week.

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• At a time when we are witnessing rising anti-Semitism and continued division in too many corners of our
• Anti-Semitism, racism, and all forms of hate are part of the same ecosystem of division, and we must
• Negev, Stanford Hillel, and Hokteva, a Jewish community residential facility serving the needs of developmentally
• disabled adults.

Keywords: 988, house, all

Summary: The Assembly convened after a quorum call, heard a prayer from Rabbi Mona Alfie, and recited the Pledge of Allegiance. The chamber then held its first official Jewish American Heritage Month ceremony, beginning with Assembly Concurrent Resolution 195 by Assembly Member Gabriel. Gabriel and several colleagues from multiple caucuses spoke in support, emphasizing Jewish Californians’ contributions, the diversity of the Jewish community, solidarity with other communities, and opposition to anti-Semitism. The resolution was adopted by voice vote after 67 co-authors were added, and the Assembly then recognized 14 honorees for their service and leadership in California. After the ceremony, members offered guest introductions and the body moved to floor business. Assembly Constitutional Amendment 9 by Assembly Member Bonta, which would add affordability as a required factor in CPUC rate-making, remove telecommunications from the CPUC, create an Office of Broadband, and expand legislative appointments to the commission, was adopted. The Assembly also passed AB 1697 delaying implementation of a 2025 labor law, AB 2322 on stormwater permit definitions, AB 1653 on pupil instruction, AB 2274 and AB 2273 on criminal justice and child sexual abuse-related prosecutorial practices, AB 2512 on Anaheim Angels naming language tied to a potential land exemption, AB 1956 on suicide prevention for young men and boys, AB 1809 on job order contracting, AB 1970 banning step therapy for serious mental illness and substance use disorder medications, AB 1973 expanding authority for advanced practice clinicians, and AB 2055 on vessel law modernization. The Assembly also adopted ACR 186 designating May as California Physical Fitness and Mental Well-Being Month and H.R. 111 recognizing the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia, and Transphobia, after extensive debate reflecting both support and criticism over LGBTQ rights and parental rights issues. Several measures were passed with recorded votes, while some items were passed and retained on file or continued. The transcript ends as the Assembly was moving into AB 2059, a CEQA-related bill on rural transportation projects, with the sponsor describing it as a narrow exemption for 21 rural counties.

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• At a time when we are witnessing rising anti-Semitism and continued division in too many corners of our
• Anti-Semitism, racism, and all forms of hate are part of the same ecosystem of division, and we must
• Negev, Stanford Hillel, and Hokteva, a Jewish community residential facility serving the needs of developmentally
• disabled adults.

Summary: The Assembly convened after a quorum call and opened with a prayer and pledge, then held a ceremonial observance for Jewish American Heritage Month. Assembly Concurrent Resolution 195 by Assembly Member Gabriel was presented with extensive remarks from members of multiple caucuses highlighting Jewish Californians’ contributions, the importance of solidarity amid rising antisemitism, and themes of tikkun olam and tzedakah. The resolution was adopted by voice vote after 67 co-authors were added, and the chamber then recognized 14 honorees for their service in public life, philanthropy, media, faith leadership, education, and civic engagement. The floor also featured guest introductions and a procedural vote on Assembly Constitutional Amendment 9 by Assembly Member Borrero, which would add affordability as a required consideration in CPUC rate-making, remove telecommunications from the commission’s portfolio, create an office of broadband, and expand legislative appointments. The amendment was adopted. The Assembly then moved through a long third-reading file, passing measures including AB 1697 delaying implementation of a 2025 employment law, AB 2322 on stormwater permit definitions, AB 1653 on hearing-illness education, AB 2274 closing a loophole involving secrecy in trafficking cases, AB 2512 on Anaheim Angels naming language tied to a land exemption, AB 1956 prioritizing young men and boys in suicide prevention, and AB 2273 addressing prosecutorial handling of a local sexual abuse case. Additional bills passed included AB 1809 extending job order contracting for school and community college districts, AB 1970 banning step therapy for serious mental illness and substance use disorder medications, AB 1973 expanding practice authority for advanced practice clinicians, AB 2055 updating vessel law, and AB 2059 narrowing CEQA vehicle-mile-traveled mitigation for certain rural highway projects. The Assembly also adopted ACR 186 designating May 2026 as California Physical Fitness and Mental Well-Being Month and H.R. 11 recognizing the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia, and Transphobia after a lengthy debate that included support from several caucuses and some disagreement over the resolution’s framing of current threats to LGBTQ+ communities.

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• I am the division director for the Lands and Minerals Division at the Minnesota DNR.
• <01:14:29.840> within commitment coordinating division within commitment coordinating division
• <01:17:15.239> and office Human Services Division and office Human Services Division and getting
• <01:18:36.480> would<01:18:36.679> be uh division would be uh division would be tasked
• <01:26:31.600> disabilities health and developmental disabilities health and developmental

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• have died waiting to receive their disability payment.
• I yield back. the resources for the broadband division the resources for the broadband division and<04
• Autism spectrum disorder is a developmental disability that generally appears before the age of three
• In 2023, he was appointed to the New York State Council of Developmental Disabilities because of his
• of Development Developmental of Development Developmental Disabilities<07:29:06.958> because<

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, April 28, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• We have a monitoring inspections division that reviews use of force.
• I lead the juvenile division and I want to inform this committee about the frontline defenders and what
• this committee to reject HB 336 and instead invest in solutions that center accountability and developmentally
• Some of these kids are suffering with mental health disabilities that clearly We cannot control what's
• I used to work as a special education teacher, actually, and I worked with kids with learning disabilities

Bills: HB31, HB3360

Keywords: juvenile justice, community supervision, felony offenses, treatment of children, juvenile facilities, chemical dispensing device, solitary confinement, rehabilitation, criminal proceedings, delinquency, 1184, house, all

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• However, our Compass team does provide support for all of the divisions who would be responsible for
• , because they have another disability, because they have another disability, maybe<02:26:05.040>
• This is a significant setback at this crucial developmental stage.
• <02:27:55.880> With<02:27:56.080> this crucial developmental stage.
• With this crucial developmental stage.

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• disproportionately impact disab disabled disproportionately impact disab disabled individuals<00
• should have to disclose their disability should have to disclose their disability in<00:35:09.040
• illness those with disabilities illness those with disabilities caregivers<00:44:49.079> of
• voting for disability allows absentee voting for disability related<00:56:55.760> reasons<00:
• I’m the policy and planning coordinator for the New Hampshire Council on Developmental Disabilities,

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• SWD is simply students with disabilities. SWOD is students without disabilities.
• Our students with disabilities testers are around 9,308, and students without disabilities testers are
• Our student with disability testers, around 9,308, and students without disability testers, 50,263.
• disability.
• If they're intellectually disabled, we involve sources like developmental disabilities because they also

Keywords: 908, all

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• I'm Ralph Hudson, Director of the Division of Labor. Thank you, gentlemen, for being here.
• Ralph Hudson, Department of Labor and Licensing Division of Labor Director.
• Ken Warden, Commissioner in Arkansas Division of Higher Education. Thank you for being here.
• Division of Elementary and Secondary Education. This all's forward.
• I mean, there was very divisive, one side for, one side against. There was a lot of give and take.

Summary: The Administrative Rules Subcommittee met to review a long agenda of agency rule changes, beginning with housekeeping on the order of business and then taking up rules from multiple state agencies. Early items included Department of Energy and Environment rules on landfill post-closure trust fund spending thresholds and liquefied petroleum gas standards, DFA’s odometer disclosure rule allowing electronic signatures and disclosures, and several Department of Health rules covering ionizing radiation, mobile home and recreational parks, lead-based paint, counseling licensure, hearing instrument dispensers, athletic training, dental specialties and compacts, nursing, pharmacy, physician assistants, medical compacts, speech-language pathology and audiology, radiologic technology, massage therapy, community health workers, doula certification, and cosmetology/body art. Most of these were described as technical updates, conformity with recent acts, federal standards, or compact participation, and nearly all were approved without objection after brief questions and, in many cases, no public comment. The committee also reviewed Department of Labor and Licensing rules on minimum wage/independent contractor standards, boiler rules, motor vehicle commission requirements for ATV/LSV dealers, professional wrestling regulation, appraiser qualifications, and military recruiting and retention programs. Testimony generally emphasized that the rules implemented recent legislation, updated fees or licensing standards, or streamlined existing processes. Members asked a few questions about fee structures, the rationale for regulating professional wrestling, and how the National Guard’s public-private partnership and incentive programs would work; the department said the recruiting incentives would be funded from existing appropriations and were intended to improve retention and force strength. These rules were also approved without objection. The most extensive discussion came on the Department of Education’s Arkansas Children’s Educational Freedom Account Program rule. The department said the revisions, based on Act 920 of 2025, were intended to add guardrails, clarify allowable expenses, and speed approval of core educational purchases. Changes included defining core educational expenses, limiting certain sports-related spending, adding an intentional misuse standard, restricting phone purchases except for disability-related needs, setting a $1,000 threshold for additional review of technology purchases, capping carryover funds at $8,500, and creating a reconsideration process for denied expenses. Members raised concerns about safeguards, appeals, sports equipment, provider credentialing, rural vendor access, and whether the department would be flexible or overly restrictive. The department said it would review every request, provide written explanations for denials, allow appeals up to the State Board, and refer suspected fraud to prosecutors if necessary. After hearing from 13 members of the public, the committee continued to discuss the rule, but the transcript ends before any final vote on the EFA rule is shown.

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• SB 112 ON CHILDREN WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES BY SENATOR HARRELL.
• PARLANCE MEANS THE CURRICULUM THAT IS DEVELOPED AND IS MODIFIED FOR THE STUDENTS ABILITIES AND DISABILITIES

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• I also do research there on disability accessibility in classrooms, focusing on how to help disabled
• I'm the Chief of the Healthcare Program Enforcement Division at the Office of the Attorney General.
• Wouldn't you rather have a disabled child than a dead one? Here's what I was not told.
• I wasn't told when she became disabled.
• One in six children in America is developmentally disabled.

Bills: SB95, SB268, SB493, SB619, SB660, SB922, SB984, SB1098, SB1188, SB1307, SB1332, SB1822

Keywords: immunization, written informed consent, civil liability, health care provider, vaccine compensation, administrative penalty, health care, licensing, complaint procedure, disciplinary action, law enforcement, pharmacy benefit manager, PBM, gag clause, prescription drug pricing, out-of-pocket cost, cash price, pharmacist, pharmacy, prescription drug benefit

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• disability, refer to the Committee on Human Services HB 2543 by or relating to requiring the display
• Kane relating to prohibited manufacture and sale of motor vehicles equipped with a remote vehicle disabling
• Metcalf relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of indecent assault against a disabled
• exempt from adviarum taxation all a part of the market value if the resident homestead of certain disabled
• veteran or their surviving spouse as such veteran based on the disability rating of the veteran.

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• adjudication of certain sexual or assaultive offenses committed against a child or a person with a disability
• referral of certain students receiving special education services to a local intellectual and developmental
• disability authority for services, to Education K-16.
• from ad valorem taxation of part of the appraised value of the residence homestead of a partially disabled

Summary: The Senate met briefly and referred a large number of first-reading bills and resolutions to standing committees. The measures covered a wide range of topics, including hemp regulation, dementia research funding, parental rights and public education, municipal library funding, tax and local government issues, criminal justice, health care, education, transportation, natural resources, and election law. Several constitutional resolutions were also referred, including proposals related to the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas and a severance tax revenue fund. Most of the transcript consists of the reading of bill captions and committee referrals, with no substantive debate or testimony recorded. The listed measures included proposals on school uniforms, charter schools, Medicaid fraud remedies, insurance practices, occupational licensing for people with criminal convictions, water and sewer utility cybersecurity, agricultural protections, public meeting broadcasting, and various local and state governance matters. No votes were taken on the bills in this segment. The only formal action reflected was referral of the bills and resolutions to the appropriate committees, followed by adjournment of the Senate until the next scheduled meeting.

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• As such, our Workforce Development Division stands ready, willing, and able to expand the internship
• Executive Administrator Dentry Boldis from the State Council on Developmental Disabilities.
• Gorum, and I'm an intern at the Hawaii State Council on Developmental Disabilities.

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• <01:39:04.599> of deputy director for the division of deputy director for the division of
• death or disability too many.
• information is one death or disability information is one death or disability too<01:46:56.360><
• serious health issues developmental serious health issues developmental or<01:47:23.719> even
• impacts on services from this division impacts on services from this division in<02:04:50.760>

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The House Committee on Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs heard testimony on House Bill 606, as amended, a bill aimed at preventing physicians from denying medically necessary sterilizing or fertility-affecting treatment based on a patient’s age, number of children, marital status, or a doctor’s speculation about future reproductive intentions. Representative Ellen Reed, the sponsor, described the bill as a response to her own long experience with PCOS, heavy bleeding, and repeated refusals by doctors to perform a hysterectomy despite her clear wishes. She said the amendment narrows the bill to medically necessary care, adds definitions for “medical condition” and “appropriate reproductive care,” and removes earlier provisions about voluntary sterilization referrals. She also said the bill does not target religious objections, and that doctors could still refuse for medical, payment, or existing religious reasons not addressed by the bill. Committee members asked about religious freedom, informed consent versus waivers, and the scope of the new definitions. Reed responded that religion was not added to the list of prohibited reasons for denial, and that the amendment is intended to protect doctors when patients sign informed consent or waivers. She explained that “appropriate reproductive care” includes procedures such as hysterectomy, oophorectomy, orchiectomy, salpingectomy, and endometrial ablation, and that the bill now focuses on medically necessary treatment rather than elective sterilization. She said the change was intended to make the proposal narrower and more tailored after earlier concerns. Several witnesses supported the bill with personal accounts of being denied hysterectomies or other procedures despite serious symptoms. Representative Lauren Selig described a decade-long effort to obtain a hysterectomy after years of cycle problems and migraines, saying doctors dismissed her concerns and treated her symptoms as normal. Jade Flad also testified in support, saying she had long been told to simply endure her cycle problems and noted that her husband was offered a vasectomy without similar barriers. The sponsor said online support was strong and that there was little or no written opposition testimony. No vote or final committee action was taken during the portion of the hearing provided.

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• and the Workforce Services Branch, which oversees the Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act. and Division
• When I say demographics, I mean, are some of these individuals with disabilities whom the workforce is
• We work with the Department of Rehabilitation regarding that question about disabilities.
• I don't have the statistics off the top of my head in terms of the number of individuals with disabilities
• correctly, the types of courses that are not intended to be offered through dual enrollment are developmental

Keywords: 988, house, all