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• Uh<00:09:42.000> line<00:09:42.280> 419, Uh line 419, Uh line 419, uh<00:09:43.880>
• Uh moving next to<00:09:56.040> line<00:09:56.320> 421, to line 421, to line 421, Uh,<00
• starting on line uh, 571. starting on line uh, 571.
• Um, line 621. the Department of Health. Um, line 621.
• next to line 629. next to line 629.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Feasibility review passed on a party-line vote and is on third-read consent.
• It passed party-line out of Laura committee. I'm happy to answer any questions.
• It passed out of FAME, essentially on a party-line vote.
• It passed party line out of laura committee. I'm happy to answer any questions.
• It passed out of FAME, essentially on a party-line vote.

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The meeting was a caucus review of a large calendar of Senate bills, with members mainly hearing short titles, committee vote counts, and whether bills were on consent or pulled for further discussion. Many measures were reported out on party-line or split votes and several were flagged to be removed from consent, especially bills involving artificial intelligence content verification, public benefits eligibility, gender transition procedures liability, health insurance reimbursement for vaccines, light rail feasibility review, public employees merit hiring, public records fees, virtual currency payments, tax conformity, undocumented immigrants and financial services, central bank digital currency, and public monies investment in trust currency. The caucus also discussed a number of education, public safety, child welfare, health, and regulatory bills. These included measures on school communications, bullying liability, AED training, classroom management, school safety reporting, DCS procedures, fingerprinting at behavioral health facilities, probation conditions, missing children reporting, sex offender monitoring, crimes against children probation monitoring, and domestic violence release conditions. Several members raised objections or concerns about specific bills, including mandatory sentencing, religious sectarian law language, concealed weapons notice repeal, and a bill on death sentence by firing squad, with some members asking to pull those bills from consent. A final topic was a blue-sheet Senate amendment to HB 2874 on campaign committee termination statements and penalties. Rhonda explained the Senate changes would void penalties for committees with no contributions or expenditures, retroactive to December 2021, but noted the Senate did not secure enough votes for the emergency clause. Members asked about the rationale, the Secretary of State’s position, and the amount of outstanding penalties. The chair later announced that the Senate amendment was being refused, so the bill would not receive final passage that day and would instead be sent back for further action or conference.

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• On line 48 for the new local food purchasing... line 34 for the agree livestock line 34 for the agree
• On line uh 45 uh there's a 2627.
• Um, so on line the spreadsheet.
• fund as well on line fund as well on line 93.<00:20:33.039> On<00:20:33.280> line<
• line 1.28 for state veteran cemeteries. line 1.28 for state veteran cemeteries.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• It starts on R1 line 60.25 through R18 line 80.3.
• It starts on R1 line 60.25 through R18 line 80.3.
• 60.25 through R18 line 80.3. 60.25 through R18 line 80.3.
• 60.25 through R18 line 80.3, say aye.
• on R1 line 60.25 25 through R18 line on R1 line 60.25 25 through R18 line 80.3.<00:01:43.040>

Keywords: 1183, house

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• On page five, line 127, and also line 133. Line 127 and also line 133, and line 224.
• Yes, ma'am, it is on our line numbers. Yes ma'am, it is on our line numbers.
• After looking back at the average payouts of these line of duty Average payouts of these line of duty
• line of duty. could be considered line of duty.
• Mine may be on the same line as Representative Brace. the same line as Representative Brace.

Bills: HB227, HB255, HB465, HB472, HB482, HB483, HB526, HB529, HB484

Keywords: firefighter benefits, occupational disease, line of duty, disability pension, death benefits, retirement benefits, hypertension, heart disease, respiratory disease, cancer presumption, HIV, hepatitis, municipal firefighters, state firefighters, fire districts, workers' compensation, public safety employees, post-retirement benefits, benefit eligibility cutoff, occupational illness

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• That's on line 12.
• That's on line 12.
• That's on line 12.
• Um, on line point.
• That's on line 408.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• There are hundreds of miles of unmapped water lines, lines that when struck can cause massive headaches
• So that could be something like there's no tracer wire on that line, the operator of the line locator
• we hit the abandoned line, we.
• And a line strike contaminates the water in that line. So it's an awful thing to happen.
• But lines have to be located.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• Uh, where's that line drawn?
• Uh, where's that line drawn?
• Uh, where's that line drawn?
• Uh, where's that line drawn?
• That line drawn?

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Uh<00:08:46.520> line<00:08:46.760> 308 Uh line 308 Uh line 308 um is<00:08:51.160>
• Um Um Um Line<00:18:59.160> 522 Line 522 Line 522 is<00:19:01.120> an<00:19:01.240
• Line<00:19:19.680> 526 Line 526 Line 526 is<00:19:21.600> missing<00:19:22.040> part
• on line 544. on line 544.
• the next line is 660. the next line is 660.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• We added lease costs on line 7.
• On line 25, we added to that for insurance and compensation $270,000 a year ongoing and on line 26 additional
• We added on line 52, $31,000 for insurance and compensation, and on line 53, a small amount for lease
• Sections 1 and 2, which go from line 16 through line 24, are Representative Feist's House File 1.
• It ends on page 9 at line 4.

Bills: HF2300

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• c><00:33:03.600> of to go through line by line on all of to go through line by line on all of
• by line.
• Page nine, line three. Page nine, line three.
• I will not offer page four, line one. The next line and page four, line 20.
• page nine line three. page nine line three.

Bills: HB0130, HB0147

Keywords: Second Amendment, firearms, state rights, federal regulation, law enforcement, civil penalties, government liability, property tax, homeowner exemption, Wyoming, voter initiative, tax legislation, 916, all

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• And then on line 27, replace line 273 on page 10 with the following.
• And then on line 27, replace line 273 on page 10 with the following.
• And then on line 27, replace line 273 on page 10 with the following.
• And then on line 27, replace line 273 on page 10 with the following.
• And then on line 27, replace line 273 on page 10 with the following.

Bills: SB146, SB143, SB144, SB145, HB224, SB152, SB153, SB154, SB162, SB226, SB146, SB143, SB144, SB145, HB224, SB152, SB153, SB154, SB162, SB226

Keywords: supplemental appropriation, FY2025 budget, general fund, Alabama State Board of Public Accountancy, Unified Judicial System, court automation, advanced technology and data exchange, judiciary funding, transportation debt service, highway bonds, bridge bonds, Alabama Department of Transportation, ALDOT, public highways, federal matching funds, state appropriations, bond principal and interest, special funds, budget amendment, SB143

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• Turner just walked through the first few lines, lines 5 through 21.
• next page, lines 29 through 31.
• , walked through the the first few lines, walked through the the first few lines, lines<00:14:43.560
• lines 5 through 21. lines 5 through 21.
• Line Line Line 33<00:15:45.720> is<00:15:46.079> the<00:15:46.880> uh<00:15:47.000

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• All of the bolder lines are different categories of transmission lines that we've identified through
• That's almost 9,000 line miles.
• just over 2,300 line workers.
• Our line is very crooked. What? ...for sure, in infrastructure. Our line is very crooked.
• build it in a straight line.

Summary: The Joint Committee on Energy Supply, Energy Conservation, and Energy Resilience opened by electing Senator Shoemake as chair and Representative Alex Ibarra as vice chair. Members then moved into a series of work sessions focused on data centers, transmission, and workforce needs tied to Washington’s clean energy and grid planning challenges. Kate Bruns and Glenn Blackman presented preliminary findings from the governor’s Data Center work group, created under Executive Order 25-05. They said the group met for six months, received more than 1,000 public comments, and included representatives from agencies, industry, tribes, labor, utilities, environmental groups, and research institutions. The presenters emphasized that data centers are expected to be the largest source of load growth over the next five to ten years, creating concerns about grid capacity, ratepayer impacts, forecasting, water use, backup generation, and compatibility with Washington’s energy and climate laws. They described nine recommendations, including protecting existing energy and climate policy, improving forecasting, seeking more clean power and transmission, and encouraging flexible data center operations. A proposed tax incentive change that would have expanded eligibility while tying the exemption to new clean electricity sources narrowly failed in the work group. Members asked about tribal consultation, cooling technologies, and local benefits from data centers; the presenters said tribal consultation was ongoing and a final report would follow. Keegan Moyer of West Tech then outlined a regional transmission study showing major strain on the Western grid from load growth, electrification, resiliency needs, and limited transmission capacity. He said the 10-year study identified about 12,000 line miles of needed projects across the West, with roughly $56 billion in estimated costs, including planned projects, reliability upgrades, and new interregional transfer projects. He stressed that many projects are upgrades within existing rights-of-way, but new corridors are still needed, and he previewed recommendations on permitting, equipment procurement, cost allocation, and project sponsorship. In response to questions, he discussed the difficulty of crossing jurisdictional “seams,” the role of federal coordination, landowner compensation, eminent domain as a last resort, and the limited role of public financing beyond a federal GRIP grant. Stephanie Scott of Commerce presented the transmission workforce study, which focuses on substation technicians, line workers, and line clearance tree trimmers. She said current workforce levels are far below what will be needed under a clean energy expansion scenario, and that active projects are essential because apprenticeship training depends on thousands of hours of hands-on work. She highlighted barriers such as high upfront CDL and pre-apprenticeship costs, the need for wraparound supports, and the importance of expanding access for women, people of color, and tribal communities. Members asked about tribal utility apprenticeship programs, utility-run training pipelines, and whether the study included funding sources; Scott said the report would include an inventory of apprenticeship programs and tribal considerations, but revenue ideas were outside the study scope. Finally, Brant Johnson of Grid United described the North Plains Connector as a case study in large transmission development. He said the project, a 420-mile, 3,000-megawatt HVDC line connecting Montana and North Dakota, has relied on early stakeholder engagement, route changes, tribal consultation, and coordinated federal and state permitting to reduce risk and shorten timelines. He said the project aims for permits by the end of 2026 and construction beginning in 2028, with an earliest commercial operation date of 2032. In response to questions, he discussed the challenges of crossing regional seams, interconnection queues, land acquisition and compensation, eminent domain, and financing, noting that the project is primarily privately financed with a $700 million federal grant covering a portion of costs.

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• Annual on or before June 30th and audited... lines 227 through 228 on page 9 with the lines 227 through
• lines 613 on page 22 with the following. lines 613 on page 22 with the following.
• Replace lines replace line 641 on 19B.
• Replace lines replace line 641 on page<00:11:39.440> 23<00:11:39.760> with<00:11:39.920
• in line.

Bills: HB415, HB419, SB219, SB170

Keywords: police abuse registry, law enforcement registry, officer assault, assault on police, resisting arrest, battery on law enforcement, law enforcement injury fund, Back the Blue Act, Attorney General, clemency, pardon, commutation, rehabilitation costs, medical costs, public safety, criminal records, background checks, registry removal fee, privacy, due process

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• On line 110, there's a MNSBIR.
• On line 115, there is fund.
• On line 237, there's a 2627.
• in fiscal year 26 on line 126. in fiscal year 26 on line 126.
• mediation services on line 119. mediation services on line 119.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• So, uh, those should be zero on the governor's line on page on line 3073.
• line on page<01:04:16.960> on<01:04:17.119> line<01:04:17.400> 3073.
• Line account.
• just going to point out the last line. just going to point out the last line.
• 36, excuse me, on lines 36.20 to 36.22. 36, excuse me, on lines 36.20 to 36.22.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• I didn't put that line item in.
• So we would zero out the commissioner's salary equity line and then increase the operating expenses line
• item as opposed to the operating line.
• So the issue becomes reconciling that the equity line with the operational line.
• the Veterans Affairs line item.

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The committee took up Senate Bill 2025, the Veterans Home/Veterans Affairs budget, and worked through the long sheet line by line. Members discussed base payroll, salary and health insurance increases, FTE pool adjustments, IT rate increases, operating expenses, transportation grants, the PTSD service dog program, salary equity requests, temporary help/intern funding, a Veterans Benefit Specialist FTE, accrued leave, and several one-time or carryover items including the Fisher House, document scanning, and veterans medical transportation. The committee also reviewed proposed policy language that would shift governance authority for the Veterans Home and Department of Veterans Affairs from the Administrative Committee on Veterans Affairs to the governor, and would remove board authority over salary-setting and related hiring powers. A major portion of the meeting focused on clarifying the commissioner salary equity line and how the agency had shifted operating dollars to fund the commissioner’s current salary increase. After discussion with agency staff and Lonnie, the committee voted to remove the separate commissioner salary equity increase line and instead restore operating funding, ultimately setting the operating line at $50,000 above the prior amount rather than fully funding the executive request. The committee also approved funding for the Veterans Benefit Specialist FTE, approved a carryforward/exemption for accrued leave, approved authority to accept $200,000 in federal transportation grant funds, approved the $500,000 transfers related to veterans homelessness, and approved the exemption language for certain federal/state fiscal recovery funds after discussing whether the funds were properly obligated. On the governance amendment, members expressed concern about making a major policy change in an appropriations bill, but also frustration over the board’s salary actions. After debate, the committee adopted the amendment transferring governance authority to the governor by a 7-1 vote. The committee also approved a smaller amount for veteran service officer salary equity than requested, and rejected funding for temporary salaries and an intern. The chair then directed staff to prepare the amended bill for further action, with the committee planning to revisit it once the revised version was ready.

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• On line 176, we have the governor's operating adjustment; on line 196, we have the governor's...
• On line 275...
• Lines, the last two lines, but the funding for the rules is in there at the governor's level.
• On line 542 is a no-cost item.
• Line 701 is a nursing.

Bills: HF2434

Keywords: healthcare, personal care assistance, worker retention, disability services, state funding

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• line five and I'm line line five and I'm line line 124 you you stated that the Department 124 you you
• says line 24 12 124 exactly what that says line 24 12 124 exactly what that says line 24 12 124 now 124
• educator and knowing somewhere lines educator and knowing somewhere lines many lines we have many lines
• lines lines 193 it's replacing lines 193 through 195 193 it's replacing lines 193 through 195 193 it's
• wrong okay so are you saying lines lines wrong okay so are you saying lines lines wrong okay so are

Keywords: 1136, house, all