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• However, you have been nominated by the governor for this role, but if it were not for a sponsoring senator
• So please make sure that at some point you think you're sponsoring senator for being willing to carry
• I'd like to thank Governor Stitt for carrying my nomination and for Senator Hall for sponsoring me.
• I want to thank Governor Stitt for the nomination and Senator Guthrie for sponsoring me.
• before you today and also like to thank Governor Stitt for the nomination and Senator Burns for sponsoring

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• Questions for the bill sponsor? Put me on the pressure. Representative Anderson. Please.
• I think you took longer than the bill sponsor. Representative Ovis.
• I think you took longer than the bill sponsor. Representative Ovis.
• Questions for the bill sponsor, Representative Taylor. Yes, to inquire. Please.
• Any further questions for the bill sponsor? Seeing none, thank you very much.

Keywords: 959, house, all

Summary: The committee on Crime and Public Safety heard testimony on Senate Bill 1652, which would create a permanent office in the Missouri Department of Public Safety focused on missing and murdered African-American women and girls. Senator Angela Mosley said the office would review cold cases, improve data collection, support community organizations, and include a proposed Phoenix Alert for missing persons. Supporters, including family members and advocates, described long-standing disparities in how missing Black women and girls are treated, said cases are often mislabeled as runaways, and argued the state needs dedicated staff and resources. Some members raised questions about whether the office should serve all missing persons and about the bill’s estimated cost and staffing, but the bill was generally supported in testimony and no vote was taken in the hearing. The committee then heard Senate Bill 1572, sponsored by Senator Mike Henderson, which would change the membership structure of the St. Louis Police Retirement System board. The bill would stagger the mayor’s two appointments and require the three elected board members to be active commissioned officers elected by active members of the system, with travel time provided for board duties. Henderson said the change was prompted by a prior quorum problem caused by vacancies and illness. The St. Louis Police Retirement System and related city stakeholders supported the bill, describing it as a technical fix to avoid future quorum failures. The measure had already passed the Senate 31-0 and was reported to have passed the House pension committee unanimously. Finally, the committee heard House Bill 3533, which would raise casino admission fees and gaming taxes and direct additional revenue to state funds, including natural resources, historic preservation, education, and the Gaming Commission. The sponsor framed it as a revenue measure, while the Missouri Gaming Association opposed it, arguing the bill would significantly increase costs on casinos, could reduce reinvestment, and might require voter approval for some sports betting-related changes. The Missouri Chamber of Commerce also opposed the bill in principle, saying it did not want to pick winners and losers through targeted tax increases. No action or vote was taken during the hearing, and the committee adjourned after the HB 3533 testimony.

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• A proclamation sponsored by Representative Quang Nguyen, celebrating the legacy and future of the USS
• I understand that the sponsor is working on amendments, and that is the expectation over in the Senate
• The second thing is that I'm proud to say that the sponsor, my esteemed colleague from District 13, did
• So I'm proud to say the sponsor worked on that also.
• Arizona, I'm a fourth-generation native Arizonan, and I was excited to sponsor this H.C.M.

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• Thank you, and thank you to our sponsor, Representative Ortaz.
• Thank you and thank you to our sponsor, Representative Ortaz. Thank you, Madam Chair.
• Do we have the sponsor in the room? Luhan will be doing that. All right.
• Thank you, experts and sponsors.
• I want to take a moment to definitely thank the sponsor and NMFA.

Bills: HM26, HB243, HB109

Keywords: insects, ecosystem, education, public awareness, wildlife conservation, state agency involvement, New Mexico, equine welfare, animal rescue, shelter funding, trust fund, veterinary care, water project fund, water project finance act, New Mexico Finance Authority, water infrastructure, water grants, water loans, regional water planning, water rights adjudication

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• We want to thank you for listening to Senate Bill 48, and we commend the sponsors and stakeholders who
• Chair, to the sponsor, thank you very much, Pro Tempore Stewart, for your insight, your tenacity, and
• We represent many families who are having challenges that have been The sponsor referred to in trying
• Chairman, thank you, and thank you to our sponsors for bringing this.
• We really appreciate the sponsors and everybody working in the last committee to address a lot of the

Bills: SB48, SB64, SB100

Keywords: State Fairgrounds District, fairgrounds bonds, public financing, bond authorization, gross receipts tax, gaming tax, tax-backed bonds, infrastructure funding, Albuquerque fairgrounds, State Fair Tid, economic development, municipal bonds, revenue pledge, capital projects, New Mexico finance, special education, office of special education, deputy secretary, public education department, IEP

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• All right, is the sponsor here? She was here. Would you look in the hallway?
• I'll have to ask the sponsor of the bill if she'd be open to amending to add incapacitation, but would
• Well, it looks like the sponsor is going to have to save your vote for on the floor if she needs it.
• I am going to reach out to the sponsor. A qualified aye.
• I am going to reach out to the sponsor and ask if they would like to have a cow amendment to include

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• The chair lays out House Bill 1868 by Representative Terry Leo Wilson, sponsored by Senator Zaffirini
• The chair lays out House Bill 2598 by Representative Button, sponsored by Senator Zaffirini, and recognizes
• Any questions for the sponsor? Seeing none, we'll open for public testimony.
• The chair lays out House Bill 2243 by Representative Oliverson, sponsored by Senator Creighton.
• What are your thoughts on the logic, and I know you're not the author, you're the sponsor, but on the

Bills: HB4, HB20

Keywords: district composition, congressional election, Texas, legislature, voting districts, fraudulent solicitation, disaster relief, nonprofit organizations, criminal penalties, consumer protection, fraud prevention, charitable donations

Summary: The Senate Committee on Education K-16 heard a series of higher education and K-12 bills, initially without a quorum and with several measures left pending subject to the call of the chair. Early bills included HB 1868, which would direct a study on lowering the dual-credit funding threshold for public junior colleges from 15 to 9 semester credit hours; HB 2598, which would replace statutory references to “licensed specialist in school psychology” with “school psychologist”; HB 3629, which would bar registered sex offenders from serving on independent school district boards of trustees; and HB 4361, which would require the Higher Education Coordinating Board to adopt rules for timely emergency notifications at public institutions of higher education. Each received brief sponsor explanations, no opposition testimony, and was left pending. The committee also heard HB 4848, requiring public higher education systems to ensure at least one institution offers affordable competency-based bachelor’s degree programs in high-demand fields, and HB 1211, which would remove the age 25 deadline for former foster youth to use public college tuition waivers. HB 1211 drew extensive supportive testimony from Texas CASA, a former foster youth who benefited from the waiver, and a current student headed to medical school, all arguing the change would better match the realities faced by youth aging out of care. Members discussed the bill’s fiscal uncertainty and the argument that the waiver is an investment in workforce participation; the bill was left pending. Later, the committee heard HB 20, creating an Applied Sciences Pathway Program to let high school students earn certificates in targeted industries such as welding, plumbing, electrical work, manufacturing, and oil and gas while in school. Industry and workforce groups strongly supported the bill as a way to address labor shortages, while Texas 2036 raised concerns about allowing applied versions of core academic courses to substitute for traditional instruction. HB 4687, which would extend governmental immunity protections to certain campus/district charter schools and adult charter high schools, also received support from a charter-school attorney who said it would align statutes with existing case law and not expand charter rights. HB 4236, as substituted, would create a study group to examine the property value study’s effect on school finance and alternative valuation methods; it was adopted as a committee substitute and left pending. The committee also heard HB 824 on civics instruction in high school government courses and HB 2243, which would create a commission on teacher job satisfaction and retention; the latter prompted debate over removing “ethnic diversity” language from the commission’s makeup. After adopting the substitute for HB 2243 by roll call, the committee recessed subject to the call of the chair.

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• Chairman Ninolea, Vice Chair Sharif, members of the committee and bill sponsor, Senator Collins.
• Thank you for sponsoring the bill.
• Are there any questions of the bill sponsor on the bill as amended? Any questions? Showing none.
• And we are committed to working with the Senate sponsor and with other stakeholders.
• Thank you for sponsoring it.

Summary: The committee heard and advanced several insurance, financial regulation, and public safety bills. The most extensive discussion centered on SB 1656, a major Office of Insurance Regulation bill covering reciprocal insurers, rate transparency, data calls, cybersecurity notification, and stronger oversight of continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs). The sponsor and OIR described the bill as aimed at transparency and preventing insolvencies, especially after recent CCRC failures. CCRC residents and industry representatives testified both in support and in opposition, with supporters emphasizing resident protection and opponents warning about liens, reserve requirements, management-company regulation, and higher costs. After debate and assurances that problematic provisions would be refined, the committee adopted a delete-all amendment and then reported the bill favorably. The committee also passed SB 1658, which creates a public records framework for the uniform mitigation verification of inspection form database while protecting policyholders’ personal information; a clarifying amendment was adopted before the bill was reported favorably. SB 1612 on financial institutions was approved after a substitute amendment restored current limits on credit union investments and kept only reimbursement, not salary, authority for certain board members and officers. SB 1740, an insurance bill intended to reduce premiums and insurer insolvency risk, was amended to prioritize rate-decrease filings and prohibit claim denials based solely on AI, then reported favorably. Two public-safety bills also moved forward. SB 1212 on firefighter health and safety would update OSHA-related protections, address toxic exposure in gear, encourage safer replacement equipment, and support best practices and mental health resources; an amendment refined terminology and added related provisions, and the bill was reported favorably. SB 1184 on residual market insurers was amended to preserve existing consumer protections and disclosure rules for excess and surplus lines and to clarify Citizens-related appointment requirements before being reported favorably. Throughout the meeting, members repeatedly noted ongoing stakeholder negotiations and intent to refine several bills further in later committee stops.

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• I signed on as a co-sponsor.
• signed on as a co-sponsor. signed on as a co-sponsor. uh<01:23:57.520> when<01:23:57.840>
• We certainly understand and appreciate the sponsors and co-sponsors and their testimony.
• We certainly understand and appreciate the sponsors and co-sponsors and their testimony.
• This uh amendment is relative sponsor.

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• Our prime sponsors here, property.
• Um, I do want to thank the sponsor.
• , speaker is the prime sponsor, speaker is the prime sponsor, Representative<04:01:38.080> Willlette
• <05:45:22.798> here, So I don't see the prime sponsor here, So I don't see the prime sponsor
• >> Oh, you are sponsor. >> Oh, you are sponsor.

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• I appreciate what the bill sponsor has done. My regards to the Wallace family...
• I appreciate what the bill sponsor has done.
• Can I inquire of the bill sponsor?
• Speaker, to inquire of the bill sponsor.
• Speaker, to inquire of the bill sponsor.

Summary: The House first established a quorum after a brief call of the board and then moved through messages from the Senate and committee reports. The chamber received a Senate refusal to concur on House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 994 and later voted to send the bill to conference. Members also reconsidered earlier actions on Senate Bill 1019, then adopted a substitute amendment that narrowed the bill to a smaller set of provisions, including a health-related addition on Lyme disease and alpha-gal, before third reading and passage by a vote of 105-32. The House then took up House Bill 1740, known as Melanie’s Law, a drunk-driving prevention measure. Supporters described the bill as a long-negotiated effort to strengthen penalties and ignition interlock requirements while preserving affordability protections for low-income drivers. Family members of Melanie Wonkham were recognized, and several members spoke in favor of the bill as a response to impaired-driving fatalities. The Senate substitute was adopted 143-2, and the bill was finally passed 144-2. Members also passed Senate Bill 1033, which combined Department of Natural Resources funding language with agriculture-related changes, including exemptions for certain farm trucks and cotton gin permitting and air-dispersion modeling requirements. Supporters said it would help keep state environmental programs solvent and better align Missouri rules with neighboring states, while some members raised concerns about future budget pressure and environmental impacts. The Senate substitute passed 134-9. The House then passed Senate Bill 916, which limits when contractors can be required to indemnify the state before or after work on public projects, with supporters saying it protects contractors from premature lawsuits while preserving liability for negligence; it passed 133-1. Finally, the House adopted and finally passed Senate Concurrent Resolution 21, which promotes Missouri participation in America 250 celebrations in 2026, and then adopted a conference committee report and finally passed Senate Bill 975 after brief debate. The chamber also announced upcoming committee meetings and then recessed, with plans to return later for additional Senate bills and conference reports.

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• Sponsor, please come forward. Senator Payne, thank you, Mr. Chairman, committee members.
• Chairman, for sponsoring and scheduling the bill.
• Chairman, for sponsoring the bill and for hearing it today.
• Thank you, Senator Mesnard, for sponsoring the bill this year.
• The sponsor couldn't be here, but she did ask us to move her bill. So, Mr.

Bills: SB1180, SB1215, SB1270, SB1290, SB1292, SB1294, SB1430, SCR1028

Keywords: income tax, conformity, Arizona Revised Statutes, taxpayer, federal regulations, firefighters, occupational disease, workers compensation, cancer presumption, police officers, hazardous duty, SB1270, Arizona retirement system, public safety personnel, defined contribution plan, correctional officers, corrections officers, retirement contributions, supplemental contributions, retention incentive

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• Speaker, I move to suspend the rules for the purpose of allowing members to co-sponsor bills and resolutions
• House Bill 176 be taken from its place in the orders of the day, read for a third time by title and sponsor
• House Bill 176 be taken from its place in the orders of the day, read for a third time by title and sponsor
• House Bill 178 be taken from its place in the orders of the day, read for a third time by title and sponsor
• House Bill 178 be taken from its place in the orders of the day, read for a third time by title and sponsor

Keywords: Convene 00:00 Senate Message 05:10 Calendar/2nd Readings 07:06 Report of Committees 07:47 Orders of the Day 08:52 HB 176 09:09 HB 178 12:19 HB 280 15:34 Motions, Petitions, and Communications 19:55 Introduction of New Bills and Resolutions 32:05 Recess for ConC and Rules Meeting 32:05 ConC and Rules Report 39:04 Adjournment 40:48, 958, all

Summary: The House convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, established a quorum, excused absent members, and approved the journal. The Senate then communicated passage of Senate Bills 10 and 28 and requested concurrence. The House also received second-reading reports for several bills, including measures on custody, human sexuality instruction in schools, tax increment financing, death benefits, postsecondary education, and disabled veterans, along with committee reports advancing bills on agriculture, criminal trespass, concealed firearms, human trafficking, sexual performance material involving minors, reading and writing in schools, and educators. The chamber then took up and passed three health-related bills. House Bill 176, on prior authorization, was explained as a bipartisan effort to reduce insurance-related delays and bureaucracy in patient care; it passed 90-1. House Bill 178, on the psychiatric collaborative care model, was presented as a budget-neutral way to expand timely mental health access through primary care settings; it passed unanimously, 93-0. House Bill 280, a Kentucky Board of Nursing cleanup bill and school rescue-medication update, was amended by House Committee Substitute 1 to restore language allowing investigations involving abuse and to update school medication provisions; the substitute and the bill as amended both passed 94-0. House Resolution 35, recognizing January 21, 2026 as Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist Day in Kentucky, was introduced, taken from committee, and adopted. During announcements, members noted upcoming committee meetings and events, including a reception for highway contractors and related groups, and several committee cancellations. One member also spoke about a catastrophic fire in Williamsburg, asking for prayers for the community and first responders. The Committee on Committees and Rules then reported referrals for numerous newly introduced bills to standing committees and made changes to the 2026 Committee on Impeachment, removing Representatives Marzian and Donworth and appointing Representatives Watkins and Gentry. The House then adjourned until 2:00 p.m. Thursday, January 22, 2026.

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• So we welcome all of our witnesses and our bill sponsors.
• We're going to try to... ...and our spot bill sponsors.
• So the Chair lays out Senate Bill 614 by Senator Juan Hinojosa and sponsored by Representative Leach
• So the chair lays out Senate Bill 614 by Senator Juan Hinojosa and sponsored by Representative Leach
• The chair lays out Senate Bill 1099 by Senator Flores and recognizes the sponsor.

Summary: The Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence met with a quorum and heard a series of Senate bills, generally receiving sponsor explanations and, in most cases, no public testimony. SB 2595 would create a Class B misdemeanor for harassing, threatening, or intimidating someone while intentionally concealing identity with a mask, with broad affirmative defenses for legitimate mask use; SB 1980 would increase penalties for assaulting peace officers, parole officers, and community supervision officers and add related presumptions and interference protections; and SB 1896 would require magistrates to issue emergency protective orders in certain family violence, sexual assault, stalking, and aggravated cases, with law enforcement required to provide needed information. All three were left pending. The committee also heard SB 955, which increases trafficking of persons from a second-degree to a first-degree felony when the victim was recruited from a correctional facility, and SB 614, which would let the Texas Forensic Science Commission refer dismissed complaints to the Office of Capital and Forensic Writs when they reference a prior FSC report; both were left pending. Members then heard several forensic and criminal procedure bills. SB 1372 would resolve a discovery/access conflict involving the DPS crime lab portal by limiting portal access to defense attorneys rather than defendants directly, prompting questions from members about access for pro se defendants; DPS’s chief crime lab witness testified neutrally. SB 1936 would change the LSD “abuse unit” definition for unmarked/unperforated paper from a square-measurement method to a 10-milligram weight standard, and SB 1937 would require a subject matter expert from the testing lab to participate in pretrial meetings in capital cases involving biological evidence to help identify viable testing and conserve resources. SB 2580 would lower the population threshold for sheriff’s departments to independently use tracking equipment and access certain communications from 3.3 million to 500,000, expanding the authority beyond Harris County; it was described as a public safety and emergency response measure and left pending. The committee also considered SB 2798, which would extend the statute of limitations for certain financial crimes from three years to seven years, with testimony from a Montgomery County assistant district attorney supporting the change because fraud is often discovered late. SB 1099 would increase penalties for felony offenses committed by undocumented or unauthorized aliens, but drew strong opposition from the Texas Civil Rights Project, which argued immigration is a federal matter and that the bill would create difficult and potentially unfair status determinations for local courts; members raised concerns about the lack of an expert-testimony requirement. SB 1278 would create an affirmative defense to prostitution prosecution for trafficking victims compelled by their traffickers to commit the conduct, and testimony from advocates and a member’s personal account emphasized the coercive, traumatic nature of trafficking; members discussed whether the defense should be narrower or framed as mitigation, and the bill was left pending. Finally, SB 127 would extend the statute of limitations for failure to report or conceal child abuse, with members discussing mandatory reporting duties and the need to allow more time for delayed discovery of cover-ups; it too was left pending before the committee adjourned.

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• It's a bill that you are a sponsor on. It's a bill that you are a sponsor on.
• When the sponsor, the prime sponsor, was introducing his bill, he included an affirmation of his respect
• I had a long talk with the sponsor about it.
• So, the prime sponsor or the >> Okay.
• Um, and uh, I'm a sponsor of this issue.

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• I'm proud to have co-sponsored HB 1024 along with Representatives Kaplan, Newell, and Howard.
• The prime sponsor and the co-sponsor both have other commitments at this time, so Representative Slottje
• the<01:35:06.960> co-sponsor the prime sponsor and the co-sponsor the prime sponsor and
• Um, and welcome up the prime sponsor, Representative John McDonald.
• I'm going to prime sponsor of this bill.

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• House Bill 90 and the prime sponsors. House Bill 90 and the prime sponsors.
• bill. what the sponsor concerns with the bill. what the sponsor of<00:26:15.760> the<00:26:16.000
• Um I think um I agree with the sponsors Um I think um I agree with the sponsors of<01:24:07.280>
• As I mentioned, the co-sponsors, now sponsors, worry that young people are clueless, unaware about Stalin
• They live it every day. we sponsors worry that young people are we sponsors worry that young people are

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• Skidmore: ...safety and environmental protection of our waterways, particularly as the sponsor said in
• opportunity to make it even better, I look forward to working with the marine industries and the sponsor
• Gonzalez Pittman: I will let my prime co-sponsor answer that. Chair: You are recognized. Rep.
• this is a bill we should move forward with the objective that there's still work to do, but with the sponsor

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• bill and need discussion prior to the meeting, please just contact Alicia and we'll get the bill sponsor
• bill and need discussion prior to the meeting, please just contact Alicia and we'll get the bill sponsor
• bill and need discussion prior to the meeting, please just contact Alicia and we'll get the bill sponsor
• bill and need discussion prior to the meeting, please just contact Alicia and we'll get the bill sponsor

Bills: SB19, HB40, HB27, HB40, HB27, HB40, HB27

Keywords: contraceptive rights, healthcare access, civil action, Attorney General, contraception enforcement, prostate cancer, health insurance, screening, high risk, cost-sharing, African American men, savings accounts, catastrophe, emergency funds, financial security, state laws, criminal justice, parole, Board of Pardons and Paroles, risk assessment

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• Director Gwakichia, for the record: Yes, so AB 251, we have worked with you, the bill sponsor, on that
• We will invite our bill sponsor to make closing comments, if you... No callers for neutral.
• We will invite our bill sponsor to make closing comments, if you'd like. No, we're good.
• Senate Bill 494, which is sponsored by the Committee on Finance on behalf of the Office of Finance and

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