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• Just a few quick examples: an EV charger site preparation project, which included ADA modifications,
• JOC changes how we select and price the contractor, not whether the work is contracted out.
• And you mentioned there's two other TOD sites as well, SB 79 TOD sites within the city of Folsom.
• We currently have an application in right now for 170 units at one of these overlay sites.
• We think we need those sites. The current bill does not provide for that.

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• c> remove the requirement for the most remove the requirement for the most recent<00:07:51.600> site
• <00:07:53.680> And recent site visit or survey report.
• And recent site visit or survey report.
• :07:58.760> a training program notify the board of a training program notify the board of a site
• visit within 90 days of the close site visit within 90 days of the close of<00:08:01.120> the

Keywords: 0:06 - Roll Call 0:30 - Approval of Minutes 0:45 - OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL 2:08 - FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION CABINET - OFFICE OF THE CONTROLLER 2:55 - BOARD OF DENTISTRY 5:30 - BOARD OF OPHTHALMIC DISPENSERS 7:30 - BOARD OF NURSING 8:32 - BOARD OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES 9:30 - EDUCATION AND LABOR CABINET - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, OFFICE OF DISTRICT SUPPORT SERVICES 15:35 - CABINET FOR HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES, DEPARTMENT FOR PUBLIC HEALTH 18:44 - CABINET FOR HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES, OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL, HEALTH SERVICES AND FACILITIES 23:39 - CABINET FOR HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES, DEPARTMENT FOR MEDICAID SERVICES 1:01:46 - CABINET FOR HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES, DEPARTMENT FOR PUBLIC HEALTH, OFFICE FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS 1:03:46 - Next meeting/adjournment, 958, all

Summary: The committee first approved the minutes and then took up a series of administrative regulations from several agencies. Early items included Attorney General consumer protection rules on removal sales, health spas, liquidation sales, and nonresident sellers of visual aid glasses; Finance and Administration Controller rules on clearinghouse validation and fraud prevention; and Board of Dentistry rules updating exam requirements, controlled substance prescribing, training for neuromodulators and dermal fillers, infection control, sedation/anesthesia continuing education, and required education on pediatric abusive head trauma and controlled substance ingestion prevention. The committee also approved staff amendments on these items, generally to conform to KRS Chapter 13A, and members asked a brief question about the dentistry controlled-substances changes, which was answered as an alignment with statute. The committee next approved regulations for the Board of Ophthalmic Dispensers, Board of Nursing, and Board of Emergency Medical Services. The ophthalmic dispensers package would revise meeting and recordkeeping language, raise renewal fees, set reinstatement and apprentice-license rules, add complaint and hearing procedures, and repeal a duplicative regulation. The nursing regulations would streamline approval of training programs and require notice and documentation of site visits and deficiencies. EMS rules would create five EMS medical director certifications, set expiration and renewal requirements, require publication of disciplinary sanctions, and exempt currently approved directors before October 1, 2026. Staff amendments were adopted without objection on each set. The Education and Labor Cabinet’s school transportation regulation drew extended discussion. The agency explained the changes were intended to implement Senate Bill 46 and update references affected by later legislation, including an oral amendment to delete a subsection reference tied to KRS 160.380. The committee adopted both the agency and oral amendments without objection after brief questions about the scope of the bill changes and van transportation for students. The committee then heard a lengthy package from the Department for Public Health on WIC and related nutrition program regulations, including updates to infant and child certification periods, documentation requirements, vendor criteria, sanctions, hearing procedures, and high-risk vendor standards. Staff amendments were adopted without objection. Finally, the committee considered the Inspector General’s regulation for freestanding birthing centers, which included both staff and agency amendments. The agency changes would require two neonatal resuscitation program-certified staff, set rules for medical director vacancies and appeals, revise facility and staffing terminology, adjust transfer-agreement requirements, and allow waivers when agreements cannot be secured. Mary Katherine DeLodder of the Kentucky Birth Coalition testified in support, saying the parties had worked through concerns and were ready to move forward. The committee then moved on to Medicaid’s 1915C child waiver regulations, where staff amendments were adopted, but Lucy Heskins of Kentucky Protection and Advocacy testified against the package because it did not include person-directed services, which she said are required by Kentucky law and important for families using the waiver.

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• The state child advocate would be appointed by a selection committee composed of 9 members, including
• of 7 members who come together before September 1st to engage in the selection of, of nominees that
• Chair, Senator, I'm not aware of the, the doings of the selection committee. Apologies for that.
• And so, when is there a deadline on when the selection committee needs to be in place? Mr.
• It's not Ancestry andM, it is not 23andMe, it's not those commercial sites.

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• So everyone who was selected to have one of our pilot licenses undertook training on I fundamentals,
• determining what are the training requirements for the operators of the tool, not only on the development site
• it's very clear for us if it does it pretty rare to almost impossible to even get to the the subject site
• Things that we can consider is a committee in regard to how both from the agency site in from the underside
• us as policymakers >> and to give us a better insight and into what you're doing within the agency site

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• Should you select to waive your speaking time, your position will be included in the committee meeting
• Projects include roofing repairs, mechanical systems, plumbing systems, interior improvements, site repairs
• a 45,000-square-foot detention center in Broward County, following the architectural planning and site
• Projects include roofing repairs, mechanical systems, plumbing systems, interior improvements, site repairs
• We are in the architectural and engineering phase, and the plan is to demolish that site.

Summary: The committee met for an interim appropriations presentation hearing focused on justice administration agencies. Members heard budget requests from the State Attorney’s Office, Public Defenders, the Justice Administrative Commission, Regional Conflict Counsel, Capital Collateral Regional Counsel, and the Guardian ad Litem Office, followed by a presentation from the Department of Juvenile Justice and a brief public comment from a nonprofit advocate. The chair noted that presentations from the Department of Law Enforcement and the Commission on Offender Review would be moved to a later meeting. The state attorney requested funding to true up underfunded circuits under the existing formula, staff 14 new criminal judgeships, replace declining VOCA victim-services funding with general revenue, and cover a projected due process shortfall. The public defender asked for a higher starting salary for assistant public defenders, funding to restore balance in circuits where public defenders lag behind state attorneys, and staffing for new criminal judgeships. Regional conflict counsel and capital collateral regional counsel also sought salary adjustments, additional attorneys and case costs, and competitive area differential funding to address recruitment and retention issues. The Justice Administrative Commission requested funding for Florida PALM readiness and implementation and for IT hardware and software replacement; it also relayed a clerks’ request for reimbursement related to injunctions for protection, Baker Act, Marchman Act, and sexually violent predator cases. The Guardian ad Litem Office said it now has a guardian ad litem for every child in Florida and requested salary increases for senior and managing attorneys to reduce turnover. The Department of Juvenile Justice presented a much larger budget request to expand residential and detention capacity, increase per diem rates, renovate and replace aging facilities, fund the Broward detention center rebuild, improve cybersecurity and the juvenile information system, and cover rising lease costs. Members asked questions about staffing, compensation, detention and residential treatment needs, mental health and substance-use services, and the Broward project timeline. A nonprofit advocate then asked for better data collection on protection orders and related court actions to support funding for domestic violence and recovery services. The committee adjourned without taking any formal votes on the budget requests.

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• So I just want to make sure... that any restrictions on site location should be determined by some sort
• inflexible distance, and I think you heard almost that half mile, severely restricts the ability to site
• those in the International Fire Code and CP855 and UL9540, provide critical requirements based for siting
• Wouldn't this severely limit the site selection available? Yeah, this seems to be one facility.

Bills: HB551, HB 1281, HB1378, HB1617, HB2868, HB2881, HB3374, HB4439, HB4726, HB4732, HB4878, HB4914, HB4921, HB4958, HB5200, HB5318, HB5360, HB5402, HB5568, HB5573, HB5623, HJR218

Keywords: political contributions, address privacy, Texas Ethics Commission, election transparency, campaign finance, international organizations, World Health Organization, jurisdiction, state law, enforcement, United Nations, World Economic Forum, attorney general, Texas attorney general, state sovereignty, legal enforcement, Texas Attorney General, electric energy storage, municipal regulation, county regulation

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• Why did 500,000 constituents actually select you to represent them? What is your overall purpose?
• Why did 500,000 constituents actually select you to represent you, well, to represent them?
• You actually selected you to represent you, well, to represent them. What is your overall purpose?
• Poll site relocations, changes to registration procedures, voter ID, Locations, changes to registration
• Thank you to all those who serve on the California-Mexico Select Committee for the support on this.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• It is such a broad definition. ...representative sites that provide immigration legal services.
• As co-chair of the Select Committee on CalFresh Enrollment and Nutrition, I am constantly reminded of
• This is a priority bill of the California and Mexico Select Committee's work this year.
• I want to thank the author for bringing this important bill and for your work on the select committee
• I want to thank the author for bringing this important bill and for your work on the select committee

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• So we now sit at 89 sites, 117 classrooms.
• So we're really excited that we were one of 23 states that were selected.
• So we're applied and we were selected.
• sites statewide. sites statewide.
• > metrics<02:31:22.160> or you can select multiple metrics or you can select multiple metrics

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• We are also requesting planning, design, and site selection for the state Training Center. ...We are
• also requesting planning, design, and site selection for the state Training Center.
• <00:13:58.600> selection<00:13:59.160> and planning design and site selection and planning
• design and site selection and for<00:13:59.680> still<00:13:59.920> for<00:14:00.120><
• And then the $4 million for your law enforcement training— you don’t have a site yet?”

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The committee heard budget testimony first from the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Director Tommy Johnson outlined short-term goals to reduce overcrowding, improve living and working conditions, fill vacancies, expand mental health services, and update the correctional master plan. He said the department is still dealing with severe overcrowding at facilities such as OCCC and HCCC, with 947 people at OCCC against a design capacity of 628, and noted 938 inmates are currently housed on the mainland because of temporary repairs at Halawa. He also reported progress on staffing, saying the correctional officer vacancy rate has dropped from 34.3% to 24% through expanded recruitment. The department’s major budget request was $30 million for planning and design for a new Old Triple C project, along with other requests for re-entry services, identification documents, security systems, radios, sink-toilet modules, and trauma-informed care. Members asked about the timing and scope of the OCCC project, courtroom space in new facilities, and the department’s plan to use the funding to improve re-entry and reduce recidivism. The committee then heard from the Department of Law Enforcement on a wide range of priorities. The department described requests to expand agricultural crime enforcement, traffic enforcement, illegal fireworks enforcement, and facilities such as a police building at the DKI airport, a state training center, and new police facilities in central and Leeward Oahu. It also discussed a major IT request for a statewide law enforcement and critical infrastructure notification platform, plus funding for grants management, the Wahiawa Civic Center and court complex, the prescription monitoring program, narcotics enforcement operations, and the narcotics lab. A significant portion of the discussion focused on a proposed traffic enforcement program for commercial vehicle inspections, speeding, and DUI enforcement, which the department said would be funded with federal dollars and would operate concurrently with county police. Committee members questioned whether the effort duplicated county jurisdiction and how the program would be trained and staffed. Members also pressed the department on salary disparities for deputy sheriffs and related vacancies, and the department said the administration was working on a supplemental agreement and placeholder funding to address the issue. Additional discussion covered agricultural crime staffing, the Silver Alert program, and expansion of the forensic lab to handle explosives, firearms, and related evidence. No votes were taken in the portion provided, and the meeting moved from the corrections presentation to the law enforcement budget review with questions and answers throughout.

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• I think the benefit is kind of that unique site-based wraparound model for people.
• kind of that unique site-based kind of that unique site-based wraparound<00:37:36.560> model<
• the second point that I had it's a site the second point that I had it's a site based<00:37:59.200
• <00:38:42.119> that D Day program as one of the sites that D Day program as one of the sites
• nature of the program being being site nature of the program being being site based<00:42:19.240

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• Siting reform has also been a major focus of the legislature, and one key provision of these bills would
• future, and we think that this is one way to do that and continue to build out and support responsibly sited
• In the past year, the General Court passed comprehensive and appropriate siting and permitting reforms
• SEIA strongly supports Section 7, which would tighten up the siting timelines.
• And, as you know, it's impossible here in the state of Massachusetts to site any reactors, how advanced

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on a wide range of energy bills, with much of the discussion focused on offshore wind, battery storage, solar, nuclear study proposals, and a bill to redefine clean energy. Several Barnstable-area legislators and witnesses raised concerns about offshore wind transmission infrastructure near neighborhoods, beaches, and drinking water supplies, and supported bills to create a special commission and increase local input and oversight. In contrast, environmental, consumer, labor, and clean energy groups strongly backed offshore wind expansion bills, arguing that offshore wind lowers long-term costs, improves winter reliability, reduces fossil fuel dependence, supports jobs and local supply chains, and should include wildlife protections, labor standards, and community benefits. Some witnesses and committee members noted that parts of the offshore wind legislation overlap with the Governor’s energy affordability bill, and asked for clarification on which provisions were new versus duplicative. The committee also heard testimony on battery storage and solar legislation. Two student witnesses and several industry representatives supported a bill to study grid battery storage, saying storage can reduce outages, lower peak prices, and improve grid resilience during extreme weather. Witnesses from solar and storage companies supported a broader clean energy transition bill that would expand storage procurement, create a retail-style storage program for distributed batteries, set a 10-gigawatt solar target by 2035, and streamline siting and interconnection. Committee members pressed witnesses on whether these provisions were already included in the Governor’s affordability bill and asked for a section-by-section breakdown of what was new. One witness also urged allowing developers to bond interconnection payments to reduce financing costs. Another major topic was a bill defining clean energy, especially whether existing pumped-storage hydropower should qualify for subsidies or be excluded. Supporters of the bill argued that existing pumped storage should not receive additional ratepayer subsidies because it is already built, can have environmental impacts on rivers and ecosystems, and could cost ratepayers hundreds of millions of dollars. Opponents said pumped storage is an important reliability resource and should remain eligible. The committee also heard testimony on nuclear-energy study bills: some witnesses supported creating a commission to examine nuclear power as a reliable, carbon-free option, while others opposed nuclear study bills and argued that nuclear is costly, unsafe, and inconsistent with the state’s clean energy goals. No votes were taken during the hearing.

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• Reports of Select Committees. Communications and Reports from State Officers.
• I can't tell you how proud I was to select Minerva as one of my first Women of Distinction honorees,
• A WORK GETS UP BEFORE DAWN, GETS DRESS ASKED TRAVELS TO JOB SITE, ARRANGES CHILD CARE, SHOWS UP READY
• So there have to be sites in every part of the state; there has to be additional sites for every 30,000
• A website coming across as a news site with no board of directors, no source, very clearly A.I.

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Senate met on June 3, 2026, approved the prior day’s journal, and then moved through a long list of discharge motions and substitutions to place many bills on the third reading calendar. The chamber also adopted Resolution J.2314 honoring the New York chapter of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, with remarks emphasizing domestic workers’ role in care work, labor organizing, and protections such as paid sick leave and family leave. Another adopted resolution, J.2298, mourned labor and social justice advocate Minerva Solla, with senators highlighting her work with 1199, the Young Lords, Puerto Rican solidarity efforts, and women’s organizing. A third resolution recognized Olympic curler Daniel Casper for representing the United States at the 2026 Winter Games. The Senate then confirmed a large slate of judicial and executive nominations. It accepted the Judiciary Committee report and confirmed four interim Supreme Court justices, seven Court of Claims judges, and 21 reappointments/extensions by a vote of 44-12. The Finance Committee report was also accepted, and the Senate confirmed a broad set of appointments to state boards and authorities, including the MTA, State Commission of Correction, Power Authority, NYSERDA, Financial Control Board, public health councils, SUNY and Cornell boards, gaming and bridge authorities, and others. One notable confirmation was Alexander Dockery to the State Commission of Correction; supporters called it the first time a formerly incarcerated person had been confirmed to that commission, while Senator Murray criticized the practice of voting on large nomination blocks rather than individually. The chamber then took up and passed many bills, mostly by wide margins, covering labor, health, education, transportation, public service, criminal justice, municipal, tax, insurance, and environmental topics. Several members explained their votes on major measures: Senator Ramos supported a bill modernizing temporary disability benefits and another protecting construction workers from lost pay when jobs are canceled; Senator Baskin spoke about a correction bill tied to the death of India Cummings; Senator Skoufis described a family-court custody bill intended to prioritize child safety; Senator Mayer backed a proposal to reimburse parents of medically fragile children for providing care; and Senator Hinchey defended a bill requiring employers to report AI-related job impacts, while Senator Borrello opposed it as burdensome. Most bills were passed, some were laid aside, and the session concluded with multiple roll-call votes and confirmations before adjournment-related business.

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• And then from this competitive application process, we select the applicants that give us the most jobs
• we zoomed in and targeted that, could there potentially be significant benefits to places that were sites
• area of the state or a select number of individuals as opposed to an education fund that goes to all
• Those are the most competitive applicants, and those are the ones that we select, so it's a numerical
• We set up the West Wings site outside. Makeup artists were here.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• and her staff at Gettysburg National Military Park for their dedication to protecting these sacred sites
• <00:08:28.879> I<00:08:29.360> urge<00:08:29.599> all these sacred sites.
• I urge all these sacred sites.
• as a great Pennsylvania its selection as a great Pennsylvania school<00:08:53.200> bestowed<00
• And the site actually played a decisive role during World War II in intercepting enemy communications

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, January 12, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• mentioned police cars and other sites. mentioned police cars and other sites.
• > safe<00:49:07.359> stop responsible for selecting safe stop responsible for selecting
• board and it represents um the select board and it represents um the entire<03:10:15.040> select<
• This is just it entire select board.
• town, which is why the Brentwood Select town, which is why the Brentwood Select Board<03:11:30.640

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• <00:40:00.240> award already requires selectment award already requires selectment award officers
• the select board to commandeer<00:43:14.079> school<00:43:14.400> property?
• to if this were to go to court or select to if this were to go to court or select board<00:43:43.040
• it just gives that right to the select it just gives that right to the select board<00:44:02.400
• I'm also a municipal official serving on my select board as chair and vice chair.

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• or what I have Then it can't, there's no network egress to go, you know, do any of these other sites
• Students at these sites are often forced to travel for hours, sometimes across an entire many counties
• However, a critical gap remains: students at branch campuses, satellite locations, and other sites may
• A critical gap remains: students at branch campuses, satellite locations, and other sites may have to
• I mean, school districts can go in and select our course on... I'm forgetting the name of it.

Summary: The committee heard SB 1067, which would require annual math screening for kindergarten through second grade students beginning in 2028-29 to identify early numeracy difficulties and connect students to evidence-based supports. Senator Weber and supporters, including EdVoice, UC Davis researcher Charles Wilkes, and several education and community advocates, argued that California’s math performance is too low and that early screening would help close gaps before they widen. Opponents, including the California Mathematics Council, county superintendents, and the CTA, said the bill could narrow instruction, overemphasize deficit-based measures, and should instead be paired with stronger investments in teacher training and implementation of the California Mathematics Framework. Committee members generally expressed support for the bill’s goals while discussing how the screener would work and what kinds of follow-up supports would be needed. The committee also heard SB 1110 on child care subsidy administration, which would restructure funding for alternative payment programs and core contracts as the state moves to enrollment-based funding. Supporters said the bill would stabilize child care providers, improve payment timelines, and better reflect the administrative work of enrolling families and managing services; there was no opposition testimony. SB 1374, supported by the CSU and UC systems, would allow public higher education institutions to seek temporary restraining orders when credible threats are directed at a campus rather than a specific person. Supporters described recent campus threats that created safety concerns but did not fit current restraining-order law; there was no opposition. Senator Nilo presented SB 1321, which would direct the State Auditor to review remedial course use and student preparedness at selected UC and CSU campuses after a UC San Diego report showed a sharp decline in incoming students’ math readiness. Supporters argued the audit would help identify gaps in college readiness and the effects of K-12 changes, while some members raised concerns about bypassing the usual legislative audit process; the bill was held on call. The committee then took up SB 1086 on microschools, which would define microschools and direct model ordinances for local land-use regulation. Supporters said it would create a clearer path for small, individualized learning communities, but several members questioned whether the concept was sufficiently defined and whether the state had enough information to draft model ordinances; the bill was also placed on call after a quorum was established. Finally, SB 1181 was presented as a limited pilot program in Central Valley counties to connect schools with regional threat assessment centers when credible safety concerns arise. The author and supporters, including the mother of a student killed in a shooting and several students, said it would improve early intervention and communication; committee members raised privacy and federal-sharing concerns but indicated support, and the bill was moved forward on a vote once quorum was present.

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• Minnesota market and help place select Minnesota market and help place select the<01:10:20.040><
• Um it has been around for over 30 years, a long track record of really good site visits, compliance,
• Um it has been around for over 30 years, a long track record of really good site visits, compliance,
• The communication was confusing if site visits were being done just for C-CAP to centers or to family
• communication was confusing if site communication was confusing if site visits<01:50:22.280>

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• Department of the Interior to refurbish acid mine drainage sites.
• We don't select who receives that funding; that's done at the federal level.
• You disperse it, but it's selected based on their application. Yes, sir, that is correct.

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