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• At that time, CAISO did a re-evaluation of ongoing projects, something I just mentioned as an option
• We came to this issue when evaluating barriers to meeting our 2045 clean energy goals.
• More certainty around the project's performance means a greater ability to take on debt, which again
• We monitor weather and we evaluate when a public safety power shutoff is required, right?
• We monitor weather and we evaluate when a public safety power shut off is required, right?

Summary: The committee first heard AB 13, which would restructure the CPUC to increase legislative oversight, add legislative liaisons, require more detailed and timely reporting on rate-setting decisions, and add a public advocate member. The author and supporters argued the bill would improve transparency, accountability, and geographic diversity in CPUC decision-making amid rising utility rates. Witnesses from TURN, San Joaquin County, SDG&E, and former CPUC Commissioner Loretta Lynch offered support or support-in-principle, while no opposition testimony was presented. Members generally praised the bill’s transparency goals, and AB 13 passed 10-0 to Appropriations, with the roll left open for absent members. The committee then adopted the 2025-2026 committee rules and approved three consent items: AB 61, AB 365, and AB 406. The next bill, AB 99, would cap investor-owned utility rate increases above inflation except for specified costs such as safety, modernization, and fuel/commodity costs. The author and supporters, including a representative of the California Senior Legislature, said the bill was needed to protect ratepayers, especially seniors and low-income customers, from repeated rate hikes. Opposition came from utility labor, utilities, the Chamber of Commerce, and others, who argued the bill was too simplistic, could suppress labor costs, and did not account for major cost drivers such as wildfire mitigation, mandates, and net metering. Several members supported moving the bill forward as a starting point on affordability, while others criticized it as overly blunt. AB 99 passed 11-0 to Appropriations, with the roll left open. The hearing then shifted to an informational panel on strategies to reduce California transmission costs. A Public Advocates Office staffer described a growing backlog of approved-but-unbuilt transmission projects, rising transmission access charges, and long project timelines driven largely by utility pre-application and construction periods. Panelists from Net Zero California and consulting firms presented research suggesting that public financing or public-private partnership lease models could reduce transmission costs by lowering financing, tax, and capital costs, with estimated savings of up to 57% and as much as $123 billion over 40 years. PG&E’s representative said the utility is already pursuing federal loan guarantees, grants, and a public-private partnership with Citizens Energy, but warned that state ownership could create tax, wildfire-liability, and governance risks. Members asked about the CPUC’s role, the causes of delays, and whether public financing could complement existing competitive solicitation processes.

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• I mean, in other words, are they doing the science and then you're evaluating their data?
• We perform the review of that explanatory report and make sure that all the elements are there.
• So that's significant because there's now a similar requirement to report on performance of achieving
• That would allow the district to more fully evaluate the permit with an understanding.
• But there are different factors that a district can consider when they're evaluating an export permit

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• We provide multidisciplinary evaluations for the state's most vulnerable children struggling at home
• These reports serve as my only legal record documenting my evaluation of the child and the justification
• bill would create a limited one-time provisional period of up to 60 days where new employees can perform
• The reality is there are not enough physicians willing to perform abortions.
• Authorizing non-physicians to perform these high-risk procedures puts California women in harm's way.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Senator Miller is a resolution to urge and request the Louisiana State Law Institute to study and evaluate
• Senator Wheat. the school is not penalized by their absence in their performance scores.
• Jess Walker, with his thesis examining the interrelationship of marsh evaluation, water level, sedimentation
• No. 53 by Representative Schamerhorn is a concurrent resolution to establish a study committee to evaluate
• Kennedy of Louisiana to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to initiate a formal study to evaluate

Bills: SR146, SCR12, HB221, HCR115, HCR116, HCR58, HB1, HB312, HB313, HB314, HB383, HB983, HB1126, HCR3, HB2, HB3, SCR3, SB56, SCR9, SCR58, SB35, SB65, SB215, SB246, SB249, SB269, SB282, SB296, SB323, SB363, SB369, SB474, SB490, SB492, SB500, SB514, HCR27, HCR28, HCR66, HCR67, HCR72, HCR5, HCR32, HCR49, HCR50, HCR53, HCR60, HCR62, HCR64, HCR68, HCR78, HCR81, HCR86, HCR97, HCR102, HCR31, HCR47, HB476, HB481, HB487, HB492, HB549, HB579, HB608, HB621, HB624, HB626, HB632, HB637, HB656, HB722, HB745, HB804, HB818, HB821, HB833, HB864, HB867, HB874, HB893, HB909, HB951, HB968, HB969, HB978, HB979, HB988, HB989, HB1001, HB1005, HB1007, HB1024, HB1032, HB1050, HB1051, HB1056, HB1059, HB1077, HB1080, HB1081, HB1086, HB1108, HB1112, HB1153, HB1172, HB1173, HB1175, HB1192, HB1193, HB1204, HB1218, HB1242, HB1244, HB1249, HB1252, HB1254, HB42, HB45, HB71, HB79, HB158, HB160, HB169, HB227, HB251, HB289, HB330, HB394, HB410, HB429, HB769, HB971, HB1017, HB1234, HB1235, HB9, HB177, HB181, HB202, HB223, HB225, HB387, HB398, HB457, HB459, HB540, HB591, HB616, HB766, HB775, HB783, HB895, HB906, HB950, HB975, HB1052, HB1057, HB1076, HB1100, HB1139, HB1155, HB1160, HB1182, HB1186, HB1220, HB1223, HB1224, HB1228, HB1231, HB1245, HB1256, HB17, HB27, HB36, HB41, HB47, HB73, HB126, HB133, HB140, HB159, HB166, HB205, HB211, HB226, HB259, HB271, HB308, HB310, HB324, HB337, HB351, HB399, HB403, HB571, HB712, HB723, HB726, HB740, HB750, HB759, HB812, HB844, HB966, HB1006, HB1009, HB1018, HB1036, HB1038, HB1107, SB29, SB42, SB78, SB208, SB217, SB274, SB300, SB341, SB379, SB382, SB387, SB401, SB441, SB449, SB487, HB74, HB134, HB258, HB359, HB468, HB956, HB1117, SB43, SB149

Keywords: SR146, Senate Resolution 146, Louis Thomas Nelson, Thomas Nelson, condolences, memorial resolution, tribute, obituary, public service, St. Martinville, Cade, St. Martin Parish, police juror, mayor, community center, water system, school bus driver, school board, Louisiana Senate, sympathy

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• Hodges (2015), which was a narrow five-to-four decision by the Court that said states must perform and
• Evaluations.
• They also have to make the performance objectives that they have set forward to either go from basic
• We would be able to move them along per merit and their evaluation.
• We would be able to move them along per merit and their evaluation.

Keywords: 989, all

Summary: The House met with 67 members present and approved the journal, then received Senate messages transmitting enrolled Senate bills 1244, 1265, and 1331 for the Speaker’s signature, along with Senate Bill 1326 and House Bills 583 and 528. Committee reports advanced several bills, including House Bill 850 to Health and Welfare and a group of business, health, and state affairs bills to second reading. The House also printed House Resolution 26, which reviewed certain environmental and licensing rules, and later took up a large slate of second-reading bills covering education, transportation, child custody, appropriations, veterans, and criminal trespass. On third reading, the House passed Senate Bill 1314, which rescinds funding for regional behavioral health positions and boards; one member opposed it, warning of a disconnect between local communities and state-level behavioral health policy. The House also passed House Bill 716 on highway distribution and local road inspection funding, House Bill 648 requiring parity in coverage for oral and intravenous chemotherapy, House Joint Memorial 17 urging reconsideration of Obergefell v. Hodges, and House Concurrent Resolution 33 creating an interim committee to address sex torsion and youth safety. The House then recessed and reconvened later in the day. After recess, the House suspended rules to immediately consider and pass House Bill 846 on school enrollment and attendance accounting, House Bill 825 eliminating a 50-cent license plate fee and converting the Heritage Trust plate to a specialty plate, House Bill 815 correcting charter school transportation reimbursement, House Bill 717 as amended imposing a 30-day vehicle registration deadline and a $75 penalty for late registration, House Bill 668 as amended strengthening child custody interference enforcement, and House Bill 750 as amended establishing guardrails for programmable money and prohibiting discriminatory transaction controls. The House also passed House Bill 847 and 848 on judicial and legislative maintenance budgets, House Bill 849 on career ladder movement for CTE and pupil services staff, and House Bill 681 removing the statute of limitations for certain child sexual exploitation offenses. Most measures were transmitted to the Senate after title approval, with recorded votes showing some opposition on the more controversial bills.

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• lease all vending machines and Senator Simon: removes the requirement that the lottery require performance
• sex acts with animals or fighting or baiting an animal in front of a minor or enticing a minor to perform
• who commit animal cruelty or aggravated animal cruelty to undergo a court-ordered psychological evaluation
• This change will allow a juvenile to receive evaluation and treatment rather than just punishment.
• hate crimes, access digital literacy programs to combat, identify best practices from other states, evaluate

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• This is a technical amendment to ensure that hospitals are performing the correct follow-up tests that
• Fund and requires an and reported the results projects funded to the Cancer Innovation Fund and performance
• The bill requires that to ensure all proposals are appropriate are evaluating fairly on the basis of
• It identifies and evaluates the performance and effects of grants issue to the Cancer Innovation Fund
• question for me as far as a language in your bill, what are the mechanisms in place to, I guess, evaluate

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• Families, Secretary Hatch, to take several key actions: conduct financial and operational audits, evaluate
• provider network referral patterns and system performance, recommend ways to make systems more transparent
• The individualized treatment plan must be re-evaluated no less than every six months.
• Requires the DCF, in collaboration with ACCA, to submit a report on the evaluation to include findings
• Instead, it requires the review, evaluation, and recommendation.

Summary: The Committee on Children, Families, and Elder Affairs met to consider several bills and the confirmation of Taylor Hatch as Secretary of the Department of Children and Families. SB 1310, relating to reporting of student mental health outcomes, was temporarily postponed. The committee then took up SB 1354 on behavioral health managing entities, adopted a delete-all amendment, and heard support for the bill’s focus on transparency, accountability, audits, referral patterns, and a DCF report due by December 1. Members discussed the capacity of the current reporting system and the need for coordination with school districts. The committee voted the bill favorably. The committee next considered SB 1620 on mental health and substance abuse disorders, which implements selected recommendations from the 2025 Commission on Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders. The bill, as amended, includes reforms on dignity and patient-centered care, crisis response, individualized treatment plans, use of the DLA-20 assessment tool, data analysis by the Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, and creation of a research center. Amendments removed a direct medication-provision requirement in favor of a review and report on discharge procedures, medication adherence, and long-acting injectables, and clarified licensure priorities for short-term residential treatment programs. Testimony and debate emphasized the need for action, better data, and efficient use of public funds. The committee reported the bill favorably. Finally, the committee heard from Taylor Hatch, the Governor’s appointee to lead DCF. Hatch described her background in state government and her priorities for DCF, including coordination, transparency, prevention, permanency, and responsiveness to vulnerable Floridians. Several members spoke in support, citing her experience at APD and familiarity with the agency’s work. The committee voted unanimously to recommend her confirmation, and then adjourned.

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• : they provide strategic direction for the organization, they have fiduciary authority, and they evaluate
• Next up, we have the review of the Arizona Department of Education School Safety Program Performance
• Next up, we have the review of the Arizona Department of Education School Safety Program Performance
• key context for our audit and the school safety program, information on the department's positive performance
• the program based on school safety needs, distributing grant monies to participating schools, and evaluating

Keywords: 1182, all

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• I'm for tips for services performed for an outstanding job, but this is not for that. uh, and the origin
• I appreciate the opportunity to lay out House Bill 3474 relating to the evaluation and reporting of investment
• practices and performance of certain public retirement systems.
• existing requirements to improve the consistency and predictability of investment practices and performance
• evaluation or.

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• Today, we're going to present our performance audit on statewide overtime and shift bonus pay for a two-and-a-half-year
• Trying to evaluate retirements, open positions available, vacant, and how many new FTEs we have.
• Trying to evaluate retirements right?
• um an overtime or then they uh perform um an overtime or additional<00:51:30.400><c> duty</c><00:51:
• For the 2 and a half year period that the team evaluated, MnDOT paid 30.9 million of overtime payments

Keywords: 1183, house

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• My name is Katherine Saris, and I'm a performing artist and arts educator.
• She asked Murray to elaborate on how much medical evaluation and mental health evaluation and treatment
• I'm sorry mental medical evaluation I'm sorry mental health<02:06:44.199><c> evaluation</c><02:06:44.719
• happens health evaluation and treatment happens you<02:06:46.599><c> know</c><02:06:47.000><c> as</c
• and then it goes on to list um performed and then it goes on to list um you<04:02:59.960><c> know</c

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Our projects here are performing arts, art museums, and cultural organization capital projects.
• So we do evaluate their financials.
• So we do evaluate their financials.
• We were the first state in the nation to pass a statewide building performance standard.
• Tier 2 buildings do not need to meet a performance target.

Summary: The committee first received a Commerce overview of capital budget grant programs, including behavioral health facilities, Building for the Arts, Building Communities Fund, early learning facilities, library capital improvements, and youth recreational facilities. Commerce described program eligibility, match requirements, funding cycles, and project examples such as an early learning center in Spokane, a rural library in Stevens County, and a youth clubhouse in Prosser. Members asked about behavioral health capital projects, including how many facilities have been opened and how capital planning aligns with operating funding; Commerce said it could provide more data later and noted it focuses on capital while HCA, DSHS, and DOH handle operating requests. Members also raised concerns about nonprofit financial stability, project licensure, siting, and the burden of non-state match, while Commerce emphasized shovel-ready projects, community match, and efforts to reduce application burden. The committee then heard an update on the Clean Buildings Performance Standard from Commerce. Staff reviewed Washington’s building emissions laws, compliance tiers, exemptions, incentives, and district energy system decarbonization planning under House Bills 1543, 1976, and 1390. Commerce reported nearly 5,000 inquiries in 2025, a fellowship program that has helped more than 250 buildings in 16 counties, and review of nearly 30 district energy plans. The presentation highlighted that over half of Tier 1 buildings are already meeting targets, that Tier 2 incentive applications suggest the 30-cent-per-square-foot incentive often covers compliance costs, and that district decarbonization plans face common challenges such as aging infrastructure, grid readiness, workforce, and inconsistent cost reporting. Members asked what additional legislative action might help, and Commerce said it was still learning from the new rulemaking and implementation changes. Western Washington University and Corex then presented on WWU’s campus heating conversion project and a possible off-campus thermal energy partnership with the Port of Bellingham. WWU described its aging steam system, high emissions, maintenance costs, and the $51 million in Climate Commitment Account funding it has received to transition toward an electric hot-water system using technologies such as geo-exchange, heat recovery chillers, and air-source heat pumps. Corex explained its existing district energy system at the Port of Bellingham, which uses industrial waste heat and is operating at very high efficiency, and said it is exploring a heat transmission line to WWU and possibly sewer-heat recovery. Testimony from WSU and UW supported the broader decarbonization effort but raised concerns about the scale of costs, deferred maintenance, and the need for predictable state funding. A contractor witness urged the state to think bigger about public-private partnerships and other financing tools rather than forcing campuses to compete for limited funds. The committee then held a public hearing on House Bill 2330, which would create a prioritization process for capital funding for state campus district energy system decarbonization projects. Staff said the bill would establish a Commerce committee to score and rank projects, issue a preliminary framework report by December 30 of this year, and provide biennial recommended project lists beginning in 2028, while also studying barriers to energy-as-a-service contracts and public-private partnerships. The prime sponsor said the bill is intended to create a thoughtful, predictable process for deciding which projects to fund, emphasizing energy savings, emissions reductions, operating cost reductions, shovel-readiness, and the value of public-private partnerships. Testimony was mixed but generally supportive: WSU and UW backed the bill as a way to advance compliance and predictability, though WSU warned that compliance costs could be very large and that the university would likely seek state help if fines were imposed. A contractor witness supported the concept but argued the bill should help build a larger funding “pie” through partnerships and financing tools rather than simply dividing scarce resources. The committee then opened and heard testimony on House Bill 2338, which would authorize community-scaled weatherization projects. Commerce staff said the bill would allow weatherization funds and matching funds to be used for neighborhood-scale projects affecting multiple dwelling units, while still prioritizing low-income households; the fiscal note estimated about $273,000 in FY 2027 and about $237,000 per biennium ongoing for administration. Supporters from community action agencies and Spark Northwest said the bill would improve health, safety, affordability, and contractor participation by allowing weatherization to be done at a community scale, especially in mobile home parks and low-income neighborhoods. No votes were taken in the transcript.

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• Hopefully, a comprehensive athletic surface performance commission would be established as referenced
• The evaluation and comprehensive athletic surface committee implementation should take place prior to
• Otherwise, it's impossible to evaluate how much... ...what the condition of the battery is.
• The legislature created the commission to evaluate EPR models for a range of products.
• The legislature created the commission to evaluate EPR models for a range of products.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources held a heavily attended hybrid hearing focused primarily on plastics reduction bills, along with a few local and related waste-management measures. Chair Rauch and Chair Barber outlined strict testimony rules because of the large number of speakers. Before the plastics docket, the committee heard support for a local Sharon sewer-extension bill for a Sunrise Senior Living project, and the bill’s proponents said the project would help address senior housing needs and would still require MWRA and local approvals. The chairs also noted a separate local matter involving Sharon and the MWRA. A major portion of the hearing centered on the Plastics Reduction Act and related bills addressing single-use plastics, including plastic bags, polystyrene, black plastic, plastic beverage bottles, non-flushable wipes, skip-the-stuff provisions, and truth-in-labeling. Sponsors and supporters said the bills would reduce litter, microplastics, greenhouse gas emissions, and municipal waste costs, while creating statewide consistency and supporting environmental justice communities. Several speakers cited local bans already adopted by many Massachusetts cities and towns, and many urged the committee to advance comprehensive statewide action. The committee also heard testimony on a boat wrap recycling bill, a mattress recycling bill, and a bill to prohibit hotels from providing small plastic toiletries. Municipal officials and waste professionals supported extended producer responsibility for paint and labeling for non-flushable wipes, saying these measures would shift costs away from cities and towns and reduce strain on wastewater systems. The Massachusetts Municipal Association, Mayor Ruth Ann Fuller of Newton, and a Franklin County waste official all backed paint EPR and wipes labeling. Fire Chief Brian Nardelli testified for the Fire Chiefs Association in support of lithium-ion battery legislation, citing fire safety and disposal concerns. Other speakers, including environmental groups, local activists, and business representatives, supported bag and polystyrene bans, though the Retailers Association of Massachusetts urged any bag policy to be truly statewide and said any bag fee should be retained by retailers. No votes were taken during the hearing.

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• Any positive findings would be reported for further evaluation and testing, and educational materials
• That's not just a health care win, that's an academic win, that's a school performance win.
• That's not just a health care win, that's an academic win, that's a school performance win.
• So there's no correlation to going to a four-day in students increasing in performance.
• Our school is preparing for that evaluation as we speak. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, sir.

Summary: The committee first heard SB 206, which would require cardiovascular pre-screening and blood pressure testing for student athletes beginning in the 2026-2027 school year. Chairman Miller said the bill was prompted by concerns about undiagnosed hypertension and sudden cardiac arrest in young athletes, and Coach Marcus Scott testified about his own kidney transplant after years of untreated high blood pressure. Members asked about who would perform the screenings and how follow-up would work; the American Heart Association said existing athletic physical processes and referral networks could handle it. An amendment was adopted, and the committee reported SB 206 favorably as amended. The committee then took up SB 305, which would require a publicly available statewide career-alignment dashboard showing how degree programs connect to workforce outcomes, including completion, employment, wages, and high-demand jobs. Chairman Edmonds and student task force member Cruz Cassard said the goal was to help students understand job opportunities in Louisiana and reduce the number leaving the state after graduation. Workforce and higher education stakeholders supported the measure as a transparency and workforce-planning tool. The committee reported SB 305 favorably. Next, the committee considered HB 624, a school safety cleanup bill updating references from crisis management plans to emergency operations plans and aligning school emergency language with national standards. Representative Johnson and the Louisiana Center for Safe Schools said the bill would not create new mandates or costs, but would clarify existing requirements. The committee reported HB 624 favorably. The committee then heard HB 1022, as substituted, concerning school-based health care services. Representative Jackson said the bill was intended to clarify that medical decisions in school-based health centers should be made by licensed health professionals, not school staff, while preserving parental consent. Testimony from school-based health center providers supported the bill, but several members raised concerns about consent, parental authority, and whether the language shifted too much responsibility away from schools; the Charter School Association suggested adding more collaborative language. After discussion, the committee adopted the substitute and reported HB 1022 favorably by a 10-4 vote.

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• </c><00:11:39.360><c> based</c> is safe enough to be um performed based is safe enough to be um performed
• When people come in, they're evaluated.
• When people come in, they're evaluated.
• When people come in, they're evaluated.
• When people come in, they're evaluated.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• to sample soil and groundwater performed to sample soil and groundwater for<00:24:06.080><c> the</c>
• </c> So after evaluating the four quarters of data, the regulators and the Navy will determine where
• It's going to be performed over a minimum of 1% of the tank shell.
• It's going to be performed over a minimum of 1% of the tank shell.
• It's going to be performed over a minimum of 1% of the tank shell.

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The House Special Committee on Red Hill held an informational briefing at the State Capitol focused on updates from the Navy Closure Task Force Red Hill and NAVFAC Hawaii. Members and Navy officials opened by noting the meeting format, providing public links to tank closure supplement 4 and environmental remediation resources, and thanking Admiral Barnett for attending before his transition. The Navy emphasized that the Red Hill closure effort and the PFAS/PAS environmental remediation effort are separate but coordinated, and that both are long-term undertakings. For the closure effort, Navy officials reported progress on tank cleaning, ventilation, sludge removal, groundwater monitoring, and preparation for pipeline removal. They said supplement 4 to the tank closure plan was submitted in May and outlines the overall closure strategy, post-closure monitoring, and the decision to proceed with closure rather than wait for beneficial reuse decisions. They described completed ventilation of tanks 3 through 8, the start of tank 2 ventilation, removal of 283 gallons of sludge from the first six tanks, and plans to begin pipeline pigging and removal later this year. Officials also said all sludge samples tested so far were non-hazardous and that air monitoring has not shown elevated volatile organic readings during operations. NAVFAC Hawaii then outlined the PFAS/PAS remedial investigation under CERCLA, explaining the cleanup process, the nature of PFAS, and the role of aqueous film-forming foam as a source. The presentation said the Navy began investigating PFAS releases in 2014-2015, that the 2021 Red Hill fuel release led directly into remedial investigation work, and that current activities include quarterly groundwater sampling at 42 monitoring wells, installation of new shallow and deep wells, soil sampling where exceedances were found, fate-and-transport modeling, and human health risk assessments. Officials said data are publicly available on the Red Hill environmental website and that the next restoration advisory board meeting is scheduled for August 27. The Navy also gave a water resiliency update, saying it is upgrading the joint base drinking water system with pump, tank, and cybersecurity improvements and is installing treatment systems for the inactive Navy Aiea and Red Hill shafts ahead of EPA drinking water standards taking effect in 2029. No votes or formal committee actions were taken, as the meeting was informational only.

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• Article 3, Section 8, beginning on line 26.10, requires the charter school authorizer performance evaluation
• Article 3, Section 8, beginning on line 26.10, requires the charter school authorizer performance evaluation
• Article 3, Section 8, beginning on line 26.10, requires the charter school authorizer performance evaluation
• Article 3, Section 8, beginning on line 26.10, requires the charter school authorizer performance evaluation
• </c><00:29:42.159><c> evaluation</c> authorizer performance evaluation authorizer performance evaluation

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• It does three things: it clarifies who is authorized to perform certain actions.
• Are we going to have who's going to be responsible to do those evaluations?
• The costs will be if that inmate or that person's been arrested is going to be evaluated.
• at further treatment that is ordered by the court at a later date to then have that substitution evaluation
• trying to address that issue prior to that time and if they need to be diverted into a mental health evaluation

Bills: HB2993, HB3850, HB3595, HB3763, HB3760

Keywords: rural law enforcement, grant fund, public safety, financial assistance, coordination districts, grant funding, law enforcement coordinators, municipal assistance, education, inmates, literacy, high school equivalency, Department of Corrections, parole, rehabilitation, HB3595, Safer Counties Revolving Fund, Oklahoma Department of Public Safety, county grants, traffic barrier equipment

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• around the country and you talk to other states, I mean, our Legislative Finance Committee does performance
• reviews and evaluations that lots of states don't have.
• So as you all know, we have a program evaluation unit that's nationally recognized as one of the best
• And that's true of the evaluation work in general.
• But I wanted us to look at a performance review process, and I would like to have the Co-Chairs, as well