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• So please, this is a bridge too far. Vote no on AB 727.
• So please, this is a bridge too far. Vote no on AB 727. Thank you, Assembly Member DeMaio.
• But it’s more than a policy; it’s a pathway, it’s a bridge, it’s a chance to breathe new life into our
• But it's more than a policy, it's a pathway, it's a bridge, it's a chance to breathe new life into our
• It's a bridge.

Summary: The Assembly met after a quorum call and first dealt with a procedural dispute over four amendments to AB 1240. The Speaker ruled the amendments out of order as not germane, and the Assembly sustained that ruling on a 49-16 vote. Members then added co-authors to several consent-calendar resolutions, including measures on the National Conference of State Legislators, Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, ALS Awareness Month, and Men’s Mental Health Month, before adopting the consent calendar. The chamber also heard guest introductions, including a welcome for Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee, and took up a motion to bring AB 41 up out of file, which failed 19-48. The bulk of the meeting was floor action on a long series of bills and resolutions, many of which passed with broad bipartisan support. Measures approved included ACR 40 supporting immigrant students and FAFSA privacy; AB 917 on permanent status for certain school employees; AB 985 on anesthesia access; AB 7 and AB 42 on higher education and student services; AB 245 providing property tax relief for wildfire victims; AB 255 allowing funding for drug-free recovery housing; AB 279 updating K-12 library standards; AB 289 creating a pilot for automated speed enforcement in highway construction zones; AB 291 on an educator apprentice program; AB 327 addressing swatting; AB 340 on confidential union communications; AB 341 creating an oral health technical assistance center for people with disabilities; AB 356 on San Diego health care infrastructure; AB 410 on bot disclosure; AB 476 on copper theft enforcement; AB 477 on educator pay targets; AB 485 on stolen wages and business licensing; AB 487, the insurance committee’s technical omnibus bill; AB 573 on tobacco retail license fees; AB 598 on school mapping technology; AB 635 on mobile home law enforcement referrals; AB 651 on remote participation for incarcerated parents in dependency hearings; AB 654 on homelessness hotline assistance in Los Angeles County; AB 662 creating a South County higher education task force; AB 667 on language access in professional licensing; AB 669 limiting early denial of addiction treatment; AB 670 on naturally occurring affordable housing; AB 695 on online continuation of community college for deported students; AB 723 on disclosure for digitally altered real estate images; AB 727 placing Trevor Project information on student IDs; and AB 736, a $10 billion affordable housing bond for the June 2026 ballot, which passed on a 61-11 urgency vote after extensive debate. Debate on AB 736 was the most extensive of the day, with supporters arguing the bond would help address California’s housing crisis and give voters a chance to weigh in, while opponents criticized the state’s bond debt and past spending results. The Assembly then recessed for caucus meetings and later returned to continue the daily file, where additional measures were taken up, including AB 798 adding diapers and wipes to the emergency food bank reserve program, which passed 56-0, and AB 821 on career technical education, which was presented as bipartisan-supported as the transcript continued.

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• This really does help bridge the gap between our traditional military members, which make up a cyber
• This really does help bridge the gap between our traditional military members, which make up a cyber
• Um this really does help take<00:21:49.520> and<00:21:49.840> bridge<00:21:50.159> the
• <00:21:50.480> gap<00:21:51.039> between<00:21:52.000> our take and bridge the
• gap between our take and bridge the gap between our traditional<00:21:52.799> military<00:21:

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• that if you have a corn crop followed by rye or something like that, you can end up carrying a green bridge
• He said the grant program expands the umbrella of state support to help businesses bridge the gap from
• > umbrella of State support to help umbrella of State support to help businesses<01:04:06.680> bridge
• the<01:04:07.200> gap<01:04:07.480> from<01:04:07.760> research businesses bridge
• the gap from research businesses bridge the gap from research to<01:04:08.960> impact<01:04:09.960

Bills: HF363, HF2155, HF1524, HF821, HF1677, HF1292

Keywords: HF363, property tax credit, agricultural water quality credit, Minnesota agricultural water quality certification program, clean water fund, class 2a, class 2b, certified acres, conservation incentive, water quality, agricultural property, county assessor, county auditor, Department of Revenue, Department of Agriculture, property tax reimbursement, school district reimbursement, legacy finance, taxes committee, southeastern Minnesota

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• several key infrastructure projects are under way to support housing, including improvements to roads, bridges
• Most of the funding would go to actual roadway improvements, including, like, a bridge that's needed
• roadway improvements including like<01:29:05.159> uh<01:29:05.320> a<01:29:05.480> bridge
• that's<01:29:06.080> needed<01:29:06.639> uh<01:29:06.719> to like uh a bridge
• that's needed uh to like uh a bridge that's needed uh to cross<01:29:07.119> the<01:29:07.280

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• Who plans for a response when a freeway bridge goes down? Hospitals are part of that response.
• Who plans for a response when a freeway bridge goes down? Hospitals are part of that response.
• Who plans for a response when a freeway bridge goes down? Hospitals are part of that response.
• 03.840> freeway Who plans for a response when a freeway Who plans for a response when a freeway bridge
• bridge goes down? bridge goes down?

Bills: HF4343

Keywords: sales tax, use tax, advertising tax, taxable services, digital advertising, online marketing, marketing services, search engine marketing, lead generation, internet advertising, ad agency, media buying, campaign planning, Minnesota tax law, service tax, broadening tax base, web advertising, promotional services, 1183, house

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• Providers cannot access bridge<01:19:47.440> financing<01:19:48.080> easily,<01:19:48.960
• > particularly bridge financing easily, particularly bridge financing easily, particularly non-profit
• at her provider who had a banker bristle at her request<01:20:09.280> for<01:20:09.400> bridge
• /c><01:20:09.720> funding<01:20:10.160> because<01:20:10.560> in request for bridge
• funding because in request for bridge funding because in his<01:20:10.920> opinion,<01:20:11.480

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• So, not just building bridges and roadways, but to understand where technology affords the state unique
• 01:10:02.960> not<01:10:03.199> just<01:10:03.760> building<01:10:04.560> bridges
• <01:10:05.040> and<01:10:05.360> and So, uh not just building bridges and and So, uh
• not just building bridges and and roadways,<01:10:06.320> but<01:10:06.560> to<01:10:06.880
• A lot of construction projects, the Brent Spence Bridge, for example, has a significant drone technology

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The task force approved the October 14, 2025 meeting minutes and then heard a presentation from Austin Kaylor of WSP on alternative aviation fuels. Kaylor described an ongoing feasibility study focused on Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport and the other four commercial airports in Kentucky, with an eye toward both near-term use of alternative aviation fuel in existing supply chains and longer-term in-state production using local feedstocks. He said Kentucky’s current jet fuel use at the five airports is about 609 million gallons annually and could approach 1 billion gallons by 2050, and he outlined potential feedstocks such as soybeans, corn, and waste oils, along with existing logistics assets like river terminals, trucking, rail, and some pipelines. He also discussed federal and state policy support, including renewable fuel credits and the recent 45Z tax credit extension, and said the study suggests significant economic-development potential if Kentucky can leverage existing infrastructure and incentives. Members asked about the cost of sustainable aviation fuel, whether taxpayers would be subsidizing it, and whether food crops would be diverted from food use. Kaylor responded that the market is increasingly using second-generation and waste-based feedstocks, that federal incentives can cover much of the price differential, and that SAF is a direct substitute for conventional jet fuel with some efficiency benefits. He said demand comes from both U.S. and foreign carriers, including major U.S. airlines that have made emissions-reduction commitments. Members also raised the possibility of locating production in Appalachia to create jobs closer to feedstock sources; Kaylor said that approach has worked in other states and could fit Kentucky’s logistics network. The committee then heard from Leif Elder of the Utah Department of Transportation, who introduced himself and said he would discuss advanced air mobility legislation in Utah. The transcript cuts off before his substantive presentation, and no further votes or actions were recorded after the question-and-answer discussion on alternative aviation fuels.

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• Natural Bridge and Cumberland Falls State Resort Park are priorities in the east region.
• Natural Bridge is under construction, while another is EP Tom Sawyer. It's out for bid. Next slide.
• building systems. $1.1 million has been appropriated for the Dale Hollow ADA accessible pedestrian bridge
• appropriated for the Dale Hollow ADA accessible<01:20:57.520> pedestrian<01:20:58.239> bridge
• pedestrian bridge that leads to<01:20:59.360> the<01:20:59.600> lodge's<01:21:00.159><

Keywords: Discussion of SB 126 (2025 RS) 00:05:13 Discussion of HB 16 (2025 RS) 00:15:40 Kentucky Department of Parks – Overview 01:05:06, 958, all

Summary: The committee met jointly for State Government, State and Local Government, and Elections and Constitutional Amendments, approved the minutes from the September 23 meeting, and then took up discussion of Senate Bill 126, a proposed constitutional amendment to restrict the governor’s pardon power. Senator Chris McDaniel said the measure was prompted by concerns over pardons issued in 2019 and would bar pardons for 60 days before a gubernatorial election through the swearing-in of a new governor, leaving the power otherwise intact. Members who spoke generally supported the proposal as a way to increase accountability, and McDaniel said he intended to place it on the 2026 ballot. No vote was taken on the bill during the discussion. The committee then moved to House Bill 16 on water fluoridation. Representative Hart and Senator Greg Elkins said the bill would remove Kentucky’s fluoridation mandate and give local water districts the choice to add fluoride or not. They emphasized that the revised draft also adds immunity language to protect districts from civil litigation regardless of their decision. Dr. Jack Call, a Louisville dentist, presented against fluoridation, arguing that the main dental benefit is topical rather than from drinking water and citing studies and reports he said linked fluoride exposure to reduced IQ in children and other health concerns. Cindy Batson, a nurse and parent, also supported the bill and said she had testified on the issue for years. During questions, Senator Rollins raised concerns about fluoride being an industrial byproduct and described fluoridation as forced medication. The discussion remained focused on the bill’s local-control and immunity provisions, with sponsors saying they were not trying to relitigate the broader science but wanted to remove the mandate. The transcript ends while questions and testimony on HB 16 were still underway, and no final committee action is shown.

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• pretty good in the last 15 years not pretty good in the last 15 years not going cross some of the bridges
• that going cross some of the bridges that going cross some of the bridges that they say that I have
• industrial amount uh line 68 Alabama industrial amount uh line 68 Alabama industrial Access Road and Bridge
• corporation uh it Access Road and Bridge corporation uh it Access Road and Bridge corporation uh it

Bills: HB 9, HB 22, HB 908, HB 1392

Keywords: property tax, ad valorem tax, tangible personal property, income-producing property, business personal property, tax exemption, local government finance, appraisal district, chief appraiser, rendition statement, property tax relief, small business, commercial property, leased property, related business entity, unified business enterprise, tax situs, Texas Tax Code, local taxing unit, constitutional amendment

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• Madison Wickham, Veronica Warms, Lauren Bridges. Luke Temple, Daryl Suriff.
• Elizabeth Grow, Madison Wickham, Veronica Worms, Lauren Bridges.
• Lauren Bridges, Daryl Shariff, again, we're looking for.
• Lauren Bridges, Veronica Worms, Madison Wickham, Sandoval. And welcome. We'll get started here.
• My name is Lauren Bridges, and I'm a lifelong Texan, and I oppose. SB 3.

Bills: SB3, SB810, SB965, SB1073, SB1119, SB1505, SB 3

Keywords: Texas Education Code, public schools, school district, open-enrollment charter school, teacher speech, employee speech, biological sex, pronouns, gender identity, retaliation, discipline, workplace protections, school personnel, education policy, LGBTQ, transgender, charter schools, SB 965, religious speech, prayer

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• The direct admissions program is a pathway for giving students more educational choices and bridging
• By offering medical and veterinary care side by side, the One Health Clinic serves as a bridge, helping
• By offering medical and veterinary care side by side, the One Health Clinic serves as a bridge, helping
• side the one Health Clinic service<01:47:23.040> as<01:47:23.119> a<01:47:23.239> bridge
• service as a bridge helping individuals get<01:47:25.119> the<01:47:25.400> much<01:47

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• dedicated to promoting accessible conflict resolution services, and our approach focuses on building bridges
• dedicated to promoting accessible conflict resolution services, and our approach focuses on building bridges
• dedicated to promoting accessible conflict resolution services, and our approach focuses on building bridges
• dedicated to promoting accessible conflict resolution services, and our approach focuses on building bridges
• dedicated to promoting accessible conflict resolution services, and our approach focuses on building bridges

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Bills: LB878, LB958, LB958A, LB762, LB1187, LB966, LB929, LB962, LB1209, LB937A, LB962A, LB1050, LB1050A, LB965, LB1022, LB753, LB788, LB913, LB1055, LB1195, LB429, LB721, LB722, LB727, LB745, LB749, LB778, LR293, LR296, LR422, LR495, LR496, LR497, LR498, LR499, LR500, LR501, LR502, LR503, LR504

Keywords: paid parental leave, state employees, workplace benefits, family support, economic impact, Medicaid, Medical Assistance Act, home and community-based services waiver, HCBS waiver, waiver participant, assessment tool, clinical interviewing, service tier, retroactive coverage, doula, doula reimbursement, maternal health, prenatal care, pregnancy, birth outcomes

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• Well, we crossed that bridge yesterday on LB 841 when we dealt with the IEP process.
• Well, we crossed that bridge yesterday on LB 841 when we dealt with the IEP process.

Bills: LB878, LB958, LB958A, LB762, LB1187, LB966, LB929, LB962, LB1209, LB937A, LB962A, LB1050, LB1050A, LB965, LB1022, LB753, LB788, LB913, LB1055, LB1195, LB429, LB721, LB722, LB727, LB745, LB749, LB778, LR293, LR296, LR422, LR495, LR496, LR497, LR498, LR499, LR500, LR501, LR502, LR503, LR504

Keywords: paid parental leave, state employees, workplace benefits, family support, economic impact, Medicaid, Medical Assistance Act, home and community-based services waiver, HCBS waiver, waiver participant, assessment tool, clinical interviewing, service tier, retroactive coverage, doula, doula reimbursement, maternal health, prenatal care, pregnancy, birth outcomes

Bills: HB3057, HB3130, HB4113, HB3310, HB3314, HB3985, HB4486, HB3040, HB3407, HB4343, HB2981, HB3764, HB3765, HB3767, HB3982, HB3321, HB3322, HB3323, HB4126, HB4130, HB4170, HB3345, HB2941, HB3062, HB3244, HB3298, HB2977, HB3304, HB3299, HB3297, HB4260, HB3906, HB3648, HB3319, HB2933, HB3544, HB1322, HB4104, HB4105, HB4106, HB4107, HB4108, HB3974, HB3134, HB3055, HB3115, HB3471, HB3497, HB3500, HB3505, HB3755, HB4202, HB4226, HB4236, HB4139, HB4144, HB4422, HB4423, HB4317, HB4321, HB4322, HB3176, HB3239, HB3263, HB3673, HB3794, HB3796, HB4265, HB4266, HB2123, HB3048, HB2445

Keywords: government reporting, information technology, child welfare, environmental policy, state agency compliance, gender transition, minors, health services, punitive damages, parental rights, health care providers, voter registration, voter eligibility, felony disenfranchisement, restoration of voting rights, formerly incarcerated, reentry, parole, probation, supervision

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• Having a school counselor in our building is not only a resource to our students but also a bridge for
• Having a school counselor in our building is not only a resource to our students but also a bridge for
• Having a school counselor in our building is not only a resource to our students but also a bridge for
• Having a school counselor in our building is not only a resource to our students but also a bridge for
• <00:16:53.600> for<00:16:53.759> our students but also a bridge for our students but

Bills: HF984, HF921, HF922

Keywords: education funding, nonpublic schools, counseling services, guidance services, transportation for students, HF921, tax increment financing, TIF, excess tax increment, school district aid, levy adjustment, property tax levy, education finance, Minnesota education aid, decertification, local government finance, school funding formula, state aid reduction, referendum equalization aid, debt service equalization

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• something, $50 million for our regional transit authorities, and $16.4 million for municipal-owned small bridges

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The House first adopted several noncontroversial resolutions, including congratulations to the Rotary Club of Watertown for its 100 years of service and to Mystic Valley Elder Services on its 50th anniversary. It also suspended Joint Rule 12 to advance a petition establishing a sick leave bank for a Massachusetts Department of Transportation employee, James Caruso, sending that matter to the Committee on Public Service. The chamber then recessed and later confirmed a quorum after a roll call was called and withdrawn. The main substantive item was House Bill 4227, the final conference committee report on supplemental FY2025 appropriations using FY2024 fair share surtax surplus funds. Members heard that the bill would spend about $1.38 billion, with roughly $716 million for transportation and $593 million for education. Transportation funding included support for the MBTA, regional transit authorities, Chapter 98, and municipal bridges and culverts; education funding included special education circuit breaker reimbursements, higher education deferred maintenance, vocational school capital, early education supports, endowment matches, and Green School Works. The House accepted the conference report by a roll call vote of 146-3, then passed the bill to be engrossed and later enacted it by a roll call vote of 148-4. The House also advanced House No. 422, establishing a sick leave bank for Esther Adafwa of the Department of Mental Health. The bill was ordered to a third reading and then passed to be engrossed. Throughout the session, the House observed moments of recognition and silence for guests and for the deaths of Richard Serino Sr. and Minnesota Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman, and it adopted an order to adjourn in Hortman’s memory, with the House set to meet again Monday at 11 a.m.

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• How do we, how do we bridge that gap? This is, thank you for the question.

Keywords: 914, all

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• A joint resolution designating the Les Leatherman Memorial Bridge in Laurel County. Senator Storm.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Senate convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, then established a quorum with 34 members present. Absent senators were excused and the journal from Wednesday, January 7, 2026 was approved as written. No committee reports, second-reading business, or floor amendments were taken up. The clerk reported a number of new measures, including Senate Bill 10 on limiting the governor’s pardon and commutation powers, Senate Bill 91 on standardizing real property tax bills, Senate Bill 92 on Medicaid coverage for palliative care, Senate Bill 93 on Medicaid expansion, Senate Bill 94 on motor vehicle dealers, Senate Bill 95 on school transportation with an emergency clause, and Senate Bill 96 on sickle cell disease. Several resolutions were also introduced, including memorial resolutions and measures honoring Donna Sue Baker and designating the Les Leatherman Memorial Bridge. Members also requested to be added as co-sponsors to several bills and resolutions. No substantive debate or votes on the merits of the bills occurred. The only action taken was the routine approval of the journal, the excusal of absent senators, and the filing of co-sponsorship requests. The Senate adjourned by motion until 9:00 a.m. on Friday, January 9, 2026.

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• We're right there on the Amnus and the Connecticut Rivers, and we have a covered bridge which goes over
• In order to get this bridge completed, we had to chase some grant monies. we need to be worried about
• 04.640> cover Connecticut rivers and we have a cover Connecticut rivers and we have a cover bridge
• which goes over to Bath bridge which goes over to Bath and<00:31:08.559> in<00:31:08.799>
• and in order to get this bridge and in order to get this bridge completed<00:31:11.440> we

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The work session began with HB 656, as amended, which would treat federal funds received by school districts as unanticipated money unless already listed in the annual report, and would require notices and school board minutes to identify the grant and summarize any obligations attached to accepting it. Supporters said the bill was aimed at transparency so voters would understand the “strings attached” to grants, while opponents raised concerns that the amendment was new, potentially vague, and could require districts to publish lengthy or redundant information, increasing costs and administrative burden. Several members suggested alternative approaches, such as a state-level list of common grant obligations or posting grant documents online. No vote was taken, and some members argued the bill was not ready for action. The committee then moved to HB 665, which would expand eligibility for free school meals to households at up to 300% of federal poverty guidelines and use education trust fund money to cover the added cost. Representative Damon strongly supported the bill, citing food insecurity and arguing the fiscal note likely overstated costs because the bill requires at least one free meal, not necessarily both breakfast and lunch. The discussion was just beginning when the transcript ended, and no vote or final action on HB 665 was recorded in the excerpt.