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• I'm a state policy advocate with the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, CHIRLA.
• Paul, Minnesota, when the ICE occupation was happening.

Summary: The Assembly Elections Committee met on May 6, 2026, with a quorum present and heard one bill, SB 73. The author described the measure as a response to perceived threats to California elections, including restrictions on armed or non-uniformed personnel at polling places, protections for ballots and voting equipment, and limits on law enforcement access to election materials without a court order. The chair reviewed a set of agreed amendments, including removing a section conflicting with AB 1664, deleting proposed criminal penalties, clarifying the role of the Attorney General and Secretary of State, and refining language on signature challenges, law enforcement support, and certified voting technology. Supporters, including AAPI Force, CHIRLA, the League of Women Voters of California, and Common Cause, argued the bill would protect voters from intimidation and preserve election integrity. Opponents from CALA argued the bill was unnecessary, would hinder legitimate investigations, and reflected distrust of law enforcement and federal oversight. Committee discussion focused heavily on whether the bill was responding to real-world threats and on the ballot seizure in Riverside County. Members questioned how the measure would affect signature challenges, chain of custody, and investigations into possible fraud. The author and supporters said ballots should remain in election officials’ custody and that federal or local agents should not be able to interfere with election materials or intimidate voters. The chair and other members also discussed the urgency clause and the need to move the bill quickly despite the proximity of the June election. The committee voted to do pass and re-refer SB 73 to the Committee on Public Safety. The roll call initially showed the bill passing 5-1, then after the absent member arrived, the final vote was 6-2, and the bill was reported out of committee.

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• The Chair, Caesar Qorum of Health and Human Services, will come to order again.
• licensing provisions, background check provisions required for champion athletic trainers, and occupational

Bills: SB1328, SB1380, SB1436, SB1558, SB1572, SB1651, SB1805, SB1831, SB1836, SB2014, SB2023, SB2044, SB2179, SB933

Keywords: parents' rights, healthcare consent, minors, medical records, protection, legal guardianship, hospital, fetal death, miscarriage, healthcare, state health department, vital records, patient rights, child care, licensing, definitions, foster care, child welfare, mental health, substance abuse

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• The Department of Health and Human Services reports that one of the largest challenges in combating elder
• That's not going to justify the termination of the right of occupancy.

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• Chair, Senator Anderson, so will this bill be sent to Health and Human Services?
• the same issue for health and human the same issue for health and human services.<00:34:16.480><
• Animal Humane Society operates three shelters in the Twin Cities area, and I know that many people in
• <01:41:56.320> Society forth, such as the Animal Humane Society forth, such as the Animal
• Humane Society and<01:41:57.040> statelicicensed<01:41:57.920> commercial<01:41:58.400>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Hampshire Commission for Human Rights to Hampshire Commission for Human Rights to enforce<01:32:02.400
• New Hampshire Commission for Human New Hampshire Commission for Human Rights<01:32:15.120> is
• Based on this including humans.
• incidences of human uh hemaphrodites. incidences of human uh hemaphrodites.
• been reading advocates who are human been reading advocates who are human rights<02:22:12.720>

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• human is how we had this planned out. human is how we had this planned out.
• are tiny 3D chips created from human are tiny 3D chips created from human cells<02:11:00.400>
• Organs on chips miniature human organs.
• <02:11:07.679> systems are used to determine how human systems are used to determine how human
• In 2016, human-based technology.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• I'm from Dallas, Texas, and I'm here speaking as a survivor of human trafficking. to support Senate Bill
• But one thing I do want to say is I come here to raise awareness. this awareness of human trafficking
• The game rooms argued that the occupation code seeks to regulate coin-operated machines. ...preempted
• Will it reduce drug trafficking, sex trafficking, and human trafficking if we do that?
• These damage elements were developed at common law over time to cover the full range of human suffering

Bills: SB30, SB517, SB1313, SB1314, SB1316, SB1541, SB1698, SB1845, SB1860, SB2420, SB2429, SB 30

Keywords: gambling, criminal offenses, penalties, defense, electronic devices, tobacco advertising, youth protection, public health, criminal offense, retailer regulation, e-cigarettes, nicotine products, health, public safety, regulation, advertising restrictions, health and safety, elections, election audit, county elections

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• It will have urgent treatment urgent care, physical and occupational therapy, lab and phlebotomy services
• treatment urgent care,<00:13:58.360> physical<00:13:58.840> and<00:13:58.960> occupational
• <00:13:59.600> therapy, care, physical and occupational therapy, care, physical and occupational
• purchasing of the facility if that is deemed strategically beneficial, provided that we maintain occupancy
• 00:15:51.240> that<00:15:51.400> we<00:15:51.520> maintain<00:15:52.000> occupancy

Keywords: 0:00:01 Call to Order and Roll Call 0:00:28 Approval of Minutes 0:00:40 Information Items 0:01:13 Rpt from Postsecondary Institutions 0:26:46 Project Rpt from Finance and Admin Cabinet 0:30:53 Lease Rpt from Finance and Admin Cabinet 0:39:20 Rpt from OFM – KIA 0:52:42 Econ Development – EDF Grants 0:55:15 OFM Debt Issues 0:58:43 Informational Discussion 1:44:36 Adjournment, 958, all

Summary: The committee first handled routine business, including a quorum call, approval of minutes, and informational items on school district financing and KCTCS equipment purchases. It then considered two KCTCS capital projects after initially rolling them together and later unrolling them: a Fire Commission Fire Academy maintenance building project that had grown from an original $2 million authorization to $4.7 million because of design changes, soil issues, and higher mechanical costs, and a $1.5 million renovation of the Blake Lee building at Somerset Community College for a health science simulation lab. Members questioned the large cost increase on the fire academy project and the adequacy of front-end due diligence, while KCTCS said the project was bid and ready to proceed and that a 15% contingency had been included. Both projects were approved by roll call vote, with the Blake Lee project ultimately approved after the committee unrolled the items and took them separately. The committee next heard and approved a University of Kentucky public-private partnership for the Hamburg East Medical Office Building, a five-story, 220,000-square-foot facility with a not-to-exceed budget of $275 million. UK said the project is intended to expand outpatient access, consolidate some services, and support projected growth in patient volume; the building will house multiple specialties, urgent care, therapy, imaging, and a retail pharmacy. Members asked about possible community uses, consolidation of services, and whether the project would free up other space, and UK said it hopes to consolidate some services and free campus space. The project was approved by roll call vote. The committee then approved three UK lease renegotiations: a specialty pharmacy and infusion services lease at Wellington Way in Lexington, a Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences lease at Conte Terrace, and a College of Social Work lease at McGrath Park Way. Members asked about rising lease rates, occupancy, and whether space needs should be reduced; UK and the lessor’s representative said the pharmacy space remains busy, the ophthalmology lease was lower than before, and the social work lease had been negotiated down from a higher request. The committee also approved a Department of Military Affairs project amendment for a Mutual Field Maintenance Shop Restoration project, increasing federal funding by $1 million to $4.5 million because of higher construction costs, and approved a Kentucky State University Shanty Hall renovation project funded by bond and HBCU Title III funds. Finally, it approved a new lease for the Office of Mines and Minerals in Pike County, a new lease for the Cabinet for Health and Family Services in Pulaski County, and a lease renewal for the Cabinet for Health and Family Services in Kenton County after questions about rent increases and office utilization; the cabinet said the Kenton County space still has limited vacancy and remains in use by field staff. The meeting ended as the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority began presenting six sewer and water loans and six cleaner water program grant reallocations, with members agreeing to roll those items for later consideration.

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• And the occupants are then matched back to their respective records in the census.
• And the third step, information is collected for each housing unit and occupants matched to the 2020
• It’s done a bit differently with human populations, but the arithmetic and the math are the same.
• And that imputation would include the population count or, like, the vacancy or occupancy status.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Senate Committee on the Census met on December 8 at 9:32 a.m. to examine the dynamics that drive census undercounts and overcounts, with testimony first from Joseph Salvo and then from Susan Strait of the UMass Donahue Institute. Salvo explained the Census Bureau’s two main evaluation tools: demographic analysis, which uses vital records, migration estimates, and Medicare data to produce a national benchmark, and the post-enumeration survey (PES), which compares a separate sample-based count to the census. He said the 2020 census showed a small national net undercount, but larger age- and race-based disparities, including the highest undercount among children ages 0 to 4, higher undercounts for men, substantial undercounts for Black, Hispanic, and American Indian/Alaska Native populations, and overcounts among some older and college-age groups. He also described how self-response, non-response follow-up, administrative records, proxy responses, and imputation affected data quality, arguing that proxies and imputation were especially weak and that outreach remains critical for 2030. Committee members asked Salvo to clarify the methods and error bands, the role of international migration estimates, and how the PES differs from the census address list and LUCA. He explained that PES is based on a separate sample of blocks and can add units within sampled blocks, but it does not measure units missed entirely from the original address list; LUCA matters because it improves that list before enumeration. He also discussed age heaping, duplicate responses among older adults, and why group quarters and COVID-related disruptions complicated the 2020 count. Senator Driscoll briefly interrupted to describe Randolph’s successful appeal of its 2020 count after an undercount in disability care homes, and Salvo noted that the post-census group quarters review helped correct some missed facilities. Susan Strait then focused on Massachusetts-specific results. She said Massachusetts’ 2020 count was strong overall, with population growth above the national average and a PES-based finding that the state was overcounted by 2.24 percent, though she emphasized that this did not mean all areas were accurately counted. Using demographic analysis, she said Massachusetts had an estimated 4.15 percent undercount of children ages 0 to 4, with the largest county-level undercounts in Hampden, Suffolk, and Essex, and she linked higher child undercounts to lower educational attainment and female-headed households. Strait also reviewed operational metrics showing that Massachusetts had relatively strong internet self-response, but that non-response follow-up relied heavily on household interviews, administrative records, proxies, and imputation in different counties. She highlighted higher proxy use in college-heavy counties such as Hampshire and Suffolk, and said counties with more minority residents were more likely to have population-count-only cases and other indicators of harder-to-count populations. The hearing ended with discussion of how these findings could inform outreach and census planning for 2030.

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• Where there is uncertainty, send wisdom that rises above human insight.
• And for most of my life, and when I walk through this sort of occupational hazard of leading folks, I
• You know, every profession, in every line of work and every occupation, things go wrong, and mistakes
• Senate amendments, which is House Bill 1518, which would direct the Department of Professional and Occupational

Keywords: March 10, 2026 - Regular Session, 976, house, all

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• Efforts rooted not only in policy but in humanity and compassion.
• He's a human and he cares.
• He's a human and he cares.
• Before he was He's a human and he cares.
• With every statistic, there are real human costs behind them.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, March 24, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• enslaved to being treated as human enslaved to being treated as human beings<01:21:54.719> rather
• The Health and Human Services Committee will meet in room 112 at 1:30 today to hear the sunset review
• Prom, uh, the Health<02:06:51.199> and<02:06:51.360> Human<02:06:51.599> Services
• and Human Services Committee will meet<02:06:52.719> in<02:06:53.040> room<02:06:53.520
• 1042, dry needling by occupational 1042, dry needling by occupational therapists.<02:07:08.560><

Keywords: 981, all

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• This bill amends the Occupations Code to create an exception for non-profit wildlife associations to
• Humans are humans. Human nature is human nature. Neither can be changed with legislation.
• support legislation that promotes both fair and just financial practices and legislation that promotes human
• As you've heard today, they're neither fair nor just, nor do they promote human flourishing in Texas.

Bills: SB82, SB1807, SB2254, HB119, HB130, HB581, HJR98, SB1988, SB 18, SB 34

Keywords: business liability, concealed carry, handgun policy, premises liability, criminal acts, civil liability, business premises, concealed handgun, property liability, property rights, gun regulations, criminal liability, protective order, confidentiality, personal information, court records, victim protection, charitable raffle, nonprofit, wildlife conservation

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• Boston Chapter of the American Society of Safety Professionals on its recognition of North American Occupational
• Safety and Health Week and Occupational Safety and Health Professional Day.
• than 2 million people die each year from workplace-related accidents, and millions more suffer occupational
• And whereas the American Society of Safety Professionals, members, the Occupational Safety and Health
• Safety and Health Week, and Wednesday, May 6, 2026 is Occupational Safety and Health Professional Day

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Summary: The Senate opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and adopted a resolution commending the Greater Boston Chapter of the American Society of Safety Professionals for recognizing North American Occupational Safety and Health Week and Occupational Safety and Health Professional Day. Senators welcomed guests from the chapter, and the resolution was adopted by voice vote. The chamber also briefly recessed for a photo with the guests. The Senate then received a message from the Governor filing the Ride Safe Act, which would enhance the safe use of micromobility devices such as mopeds, electric scooters, and bikes. The message noted the bill’s connection to the Mass Leads Act and a special commission on micromobility regulation. The matter was referred to the Committee on Transportation. The Senate next took up and passed to be engrossed House No. 5245, establishing a sick leave bank for Courtney Cochran, an employee of the Department of Children and Families. The Senate also adopted an order setting its next formal session for Thursday at 11 a.m. and later considered an order governing filing deadlines for amendments to the General Appropriation Bill and scheduling its second reading on May 19, 2026. The session ended with a motion to adjourn, which was approved.

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• So, for example, in 2033, a lot of occupational licensing entities. lined up for sunset review.
• The most obvious example, to me, just to my background is occupational licensing.
• And human resources, some agencies have implemented both.
• space for Earth, and humanity. Research resulting in life-saving medications like ketone...
• I am testifying as a human icicle.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• Henry Hammond Paul: Fit for what it actually does, to be the Human Services division, and that work is
• What is the average occupancy rate of your existing 280 beds?
• Henry Collins: Madam Chair, Senator Scott, we run at about 95% occupancy, which is, you know, you don't
• This is the course of human development that is the most impactful for our later educational, health,
• How do tiny humans develop and so parents can ask him questions.

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• The bill was referred to the Committee on Housing and Human Services.
• Calendar item 156 is Senate Bill 49, a bill to amend the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Act.
• It is the courage to dismantle systems that continue to restrict human potential.

Summary: The Senate met with 27 members present and a quorum, opened with an invocation and the Pledge of Allegiance, and then moved through a series of motions, recesses, and introductions of bills. Several new bills were read and referred, including measures affecting the Income Tax Act, Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act, public utilities, nondisclosure agreements, data centers and community benefit agreements, zoning, Medicaid false claims, and the Neighborhood Enterprise Zone Act, with referrals mainly to finance, energy and environment, and housing and human services committees. In the Committee of the Whole, Senate Bills 592, 49, and 50 were reported without amendment and advanced. On third reading, the Senate passed Senate Bills 900, 820, 966, 967, 968, 973, 974, 975, 976, 977, and 978. SB 900 dealt with the Vehicle Code, SB 820 with election law, SB 966 and SBs 974-978 with housing and insurance-related changes, and SB 967 with the Income Tax Act. SB 966, 967, 973, 974, 975, 976, 977, and 978 all passed on 20-16 votes, while SB 900 passed 35-1. Senate Bill 973, creating a state-based health insurance exchange as a nonprofit corporation, drew the most debate. Senators Weber, Lindsay, and Halk offered amendments, all of which were defeated after recorded votes; Weber argued for cost controls and consumer savings, while supporters said the bill would give Michigan more control over health care decisions and could lower premiums. Senator Irwin spoke in support of the housing-related package, saying it would help address the state’s housing shortage. Senate Bill 592, concerning the Corrections Code, was also passed after a 31-5 vote, with Senator Lindsay explaining his no vote as concern about how the bill treats juvenile offenders. The Senate also adopted Senate Resolution 133, urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture to honor commitments to Michigan farmers participating in the Rural Energy for America Program. Senator McCann supported the resolution, citing farm losses from federal rollbacks, while Senator McBroom gave a strong no-vote explanation criticizing state energy policy and the resolution’s framing. The session ended with remarks recognizing Juneteenth and an anecdotal bipartisan exchange between senators before the chamber adjourned until June 23 at 10:00 a.m.

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• represent approximately 3,700 small and seasonal employers across the United States, across all occupations
• the health of our constituents because nobody knows what kind of disadvantage it would have on the human
• “Nobody knows what kind of disadvantage it would have on a human body. Dr. String? Thank you. Mr.

Bills: HCR77, HB81, HB512, HB663, HB717, HB1194

Keywords: crawfish, agricultural labor, H-2B program, H-2A program, labor shortage, temporary workers, Louisiana economy, HCR77, crawfish industry, H-2B visa, seasonal labor, agriculture, immigration, arborist, property disputes, tree trimming, neighborhood, landowner rights, Delta Economic Research and Sustainability District, board of commissioners

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• Chairman and members, House Bill 2598 relates to a school psychologist licensed under the Occupations
• This is one of those things where we're investing in the most important resource we have: our human resources
• Resource, our human capital, just like in your company, that's the most important resource you have.

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• lastly, the rider request, it's—we have been sued for upholding or enforcing Chapter 108 of the Occupations
• And you pulled away from Health and Human Services.
• Thank you very much. away, uh, from, uh, Health and Human Services.

Bills: SB1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure

Summary: The Senate Finance Committee met to review Article 8, regulatory agencies, and began Article 9, general provisions, before recessing for floor action. The committee first heard budget presentations from the Public Utility Commission (PUC) and the Office of Public Utility Counsel (OPUC). The PUC budget recommendation was about $5.07 billion in all funds, including an additional $5 billion for the Texas Energy Fund, plus funding for staffing and technology needs tied to contested cases, infrastructure resiliency, and outage mapping. PUC witnesses emphasized the agency’s growing workload, the need for more staff and modern systems, and oversight of the Texas Energy Fund. OPUC’s recommendation was about $6.9 million, with a reduction in authorized FTEs to better match actual staffing; the agency requested additional funding for salaries, expert witnesses, and budget flexibility, and members highlighted OPUC’s role representing residential and small commercial consumers in utility proceedings. The committee then heard from the Behavioral Health Executive Council (BHEC), whose recommendation was just over $11.2 million. BHEC’s main requests included funding to fill vacant positions, money for continuous National Practitioner Data Bank queries, and a proposed Texas-owned psychology licensing exam in response to concerns about changes to the national exam. Agency leaders also discussed a rider request that would shift responsibility for certain judgments or settlements to the comptroller. Members asked about prior complaint backlogs, and BHEC said those backlogs had been cleared. The Board of Chiropractic Examiners followed, with a recommendation of just under $2.4 million; the board sought support for staffing, training, broadband, and salary retention, and described its work regulating chiropractors and workers’ compensation-related doctors. The Board of Dental Examiners was the last agency heard before the committee recessed. Its recommendation was just under $10 million, and it requested a 10% salary increase for eligible staff, three additional licensing staff, one staff member to handle required background checks, an additional attorney, and an executive director salary adjustment. Dental board witnesses said licensure growth, increased complaints, and low salaries were straining licensing and enforcement operations, even though the agency reported strong performance and high case completion rates. The chair ended the hearing early because the Senate had to return to the floor, and the committee remained in recess.