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• Workforce housing, as you know, serves teachers, health care workers, service employees, retail workers
• Workforce housing, as you know, serves teachers, health care workers, service employees, retail workers
• That efficiency allowed her to scale her business and continue mentoring at-risk youth.
• the most effective tools we have to build early literacy, support parents as their child's first teacher
• Providers and preschool teachers consistently share that they see stronger vocabulary, engagement, and

Bills: SB6256 , SB6275 , SB5868 , SB5954

Committee: Senate Ways & Means

Keywords: tax exemptions, affordable housing, nonprofit, unoccupied property, housing policy, community reinvestment, economic development, local investment, financial assistance, SB 5868, superior court, judge, judgeship, judicial vacancy, court administration, Skagit County, Yakima County, RCW 2.08.061, Washington courts, county judges

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• As a field training officer, he mentored new state troopers in day-to-day operations of the highway patrol
• House Bill 122 by Representative Collins regarding teachers is referred to the Committee on Education
• Representative Bill number 122 by Representative Collins<00:10:04.080><c> regarding</c><00:10:04.560><c> teachers
• </c><00:10:05.200><c> is</c><00:10:05.360><c> referred</c> Collins regarding teachers is referred Collins
• regarding teachers is referred to<00:10:05.680><c> the</c><00:10:05.839><c> Committee</c><00:10:06.080

Keywords: 920, all

Summary: The Senate began with a resolution honoring Special Agent Senior Josh Taylor for his long service in state law enforcement, including work as a traffic homicide investigator, field training officer, SBI major crimes investigator, and later on the Lieutenant Governor’s protective detail. The resolution was adopted by voice vote. The chamber then received a series of gubernatorial confirmations and House messages, including multiple Alabama Army National Guard promotions, appointments to state boards, and several House bills referred to Senate committees. Committee reports followed, with favorable reports on a number of bills from Finance and Taxation Education, Judiciary, State Governmental Affairs, County and Municipal Government, Agriculture, Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development, Children and Youth Health, and Local Legislation. The Senate confirmed Leon M. Nash to the Board of Pardons and Paroles by a 33-0 vote, and also confirmed several State Textbook Committee appointees by unanimous votes. The chamber also adopted several resolutions, including memorials for John David Williams and William Grant Lynch Jr., a commendation for Sandra Thompson, and a resolution urging federal action on sextortion and child exploitation. During local legislation, the Senate passed or certified several county-specific measures, including bills involving Pickens, Colbert, Marshall, Blount, Fayette, Franklin, and Walker counties; one Marshall County bill was later indefinitely postponed after word that its House companion had passed. In the special order calendar, the Senate adopted Senate Resolution 30 and then passed Senate Bill 95 extending the sunset on the “call before you dig” law, Senate Bill 42 addressing municipal election tie situations, Senate Bill 9 adding vaping to the Alabama Clean Indoor Air Act, and Senate Bill 41 on elder abuse and exploitation after adopting two amendments. The session ended with adjournment until 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, February 2nd.

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• One of them is the Teacher Preparation Administration and Leadership Unit report that states that graduate
• Bilingual education is a very serious one because we are highly lacking bilingual teachers of all languages
• certainly, but very much so with the Spanish language, and we're looking to see why it is that bilingual teachers
• They hop on the buses with their mentors and preceptors, and they go try to tell the story.
• the union representative for the United Health Professionals of New Mexico, American Federation of Teachers

Committee: House Legislative Health & Human Services Committee

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• We have a coordinator who serves as our mentor, and he sits down with them.
• We're trying to get more teachers out to that region.
• But for teachers, when there are hospitals close in bigger places, that's where they're going to go.
• So it's a difficult situation getting teachers where we want them.
• We can get more teachers to go out there, but they're also facing the housing issues that everyone is

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• how on page nine we can say there will be no fiscal impact to this program when we are asking for teachers
• Two of them, teachers to be trained to validate this programming. That is fiscal.
• Then that is fiscal because now we need substitute teachers to go into the classrooms.
• We need money to be able to train the teachers to validate the badges.
• The hope was that people can uplift communities, mentor young men, and advocate for social justice.

Bills: SJR37 , SJR57 , SCR8 , SB8 , SB108 , SB125 , SB251 , SB318 , SB378 , SB379 , SB396 , SB472 , SB487 , SB503 , SB533 , SB565 , SB583 , SB608 , SB650 , SB686 , SB689 , SB707 , SB710 , SB763 , SB854 , SB875 , SB916 , SB924 , SB925 , SB958 , SB961 , SB965 , SB987 , SB988 , SB1006 , SB1019 , SB1021 , SB1024 , SB1026 , SB1038 , SB1146 , SB1185 , SB1194 , SB1202 , SB1252 , SB1253 , SB1330 , SB1343 , SB1362 , SB1497 , SB1498 , SB1499 , SB1527 , SB1547 , SB1596 , SB1697 , SJR36 , SJR12 , SJR57 , SJR37 , SCR22 , SCR12 , SCR8 , SB925 , SB1362 , SB565 , SB765 , SB62 , SB666 , SB707 , SB888 , SB687 , SB847 , SB1248 , SB504 , SB857 , SB305 , SB296 , SB284 , SB1497 , SB1499 , SB1498 , SB241 , SB304 , SB621 , SB1023 , SB1024 , SB686 , SB371 , SB204 , SB609 , SB670 , SB850 , SB854 , SB413 , SB1346 , SB1033 , SB1220 , SB1073 , SB810 , SB1539 , SB447 , SB875 , SB406 , SB985 , SB965 , SB1119 , SB1505 , SB1194 , SB1253 , SB1215 , SB1302 , SB856 , SB583 , SB673 , SB681 , SB1172 , SB1252 , SB378 , SB608 , SB955 , SB957 , SB988 , SB1019 , SB1021 , SB1120 , SB251 , SB541 , SB379 , SB1737 , SB266 , SB1415 , SB1527 , SB125 , SB599 , SB1330 , SB53 , SB916 , SB1352 , SB785 , SB710 , SB472 , SB1450 , SB1502 , SB1566 , SB414 , SB1062 , SB961 , SB1038 , SB578 , SB711 , SB746 , SB942 , SB1404 , SB1448 , SB1738 , SB108 , SB8 , SB318 , SB507 , SB533 , SB689 , SB1026 , SB1349 , SB1355 , SB1433 , SB1434 , SB1596 , SB1403 , SB1146 , SB763 , SB667 , SB1059 , SB617 , SB1567 , SB503 , SB16 , SB310 , SB311 , SB396 , SB505 , SB1209 , SB1210 , SB1470 , SB264 , SB924 , SB1029 , SB1185 , SB1202 , SB1358 , SB1364 , SB1569 , SB1697 , SB1376 , SB1228 , SB519 , SB878 , SB1350 , SB462 , SB1535 , SB827 , SB1585 , SB207 , SB1207 , SB1619 , SB1396 , SB920 , SB1484 , SB1273 , SB1741 , SB7 , SB927 , SB1227 , SB1229 , SB1353 , SB1366 , SB1464 , SB1709 , SB1729 , SB1733 , SB1744 , SB1772 , SB1816 , SB1841 , SB2188 , SB1147 , SB879 , SB1008 , SB378 , SB710 , SB916 , SB1019 , SB1146 , SB1194 , SB1253 , SB1499 , SB213 , SB925 , SB1362 , SR263 , SR311 , SR333 , SCR8 , SB2407 , SB2722 , SB2949 , SB2407 , SB2722 , SB2949

Keywords: voter ID, citizenship, election integrity, constitutional amendment, voting rights, central bank digital currency, CBDC, Federal Reserve, digital dollar, digital currency, cashless payments, financial privacy, cybersecurity, government surveillance, financial surveillance, money laundering, terrorism financing, illicit finance, banking policy, monetary policy

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• honoring her name in the record, but we're honoring a daughter, a mother, a grandmother, a sister, a mentor
• part of America's conscience. 72 years ago, the Supreme Court declared what Black families, student teachers
• HONORING HER NAME IN THE RECORD, BUT WE'RE HONORING A DAUGHTER, A MOTHER, A GRANDMOTHER, A SISTER, A MENTOR
• THE AMERICA'S CONSCIENCE. 72 YEARS AGO, THE SUPREME COURT DECLARED WHAT BLACK FAMILIES, STUDENT TEACHERS

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Senate convened, approved the prior journal, and handled several motions to discharge and substitute identical Assembly or Senate bills, along with a number of amendments. The chamber also welcomed student visitors from the League of Women Voters’ Students of Albany program and a group of Staten Island titleholders, and later adopted previously approved resolutions honoring Dorothy E. Reid for her role in Brown v. Board of Education and recognizing Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. on Delta Day, with multiple senators speaking in support of both recognitions. The bulk of the floor session was devoted to third-reading votes on a large number of bills, most of which passed with broad support. Measures addressed public health, workers’ compensation, education, environmental conservation, insurance, labor, criminal procedure, domestic relations, tax, municipal authority, and correction law. Several bills were explained by sponsors as advancing stormwater management authority, labor-law transparency, public health protections, and stronger penalties for trafficking-related offenses; one bill on immunization in summer camps drew a defense from Senator Skoufis as a child-protection measure, while another on correction law passed with some Republican opposition. The chamber also took up a controversial public health/electronic health records bill by Senator Fernandez. Senator Martin questioned the bill at length about redacting certain categories of information, emergency access, provider obligations, and the impact on doctors’ ability to see complete medical histories. Fernandez said the bill was intended to protect patients from discrimination and to limit access to a small list of sensitive services, while also noting emergency exceptions and support from more than 200 health care providers. The debate remained focused on balancing privacy protections with concerns about continuity of care and record integrity.

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• He and his lovely wife, Louise, mentored me and told stories.
• He and his lovely wife, Louise, mentored me, told stories, and showed me what it meant to be involved
• Speaker, and my left, under the words progress are the following students, along with their teacher,
• Speaker, and my left, under the words progress are the following students, along with their teacher,

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• He volunteered in the Miller public schools as a translator, mentor, and soccer coach.
• ,</c> public schools as a translator, mentor, public schools as a translator, mentor, and<00:27:17.760
• His project helped mentor low-income students in India as they pursued higher education. Dr.
• ,</c><08:42:15.840><c> a</c> He served as a Sunday school teacher, a He served as a Sunday school teacher
• Governor Edgar was a mentor and a true public servant, but most of all, he was a dear friend.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, September 17, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• Mentors and interns are really important part of Empower.
• We have a really strong group of mentors across various groups, from peer mentors, those residential
• There's about 120 peer mentors every semester for Empower.
• So those mentors get significant training.
• So residential mentors get training from our housing office and peer mentors get training, obviously

Committee: All TASK FORCE ON AUTISM

Summary: The committee heard presentations on three Arkansas programs serving students and adults with autism and other developmental disabilities. University of Arkansas representatives described the Empower Program, a non-degree, four-year inclusive postsecondary program for young adults with mild intellectual disabilities, and the Autism Support Program, which provides intensive academic, peer, and career coaching for degree-seeking students with autism. They explained the programs’ person-centered planning, residential and employment supports, fee structure of $5,000 per semester for each program, and scholarship/fundraising efforts to offset costs. Members asked about dorm arrangements, mentoring, individualized plans, and how students move in and out of support services, and the presenters emphasized independence, integrated campus life, and transition planning. Pulaski Technical College staff then presented the 3D program, a three-year transition program in culinary, baking, and hospitality for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities. They outlined integrated classes, internships, job placement outcomes, and data showing strong completion and employment retention rates. Questions focused on how success is measured, tuition and financial aid, and the challenge of securing community partners for practicum and employment sites. The presenters said the program uses rubrics that include technical and professional skills, charges $5,700 per semester, and is pursuing accreditation through the Inclusive Higher Education Accreditation Council. The final presentation was from SLS Community, a Fayetteville nonprofit serving neurodivergent adults through residential supports, supported employment, and community initiatives. Leaders described their vision for a future mixed-use “live-work-play” development at Cato Springs, current residential and vocational services, and community events such as a 5K and a neurodiversity health care conference. Family members testified about the need for adult services, trained direct support professionals, and better reimbursement and behavioral health supports after age 21. No formal votes were taken beyond approving the prior meeting minutes, and members also announced upcoming autism-related events and requested future discussion on task force appointments and ABA-related issues.

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• gt; or teachers or principles &gt;&gt; teachers.
• &gt;&gt; teachers. &gt;&gt; teachers.
• </c> have these teachers that are coming in. have these teachers that are coming in.
• </c> Maui and and for teacher housing. Maui and and for teacher housing.
• </c> going to help us with teacher shortage? going to help us with teacher shortage?

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• Of course, my dear friend and mentor Patrick Murphy, who I can't thank enough for being the guardian
• the best ideas are out there, and the risk-takers, the business owners, the parents, the school teachers

Keywords: 1183, house

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• In each of these programs, caring adult mentors and youth work together to form youth-adult partnerships
• FFA also welcomes members who aspire to have careers as teachers, doctors, scientists, business owners

Committee: Senate Agriculture

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• deserves special recognition for their decades of commitment to the program, spending countless hours mentoring
• They can't have teachers, paraprofessionals, and lunchroom workers in the building enough right now.

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• And a shout out to my mentor Sharon Hirsch up in the gallery. Thank you so much.
• diligent about it. out, reaching out to our offices and talking about policy and what's good for the teachers

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• remain excluded from these teachers remain excluded from basic<04:35:04.480><c> tax</c><04:35:04.959
• It's also federal recognition of teachers and their professionalism, their dedication, and commitment
• It's also federal recognition of teachers and their professionalism, their dedication, and commitment
• It's also federal recognition of teachers and their professionalism, their dedication, and commitment
• ><c> go</c><04:39:39.600><c> the</c><04:39:39.840><c> extra</c> supporting teachers who go the extra

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, April 27, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• This is a slap in the face to my mentor, my godfather, State Representative Alvin Holmes.
• This is a slap in the face to my mentor,<00:22:26.160><c> my</c><00:22:26.440><c> godfather,</c><00:22
• :27.680><c> State</c> mentor, my godfather, State mentor, my godfather, State Representative<00:22:28.840
• But if a teacher says the exact same thing, the expectation is silence.

Bills: HB1

Committee: House Ways and Means General Fund

Keywords: HB1, Alabama, elections, primary election, special primary, runoff, congressional districts, redistricting, reapportionment, district boundaries, federal court, injunction, judgment, Governor proclamation, nominee certification, party nominee, general election 2026, election calendar, voting rights, congressional race

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• When an LGBTQ person, especially a child, comes out, whether it be to their parents, their teacher, their
• And I said, "What you have always taught me and what my mentors in the church have always taught me is
• what</c><01:01:39.119><c> my</c><01:01:40.000><c> uh</c><01:01:40.319><c> uh</c><01:01:40.480><c> mentors
• </c><01:01:41.040><c> in</c><01:01:41.280><c> the</c> me and what my uh uh mentors in the me and what
• my uh uh mentors in the church<01:01:41.760><c> has</c><01:01:42.000><c> always</c><01:01:42.319><c>

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee first took up administrative regulations, found no concerns, and then passed House Bill 389 with a favorable expression by a 9-0 vote. HB 389 was described as a cleanup bill for the CASPER prescription monitoring program: it clarifies that practitioners must have active CASPER accounts, exempts charitable health care providers from e-prescribing requirements, allows sharing CASPER data with certain federal entities such as military-base providers, and updates references to hydrocodone’s Schedule II status. The sponsor said there was no expected fiscal impact. The committee then passed House Bill 392, also by a 9-0 favorable expression. HB 392 would streamline payment for non-elective medical care for patients in state mental facilities when the facility cannot provide the needed treatment, allowing care in community-based settings and payment to those providers. The sponsor said the bill was intended to improve efficiency and would not have a fiscal impact on the cabinet. House Bill 501 was next and likewise passed 9-0 with favorable expression. The bill would allow pharmacists, in their professional judgment, to refill certain prescriptions for up to 180 days when a physician has died, while excluding controlled substances and preserving pharmacist discretion to require follow-up care. Senators raised concerns that the bill does not require patients to seek a new provider during that period, but supporters said the longer window addresses rural provider shortages and access delays. The committee then heard House Bill 495, as amended by a committee substitute. The substitute would prohibit Medicaid services and managed care organizations from covering cross-sex hormones above normal levels and gender reassignment surgery. Testimony on the bill was overwhelmingly opposed, with speakers including a former senator, psychologists, advocates, and legal and social work representatives arguing that conversion therapy is harmful, that the substitute would deny medically necessary gender-affirming care, and that the measure could increase suicide risk and litigation. One witness from the Family Foundation of Kentucky spoke in favor, arguing the executive order on counseling limits free speech and that counseling should not be restricted by government. The transcript ends during testimony, with no final committee vote on HB 495 shown.

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• Bob Bowman was a mentor in the fullest sense of the word, generous with his time, his sage advice, and
• And whereas after earning a doctorate in educational leadership and administration from Teachers College
• A lot of those folks he both mentored or recruited, leaving our university in great hands.

Bills: SR146 , SCR12 , HB221 , HCR115 , HCR116 , HCR58 , HB1 , HB312 , HB313 , HB314 , HB383 , HB983 , HB1126 , HCR3 , HB2 , HB3 , SCR3 , SB56 , SCR9 , SCR58 , SB35 , SB65 , SB215 , SB246 , SB249 , SB269 , SB282 , SB296 , SB323 , SB363 , SB369 , SB474 , SB490 , SB492 , SB500 , SB514 , HCR27 , HCR28 , HCR66 , HCR67 , HCR72 , HCR5 , HCR32 , HCR49 , HCR50 , HCR53 , HCR60 , HCR62 , HCR64 , HCR68 , HCR78 , HCR81 , HCR86 , HCR97 , HCR102 , HCR31 , HCR47 , HB476 , HB481 , HB487 , HB492 , HB549 , HB579 , HB608 , HB621 , HB624 , HB626 , HB632 , HB637 , HB656 , HB722 , HB745 , HB804 , HB818 , HB821 , HB833 , HB864 , HB867 , HB874 , HB893 , HB909 , HB951 , HB968 , HB969 , HB978 , HB979 , HB988 , HB989 , HB1001 , HB1005 , HB1007 , HB1024 , HB1032 , HB1050 , HB1051 , HB1056 , HB1059 , HB1077 , HB1080 , HB1081 , HB1086 , HB1108 , HB1112 , HB1153 , HB1172 , HB1173 , HB1175 , HB1192 , HB1193 , HB1204 , HB1218 , HB1242 , HB1244 , HB1249 , HB1252 , HB1254 , HB42 , HB45 , HB71 , HB79 , HB158 , HB160 , HB169 , HB227 , HB251 , HB289 , HB330 , HB394 , HB410 , HB429 , HB769 , HB971 , HB1017 , HB1234 , HB1235 , HB9 , HB177 , HB181 , HB202 , HB223 , HB225 , HB387 , HB398 , HB457 , HB459 , HB540 , HB591 , HB616 , HB766 , HB775 , HB783 , HB895 , HB906 , HB950 , HB975 , HB1052 , HB1057 , HB1076 , HB1100 , HB1139 , HB1155 , HB1160 , HB1182 , HB1186 , HB1220 , HB1223 , HB1224 , HB1228 , HB1231 , HB1245 , HB1256 , HB17 , HB27 , HB36 , HB41 , HB47 , HB73 , HB126 , HB133 , HB140 , HB159 , HB166 , HB205 , HB211 , HB226 , HB259 , HB271 , HB308 , HB310 , HB324 , HB337 , HB351 , HB399 , HB403 , HB571 , HB712 , HB723 , HB726 , HB740 , HB750 , HB759 , HB812 , HB844 , HB966 , HB1006 , HB1009 , HB1018 , HB1036 , HB1038 , HB1107 , SB29 , SB42 , SB78 , SB208 , SB217 , SB274 , SB300 , SB341 , SB379 , SB382 , SB387 , SB401 , SB441 , SB449 , SB487 , HB74 , HB134 , HB258 , HB359 , HB468 , HB956 , HB1117 , SB43 , SB149

Keywords: SR146, Senate Resolution 146, Louis Thomas Nelson, Thomas Nelson, condolences, memorial resolution, tribute, obituary, public service, St. Martinville, Cade, St. Martin Parish, police juror, mayor, community center, water system, school bus driver, school board, Louisiana Senate, sympathy

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• It is my pleasure to introduce 44 fourth graders and teachers from Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School in
• That is why it is important that we have trusted adults like parents, educators, mentors, family members
• As parents, siblings, mentors, and former children ourselves, we have the responsibility to ensure that

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Olympic swimmer, but they also bring out the best in the 14-year-old who wants to be a scientist or a teacher
• that that's done in an efficient way across government entities, that they have opportunities to be mentored
• It has networking and mentorship opportunities so that a small business can connect with a mentor and

Keywords: 988, house, all