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• 03:39.119> toilets<01:03:39.960> and<01:03:40.240> kitchen<01:03:40.720> facilities
• <01:03:41.400> and uh toilets and kitchen facilities and uh toilets and kitchen facilities
• complicated<01:42:02.560> than<01:42:02.800> on<01:42:03.000> the<01:42:03.440> surface
• <01:42:04.440> it complicated than on the surface it complicated than on the surface it sounds

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Housing and Homelessness Prevention Committee met for an organizational hearing focused on introductions, committee jurisdiction, and a presentation from Minnesota Housing Finance Agency Commissioner Jennifer Ho. Members described their priorities for the session, including addressing HOA issues, senior housing affordability, manufactured housing exploitation, first-time homebuyer access, housing and health connections, homelessness protections, downtown conversions, and expanding starter homes, ADUs, and smaller multifamily housing. Chair Port emphasized bipartisan collaboration and the committee’s focus on removing barriers to housing production and expanding homeownership. A substantial portion of the meeting was devoted to remembering Senator Carrie Dietz, with Chair Port, Senator Draheim, and Commissioner Ho each describing her deep knowledge, behind-the-scenes leadership, and role in major housing accomplishments. They highlighted her work on fire sprinkler requirements in high-rise buildings, rental housing safety, public and nonprofit housing repairs, protections against predatory investors, manufactured and workforce housing, tenant protections, down payment assistance, local affordable housing aid, homelessness services, and the Bring It Home program, which helped pave the way for Minnesota’s rental voucher program. Advocates’ letters honoring her contributions were also made available to members. Committee staff then reviewed the panel’s jurisdiction, including housing and homelessness prevention, Minnesota Housing Finance Agency oversight and budget matters, housing bond allocation authority, housing infrastructure bonds, manufactured housing, rent control, transitional housing, and homeless prevention. Chair Port said the budget overview would be held for a later hearing. Commissioner Ho introduced her staff and outlined Minnesota Housing’s mission as a statewide mission-driven financial institution that finances affordable housing, homeownership, supportive housing, homelessness prevention, and manufactured housing through partnerships with lenders, developers, service providers, tribes, and local governments. No votes or formal legislative actions were taken at this meeting.

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• Touring that facility, LACES serves our kids from kindergarten through sixth grade.
• In the past year, he has spent over 75 days in inpatient facilities.
• The maintenance facilities are causing a major safety issue.
• So members, you may have to tour the facility on your own. We'll invite Mr.
• We talk about the facilities and the equipment.

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• While on the surface you may think you are helping, in actuality you'll be doing more harm to your child
• research<00:43:24.400> while<00:43:24.559> on<00:43:24.680> the<00:43:24.839> surface
• <00:43:25.200> you<00:43:25.319> may research while on the surface you may research
• while on the surface you may think<00:43:25.680> you<00:43:25.800> are<00:43:26.040>

Keywords: Consideration of HB 9 00:02:20 Consideration of HB 495 00:08:53 Consideration of HB 520 00:46:51 Consideration of HB 622 00:54:39 Consideration of HB 635 00:59:25, 958, all

Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 9, which would create oversight for Medicaid-related policy through a board modeled after the Public Pension Oversight Board. Sponsor Rep. Adam Bowling said the measure was intended to bring legislative, executive, and stakeholder voices together to vet issues and make better-informed Medicaid policy. Members generally supported the concept, though some questioned the proposed board’s party breakdown and whether the language should be updated now rather than later. After discussion, the committee voted 19-0 to pass HB 9 favorably. The committee then heard House Bill 495, which Rep. Hail said would protect mental health care professionals, institutions, and ordained ministers from discrimination when providing what the bill calls protected counseling services. He described the bill as a parental-choice measure that would allow counseling aligned with family values and said it also creates a civil cause of action for harmed parties. Opponents argued the bill would shield conversion therapy, with Dr. Eric Russ, Brandon Long, Dr. Brandon Creech, Brenda Rosen, Chris Hartman, and Dr. Bobby Glass testifying that conversion therapy is discredited, harmful, and associated with depression, anxiety, self-harm, and suicide risk. They said professional medical and counseling organizations oppose such practices and urged rejection of the bill. During questions, Rep. Layman pressed the sponsor on whether the bill would protect therapies even if a child was not in distress and on whether the committee should be endorsing a practice discredited by professional organizations. Rep. Hail responded that he viewed the issue as a parental choice and said he believed the bill protects providers offering those services. The transcript ends during continued discussion of HB 495, with no final vote shown on that bill.

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• about the importance of sound water policy, especially as it supports and making sure that there's surface

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The Senate convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, then recorded attendance and approved the prior day’s journal without objection. Several members used points of personal privilege to introduce guests in the gallery, including visitors from Arizona Business and Professional Women for National Women’s History Month, advocates associated with Audubon Day and Western Rivers Day, and a guest shadowing Senator Leach who is running for LD17 Senate and is a retired Air Force bomb disposal specialist. The introductions highlighted advocacy themes around women’s economic equality, pay equity, affordable health care, and equal rights, as well as water policy and outdoor recreation. Speakers noted the importance of surface water for rivers, recreation, tourism, and birding, and one member cited water-based outdoor recreation as contributing $11.7 billion to Arizona’s economy and supporting more than 72,000 jobs annually. The chamber then handled routine business: messages from the House were entered into the journal, several Senate bills were transmitted to the governor, and second-reading bills were listed, including measures on local government investment pools, housing and zoning, workers’ compensation notice, the Arizona-Sonora Trade Commission, and a sexual abuse prevention pilot program. Committee and caucus announcements were made for the following day, and the Senate adjourned without objection until Thursday, March 26, 2026, at 10:00 a.m.

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• But there is a problem, and this problem surfaced in a recent But there is a problem, and this problem
• surfaced in a recent oversight hearing that we had in the Senate Energy Committee.
• It does not limit judicial discretion for placement in congregate residential facilities, and it does
• It does not limit judicial discretion for placement in congregate residential facilities and it does
• And if anyone had any experience with drug rehabilitation facilities, substance use disorder programs

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Senate Bill 274 updates Louisiana law governing lead hazard detection in our child-occupied facilities
• It adds early learning centers to the definition of child-occupied facility.
• It adds early learning centers to the definition of child-occupied facility.
• So that only new facilities that are applying for a license.
• But only new facilities that are applying for a license.

Summary: The committee first considered several local property-transfer and wildlife/fisheries bills, including SB 229 (Bojeur Parish property transfer), SB 71 (Lafayette Parish property transfer), and a series of Department of Wildlife and Fisheries measures. SB 203 simplified possession rules for fish on multi-day trips and remote camps; SB 429 created an administrative path to register “orphan” boats with lapsed registrations; SB 204 removed a residency-based restriction on certain commercial fishing gear licenses; SB 205 reduced duplicate registration requirements for federally documented boats; SB 213 clarified titling rules for vessels and outboard motors; and SB 257 removed Social Security number requirements from certain commercial fishing tags. Each of these bills was reported favorable, generally without objection, after brief explanations from sponsors and department counsel about reducing red tape, improving enforcement, or modernizing records. The committee also heard SB 214, which would allow the Teche-Vermilion Fresh Water District to stop pumping during an imminent flood threat identified by the National Weather Service or GOSEP, addressing liability concerns and giving local officials more flexibility in emergencies. SB 274, as amended, required lead hazard risk assessments for certain child care, early learning, and pre-kindergarten facilities and required hazards found in assessments to be addressed before licensing. Both bills were reported favorable. SB 379, a technical reorganization bill for the Department of Conservation and Energy, received two amendment sets: one changing investment language and another standardizing judicial-review procedures and online notice requirements; it was reported favorable after those amendments. The committee then adopted HCR 62, urging FEMA to review flood maps every five years instead of every ten and to better account for local flood-protection projects, with members discussing the burden of flood insurance and the need for FEMA to recognize levees, pump stations, and elevated homes. HCR 78 was also reported favorable, memorializing Congress to pass the American Seafood Competitiveness Act of 2026 in support of Louisiana’s seafood industry. HB 662, as substituted, was reported favorable after being rewritten to codify the department’s internal protocol for seized sick, injured, or orphaned wildlife, prioritizing release, rehabilitation, placement, and euthanasia as a last resort. Finally, the committee considered two more contentious items. HR 216, which urged repudiation of the Louisiana Climate Action Plan of 2022, drew extended debate over whether the plan had been adopted without legislative input and whether it could affect permits or future policy; after discussion, the sponsor voluntarily deferred the resolution to return with a revised approach focused on a legislative hearing or review. SCR 24, dealing with chronic wasting disease rules, was introduced with amendments that would raise the prevalence threshold, cap samples, allow zone removal after three years without new detections, and lift baiting/feed prohibitions above a higher prevalence level; the transcript cuts off before final action on that measure.

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• 1972, the Apollo Space Program took a total of 1,029 Bibles to the moon, of which 101 landed on its surface

Keywords: Scheduler, 973, house, all

Summary: The House convened at noon with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, including a reading of George Washington’s prayer in recognition of the 250th anniversary of the nation’s founding. The journal for Saturday, June 27, 2026, was postponed until printed. Representative Borowitz then spoke under House Rule 17 on America 250 and House Resolution 579, which designates a day of commemoration for America’s 250th birthday and celebrates the nation’s founding principles. Borowitz’s remarks reviewed a long historical narrative emphasizing the role of religion and divine providence in American history, citing the Declaration of Independence, the Founding Fathers, early colonial worship, the Pilgrims, the Great Awakenings, presidential prayers and proclamations, the Aitken Bible, Capitol church services, the Civil War, World War II, and later references such as the National Prayer Breakfast and Apollo-era Bibles. The resolution was described as reaffirming commitment to the Declaration’s principles, including rights endowed by the Creator and reliance on divine providence. No vote was taken on the resolution during this session. At the end of the remarks, Representative Dockery moved to adjourn, and the House agreed by voice vote. The House adjourned until Monday, June 29, 2026, at 12 noon, unless sooner recalled by the Speaker.

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• Please bring your Surface Pro laptops to the floor tomorrow.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• Patients go out of network 8.9 times more often for SUD facilities than for medical or surgical facilities
• than for medical or surgical facilities than for medical or surgical facilities,<01:34:12.480> including
• <01:34:14.400> for facilities, including primary care. for facilities, including primary care
• , outpatient behavioral health facilities, outpatient behavioral health facilities, New<01:34:17.199
• Um, you're just giving hackers a broader surface area to attack by forcing all this data to be shared

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• causing us to disbelieve our own eyes and ears, the surge of a largemouth bass as it breaks the water surface
• <03:00:39.200> breaks<03:00:39.439> the<03:00:39.600> water<03:00:39.840> surface
• is bass as it breaks the water surface is bass as it breaks the water surface or<03:00:40.720>
• 08:42.239> quality<04:08:42.640> around<04:08:42.960> our<04:08:43.199> facilities
• <04:08:44.000> and water quality around our facilities and water quality around our facilities

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• being built with very little accountability or oversight that any other kind of facility would have.
• .. ...accountability or oversight that any other kind of facility would have to go through.
• The trauma can take years and often decades to surface.
• These programs fund emergency shelters, interim housing, adult and senior facilities, and supportive
• The Attorney General is proud to sponsor SB 1344 to facilitate urgently needed residential facilities

Keywords: 988, house, all

Summary: The committee heard several bills, beginning with SB 99, which would require courts and law enforcement to better recognize military protective orders in domestic violence cases and allow civilian judges to consider those orders when reviewing restraining order requests. Supporters, including the Department of Defense and military-related organizations, said the bill would close jurisdictional gaps that leave military families vulnerable off base. The bill drew no opposition and was approved on a unanimous vote, with members also expressing support for the author’s request to be added as coauthors. Members then heard SB 1237, a pay equity reporting enforcement bill that would increase penalties for repeat noncompliance with California’s employer pay-data reporting requirements. The author and supporters from Power California Action and HOPE argued that stronger penalties are needed because the state is still missing pay data for hundreds of thousands of workers and wage gaps persist, especially for women of color. There was no opposition testimony, but one member voted no; the bill passed to Appropriations and was placed on call. SB 1387 followed, proposing to allow Jewish identity to be reported as an ethnic category in state demographic data collection. Supporters said the change would improve data accuracy and help identify discrimination, while opponents from Jewish Voice for Peace and other Jewish speakers argued the bill was unworkable, unnecessary, and could be harmful or exceptionalizing. The committee approved the bill on a unanimous vote to Privacy. The committee also approved SB 932, which would require assignees filing civil actions to identify the original party in the case caption, after testimony that the change would improve transparency and help courts, the public, and journalists track assigned claims. SB 988, an auto glass industry bill, drew the most extensive debate: the author and the National Insurance Crime Bureau said it would curb fraud, restrict certain assignment-of-benefits practices, and improve consumer safety, while independent glass shops and their associations warned it could restrict consumer choice and favor insurers or large networks. Despite those concerns, the bill passed to Appropriations. SB 1296, requiring landlords to disclose pet policies before collecting application fees, also passed after supporters described the bill as a narrow transparency measure and opponents raised concerns about pet addenda and eviction procedures. Finally, SB 747, the “No Kings Act,” would create a state cause of action for constitutional violations by federal officers; supporters cited abuses by ICE and Border Patrol and the need for accountability, while law enforcement groups warned about uncertainty around qualified immunity and retroactivity. The bill was supported by several members, but the transcript ends before a final committee vote is shown.

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• <00:52:12.319> uh egg and milk processing facilities uh egg and milk processing facilities
• <00:52:40.240> in board for uh processing facilities in board for uh processing facilities
• <01:32:05.800> are manufacturing facilities are manufacturing facilities are concentrated<
• facility this facility will drive facility this facility will drive research<01:32:55.880> Discovery
• a production turkey research facility a production turkey research facility our<01:44:18.800>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• <03:18:21.439> By inpatient rehabilitation facility.
• By inpatient rehabilitation facility.
• approximately 180 acres of surface approximately 180 acres of surface estate<04:40:55.120> within
• <04:47:44.160> to able to construct a new facility to able to construct a new facility to
• One facility was literally a former morgue. Mr.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, December 15, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• Today, what I want to focus on is the good and the need that is surfacing from our Minnesota farmers
• Today, what I want to focus on is the good and the need that is surfacing from our Minnesota farmers
• /c><00:32:06.399> need<00:32:07.000> that<00:32:07.120> is<00:32:07.240> surfacing
• the good and the need that is surfacing the good and the need that is surfacing from<00:32:07.919
• This, in turn, allows core educational moments to surface through the data-driven decision-making method

Bills: HF711, HF653

Keywords: agriculture, agricultural education, leadership development, Minnesota Agricultural Education and Leadership Council, MAELC, chapter 41D, grant funding, general fund appropriation, commissioner of agriculture, farm education, youth agriculture programs, ag literacy, workforce development, extension education, research funding, extension services, technology transfer, grant programs, 1183, house

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• Bill 165 by the Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review and an act relating to health care facilities
• I rise to present SB 165, our skilled nursing facility financing reauthorization.
• I rise to present SB 165, our skilled nursing facility financing reauthorization trailer bill.
• Existing law establishes the financing framework for skilled nursing facilities in the Medi-Cal program
• here, yet this budget fails to provide the additional funding we need for wildfire prevention and surface

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• The fees in that particular regulation are $15 a year per facility and per unit.
• , or fuel production facilities.
• But that's one of the goals of these hearings is to try to make sure we surface everything so that we
• One such solution is to collect fees paid by owners and operators of regulated facilities to generate
• facilities throughout the state.

Summary: The committee hearing focused heavily on CARB’s broad trailer bill request for regulatory fee authority. Finance and CARB argued the proposal would let CARB develop fees to recover reasonable costs for implementing and enforcing regulations, while the LAO recommended rejection because the authority was too broad, could apply to an entire division of code, and would delegate core legislative taxing/fee-setting power without enough guardrails. Members from both parties raised concerns about the breadth of the authority, accountability, affordability impacts, and whether the Legislature would be put in an up-or-down position after CARB had already developed regulations. CARB responded that fees would still go through a budget change proposal and legislative approval before collection, and cited existing examples such as transport refrigeration units and commercial harborcraft fees. The committee then reviewed CARB’s request for permanent resources to implement SB 905 on carbon capture, utilization, storage, and carbon dioxide removal. CARB said the Legislature had previously authorized limited-term positions and funding, but it had struggled to recruit and retain staff with specialized regulatory and technical expertise, and that the work had included pre-rulemaking contracts, technology review, and permit-related preparation. Members questioned the pace of work, the use of limited-term positions, and whether additional permitting authority would be needed. CARB said it hoped to begin rulemaking later in the year if permanent resources were approved. Members also discussed the cap-and-trade spending plan, noting lower-than-expected auction revenues but higher interest earnings, and the need to monitor the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund and possible May Revision changes. The committee then heard overviews of the zero-emission vehicle package, the Community Air Protection Program, demand-side grid support, and e-bike incentives. CARB described ongoing investments in community-based transportation equity, drayage trucks, harbor craft, and other clean technology demonstrations, while members pressed on affordability, program duplication, and whether enough funding was being directed to incentive programs. No formal votes were taken during the portion provided, and the chair repeatedly indicated that the hearing was intended to surface concerns for later budget negotiations.

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• facility in the system in the country. facility in the system in the country. >> Yeah.
• >> Well, these facilities serve long-distance facilities.
• >> Well, these facilities serve long-distance facilities.
• They're long-distance facilities. They're long-distance facilities.
• Um it scratches the surface, surface, surface, but<02:39:42.400> it's<02:39:42.560> something

Keywords: 916, all

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• can use the same type of loading equipment to load all pieces of cargo that are coming into your facility
• They're pushing water out of the way, skipping over the surface. All of that means inefficiency.
• <01:29:05.040> All<01:29:05.199> of way, skipping over the surface.
• All of way, skipping over the surface.
• The vehicle flies above the ocean surface, so you don't have the motion of the ocean, which was one of

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee heard SB 2694 SD2, which would authorize the Public Utilities Commission to create automatic adjustment mechanisms for water carriers, including a water carrier inflationary cost index, and to waive certain requirements under the Hawaii Water Carrier Act. Testimony was sharply divided. The Department of Transportation, Young Brothers, and several shipping, harbor, labor, and business-related supporters argued the bill would modernize regulation, reduce the need for large catch-up rate cases, and help keep rates aligned with rising costs. Young Brothers said its current rate-setting process is expensive and delayed, and that annual adjustments with guardrails such as a 5% cap and periodic full reviews would support sustainable operations and the state’s supply chain. Some supporters also said the company’s less-than-container-load service and required inter-island routes create costs that are not fully covered by current rates. Opponents, including the Consumer Advocate, the Maui Chamber of Commerce, Hawaii Food Industry Association, restaurant and chamber groups, and other businesses, argued the bill would lead to higher costs for consumers and businesses and should not move forward. Several testified that shipping costs already significantly affect pricing and that automatic increases would worsen the cost of living. The Consumer Advocate said Young Brothers should focus on cost control and implementing its business plan rather than automatic rate increases. The Maui Chamber and others pointed to a recent PUC decision that imposed a two-year stay on rate increases and said the bill would undermine that protection. Some opponents urged the committee to defer to the PUC’s regulatory authority. The PUC explained that it regulates water carriers as public utilities under existing statute and said it had recently approved a temporary rate increase while imposing a two-year stayout period on further increases, with emergency relief still possible. PUC members said they were still examining whether they have authority to adopt the proposed WICI mechanism by rule and wanted legislative clarity. In response to questions, the PUC said it prefers the current two-year stayout as reflected in its order. Young Brothers also clarified that it serves less-than-container-load cargo, that some routes and services are cross-subsidized because they are not profitable, and that an independent observer is being put in place to monitor implementation of its updated business plan. The transcript ended with the committee still taking questions; no final vote or disposition on the bill was shown.

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• 1972, the Apollo Space Program took a total of 1,029 Bibles to the moon, of which 101 landed on its surface

Summary: The House convened at noon with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, then postponed approval of the prior day’s journal. The main business was remarks by Representative Borowitz on House Resolution 579, marking America’s 250th anniversary and celebrating the nation’s founding principles. Her remarks emphasized the Declaration of Independence, natural rights, religious faith in American history, and a long list of historical examples she said reflected divine providence and the role of religion in public life. No debate or vote on the resolution itself is shown in the transcript. After the remarks, the chair reminded members of the five-minute rule for speeches under House Rule 17. Representative Dockery then moved that the House adjourn until Monday, June 29, 2026, at 12 noon unless recalled sooner by the Speaker. The motion to adjourn was put to a voice vote and adopted, and the House adjourned accordingly.

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• <03:48:03.040> correct are not uh medical facilities correct are not uh medical facilities
• facilities, as many correctly believe.
• facilities, as many correctly believe.
• facilities, as many correctly believe.
• facilities facilities um<04:51:46.798> sprinklers<04:51:47.840> municipalities<04:51:48.840

Keywords: 1189, house, all