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• We removed the language related to...
• Throughout the rules, they added speech-language pathology assistants to the language.
• They do license speech-language pathology assistants.
• The final decision, the board accepted the language as proposed.
• The final decision of the board was to accept the language.

Keywords: 908, all

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• We also have in this bill faithless delegate language.
• I do think we've got the right language here.
• The question is regarding why the language changed.
• , clear language, as we continue to work on it.
• I don't know if I'm at a comfort level with the language or the fact that the language may continue to

Bills: HB2424, HB2608, HB2775, HB2805, HB2908

Keywords: Arizona political parties, precinct committeeman, precinct committeemen, proxy voting, party bylaws, county committee, state committee, qualified elector, election administration, political party rules, precinct representation, adjoining precinct, county party meeting, proxy attestation, notary public, witnesses, transitional housing, military veterans, grant program, housing services

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• We removed the language related to 54-06-14.
• You'll see throughout, we added speech-language pathology assistants to the language.
• We do license speech-language pathology assistants.
• The final decision of the board was to accept the language.
• The final decision of the board was to accept the language.

Summary: The Administrative Rules Committee met on June 11 and first approved the March 12, 2026 minutes by voice vote. It then granted the Board of Medicine an extension of time to implement rules tied to recent legislation, including North Dakota’s participation in the physician assistant licensure compact and a new physician nutrition continuing education requirement. The Board said it was waiting on compact rules and fee information before finalizing its own changes. The committee heard a lengthy presentation from the Office of Management and Budget on broad personnel rule revisions, including salary administration, recruitment, leave, sick leave, funeral leave, service awards, appeals, and shared leave. OMB said the changes modernize HR language and implement recent legislation such as enhanced annual leave for hard-to-fill positions and new hire leave. Members questioned the hard-to-fill leave provisions, but OMB and counsel said those standards come from statute, not the rules. The committee also heard and accepted rule packages from the Lottery, the Board of Examiners for Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology, the State Electrical Board, the Industrial Commission, PERS, and Health and Human Services, with each agency describing mostly technical, clarifying, or statutory-conforming changes and noting the public notice and comment process. The most significant action came during the Gaming Commission rules presentation. After questioning whether the commission had authority to raise the poker tournament buy-in limit from $300 to $1,500, members moved to void Section 99-01.3-09-01 on the ground that the agency lacked statutory authority for that change. The motion passed on a roll call vote. The committee also discussed several gaming-related issues, including online raffles, kiosk use, advertising restrictions, and the broader policy question of whether charities should be allowed to own bars, but took no further formal action on those topics.

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• I had a question about the open enrollment language.
• I had a question about the open enrollment language.
• to the NEPF— but there's inclusive language.
• R1 language for the revisions to the NEPF, but there's inclusive language that we think strikes the right
• Would it be a motion to amend and do pass, including the language from fiscal as well as the language

Keywords: 909, all

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• So that is where I'm confused because if I read the language on 572 in tandem with the language on lines
• The language on lines 572 to 582.
• Then you look at the language on 572 to 582.
• I do not like the CLT language.
• I’m so glad English is my first language.

Bills: HJR 138, HB 42, HB 104, HB 129, HB 677, HB 426, HB 668, HB 1699, HB 2017, HB 2128, HB 2038, HB 3783, HB 3717, HB 2316, HB 3686, HB 2563, HB 3883, HB 4021, HB 2788, HB 2663, HB 3305, HB 3173, HB 3474, HB 1105, HB 3531, HB 3490, HB 3597, HB 1295, HB 3512, HB 3010, HB 3112, HB 4215, HB 3223, HB 3464, HB 3120, HB 4214, HB 4511, HB 3704, HB 4081, HB 4783, HB 4063, HB 2783, HB 4937, HB 5085, HB 2510, HB 3426, HB 4361, HB 1169, HB 2516, HB 2347, HB 4034, HB 4700, HB 3560, HB 5150, HB 3860, HB 3146, HB 3924, HCR 98, HCR 92, HB 1520, HB 1545, HB 5265, HB 1887, HB 1914, HB 2402, HB 2306, HB 2350, HB 3000, HB 3237, HB 3326, HB 3211, HB 1056, HB 2081, HB 2187, HB 3092, HB 3308, HB 3526, HB 3750, HB 4219, HB 4230, HB 4290, HB 5238, HB 4804, HB 4749, HB 245, HB 1465, HB 294, HB 793, HB 809, HB 3928, HB 334, HB 2037, HB 1973, HB 285, HB 4341, HB 1043, HB 1234, HB 1193, HB 1729, HB 2498, HB 1314, HB 1353, HB 3960, HB 3923, HB 2221, HB 2517, HB 2518, HB 2213, HB 5092, HB 3748, HB 5246, HB 4344, HB 1482, HB 4044, HB 2702, HB 4264, HB 2807, HB 2898, HB 3181, HB 3250, HB 2091, HB 2115, HB 2542, HB 2768, HB 3349, HB 4406, HB 1593, HB 1899, HB 3133, HB 3133, HB 4960, HB 3214, HB 2145, HB 1201, HB 5061, SB 29, SB 879, SB 65, SB 1745, SB 412, SB 412, SB 1746, SB 1238, SB 1341, SB 522, SB 1532, SB 1378, SB 1062, SB 2066, SB 1963, SB 2204, SB 1366, SB 2077, SB 1967, SB 1151, HB 1618, HB 2156, HB 2615, HB 2615, HB 2349, HB 1926, HB 569, HB 1762, HB 38, HJR 138, HB 42, HB 104, HB 104, HB 129, HB 677, HB 426, HB 668, HB 1699, HB 2017, HB 2128, HB 2038, HB 3783, HB 3717, HB 2316, HB 3686, HB 2563, HB 3883, HB 4021, HB 2788, HB 2663, HB 2663, HB 3305, HB 3173, HB 3474, HB 1105, HB 3531, HB 3531, HB 3490, HB 3490, HB 3597, HB 1295, HB 3512, HB 3010, HB 3112, HB 4215, HB 3223, HB 3223, HB 3464, HB 3120, HB 4214, HB 4511, HB 3704, HB 4081, HB 4783, HB 4063, HB 2783, HB 4937, HB 5085, HB 2510, HB 3426, HB 4361, HB 1169, HB 2516, HB 2347, HB 4034, HB 4700, HB 3560, HB 5150, HB 3860, HB 3146, HB 3924, HCR 98, HCR 92

Keywords: carbon tax, carbon emissions, greenhouse gas, climate policy, fuel tax, emissions tax, Texas Constitution, Article VIII, tax limitation, environmental tax, fossil fuels, energy policy, legislative taxing authority, ballot proposition, constitutional amendment, higher education, funding, financial allocation, state budget, Texas A&M University

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• You know, the governor's language, this is a different language where he said it's only for property
• You know, the governor's language, this is a different language where he said it's only for property
• You know, the governor's language, this is a different language where he said it's only for property
• You know, the governor's language, this is a different language where he said it's only for property
• President, this language is quite different from the House language.

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• delete section 4 which was language delete section 4 which was language about<00:05:30.479> um
• You'll see a change to expressive language or receptive language.
• a partner language to English.
• or a change to expressive language or receptive<00:20:12.960> language<00:20:13.400> this<
• uh our youngest motans learn language uh our youngest motans learn language it's<00:20:18.480>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• creating a duty with this new language creating a duty with this new language or<00:08:05.160>
• all new language.
• Is this the original language? Mr.
• It's not a DHS language.
• other bills carrying the same language. other bills carrying the same language.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Uh the Senate language is program.
• difference is that the Senate language difference is that the Senate language includes<00:38:04.800
• section 13, this is Senate only language section 13, this is Senate only language that<00:41:41.599
• Senate only language sections 2 to 8. Senate only language sections 2 to 8.
• :19.040> to<00:48:19.280> allow Senate language is permissive to allow Senate language

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Section four requires the commissioner to report language development outcomes of target languages of
• development outcomes of target language development outcomes of target languages<00:09:20.160> of
• Sections um five and six language.
• that uh kind of recodifies that language that uh kind of recodifies that language stricken<00:15
• <00:35:08.400> identical<00:35:08.800> language 2 section two. identical language 2

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• The language here is language from the House.
• The language here is language from the House.
• The language here<00:21:22.480> is<00:21:22.799> language<00:21:23.200> from<00:
• The language here is Senate language.
• > language.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• It’s the exact same language that we voted on 52 to nothing.
• So, we’re doing strike-all language that goes back and does the same language that we did that goes to
• , which is old language.
• , section one, which is new language, section one, which is new language, section<00:04:51.759>
• And section two, which is old language.

Keywords: Veterans and Military Affairs - Room 210, 19 February, 2026; 2:00 P.M., 925, all

Summary: The committee began by having a group of student pages introduce themselves, with the chair praising them as the best group of pages he had seen in his seven sessions. He then moved quickly through the agenda, noting that four bills were on the calendar and that three had already been voted on in committee substitute form. House Bill 1076, the Safeguarding American Veteran Empowerment Act, was presented as a strike-all using the same language previously approved 52-0 to place limits on claim sharks. House Bill 1084 would increase authorized military leave for training from 15 to 21 days; members were told it was double referred and would also go to Appropriations, but the language was the same as previously passed 52-0. House Bill 1085, the Mississippi National Guard Service Members Medical Readiness Act, was described as a strike-all version of the committee’s earlier Tricare-related bill, again said to be verbatim to the version previously passed 51-0. House Bill 1713 was explained in more detail as a measure to codify long-standing authority for the Mississippi National Guard to offer state-sponsored voluntary death and dismemberment insurance, up to $25,000 per person. The new language would clarify who administers the program and who is eligible, and the sponsor emphasized that the coverage is voluntary and has no fiscal note because participants would pay for it themselves. After brief questions, each bill was moved by title sufficient do pass and approved by voice vote, with the chair announcing the ayes had it. The chair also said there would be at least one more meeting later for reappointed nominations once a peer report was available, and the committee then rose and reported.

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• We're going to wrap up language.
• Wrong language. The only question I had... We're on language.
• I don't think we need language in there.
• Can I have a motion to adopt the language then?
• Okay, Charles, you have your language adoption with the additional line. language adoption with the additional

Bills: SB190, HB247, HB8

Keywords: cancer treatment, revenue bonds, Gila Regional Medical Center, Nor-Lea General Hospital, healthcare funding, capital outlay, capital projects, appropriations, reversion, encumbrance, reauthorization, reappropriation, general fund, capital development and reserve fund, tribal infrastructure project fund, Department of Finance and Administration, DFA, state board of finance, severance tax bonds, tax-exempt bonds

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• this language to the revisor's office. this language to the revisor's office.
• Excuse me, our statutory language. Excuse me, our statutory language.
• But language.
• program language.
• program language.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• So, what the language of this bill does and is all it really does is sort of tidy up the language of
• There's some language in bought another.
• > assessed<00:03:05.360> value changed the language from assessed value changed the language
• believe that that limitation language believe that that limitation language probably<00:09:44.800
• <00:09:56.959> So, specific language. So, specific language.

Keywords: 916, all

Summary: The joint conference committee on House Bill 45 met to reconcile changes to the long-term homeowner property tax exemption. Members reviewed the original bill, which removed the exemption’s sunset, adjusted the signup/reporting date and procedures, clarified treatment for homeowners who sold one house and bought another, changed valuation language from assessed value to fair market value, and added a $3 million cap. The committee also discussed Senate amendments and a proposed cleanup amendment intended to prevent stacking the long-term homeowner exemption with a separate voter-approved homeowners’ property tax initiative if that initiative becomes law. Members asked about the difference between using “shall not qualify” versus a repealer, and were told the repealer was removed to avoid creating a trigger-bill issue if the initiative does not pass. Questions also focused on whether the catch title’s “limitation” language referred to the $3 million cap, and it was explained that the language could apply both to the cap and to the restriction on using both exemptions. One senator asked what Senate language was being deleted, and the response was that the committee was removing language that had gone too far, including a 25% exemption provision that was outside the scope of this bill and would be handled later in the interim. After discussion, the committee moved to concurrence. A roll call vote was taken, and all six members present voted aye. The committee announced concurrence and adjourned.

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• added, and the academic standards for foreign languages are identified as world languages.
• That language...
• And the academic standards for foreign languages are identified as world languages.
• Next, we have an ESSA plan a goal of 52% of English language students on track to English language proficiency
• Looking at English language proficiency, the most recent checkpoint there in 2024, 44.41% of all English-language

Summary: The committee received a lengthy Bureau of Legislative Research presentation on Arkansas academic standards, accountability systems, and adequacy requirements. Staff reviewed how state curriculum and standards have evolved from the 1997 Public Education Act through the 2003 Quality Education Act and the 2017 Educational Support and Accountability Act, including required coursework, standards for accreditation, career and technical education, graduation requirements, and recent additions such as computer science, personal finance, firearm safety, and fetal growth and development instruction. Members asked for a chart comparing the major laws and repeals over time, and staff agreed to provide one. The presentation then turned to federal ESSA requirements and Arkansas’s state accountability system. Staff explained Arkansas’s long-term goals for proficiency, English learner progress, and graduation rates, and reported 2025 ATLAS proficiency results, which remained below the 80% goal across student groups. They also reviewed English learner progress, graduation rates, school support and improvement, and equitable access to educators. Data showed gaps by subgroup and by school poverty/minority concentration, with Title I and high-poverty schools more likely to have emergency/provisional teachers and less experienced staff. Members questioned the lack of recent data for some ESSA measures, including equity labs and school index calculations, and asked staff to follow up with the Department of Education. The committee also discussed NAEP results, ACT scores, and teacher quality measures under the state accountability act. Arkansas’s NAEP performance remained below national averages in fourth- and eighth-grade reading and math, and ACT composite scores and benchmark attainment were also reviewed. Members asked for additional information on historical highs and lows, the number of assessments students take by grade, dropout data, and comparisons with other states. No formal votes were taken; the main action was agreement to request additional information from DESE and to schedule department follow-up at a future meeting.

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• removing that language.
• And it changed some language, I believe unintended language, to address the incinerators, the incinerator
• It addresses the incinerator language by reinserting the Senate's incinerator language that limits its
• County, and regarding the auxiliary container language, it reinstates that language.
• The new language intent, next question, the new language in 10-12.5-85, somewhere around lines 2035 through

Summary: The Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several introductions, then moved into special order and returning messages. Early floor action included passage of HB 6503 (relief for Mandy Penny Lamon by Sarasota County), HB 1123 (sewer collection systems), HB 211 (farm products), and a joint resolution on ad valorem tax exemption for agricultural tangible personal property, all approved without opposition. Several other measures were temporarily postponed before the chamber recessed and later returned to messages from the House. The Senate then took up a series of House amendments and conference-style motions on major bills. SB 180 on emergency preparedness and response was amended and concurred in after debate over hurricane recovery, local government moratoriums, evacuation timing in the Keys, and property tax and redevelopment provisions; it passed 34-1. CS/HB 1609 on waste incineration and auxiliary containers was heavily debated over plastic and polystyrene preemption, local beach and park regulations, and landfill/incinerator provisions, then passed 26-10. CS/HB 1205 on citizen initiatives was amended to allow volunteers to carry up to 25 petitions without registration/training and passed 28-9. The Senate also refused to concur in a House amendment to SB 234 on offenses against law enforcement, and in SB 116 on veterans, seeking to restore funding for veteran suicide prevention. Later, the chamber approved or advanced several education and health-related bills. CS/HB 1255 on education was amended and passed, with changes to school readiness and other education provisions. CS/HB 875 on educator preparation passed after discussion of cognitive science, classroom management, teacher excellence programs, and the phaseout of the general knowledge test. CS/HB 1105, a large education package, passed after debate over charter school conversions, cell phone restrictions, and other school governance changes. In health care, CS/HB 1427 was introduced as a comprehensive package combining multiple health-related provisions, though the excerpt ends before final action on that bill. Throughout the day, the Senate also concurred or refused to concur in various House amendments on mental health, financial institutions, land development, brownfields, and out-of-network provider legislation, with votes generally recorded and several measures passing on divided but mostly favorable roll calls.

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• This is uh the language that committee.
• But anyway, I think I hope this language is helpful with that.
• But, um, anyway, I think I hope this language is helpful with that.
• But um language is helpful with that.
• I didn't want to see a particular cross-reference in this language.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• And when I look at the language of the bill, my assumption would be that such a declaration under this
• And when I look at the language of the bill, my assumption would be that such a declaration under this
• of the bill is um how broad the language of the bill is as<00:10:59.079> it<00:10:59.360>
• Chair, the agency appreciates the language.
• Clarifying language is almost always helpful, and we certainly believe that this clarifying language

Keywords: 1183, house

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• The specific language that you're pointing to is very similar to language that we have for Legislative
• Do we have that language in this exact language in other bills?
• This exact language was in other bills.
• So this is permissive language.
• If this language were to pass and you have two districts working on an agreement, but now the language

Keywords: 1204, all