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• I'm just curious about the landowners.
• Did landowners ask for this? In some cases, yes.
• A study to see how to do that better and enhance cooperation between the state and private landowners
• And you're going to have those landowners that may actually support.
• I'm the Executive Director of the Capital Area Private Defender Service.

Bills: HB1583, HB1775, HB1832, HB1836, HB1837, HB1866, HB1983, HB2029, HB2217, HB2318, HB2363, HB2486

Keywords: mental health, emergency detention, peace officer, mental illness, prevention of harm, border security, private landowners, study and report, General Land Office, participation, controlled substances, opioid antagonists, law enforcement training, substance abuse prevention, Texas-Mexico border, criminal justice, public safety, law enforcement, National Park Service, arrest powers

Bills: SB14, SB217, SB586, SB856, SCR12, SCR24, SB 14

Keywords: regulatory reform, state agencies, efficiency, rulemaking, judicial review, SB 217, Historic Texas Freedmen's Cemetery Designation Program, Texas Historical Commission, Freedmen's cemetery, freed slave burial site, cemetery designation, historic cemetery, African American history, Black cemetery, burial grounds, cemetery preservation, historical marker, medallion, property owner notice, adjacent landowners

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• As a reminder, the bill requires a private detention facility to report certain types of incidents to
• As a reminder, the bill requires a private detention facility to report certain types of incidents to
• As a reminder, the bill requires a private detention facility to report certain types of incidents to
• The report for the two law enforcement agencies that have private detention facilities.
• that into their contract. standards on the private detention facilities.

Bills: HB2464

Keywords: detention facilities, law enforcement, reporting requirements, incidents, private detention, 904, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So my understanding is that this would just be for private detention facilities.
• So, my understanding is that this would just be for private detention facilities.
• Where we're struggling is getting information from private facilities.
• Where we're struggling is getting information from private facilities, which are two.
• We should require no less of private companies running detention.

Bills: HB2464, SGA9305

Keywords: detention facilities, law enforcement, reporting requirements, incidents, private detention, 904, all

Summary: The Senate Human Services Committee heard briefings on two House bills and then took testimony on both before adjourning. House Bill 2464, sponsored by Rep. Ortiz Self, would require private detention facilities to report serious incidents such as abuse allegations, deaths, suicides, injuries requiring hospitalization, and service disruptions to the Department of Health and local law enforcement by the next business day, and would require annual reporting from the local law enforcement agency with jurisdiction. Rep. Ortiz Self said the bill is intended to address delayed and inconsistent information from private facilities and to ensure lawmakers and the public have accurate data. Supporters from Columbia Legal Services, the League of Women Voters, La Resistencia, and the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project said the bill is needed because crimes and abuse in private detention facilities often go unreported and detainees face barriers to contacting police. The committee noted the bill was scheduled for executive action. The committee also heard Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2253, a DCYF request bill sponsored by Rep. Burnbaum, which makes a range of licensing changes affecting foster care, crisis residential centers, and child care. The bill would require immediate termination of certain probationary foster licenses if high-potency synthetic opioids or illicit substances are found, exempt kinship caregivers from blood-borne pathogen training, allow DCYF to terminate inactive foster home licenses, revise crisis residential center staffing ratios, and change child care licensing rules related to attendance verification, capacity violations, and subsidy fraud. Committee members raised concerns that some child care provisions may belong in the Early Learning and K-12 committee rather than Human Services and asked about whether the bill duplicates existing standards. Rep. Burnbaum said the bill evolved from technical corrections and later amendments intended to address fraud concerns while preserving DCYF operations, and he said further discussion with DCYF may be needed. The committee also held a confirmation hearing for Corey McNally of the Indeterminate Sentence Review Board. McNally described the board’s role in release decisions, supervision conditions, violations, and release plans, and outlined his background in community mental health, sex offense treatment and assessment, and his work with the Department of Corrections and the Sex Offender Policy Board. Senators asked about advances in assessment and treatment, the distinction between the ISRB and civil commitment for sexually violent predators, the board’s release decisions, and victim participation in hearings. McNally said the board relies on structured, evidence-based risk assessments, remains neutral on legislation, and provides victim liaisons so victims can participate in hearings if they choose. The committee closed the hearing and adjourned after announcing it would take up a large number of bills and one gubernatorial appointment the next day.

Bills: HF2825

Keywords: expungement, criminal justice, background check, security industry, private detective, 1183, house

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• It's really the 1% assessment that's new for the local and private authority in particular.

Keywords: Local and Private - Room 210, 30 March, 2026; 11:00 AM, 925, all

Keywords: Local and Private - Room 210, 27 March, 2026; 11:15 AM, 925, all

Keywords: Local and Private - Room 210, 26 March, 2026; 9:30 AM, 925, all

Keywords: Local and Private - Room 210, 24 March, 2026; 10:45 AM, 925, all

Keywords: Local and Private - Room 210, 17 March, 2026; 3:00 PM, 925, all

Keywords: Local and Private - Room 216, 11 March, 2026; 9:00 AM, 925, all

Keywords: Local and Private - Room 210, 4 March, 2026; 9:00 AM, 925, all

Transcript Highlights:

• >> Thank you. >> Private schools, Mr.
• </c> &gt;&gt; Can I get some money from private &gt;&gt; Can I get some money from private schools?
• How does this affect private other private schools that don't have, you know, race as a selection?
• >> I mean, same thing with the private schools.
• </c> &gt;&gt; I guess same question with the private &gt;&gt; I guess same question with the private

Bills: SB3123

Keywords: conditional gifts, private education, scholarships, donor conditions, Hawaii education law, 912, senate, all

Summary: The Judiciary Committee took up three measures in decision-making. SB 2678, which would create a Judiciary working group to improve family court processes and youth access to legal representation in the child welfare system, was recommended for passage with amendments. The amendments would clarify that members with lived experience are those who have navigated the state child welfare system, replace an actively serving guardian ad litem with a former GAL, allow co-chairs to invite additional experts, and provide compensation for lived-experience members. The committee report would also recommend a $20,000 appropriation, and the motion passed without objection. SB 2528, a Campaign Spending Commission proposal to expand the partial public financing program and raise expenditure limits, was also recommended for passage with amendments and adopted without objection. The committee’s changes would increase the public-funds match to 4:1, raise the maximum public funding available to 20% for statewide executive offices and 25% for legislative and certain county offices, blank out the appropriation in the bill, and instead recommend $7.2 million in the committee report. Technical amendments would also rename the program for consistency and set the bill’s effective date to March 22, 2075. In a joint Judiciary/Education hearing, SB 3123 drew extensive testimony in support from the Governor’s office, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the Hawaii Association of Independent Schools, Hawaiian Council, Kamehameha Schools, and many private-school and community representatives. Supporters said the bill would clarify that donor-funded scholarships, grants, and tuition-free educational programs are charitable gifts rather than contractual obligations, giving donors and schools greater certainty and preserving educational access. Some members questioned whether the bill could affect Kamehameha Schools’ admissions practices or allow schools to avoid donor conditions; witnesses responded that the measure is intended to clarify donor intent, not change admissions, and that an opt-out clause would preserve the ability to create contractual agreements if the parties choose. The discussion ended with the bill still under consideration, with no final vote reflected in the transcript excerpt.

Bills: SB8

Keywords: sex designation, restroom access, civil penalties, private civil right of action, women's privacy

Keywords: Local and Private - Room 409, 28 March, 2025; 10:45 A.M., 925, all

Keywords: Local and Private - Room 210; 26 March, 2025: 9:00 AM, 925, all

Keywords: Local and Private - Room 409, 18 March, 2025; 9:30 A.M., 925, all

Keywords: Local and Private - Room 409, 11 March, 2025; 12:30 PM., 925, all

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• AFSCME is a public- and private-sector labor union.
• creates immense uncertainty, and for a hospital that already pays its bedside nurses less than in private
• creates immense uncertainty, and for a hospital that already pays its bedside nurses less than in private
• That public dollars ought to be deployed in ways that generate widespread benefit, not just private gain
• as the director of downtown partnerships for the Minneapolis Downtown Council, including a public-private

Bills: HF4841, HF4234, HF3697

Keywords: Hennepin County, sales tax, health care facilities, ballpark improvements, tax revenue, HF4234, Minnesota private activity bonds, tax-exempt bonds, bond cap, aggregate bond limitation, residential rental projects, multifamily housing, affordable housing finance, housing bonds, public finance, bond allocation, private activity bond cap, Minnesota Statutes 474A.02, tax committee, tax refund

Bills: HB1540

Keywords: education savings account, ESA, school choice, private school vouchers, nonpublic school, tuition assistance, education tax credit, homeschool exclusion, Bank of North Dakota, Department of Public Instruction, public funding for private education, voucher program, student scholarships, special education, parental choice, curriculum funding, tutoring, online learning, state per-pupil payment, income-based eligibility

Summary: The committee first took up amended bill 10-13, a school funding and education appropriations measure. Senator Schaible walked through the final version, which included changes to foundation aid, transportation grants, free and reduced-price meals funding, paraprofessional and teacher support programs, Native American education items, library and school facility projects, and several one-time grants. Members discussed removing the science center grant funding, and Senator Meyer objected to that removal, arguing that Grand Forks had raised matching private and local funds and that other cities had received similar state support. The committee also agreed to adjust regional education association funding to reflect six centers rather than seven, reducing that line to $600,000. The committee then adopted the amendment to 10-13 unanimously and passed the bill as further amended on a unanimous roll call, with Senator Shively designated as carrier. After a brief recess, the committee turned to bill 1540, but no formal action was taken. Bank of North Dakota and OMB representatives raised concerns that the draft included policy changes and procurement/IT exemptions that needed further discussion. Members agreed the bill would be delayed until Monday so the Bank, OMB, and NDIT could confer and work through the mechanics and policy issues before the committee moved it forward.