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• But she had access to lactation consultant services through her insurance.
• Because he's covered under Access, we're in.
• The access requirement means we have to set up this bill to establish certification.
• Once home, access to a skilled lactation consultant changed everything.
• This bill removes a critical barrier by ensuring families covered by access can access breastfeeding

Bills: HB2049 , HB2050 , HB2051 , HB2072 , HB2082 , HB2085 , HB2177 , HB2178 , HB2179 , HB2183 , HB2195

Committees: House Health & Human Services , House House Health & Human Services Committee of Reference

Keywords: radiation therapy, particle accelerator, critical access hospitals, patient care, rural healthcare, radiologic technologist, radiologist assistant, radiology, imaging, x-ray, diagnostic x-ray, fluoroscopy, mammography, computed tomography, CT technologist, nuclear medicine technologist, bone densitometry, radiation safety, radiation licensing, scope of practice

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• Um, but again, it's about accessibility, right? And that parking is a piece of accessibility.
• Um, but again, it's about accessibility, right? And that parking is a piece of accessibility.
• Um, but again, it's about accessibility, right? And that parking is a piece of accessibility.
• Um, but again, it's about accessibility, right? And that parking is a piece of accessibility.
• </c> student access across the system. student access across the system.

Bills: HF4479 , HF4368 , HF4889

Committee: House Higher Education Finance and Policy

Keywords: higher education, public university, college campus, postsecondary institution, Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, University of Minnesota, town hall, town hall meeting, elected official, legislator, public forum, constituent meeting, campus access, free meeting space, parking fees, civic engagement, public outreach, chapter 135A, HF4368, Minnesota State

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• companies are structured significantly increases cost to patients and decreases quality of care and access
• 36.320><c> patient</c> here today out of concern for patient here today out of concern for patient access
• 38.400><c> and</c><00:23:38.720><c> the</c><00:23:38.960><c> long-term</c><00:23:39.840><c> uh,</c> access
• competition and the long-term uh, access competition and the long-term uh, intent<00:23:41.280><c> the
• </c> and decreases quality of care and access and decreases quality of care and access to<00:25:24.640

Bills: HB55 , SB15 , SB247 , HB55 , SB15 , SB247

Committee: House Financial Services

Keywords: fishing, licensing, jubilee, Marine life, Alabama, regulations, sex offenders, employment restrictions, first responders, public safety, juvenile offenders, local laws, registration requirements, picketing, protesting, residential protest, noise amplification, amplified sound, residential picketing, harassment

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• with a complaint, and it requires the OEO, upon written request, to provide the complainant with access
• to the complainant's own complaint, subject to redaction of specified information. ...access to the
• with a complaint, and it requires the OEO, upon written request, to provide the complainant with access
• to the complainant's own complaint, subject to redaction of specified information. ...access to the
• And accessing the supports and futures that they want. Please vote yes. Thank you.

Bills: HB2007 , HB2360 , HB2369 , HB2432 , HB2440 , HB2534 , HB2557

Committee: House Education

Keywords: competency-based assessment, graduation requirements, education reform, student opportunity, pathway options, albuterol, asthma, inhaler, rescue inhaler, respiratory emergency, school nurse, student medication, self-administration, anaphylaxis, public schools, private schools, charter schools, tribal compact schools, K-12 health, medication policy

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• We believe this legislation offers a crucial opportunity to improve health care access to seniors in
• On the other hand, trying to drive to make access to care in larger cities would not work for us.
• Chair, members of the committee, during the 2024 session, we passed the Health Care Delivery and Access
• Community members are having to travel great distances to access basic primary care given our shortage
• And we fully support this measure to improve access to care in the Taos area. Thank you.

Bills: SB21 , SB42 , SB81 , SB101 , SB139

Committee: Senate Senate Health & Public Affairs

Keywords: SB 21, Medicare supplement, Medigap, open enrollment, guaranteed issue, birthday month enrollment, health insurance, insurance regulation, senior health coverage, elderly, retiree, Medicare beneficiaries, preexisting conditions, underwriting restrictions, premium discrimination, New Mexico insurance law, superintendent of insurance, health care coverage, policy portability, healthcare

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• Nonprofit insurers do not have access to capital.
• Before you is House Bill 2385 relating to the Medicaid Access Program.
• Last year, the legislature enacted the Medicaid Access Program.
• And will differences in access emerge between urban and rural communities?
• SB 6260 would reverse proven gains in access, equity, and completion.

Bills: SB5808 , HB2254 , HB2385 , SB6006 , SB6351 , SB6198 , SB6260 , SB6353 , SB5949 , SB6129 , SB6228 , SB6231 , SB6229 , SB6173

Committee: Senate Ways & Means

Keywords: health insurance, premium assistance, funding, healthcare access, state budget, HB 2254, Washington, Health Care Authority, partnership access line, psychiatric consultation line, first approach skills training, behavioral health, mental health, assessment, administrative costs, health carriers, self-funded plans, multiple employer welfare arrangement, MEWA, employers

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• Then, remotely, Joy Laramie and Darcy Constance.
• When Oregon passed Measure 109, I accessed safe, supervised access to psilocybin in a service center,
• When Oregon Pass Measure 109, I accessed safe, supervised access to psilocybin in a service center, and
• They want to access this treatment, and they can have safe, legal, supervised access in Washington State
• It came through personal agency, informed choice, and access outside medical gatekeeping. ...access outside

Bills: SB5921 , SB5185 , SB6182 , SB6115 , SB6258 , SB5916 , SB5981 , SB5985 , SB6019 , SB6161 , SB6183

Committee: Senate Health & Long-Term Care

Keywords: psilocybin, mental health, therapy, decriminalization, legalization, international medical graduates, preceptorship, hardship pathways, medical practice, licensure, abortion, reproductive health, pregnancy termination, clinic access, abortion access fund, abortion savings account, health carrier assessment, insurance assessment, health insurer tax, Department of Health

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• </c> them should have the ability to access them should have the ability to access this<01:09:34.199>
• </c> house file 2412 um would provide access house file 2412 um would provide access to<01:23:42.320>
• </c> judges can get simply by having access judges can get simply by having access access<01:28:24.280
• ><c> to</c><01:28:24.400><c> the</c> access to the access to the database<01:28:27.040><c> chair</c>
• </c> procedures necessary to provide access procedures necessary to provide access to<01:29:05.560><c

Bills: HF2233 , HF1524 , HF1893 , HF1396 , HF2456 , HF2959 , HF2300 , HF2412 , HF3022 , HF2825 , HF1862 , HF1373 , HF1039 , HF3070

Committee: House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Keywords: Uniform Special Deposits Act, special deposit, banking law, financial institutions, escrow, escrow account, trust account, security deposit, beneficiary, depositor, creditor process, garnishment, attachment, levy, setoff, recoupment, financial market infrastructure, retirement benefits, compensation, earnest money

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• They don't think the fire districts should have access to that because that came from the municipal.
• I was equally relieved to learn about the Arizona Psychiatric Access Line and the vital work it does
• This is where the Arizona Perinatal Psychiatric Access Line comes in.
• I had an instance where I was able to take advantage of this access line when I had a patient that was
• This access line lets me help the women in the moment so that I don't have to send them home and just

Bills: HB2063 , HB2271 , HB2416 , HB2478 , HB2593 , HB2692 , HB2813 , HB2992 , HB2993 , HB4044

Committees: House Appropriations , House House Appropriations Committee of Reference

Keywords: corrections oversight, appropriation, independent office, public safety, funding, firefighters, insurance rates, workers' compensation, firefighter cancer reimbursement, rate deviations, cost analysis, premiums, border security, drug trafficking, human smuggling, law enforcement funding, Arizona, immigration, education reform, K-12

Bills: HB242 , HB342 , HB392 , HB493 , HB521 , HB614 , HB631 , HB 1090 , HB 1091 , HB1477 , HB242

Committee: House Elections

Keywords: voter registration, elections, Election Code, registrar, county clerk, application rejection, rejection notice, voter eligibility, ballot access, transparency, administrative procedure, Texas, voting rights, election administration, notice of rejection, election, poll watcher, conviction, ineligibility, Texas election code

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• and accessibility when our new<00:03:48.720><c> trail</c><00:03:49.120><c> head</c><00:03:49.280><c>
• </c> residents alike can seamlessly access residents alike can seamlessly access local<00:04:02.519><
• </c><00:05:32.240><c> and</c> thrive while improving access and thrive while improving access and connectivity
• Maybe it's a lack of public land, or it's a remote area where there isn't a club to make things happen
• </c><00:23:36.919><c> for</c> R trikes are a tool of accessibility for R trikes are a tool of accessibility

Bills: HF2066 , HF340 , HF341 , HF566 , HF2107 , HF2130

Committee: House Transportation Finance and Policy

Keywords: electric bicycles, tax rebate, transportation, environment, local economy, fleeing peace officer, culpable negligence, traffic laws, public safety, motor vehicle offenses, driving violations, penalties, license suspension, traffic enforcement, all-terrain vehicle, ATV, class 1 ATV, class 2 ATV, road rights-of-way, public roads

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• </c> access to health care was turned off. access to health care was turned off.
• ><c> foster</c> They couldn't access extended foster They couldn't access extended foster care<01:14:
• </c> the bill aims to ensure complete access the bill aims to ensure complete access to<01:14:59.120>
• </c> one accessible document. one accessible document.
• </c><01:24:14.560><c> to</c> that non-foster youth have access to that non-foster youth have access to

Bills: HF3877 , HF3714 , HF3750 , HF3024

Committee: House Children and Families Finance and Policy

Keywords: public authorities, dissolution cases, court system, child protection, legal notice, foster care, child welfare, enrollment priority, education programs, child care assistance, foster youth, extended foster care, bill of rights, out-of-home placement, Minnesota Statutes chapter 260C, social services agency, caseworker, permanency team, sibling visitation, relative contact

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• watering hole or man-made watering facility in such a location that wildlife or domestic stock is denied access
• natural watering hole or man-made watering facility in a location that domestic stock could be denied access
• camping statute to 300 yards from one-fourth mile. ...in a location that domestic stock could be denied access
• forest recreational usage has gotten to the point that our cattle and wildlife are often not able to access
• I think the first step is to afford an animal the opportunity to be released in a remote area.

Bills: HB2023 , HB2100 , HB2147 , HB2158 , HB2159 , HB2162 , HB2197 , HB2497 , HB2787 , HCM2006

Committees: House Land, Agriculture & Rural Affairs , House House Land, Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee of Reference

Keywords: land division, property disclosure, real estate, affidavit, Arizona Revised Statutes, small land subdivision, land use, real estate regulation, county ordinance, water supply requirements, property access, civil penalties, wildlife management, deer permits, private land, landowner rights, human-wildlife conflict, predatory animals, hunting regulations, game and fish

Bills: HB2207

Committees: Senate Public Safety , Senate Senate Public Safety Committee of Reference

Keywords: braille, disability access, education funding, state corrections, inclusion

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• : and seed preservation by creating a report on the impact of seed banks and seed preservation on access

Bills: HB5085

Committee: House Agriculture & Livestock

Keywords: seed banks, food access, environment, biodiversity, agriculture policy

Summary: The House Committee on Agriculture and Livestock met with a quorum present and heard testimony on House Bill 5085, which would create a report on the impacts of seed banks and seed preservation, especially as they relate to food access, biodiversity, disaster recovery, and education. Representative Gervin Hawkins presented the bill, citing examples such as the Bastrop wildfire and the role of seed banking in restoring ecosystems and supporting food security. No one testified against the bill, and the author closed after questions. The committee then voted to report HB 5085 favorably to the full House without amendment, with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed. The motion passed on a 6-3 vote. The committee also considered Senate Bill 1035, with a committee substitute adopted that made a minor wording change from "or" to "and." SB 1035, which creates a legal pathway for agricultural operators to challenge unlawful local regulations and recover court costs and attorneys' fees, was reported favorably on a 9-0 vote. Finally, the committee took up Senate Bill 2155, which implements TDLR recommendations to modernize the Texas Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners by improving licensing, complaint resolution, and enforcement processes. The bill was reported favorably to the full House without amendment on a 9-0 vote. After disposing of these items, the committee adjourned subject to the call of the chair.

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• relative to the one late-filed bill, House 5188, an act to establish a special commission to study access
• To establish a special commission to study access to unemployment insurance in the Commonwealth.
• We're conducting this hearing in a hybrid format, with testifiers joining both in person and via remote
• And we are going to move to remote testimony from Jessin Beck. Testimony from Mr.
• Do we have any remote? Oh, and Janelle Lamones.

Bills: H5188

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development

Keywords: unemployment insurance, labor, access, special commission, equity in claims

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• It's important to keep community access TV available. Please support this bill. Thank you.
• It's important to keep community access TV available. Please support this bill. Thank you.
• The access to unbiased political reporting and...
• Better jobs, and access to emergency information.
• That's a huge gap. 4% have access to broadband compared to the 94% wealthier families.

Bills: HB2579

Committee: House Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans

Keywords: public media, digital equity, funding, media access, communication technology

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• The bill requires districts to provide board members free and timely access to all district documents
• Finally, it clarifies that school board members will have reasonable access to budget line items and
• Access to public records is often restricted by Board members to get clear answers.
• Access to public records is often restricted by requiring excessive payments.
• I had limited access to queer spaces and education, but there was so much access to Christian spaces

Bills: S0212 , S0218 , S0442 , S0460 , S0532 , S0554 , S0644 , S0686 , S0692 , S1054 , S1106 , S1128 , S1134 , S1138 , S1338 , S1434 , S1506 , S1620 , S1748

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: sexual offender, sexual predator, sex offender registry, child protection, residency restriction, loitering, proximity restriction, public swimming pool, school safety, child care facility, day care center, park, playground, conditional release, probation, community control, warrantless arrest, background check, registry screening, minor victims

Summary: The Judiciary Committee took up a long agenda of bills, beginning with SB 1434 on infill redevelopment. A late-filed strike-all narrowed eligibility to certain properties in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties, added environmental and zoning criteria, and included exemptions for agricultural land, parks, military-adjacent land, and other areas. The amendment was adopted without opposition, and the bill was reported favorably 8-0. The committee then heard SB 212 on sexual offenders and predators, as amended to add public swimming pools and related child-centered locations to residency and presence restrictions. Testimony was sharply divided, with supporters emphasizing child safety and opponents arguing the bill lacked empirical support and would worsen homelessness and impose retroactive burdens. The committee adopted the amendment and reported the bill favorably 8-1. Members next approved SB 686 on agricultural enclaves after adopting an amendment allowing certain enclaves adjacent to interstate highways to be developed for commercial, industrial, or single-family residential uses while clarifying protections for critical areas, the Florida Wildlife Corridor, and military installations. The bill drew opposition from a county Republican committee representative who argued it would weaken zoning and comprehensive planning and encourage urban sprawl, while homebuilders and industry groups supported it. The committee also reported favorably SB 554 on nonprofit corporations, a Florida Bar-backed update intended to modernize and harmonize nonprofit corporate law, and SB 1338 on charitable giving, which would create donor remedies for endowment restrictions and limit state reporting burdens on certain charitable organizations; members noted the latter would need further work on cy pres and related issues. The committee then approved SB 532 on court fees after a strike-all that would let clerks retain all collections above revenue projections rather than splitting excess with general revenue, with clerks’ groups supporting the change and members citing long-standing funding shortfalls. SB 218 on land use regulations was also reported favorably; it would restore normal land-use authority to counties unaffected by the 2024 hurricanes while keeping SB 180 protections in place for damaged areas. SB 692 on cybersecurity standards and liability passed 9-2 after debate over whether the bill created enough compliance incentives and whether its liability presumption was retroactive; supporters said it would encourage adoption of cybersecurity frameworks and reduce class-action litigation, while opponents wanted stronger compliance requirements. Finally, SB 1138 on qualified contractors was amended and passed unanimously as a process-reform measure allowing licensed professionals to conduct pre-application reviews, and SJR 1104 on religious expression in public schools was reported favorably 8-3 after extensive testimony and debate over whether it would protect free expression or invite coercion and litigation. The committee also began consideration of SB 1106 on requiring state agencies and instructional materials to use “Judea and Samaria” instead of “West Bank,” with the sponsor framing it as historical accuracy and opponents arguing it erased Palestinian identity; the transcript cuts off during that item.

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• In those years, I've witnessed it become increasingly difficult for injured workers to access the care
• We want to make sure that they have access to an attending provider in addition to a treating provider
• The scope of collective bargaining for language access providers is limited to economic compensation,
• The scope of collective bargaining for language access providers is limited to economic compensation,
• from AFSCME Council 2 remotely as well.

Bills: SB5944

Committee: House Labor & Workplace Standards

Keywords: language access, collective bargaining, labor relations, employment rights, worker protections

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• here as survivors, as Texans, and as advocates, questioning why we're here to discuss giving more access
• Santa Fe, on May 18th of 2018, 8 students and 2 teachers were gunned down by a 17-year-old who had access
• for convicted felons, including those convicted of stalking or intimate partner violence, to get access

Keywords: gun violence, legislation, public safety, firearm access, community advocacy, testimony, survivors

Summary: The committee meeting was dominated by discussions surrounding gun violence legislation and the implications of proposed bills aimed at easing access to firearms. Numerous advocates and survivors of gun violence shared their emotional testimonies, expressing concerns about the safety of children and communities in the aftermath of tragic incidents. Notable speakers included representatives and community leaders who condemned the proposals that would allow younger individuals to obtain handguns and reduce restrictions on firearm carry in schools. The meeting concluded with a rallying call for lawmakers to prioritize public safety over the interests of gun lobbying groups.