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• Thank you, Madam Chair, and thank you very much, Representative Read and your experts for bringing the
• I strongly believe that preventative health interventions that can be performed in outpatient community
• I want to speak in this way: First, the fiscal impact report I just read this morning, in my opinion,
• So, I'm not going to read you the changes. You can fit them in as needed.
• Am I reading that correctly, Madam Chair?

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• Without statutory intervention, there is no mechanism to ensure it ever will happen.
• Without statutory intervention, there is no mechanism to ensure it ever will happen.
• Without statutory intervention, there is no mechanism to ensure it ever will happen.
• Without statutory intervention, there is no mechanism to ensure it ever will happen.
• >> So would you read that out? >> So would you read that out?

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• We've read a lot and heard a lot about problems with managing leachate here in the state of New Hampshire
• I would like to read three short bullet points from this letter.
• On ownership, I'd like to read benefits.
• I'm reading the establishment I'm reading the establishment part<00:36:51.680> of<00:36:52.440
• By my read, that is everybody on the list.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• It helps them find shelter if they need it, food resources, support groups, crisis intervention, civil
• It helps them find shelter if they need it, food resources, support groups, crisis intervention, civil
• It helps them find shelter if they need it, food resources, support groups, crisis intervention, civil
• Crisis uh food resources support groups Crisis uh food resources support groups Crisis Intervention
• um civil attorneys that Intervention um civil attorneys that will<00:10:23.760> help<00:10:23.959

Keywords: 1183, house

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• supporting our educators as strongly as we should in the area of just basic classroom tier one interventions
• the legislation or not, at about 10 of, because there's a lot of bills and stuff that needs to be read
• And I think some of us read it, though, that it is already. Yeah.

Bills: HB364, HB364

Keywords: film production, tax credit, Delaware, esports, video games, media projects

Summary: The Senate Executive Committee first considered several gubernatorial appointments. Heidi Gilmore was nominated to the Marijuana Appeals Commission and said her real estate and administrative-law background would help her support implementation of Delaware’s new marijuana framework. Lee Wynne Lynn and Ruth Tucker were both nominated to the Delaware River and Bay Authority Board; both emphasized long Delaware ties, public service, and experience in technology, transportation, and executive leadership, with committee members asking about modernization, cashless tolling, and potential conflicts of interest. Lindsay Alexic and Dr. Jennifer Hallman were nominated to the Professional Standards Board and described their classroom and administrative experience in Delaware public education, with discussion focused on supporting teachers, improving educator effectiveness, and helping schools address post-COVID classroom and student-support challenges. Jason Munion and F. Todd Collada were nominated to the Environmental Appeals Board; Munion cited his engineering and environmental background, while Collada noted his work as Milford’s mayor and a contractor. No votes on the nominations are reflected in the transcript excerpt. The committee then moved to legislation. House Bill 364 would create a Delaware Entertainment Production Tax Credit for film, television, e-sports, and video game production, with a $10 million annual cap, audit and reporting requirements, a 2031 sunset, and a focus on verified in-state spending and Delaware hiring; the bill was circulated after no public comment. House Bill 437 was described as a technical corrections bill affecting certain municipal charters and requiring a three-quarters vote; it also drew no public comment. The committee approved the previously circulated minutes by motion and second. House Bill 446 would reorganize the Delaware Forest Service chapter, consolidate authority in one section, and add definitions related to forests and urban forestry without creating new authority; House Amendment 1 was noted as clarifying existing authority for the Department of Agriculture. House Bill 180, the first leg of a constitutional amendment on voting, would limit felony-related voting loss to actual imprisonment or pardon, remove outdated residency and literacy provisions, update the voting age to 18, and eliminate a post-sentence voting ban; members raised a question about whether the change would apply retroactively, which was left for later clarification. No public comments were offered on the bills, and the committee adjourned after announcing written comments would be accepted for 24 hours.

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• stages and really look at intervention stages and really look at factors<00:10:30.880> to<00:
• It's a short-term intervention and primarily includes case management services for families.
• It's a short-term intervention<00:37:25.040> and<00:37:25.359> primarily<00:37:26.000><
• c> includes<00:37:26.480> case intervention and primarily includes case intervention and primarily
• Um can you short-term intervention, etc.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• The Dean of the Senate moves to dispense with the reading of yesterday's journal, which was just a few
• Chair lays that on third reading and final passage, Senate Bill 2.
• Following motion in writing, Secretary will read the motion.
• Friday February 7th for the reading and referral of bills.
• Friday February 7th for the reading and referral of bills.

Bills: SB2, SJR36, SB2, SB2, SR29, SB2

Keywords: Maverick County, recognition, economic development, Texas Senate, community celebration, 1185, senate, all

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• Then we have suicide intervention with the health care system itself.
• Then we have suicide intervention with the health care system itself.
• As I read this, the final arbiter could be the Supreme Court, correct?
• Is that how I'm reading this? So every denial... Correct.
• Is that how I'm reading this? So every denial can ultimately go to the Supreme Court.

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The committee was called to order, the roll was taken, and the March 18 minutes were approved. Members then received several project and program updates, beginning with CHI St. Alexius’s behavioral health buildouts in Bismarck, Williston, and Grand Forks. St. Alexius reported that the Bismarck project remains on track for June 2027 completion, with demolition underway and final design work nearing completion. Williston reported construction is progressing, staffing recruitment is underway for psychiatrists and other staff, and an air handler replacement is creating a roughly $750,000 unbudgeted barrier that will slightly delay the timeline. Grand Forks reported its expansion is about 30% complete, with no major barriers beyond weather, and leaders said the project should be substantially complete in the first quarter of 2027. The Department of Health and Human Services then presented a series of budget and program updates. Donna Ockland explained several recent line-item transfers as technical corrections that net to zero and do not require new spending, then reviewed salaries, wages, and FTE counts, noting the department remains within its authorized staffing levels. Pat Rainer followed with an update on the Rural Health Transformation Program, saying 12 opportunities have been posted, 422 applications received, and $8.4 million obligated so far, with a goal of obligating the full $199 million by September. He described grants for workforce retention, rural rotations and housing, community gardens, school wellness, behavioral health promotion, safety net services, equipment, technology, EMS, and other initiatives, emphasizing that the program is intended to be transformational and tied to metrics. Members asked extensive questions about how rural eligibility is defined, how grants will support both rural facilities and hub hospitals, and how future years of funding will build on current awards. The committee also heard an update on certified community behavioral health clinics from Elena Zeller, who said North Dakota has been accepted as a demonstration state, implementation is underway in Williston, North Central/Minot, Fargo, and Dickinson, and care coordination and service counts are increasing. Rebecca Askins then reviewed SNAP payment error rates, saying the 2025 rate was finalized at 9.89%, with the state aiming to get below 6% through policy updates, training, data tools, and a quality assurance team. Members pressed her on the causes of the error rate, the role of the SPACES software system, and the need for accountability and improvements. Finally, Dirk Wilkie reported the state laboratory project reached substantial completion on June 12 and is on budget at about $69.95 million, though a service elevator had to be redesigned because it was too small for equipment.

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• You're speaking the language of early intervention, right, getting to kids sooner rather than later,
• And so that was the whole premise of LEARNS and all the interventions and supports being put in in kindergarten
• , first and second grade, that intervention part of that.

Summary: The committee first approved the prior meeting minutes, then heard a presentation from Maddie San Juan of the Women’s Foundation of Arkansas on the report “Holding It All Together: Working Moms and Child Care in Arkansas.” She said the report found that Arkansas moms want to work, but child care costs, inflexible schedules, inadequate paid leave, and the mental load of caregiving are major barriers. She cited survey and focus group findings showing most mothers want full-time work, 69% identified child care costs as a barrier, and many said flexible hours were the most important workplace support. She also described county-level dashboard data, the high cost of infant and toddler care, and examples from working mothers about spending most or all of their paychecks on child care. Members asked questions about labor force participation trends, the meaning of the child care cost figures, and how flexibility could be implemented across industries. The presenter and members also discussed the broader economic-development impact of child care shortages and the need for public-private partnerships. The Department of Education then gave an update on early childhood programs. Officials said they are building internal dashboards to improve transparency and data access for school readiness assistance, including enrollment, application, and provider participation monitoring. They reported that the state is still moving forward with the CLASS transition and expects to release transition funding to providers in the coming weeks using Preschool Development Grant funds. They also clarified that OEP awards based on CLASS scores are separate from OEC’s work and that the data is FOIA-able. Officials warned providers about a temporary payment delay during the transition to a new system, saying payments will stop June 30 and resume around July 14, with any owed funds processed then. Members raised additional concerns about early childhood special education funding, overpayment recovery from a child care center, audit requirements for Head Start and SRA funds, the market rate survey, and the status of local leads after a recompete. Department staff said they would follow up on special education funding levels and audit rules, noted that the overpayment case is under appeal, and said the market rate survey is still in procurement. They also reported that 23 local leads will cover all counties starting July 1, with no major job-description changes, and described a new PDG Partners stakeholder group and an upcoming June 23 QRIS webinar to gather provider and parent input. The meeting ended with no further business and adjournment.

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• We're about getting kids to read.
• for us we're about getting kids to read for us we're about getting kids to read it's<00:21:29.559
• <00:48:08.640> Act express how important the read Act express how important the read Act is
• Implement every possible intervention Implement every possible intervention skills<00:59:13.200>
• September by January he was reading at a September by January he was reading at a fifth<01:40:54.480>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Education Policy Committee met under a co-chair arrangement and heard opening remarks emphasizing civility, direct testimony from school leaders, and a focus on whether state policy is meeting student needs in the least intrusive and most cost-effective way. Chair Coleman asked testifiers to keep remarks brief and policy-focused, and the committee began with a series of superintendents describing local budget pressures and the cumulative impact of state mandates. Anoka-Hennepin Superintendent Corey McIntyre said the district, the state’s largest, is serving about 37,000 students and faces a roughly $26 million deficit even after major reductions, including cutting about $44 million and roughly 250 central office jobs. He cited rising costs tied to compensation, special education and multilingual cross-subsidies, unemployment, paid leave, READ Act implementation, student/staff safety and K-3 discipline requirements, and transportation, saying the district still faces about $50 million in mandate-related shortfalls and may need to reduce class size and student supports. Senator Kunesh responded that summer unemployment claims are paid from a separate state budget line, not the district general fund, and asked about paid leave costs; McIntyre and the chair clarified the district’s concern was the possibility of future costs if state funding ends. Prior Lake-Savage Superintendent Michael Thomas said district revenues are rising only about 2.5% to 3% while expenses are growing 5% or more, driven by inflation and vendor costs. He argued that the state’s inflationary funding tie should be maintained, and asked for an increase in local optional aid of $250 per pupil and more flexibility for districts that struggle to pass local levies. Minnetonka Superintendent David Law argued that schools are being asked to absorb broader community burdens, including food and mental health needs, while still being judged on academics and graduation; he said REACT funding fell short, forcing the district to shift reading funds to staff development, and urged the committee not to roll mandates forward without funding. Fergus Falls Superintendent Jeff Drake said expanded unemployment, earned sick and safe time, and paid family leave are creating staffing and budget challenges for rural districts, estimating unemployment costs could reach $240,000 annually and sick and safe time about $25,000, with added difficulty recruiting support staff and substitutes. No committee votes or formal actions were taken in the portion provided.

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• Those are critical moments where interventions could change the course of someone's life.
• And when I read the bill, that was my only concern is if this would be misapplied.
• point, I do actually have to tell the system again what the income is because it doesn't actually read
• MAXIS does not read itself.
• She has her own little one at home, and she also submitted written testimony, and I won't read all of

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• These bills received a second reading These bills received a second reading and<00:50:38.960>
• That maybe I need to read substitute? That maybe I need to read the<01:50:18.760> substitute.
• reading using previous roll. All right. reading using previous roll. All right.
• I said, “Read it and I want to hear your opinion.” So, they read it.
• If you read it. If you read it. If you read it. I want to read it. I want to get it read.

Keywords: 920, all

Summary: The Alabama Senate convened with prayer, the pledge, and a quorum present, then quickly handled routine motions to excuse absent senators, dispense with the prior journal, and allow bills and committee reports throughout the day. The chamber first took up House amendments to Senate Bill 19 on insurance, including a changed start date and a bill name honoring David McHanie and Roy Johnson. On a long roll, the Senate concurred 22-0 with one abstention. Senator Singleton then used personal privilege to present a Black History observance highlighting Nat King Cole, Louis Armstrong, Benjamin O. Davis Sr., and Mahalia Jackson. Committee reports followed, with the Senate confirming Brandy Williams to the Alabama Fire College and Personnel Standards and Education Commission and Lynn Brewer to the Alabama Board of Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Contractors. Senator Singleton spoke at length in support of the trades-related confirmation, emphasizing the importance of skilled labor, contractor oversight, and workforce training, while also discussing the need to support such professions and the role of boards in protecting consumers. The Senate also received favorable reports from Judiciary, Education Policy, Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development, Tourism, and Local Legislation on a range of bills, many with amendments or substitutes, and placed them on the next day’s calendar. In motions and resolutions, Senator Elliott recommitted Senate Bill 310 to local legislation and introduced Senate Joint Resolution 50 honoring Coach Tim Carter, which was sent to rules. The Senate adopted Senate Joint Resolution 51 mourning Junior Harold Sorrells and several House resolutions from the Rules Committee, including recognitions for the Alabama State Games, Mack McCutcheon’s retirement, the Black pioneers of Macon County, Alicia Cannon, Joseph William Jones Jr., and Louis Vuitton the Pitbull Day. The chamber also recognized several school leaders in the gallery and then moved into local bills, beginning with Senate Bill 266, a proposed constitutional amendment regarding Covington County, for which a bill reading was requested using the previous roll.

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• When you read that, would you read this to also cover...
• When you read that, would you read this to also cover pro-life women's resource centers who provide many
• So I haven't been reading about a rash of these interferences with reproductive health care services
• Again, it's a brand new substitute, so I read it going into this discussion.
• As we read it on our side of the table, this is an automatic function.

Keywords: 1146, all

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• I read through it.
• I read<00:52:08.800> through<00:52:08.960> it.
• Uh I had some issues read through it.
• <01:23:34.239> And reading or math uh skills and so on.
• And reading or math uh skills and so on.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• There will be a one-minute time limit per testifier, and I'll be reading from the list of individuals
• uh<00:01:10.479> and<00:01:10.600> I'll<00:01:10.759> be<00:01:10.880> reading
• <00:01:11.280> from testifier uh and I'll be reading from testifier uh and I'll be reading
• to allow them to continue interventions to allow them to continue to<00:36:04.359> persist<00
• When we read the bill, one of the first questions would be whether the conditions that are laid out in

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The hearing covered Senate Bill 426, which would create an early learning apprenticeship grant program. Testimony was overwhelmingly supportive from the City and County of Honolulu, the Department of Human Services, the Executive Office on Early Learning, the University of Hawaiʻi College of Education, the Attorney General’s office, the Early Childhood Action Strategy, Hawaii Children’s Action Network, the University of Hawaiʻi’s early childhood educator project, and a Zoom testifier who described the importance of investing in high-quality early childhood education. Committee discussion focused on the program’s estimated cost, with figures of about $14.5 million in 2025-26 and $15 million in 2026-27, and on whether the program would require ongoing base-budget funding. The committee recommended technical, non-substantive amendments, including a statewide-concern amendment and a deferred effective date, and both committees adopted the recommendation by vote. The committees then heard Senate Bill 1622, which would appropriate funds to establish the Aloha Intelligence Institute within the University of Hawaiʻi to support statewide artificial intelligence initiatives. University representatives described the proposal as the product of campus-wide input and outlined five pillars: governance and policy, outreach and engagement, research and development, workforce development, and AI tools for key sectors such as health care, creative industries, manufacturing, data science, astronomy, and climate change. Members questioned staffing distribution, tuition, enrollment timing, housing, campus placement, and whether positions would be permanent or temporary; the university said it planned about 10 positions across campuses, would start with internal resources, and would house the effort under the Vice President for Research and Innovation initially. The committees recommended an SD1 with the appropriation amounts blanked out, a July 31, 2050 effective date, and committee-report language on housing and West Oʻahu, and the higher education and labor/technology committees adopted the amended recommendation. Finally, the Higher Education Committee took up Senate Bill 1488, a housekeeping measure to consolidate existing University of Hawaiʻi conference center statutes into a single revolving fund structure, and Senate Bill 636, which would fund retention and internship coordinator positions and broader enrollment management efforts at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo. SB 1488 drew university support and no opposition. SB 636 prompted substantial questioning about Hilo’s declining enrollment, current retention rate of 72.8 percent, and the scope of the request, which includes not only two named positions but also about $432,000 for enrollment management initiatives such as data analysis, IT support, and other student services. Hilo said it is targeting 3 to 5 percent annual enrollment growth and that the positions would support recruitment, retention, internships, and data-driven enrollment strategy. The committee pressed for a clearer broader plan, but the discussion in the transcript ended before a final vote on SB 636 was shown.

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• Read between the lines on that one.
• should be aware that if you have that diagnosis of cancer or cancer in situ, the way things are being read
• Interchangeable biologics can be substituted without any intervention by the prescriber, and non-interchangeable
• Interchangeable biologics can be substituted without any intervention by the prescriber and non interchangeable
• And I'm just reading from the FDA fact sheet that all biosimilar products meet the U.S.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• Noring, I read your testimony, and the loss of your son was so graphic and so touching.
• Port, I read yours as well.
• You have the trafficking of the narcotic, which is oftentimes a large bulk in our experience in intervention
• I noticed that you also, I've read your written testimony, and you had a meeting with Snapchat executives
• Military intervention is a last resort. Mr.

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• Second reading of bills...
• Second reading of bills... Second reading of bills.
• Second reading of bills.
• Second reading of bills...
• The clerk will read the report. The clerk will read the report. Mr.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• I HAD A QUESTION IF I'M READING IT CORRECTLY IT MEANS OUR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES WOULD HAVE FEWER
• LOUIS MENENDEZ AND THEN IT'S TOUGH TO READ. YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
• MEMBERS I WILL READ THROUGH A FEW THINGS THAT WE HAVE HERE AND WE HAVE SOME AMENDMENTS WE CAN TALK THROUGH
• IT PROVIDES CRISIS INTERVENTION AND PROVIDES TRAINING ON HOW TO RESPOND DURING AN ACTIVE ASSAILANT INCIDENT

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• And obviously anything that's done under statements in custody requires Miranda to be read procedures
• So without reading from my notes, whenever it comes to investigating death cases, whenever the suspect
• And there's a lot of content and they're actually read through some of it last night just to try to absorb
• There's so many different interventions that and that we could consider as it as a committee to prevent

Keywords: 999, senate, all