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• The Chair will alternate recognition between the parties, with time equally allotted between the parties
• recognition between the parties<00:06:13.360> with<00:06:13.680> time<00:06:13.919> equally
• <00:06:14.560> allotted parties with time equally allotted parties with time equally allotted
• except one one hour of debate equally except one one hour of debate equally divided<02:21:24.960
• > divide<02:22:32.319> and hour debate equally divide and hour debate equally divide and

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, May 6, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• The Chair will alternate recognition between the parties, with time equally allocated between the parties
• requiring independent appraisals, equal requiring independent appraisals, equal value<03:44:23.439
• HR 2252 authorizes equal value problem.
• standards to ensure substantially equal standards to ensure substantially equal value,<03:49:05.680
• The bill also includes equal value.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, May 19, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• 65: Senate Resolution 26, sponsored by Senator Pinkney, recognizing July 21, 2026, as Black Women's Equal
• assistance, and ensuring schools are meeting their obligations under federal law, so all students have equal
• The first requirement is to provide equal opportunity for girls and boys to be interscholastic athletes
• It's equal opportunity to become athletes, equitable treatment once you become an athlete.

Summary: The Senate received House communications listing numerous House-passed bills, substitutes, amendments, and concurrent resolutions, and then took up committee reports and a consent calendar. Consent Calendar 65 passed unanimously with 20 yes votes and included Senate Resolution 26 recognizing Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, House Concurrent Resolution 131 on apprenticeship programs for school-based mental health professionals, House Concurrent Resolution 137 on mathematics instruction review, and House Concurrent Resolution 148 on a statewide menopause education strategy. Later, Consent Agenda N also passed with the required two-thirds vote and included a large group of bills on evidence and witnesses, Family Court jurisdiction, theft by impersonation, realty transfer tax, auto insurance practices, child services and educational services, STD prevention, agricultural and forestry matters, menstrual disorder materials, a Smyrna charter change, massage/body work, dry needling, and lead poisoning screening. Several substantive bills were debated and passed. Senate Substitute 1 for Senate Bill 314, modernizing Delaware’s rape shield law and clarifying how courts handle evidence of prior false sexual assault allegations, passed 21-0. Senate Bill 347, a cleanup bill to the Medical Debt Protection Act that expands prohibited collection actions and requires disclosure when a collector is a large health care facility, also passed 21-0. House Bill 300, creating a statewide Title IX coordinator in the Department of Education to support compliance and data collection for interscholastic athletics, passed after debate; Senate Amendment 1 to the bill, which would have required athletes to compete according to biological sex, was defeated 6-14 with one absent, and the underlying bill then passed 20-0 with one absent. The Senate also passed House Substitute 1 for House Bill 84, which limits mandatory employee attendance at meetings where employers convey political or religious views, after questions about employer, union, and exemption coverage; House Substitute 1 for House Bill 301, which clarifies criminal penalties for violence, threats, and intimidation at polling places and election-related sites, passed after discussion of what conduct it would cover; House Bill 63, addressing fireworks disclosures and related regulation, passed 19-2 after senators discussed enforcement and impacts on veterans, children, and pets; and House Bill 348, updating the electric vehicle rebate program to give DENREC more flexibility and expand eligibility, passed 16-5. The chamber then recessed until the next day.

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• decades of activism by the disability rights movement, with leaders and advocates demanding access, equality
• efforts to make spaces more inclusive, pushes against our movements, to make sure that everyone has equal
• Massachusetts statute must reflect the Commonwealth of 2025, a Commonwealth that values inclusivity, equality
• It's about reaffirming Massachusetts' commitment to personal liberty and to equality in an era of escalating

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Senate took up several committee reports, resolutions, and House messages, then moved through a series of bills on the calendar. Early action included adopting a Ways and Means order on Senate Bill 2549, which promotes student learning and mental health, by substituting a new draft and setting amendment deadlines and a second reading date. The chamber also adopted congratulatory resolutions for the Sport Fish Restoration Program’s 75th anniversary and the Hawthorn Hotel’s 100th anniversary, and suspended rules on a sick leave bank petition for a trial court employee and on a House bill validating a special election in Hardwick, which was ordered to a third reading. The Senate also adopted a motion to adjourn in memory of Peter Hayden Lapin of Springfield, a veteran and former public servant. The Senate then considered Senate Bill 137, renaming and updating references in the General Laws to replace outdated and offensive terms regarding people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Senators spoke at length in support of the bill, emphasizing respect, disability rights, and the work of advocates such as Melissa Riley and the Arc of Massachusetts. An amendment by Senator Creem replaced “hearing impaired” with “deaf or hard of hearing,” and a corrective amendment by Senator Lovely was also adopted. The bill was then passed to be engrossed by a unanimous 40-0 roll call. Next, the Senate considered Senate Bill 1034, which repeals archaic laws including sodomy-related provisions, the common nightwalker law, and the blasphemy statute, and creates a commission to review archaic laws going forward. Senators described the measure as a civil liberties and dignity issue, with particular attention to the misuse of the common nightwalker law against women and trans people and the historical injustice of blasphemy laws. Amendments were adopted to add the Supreme Court as a recipient of commission reports and to remove the crime of petite treason. The bill was then passed to be engrossed unanimously, 40-0. Finally, the Senate considered Senate Bill 2558, the “blue envelope” bill to improve interactions between police officers and people with autism spectrum disorder. Supporters said the voluntary program would help drivers and passengers with ASD during traffic stops and would be made permanent through the Registry of Motor Vehicles, with the State Police and advocacy groups involved. An amendment requiring in-service training by the Massachusetts Police Training Council was adopted, while a proposed yellow-dot amendment for older drivers with chronic illness was rejected 5-34. A Ways and Means amendment was then adopted, and the bill passed to be engrossed unanimously, 39-0. The Senate then adopted an order to meet again the following Monday at 11 a.m. and adjourned.

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• But now Latino lawyers, Latino men specifically, were the ones that were not being treated equally according
• I'm really struggling with this appointment, and I think I have equally weighty, conflicting issues on
• I will be completely honest that if we lose that $52, it is roughly equal to about $12 million.
• But probably equally as imperative, we were looking for somebody that had a willingness to look under

Summary: The Senate Committee on Rules established a quorum and first approved several items without required appearances, including the appointments of Rick Simpson to the Commission on Teacher Credentialing and Trinidad Solis, M.D., and Gerald Talbert, M.D., to the Medical Board of California, along with references of bills to committees and floor acknowledgments. The committee then heard testimony on two State Bar of California appointments requiring appearance: George Cardona, J.D., for Chief Trial Counsel, and Laura Enderton Speed, J.D., for Executive Director. Cardona described his first four years as chief trial counsel, emphasizing reforms after the Girardi matter, including stronger conflict-of-interest and gift rules, tighter trust-account investigations, more data tracking, and efforts to reduce case backlogs and discipline disparities. Senators questioned him about the John Eastman disbarment case, the office’s role and jurisdiction, racial and Latino discipline disparities, unauthorized practice of law by notarios, staffing vacancies, and the use of AI in pleadings and internal work. Public witnesses from the State Bar, SEIU Local 1000, and others supported his confirmation, and the committee voted 3-0 to advance his appointment to the full Senate. Enderton Speed said she sought the executive director role to help restore public trust, strengthen discipline and admissions, and address the February 2025 bar exam problems. Senators asked about the State Bar’s budget deficit, hiring freeze, long-term fiscal stability, the bar exam audit and litigation, safeguards against conflicts and gifts, and the decision to move the February exam largely remote before returning to in-person administration for July. Public witnesses also supported her confirmation, citing leadership, accessibility, and a focus on core functions. The committee voted 5-0 to advance her appointment to the full Senate. The meeting ended with remarks honoring Senator Jones on his final day on the committee and a cake presentation before adjournment to executive session.

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• Equally important, this site is not an ecological preserve.
• Equally<00:09:14.080> important,<00:09:15.080> this<00:09:15.280> site<00:09:15.600
• > is<00:09:15.800> not<00:09:16.120> an Equally important, this site is not an Equally

Bills: HB381, HB259, HB393, HB399, SB358, SB362, SB363, SB348, SB187

Keywords: 923, senate, all

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• And so we're looking to try and equalize the value of your home with what it would be if we had continued
• 00:03:56.560> and And so we're looking to try and and And so we're looking to try and and equalize
• :59.120> of<00:03:59.439> your<00:03:59.680> home<00:04:00.319> with equalize
• the value of your home with equalize the value of your home with what<00:04:00.799> it<00:04:

Keywords: 1183, house

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• until last year, um, we had never—no one in my office had staffed a tied House or a committee with equal
• <00:14:57.800> uh<00:14:58.200> committee<00:14:58.640> with<00:14:58.800> equal
• house or a uh committee with equal house or a uh committee with equal membership<00:14:59.480>

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Everything between rows 1 and 30 is the State Equalization Guarantee.
• Some of this is related to your state equalization guarantee; your public school funding formula is based
• To me, that's very important that everybody be treated equally.
• With your state equalization guarantee, those students are currently funded in the exact same way as

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• , and we're doing that based on the law as written, which right now is open to all students at the equal
• View, if that's what you're talking about, is not that it wasn't enough money; it's that it wasn't an equal
• responsibility back on the General Assembly to say, what does it take for an adequate educational system to be equal
• freedom accounts for other students doesn't take away from that. or an adequate educational system to be equal

Summary: The Arkansas Legislative Council meeting began with approval of the December 2025 minutes and a presentation from the Bureau of Legislative Research on the December revenue report. Dr. Carlos Silva said gross collections were about $4.02 billion, up slightly from the prior year, and net available for distribution was also above last year but down modestly from the previous month because of higher-than-expected corporate income tax refunds. Members asked about corporate tax trends, tariffs, and inflation, and Silva said it was too early to call the corporate decline a trend and that tariff effects would likely show up mainly in sales tax collections. The council then adopted several subcommittee reports, including the Executive Committee Subcommittee, Administrative Rules, Hospital/Medicaid/Developmental Disabilities, Occupational Licensing Review, PEER, Review, State Insurance Program Oversight, and Personnel. The PEER report drew the most debate because of a Department of Agriculture grant tied to Perry County and Central Arkansas Water; members discussed whether removing the Perry County portion would affect the grant’s competitiveness, and the report was ultimately adopted with the item included. The Review Subcommittee also heard questions about a BDO contract for the rural health transformation program, with DFA explaining that the contractor would manage the program while state agencies would make funding decisions consistent with the state’s application. A major portion of the meeting focused on the Education Freedom Account appropriation tied to LEARNS. Senators and representatives debated whether the program helps families or diverts money from public schools, with supporters arguing it funds students and choice and opponents arguing it is costly, vulnerable to fraud, and harms public school funding. Department of Education officials said roughly 28,000 private school students and 17,500 homeschool students were participating, that EFA students must submit standardized tests annually, and that the requested $32 million was to cover existing participants. After multiple substitute motions and extended debate, the body rejected a motion to strip out the $32 million and then adopted the report and related motions. The meeting ended after routine approvals of additional agency items and adjournment.

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• It's just that the additional enhancement is equal to the amount of time if they're in jail and it's
• the risk of being Toby Downer here, regarding the scope of the bill and a potential challenge with equal
• So I think that's sort of the first equal protection response: that the bill is completely neutral.
• number of programs that male offenders have access to that female offenders do not, which itself is an equal

Bills: SB60, SB85, SB323

Keywords: elderly, vulnerable persons, criminal penalties, theft, civil penalties, criminal justice reform, traffic stops, law enforcement, data recording, public safety, racial profiling, SB323, Nevada, Department of Corrections, offenders, inmates, incarcerated people, prison phone calls, free phone calls, family communication

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• Both are equal to the protocol approved and used in the state of Texas.
• In regards to the prevention is still equal to and testing other than the local component or the criminal
• So, I mean, is that a situation that we're in where we have equal standards for testing, equal standards

Bills: HB 5208, SB 863, SB 1243, SB 1624, SB 1965, SB 2660, SB 2702, SB 2885

Keywords: water filtration, public drinking water, health and safety, well maintenance, water quality, Edwards Aquifer, water conservation, reclaimed water, aquifer storage, environmental protection, public utility agency, dissolution, local government, regulatory framework, municipal authority, Texas Water Bank, Texas Water Trust, water rights, water banking, instream flow

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• How it works is the centers divide the funding equally, and they work to promote dignity and independence
• 00:02:10.280> divide<00:02:10.599> the<00:02:10.720> funding<00:02:11.200> equally
• <00:02:11.959> and centers divide the funding equally and centers divide the funding equally

Keywords: 1183, house

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• 70 percent—so I'm hopeful that we can get that amended in at the next stop, as well as some other equal
• <00:07:37.759> as<00:07:37.919> some<00:07:38.080> other<00:07:38.720> equal
• next stop um as well as some other equal next stop um as well as some other equal or<00:07:39.199

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Remind them, O Lord, that the world is equally balanced between good and evil, and their next act will
• REMIND THEM, O LORD, THAT THE WORLD IS EQUALLY BALANCED BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Friday, August 8, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• equal to. equal to.
• <00:42:01.520> to said, "Well, your program is equal to said, "Well, your program is equal
• country, if you achieve the bar of equal country, if you achieve the bar of equal to,<00:42:19.600
• <00:42:23.280> to, have achieved that bar of equal to, have achieved that bar of equal to,
• the sheep should be equal to these cows. the sheep should be equal to these cows.

Keywords: 916, all

Bills: HCR158, HCR159, HCR160, HCR161, HCR162, HCR163, HCR164, HR174, HR427, HR790, HR810, HR857, HR866, HR882, HR883, HR962, HR966, HR1001, HR1045, HR1085, HR1097, HR1127, HR1138, HR1141, HR1150, HR1152, HR1292, HR1296, HR1304, HR1305, HR1306, HR1308, HR1309, HR1310, HR1311, HR1312, HR1313, HR1315, HR1317, HR1318, HR1320, HR1321, HR1322, HR1323, HR1324, HR1325, HR1327, HR1328, HR1329, HR1330, HR1331, HR1332, HR1333, HR1334, HR1335, HR1338, HR1340, HR1341, HR1342, HR1343, HR1344, HR1345, HR1346, HR1347, HR1348, HR1349, HR1352, HR1353, HR1354, HR1355, HR1358, HR1359, HR1360, HR1361, HR1362, HR1363, HR1364, HR1365, HR1366, HR1368, HR1369, HR1370, HR1380, HR1383, HR1384, HR1385, HR1386, HR1387, HR1388, HR1389, HR1390, HR1392, HR1393, HR1396, HR1397, HR1398, HR1399, HR1400, HR1402, HR1403, HR1404, HR1405, HR1406, HR1407, HR1408, HR1409, HR1410, HR1411, HR1412, HR1413, HR1414, HR1415, HR1417, HR1418, HR1419, HR1420, HR1421, HR1422, HR1424, HR1425, HR1426, HR1427, HR1428, HR1429, HR1430, HR1431, HR1432, HR1433, HR1434, HR1435, HR1436, HR1437, HR1438, HR1440, HR1441, HR1442, HR1443, HR1444, HR1445, HR1447, HR1448, HR1449, HR1450, HR1452, HR1453, HR1454, HR1455, HR1456, HR1458, HR1459, HR1460, HR1461, HR1462, HR1463, HR1464, HR1465, HR1466, HR1467, HR1469, HR1470, HR1471, HR1472, HR1473, HR1475, HR1477, HCR132, HCR154, HR17, HR49, HR170, HR275, HR355, HR356, HR364, HR369, HR672, HR690, HR755, HR756, HR759, HR762, HR763, HR781, HR785, HR848, HR1240, HR1265, HR1303, HR1307, HR1314, HR1316, HR1319, HR1326, HR1336, HR1337, HR1350, HR1351, HR1367, HR1371, HR1372, HR1373, HR1374, HR1375, HR1376, HR1377, HR1378, HR1379, HR1382, HR1391, HR1395, HR1451, HR1457, HR1468, HR1474, HR1476, SB1637, SB2878, HB2885, HB2017, HB5246, SB8, SB2308, SB1405, HB 119, SB3059, SB15, SB568, SB2900, HB3642, HB3909, SB268, HB493, SB2217, HB2516, SB650, HB2963, SB1610, HB705, SB2972, SB1540, HB40, SB2753, SB1660, SB2024, HB1545, HB46

Keywords: World War II, V-J Day, Victory over Japan Day, Japan surrender, atomic bomb, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, USS Missouri, Douglas MacArthur, Harry S. Truman, Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin, Potsdam Conference, Pacific Theater, Greatest Generation, veterans, military history, commemoration, concurrent resolution, Texas Legislature

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• billions and billions and and it equals billions and billions and billions<00:48:39.119> sitting<
• is that the House is a co-equal is that the House is a co-equal independent<02:47:08.880> branch
• Violators of this statute or bill, if it becomes law, will have to pay an equal amount of 10% of the
• amount of 10 an amount pay an equal amount of 10 an amount equal<03:23:55.279> to<03:23:55.520
• to 10% of the value of covered equal to 10% of the value of covered assets<03:23:57.760> plus

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, September 4, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• <00:24:05.360> to<00:24:05.520> the cast, which should be equal to the cast, which
• <00:24:09.760> to election, which should also be equal to election, which should also be equal
• Sum of all votes should equal the cast.
• SB213 undermines equal access integrity.
• SB213 undermines equal access to<04:45:07.360> democracy.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• government so that they may tend to the promotion of a good and just society and the blessings of equal
• OUR GOVERNMENT SO THAT THEY MAY TEND TO THE PROMOTION OF GOOD AND JUST SOCIETY AND THE BLESSINGS OF EQUAL

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Friday, March 14, 2025, 1012, house, all