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• <00:06:48.240> plan existing in the uh premium security plan existing in the uh premium security
• <00:09:41.200> The<00:09:41.360> Legislative of Commerce now.
• The Legislative of Commerce now.
• securities securities dealers<00:25:52.480> is<00:25:52.640> now<00:25:52.799> the<

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• While those federal grants are highly competitive, we believe that Texas has the potential to securely
• This effort directly aligns with the program's core mission to enhance border security.
• Uh, this creates a security issue for our communities and, and for our state.
• Uh, and, and to that, I, I thank the legislator for passing 11:33 in the past session.
• Just like my Social Security fund is a trust fund.

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• security number combination of a social security number and<00:51:46.640> or and or and or DOB
• OH, SO THEN HOW will SECURITY NUMBER.
• wet around the ears legislator wet around the ears legislator that<01:07:02.280> had<01:07
• problem with the legislation. I problem with the legislation.
• States Department of Homeland Security States Department of Homeland Security announced<01:51:34.120>

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• We seek to protect the rights of all participants in the legislative process so that we can have effective
• Our goal with this bill is to provide a secure access route, one that the Secretary of State can work
• with all stakeholders to ensure that it remains secure and remains private for the overseas voters.
• Our position on this legislation has never been driven by opposition to that concept.
• With safety and security.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Secure Association Concilio and New Mexico Secure Commission members and Land-Grant Council, which some
• We are not endorsing legislation.
• Madam Chair, members of the committee, the legislation before us is a monumental piece of legislation
• Selecting secure projects.
• So not just about a bunch of legislation she's.

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• I am Senator Keith Wagner from the 39th Legislative District.
• I represent the 20th Legislative District.
• Curious on food security challenges.
• body by the end of this year, per legislative mandate.
• body by the end of this year, per legislative mandate.

Summary: The committee heard updates from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Navy Region Northwest, Fairchild Air Force Base, the Coast Guard, state licensing agencies, the Professional Educator Standards Board, the Washington National Guard, and a veterans behavioral health presenter. Across the military briefings, common themes were readiness, infrastructure, and quality-of-life issues for service members and families, especially child care, housing, food insecurity, medical and dental access, and military spouse employment. JBLM highlighted its role in Indo-Pacific readiness, ongoing PFAS cleanup, 212 new family housing units under construction, efforts to expand child care, and continued work to keep the Lewis Army Museum open. Navy Region Northwest discussed its major installations and economic impact, the Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Plan, future carrier and submarine homeporting needs, and asked the legislature to continue support for licensure compacts, educational stability for military children, housing, and medical access. Fairchild emphasized its tanker and survival missions, child care shortages, food insecurity, aging housing, and concerns about wind turbine development near flight paths, while the Coast Guard focused on rebuilding Base Seattle for new icebreakers and on rural access to housing, medical care, and child care at dispersed stations like Neah Bay. Members repeatedly raised food insecurity and asked for follow-up on solutions. JBLM and Fairchild both described increased demand for food assistance during the shutdown, and committee members noted progress in getting mobile food vans onto JBLM. The presenters also praised state action on military spouse licensure and child care, including Senate Bill 5545 and related compact and portability efforts. The Department of Licensing reported about 9,000 self-identified military members or spouses licensed, with average time-to-license just under nine days, and said applications are prioritized when military status is self-identified. The Department of Health said its military-to-civilian crosswalk now covers more than 35 health professions, that temporary practice permits and expedited processing are in place, and that 1,300 credentials were issued to military spouses and domestic partners and 129 to military-trained health professionals in the last fiscal year, all within 30 days. The Professional Educator Standards Board explained that military spouses and service members can receive expedited teacher certification with reduced documentation, and that they are moved to the front of the review queue when they self-identify. Members asked about verification, and staff said the process relies on attestation with investigatory safeguards if needed. The Washington National Guard briefed on its dual state and federal mission, the impact of the recent shutdown on nearly 700 employees who worked without pay, and policy and budget requests including youth academy protections, alignment of the Washington Code of Military Justice with the UCMJ, making Civil Air Patrol a division of the Military Department, 911 funding, disaster assistance, and capital funding for headquarters and readiness facilities. The Guard also warned about drone threats and said it wants authority to identify, track, and monitor suspicious drones. A veterans behavioral health presenter, an Army combat veteran and clinical social worker, described high suicide risk, barriers to care, and the need for more culturally competent services, especially for women veterans and caregivers. He said Washington veterans’ suicide rate remains above the national average and emphasized that childcare, transportation, and provider shortages can prevent timely treatment. Members generally responded supportively throughout, asked for follow-up on food security and other issues, and encouraged agencies to bring forward legislative ideas for future sessions.

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• This legislation is not simply a policy. shift.
• Carolyn Chu from the Legislative Analyst's Office.
• What are the major areas of focus of the legislation in terms of state impacts?
• Turning to page 6, what changes could require implementing state legislation?
• Vanessa Roscoe, I'm a legislative advocate with Golden State Opportunity.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• to make decisions based on legislators to make decisions based on actual<00:02:26.319> needs<
• significant cut to the Social Security significant cut to the Social Security tax<00:10:36.360><
• So we wouldn't have been able to use those funds to get rid of the tax on Social Security for 80% of
• would already have the opportunity to do that with this legislation.
• would already have the opportunity to do that with this legislation.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• citizens they protect this legislation citizens they protect this legislation we<00:20:34.720>
• system toward election security.
• system toward election security.
• security forward.
• security forward.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• I did sit on that legislative work group for a while.
• I did sit on that legislative group.
• Our early efforts to try and uh secure Our early efforts to try and uh secure data<00:03:54.800>
• In a nutshell, last year's legislation In a nutshell, last year's legislation erased<00:04:22.960
• If you'd like to introduce yourself for the committee. legislation really didn't address the legislation

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Please stand for the prayer by Donna Kay, the legislative chaplain.
• Perhaps a Mesa legislator will want to work with them.
• Perhaps a Mesa legislator will want to work with them.
• We mentioned the housing trust fund being secure; that's so important.
• We mentioned the housing trust fund being secure; that's so important.

Summary: The meeting began with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, attendance, and a guest introduction for Deputy Frank Sloop. The Senate then moved through multiple Committee of the Whole calendars, with most measures receiving do-pass recommendations after brief explanations and, in several cases, floor amendments. Topics included public records, capital outlay review, local government, taxation, state budget implementation, higher education appropriations, utility regulation, towing regulation, homeowners association disclosures, nursing board regulation, veteran services, criminal justice, human services, K-12 education, state property management, and the continuation of the Arizona State Board of Nursing. Several bills were amended on the floor before receiving favorable recommendations. House Bill 2114 on motorcycle-related provisions was amended to require that at least one registered owner be legally licensed to operate a motorcycle in Arizona. House Bill 2397 on HOA/condominium disclosures was amended to change disclosure timing and fee rules and make other conforming changes. House Bill 2408 on nursing board regulatory action was amended to remove a clear-and-convincing-evidence burden in disciplinary matters and clarify complaint-sharing procedures. House Bill 2957 on driver’s license/handheld provisions, House Bill 2305 on towing regulation, and House Bill 2321 on DCS-related reporting also received amendments before do-pass recommendations. The largest item was Senate Bill 1847, the 2026-2027 General Appropriations Act. Senators offered extensive floor amendments affecting agriculture, corrections, criminal justice, school safety, law enforcement equipment, vehicle theft task force funding, liquor licensing, and other budget items. During third reading and debate on the budget, Democratic senators praised negotiated gains such as funding for aging services, food assistance, civil legal aid, school meals, heat relief, and a three-year moratorium on new data center tax incentives, while criticizing border-related funding, ESA/voucher policy, and cuts to higher education and adult education. One member’s remarks were ruled dilatory after repeated off-topic comments, and the ruling of the chair was sustained by a 16-12 vote. The transcript ends with additional budget-related explanation of votes continuing after the budget’s third reading.

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• The MRF fund, this security education fund, had been depleted.
• Securities, if you are with me on my handout, it's page 7.
• Sorry to interrupt, I'm talking about the legislative session now that we're looking to pass that legislation
• Rachel, do we need legislation to move it?
• New Mexico has no legislation regarding online gaming.

Keywords: 996, all

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• We just added a this last legislative We just added a this last legislative session,<00:08:10.319
• :59.600> recommendation the legislative budget recommendation the legislative budget recommendation
• it offers a secure mechanism for online<00:14:42.800> renewals.
• They're not getting the security updates because of that.
• threats. susceptible to security threats.

Keywords: Appropriations - Room 409, 28 January, 2026; 1:30 P.M., 925, all

Summary: The committee heard budget presentations from the Mississippi Board of Pharmacy and the Mississippi State Board of Chiropractic Examiners, followed by the physical therapy board. The Pharmacy Board said it licenses pharmacists, technicians, students, and many facilities and supply-chain entities, including wholesalers, manufacturers, 3PLs, PBMs, and nonresident compounders. Its main requests were a 3% salary increase for specialized staff, about $118,000 for contract help to evaluate pharmacists with substance abuse or mental health issues under a recently passed public health bill, and additional IT spending authority for system upgrades and cloud migration. Members discussed the board’s role in protecting the public, vetting out-of-state facilities, and the need to keep sensitive data secure; no vote was taken. The Chiropractic Examiners board described itself as a small, contract-staffed agency with about 700 active licenses and a database system that is no longer supported by Microsoft. It said it had requested about $173,000, but the legislative budget recommendation was $134,000, and it needs roughly $40,000 more to upgrade or rebuild the system, including security fixes and online renewal capability. Members focused on the cybersecurity risk of using unsupported software and the need to protect personal information; the board also noted that its licensing data does not include banking information because payments are handled through the state portal. The Physical Therapy Board said it regulates physical therapists and physical therapist assistants, with 4,242 licenses and 252 complaints in the last fiscal year, and that demand for the profession continues to grow. Its requests included $6,000 in salary progression for long-serving staff, about $360 more in PDM salary authority, and roughly $38,610 for a one-time upgrade to its LMS licensing system, plus related cloud-migration costs. Senators noted the board’s strong reputation, discussed the burden of annual or biennial renewals, and supported the technology upgrade because the current system is no longer supported and could create liability risks if not addressed.

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• When housing is secure, everything else in a person's life becomes possible.
• When housing is secure, everything else in a person's life becomes possible.
• When housing is secure, everything else in a person's life becomes possible.
• preserved were a result of securing preserved were a result of securing federal<01:17:44.719>
• on what we can legislate on what we can legislate here<01:32:05.080> my<01:32:05.320>

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• The New Mexico School Board Association Resolution and Legislative Committee recommends legislative priorities
• We trust our legislative priorities will be carefully considered by New Mexico's legislative and executive
• In analyzing legislative proposals in the interim and during the legislative session, the New Mexico
• Legislative platform. I did have a quick announcement just as we close up here.
• Chairman, it has come up about school security funding for school security.

Keywords: 996, all

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• It assigned security level risk levels and priorities, and it provided the recommended physical security
• assessment update the 2014 Capital secur assessment update the 2014 Capital secur excuse<00:08:14.759
• :15.720> study excuse me the physical security study excuse me the physical security study was
• <00:29:38.559> director kitsberg who's my legislative director kitsberg who's my legislative
• <00:48:29.359> session outcome of the 2023 legislative session outcome of the 2023 legislative

Bills: HF919, HF1192, HF212, HF214

Keywords: wastewater, infrastructure, funding, Litchfield, economic development, environmental compliance, Hastings, water treatment, PFAS, nitrates, bonds, capital investment, public health, HF212, Round Lake-Brewster, Independent School District No. 2907, school construction, school building, sales tax exemption, use tax exemption

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• I'm the Chairman of the House Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security.
• On one hand, there are people who promote excessive legislation.
• And this legislation is keyed into that.
• If safe zones worked, your security guard shouldn't have firearms.
• No one would ever need any security.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The hearing focused heavily on firearms legislation, especially bills to repeal Chapter 135 of the Acts of 2024 (including H. 2618/S. 1671 and related repeal measures) and bills on firearm industry accountability (H. 2672/S. 1653). Supporters of repeal, including Senator Peter Durant, Rep. Ken Sweezey, gun owners, instructors, sportsmen, and women’s gun-rights advocates, argued that Chapter 135 overreaches, creates confusion in licensing and training requirements, burdens lawful gun owners, restricts pepper spray and semi-automatic firearms, and is being enforced in ways they said criminalize responsible conduct. Committee members defending the law said it was the product of years of work, public listening sessions, and multiple drafts, and argued that Massachusetts remains the safest state for gun violence and that implementation issues, such as live-fire training, had been delayed to allow time for regulations and infrastructure. Several witnesses also testified on H. 2672/S. 1653, which would create firearm industry standards of conduct and allow civil actions against manufacturers, distributors, and dealers that engage in unsafe or unlawful practices. Supporters from the Massachusetts Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence, Everytown, Brady, Giffords, and survivors described the bill as a way to hold the industry accountable, reduce the flow of crime guns, and give victims and the Attorney General a path to sue bad actors. They cited data on crime-gun traces, disproportionate impacts on communities of color, and examples from other states that have enacted similar laws. Opponents, including gun dealers and industry representatives, argued that existing law already punishes illegal sales, that most crime guns are stolen or diverted after lawful sale, and that the bill would improperly target manufacturers for the actions of others. The committee also heard testimony on a bill to remove the non-resident ban on semi-automatic firearms for hunting (H. 2710/S. 1676), with Backcountry Hunters and Anglers supporting the change as a way to restore access for returning residents, veterans, and hunting programs that had been displaced. Later testimony returned to repeal and related gun-law bills, with sportsmen’s groups arguing Chapter 135 was rushed, confusing, and harmful to youth hunting and lawful ownership. No votes or final committee actions were taken during the hearing; it was a public testimony session with extensive questioning by committee members.

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• This is a simple election security bill.
• Uh, some false sense of security.
• With Harris County ballot security and yourself?
• This creates a dangerous security gap. Think of it like this.
• What we've witnessed is ceremonial demonstration, not security validation.

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• To really be the #2 priority in our legislative priorities.
• With Harris County ballot security and yourself. Before. Hello sir.
• The Harris County ballot security in itself. Welcome back, sir.
• My name is Luis Figueroa, chief of legislative affairs for Every Texan.
• Uh, so, um, but I am doing a lot of legislation this, this session on AI.

Bills: HB304

Keywords: franchise tax credit, food desert, grocery store, healthy corner store, nutrition assistance, economic development, public health

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• State legislators committed.
• The Department of Homeland Security is here to provide further details.
• Thank you, Deputy Director, and we'll go to Homeland Security.
• So you as legislators have a much...
• Try and protect the workers in Homeland Security.