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• And then we get to the LESC, and it's 19.86, but then it settles, and it actually, 6.62.
• make sure that we're taking care of our kids and schools and districts and teachers and such.
• risk of developmental disabilities and delayed disabilities.
• Chairman and Senator, under federal law, any child with a disability is required to have care.
• They set the price, and we live by that. And Madam and Mr.

Bills: SB204, SB241, HB34

Keywords: higher education, research funding, federal funding, New Mexico, appropriation, University of New Mexico, New Mexico State University, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, child care, child care assistance, child care subsidy, early childhood education, early childhood care, daycare, preschool, pre-K, Head Start, Early Head Start, Children's Code, early childhood education and care department

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• Zoom and the folks in the room and bouncing back and forth.
• and but it's all online and and and that kind of blend, but it's all online and that kind of stuff.
• And, and, and it's, but they're basically home-based out of that district.
• And Mr. Chair and Representative, for example, Of that process and that request. And Mr.
• So to sit and we made notes last night and trying to get up this morning and get this and having meetings

Bills: HB2, SB204, SB241, HB34

Keywords: general appropriation, budget, Medicaid, education funding, public safety, higher education, research funding, federal funding, New Mexico, appropriation, University of New Mexico, New Mexico State University, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, child care, child care assistance, child care subsidy, early childhood education, early childhood care, daycare, preschool

Summary: The committee heard House Bill 253, as substituted, which would create a framework for full-time virtual/distance learning programs in New Mexico. Sponsors and agency witnesses said the bill is intended to preserve virtual options while adding approval, reporting, and compliance requirements, including definitions for distance learning programs, annual reporting, renewal every three to five years, and a pause on new programs while existing ones are grandfathered for a period. They also said the bill addresses budget concerns by limiting enrollment growth units and excluding distance-learning students from certain funding calculations, including rural population units, to prevent unexpected losses in the state equalization guarantee. Public testimony was sharply divided. Supporters included district superintendents and education officials who said the bill is needed to protect school funding, improve accountability, and gather basic data that the state currently lacks. Opponents included parents, students, teachers, charter-school representatives, and business and advocacy voices who argued virtual education has been lifesaving for medically fragile, bullied, rural, neurodivergent, and working students, and that the bill’s caps, geographic limits, and approval authority would reduce school choice and could eliminate some programs. Several witnesses stressed that virtual charter schools such as Pecos Cyber Academy and New Mexico Connections would not be affected, while others said the bill still reaches too broadly. Committee members raised extensive questions about the 10% enrollment cap, the adjacent-district requirement, the denial-and-appeal process, the treatment of charter schools versus district programs, and the effect on rural or small districts. Witnesses explained that the bill is meant to be temporary, with an interim study in 2026 to develop longer-term policy, but some members said they remained concerned about overreach and unintended consequences. No final vote or action on the bill was shown in the transcript excerpt.

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• And state your name for the record and proceed.
• And members.
• guidance and information on appropriate salary ranges and expectations on board structure changes and
• That is Willie Jett, and I do believe that is the Department of Education, and that matches and I have
• And so this includes developing that guidance and offering training, providing technical support, and

Bills: HF2430, HF2433

Keywords: education finance, teacher training, Read Act, state aid, school funding, education funding, children with disabilities, transition aid, special education, school district consolidation

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• I had to file this legislation and as I've learned more about it and I've heard Jackie and Michelle and
• to many infectious diseases, resulting in more. deaths and more children with disabilities.
• It can also lead to heart defects. cataracts, intellectual disabilities, and growth delays in the baby
• He reached back out, and back out, and back out, and followed up, and kind of had the same responses:
• And it won't affect you. And Ms.

Bills: HB3772, HB1656, HB4504, HB1896, HB4420, HB4421, HB4076, HB3708, HB2806, HB3540, HB1586, HB5459, HB4553, HB4535, HB3811, HB3749, HB4255, HB4051, HB5098, HB3554, HB4539, HB5274

Keywords: e-cigarettes, health and safety, regulations, directory, penalties, regulation, certification, compliance, manufacturers, FDA, nicotine, mental health, emergency detention, paramedic authority, mental illness, healthcare facility, public health, covenants not to compete, health care practitioners, physicians

Bills: HB3772, HB1656, HB4504, HB1896, HB4420, HB4421, HB4076, HB3708, HB2806, HB3540, HB1586, HB5459, HB4553, HB4535, HB3811, HB3749, HB4255, HB4051, HB5098, HB3554, HB4539, HB5274

Keywords: e-cigarettes, health and safety, regulations, directory, penalties, regulation, certification, compliance, manufacturers, FDA, nicotine, mental health, emergency detention, paramedic authority, mental illness, healthcare facility, public health, covenants not to compete, health care practitioners, physicians

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• Taken together, reports document systemic trends and patterns of violations against children with disabilities
• And at the heart of the reports, they document the lived experiences of countless children with disabilities
• And we have another panel, and David May is not remote, and David may be in person.
• And we have another panel and David May is not remote and David may be in person and if you are please
• So and then in person Rafael Guza and Owen Sharp if you And then, in person, Rafael Guza and Owen Sharp

Bills: SB6130, SB6247, SB6260, SB6268, SB6278

Keywords: voter registration, elections, national holiday, civic engagement, government initiative, school funding, financial management, budgeting, transparency, district governance, SB 6260, public education, K-12, Washington State, OSPI, Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, education finance, school transportation, school buses, zero-emission bus

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• > the</c> disabilities and those re-entering the disabilities and those re-entering the workforce<00:
• training people with disabilities and competitive employment environments.
• > people with disabilities and MC 65% of people with disabilities and MC 65% of our<00:59:16.119><c>
• illness and disabilities mental illness and addiction<01:04:07.279><c> on</c><01:04:07.400><c> our</

Bills: HF1439, HF1004, HF498, HF1326

Keywords: HF1439, Minnesota Grocers Association Foundation, Carts to Careers, workforce development fund, DEED, Department of Employment and Economic Development, grocery industry, food industry, food retail, retail workforce, job training, career pathways, scholarships, certifications, workforce pipeline, one-time appropriation, industry training, labor shortage, youth employment, apprenticeship

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• Aaron and your family, thank you for your service and your sacrifice and your continued leadership.
• and therapy services.
• Many mild and moderate traumatic brain injuries go undiagnosed or untreated, and individuals and families
• And last, and certainly not least, Mr. Joshua Lay here with Representative.
• We just couldn't get them all off work today, so and And what and one of their search dogs.

Bills: HB3522, HB4300, HB4359, HB4363, HB3467, HB2987, HB3076, HB4427, HB3026, HB3288, HB3315, HB3711, HB3885

Keywords: alcoholic beverages, ABLE Commission, licensing, regulation, annual reporting, child care, criminal history, background checks, child safety, Oklahoma laws, advisory committees, statewide assessments, student testing, testing window, end-of-year testing, Oklahoma Academic Standards, Oklahoma School Testing Program, State Board of Education, grade 3-8, alternate assessment

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• And after you have...
• And Aaron and your family, thank you for your service and your sacrifice and your continued leadership
• book and crayons.
• , and whereas many mild and moderate traumatic brain injuries go undiagnosed or untreated, and individuals
• and families lack the resources Undiagnosed or untreated, and individuals and families lack the resources

Bills: HB3522, HB4300, HB4359, HB4363, HB3467, HB2987, HB3076, HB4427, HB3026, HB3288, HB3315, HB3711, HB3885

Keywords: alcoholic beverages, ABLE Commission, licensing, regulation, annual reporting, child care, criminal history, background checks, child safety, Oklahoma laws, advisory committees, statewide assessments, student testing, testing window, end-of-year testing, Oklahoma Academic Standards, Oklahoma School Testing Program, State Board of Education, grade 3-8, alternate assessment

Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several recognitions, including Veteran of the Week Aaron Hudkins, Psychologist of the Day Dr. Emily Corley, Doctor of the Day Dr. Jason Reagan, and a proclamation recognizing Brain Injury Awareness Month. Members also honored the Edmond Santa Fe Palm Squad and Ava Garrett for assembling and funding 100 overnight bags for children entering foster care in memory of fallen Oklahoma service member Serena Butcher. On legislation, the House considered and passed House Bill 3522, a transparency measure requiring alcoholic beverage licensees to report disciplinary actions annually, and House Bill 4300, a Department of Human Services request bill aligning child-care worker assessment language with federal requirements. Both bills advanced without debate; HB 3522 passed by recorded vote and HB 4300 passed 94-0. The chamber also recognized 17 Pages of the Week and heard multiple announcements, including caucus and birthday notices, a planned Jeans Day request tied to Bob Wills Day, and the introduction of Oklahoma Task Force One members and a search dog. The House then adjourned until Tuesday, March 3, 2026, at 9:30 a.m.

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• And there we start differing from the governor in the disability waiver rate system cap to the inflation
• Article two is disability services.<00:04:11.200><c> And</c><00:04:11.920><c> there</c><00:04:12.560>
• ,<00:12:47.040><c> vulnerable</c><00:12:47.600><c> individuals</c><00:12:48.560><c> and</c> disabilities
• , vulnerable individuals and disabilities, vulnerable individuals and we<00:12:49.120><c> have</c><00
• /c> And so with that, I thank my team and And so with that, I thank my team and and<00:52:16.160><c>

Bills: HF2433, HF2434

Keywords: education funding, children with disabilities, transition aid, special education, school district consolidation, healthcare, personal care assistance, worker retention, disability services, state funding, 1183, house

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• </c> and the networks we are setting up and and the networks we are setting up and the<00:08:14.879><
• </c> networks and get as much training and networks and get as much training and support<00:09:17.440
• and and underperforming in underserved and and underperforming in reading<00:14:11.560><c> receive</
• </c> Spanish and Korean. and Somali and all Spanish and Korean. and Somali and all the<00:18:29.760><
• > how they serve students. and um and it how they serve students. and um and it and<01:25:22.400><c>

Bills: HF2430, HF2433

Keywords: education finance, teacher training, Read Act, state aid, school funding, education funding, children with disabilities, transition aid, special education, school district consolidation, 1183, house

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• He has MS and is disabled.
• He has MS and is disabled.
• He has MS and is disabled.
• My name is Jill Puler, and I am the aging and disability services manager with W County Health and Human
• </c><01:39:22.119><c> as</c> disabilities and our aging population as disabilities and our aging population

Bills: HF2367, HF2319, HF2523, HF1742, HF671, HF2331, HF2722, HF2406, HF1674

Keywords: HF2367, Community First Services and Supports, CFSS, personal care assistance, PCA, consumer-directed community supports, CDCS, home and community-based services, HCBS, direct support professionals, direct care workers, caregivers, support workers, SEIU Healthcare Minnesota & Iowa, collective bargaining agreement, retention stipend, health care cost stipend, training stipend, orientation program, retirement trust

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• And we did a lot of mental training, leadership training, and they... Just went above and beyond.
• health, and political awareness and involvement.
• And whereas it is fitting and proper that the Oklahoma Senate congratulates and commends Delta Sigma
• This bill is intended to revise the statutory definition of intellectual. disability to ensure consistency
• individuals with intellectual disabilities.

Bills: SCR17, SB2104, SB2155, SB1428, SB1250, SB1651, SB1794, SB444, SB1061, SB1327, SB1425, SB1455, SB1458, SB1460, SB1480, SB1530, SB1543, SB1555, SB1593, SB1209, SB1730, SB1733, SB1769, SB1805, SB2069, SB2095, SB1503

Keywords: Oklahoma Ireland relations, Ireland, Irish heritage, St. Patrick's Day, Choctaw Nation, Choctaw famine relief, Irish-American, cultural resolution, concurrent resolution, ceremonial resolution, economic development, trade commission, international relations, Tulsa IrishFest, ShamROCK the Gardens, Oklahoma City St. Patrick's Parade, Irish ancestry, Senate of Ireland, Aubrey McCarthy, Phil Thompson

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• and developmental delays.
• And you.
• because I believe that he is a true intellectual with lots of curiosity, and so understand how two colleagues
• techniques and fantasies and adolescent nudity.
• They plant seeds of lust, shame, and confusion, and objectification of women and men and premature sexualization

Bills: SCR17, SB2104, SB2155, SB1428, SB1250, SB1651, SB1794, SB444, SB1061, SB1327, SB1425, SB1455, SB1458, SB1460, SB1480, SB1530, SB1543, SB1555, SB1593, SB1209, SB1730, SB1733, SB1769, SB1805, SB2069, SB2095, SB1503

Keywords: Oklahoma Ireland relations, Ireland, Irish heritage, St. Patrick's Day, Choctaw Nation, Choctaw famine relief, Irish-American, cultural resolution, concurrent resolution, ceremonial resolution, economic development, trade commission, international relations, Tulsa IrishFest, ShamROCK the Gardens, Oklahoma City St. Patrick's Parade, Irish ancestry, Senate of Ireland, Aubrey McCarthy, Phil Thompson

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• And we did a lot of mental training, leadership training, and they just went above and beyond.
• this is the section there on lines 16 and 18, and then 20 and 23.
• Members, this bill is intended to revise the statutory definition of intellectual disability to ensure
• individuals with intellectual disabilities.
• I was thankful to... ...federal programs that serve individuals with intellectual disabilities.

Bills: SCR17, SB2104, SB2155, SB1428, SB1250, SB1651, SB1794, SB444, SB1061, SB1327, SB1425, SB1455, SB1458, SB1460, SB1480, SB1530, SB1543, SB1555, SB1593, SB1209, SB1730, SB1733, SB1769, SB1805, SB2069, SB2095, SB1503

Keywords: Oklahoma Ireland relations, Ireland, Irish heritage, St. Patrick's Day, Choctaw Nation, Choctaw famine relief, Irish-American, cultural resolution, concurrent resolution, ceremonial resolution, economic development, trade commission, international relations, Tulsa IrishFest, ShamROCK the Gardens, Oklahoma City St. Patrick's Parade, Irish ancestry, Senate of Ireland, Aubrey McCarthy, Phil Thompson

Summary: The Senate began with several ceremonial recognitions, including citations for the Destiny Christian School girls volleyball team and football team for state championships, and for Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, in connection with Delta Day at the Capitol and Women’s History Month. Members and guests were welcomed to speak briefly before the chamber returned to its agenda. The chamber then considered a series of bills. SB 444, dealing with hospice handling and disposal of controlled dangerous substances left after a patient’s death, passed 39-0. SB 1327, restoring the Tourism and Recreation Commission’s authority and adding general commission-member requirements, passed 27-12. SB 1061, a mortgage broker fee cleanup bill, passed 38-0. SB 1425, repealing an obsolete health care workforce board, passed 40-0. SB 1455, extending the sunset for the Board of Governors of the Architects, Landscape Architects, and Licensed Interior Designers, passed 28-11 and then also passed the emergency with 38-1. SB 1458, an Attorney General-request bill to align grand jury witness confidentiality statutes, failed 24-14. The Senate also passed SB 1460, which increases penalties for repeat peeping Tom and clandestine recording offenses and makes second or subsequent offenses sex offenses, by a vote of 38-3. SB 1480, creating a youth apprenticeship pilot program, passed 42-0 and then passed the emergency. SB 1530, updating the Oklahoma Research Development Rebate Program and encouraging private partnerships with higher education, passed 36-4. SB 1543, allowing multiple DUI charges within one year to be prosecuted as a single felony case and making related cleanup changes, passed 37-6 after extended debate about diversion, due process, and testing issues. SB 1555, aligning the state definition of intellectual disability with federal standards, passed 42-0, with a later correction noting the final vote as 42-1. SB 1593, updating outdated OSU-Tulsa trustee language, passed 43-0 and then passed the emergency. SB 1730, requiring law enforcement to copy OSBI on sexual offense reports, passed 37-6. SB 1209, which would have excluded Sundays and federal holidays from the eviction filing-to-hearing timeline, failed on a 21-21 tie after debate over landlord rights, service timing, and court delays.

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• in the room and bouncing back and forth.
• And I think it's loud and clear from the testimony in the room and emails and letters that... ...in the
• Chair and Representative, and Mr.
• So to sit and we made notes last night, and we're trying to get up this morning and get this and having
• And it was too tight and too restrictive.

Bills: HB2, SB204, SB241, HB34

Keywords: general appropriation, budget, Medicaid, education funding, public safety, higher education, research funding, federal funding, New Mexico, appropriation, University of New Mexico, New Mexico State University, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, child care, child care assistance, child care subsidy, early childhood education, early childhood care, daycare, preschool

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• The SMI designation is reserved for severe disabling brain disorders such as schizophrenia and severe
• Access provides federal dollars to help care for low-income and disabled people, but because of federal
• But they are still disabled and simply too sick for our current community system.
• What's important to understand is that we do not have the same problem with developmental disabilities
• Again, we don't see this with developmental disabilities or elderly populations.

Bills: SB1086, SB1193, SB1318, SB1345, SB1346, SB1451, SB1496, SB1611, SB1630, SB1631, SB1632, SB1672

Keywords: reimbursement, healthcare, laboratory services, noncontracting providers, Arizona health care cost containment, personal identifying information, PII, privacy, confidential records, public records exemption, commercial disclosure, data privacy, licensure, certification, health professions, health care licensing, Arizona Department of Health Services, ADHS, emergency medical care technician, EMCT

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• TV and the Kindle and Ring.
• And so as...
• it's simple and straightforward and easy to answer.
• Sometimes it's simple and straightforward and easy to answer, and other times it's not even close to
• And our staff have been working tirelessly and diligently, and we could not do this work without them

Bills: SB6015, SB6069, SB6096, SB6200, SB6201, SB6214, SB6237, SGA9280, SGA9281

Keywords: residential building, construction permits, housing development, planning efficiency, state regulations, affordable housing, homelessness, homeless shelter, emergency shelter, emergency housing, supportive housing, permanent supportive housing, transitional housing, low-income housing, very low-income, extremely low-income, housing crisis, land use, zoning, local preemption

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• Ethan is 18 and has profound autism and intellectual disability.
• include supported employment and community inclusion services for individuals with intellectual and developmental
• Currently, a person with intellectual and developmental disabilities has to be 21 years...
• Currently, a person with intellectual and developmental disabilities has to be 21 years of age and exited
• For students with intellectual and developmental disabilities, this bill represents a coordinated investment

Bills: SB6294, SB6211, SB5650, SB6033, SB6297, SB6343, SB6067, SB6082, SB6323, SB6324, SB5862, SB5923, SB6151

Keywords: local government finance, Washington state, RCW, real estate excise tax, REET, sales and use tax, property tax levy, county tax, city tax, affordable housing, housing services, behavioral health, mental health, developmental disabilities, children and families services, youth services, utility tax, low-income utility assistance, veterans assistance, homelessness

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• health care for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
• These individuals who lived at Lakeland Village were Washingtonians with intellectual and developmental
• adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families.
• disabilities, and they are part of our state history.
• care and work of the employees, and state policies that impacted people with developmental disabilities

Bills: SCR8406, SB5825, SB5842, SB5863, SB5840

Keywords: civic health, community engagement, committee reestablishment, public participation, governance, Washington State Leadership Board, WSLB, gift acceptance, grants, endowments, private funding, public funding, fundraising, state board, youth leadership, civic engagement, leadership development, Washington World Fellows, sports mentoring, Boundless Washington