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Transcript Highlights:
  • And then we opened up our Georgetown office as well. adults into recovery care um throughout adults into
  • As part of that, our evolution kind of started into adult care.
  • As part of that, our evolution kind of started into adult care.
  • > children</c><00:52:02.960><c> who</c> Now they serve adults, children who Now they serve adults, children
  • </c><00:53:59.520><c> taking</c> ourselves, sometimes as adults taking ourselves, sometimes as adults
Keywords: 958, all
Summary: The Joint Committee on Families and Children met with a quorum, approved the August minutes, and received an update that the number of children in out-of-home care with active placements was 8,647 as of September 7, 2025. The first presentation was from Isaiah 117 House, a nonprofit that provides a home-like setting for children on removal day so they do not have to wait in a state office. Speakers described the mission as reducing trauma for children, lightening the burden on case workers, and easing transitions to foster or kinship placements. They said the Kentucky home in Logan County opened on August 15 and had already served 10 children in its first six days. Committee members asked about logistics, including whether children placed with kinship caregivers would still come to the house, how long children can stay, who remains responsible for them, and how volunteers are screened. The presenters said children are brought to the house regardless of whether they are headed to kinship or foster placement, that 72 hours is not a hard cutoff, and that a case worker remains in charge at all times while volunteers provide support. They also said volunteers undergo background checks, trauma-informed training, confidentiality instruction, and annual continuing education. In response to questions about funding and expansion, they said Isaiah 117 House is community-funded without state or federal money, and that new homes are opened only when fully funded, with construction costs typically ranging from $80,000 to $150,000 and first-year budgets around $180,000. The committee then heard a presentation from Remy Eastep Homes on its Family Centered Integrated Healthcare and related services. Leaders described the organization’s history from its origins as separate orphanages in Boyd County to residential treatment, treatment foster care, prevention services, and outpatient behavioral health. They said the organization shifted about 15 years ago toward engaging families more directly because family involvement improves outcomes and helps keep children safely at home when possible. The presentation continued into program details, but no votes or formal actions were taken on either presentation.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Human Services - 03/25/26

Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><00:16:18.360><c> and</c> tribal VA and, uh, vulnerable adult and tribal VA and, uh, vulnerable adult
  • This primarily has to do with the counties' responsibilities with respect to adult protective services
  • </c> of maltreatment of a vulnerable adult of maltreatment of a vulnerable adult depends<00:21:46.640
  • </c><00:22:02.400><c> protective</c> request is made for adult protective request is made for adult protective
  • and adult protective services.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 2/11/25

Human Services Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> committee contains ma basic care adults committee contains ma basic care adults without<00:05:34.919
  • Moving to sections related to vulnerable adults, we have Chapter 256M, the Vulnerable Children and Adults
  • Moving to sections related to vulnerable adults, we have Chapter 256M, the Vulnerable Children and Adults
  • of vulnerable adults.
  • The Vulnerable Children and Adults Act provides for adult protection grant allocations and service plans
Keywords: 1183, house
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Public Health Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Joint Committee on Public Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • Well, nearly 600,000 adults in Massachusetts have diabetes, about 1 in 11.
  • And adults, as we age, are also benefiting from fluoride.
  • And adults, as we age, are also benefiting from fluoride.
  • We need to talk about this because nobody else is addressing the adults in the room, and adults as we
  • We have a rapidly aging population with older adults, and as I treat older adults, that's my bailiwick
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The Joint Committee on Public Health held a hearing focused on children’s health, disease prevention, screening, treatment, and pharmacy-related bills. The chair explained that the session was for public testimony only, with no votes or decisions taken that day, and outlined the three-minute limit for individual testimony. The committee then heard testimony on a range of bills, including H. 2413 on adding electromagnetic sensitivity to the state’s MAVEN registry, S. 1508 and H. 2433 on creating an amputation prevention task force, H. 2535 and S. 1551 on establishing a naloxone purchase trust fund, S. 1635 on authorizing pharmacists to provide opioid use disorder treatment, H. 2385 on creating a special commission on avian influenza, and S. 1497 on patient safety and non-FDA-approved compounded drugs. Testimony on H. 2413 came largely from advocates and individuals who described electromagnetic sensitivity as a real health condition and argued that adding it to the registry would improve data collection, provider education, and public awareness. Testimony on the amputation prevention task force bills came from the American Diabetes Association and podiatry groups, who said diabetes-related amputations are often preventable, disproportionately affect people of color, and could be reduced through earlier screening, better care coordination, and improved insurance coverage for preventive foot care. On the naloxone trust fund bills, a representative, emergency physician, and nurse testified that hospitals often cannot reliably send overdose patients home with naloxone because of billing and reimbursement barriers, and that a bulk-purchase fund would expand access at no added cost to payers or providers. The committee also heard strong support for S. 1635 from pharmacists and public health researchers, who said community pharmacists could safely initiate and maintain buprenorphine treatment and help close gaps in opioid use disorder care. On H. 2385, a local board of health chair supported a special commission on avian influenza, citing gaps in emergency preparedness and the need for clearer coordination across agencies. On S. 1497, a pharmacy representative opposed restrictions on compounded drugs from outsourcing facilities, warning that changes could reduce access to life-saving medications and harm patient safety. No votes or formal actions were taken during the hearing.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
  • She's now an adult. She's lovely. She is a master's-prepared social worker.
  • A single image of pornographic material would be treated the exact same way that currently the adult
  • were uploading, we'll say, vintage adult content or vintage content that may show some nudity.
  • And it really follows the same model that the adult content industry is already doing.
  • And it really follows the same model that the adult content industry is already doing.
Summary: The Senate Judiciary and Elections Committee heard and advanced several House bills dealing with criminal law, victims’ rights, and court fees. HB 2131 would remove the financial-gain requirement from weapons and explosives trafficking and make trafficking three or more weapons or explosives in one offense ineligible for probation, pardon, commutation, or early release until the sentence is served; it passed 6-1. HB 2132 lowered the fentanyl trafficking threshold from 200 grams to 100 grams and adjusted related sentencing language; supporters said it would help law enforcement and prosecutors, while opponents argued it would sweep in heavy users and lacked data on current enforcement; it passed 4-3. HB 2223 requires sex offenders seeking a name change to notify prosecutors and victims, and to register under the new name if granted; it passed 6-1. The committee also passed HB 2411, which creates the crime of coerced abortion for secretly or forcibly administering an abortion-inducing drug with intent to cause an abortion, as a class 2 felony. Supporters described cases of covert or forced abortion drug use and said existing laws do not clearly cover situations where the drug is given but no death occurs; opponents argued current assault, manslaughter, homicide, and food-contamination statutes already address the conduct and that the bill is unnecessary. HB 2043, which adds unborn children to the felony-murder statute, also passed 4-3 after testimony from prosecutors and advocates on both sides; supporters called it a cleanup measure, while opponents warned it advances fetal personhood and could have broader reproductive-health consequences. HB 2046, requiring victims to be notified of pre-hearings in probation review proceedings for certain sex offenders, passed unanimously after emotional testimony from a victim’s family and county prosecutors. The committee then approved HB 2666, which increases penalties for sexual extortion involving 15-, 16-, and 17-year-olds when the offender is an adult and knew or should have known the victim’s age. Finally, HB 2265, which eliminates court-imposed fees and assessments on criminal defendants for public defense, jury trials, and appeals, passed 7-0 despite county opposition over lost revenue and shifting costs to taxpayers. The last bill, HB 2133, would require commercial websites hosting sexual material to verify the age and consent of depicted persons, retain records, and treat synthetic depictions like AI-generated images similarly to existing revenge-porn laws; it drew support from adult-industry representatives on some implementation issues but also significant constitutional and privacy concerns, and the committee adopted an amendment before passing the bill as amended.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Finance Feb 17th, 2026

House Appropriations & Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • It allows youth who receive an adult sentence to receive services from CYFD until age 21.
  • We appreciate the bill's desire to delay the transfer to adult prison for those sentenced as adults under
  • jails and adult prisons for these sentences.
  • A serious youthful offender is someone 15, 16, or 17 that will be tried as an adult.
  • A youthful offender is someone who is 14, 15, 16, or 17, and could be tried as an adult.
Bills: HB2 , SB152
Summary: The committee heard a series of capital, bond, environmental, economic development, juvenile justice, and health care bills. Senate Bill 240, the capital outlay package, was presented as a $1.3 billion statewide appropriation, including discretionary capital projects and agency projects; after questions about CYFD projects and House/Senate capital allocations, the committee voted do pass on the committee substitute. House Bill 248, the general obligation bond package totaling about $392.5 million for senior centers, libraries, higher education, and tribal projects, also received a do pass after questions about project vetting, bond timing, and school bus funding. House Bill 80, which increases the share of oil and gas conservation tax revenue going to the Oil and Gas Reclamation Fund to speed orphan well plugging and site cleanup, drew strong support from business, environmental, and industry groups; members discussed funding balances, procurement bottlenecks, and the distinction between abandoned and orphan wells before voting do pass. House Bill 184, making technical fixes to the Conservation Legacy Permanent Fund and related distribution rules, passed with little debate. The committee also heard Senate Bill 172, which expands the TRIGGER program allowing companies to access national laboratory expertise; supporters from the labs, the governor’s office, universities, and business groups cited job creation, follow-on investment, and commercialization gains, while one senator raised concerns about the long extension of the program. The bill passed do pass. House Bill 95, creating a judge for the First and Second Judicial Districts, was described as matching a previously heard Senate bill and passed do pass. Senate Bill 165, a major juvenile justice bill, generated the most extensive debate: the sponsor said it updates the juvenile code, raises the age for certain serious offenses, extends services for youth sentenced as adults, and expands community corrections; law enforcement supported it, while the Public Defender, youth advocates, the ACLU, and a Bernalillo County commissioner opposed it, arguing it expands adult sentencing and relies too heavily on incarceration. Despite those objections, the committee voted do pass. Finally, House Bill 4, which increases the Health Care Affordability Fund distribution to support premium assistance and related coverage programs, was amended so that a portion of the premium surtax would go to the Behavioral Health Program Fund and any unexpended balance would revert to the affordability fund. Supporters from BeWell, health advocacy groups, the insurance office, and homeless services said the bill would protect coverage gains and help offset federal changes; members asked about the amendment’s effect on the behavioral health fund and the bill’s flexibility if revenues decline. The amendment was adopted, and discussion on the bill continued.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Law & Justice Jan 13th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • I was addressing the minor provisions, but regardless of the adult respondent's ability to pay, when
  • I know that we have someone who's Janice Steele is going to speak to the adult Thank you so much.
  • I'm also on the court visitor adult guardianship registry for Pierce County.
  • I'm also on the court visitor adult guardianship registry for Pierce County.
  • Thank you for letting me speak about the adult guardianship sections of this bill.
Summary: The committee began with introductions and then heard Senate Bill 5865, which would repeal statutory garnishment answer forms and require use of Washington Pattern Forms Committee forms instead. Staff, the prime sponsor, and judges’ association witnesses said the bill is a technical fix that would make garnishment calculations more accurate and efficient without changing substantive law. A collectors’ association witness said the current statutory form can be used if needed until new forms are available and raised concerns about the timeliness of pattern form updates, but was open to working on language. The public hearing on SB 5865 was then closed. The committee next heard Senate Bill 5880, which would allow blood and breath toxicology results to be admissible if tested by an ISO/IEC 17025-certified or accredited forensic lab. The sponsor and supporters, including the Seattle city attorney and traffic safety experts, described severe backlogs at the state toxicology lab, with some DUI blood results taking many months or longer and cases expiring before charges can be filed. Counties, prosecutors, sheriffs, and defense representatives generally agreed the backlog is a serious problem, but several warned the bill could shift costs to local governments, create uneven access to private testing, and raise due process concerns unless discovery cooperation is required. The committee then closed the hearing on SB 5880. Senate Bill 5912 would reinstate the indigent defense task force to study Washington’s public defense system and report recommendations by 2028. Supporters from counties, cities, public defense offices, and tribal interests said the statewide shortage of defense attorneys and rising costs are straining local budgets and delaying access to counsel, especially in rural and eastern Washington. Some witnesses urged the bill be amended to add more stakeholder representation, including clients and practitioners, and cautioned that the task force should not delay immediate action on funding and caseload standards. The hearing on SB 5912 was then closed. The committee also heard Senate Bill 5837, a broad update to guardianship, conservatorship, and protective arrangement procedures. The bill would lower the minimum age for a proposed guardian from 21 to 18, expand notice options, clarify appointment of counsel, and streamline service and hearing procedures. Testimony was largely supportive, especially from kinship caregivers, legal aid, and estate-law practitioners who said the bill would reduce costly publication requirements and improve access to justice, though some witnesses requested amendments on notice, waiver language, emergency procedures, and counsel provisions. The committee reported 40 pro and 70 con sign-ins on the bill, then moved on. Finally, the committee began hearing Senate Bill 5855, which would prohibit law enforcement officers, including federal agents, from wearing facial coverings during public interactions except in limited circumstances such as undercover work, SWAT operations, or health and safety needs. The sponsor and supporters said the bill is intended to increase transparency, accountability, and trust, especially for immigrant and marginalized communities, while opponents argued it could endanger officers, conflict with federal authority, and is tied to ongoing litigation over similar California legislation. Testimony was sharply divided, with some witnesses emphasizing public fear and trauma from masked officers and others arguing the bill would make officers more vulnerable and create constitutional problems. The hearing continued with additional public testimony after the excerpt ended.
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

House - Judiciary Mar 5th, 2025

House Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • However, we do oppose adding any more offenses to those that can incur adult sentencing and have some
  • Provisions increasing exposure of children to adult sentences by expanding the definition of a youthful
  • So in anyone's book, a 26-year-old is an adult.
  • This is a three-year pilot. provides monthly assistance, Madam Chair, to eligible adults.
  • As I run an organization called Teen Years, where tech-savvy teens and young adults empower older adults
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Session Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am

Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I was 12, listening to adults I once looked up to question my place in scouting.
  • I have to lead the troop, but I also had to learn how to communicate, manage, and coordinate with adults
  • There were 539 young adults who enjoyed our career exploration posts, high adventure, 539 young adults
  • gives back to their communities by holding food drives, making care packages, visiting with older adults
  • Adult leaders in scouting, who are so important, we are thrilled to have you here with us today in the
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The Senate held an informal session centered on its annual scouting recognition program, led by Senator Tarr and other Senate leaders. Scouts from several Massachusetts councils recited the Pledge of Allegiance, the Scout Oath, and the Scout Law, and the chamber heard a report on Scouting America in Massachusetts from Eagle Scout Molly Murphy of Woburn, assisted by other scouts and flag bearers from across the Commonwealth. Murphy described her own scouting experience, leadership roles, Eagle Scout project, and the challenges and benefits of scouting, emphasizing leadership, service, and community impact. Murphy also presented statewide scouting statistics for 2025, including 19,761 youth in 872 units, 9,402 adult volunteers, more than 23,500 merit badges earned, 482 Eagle Scouts, and over 203,000 hours of community service valued at more than $3 million. The Senate voted to print the scouting report in the Journal. Senators then read and presented a gubernatorial proclamation declaring April 23, 2026, as Scout Appreciation Day in Massachusetts, citing scouting’s service, character-building, and conservation values. In addition to the scouting program, the Senate transacted several routine matters. It passed to be enacted two local bills: one authorizing Marblehead to establish a means-tested senior citizen property tax exemption and another further regulating the appointment of a special police officer in Malden. The Senate also adopted a resolution commending the IBS patient support group for recognizing April 19, 2026, as World IBS Day, and it engrossed a bill allowing retired police officers to serve as special police officers in Fairhaven after adopting an amendment, as well as a bill increasing the Haverhill Board of Health from three to five members. The Senate adopted an order to reconvene on Monday at 11 a.m. and then adjourned.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection - 03/24/26

Commerce and Consumer Protection

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><00:10:38.520><c> use</c> to us with the advent of the adult use to us with the advent of the adult
  • We do support streamlining medical and adult use in 2029.
  • products that adult use customers want.
  • use because an adult use customer would purchase it.
  • </c><00:20:56.440><c> use</c><00:20:56.600><c> customer</c> adult use because an adult use customer adult
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

November 19, 2025 - 01:30 PM

Transcript Highlights:
  • The expansion allowed adult children to recover non-economic damages if there was no surviving spouse
  • spouse, minor, or adult children.
  • But there are multiple states throughout the country that say any tort with adult children or adult parents
  • , or parents of adult children, cannot recover.
  • I am an unmarried adult with no minor children. So is my mom. So is my brother.
Summary: The Judiciary Committee met to consider HB 6003, a bill to repeal Florida’s “free kill” law that limits certain survivors’ ability to recover non-economic damages in medical negligence wrongful death cases. The sponsor, Rep. Trabulsy, said the bill would restore access to the courts for a small class of families and noted the measure passed both chambers last year before being vetoed by the governor. She and supporters framed the bill as a fairness and constitutional issue, while opponents argued repeal would increase malpractice exposure, insurance costs, and pressure on physician access, especially in high-risk specialties and rural areas. Public testimony was sharply divided. Supporters included family members who described deaths they said were caused by medical negligence and who argued the current law denies accountability and equal treatment based on marital status or whether a decedent had minor children. Opponents included the Florida Hospital Association, Florida Medical Association, Florida Chamber, U.S. Chamber, Florida Insurance Council, and other health care and business groups, who warned that repeal could worsen already high malpractice premiums, contribute to physician shortages, and destabilize access to care. Several speakers on both sides discussed possible caps on non-economic damages as a compromise, though the bill itself was presented as a clean repealer with no amendments. During debate, several members spoke in support, emphasizing equal access to the courts and rejecting the idea that the law should treat some families differently from others. Opponents of the bill argued that the current system helps preserve market stability and that liability concerns, not the free kill law, are driving provider departures. After closing remarks from the sponsor, the committee voted 15 yeas and 1 nay to report HB 6003 favorably.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs Apr 7th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Diana Eberlein, chair of the Coalition for Adult Beverages Alternatives.
  • Diana Eberlein, Coalition for Adult Beverage Alternatives.
  • Adults will find those products. Kids will find those products.
  • Adults can gain access to. A regulated market is what you need.
  • We sell hemp to adults with proper identification.
Bills: HB28 , SB3 , SB 3
Committee: House State Affairs
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

DNR Crossbow Report 2/26/26

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • you'll see there that we did have a bump in license sales that you can see pretty clearly for our adults
  • peak into 2023 when this expansion occurred, and we did see an increase in license sales for both adult
  • Uh the top line represents adult<00:04:04.760><c> licenses,</c><00:04:05.520><c> and</c><00:04:05.680
  • for our adults uh that occurred<00:04:17.359><c> in</c><00:04:17.440><c> 2020.
  • </c><00:04:41.880><c> licenses</c> license sales for both adult licenses license sales for both adult
Keywords: 1183, house
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Health & Long-Term Care Jan 23rd, 2026 at 08:00 am

Health & Long-Term Care

Transcript Highlights:
  • Only 8% of adults on Medicaid received a preventive service in fiscal year 23.
  • Lower-income adults are less likely to have had a dental visit.
  • American Indian and Alaska Native adults have the highest rates of pain in the mouth.
  • And that office no longer is able to see adults on Apple Health.
  • I was in and out of trouble, rehabs, and jail for most of my adult life.
Bills: SB6138 , SB5899 , SB6072 , SB6094
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Tobacco Settlement Revenue Oversight Jul 7th, 2025

Tobacco Settlement Revenue Oversight Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • E-cigarette use in 2021 for adults was 4.5%, and it went up to 6% in 2020.
  • But 25% of those adults were between the ages of 23 and 24.
  • Now, I mean, there's a no smoking ban for adults and such.
  • We have middle school, high school, and young adults.
  • surveys like the tobacco evaluation survey among adults that they conduct.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Feb 27th, 2025

Alabama Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • for a minor adoption and an adult for a minor adoption and an adult adoption to further Define terms
  • over 50 years of yet one in three adults over 50 years of yet one in three adults over 50 years of age
  • size change in tables talk about adult size change in tables talk about adult size change in tables
  • I mean these their children or adults I mean these their children or adults I mean these are adults
  • or adult uh that that it's young adult or adult uh that that it's young adult or adult uh that that
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Jobs and Economic Development - 03/10/25

Jobs and Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • These are employers who provide the full range of services and supports for older adults and others in
  • support this bill, as it will have a direct impact on the workforce for long-term care and older adults
  • :37.079><c> the</c> As it will have a direct impact on the workforce for long-term care and older adults
  • Adults earn $25 an hour of livable wages.
  • </c><01:11:00.239><c> by</c> opportunities for Youth and adults by opportunities for Youth and adults
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Consumer Protection & Business Jan 20th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Consumer Protection & Business

Transcript Highlights:
  • access and adult consumption.
  • In the U.S., the adult smoking rate is the lowest it has been in recorded history.
  • Adults aren't smoking anymore. What are we doing? We're punishing ourselves.
  • In the U.S., the adult smoking rate is the lowest it has been in recorded history.
  • Adults aren't smoking anymore. What are we doing? We're punishing ourselves.
Bills: HB2439 , HB2483 , HB2400
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities

Transcript Highlights:
  • Catherine was advocating for her adult son, who had a physical disability and could not enjoy eating
  • The numbers are stark, with one in four adults in the U.S. with a disability, Massachusetts.
  • The numbers are stark, with one in four adults in the U.S. with a disability, and yet 66% of cultural
  • In the United States, one in four adults and nearly half of adults over 65 live with a disability.
  • For services, non-ID autistic adults like my son need. I'm old now.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The Joint Committee on Children, Families, and Persons with Disabilities held a hearing focused on accessibility-related legislation, with the chairs emphasizing ASL and CART accessibility and asking testifiers to speak slowly and clearly. The committee heard testimony first on H.223/S.130, a bill to establish a livable wage for community-based human service workers by reducing the pay gap with state employees. Providers’ Council, Communities for People, the Key Program, and BAMSI all supported the bill, describing persistent wage disparities, high vacancy and turnover rates, and the impact on continuity of care for children, youth, and families. Witnesses said the bill would help recruitment and retention and stabilize services across the Commonwealth. The committee then heard extensive testimony on H.224/S.160, the ACE Act, which would create a dedicated funding source to improve accessibility in the creative economy. Arts organizations and advocates, including Community Access to the Arts, Abilities Dance Boston, Jacob’s Pillow, the Multicultural Arts Center, Northampton Community Music Center, Mass Creative, Open Door Arts, and Monkey House, described barriers such as inaccessible buildings, lack of ASL interpretation and captioning, inadequate lifts and backstage access, and the high cost of renovations. Testifiers said the bill would help smaller and historic institutions make physical and programmatic improvements and allow people with disabilities to participate as artists, workers, and audiences. The committee also heard testimony on H.4180, which would require DDS to consider neuropsychological evaluations when determining eligibility for intellectual disability services. Parents and advocates argued that IQ cutoffs alone can miss significant functional needs, especially for autistic adults and others with complex developmental profiles, and urged broader access to DDS supports. Additional testimony supported S.101 on closed captioning and telecommunications in public areas, and S.158 on requiring restaurants to have some chairs with arms to better accommodate physically disabled and older patrons. No votes were taken during the hearing, and the chair adjourned after hearing from the scheduled witnesses and noting a few signups that were not present.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • One counselor saw an adult man in the driver's seat. I don't know.
  • A man, an adult man in the driver's seat with lots of people in the Tahoe.
  • about the group of adults standing over by the upright garage, essentially unaware of what was going
  • What we learned from Richard Eastland and the adults about the group of adults that were standing over
  • Our count is that there were at least 39 adults, excluding the cabin counselors, at least 39 adults who
Keywords: 1185, senate, all