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• And may I explain my vote? Yes, I might.
• And may I explain my vote? >> Yes. And may I explain my vote?
• received 17 yes votes, one nay vote, and received 17 yes votes, one nay vote, and three<00:49:54.480
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Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Roll Call 00:00:40 HB 500 Discussion 00:01:50 HB 500 Vote 00:38:40 HB 504 Discussion 00:41:45 HB 504 Vote 00:47:00, 958, all

Summary: The House Standing Committee on Appropriations and Revenue met to consider House Bill 500, the executive branch budget bill, and House Bill 504, the judicial branch budget bill. The chair explained that the committee substitute for HB 500 was a starting point in the budget process and that a committee amendment was needed to correct a numbers discrepancy. The amendment to PHS1 was adopted, and the committee then adopted HB 500 as amended, with one no vote and several passes; the bill was reported favorably. The committee also voted to roll the committee amendment into PHS1 so it would be considered as a single unified version. The chair gave a broad overview of HB 500, describing funding for statewide costs, a 2% salary increase in each fiscal year for executive branch employees and elected officials, and broad percentage cuts of 4% in FY27 and 3% in FY28 with many exemptions. He highlighted funding changes for education, Medicaid, health insurance for state and school employees, public safety, corrections, health and family services, postsecondary education, fire programs, tourism and parks, and several capital projects. He also noted language changes or removals that were intended to clean up the bill rather than eliminate programs, and said some items were held steady or fully funded based on current estimates. Members asked about SEEK transportation funding, the budget reserve trust fund, and why Medicaid benefits were funded below the governor’s request. The chair said the reserve included general fund and Department of Insurance restricted funds as a safeguard, with some of that money available if Medicaid costs exceed expectations. He said Medicaid benefits were held flat at FY26 levels because eligibility and utilization have declined, but the committee added reporting requirements and oversight to monitor trends. A member expressed appreciation for the SEEK increase and KEPH stability, while another voted no on HB 500 because they were still reviewing the document and believed some items were missing. The chair then said the committee would move on to HB 504, but no action on that bill is included in the excerpt.

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• want to make sure everyone knows that this meeting is streaming on the legislative website, and the materials
• Financial Estimate Committee to prepare an estimate of the financial impact of each measure to be voted
• It's a complicated topic we're going to consider, so I do not anticipate that we're going to be voting
• I think we will just be trying to digest these materials, understand them, ask questions, and confront
• That, of course, is a calculation based on past votes.

Summary: The Financial Estimate Committee met on July 6, 2026, to begin work on the financial estimate for IP 28, after reviewing the statutory process and confirming that only IP 28 had cleared the signature threshold for consideration. Staff explained the committee’s duties under ORS 250.125 and the timeline for draft statements, public hearing, and final adoption. The committee also designated Carol Moreno C. Fuentes to file the committee’s eventual statements. Staff from the Department of Administrative Services and the Legislative Revenue Office presented preliminary analysis of IP 28, describing major uncertainties in estimating impacts because the measure is not a tax law change and would affect multiple industries and government functions. Preliminary figures discussed included an estimated $56.5 million loss in the current biennium and $6.7 million in reduced expenditures, with larger projected revenue losses of roughly $244.1 million to $258 million and reduced expenditures of $30.7 million to $34.9 million in 2027–29, plus $87.8 million to $88.3 million in increased expenditures. Analysts said the biggest effects would likely involve agriculture, fish and wildlife, hunting and fishing, local government enforcement, and possible shifts in state funding, but many impacts remained difficult to quantify. Committee members raised concerns about local government costs, law enforcement and prosecution burdens, impacts on the hospitality and recreation sectors, possible effects on tribal governments and treaty rights, and whether the measure would affect shellfish and crabbing. They also discussed the Humane Transition Fund, subsidies, possible litigation costs, and whether the statement should include broader uncertainty language and multiple scenarios. Members generally agreed the draft should be revised to better reflect uncertainty, clarify assumptions, and possibly use bullets or other formatting to improve readability. No vote was taken. The committee agreed to treat the current draft as a working version, with staff to revise it based on the discussion and return an updated draft before the next meeting scheduled for July 17 at 2 p.m., with both in-person and virtual participation available.

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• made, that we feel it’s necessary to have an extension beyond one year to make sure that we make a material
• went to a substantive committee; it went straight to Appropriations, where the higher ed subcommittee voted
• leaders that are on this commission, we had universal—every single one was, you know, 100 percent votes
• So nothing came out of this commission with any kind of minority voting or minority report or anything
• We're not asking to have necessarily a vote at the table on what policies DMAS is recommending.

Keywords: Commission on Updating Virginia Law to Reflect Federal Recognition of Virginia Tribes, 976, house, all

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• The chair votes yes. Pending business, House Bill 5138.
• There being eight ayes, six nays, and one present not voting, the motion prevails.
• There being 14 ayes, zero nays, and one present not voting, the motion prevails.
• Vote, because then you just essentially got two types of houses.
• So industries that have hazardous materials, lots of them have buffer zones.

Bills: HB551, HB 1281, HB1378, HB1617, HB2868, HB2881, HB3374, HB4439, HB4726, HB4732, HB4878, HB4914, HB4921, HB4958, HB5200, HB5318, HB5360, HB5402, HB5568, HB5573, HB5623, HJR218

Keywords: political contributions, address privacy, Texas Ethics Commission, election transparency, campaign finance, international organizations, World Health Organization, jurisdiction, state law, enforcement, United Nations, World Economic Forum, attorney general, Texas attorney general, state sovereignty, legal enforcement, Texas Attorney General, electric energy storage, municipal regulation, county regulation

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• <00:50:48.400> So<00:50:49.200> sometimes<00:50:49.760> very uh material.
• So sometimes very uh material.
• Uh, let's introduce those, and when we meet in September, we will vote on them.
• like a dot on the first line from the bottom, and, uh, I think it was the meeting when we took the vote
• So uh I think uh uh minutes the vote.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee met to review its mission and to discuss recent work on a letter sent to the governor and legislative leaders regarding COVID vaccine safety and related scientific references. Members said the letter, which included 31 cited sources, had been delivered to the governor’s office, the Speaker’s office, and the Senate President’s office, and a press release had been issued. Several members defended the letter’s sourcing and urged the public to read the materials and evaluate the evidence themselves, while also acknowledging questions about the trustworthiness of some cited articles. A major portion of the meeting focused on a research assistant’s effort to use AI tools to help reconstruct and verify the committee’s 2024 COVID report with citations. She reported mixed results from Copilot and Gemini, noting that the tools often produced broad or incomplete outputs and that she would need to break the report into smaller sections and ask for more specific source types. Members advised using more precise prompts and emphasized that any AI output would still need human verification. The committee said it hoped to produce a revised, fully footnoted 2024 report by early September. The chair then outlined the committee’s fall agenda, saying it would examine long COVID treatment, the patient bill of rights as it relates to COVID vaccinations and death reporting, standards of care and professional judgment by New Hampshire health care providers, and oversight of federal COVID-related funding such as CARES Act education relief dollars. He also referenced a recent fraud case involving misuse of COVID funds and suggested the committee may ask the DOJ for information. The committee will not meet in July or August and plans to resume in September and October, with a final report targeted for the end of October. The chair also introduced a recent DNI/Tulsi Gabbard press release about U.S.-funded biolabs overseas, which members discussed as a possible transparency issue relevant to future pandemic policy.

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• Representative Collins, from voting yes to voting no.
• votes no.
• voting yes.
• Short, not voting. Mr. Schult. Mr. Shoup, not voting. Mrs. Smith, yes. Mr. Smith, not voting. Ms.
• Short, not voting. Mr. Shupe? Not voting. Mr. Shupe, not voting. Mr. Smith? Mr. Smith, not voting.

Keywords: 1064, all

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• votes yes. Representative Shea? Yes. votes yes. Representative Shea? Yes.
• The clerk votes yes. Representative >> Yes. The clerk votes yes. Representative Shea?
• votes yes. Representative Sheer? Yes. votes yes. Representative Sheer? Yes.
• Chairman votes yes. 13-0. Chairman Roy? Chairman votes yes. 13-0.
• <01:10:35.000> Representative The clerk votes yes. Representative The clerk votes yes.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Those voting yes. 27. Those voting no. Those voting yes. 27. Those voting no.
• Those voting yes 28. Those voting no two."
• "Those voting yes, 17. Those voting no, 13.
• Those voting no >> those voting yes, 17.

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• The construct the waterway, the leaching of hazardous materials into waterways, Adair, wrestle degrades
• But most of the votes are floating when they removed.
• is hazard that qualifies for rapid removal, that we can remove it quicker we can in some cases take votes
• either given up their boat or they don't want to buy another boat when they go down the register, their vote
• Recycle engine blocks lead in the bottom of the kill stainless material, aluminum asked kind of stuff

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• That was included in the materials, um.
• Voting to adopt the changes to the thresholds today will allow the Texas Ethics Commission enough time
• One I, I put this in the in the materials to the commissioners.
• So simply it's included in the materials.
• So do I have a motion to draft the, to adopt the draft opinion as written in the materials?

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• So we urge you all to vote no on this. Thank you. Representative Curry.
• I've worked on the nonpartisan election protection hotline, 866-OUR-VOTE. vote for many years.
• I appreciate this bill and I hope you vote it out favorably. Thank you.
• Members of the representative curry a quick question this 866 our vote.
• We support it and ask you to vote it out favorably. Thank you members.

Bills: HB3146, HB3719, HB3895, HB3923, HB4748, HB4751, HB4936, HB4952, HB4990, HB4991, HB5061, HB5196, HB5238, HB5246, HB5487

Keywords: State Office of Administrative Hearings, SOAH, administrative hearings, contested case, contested case hearing, administrative law judge, ALJ, final decision, proposed decision, agency hearing, hearing continuance, rescheduling, Texas administrative law, Government Code Chapter 2001, workers' compensation, Department of Human Resources, Texas Labor Code, Transportation Code, Agriculture Code, Insurance Code

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• All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote.
• All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote.
• All those vote who desire to vote, all those vote who desire to vote, all those vote who desire to vote
• All those vote. who desire to vote all those vote who desire to vote all those vote who desire to vote
• All those vote who desire to vote, all those vote who desire to vote, all those vote who desire to vote

Summary: The Assembly met after a quorum call and first dealt with a procedural dispute over four amendments to AB 1240. The Speaker ruled the amendments out of order as not germane, and the Assembly sustained that ruling on a 49-16 vote. Members then added co-authors to several consent-calendar resolutions, including measures on the National Conference of State Legislators, Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, ALS Awareness Month, and Men’s Mental Health Month, before adopting the consent calendar. The chamber also heard guest introductions, including a welcome for Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee, and took up a motion to bring AB 41 up out of file, which failed 19-48. The bulk of the meeting was floor action on a long series of bills and resolutions, many of which passed with broad bipartisan support. Measures approved included ACR 40 supporting immigrant students and FAFSA privacy; AB 917 on permanent status for certain school employees; AB 985 on anesthesia access; AB 7 and AB 42 on higher education and student services; AB 245 providing property tax relief for wildfire victims; AB 255 allowing funding for drug-free recovery housing; AB 279 updating K-12 library standards; AB 289 creating a pilot for automated speed enforcement in highway construction zones; AB 291 on an educator apprentice program; AB 327 addressing swatting; AB 340 on confidential union communications; AB 341 creating an oral health technical assistance center for people with disabilities; AB 356 on San Diego health care infrastructure; AB 410 on bot disclosure; AB 476 on copper theft enforcement; AB 477 on educator pay targets; AB 485 on stolen wages and business licensing; AB 487, the insurance committee’s technical omnibus bill; AB 573 on tobacco retail license fees; AB 598 on school mapping technology; AB 635 on mobile home law enforcement referrals; AB 651 on remote participation for incarcerated parents in dependency hearings; AB 654 on homelessness hotline assistance in Los Angeles County; AB 662 creating a South County higher education task force; AB 667 on language access in professional licensing; AB 669 limiting early denial of addiction treatment; AB 670 on naturally occurring affordable housing; AB 695 on online continuation of community college for deported students; AB 723 on disclosure for digitally altered real estate images; AB 727 placing Trevor Project information on student IDs; and AB 736, a $10 billion affordable housing bond for the June 2026 ballot, which passed on a 61-11 urgency vote after extensive debate. Debate on AB 736 was the most extensive of the day, with supporters arguing the bond would help address California’s housing crisis and give voters a chance to weigh in, while opponents criticized the state’s bond debt and past spending results. The Assembly then recessed for caucus meetings and later returned to continue the daily file, where additional measures were taken up, including AB 798 adding diapers and wipes to the emergency food bank reserve program, which passed 56-0, and AB 821 on career technical education, which was presented as bipartisan-supported as the transcript continued.

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• Rebecca Fdet does have this material available for us to look at as we go through and discuss.
• <00:23:29.280> materials does have this material materials does have this material materials
• <01:23:38.960> Um,<01:23:39.520> and<01:23:39.760> then vote to actually do
• Um, and then vote to actually do it.
• So like in >> but you have to vote on that.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The commission met to continue its study of the cost of special education, with the chair emphasizing that the group needs to narrow its focus over the coming year toward specific cost drivers, including the IEP process, Medicaid, charter schools, and EFAs. Members reviewed a draft first report due November 1 and agreed it would be a brief synopsis of prior meetings, with minutes attached. The September 30, 2025 minutes were amended to correct the number of federally funded department staff from 234 to 23, and to revise language about Senator Sullivan’s comments so they reflected concerns about IEP advocates and fees charged to families rather than support for the concept. The amended minutes were then approved unanimously, with abstentions noted for members who were absent. The main presentation focused on how special education costs are handled for students attending charter schools. The DOE representative said there are 804 students with disabilities in charter schools across 88 of the state’s 176 districts, and that the district of residence remains responsible for all services and costs. She explained that students must meet IDEA criteria through district evaluation and parent consent, and that services are determined through individual IEP meetings rather than by a blanket charter-school decision. Members asked how those costs are tracked, whether any students are merely “monitored,” and whether districts separately identify charter-school special education expenses; the answer was that most districts fold those costs into their overall special education budget, though some may break them out as a line item. The discussion then turned to transportation and mileage costs for staff providing services at charter schools. Testimony indicated that districts may use their own staff, contract staff, or contract with a charter school for certified services, and that travel costs are often either built into contracts or absorbed as part of staff time rather than separately reimbursed. Members questioned whether mileage is reimbursed when staff travel to distant charter schools and whether those costs can be isolated in district budgets; the response was that practices vary by district and are not usually broken out by special education function. Several members argued this makes it difficult to determine the true cost of delivering special education, especially given New Hampshire’s model in which the district of residence pays regardless of where the charter school is located. The chair noted the complexity of the system and compared it to the state’s separate tuition and transportation approach for career and technical education centers.

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• We voted to support this change. Thank you. Any questions?
• We voted to support this change. Thank you. Any questions?
• <04:13:23.760> to after our recommendation we voted to after our recommendation we voted to
• If this bill passes, it will be people that voted for it that could be put on the committee.
• We have 10 yes and five no. voting for itl thank you thank you very voting for itl thank you thank you

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• I have to commend Ariel's timing of giving birth on the day of the voting committee on her confirmation
• To prove also in in an effort to wait until until the day of her vote here in committee, Ariel.
• materializing that were projected during this debate a couple of years ago.
• vote against that matter?
• No, Senator, I was in Mar-a-Lago. vote to be interviewed by the President of the United States.

Keywords: state policy, governance, legislative processes, public concerns, policy improvement

Summary: During the committee meeting, various issues surrounding state policy and governance were deliberated. Although the specifics of bills under discussion were not highlighted, comments from several committee members indicated a focus on improving legislative processes and addressing public concerns. The chairman facilitated discussions that included several points of critique as well as suggestions for enhancement of existing laws. The atmosphere remained constructive despite the complexity of the topics at hand.

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• ,<00:16:48.639> there camps that there was no materials, there camps that there was no materials
• So, members, I would appreciate a green vote.
• <00:40:52.240> Thank would appreciate a green vote. Thank would appreciate a green vote.
• Vote green. Thank you. Representative Bliss. Vote green. Thank you. No further discussion.
• And with that, I'd ask members for a yes vote.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Six aye, zero no, one not voting. By your vote... Aye. Six aye, zero no, one not voting.
• Six aye, zero no, one not voting. By your vote of six.
• By your vote of six ayes, zero noes, and one not voting, you have given...
• You've given by a vote of six ayes, zero noes, one not voting, you have given.
• So with that, I vote aye. Senator Warren. Aye. Aye. I vote aye. By your vote, aye.

Bills: SB1001, SB1011, SB1016, SB1052, SB1072, SB1100, SB1112, SB1113, SB1116, SB1118, SB1120, SB1121, SB1122, SB1123, SB1124, SB1125

Keywords: appropriation, economic security, blind individuals, older adults, state funding, medical examiners, sudden infant death, autopsy protocols, forensic pathology, public health, religious exemption, employment practices, COVID-19 vaccination, accommodation, discrimination, assisted living, health care, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, physician orders, informed consent

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• So, before I present it, let's just vote on the A2 very quickly. Certainly.
• Oh, I guess we don't need to vote on that, do we? All right, but we're doing it anyways.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• been caused by many factors, including A Texas' great population growth, increased cost of land, material
• and state have to provide to our building compared to a 319 home single family neighborhood is materially
• different, and I can tell you that this makes a material difference in the ability for us to be able
• The voting. Yeah sure. She Uh, let's take care of some pending business. The chair lays out HB 112.

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• <00:09:41.160> for exceed those by simple majority vote for exceed those by simple majority
• vote for public<00:09:41.600> safety<00:09:41.920> purposes.
• President, let me turn to the materials distributed to each member's desk.
• First, the materials relating to the budget bill.
• c> supplementary materials describe the supplementary materials describe the provisions<00:30:02.320>

Keywords: Senate streaming session for Monday, March 16, 2026, 960, senate, all

Summary: The Senate convened on Monday, March 16th, with an invocation focused on safety during storms, support for first responders, and recognition of Women’s History Month. A quorum was present, and the President noted the chamber was preparing for a very busy week, with possible double sessions and a Saturday session if needed. The House message on House Bill 297, concerning adult education and high school diploma pathways, was received and referred to the appropriate standing committees. The chamber then took up several committee reports, mostly adopting committee amendments and favorable reports without objection. Among the bills advanced to third reading were SB 85 on use of Information Technology Investment Fund revenues, SB 520 on public safety spending flexibility in charter counties, SB 558 creating a Chesapeake Bay Enhancement Program, SB 641 on procurement exceptions for historic preservation services, SB 647 establishing a catastrophic disability benefit tier for certain law enforcement retirement members, SB 654 raising the State Police mandatory retirement age to 62 and adjusting DROP rules, and SB 668 on Children’s Cabinet funding for local management boards. SB 756, a Baltimore City PILOT/tax exemption bill for a Downtown Rise District project, was also advanced. Several bills were special ordered to allow time for amendments or further discussion. SB 334 on machine gun convertible pistols was special ordered to the next day after members said amendments were not ready. SB 309, concerning a statewide sales and use tax exemption for precious metal bullion or coins, was also special ordered for the next day so members could add co-sponsors. SB 818 on State Center development contract requirements and an advisory group was special ordered to the appropriate time the next day after discussion of its community input and federal-law compliance provisions. The Budget and Taxation Committee then reported on the fiscal 2027 operating budget, SB 282, and the budget reconciliation and financing act, SB 284. The committee chair said the budget left a $250 million cash surplus and $2.2 billion in the rainy day fund, kept general fund spending below the current year, imposed no tax or fee increases, and funded priorities including behavioral health in schools, child care scholarships, local government disparity grants, nursing homes, developmental disabilities services, public schools, Medicaid, energy assistance, and economic development. Both SB 282 and SB 284, along with their committee amendments, were laid over until the next day for second reading debate.