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• He took us out to eat, taught us how to drive in many instances. He really took on a father figure.
• Kathleen Murray, State Education Director for Citizens Defending Freedom, speaking most strongly in support
• And yes, frankly, I do, because when the holiday comes up and I see school buses driving around, it bothers

Bills: S7022, S0178, S0430, S0464, S0538, S0920, S1036, S1136, S1216

Keywords: public records, open government, sunshine law, education assessments, testing materials, exam security, assessment instruments, test items, answer keys, scoring rubrics, item banks, developmental materials, workpapers, student testing, academic dishonesty, cheating, Florida Department of Education, State Board of Education, Board of Governors, Florida College System

Summary: The Education Pre-K through 12 Committee considered and reported favorably several bills. SB 1036 on school counselors was amended to clarify certification exemptions and passed, with support focused on addressing counselor shortages and student mental health needs. SB 1136 on dental screenings for K-12 students was converted by delete-all amendment to place the screening definition in the School Health Services Act and to require written parent notice and exemption procedures; it passed with support from PTA and other advocates. SB 920 on mathematics education passed after discussion of applied algebra courses tied to career pathways, while preserving Algebra I standards, end-of-course testing, graduation requirements, and university admission eligibility. SB 178 on athletics and public K-12 schools also passed after amendment adding a $15,000 annual cap on coach-provided personal support per team and discussion of guardrails to prevent recruiting abuses; members emphasized the role coaches play in supporting students. SB 1216 on public school personnel compensation passed with broad support for giving districts more flexibility on pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and advanced degree compensation. The committee also approved SPB 7022, a public records exemption bill extending protections for examination and assessment instruments to 2031 and clarifying coverage for district and school materials. SB 464 on observance of Veterans Day in K-12 schools passed after debate over whether schools should be closed or use the day for programs, with supporters arguing for statewide consistency and honoring veterans. Finally, SB 538 on physical education passed after a delete-all amendment establishing standardized extracurricular participation rules for public, private, virtual, and home education students, addressing coach compensation at the district level, and clarifying participation limits across schools. The committee recessed briefly for Senator Avila’s arrival, postponed SB 430, and adjourned after recording one additional favorable vote on SB 1036.

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• statewide, small population, on top of that, you're gonna have to talk about folks that are actually driving
• So all I wanted was Armando to come home on the drive home.
• where we would get picked up from school after saving stamps for getting good grades, and we would drive
• We would drive under that bridge to go home after my mom would pick us up from school.
• Uh, just because I'm trying to figure out who's going to be the driving force of this, because this is

Bills: HCR7

Keywords: memorial, tribute, military service, community contribution, Texas legislature

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• So when people drive past it, they are reminded of his name, of his family and friends left behind due
• state of Texas, as well as allowing his family, including myself, to be able to see his name as we drive
• You can drive that direction, and if you aren't flying, you're driving up this stretch of highway.
• It's a question of freedom of the press and who's running this thing.
• that others do not. is afforded this personal privacy if there's an accident, but everybody else driving

Bills: HB767, HB 1242, HB1373, HB1404, HB1708, HB1936, HB2041, HB2198, HB2270, HB2315, HB2415, HB2427, HB2455, HB2457, HB2522, HB2523, HB2686, HB2763, HB2775, HB2944, HB3034, HB1683, HB1695

Keywords: highway designation, memorial, Montgomery County, Paul P. Mendes, transportation, HB 1242, Texas Transportation Code, U.S. Highway 281, Brooks County, Ernesto Soliz Cantu, memorial highway, road naming, TxDOT, road signage, commemorative resolution, memorial markers, county road 304, Huppergate Road, Los Robles Trail, Farm-to-Market Road

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• I wouldn't say that it's discriminatory to say that children can't drive without taking a state-approved
• <00:12:30.639> um<00:12:31.079> children<00:12:31.440> can't<00:12:31.639> drive
• <00:12:32.040> without say that um children can't drive without say that um children can't
• drive without taking<00:12:32.560> a<00:12:32.680> state<00:12:32.880> approved
• with the challenges of working with electronic medical records and that it provides physicians with freedom

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Some of them aren't so small, like Freedom, New Hampshire, which has this 4,000-something-unit summer
• Hampshire<00:12:19.720> which<00:12:20.240> is<00:12:21.040> uh like Freedom
• New Hampshire which is uh like Freedom New Hampshire which is uh has<00:12:22.120> this<00:12
• 4,000 unit sees condominium in Freedom 4,000 unit sees condominium in Freedom to<00:26:01.000>
• um recorded all their roles as Freedom um recorded all their roles as well<00:37:23.760> with

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Hockey Hall of Fame board the freedom to do what they choose to do and vote how they want to do it, not
• 52:02.559> choose<00:52:02.880> to<00:52:03.079> do<00:52:04.079> and freedom
• to do what they choose to do and freedom to do what they choose to do and vote<00:52:04.640> how<
• private sector because you have accountability, you have performance, and the market will kind of drive
• and the market will kind of drive those. and the market will kind of drive those.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• bill increases accountability for pharmacy benefit managers by prohibiting certain practices that drive
• It removes the requirement that the Institute for Freedom in the Americas at Miami-Dade College partner
• with the Adam Smith Center of Economic Freedom.
• It removes the requirement that the Institute for Freedom in the Americas at Miami-Dade College partner
• with the Adam Smith Center of Economic Freedom.

Summary: The Appropriations Committee considered a large agenda of bills and reported several measures favorably. Early action included SB 6, a settled claim bill involving the Department of Children and Families and a trust for Leila Estrada and Sapphire Williams, and CS/CS/SB 1266, which creates a cybersecurity experiential learning and clearance-readiness program through the Department of Commerce and Cyber Florida. The committee also approved SB 532 on clerks of court funding, allowing clerks to retain all excess Article V revenue rather than returning half to the state and clarifying foreclosure sale procedures. In addition, the committee passed CS/CS/SB 1602 and CS/CS/SB 1604 to create and fund a pilot housing program for veterans through the Florida Housing Finance Corporation, and CS/SB 1110 to expand Medicaid and private insurance coverage for medically necessary orthotics and prosthetics, including testimony from affected families and advocates. The committee also adopted an amendment and then favorably reported CS/CS/SB 1012 on inmate services, removing the bill’s medical-services compensation provisions while retaining changes to the inmate welfare trust fund and related facility uses. It also adopted a delete-all amendment and then favorably reported CS/CS/CS/SB 1614, which was narrowed to remove a provision allowing local governments to use excess fees to construct new buildings. The committee spent substantial time on CS/SB 17, a Medicaid oversight and transparency bill. The sponsor said the measure would create a joint legislative Medicaid oversight committee, authorize the Legislature to retain its own actuary, modernize Medicaid statutes, strengthen managed-care performance standards, and increase accountability for pharmacy benefit managers and related entities. After amendment, the committee adopted changes removing several PBM-related provisions while retaining the broader oversight framework. Testimony from supporters emphasized transparency, fraud prevention, and cost control, while a PBM trade association asked to continue working on affiliate-manufacturer, network, and payment issues. The bill was reported favorably. The most extensive discussion centered on CS/SB 1758, which proposes major changes to Medicaid and SNAP. The sponsor described five reforms: stronger fraud and overpayment recovery authority, a Medicaid work requirement for certain able-bodied adults, expanded behavioral-health services through Medicaid waivers, pharmacy-program changes to obtain rebates and reduce institutional costs, and SNAP/EBT reforms including photo IDs and work requirements. The committee adopted two amendments: one adding a transitional “glide path” for people who gain employment but risk losing Medicaid, and another exempting hospice patients with six months or less to live. Supporters argued the bill would reduce fraud, improve accountability, and encourage work, while opponents warned it would increase administrative burdens, push eligible people off coverage, and conflict with federal law or guidance. The bill remained under debate with extensive public testimony from advocates, providers, and affected families, and the transcript ends before final disposition on the measure.

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• habit as people's driving needs change. habit as people's driving needs change.
• Minnesota, as you drive, you probably Minnesota, as you drive, you probably will<00:49:42.240> see
• commuters, giving Min Dot some freedom commuters, giving Min Dot some freedom to<02:01:59.880>
• driving is not an option. driving is not an option.
• ,<02:04:22.280> new When they do drive, new residents far out from the core need to drive

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Law school debt drives students to big law.
• Your freedom is in jeopardy.
• I would drive One thing I'd like to add just from the practitioner's side: I would drive from Austin
• I drive over an hour to visit some of my clients.
• As you drive through neighborhoods in your communities, So, as you drive through neighborhoods in your

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• Um, so in emergency services, sometimes you might need to drive a little bit faster.
• Um, so in emergency services, sometimes you might need to drive a little bit faster.
• Um, so in emergency services, sometimes you might need to drive a little bit faster.
• Um, so in emergency services, sometimes you might need to drive a little bit faster.
• <02:24:32.319> and um with regard to people's freedoms and um with regard to people's freedoms

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• I started a 501(c)(3) nonprofit in 2021 called Literacy for Freedom for Black Males that's focused on
• nonprofit in 2021 called<00:16:00.720> literacy<00:16:01.199> for<00:16:01.360> freedom
• <00:16:02.079> for<00:16:02.240> black called literacy for freedom for black called
• literacy for freedom for black males<00:16:03.040> that's<00:16:03.279> focused<00:16:
• Flynn, do you know that the technology drives us here, and we turn—we go off, we blink off at about noon

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The Education Finance Committee met remotely on February 16, 2022, with a quorum present and approved the minutes from the previous day by voice vote. Chair Dabney said the committee was spending the week on public school staffing shortages, especially efforts to increase and retain BIPOC teachers, and introduced testimony on the Collaborative Urban and Greater Minnesota Educators of Color Grant Program (CUGMEC) and the broader Increasing Teachers of Color Act. Testifiers from St. Thomas, Augsburg, and Hopkins described the history and impact of the legacy educator-of-color programs. Kathleen Campbell said the original Q program was created to address underrepresentation, remove financial barriers, and provide mentorship and culturally relevant support; she argued that when the grant became competitive in 2017 without additional funding, support was spread too thin and student capacity dropped. Audrey Lensmeyer described Augsburg’s East African Student-to-Teacher Program, rooted in community advocacy in Cedar-Riverside, and said it has produced strong completion and licensure outcomes. Keenan Jones shared his path from paraprofessional to teacher and district leader, emphasizing the importance of scholarships, mentorship, and outreach to high school students, including a statewide co-enrollment Intro to Teaching course. Representative Hassan then presented House File 3079, saying the bill aims to attract, prepare, complete, and retain more teachers of color and American Indian teachers through several grant and program changes, including Closing the Educational Opportunity Gap grants, Cook Mac funding, teacher mentorship and retention updates, and revisions to CUGMEC. He said the bill responds to a severe shortage of BIPOC teachers and that the requested investment is small relative to the state surplus. Student and educator testimony followed, including a third-grade student from Crookston and Ava Roots, both of whom described the importance of having teachers who reflect students’ cultures and experiences. Natalia Benjamin, the 2021 Minnesota Teacher of the Year, also testified about retention challenges for educators of color and racialized workplace treatment. The committee indicated it intended to lay over HF 3079 for possible inclusion in a future omnibus bill, and Representative Richardson moved the bill to be laid over for further consideration.

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• Driving under the influence of nitrous oxide can impair drivers and cause accidents.
• So when they do come out, they know how to react to the freedom that they now have.
• And as we all know, drunk driving is such a devastating issue to so many.
• When someone drinks and drives, they're turning a car into a weapon. The danger is known.
• , speeding, reckless driving, and other road safety matters.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• I'm Greg Chaffwin, senior counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom.
• Alliance Defending Freedom. Alliance Defending Freedom.
• future, I may not have the same freedom future, I may not have the same freedom to<01:04:39.480>
• Freedom of religion is important, but religious freedom does not include the right to harm and discriminate
• > important<01:30:58.760> but Freedom of religion is important but Freedom of religion is

Keywords: 00:00:00 Call to Order/Roll Call 00:01:10 Discussion of 25RS HB 414 00:44:26 Roll Call Vote on 25RS HB 414 00:50:25 Discussion of 25RS SB 27 00:53:44 Roll Call Vote on 25RS SB 27 00:55:49 Discussion of 25RS SB 93 00:57:57 Roll Call Vote on 25RS SB 93 00:59:29 Discussion of 25RS SB 132 01:37:39 Roll Call Vote on 25RS SB 132 01:40:55 Discussion of 25RS SB 153 01:42:05 Roll Call Vote on 25RS SB 153 01:43:46 Adjournment, 958, all

Summary: The Health Services Committee met with a quorum and took up House Bill 414 with a committee substitute. The bill, described by sponsors and supporters as a continuation of prior maternal-health legislation, was framed as a clarification of medical standards and an effort to improve care for women and families facing complicated pregnancies. Representative Tate, Representative Nemes, Adair Wushar of Kentucky Right to Life, and Dr. Jeff Goldberg of ACOG Kentucky all testified in support, saying the substitute was developed collaboratively to reduce confusion in the law and help physicians provide evidence-based care without fear of criminal penalties. Supporters said the committee substitute was intended to define what is not an abortion under Kentucky law and to spell out medical treatments for conditions such as miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, molar pregnancy, sepsis, hemorrhage, preeclampsia, premature rupture of membranes, and fetal demise. Dr. Goldberg said current statutes contain significant ambiguity and have created unintended barriers to treating pregnancy complications, including emergency situations, and he gave examples of patients who were delayed or harmed because physicians were uncertain about what the law allowed. Representative Nemes said the measure was the result of unusual cooperation among groups that do not usually agree and described it as a first step toward fixing a discrete problem. Representative Wilner raised concerns that the language could effectively require a patient to be in severe distress before treatment is clearly permitted and that it was too prescriptive about how physicians should manage miscarriages. In response, Dr. Goldberg and the sponsors said the substitute was not perfect, was meant as a short-term solution, and was designed to give doctors more confidence in providing routine, medically necessary care for pregnancy complications. The transcript indicates the committee substitute was adopted, but no final vote on the bill itself is shown in the excerpt.

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• . >> We, you know, none of us excuse people for drinking and driving.
• <00:12:17.600> They're for drinking and driving. They're for drinking and driving.
• If you're driving a commercial right?
• and freedom of information act. and freedom of information act.
• <01:41:05.360> to veteran, a US citizen, was driving to veteran, a US citizen, was driving

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Well, we're going to let the data drive our decisions.
• And what the data drive our decisions.
• that drive us. that drive us.
• that we drive across the state. And this that we drive across the state.
• <01:31:50.560> House Medicaid plan, the Freedom House Medicaid plan, the Freedom House Recovery

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The task force opened with a moment of silence for the Louisville UPS plane tragedy, approved the October 15 minutes, and reminded members to submit policy recommendations before the December 16 meeting, when the group will discuss its report to LRC. The first informational presentation, from the Department for Public Health, focused on youth vaping. Elizabeth Good and Julie Brooks cited a recent Surgeon General report warning that youth vaping can harm brain development, mental health, lungs, asthma, and hormones, and noted Kentucky survey data showing 8.7% of students reported daily vaping and 19.7% used vaping products in the prior 30 days. They described prevention and cessation resources including Catch My Breath, I Can End the Trend, Not on Tobacco, My Life, My Quit, Quitline services, and the Kentucky TRUST retailer education program, which trained 3,371 individuals in 2024 and distributed 253 Tobacco 21 toolkits. The next presentation came from Kentucky ABC on implementation of SB 100, which created the division of tobacco, nicotine, and vapor product licensing. Commissioner Scotty Tracy and Jamar Carter said all retailers selling tobacco, nicotine, or vapor products must be licensed, regulations were filed October 31, 2025, and the online application portal is live. In response to questions about sales to minors, they said violations carry escalating fines for clerks and owners, with a fourth violation resulting in no license renewal for two years and unpaid fines also blocking renewal. They said complaints can be submitted through the portal, by phone, or on the ABC website, and enforcement investigates tips and may use underage compliance checks. The committee then heard from Kim McKenna Johnson of One Cross Community Health, who argued for a “deficiency-first” and holistic approach to care centered on nutrition, lifestyle, and targeted supplementation. She said her clinic serves more than 7,000 patients in Taylor and Marion counties and described a model that includes primary care, behavioral health, functional medicine, addiction recovery, and chronic care. She cited Kentucky health rankings, claimed nutritional deficiencies cost the state billions, and said many children are overprescribed while undernourished. She urged broader insurance coverage for nutritional testing and supplements, rural demonstration grants, and Medicaid pilots for clinically prescribed supplements. Members asked about testing costs, dietitian support, long-term cost savings, compliance, and whether medications are often used to prevent damage from noncompliance; the presenter said the lab tests are generally covered, supplements are the main cost barrier, and seeing lab results can improve family buy-in. No votes were taken during the meeting.

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• on the roads they drive on and all the other things that government does to support people?
• AB 1685, Lackey, driving privilege points, do pass out on an A roll call.
• AB 1881, Ramos, California Indian Freedom Act, do pass as amended to clarify definitions.
• AB 1546, Schultz, driving under the influence, do pass. That's out on an A roll call.
• AB 1662, Wilson, driving record points, do pass as amended to streamline reporting to the DMV.

Keywords: 988, house, all

Summary: The Assembly Appropriations Committee held its May 14, 2026 suspense-file hearing and considered 637 Assembly bills, plus several committee bills and one Senate bill. The chair opened by explaining the committee’s budget constraints and the factors guiding decisions: fiscal impact, return on investment, avoiding added costs to constituents, and protecting the state’s social safety net. The agenda was organized alphabetically by author, and the committee noted that results would be posted later that day online. The committee then took action on a very large number of measures, with many bills receiving do pass or do pass as amended recommendations and many others held in committee. Topics covered a wide range of policy areas, including housing, health care, education, public safety, labor, environmental regulation, wildfire mitigation, water, transportation, cannabis, AI, and state governance. Several bills were amended to reduce costs, narrow scope, remove provisions, or make them contingent on appropriations or existing resources; some were advanced on A or B roll calls, while others were held. Among the notable actions, the committee advanced bills on Medi-Cal, CalFresh, child care, school and higher education programs, wildfire and fire safety, housing financing, and various criminal justice and public safety measures. It also moved forward a number of bills related to tribal issues, consumer protections, energy and utility policy, and environmental programs. At the end of the hearing, the chair stated that the committee had moved a large number of bills to the Assembly floor and adjourned.

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• husband and I got on our side-by-side or four-wheeler or whatever you want to call it, and we went driving
• One of the corgis jumped out; she took off running, and as I'm driving, getting down close to the fence
• I'm driving, getting down close to the fence line. I'm like, no, I don't like what I'm seeing.
• We keep driving. The little corgi won't get back in, so we drive off a little ways.
• You can come out to my place and you can see how my animals have freedom. Okay?

Bills: SB38, SB46, SB18

Keywords: SB38, pet food, registered pet food, registration fee, fees, sunset repeal, repeal of repeal, revenue, state fee, business regulation, animal feed, pet food registration, New Mexico, SB46, organic waste, solid waste, waste diversion, composting, compost feedstock, waste characterization study

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• It risks violating the Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act, and it may also be vulnerable under the Commerce
• came out of college, at the time, it was selling as many ads as possible, as much social media to drive
• You know, I drive by McDonald's or fast food all the time, and it's not a public health problem.
• It's a health problem if I consume that product, but just simply driving by it, it's not a problem.
• We're not going to necessarily drive new commercial activity or increase the The tax base, but they are

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• As the committee considers these types of state investments, they should be seen as driving state workforce
• organization that's committed to expanding opportunities for every Minnesotan to achieve economic freedom
• In the left side of the sheet, we aim to drive cross-sector coupling between very difficult-to-transition
• We need to drive world-class capabilities that are accepted by our industrial partners as well as the
• in partnership with the national labs, enabling us to bring a national lab presence to Minnesota to drive

Bills: HF2634, HF2241, HF2649, HF2520, HF2610

Keywords: North Star Promise, scholarship, higher education, Minnesota Office of Higher Education, in-demand jobs, workforce development, career training, job market, high-demand occupations, high-demand industries, college aid, state financial aid, FAFSA, student eligibility, program of study, degree program, certificate program, community college, university, labor market data

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• They are only here for like two and a half hours because it's such a long drive.
• We'll be driving back this afternoon.
• such a long drive. They drove down this such a long drive.
• We'll be driving back this morning.
• We'll be driving back this afternoon.<01:15:00.320> And<01:15:00.480> they<01:15:00.640

Keywords: 916, all