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• I hope I didn't miss your conversation on that, but if you could sort of speak to that, that would be
• Well, we look forward to those conversations.
• So I appreciate that conversation continuing.
• And I always enjoy our conversations and the conversations that you're starting to improve services.
• And I always enjoy our conversations and the conversations that you're starting to improve services.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The hearing was an informational and oversight session of the Joint Committee on Children, Families, and Persons with Disabilities, with chairs and members hearing agency updates from several commissioners. The Department of Public Health’s Bureau of Family Health and Nutrition described its maternal and child health work, including home visiting, early intervention, WIC, newborn hearing screening, and cross-agency efforts on prenatal substance exposure, respite care, children’s vision, and maternal health initiatives. DPH emphasized that federal grant cuts, layoffs, and the loss of data systems such as PRAMS would weaken services and planning, and members asked about Title V funding and the impact of federal uncertainty. The Massachusetts Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing highlighted communication access services, interpreter and CART referrals, emergency after-hours support, family navigation, and independent living services. Commissioners and members discussed the shortage of ASL interpreters and the need to expand training pipelines, including partnerships with colleges and possible ASL programming for younger students. The Department of Developmental Services reported serving nearly 50,000 people and focused on youth and adult services, transition-age supports, autism services, self-direction, respite, and new high-acuity residential models. Members asked about respite availability, self-direction outcomes, and workforce shortages; DDS said it was expanding clinical capacity and provider rates while monitoring possible federal Medicaid, SNAP, and immigration-related impacts. The Commission for the Blind described services for about 28,000 legally blind residents, most of whom are older adults, including social rehabilitation, orientation and mobility training, children’s services, assistive technology, vocational rehabilitation, and Turning 22 supports. The commissioner discussed a UMass-based effort to build the workforce pipeline for blindness services and said the agency was watching federal restructuring but had not yet seen direct cuts. MassAbility’s leadership then warned about major federal changes affecting Social Security disability determinations, including staff restructuring, office closures, and a new overpayment repayment policy, and said the agency was preparing for possible increases in claims and uncertainty around reallotment dollars that help fund services. The Disabled Persons Protection Commission closed the hearing with an update on its abuse investigations and protective services for adults with disabilities. DPPC reported rising hotline calls and investigations, a growing caseload, its sexual assault response team, the abuser registry, and a new interagency protective services integration system funded by ARPA dollars through 2027. The agency also flagged new federal rules that could affect funding eligibility and said it may need statutory changes to comply. Members asked about funding, reporting pathways, and how complaints reach DPPC, and the commissioner said the agency uses both mandated reporting and proactive outreach to identify and respond to abuse.

Transcript Highlights:

• Just a point: during the break, I had a nice conversation with some of the pages who are many of them
• Representative Feist said she had a conversation with a Republican senator about this topic.
• Parents get referred to them from all over the country, and they keep having these conversations.
• It is a self-righteous fight to have that conversation, and we should.
• conversation conversation and<00:43:28.319> we<00:43:28.560> should.

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The House took up House File 4138, a bill aimed at limiting harmful social media features for children and requiring social media companies to report potential mass-shooting threats to the BCA. Members first reconsidered and then adopted the Smith amendment (A13), while a proposed amendment to that amendment (A18) failed on a 67-67 tie. Representative Bonner then introduced a technical amendment (A14) but withdrew it after explaining it needed further work to avoid liability and legal problems. The bill was then read for third reading as amended. Debate centered on the bill’s approach to child safety online. Supporters, including Representatives Scott, Eng, Feist, Greenman, and Gilman, argued that social media is addictive, harmful to children’s mental health, and too often exploits kids, and they said the bill is an important bipartisan first step. Several members also emphasized that parents should be involved, though some questioned whether parents can realistically understand the technology and legal terms well enough to make informed decisions. Representative Leeing raised concerns about location privacy, parental consent, possible liability waivers, and whether the bill should instead restrict addictive features for all children rather than only those whose parents consent. The discussion also broadened to related public-safety issues. Representative Greenman contrasted the difficulty of advancing this bill with the Legislature’s inability to move gun-related provisions, arguing that organized interests like the gun lobby and big tech are blocking stronger protections for children. Representative Bonner later described specific cases of children harmed through social media, including sextortion and fentanyl-related deaths, to argue that the bill does not yet cover all vulnerable youth and should be strengthened. No final vote on passage is included in the transcript excerpt, but the amended bill advanced to third reading.

Transcript Highlights:

• to be here and have those conversations with you.
• That is a conversation yet to be had about the expenses and the cost and how that would be initially
• So we've had lots of conversations around that and ways to work through that.
• This is the meat of what I think we wanted to have these conversations about.
• So I'd love to continue to have the conversation about that.

Summary: The subcommittee began by announcing a change in the agenda order, moving item 6 ahead of item 1 and then item 7, and noting there would be no votes taken on any items that day. Item 6 covered a proposed operational efficiencies control section for the Natural Resources Agency that would let multiple departments jointly fund landscape-scale or multi-jurisdictional projects and allow Finance to transfer climate bond funds to a lead state entity. The LAO said the proposal was reasonable but suggested the Legislature consider requiring summary notification on how it is used; Finance said it would consider that request. Item 7 focused on the 2026-27 biodiversity and nature-based solutions spending plan. Finance and the Wildlife Conservation Board described the climate bond funding for habitat restoration, wildlife crossings, public access, tribal nature-based solutions, and related work, including $111 million proposed for WCB and $30 million for Salton Sea habitat and public access projects. The LAO supported the overall approach but flagged the San Andreas Corridor Program as an area where the Legislature may want to specify geographic priorities. Members discussed the pace of Salton Sea work and whether the proposed projects would count toward disadvantaged community goals. Item 8 addressed Cal Fire’s aviation contract and staffing needs for wildfire response. Cal Fire said year-round fire activity, a larger and more complex aircraft fleet, and labor market pressures justified the proposed contract increase, including more mechanics, pilots, and maintenance support. The LAO recommended approval, saying the proposal addressed health and safety concerns. Members asked about contractor staffing, competition in the bidding process, and future technology for early fire detection and suppression. The committee then took up item 1 on golden mussel containment. Fish and Wildlife described the invasive species’ spread in the Delta, the task force and response framework, and a request for eight new positions funded by Prop. 4 to support control plans, outreach, monitoring, research, and coordination with partners and law enforcement. Members pressed the department on whether the state should fund more direct decontamination infrastructure and grants to local water managers, and on the realistic goal of containing the mussel. The chair and several members emphasized the urgency of the threat and requested an itemized breakdown of the $20 million request. The hearing then moved to a broader LAO overview of wildfire prevention and response funding, where the LAO summarized the state’s funding mix and warned that ongoing wildfire resilience funding will likely decline as one-time bond and GGRF funds are exhausted, prompting discussion of long-term funding options and the balance between prevention, suppression, and community hardening.

Transcript Highlights:

• But it's been so fascinating and exciting to hear the conversations after we passed House Bill 1 off
• <00:11:05.720> after exciting to hear the conversations after exciting to hear the conversations
• Uh, this conversation about a backdoor amendment is totally and patently false.
• false fear around this conversation. false fear around this conversation.
• > today<00:14:20.880> all Let's leave this conversation today all Let's leave this conversation

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a roll call establishing a quorum. The chamber approved the prior journal, excused absent senators, and received a House message noting passage of several House bills, including House Bill 1 despite the governor’s veto. The clerk also reported committee recommendations on a number of House bills, which were placed on the calendar, and new resolutions were introduced recognizing Chloe Yates, student wellness and physical activity in schools, and the Kentucky State Long-Term Care Ombudsman program. The main floor action centered on House Bill 1, which implements the Federal Education Opportunity Program in Kentucky. Supporters argued the measure would bring federal tax-credit dollars into Kentucky to expand educational opportunities for students and families at no cost to the state budget, while opponents urged sustaining the governor’s veto and raised concerns about accountability and the bill’s structure. After debate, the Senate voted 31-5 to override the veto, and House Bill 1 was finally passed notwithstanding the governor’s veto. The Senate then took up Senate Bill 183 on proxy advisory services. The House committee substitute exempted certain nonprofits with less than $500,000 in annual gross revenue from proxy advisor services from the bill’s cause-of-action provisions while preserving attorney general enforcement authority. The chamber concurred with the House substitute and then passed the bill as amended. Senators also passed Senate Bill 263, the School of Innovation cleanup bill, which makes technical changes, requires KDE support for waiver applications, and creates a pilot project for three schools of innovation with proposed matching grants. Senate Bill 281 on grandparent visitation was also adopted with committee substitute and passed unanimously after discussion focused on balancing grandparents’ access with parental rights and existing case law. Later, the Senate began consideration of Senate Bill 324 on the film industry credit, with the sponsor describing technical changes and expanded provisions to support film, video, gaming, and related production activity in Kentucky.

Transcript Highlights:

• <00:14:57.920> So, >> So, there have been no recent conversations.
• conversation, House Bill 500 is cutting 14.6 million in 27 and 16 million in 28.
• But we have a much broader, more global conversation that we have to have on this subject.
• But we have a much broader, more global conversation that we have to have on this subject.
• know, we've had a lot of conversations know, we've had a lot of conversations in<00:44:06.560> recent

Keywords: 958, all

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• This is not something that conversation.
• > that<00:31:51.919> conversation<00:31:52.720> specifically um have that conversation
• Representative Frasier: And I think that's what this conversation is about. It is about fairness.
• Representative Frasier: And I think that's what this conversation is about. It is about fairness.
• Representative Frasier: And I think that's what this conversation is about. It is about fairness.

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• , comes predominant in the conversation, comes predominant in the conversation, but<00:10:27.080>
• :04.440> fostering four conversations with fostering four conversations with fostering families
• Who else can we include in and have the conversation as a whole? Thank you, Mr. True.
• have the conversation as a whole? have the conversation as a whole?
• He and I had a brief conversation a while back about this topic.

Keywords: 916, all

Summary: The Judiciary Interim Committee met under time constraints and asked members to rank interim topics for a letter to Management Council. The committee then took brief public testimony on a series of proposed study topics, with no formal votes recorded in the transcript. Early testimony focused on landlord eviction rights, where speakers said the court eviction process is too slow, can worsen housing shortages, and leaves landlords unable to recover rent, fees, or damage costs. The foster care topic was presented as a request to examine whether the system gives too much weight to reunification and not enough to the child’s best interests, especially for younger children. A Blue Envelope Program proposal was also discussed; supporters said it would help law enforcement communicate with autistic or otherwise communication-challenged individuals during traffic stops and emergencies, and improve consistency statewide. The committee also heard a proposal to study Wyoming’s homicide-by-vehicle statute, with testimony from a constituent whose mother was killed by a repeat dangerous driver. Speakers argued the current law leaves a gap because prior DUIs, high-risk driving history, and other aggravating factors do not meaningfully affect charging unless intoxication or extreme conduct is present. Related testimony from Wyoming Pathways said the change should be a tool in the toolbox for prosecutors and could improve safety for pedestrians and drivers. Senator Cooper then raised campaign finance reform and dark money, urging a resolution asking Wyoming’s congressional delegation to seek a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United and restore state control over election spending transparency. Additional topics included a request from the Wyoming Livestock Board to review peace officer statutes so its investigators could act on felonies committed in their presence or prevent imminent bodily harm, while remaining within their current duties and certification. Representative Lee asked for review of non-disclosure agreements in public-private partnerships and executive sessions so the public can eventually understand how such agreements were used. Senator Pearson asked for interim consideration of shared custody amendments, saying fit parents should have a fair opportunity for shared parenting after separation. Representative Storer proposed revisiting DUI penalties, especially for refusal of chemical testing, arguing that refusal often prevents prosecution and that the law should impose treatment and license suspension consequences. The committee also heard a request to review statutes involving political parties, and the state court administrator asked for interim study of remote public access to court records, citing ongoing automation efforts, privacy concerns, and funding needs.

Transcript Highlights:

• I was just wondering, is that part of the conversation in this? Thank you. Mr.
• I know that we had a long conversation about that.
• Without this funding, I know there have been some different conversations.
• We had several good interim conversations about it, including one down in Las Cruces.
• This was a topic of conversation at last Saturday's hearing.

Keywords: 996, all

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• And a quick conversation with each one of our graduates as I walk across the stage.
• We started conversations last year to try and partner.
• And I do have that six-month conversation with her, too.
• Vice Chair, I would say I welcome that conversation.
• So with that, I'll stop and hope there's an opportunity for a conversation.

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• Yeah, and in conversation with Chairman King over there he was open to that conversation and and to be
• So the inhaler conversation is already built into the base teacup.
• That's not a relevant conversation today.
• To have the conversation of whether that's legal or not, that's a real challenge.
• That's $500 per product conversation.

Bills: SCR5, SCR13, SB3, SB6, SB10, SB12, SB13, SB15, SB17, SB18, SB19, SB24, SB35, SB57, SB65, SB112, SB284, SB290, SB388, SB400, SB402, SB412, SB495, SB499, SB502, SB509, SB621, SB706, SB740, SB815, SB842, SB854, SB875, SB893, SB917, SB974, SB1025, SB1061, SB1073, SB1106, SB1268, SB1281, SB1300, SB1362, SB1379, SB1447, SB1451, SB1555, SB1902, SJR36, SJR12, SCR13, SCR25, SCR5, SCR22, SCR12, SCR24, SB495, SB412, SB10, SB18, SB565, SB372, SB842, SB765, SB62, SB19, SB666, SB707, SB888, SB687, SB706, SB847, SB290, SB13, SB1248, SB740, SB14, SB1006, SB504, SB917, SB925, SB388, SB1902, SB1121, SB995, SB857, SB305, SB296, SB284, SB35, SB6, SB815, SB3, SB1281, SB1379, SB1300, SB1497, SB1499, SB1498, SB1451, SB1061, SB15, SB65, SB241, SB304, SB402, SB499, SB621, SB974, SB1023, SB1024, SB1025, SB1106, SB686, SB112, SB371, SB204, SB400, SB609, SB1447, SB670, SB502, SB427, SB850, SB854, SB413, SB1555, SB1362, SB1346, SB1033, SB1220, SB1073, SB810, SB987, SB1539, SB893, SB447, SB875, SB406, SB509, SB985, SB965, SB17, SB1119, SB1505, SB12, SB24, SB57, SB1194, SB1253, SB1215, SB1532, SB1268, SB1302, SB856, SB650, SB583, SB673, SB840, SJR57, SCR8, SB213, SB681, SB1172, SB1252, SB378, SB610, SB918, SB1343, SB608, SB487, SB955, SB957, SB988, SB990, SB1019, SB1021, SB1120, SB251, SB958, SB535, SB761, SB1, SB541, SB315, SB379, SB1018, SB1737, SB266, SB1415

Keywords: SCR 5, Senate Concurrent Resolution 5, Texas School for the Deaf, TSD, Robert Rives, gymnasium naming, building naming, honorary resolution, commemorative resolution, deaf education, hard of hearing, Gallaudet University, alumni hall of fame, football coach, school facility naming, education K-16, State Affairs, Texas Legislature, public school tribute, water rights

Transcript Highlights:

• bring this in this conversation. bring this in this conversation.
• , conversations, conversations, truthful<01:41:23.760> conversations<01:41:24.719> about
• to have conversations to have conversations and<03:05:24.720> to<03:05:24.960> try
• this conversation. this conversation.
• <04:39:37.760> was church and the whole conversation was church and the whole conversation

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The House took up a motion to suspend the rules so House File 5140 could be recalled from committee, given second and third readings, and placed on passage. Representative Long and Representative Greenman argued the bill was an urgent, comprehensive gun violence prevention package that had already passed the Senate and should be acted on immediately in response to recent shootings, including Annunciation School, Burnsville, and Accent Signage. They said families, students, survivors, doctors, and community members had been pressing legislators to act, and Greenman described the bill as including mental health, intervention, anonymous threat reporting, bans on weapons of war, ghost guns, and binary triggers. Representative Heintzeman opposed the urgency motion and focused on specific bill language, arguing that parts of the proposal were unclear or overly broad. He questioned whether the language on protruding grips would effectively ban all handguns, whether the penalties section could turn lawful gun owners into felons for possessing multiple noncompliant items, and whether the firearms assembly language could criminalize routine cleaning and reassembly of guns. He said these issues should have been addressed in committee and argued members needed clearer answers before voting on urgency. Greenman responded that the language was intended to target additional protruding grips, not ordinary handgun grips, and said she was willing to adopt an amendment to clarify that point. On the penalties and assembly questions, she said the bill was aimed at certifying existing weapons, banning ghost guns, and preventing harm, and repeatedly urged members to vote for the urgency motion so the full bill could be considered. The exchange remained focused on the motion to suspend the rules and on the substance of the gun violence prevention package; no final vote or other action is shown in the transcript excerpt.

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• <00:04:07.280> that that uh triggered the conversation that that uh triggered the conversation
• We will be better for the conversations. conversations. conversations.
• But seriously, to have, as you articulated very well, an early conversation and a frank conversation,
• It's a quick conversation. You Yeah. It's a quick conversation.
• , previous conversation, previous conversation, um<01:46:15.200> but<01:46:15.360> I

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We can maybe continue with the conversation that was started before. Senator Rasmussen?
• We're trying to create something out of nothing here as we're having this conversation.
• We're trying to create something out of nothing here as we're having this conversation.
• as we're having uh this conversation. as we're having uh this conversation.
• We've got other things to conversation.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• In the past, we have had some conversations about sports book betting and the like.
• This is open conversation.
• This is starting our conversations, and I really want to keep it going.
• This is starting our conversations, and I really want to keep it going.
• Starting our conversations, and I really want to keep it going.

Bills: HF747, HF1014, HF320, HF400

Keywords: corporate governance, shareholder rights, beneficial ownership, defective corporate acts, Minnesota Business Corporation Act, Minnesota Insurance Guaranty Association, MIGA, insurance guaranty fund, insurer insolvency, covered claim, net worth threshold, high-net-worth insured, financial information request, insurance claims, self-insured retention, deductible, commercial insurance, insurance regulation, Minnesota Statutes 60C.09, guaranty association

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• The conversations we had with the Senate in reaching a negotiated agreement on the physician compact.
• Conversation with the Interstate Medical Licensure Act and just gratitude from us as a committee, but
• That's not been a factor in our conversations. It's not like it's millions of dollars or anything.
• One, do you know if any organizations representing social workers were part of the conversations with
• I would love to have a conversation with you afterwards to make sure that that will continue to be the

Keywords: 996, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The conversations we had with the Senate in reaching a negotiated agreement on the physician compact.
• This is a conversation about the Interstate Medical Licensing Act, and I want to express gratitude from
• That's not been a factor in our conversations. It's not like it's millions of dollars or anything.
• One, do you know if any organizations representing social workers were part of the conversations with
• I would love to have a conversation with you afterwards to make sure that that will continue to be the

Transcript Highlights:

• IT TOOK THE HUMAN ELEMENT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR.
• WHEN IT COMES TO THE WORKER'S COMPENSATION, CONVERSATION THAT TOOK PLACE, I HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH
• SO, I AM REALLY EXCITED TO CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION WITH MY COLLEAGUES AND ALSO REPRESENTATIVE WOODSON
• FOR THE CONVERSATIONS AND KEEPING THE DIALOGUE. HAPPY AI WEEK. THANK YOU MR.
• NOW, THERE IS A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT AI AND MOVING FORWARD AND ALL THAT.

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• Um, we'd love to have a conversation about how we can assist our, uh, more rural and unincorporated communities
• Um, so I'd like to see us, um, really have some strong conversations around we, how we can help bolster
• , to find holistic solutions and making sure that everybody is, when we're having these, these conversations
• when those, uh, agencies come in, I think it's, it's, um, an opportunity for us to have those conversations
• But, um, along with that site visit, that's going to hold all of the conversations that we are thinking

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• I really like things like this to be more of a conversation than, you know, presenting at and, and back
• And I can say we have regular conversations internally both about that, but also about why we do the
• , part of that whole child conversation.
• So those kinds of large scale conversations.
• It was a good conversation, I think, for everyone to have.

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• You know, that's a conversation that we could potentially have as a separate type of bill.
• bill analysis, it gives you the different components of how we are grading our kids, and this conversation
• One more small question in this big conversation, because I understand your intention here, I think,
• If I were to add level two to this, this would be a whole different conversation because there's going
• That's going to determine that that's going to be a conversation for another time because we would have

Summary: The Pre-K Through 12 Budget Subcommittee met with a quorum and took up three bills, along with a brief budget conference-prep presentation. The first bill, CS/HB 1483 on school grading and student supports, would gradually align Florida’s school grading scale with the familiar A-F student grading scale over a 10-year glide path, add school report card transparency on the percentage of students reading at grade level, expand interventions for students with substantial reading and math deficiencies through VPK through grade 8, and create a competitive grant for diverse books in K-5 classrooms and libraries. Supporters argued the current school-grade scale is misleading and that the bill would improve transparency and supports; some members raised concerns about impacts on turnaround schools, community perception, and whether the bill adequately captures student gains. The bill passed 12-2 and was reported favorably. The committee then considered CS/HB 859 on the School Readiness Program, which revises the definition of “economically disadvantaged” for eligibility purposes. The bill originally moved from 150% of the federal poverty level to 65% of state median income, but three amendments were adopted to create a glide path and reduce fiscal impact by using 50% of state median income or 150% of poverty, whichever is greater, and by deleting an obsolete section. Public testimony was overwhelmingly supportive, emphasizing child care as workforce infrastructure and a lifeline for working families. The bill passed unanimously, 14-0, and was reported favorably. Finally, CS/HB 1607 on cardiac emergencies in schools would require AEDs in every Florida school, including charter schools, require CPR/AED training, and create a pulse-saving plan with rulemaking authority for the State Board of Education. Proponents cited alarming statistics about sudden cardiac arrest on campuses and argued that rapid AED access can save lives; supporters from the American Heart Association, PTA, and cardiology groups backed the measure. Members spoke in strong support, and the bill passed unanimously, 14-0, and was reported favorably. The meeting ended with a budget presentation explaining that House and Senate FY 2025-26 budget, appropriations project, and proviso side-by-sides had been distributed ahead of conference, followed by adjournment.