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• And now, Lord Jesus, we entrust this session and the the work of these leaders into your hands.
• that the House grant permission for all committees and subcommittees to meet while the House is in session
• Another long vacation we can we have been here 35 days a full quarter of our session is over and we have
• No, that was a session for you. Bye. Thank you, bye bye. Big round of applause. Okay.
• A lot of them are in a training session. right now. Thank you. Welcome to the Texas House.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• During the session, we'll staff both House Education and Senate Education.
• Over some of the orientation rules for the committee for the session.
• I look forward to all of the good work we're going to be doing this session.
• So, with that being said, I certainly look forward to this session with you all.
• Last session, but it was a bill last session, and this interim we built on that work with the licensure

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• I ask you for these men and women as they embark on this new session, that you give them courage, that
• So as we prepare for the 2025 legislative session, let us do so with the spirit of purpose and resolve
• My priority for the 2025 and 2026 sessions is to serve the people of Florida.
• Session is our obligation to the responsibility of taking a vote to terminate debate when desired.
• Session is our obligation to come together and to reason, and these restrictions prohibit that.

Summary: The House convened for its organization session with prayer, the presentation of colors, the Pledge of Allegiance, and the national anthem, followed by introductions of guests including state officials, former House leaders and members, and members of the judiciary. The Secretary of State’s certification of the 2024 election was accepted as prima facie evidence of the members-elect’s election, a quorum was established, and the newly elected and returning members were sworn in by Florida Supreme Court justices. The House then formally declared the members duly elected and qualified to serve in the 92nd Florida House. The chamber proceeded to the election of Speaker. Representative Fentrice Driskell was nominated and seconded, and she delivered remarks emphasizing the role of the minority caucus, the need to address issues such as hurricanes, insurance and condo costs, gun violence, education, poverty, and protecting rights. Representative Daniel Perez was then nominated and seconded; after speeches highlighting his leadership and style, the House adopted a motion to dispense with the roll call and record a unanimous vote for him. Perez was sworn in as Speaker and said his priority would be serving the people of Florida, focusing on practical action, fiscal discipline, competition, and reducing barriers for residents and businesses. After the Speaker’s remarks, the House adopted House Resolution 1-0 establishing House rules for the 2024-2026 term, despite opposition from Representative Gottlieb, who argued the rules continued to restrict debate and limit the opposition’s voice. The House also adopted Senate Concurrent Resolution 2-0 establishing joint legislative rules. The chamber then appointed a committee to inform the Senate that the House was organized, elected Representative Wyman Duggan as Speaker Pro Tempore by unanimous vote, and announced party leadership and administrative appointments. The session concluded with motions to authorize technical corrections to the rules, spread the organization session remarks upon the journal, and adjourn sine die.

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• Yeah, several of the bills we've got coming up for next session.
• Yeah, several of the bills we've got coming up for next session.
• I believe it was the last bill to pass the entire session, if I recall.
• If the bill that comes forward next session says that, we would, we would, last session it didn't.
• We recommend certain bills filed in the last session be refiled and passed in the next legislative session

Keywords: 1184, house, all

Summary: The committee met to monitor implementation of several housing-related bills from the 89th session, with the chair emphasizing Texas’s housing shortage and the need to review land-use laws. For House Bill 24, witnesses from the Texas Public Policy Foundation, Reason Foundation, a church-affordable housing project, Habitat for Humanity, developers, and housing advocates said the bill’s higher protest threshold and simpler council override had reduced procedural barriers to rezoning, helped projects move forward, and supported lower rents and more multifamily development. Public testimony largely praised HB 24 as working as intended, and the chair noted it had passed the committee 6-1, the House 83-56, and the Senate unanimously. The committee then heard testimony on Senate Bill 1567, which preempted certain municipal occupancy limits based on unrelated-adult restrictions. Supporters, including Texas Public Policy Foundation, Texas Realtors, Texans for Housing, and Texas A&M student leaders, said the law improved clarity, reduced arbitrary local limits, and helped students and property owners use existing housing more efficiently. Opponents from College Station and Bryan-College Station neighborhood groups argued the law has encouraged investor purchases, tear-downs, and “stealth dorms,” displaced working-class residents, and harmed family homeownership. The chair noted SB 1567 had passed the committee 5-1, the House 101-19, and the Senate 30-1. The committee also reviewed Senate Bill 15, which reduced minimum lot sizes in covered jurisdictions. Ed Pinto of AEI said the law had already led to thousands of new small lots and lower-cost starter homes, while recommending expansion to more counties and broader application to attached housing. Other witnesses from builders, Pew, and housing advocates said smaller lots can increase affordability, but some cities, such as College Station and Grand Prairie, were adding local standards that could blunt the bill’s effect. City representatives from El Paso described how they implemented the law by reducing lot sizes and widths, while urging broader applicability to more of the city. The chair said SB 15 had passed the committee 7-0, the House 86-43, and the Senate 24-7. Finally, the committee began hearing testimony on Senate Bill 840, a by-right multifamily redevelopment measure. City officials from Garland and Plano described how they had updated local standards to comply while preserving design and setback rules, and said the bill could help redevelop built-out commercial corridors and add housing without expanding city footprints. The transcript ended as the committee continued taking testimony on SB 840.

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• That means long nights, but the end of the session is also in sight.
• This happened last session, and a St.
• This happened last session, and a St.
• Senator, another thing that you’ve pushed for this session is special education funding.
• Gosh, I don’t know what’s going to happen this session yet. I don’t think any of us do.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• You passed House Bill 2082, signed in open session.
• You passed House Bill 2749, signed in open session.
• House Bill 2096 is signed in open session.
• You've passed House Bill 2308, signed in open session.
• You've passed House Bill 4011, signed in open session.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• The Assembly is now in session. Assembly Member Wallace notices the absence of a quorum.
• Of the session in the Capitol Room 444. Seconded by Assembly Member Ortega.
• Session schedules as follows: Friday, June 19th, ...
• announcements, session schedules as follows: Friday, June 19th, no floor session, no check-in session
• ; Monday, June 23rd, floor session at 1 p.m.

Summary: The Assembly convened after a quorum call, heard a prayer focused on self-reflection and leadership, and observed the Pledge of Allegiance led by Assembly Member LaShae Sharp-Collins, who also marked the day as Juneteenth. The body approved the previous day’s journal and handled several procedural motions, including unanimous-consent actions to suspend rules for adjournment-in-memory remarks, guest seating, re-referrals of multiple Senate bills to different committees, and the removal of AJR 9 from the consent calendar. The Assembly also re-referred AB 470 to the Communications and Conveyance Committee and, by roll call, suspended Joint Rule 62A to allow that committee to hear the bill on June 23; the motion passed 46-8. On the daily file, the clerk read a series of Senate bills on second reading, and the Assembly passed and retained all items on both the Assembly and Senate third-reading files. The second-day consent calendar included ACR 93, recognizing Aromatic L-Amino Acid Decarboxylase Deficiency Awareness Day, and ACR 95, recognizing the 2025 International Day of Yoga. Sixty-one coauthors were added to the resolutions, and both items were adopted by unanimous 64-0 votes. The chamber then heard adjournment-in-memory tributes from Assembly Members Rubio and Michelle Rodriguez for Baldwin Park Police Officer Samuel Riveros, who was killed in the line of duty. Both members praised his bravery, service, and dedication, and the Assembly observed a moment of silence. The session concluded with announcements that there would be no floor or check-in session on Friday, June 19, and that the Assembly would reconvene Monday, June 23, at 1 p.m., before adjourning on motion.

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• The joint session will please come to order.
• The joint session will stand in formal recess to await the arrival of the Governor.
• Speaker, I move the joint session do now dissolve.
• The joint session is dissolved. the joint session do now dissolve senator Pasadomo moves a joint session
• dissolve all in favor say yay opposed no show the motion approve the joint session is dissolved

Summary: The House and Senate met in joint session to receive the Governor’s annual message. After the customary opening, prayer, pledge, and motions to notify the Governor, the Governor and First Lady were received and the Governor delivered a lengthy address reviewing his administration’s record and outlining priorities for the coming session. The Governor highlighted what he described as major accomplishments over the past seven years, including stronger state reserves, debt reduction, tax relief, economic growth, school choice expansion, higher teacher pay, civics education, higher education reforms, Everglades restoration, hurricane response improvements, public safety measures, and immigration enforcement. He also discussed affordability concerns, especially rising local property taxes, and urged lawmakers to pursue a ballot measure for property tax relief. He called for legislation on informed consent in medical decisions, regulation of artificial intelligence, and bills already filed on issues such as eliminating DEI in local governments, further restricting illegal immigration, expanding Second Amendment rights, and blocking Sharia law. No substantive votes were taken on legislation during the address. After the Governor concluded, the joint session approved a motion to dissolve, and the meeting adjourned.

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• . >> Uh, in regard to the motions that we've considered, uh, we need to take action in open session on
• That they are hearings would be concluded before they go back in session on those dates. >> Yes.
• That they are hearings would be session.
• 00:07:40.160> the concluded before they go back in the concluded before they go back in the session
• session on those dates. session on those dates. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Yes.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The commission met in open session to take action on several motions related to an adjudicatory hearing. It denied a motion to dismiss, granted a motion to quash, and granted in part a renewed motion to compel and for sanctions only to the extent it continued the hearing that had been scheduled for that day. Two motions in limine, one by Mr. Jenkins and one by Representative Grossberg’s attorney, were denied, with the chair noting that relevance issues would be decided during the hearing and that the focus should remain on the conduct and allegations at issue. The commission then set hearing dates for January 26 and February 2, with hearings to begin at 9:00 a.m. and conclude before the General Assembly reconvened. It also approved the financial report/budget for October. During discussion, members noted the need to keep the commission’s work moving despite legislative schedules and the importance of not pulling members away from General Assembly responsibilities. In other business, staff announced a current issues training/CLE event for January 7, the hiring of new general counsel Larissa Pletcher effective December 16, and the start of re-registration. The chair reported ongoing efforts to fill remaining commission vacancies through the Speaker’s and President’s offices, and members discussed a possible tentative special meeting on January 12 at noon if needed. The meeting ended with a motion to adjourn, which was approved.

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• And honestly, with the investment from the legislature prior to session and then the following sessions
• And honestly, with the investment from the legislature prior to session and then the following sessions
• That's what that bill was about when we left last session. So, Ms.
• We did last session bring requests.
• You know, it reminds me of the issue we dealt with last session and session before last dealing with

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• to read an ...session.
• We don't have a great track record on special sessions, do we?
• Didn't we pass a condo law in a special session?
• We don't have a great track record on special sessions.
• I know that this is only a special session.

Summary: The Senate opened with a quorum, prayer, and the Pledge of Allegiance, then read an amended joint proclamation expanding the special session call to include financial penalties for government officials, criminal penalties for offenses committed by illegal aliens, and programs and appropriations to support law enforcement cooperation with federal immigration enforcement. No committee reports, governor’s messages, or House messages were on the desk before the chamber moved to the special order calendar. The main item was Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 2B, the immigration bill, along with a late-filed strike-all amendment by Senator Gruters. Gruters said the amendment aligned terminology with federal law, increased penalties for crimes by unauthorized aliens, added transnational crime organizations to gang definitions, required stronger participation in the federal 287(g) program, created financial penalties for noncompliance, offered a $1,000 bonus for officers assisting ICE in large operations, directed more information-sharing with federal agencies, and barred DHSMV from issuing licenses or IDs to unauthorized aliens. He framed the bill as supporting President Trump’s immigration agenda and focusing on criminal illegal aliens rather than street-level enforcement. A long question-and-answer period followed, with Senators Polsky, Pizzo, Smith, Jones, Roscoe, Berman, and others pressing the sponsor on scope, legality, costs, and implementation. Questions focused on whether the bill would require participation beyond jails and detention centers, whether schools or churches could be affected, liability and immunity for local agencies, the size and purpose of the proposed appropriations, and the impact on undocumented students receiving in-state tuition waivers. Gruters and Senator Fine said the 287(g) provisions were intended to apply to jails and detention facilities, that green-card holders and lawful residents would not be affected, and that the tuition waiver repeal would end discounted tuition for students in the country illegally while not affecting their ability to attend. Fine also defended the mandatory death penalty provision for certain capital offenses committed by illegal immigrants, acknowledging it would likely be challenged in court but arguing the bill was designed to test and advance the policy. No final vote or other action on the bill is reflected in the excerpt.

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• We don't have a great track record on special sessions, do we?
• Didn't we pass a condo law in a special session? Didn't we pass a condo law in a special session?
• We don't have a great track record on special sessions.
• I know that this is only a special session.
• But in that same session, we had HB 5001, which was our budget.

Summary: The Senate opened with a prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and the reading of an amended joint proclamation expanding the Legislature’s immigration agenda. The proclamation added items calling for financial penalties for government officials, enhanced criminal penalties for offenses committed by illegal aliens, and programs and appropriations to support law enforcement in enforcing federal immigration law. The chamber then took up the special order calendar, beginning with Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 2B, the immigration bill. Most of the meeting was devoted to debate and questions on the strike-all amendment to SB 2B. Sponsor Senator Gruters described the bill as a broad immigration enforcement package aligned with President Trump’s agenda. He said it would require greater cooperation with federal immigration authorities, strengthen participation in the 287(g) program, create a chief immigration officer and council, authorize financial penalties for noncompliance, provide bonuses for officers assisting ICE, and direct information-sharing with federal agencies. He also said the bill would bar DHSMV from issuing licenses or ID cards to unauthorized aliens and would end in-state tuition waivers for undocumented students. Senators Polsky, Pizzo, Smith, Jones, Berman, Osgood, and others questioned the scope of the bill, whether it would affect schools, churches, cities, nonprofits, and green-card holders, and how the 287(g) provisions would work in practice. Gruters repeatedly said the operational focus was on jails and detention facilities, not street-level enforcement. A major point of controversy was the bill’s proposed mandatory death penalty for unauthorized aliens convicted of certain capital offenses. Senator Fine said the covered crimes were the most serious capital felonies, including murder, child sexual battery, destructive-device offenses causing death, and certain trafficking offenses, and argued the provision was intended to withstand constitutional challenge. Senator Pizzo raised Eighth Amendment concerns and questioned whether the bill could mandate death sentences. The tuition waiver provisions also drew extended debate: Fine said the state would save about $41 million by ending discounted tuition for undocumented students, while Democrats argued the savings would not return to general revenue and that the policy would harm students who are already enrolled. Fine and Gruters said green-card holders would not be affected and that the bill targeted only students in the country illegally. The discussion also covered appropriations and implementation. Senator Smith asked about the bill’s large funding levels, and Fine broke down the spending as including $375 million for the chief immigration officer, $100 million in grants to local law enforcement, $29 million for the new Office of State Immigration Enforcement, and $10 million for an unauthorized-alien transport program. Gruters said the funds would reimburse local governments and help address staffing shortages, while critics questioned the lack of benchmarks and the fiscal impact. No final vote or disposition on the bill appears in the transcript excerpt.

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• In this, in the regular session and the special session.
• If we cared about the safety of children, this special session, the last special session, would have
• Every session and every special session I served in meant a tearful, painful, divisive battle that intended
• Here in the Capitol, men have been coming into my bathroom for this session and last session, and clearly
• I made this clear this past session when we laid out the bill in the regular session and I will state

Bills: HB7, SB 8

Keywords: abortion, healthcare, jurisdiction, civil action, qui tam, prohibition, state law, sex designation, restroom access, civil penalties, private civil right of action, women's privacy

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• Some of the things that we're going to be looking to in this legislative session is every 10 years, we
• Uh, last legislative session, you may remember the House Bill 8 within the community colleges for the
• Uh, for, uh, our interim session.
• Uh, that is one of the priorities, uh, that, uh, we are pursuing this session.
• You probably also have heard about the value of Tufts that was approved in last session.

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• I Thought the voices that you brought in during this 30-day session were outstanding.
• It's just this is very one of the disappointing things that this session did.
• This is one of the good things that could come out of this session. Mr.
• We took a little bit of heat this session.
• So today marks the end of New Mexico's 57th legislative session.

Bills: SB273, SB37, SB100

Keywords: SB273, appropriations, general fund, hold harmless, local government finance, municipal revenue, county revenue, correctional facility, jail contract, private prison, detention facility, immigration detention, revenue bonds, clawback, child welfare, juvenile justice, protective services, school improvement, New MexiCare, aging services

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• So far this legislative session, bills have been heard on data centers that have been giving them faster
• So far this legislative session, bills have been heard on data centers that have been giving them faster
• So far this legislative session, bills have been heard on data centers that have been giving them faster
• So far this legislative session, bills have been heard on data centers that have been giving them faster
• So far this legislative session, bills have been heard on data centers that have been giving them faster

Keywords: 1183, house

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• . >> And that next thing will be going back into executive session.
• So just so back into executive session.
• We need to go into executive session to discuss another matter, and so I'll entertain that motion. >>
• Chairman, I move we go into executive session to consider a personnel matter. >> Second. >> This is not
• We are in executive session. [Music] Here we

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The meeting began with a procedural motion to defer consideration of Miss White’s motion to dismiss until a later date to be set in a forthcoming scheduling order. The motion was seconded and approved unanimously. The chair then announced that a motion to compel and postpone was granted, moving the hearing date to December 2 and directing that a scheduling order be issued promptly to outline the schedule leading up to that hearing. At the request of a member, the chair also stated that both parties would be held to the terms of the scheduling order and that filings made outside of compliance would not be considered. No separate action was required on that point because the chair said it would be included in the order. The committee then took a 10-minute break and announced it would return at 11:45 and go into executive session. A motion was made and seconded to enter executive session to review a complaint, and after some clarification that it was not a personnel matter, the motion was approved. The body then entered executive session.

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• Senator Sessions. Senator Price is here. Senator Sessions. Senator Stewart is here. Senator Weber.
• Senator Sessions. Senator Stewart. Senator Weaver. Senator Williams. Senator Allen.
• Got a second by Senator Sessions from Mobile. Any further discussion? Senator Sessions from Mobile.
• Senator Sessions. Senator Stewart. Hi. Senator Weaver. Senator Williams. Senator Allen. Hi.
• Senator Sessions. Senator Stewart. Abstain. Senator Weaver. Senator Williams. Senator Allen. Hi.

Bills: HB323, SB271, SB295

Keywords: electric utility, transportation, oversize vehicles, transport permits, state highway system, SB271, Alabama, municipalities, city fees, town fees, franchise fees, utility franchise, natural gas, manufactured gas, gas utility, public streets, public places, right-of-way, municipal consent, gross receipts tax

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• Session for the Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight.
• attended the hearing or how you voted on a particular piece of legislation when we do take an executive session
• They're called up in the state to the House chamber for our session.
• I'm here to testify in support of two bills that have filed this session.
• How many sessions of Cambridge are at Malden currently? Do you know?

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The committee opened by explaining new attendance and public-testimony procedures, including that testimony would be recorded, livestreamed, and generally made public, with possible redactions for sensitive material. The chairs also noted that no committee rules were being formally adopted yet and that no votes would be taken during the hearing. Senator Collins briefly emphasized the committee’s oversight role on land takings and Article 97 issues, including concerns about proposed regulatory changes and the legislature’s constitutional role. The first major bill discussed was H. 3324, concerning the former Christos site on Crescent Street in Brockton and a proposed transfer of state-owned land from DCAM. Representative Michelle DuBois, Representative Rita Mendes, Mayor Sullivan, the Metro South Chamber’s Chris Cooney, Catholic Charities’ Larry Mayne, and Brockton planning director Rob May all supported the bill, describing the parcel as long vacant and arguing it should be reused for a mixed-use project with Catholic Charities, including affordable/workforce housing, an early education center, food pantry, workforce development, and language classes. Several speakers said the project would help retain Catholic Charities in Brockton and bring tax revenue and community services. DuBois outlined expected amendments, including moving one parcel into a municipal sale partnership and changing a “shall” to “may” regarding a right-turn lane. Some members raised questions about whether a deed transfer to a nonprofit was preferable to a long-term lease and about affordability definitions, but the bill was generally supported. Representative Connolly then testified on two Cambridge bills: H. 3308, relating to the Riverside Boat Club and a reconfigured DCR parcel boundary to support a lease with no loss of public space, and H. 3309, which would facilitate access to justice by preserving consideration of a vacant former probate court site for future court use. Senator DiDomenico supported the Riverside Boat Club measure and the broader goal of restoring court access in Cambridge. Members discussed accessibility, possible future court configurations, and the site’s prior use as an emergency shelter. The committee then heard testimony on S. 2217/H. 2108 concerning Columbia Point and access around the UMass/Bayside area. Harbor Point residents, including Orlando Perrella, Michael Corcoran, Richard Fulham, and Miles Byrne, described severe traffic congestion, emergency-access concerns, and frustration with the UMass Building Authority’s handling of the site and prior community commitments. Senator Collins said the committee should consider seeking an SJC opinion, and possibly an Attorney General opinion, on Article 97 and public-access rights. After the in-person testimony concluded, the committee attempted to reach remaining virtual witnesses on S. 2217 but did not receive testimony. With no further witnesses, the committee adjourned without taking any votes.

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• We're in the fourth of the last weeks of the session, um, and just wrapping up the last of four floor
• sessions this week.
• So the bulk of the work that we're doing this session will be completed at the end of next week.
• Today we finished the session with a, uh, human services bill from Senator John Hoffman.
• I know it's nothing extraordinary to see a lot of amendments in a floor session like today's.

Keywords: 918, senate, all

Summary: Senate leaders said they were in the final weeks of session, moving long days of floor and finance work focused on priorities they described as affecting Minnesotans’ cost of living, safety, and security. They said next week would bring major packages to the floor, including public safety, health and human services, Metro Surge, and a gun violence package, while negotiations continued with House leaders and the administration. They also highlighted a human services bill from Sen. John Hoffman as the final item completed that day. A major topic was the Senate’s response to H.R. 1, which leaders said would require about $1 billion in state budget adjustments to avoid federal penalties and Medicaid losses. They said the proposal would address federal compliance issues, support hospitals such as HCMC and other distressed providers through uncompensated care funding, and include food support for SNAP-related needs, food shelves, food grants, and prepared food. They also emphasized system modernization, especially IT upgrades, as both an implementation and anti-fraud measure. Leaders said several items appeared to have bipartisan support, including HCMC relief, the Office of the Inspector General, bonding, and IT modernization. They said they were arranging a meeting with House and Senate leaders and the governor to work through bonding differences, but noted that IT modernization and HCMC were unlikely to be financed through general obligation bonds this year. They also said the Senate would take up a bill on prediction markets after Sen. Klein’s recent platform suspension, describing the issue as a violation of platform rules and saying the chamber may need updated rules or statutes. In response to a question about an elections bill provision, they said the measure reaffirmed that a president should serve only two terms and that the language had moved through the normal committee process.