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• If you must take a call, please step outside of the committee room.

Bills: HR2 , HR37 , HR61 , HCR11 , HCR64 , HB89 , HB183 , HB341 , HB371 , HB451 , HB480 , HB520 , HB541 , HB579 , HB597 , HB816 , HB1004 , HB1064 , HB1165 , SB44

Committee: House Judiciary

Keywords: transparency, accountability, Justice Department, FBI, Jeffrey Epstein, victim protection, investigation, public trust, HR37, House Resolution 37, Honduras veterans, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, military medal, veteran recognition, Congress memorialization, U.S. veterans, foreign deployment, 1981 to 1992, military service awards, combat support

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• It's a privilege to be able to accept the emergencies that do come in.
• And if there's an elephant in the room, it's that one.
• Before he could take the scan, he had to make a visit to the emergency room because he kept getting dizzy
• In 2020, Louisiana entered a state of emergency that lasted two years.
• In 2020, Louisiana entered a state of emergency that lasted two years.

Bills: HB414 , HB786 , HB1041 , HB1052 , HB1118 , HB1139 , HB1182 , HB1185 , HB1214 , HB1217 , HB1231 , SR63 , SCR27 , SB5 , SB194 , SB415 , SB433 , SB451 , SB462 , SB516

Committee: House Health and Welfare

Keywords: healthcare, criminal convictions, employment, background checks, prohibited offenses, Medicaid, claim payments, extrapolation, provider audits, medical freedom, discrimination, access, medical intervention, child protection, confidentiality, multidisciplinary teams, child advocacy centers, public records, investigations, hospital

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• And I can tell you by looking around this room, I'm guessing there are several people in this room that

Bills: HB4338 , HB3977 , HB2100 , HB2975 , HB3056 , HB3406 , HB3720 , HB4316 , HB3405 , HB1907 , HB3142 , HB3173 , HB3270 , HB3728 , HB2440 , HB2596 , HB3466 , HB3469 , HB4338 , HB3977 , HB2100 , HB2975 , HB3056 , HB3406 , HB3720 , HB4316 , HB3405 , HB1907 , HB3142 , HB3173 , HB3270 , HB3728 , HB2440 , HB2596 , HB3466 , HB3469

Committees: House Energy , House Energy and Natural Resources Oversight

Keywords: HB4338, Oklahoma Brine Development Act, brine unitization, produced water, produced water unit, oil and gas wastewater, produced water recycling, reclaimed water, constituent elements, brine rights, solution gas, Corporation Commission, unitization, royalty interests, surface owner, oil and gas produced water, recycling and reuse, wastewater disposal, mineral extraction, lithium extraction

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• doing construction on a historical building that needs a lot of artistic elements in it, like this room
• And if I'm understanding it right, when we go back and take this room with your example, if we need to
• And I apologize; in this room, it's a little hard for me to hear.
• intervention using prescribed approved techniques, quickly respond to physical assaults, riots, and other emergency
• we've done over the years and y'all have heard my complaints on OMES and enough so I'm not gonna badd room

Bills: SB134 , SB1356 , SB1407 , SB1611 , SB1639 , SB169 , SB1722 , SB182 , SB1870 , SB2039 , SB432 , SB609 , SB715 , SB716

Committee: Senate Retirement and Government Resources

Keywords: retirement, public employees, reemployment, benefit adjustment, Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System, state government, OMES, Office of Management and Enterprise Services, Department of Labor, Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Rehabilitation Services, civil service, human capital management, state employee disputes, whistleblower, veterans employment, veterans placement, fleet management, state fleet, motor vehicles

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• Costs are rising, and more patients are showing up in emergency rooms, and recent federal policy changes
• A patient was admitted to Harborview from the emergency room in July 2024 and received inpatient care
• At the emergency room, she declined opiates.
• A rural emergency hospital is allowed to provide emergency department services, observation care, and
• Currently, there are no rural emergency hospital-designated facilities in the state.

Bills: SB5845 , SB5916 , SB6102 , SB6071 , SB6103 , SB6159 , SB5877 , SB5967 , SB5904 , SB5915 , SB6025

Committee: Senate Health & Long-Term Care

Keywords: health insurance, health carrier, insurance carrier, prompt pay, timely payment, claims processing, clean claim, remittance advice, provider reimbursement, hospital billing, medical billing, prior authorization, claims denial, interest on late claims, administrative penalty, Washington insurance commissioner, RCW 48, public employees benefits board, school employees benefits board, Medicaid managed care

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• . >> Bill 144: emergency medical transport providers assessment sunset. >> If you will, we'll move that
• That's where we were in 2026. $600,000 to the North Alabama Public Energy District, $750,000 to the Emergency
• &gt;&gt; Bill<00:20:25.280><c> 144,</c><00:20:26.080><c> emergency</c><00:20:26.640><c> medical</c><00
• :20:27.120><c> transport</c> &gt;&gt; Bill 144, emergency medical transport &gt;&gt; Bill 144, emergency

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

Committee: House Ways and Means General Fund

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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• requests unanimous consent that the bill that the The vote on the bill is considered, the vote on the emergency
• Seeing no changes, I declare Senate Bill 1465 to have passed as an emergency measure. Mr.
• The vote on the bill... the emergency, giving those the right to change their vote who so desire.
• Seeing no changes, I declare Senate Bill 206 to have passed as an emergency measure. Mr. Leader...
• Leader, members, we will do full appropriations in room 535 at 2:30 to 5:35.

Bills: SB1465 , SB2110 , SB1771 , SB206 , SB1584 , SB1386 , SB1696 , SB1806 , SB1428 , SB1390 , SB1381 , SB201 , SB1778 , SB1332 , SB1836 , SB1369 , SB1794 , SB1290 , SB175 , SB1379

Keywords: professional engineers, surveyors, licensure board, sunset extension, state board, occupational licensing, engineering license, surveying license, professional regulation, regulatory board, sunset review, emergency clause, Oklahoma O.S. 59, board appointments, lay member, SB2110, eggs, ungraded eggs, graded eggs, egg sales

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• The difference between another tragedy and prevention may be the decision you make in this room together
• The people that have the power to prevent the next tragedy are right in this room.
• I'm... ...in this room.

Bills: S2743 , S2861 , S3021

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security

Keywords: domestic violence, police training, suspicious deaths, homicide investigation, victim support, school bus safety, commission, student safety, operator training, safety standards, Legislative oversight, public health, student transportation, school bus, school pupil transportation, pupil transport, child passenger safety, school van, transportation contractor, motor vehicle safety

Bills: SB1202 , SB1287 , SB1418 , SB1785 , SCM1007

Committees: House Natural Resources, Energy & Water , House House Natural Resources, Energy & Water Committee of Reference

Keywords: groundwater, water conservation, Arizona water resources, drought management, water quality, irrigation, active management area, domestic use, stock watering, water rights, small modular reactors, energy regulation, environmental compatibility, utility construction, agricultural use, industrial users, water storage, recovery well, Arizona Revised Statutes, water management

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• </c> skirt the law, they're using emergency skirt the law, they're using emergency rules.<00:12:05.760
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• Well, it's saying only emergency is—it's the way I'm getting it—is that it's only emergency rules that
• emergency rule is.
• </c> proactive and for an an emergency proactive and for an an emergency happens<00:20:10.880><c> and

Bills: HB59 , SB15 , SB96 , SB104 , SB137

Committee: Senate Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development

Keywords: public accountancy, CPA licensing, board regulations, educational prerequisites, electronic notifications, firm registration, assignment, creditors, insolvency, liquidation, assignee, secured transaction, bankruptcy, state law, voluntary process, distribution of assets, emergency rules, governor certification, state regulations, public safety

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• Because I don't know, is that back room type stuff? No, I’m trying...

Bills: SB174 , SB180 , HB196 , HB25 , SB193 , HB25

Committee: Senate County and Municipal Government

Keywords: business taxes, annual reports, Alabama Tax Tribunal, tax appeals, local government, media monitoring, government contracts, state agencies, local agencies, media regulations, transparency, juvenile detention, county management, legal procedures, juvenile justice, county commission, supervision, administration, emergency services, local districts

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• They've seen a tremendous burden on our emergency room departments, on our law enforcement, on the increased
• room departments and possibly offering them more clinically appropriate care.
• They've seen a tremendous burden on our emergency room departments, on our law enforcement, on the increased
• room departments and possibly offering them more clinically appropriate care.
• They've seen a tremendous burden on our emergency room departments, on our law enforcement, on the increased

Bills: SB511 , SB512 , HB591 , HB909 , HB938 , HB1154 , HB1187

Committee: Senate Insurance

Keywords: automobile repairs, insurance transparency, repair shop liability, non-OEM parts, policyholder rights, automobile insurance, appraisal process, insurance policyholders, dispute resolution, claim valuation, family leave, insurance, paid leave, employment benefits, caregiver support, behavioral health, crisis services, mental health care, insurance coverage, healthcare access

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• Emergency and Military Affairs to establish and secure a dedicated communications channel for critical
• and prohibits, beginning July 1, 2027, a peace officer from transporting a person from a hospital emergency
• the person cannot be safely apprehended without an officer's assistance, or a person requests the emergency
• the person cannot be safely apprehended without an officer's assistance, or a person requests the emergency
• up to $500, and adds the Speaker of the House and the Senate President as recipients of regional emergency

Bills: HB2134 , HB2253 , HB2270 , HB2402 , HB2404 , HB2673 , HB2941

Committees: Senate Public Safety , Senate Senate Public Safety Committee of Reference

Keywords: critical infrastructure, foreign adversaries, China, communications, security, law enforcement, disciplinary action, administrative appeals, investigative files, due process, retaliation, county seal, law enforcement authority, sheriff's posse, public safety, county governance, ambulance services, certificate of necessity, emergency medical services, state regulations

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• Participants here in the room, we are going to have a lot of folks coming up to testify.
• in order to get into the Zoom room.
• Worthington is not present in the Zoom room.
• Studies point to a sharp uptick in heart- and lung-related emergency room visits during and after wildfires
• The two of you in the remote room will be on deck.

Bills: SB5919 , SB5816 , SJM8015 , HB2737

Committee: House Agriculture & Natural Resources

Keywords: fire safety, insurance incentives, best practices, community protection, voluntary measures, juice grapes, agriculture, commerce, state regulation, market access, federal response, wildfire protection, community safety, infrastructure, natural resources, commercial shellfish, shellfish fees, Department of Health, biotoxin testing, export certificate

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• You just see the tip of the iceberg here in this room. The tip of the iceberg here in this room.
• If I educate, I’ve raised two children; many people in this room have raised children.

Bills: HB285 , HB317

Committee: House Children and Senior Advocacy

Keywords: HB285, TJ's Law, traffic infraction, traffic ticket, uniform traffic ticket and complaint, minor driver, juvenile driver, parent notification, guardian notification, emergency contact, law enforcement, citing agency, traffic citation, driver safety, youth safety, Alabama traffic law, Section 12-12-56, Children and Senior Advocacy, House Judiciary, reasonable effort

Bills: HF2393 , HF2052 , HF2218 , HF2307 , HF2003 , HF2366 , HSB725 , HF2078 , HSB554 , HSB676 , HSB717 , HF2270 , HSB718 , HF2306 , HSB746 , HF332 , HF460 , HSB680 , HF2051 , HSB677 , HF2187 , HSB719 , HF2123 , HF2451 , HF621 , HSB608 , HSB683 , HSB735

Committee: Joint Education

Keywords: education savings account, general fund, school districts, funding flexibility, teacher salary, professional development, preschool, education, community-based providers, instruction, school district agreements, special education, classroom cameras, video surveillance, school safety, student privacy, FERPA, Iowa school districts, charter schools, innovation zone schools

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• We ask your blessings upon every member of this committee and every person that's in this room, that
• We ask your blessings upon every member of this committee and every person that's in this room, that
• We ask your blessings upon every member of this committee and every person that's in this room, that
• We ask your blessings upon every member of this committee and every person that's in this room, that
• Well, thank you for those comments, and I say the representatives here from APOS, they're in the room

Bills: HB461 , HB465 , HB469 , HB473 , SB94 , SB303 , HB461 , HB465 , HB469 , HB473 , SB94 , SB303

Committee: House Public Safety and Homeland Security

Keywords: fundraising, Alabama Educational Television, state authority, public broadcasting, legislation influence, emergency management, public funds, educational materials, promotional materials, state agency, ambulance services, balance billing, health insurance, emergency transportation, reimbursement rates, water recreation, public access, water bodies, recreational use, water commissions

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• I started driving in the emergency. Which state? New York. New York. New York.
• I started driving in an emergency. I started ambulance work when I was about 16.
• These are the answers we get when we arrive on scene commonly at a 9-1-1 emergency.
• All right, after being told multiple times that Senator Dunn has entered the room.
• All right, after being told multiple times that Senator Dunn has entered the room.

Bills: SB1176 , SB1186 , SB1235 , SB1286 , SB1446 , SB1458 , SB1515 , SB1616 , SB1641 , SB1668 , SB1670 , SB1678 , SB1747 , SB1787

Committee: Senate Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency

Keywords: stormwater, water storage, replenishment credits, groundwater, aquifer, Arizona Revised Statutes, disclosure, state contracts, procurement records, donations, transparency, EMS, reciprocity, interstate compact, paramedics, emergency medical technicians, licensure, public safety, military personnel, veterinary telemedicine

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• If we have engineers in the room, they will tell you how difficult it is to change an 85th percentile
• If we have engineers in the room, they will tell you how difficult it is to change an 85th percentile
• How much emergency access must be compromised before leadership steps in and chooses to act?
• Is Steve Murphy in the room? I’m here. Come forward, please. Please proceed. All right, folks.
• And it has an emergency clause to effectuate that. Senator King, our Ranking Member. Thank you, Mr.

Bills: SJM8016 , SB6230 , SB5234 , SB6081 , SB6265 , SB6170 , SB6131 , SB6155 , SB6176 , SB6238 , SB6253 , SB6311 , SB6032 , SB6262

Committee: Senate Transportation

Keywords: bridge repair, infrastructure, emergency funding, transportation, public safety, cash transactions, pennies, currency, economic efficiency, financial regulation, snowmobile, snowmobile registration, vehicle registration fees, registration fee, Department of Licensing, DOL, recreational vehicles, winter recreation, vintage snowmobile, parks and recreation

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• political subdivisions and municipal corporations that provide fire prevention, suppression, and emergency
• That provide fire prevention, suppression, and emergency medical services within the bounds of their
• The bill contains an emergency clause, and a fiscal note was not requested.
• It's a voter-approved fire and emergency department with seven elected board members or commissioners
• When he was taken to the emergency room, it was found that he had fentanyl and cocaine in his system.

Bills: SB5820 , SB6064 , SB6077 , SB6101 , SB6013 , SB6066

Committee: Senate Local Government

Keywords: freight rail, rail corridor, short-line railroad, rail-dependent uses, industrial land use, growth management act, GMA, comprehensive plan, transportation element, land use planning, local government, county planning, city planning, critical areas, agricultural lands, forest lands, mineral resource lands, urban growth area, development regulations, notice on permits