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• This was constructed using analyst working papers from the Senate and House fiscal committee.
• This was constructed using analyst working papers from the Senate and House fiscal committee.
• And it's hard to say, but I mean, like we've introduced legislation in the House and in the Senate.
• resolution.
• resolution. approved by a two-thirds vote of the legislators in each chamber through a concurrent resolution

Bills: SB6251 , SB6259 , SB6325 , SB5978 , SB6209 , SB6217 , SB6227 , SB6235

Committee: Senate Higher Education & Workforce Development

Keywords: medical school, medical education, letter grades, grading system, pass/fail, tiered grading, student assessment, curriculum, University of Washington, Washington State University, School of Medicine, physician training, academic standards, coursework evaluation, RCW 28B, SB 6259, Washington, state financial aid, higher education, public college

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• That would be Representative Bon for House Concurrent Resolution 8.
• A concurrent resolution is one that goes to the Senate, as opposed to an H.R., which is strictly a House
• A concurrent resolution is one that goes to the Senate, as opposed to an H.R., which is strictly a House
• So our final measure of the day, House Concurrent Resolution HCR 9, would go to the Senate if it gets
• ><c> this</c> house concurrent resolution hcr9 this house concurrent resolution hcr9 this would<04:53

Committee: House State-federal Relations and Veterans Affairs

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Bills: HB241 , HB381 , HB241

Committee: House S/C on Defense & Veterans' Affairs

Keywords: healthcare, insurance, vaccine, public health, emergency response, vaccine distribution, healthcare legislation, state coordination, veterans, disability, employment preference, state agency hiring, supplemental security income, PTSD, mental health, grants, treatment protocols, pilot program, personalized treatment, neuroinflammation

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• House File 3357.
• </c> House File 3357. House File 3357.
• </c> except for in the people's house. except for in the people's house.
• </c> the rules of the house. the rules of the house.
• </c> Cleorne bill, House File 3621. Cleorne bill, House File 3621.

Bills: HF3477 , HF3480 , HF3781 , HF3357 , HF3737 , HF3664 , HF3621

Committee: House State Government Finance and Policy

Keywords: civil rights, law enforcement, federal collaboration, accountability, state law, immigration enforcement, economic impact, Operation Metro Surge, study, appropriation, local government, Legislative Commission on Legislative Security, legislator security, elected official security, staff security, statehouse security, capitol security, legislative district safety, political violence prevention, threat assessment

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• Chairman, members, House Bill 2763 requires a joint resolution approving the closure of a state-run shooting
• Chair and Members, House Bill 2175. Mr.
• We're here in support of House Bill 2175.
• Chairman, members, House Bill 2223, I think it's been important comments for— Chairman, members, House
• Chairman, members, House Concurrent Resolution 2043 calls for an Article 5 convention to propose a constitutional

Bills: HB2076 , HB2135 , HB2175 , HB2186 , HB2223 , HB2345 , HB2364 , HB2417 , HB2440 , HB2666 , HB2763 , HCR2043

Committees: House Judiciary , House House Judiciary Committee of Reference

Keywords: school safety, employee training, firearm certification, crisis response, school policies, reimbursement fund, local law enforcement, HB2135, Arizona, civil liability, private right of action, DEI, diversity equity and inclusion, critical race theory, anti-racism, race stereotyping, sex stereotyping, race scapegoating, sex scapegoating, gender identity

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• We'll start with House Bill 1228.
• As a reminder, House Bill 1982 is the bill that expands circumstances As a reminder, House Bill 1982
• House Bill 2165.
• Next one is House Bill 2173. The committee is going to defer action on House Bill 2173.
• And finally, House Bill 2464.

Bills: HB1228 , HB1982 , HB2156 , HB2165 , HB2173 , HB2203 , HB2220 , HB2362 , HB2403 , HB2464

Committee: House Community Safety

Keywords: DUI, driving under the influence, impaired driving, toxicology, forensic toxicology, breath test, blood test, THC, marijuana, cannabis, alcohol concentration, state toxicologist, implied consent, evidence admissibility, venous blood draw, forensic phlebotomist, certified laboratory, accredited laboratory, law enforcement, DWI

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• Okay, the chair lays out House Bill HB1576. Please proceed.
• Thank you, Chairman and members of the House Committee.
• It's House Bill number 2213.
• Okay, the Chair lays out House Bill...
• Lapis: Hello, esteemed representatives of the House.

Bills: HB778 , HB 1266 , HB1576 , HB2213 , HB2517 , HB2518 , HB2841 , HB3306 , HB3320 , HB3388 , HB3508 , HB3520 , HB3689

Committee: House Insurance

Keywords: credentialing, healthcare, physician assistants, advanced practice nurses, managed care, hurricane, windstorm, loss mitigation, grants, insurance discounts, property retrofitting, insurance, Texas Windstorm Insurance Association, board composition, coastal counties, property insurance, taxation, Texas FAIR Plan Association, premium taxes, maintenance taxes

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• The House Committee on Insurance will come to order. The clerk will call the roll.
• We're very much in support of House Bill 3689.
• House Bill 3689 provides solutions at a time when... ...the most.
• Right, the premium is a percentage of the cost of the house, the value of the house.
• So, House Bill 1576.

Bills: HB778 , HB 1266 , HB1576 , HB2213 , HB2517 , HB2518 , HB2841 , HB3306 , HB3320 , HB3388 , HB3508 , HB3520 , HB3689

Committee: House Insurance

Keywords: credentialing, healthcare, physician assistants, advanced practice nurses, managed care, hurricane, windstorm, loss mitigation, grants, insurance discounts, property retrofitting, insurance, Texas Windstorm Insurance Association, board composition, coastal counties, property insurance, taxation, Texas FAIR Plan Association, premium taxes, maintenance taxes

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• House of Representatives.] The Speaker pro tempore: The House will be in order.
• The House will be in order.
• House of Representatives.]
• House of Representatives.
• We're talking about, at best, on the House budget resolution, cutting $2 trillion over those 10 years

Bills: HR997 , HR517 , HR1152 , HB1491 , HR1155 , HR998 , HR1234

Keywords: House of Representatives, code of conduct, suspension of rules, time zone clocks, rules reform, legislative efficiency, hospital, healthcare, anniversary, Sisters of Mercy, community outreach, American cowboy, cattle trails, historical recognition, 250th anniversary, cultural heritage, economic impact, tourism, agriculture, disaster relief

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• House Finance used the estimates provided, I believe, was House Resolution 17 by the House Ways and Means
• 00:05:30.199><c> believe</c><00:05:30.440><c> was</c><00:05:30.600><c> house</c><00:05:30.840><c> resolution
• </c> provided I believe was house resolution provided I believe was house resolution 17<00:05:31.840>
• House Bill 1A is the enabling legislation to accompany House Bill 1.
• 1 and House Bill 2.

Summary: The House Finance Committee met for final approval of HB 1 and HB 2, with legislative budget staff Michael Kain reviewing the final amendment documents and surplus statements. Kain explained that HB 1474H and HB 1484H incorporated the committee’s prior votes and the Governor’s recommended sections, and he walked through the budget math for the general fund, education trust fund, Highway Fund, and Fish and Game Fund. He said the committee’s proposal remained balanced overall, though the current-year general fund showed a projected deficit that HB 2 would address by allowing a possible rainy day fund transfer if needed. He also noted that the committee’s revenue estimates were below the Governor’s, requiring reductions and adjustments to appropriations and lapse assumptions. Members discussed the rainy day fund provisions, including a section in HB 2 that suspends existing restrictions so a transfer can be made if the deficit materializes. Kain said the committee’s approach differed from the Governor’s because the state was not below the overall revenue plan, and the fiscal committee would retain a role in determining any transfer. He also summarized that the Highway Fund would end with about a $13 million balance and Fish and Game with about $3 million, both without additional general fund support. The committee then adopted two amendments to HB 2 unanimously: Amendment 1473H, a technical cleanup to the Group 2 retirement seven-year rule, and Amendment 1482H, a technical correction to the recreational services language. Amendment 1484H, which incorporated those changes into HB 2, was adopted on a 14-1 vote after minority members objected to the bill’s broader cuts and policy changes, including reductions to state agencies, health and human services, and education-related provisions. The committee also adopted Amendment 1474H to HB 1A on a 14-1 vote after similar debate over budget reductions, vacancies, university funding, and school spending limits. Finally, the committee voted 14-1 to report HB 1A and HB 2 as amended as ought to pass, with the minority voting no and the committee planning a full House presentation the following week.

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• Got a resolution. Senator Bain, a brief recess.
• Resolutions congratulating the Warren Public Library.
• The resolution is adopted.
• Everyone would gather at her house and look forward to her annual Mardi Gras party.
• Everyone would gather at her house and look forward to her annual Mardi Gras party.

Summary: The Senate opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and then adopted an emergency preamble for Senate No. 2799, establishing a sick leave bank for a Department of Elementary and Secondary Education employee. The chamber also adopted a congratulatory resolution honoring the Warren Public Library on its 150th anniversary. Several local bills then advanced, including Senate No. 2509 on filling mayoral vacancies in New Bedford, House No. 4171 on vacancies among town meeting members in Milford (as amended), and House No. 4233 amending the Charter of the City of Malden, which was passed to be enacted and sent to the Governor. Senate No. 2799 was also passed to be enacted. The Senate adopted a committee report extending the Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure’s reporting deadline to March 5, 2026. It also suspended Joint Rule 12 to refer a House petition concerning the Massachusetts Uniform Commercial Code to the Committee on Financial Services. Multiple Senate orders were then adopted setting expedited procedures for Ways and Means consideration of several bills, including campaign finance reporting by state ballot question committees (Senate No. 507, new draft 2898), property tax bill shocks (Senate No. 1933, new draft 2899), municipal tax relief (Senate No. 1935, new draft 2900), property tax deferral (Senate No. 2713, new draft 2901), a means-tested senior citizen property tax exemption (Senate No. 2036, new draft 2902), and honoring Blue Star Families (Senate No. 2903). The Senate also adopted an order to meet again the following Monday at 11 a.m. and dispense with printing a calendar. At the close of business, members moved to adjourn in memory of Mary Ann Lomba of Dorchester, with remarks noting her community service and family, and the motion prevailed. The Senate adjourned in her memory.

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• House Bill 1417 with one amendment and requests the concurrence of the House.
• and requests the concurrence of the House.
• and requests concurrence of the House.
• and requests the concurrence of the House.
• House Bill 543 with one amendment and requests the concurrence of the House.

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• Concurrent Resolutions 1006 and 1007 as amended be referred to the House for final action.
• House Concurrent Resolution 1006 and Senate Bill 143 be referred to the Committee of the Whole with favorable
• House Concurrent Resolutions 1004 and 1005 and House Resolution 1008 be postponed indefinitely. on finance
• House Concurrent Resolution<05:25:20.400><c> 1006</c><05:25:21.360><c> and</c><05:25:21.480><c> Senate
• House Concurrent<05:25:25.920><c> Resolutions</c><05:25:26.800><c> 1004</c><05:25:27.480><c> and</c><

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• . >> My name is Ashley Tacket Laferty and I am the state representative for the 95th House District.
• House District. I represent all of Floyd House District.
• The guy's house he was in was at that dead end of that little road.
• The guy's house he was a one-way street.
• <00:13:23.519><c> fire,</c> 117 fire, 117 fire, 1517<00:13:26.480><c> jail</c><00:13:27.279><c> workers

Summary: The committee heard testimony from Rep. Ashley Tacket Laferty on a bill to expand minimum hazardous-duty retirement and health benefits for certain public safety workers injured in the line of duty. She used a video and examples from Floyd County to describe officers and an emergency management director who were catastrophically injured but did not qualify for existing hazardous-duty coverage because their employers had enrolled them in non-hazardous retirement plans. The bill would provide a minimum benefit of 25% of pay, plus 10% for dependent children and limited health coverage, for eligible workers who cannot return to hazardous work. Laferty said the proposal would apply retroactively through a five-year window, estimated to affect a limited number of workers statewide, and would be funded by small increases in employer contribution rates. Committee members questioned how many former employees might qualify, how the bill interacts with the pension system, and who would pay the added cost. Discussion also noted that local governments choose whether to place employees in hazardous or non-hazardous coverage, largely based on cost. The sheriff’s association was present online in support, and no vote was taken. The committee then heard Rep. Daniel Gber present a revised bill allowing teachers and school district employees to use accumulated sick leave to observe religious holidays not already on the school calendar, if they provide a personal statement and sufficient advance notice. He said the measure is intended to address the rigid school calendar and the difficulty teachers face in observing non-school holidays without losing service credit toward retirement. He noted that the earlier version of the bill had allowed make-up work time, but the current draft is shorter and focused on sick leave use. He also referenced a supporting letter from a constituent who could not attend because of weather. The bill was presented for discussion only, with no committee action reported.

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• House Concurrent Resolution 2047 and House Resolution 2002 are mirror resolutions that recognize the
• You might recall last year, SCR 1002 failed to pass House third read.
• House Bill 2190 is the physician assistant licensure compact.
• Madam Chair members, House Bill 2321 DCS credit freeze.
• Madam Chair, members, House Bill 2833, violent threats, minors.

Summary: The committee worked through a long Minority Caucus calendar covering a wide range of bills, with many items on consent and several pulled for discussion. Early items included resolutions on Judea and Samaria, bullion depository bills, a produce incentive appropriation, a biennial budget proposal, and a veterans services appropriation. Members also heard transportation-related bills on driver permits, citations, boat insurance, English proficiency for commercial drivers and motor carriers, photo enforcement, and a measure restricting incarceration for unpaid fines and fees. Several members raised concerns about constitutional issues, public safety, or whether bills were duplicative or targeted at specific groups. A large portion of the meeting focused on education and school governance bills. These included proposals on school district bond advisors, restrictions on school property leases and purchases, public meeting requirements, term limits and training for school board members, patriotic youth group access to students, computer science proficiency, and a bill requiring fingerprint clearance cards for traffic school instructors. Members repeatedly criticized what they described as inconsistent treatment of public schools versus ESA/private school programs, and several education bills were pulled from consent for further discussion. Other bills addressed child safety and family law, including DCS credit freezes, recorded child interviews, parents’ rights notices, mandatory reporting of threats by minors, sex offender residency and GPS monitoring, and a bill on guardianship rights during DCS investigations. The committee also considered a number of social services, health, and labor/consumer bills. These included SNAP work requirement and verification measures, a SNAP error-rate audit, dementia care telemonitoring funding, a Braille transcription appropriation, court fee limits, a physician assistant compact, pediatric licensure compact, and a kratom regulation bill. Members debated an earned wage access licensing bill at length, with opponents calling it predatory and akin to payday lending, while supporters argued it provided a regulated consumer option. Other measures covered cash acceptance by businesses, 529-to-Roth IRA rollovers, AI rules for state agencies, and a bill on public nuisance actions by the Attorney General. Several of these drew warnings about constitutional problems, preemption, or burdens on vulnerable populations. Energy, water, and tax policy also featured prominently. The committee heard bills on fuel formulations, gas tax relief, data centers and small modular nuclear reactors, utility reporting, and a Commerce Authority mandate to reduce fuel prices. Members criticized some proposals as favoring industry, preempting local control, or lacking a clear funding plan. The meeting ended after additional items on veterans, sample ballot mailing dates, and other miscellaneous measures, with multiple bills noted as pulled from consent or subject to later votes; no final roll-call results were detailed in the transcript excerpt.

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• and Senate Bills and Joint Resolutions on second reading, assignment, reassignment of bills and resolutions
• the House.
• House Concurrent Resolution 1024 by Hildebrant of the House and Seifried of the Senate, a resolution
• House Concurrent Resolution 1022 by DeBrenzky of the House and Green of the Senate, a resolution relating
• House Joint Resolution 1091 by Kendricks of the House, a resolution relating to business and commerce

Bills: HB4028 , HB4075 , HB4077 , HB4074 , HB4076 , SB1221 , SB1921 , SB2118 , SB1932 , SB2134 , HCR1025 , SB1432 , HCR1024 , HCR1022 , SB1122 , HB4029 , HB4063 , HB4073 , HB4078 , SB1936 , SB44 , SB237 , SB248 , SB1360 , SB985 , SB1204 , SB1239 , SB1307 , SB2143 , SB1428 , SB1390 , SB1400 , SB1405 , SB1732 , SB1832 , SB1859 , SB1989 , SB2018 , SB1427

Summary: The House opened with roll call, prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several recognitions and introductions, including Deer Creek students, Skiatook Chamber members, Sand Springs youth leaders, and international visitors studying U.S. energy policy. The chamber also honored the Nurse of the Day, Marla Lyceum, and heard a lengthy farewell speech from Minority Leader Munson reflecting on her service, constituent work, leadership, and bipartisan relationships. Members then took up several special presentations and resolutions, including HCR 1024 recognizing Route 66 Day and its economic importance, HCR 1022 honoring National Lineman Appreciation Day, and a citation for Langston University Day at the Capitol. The House also recognized Deputy Kenton Blumenthal as Oklahoma’s 2025 Officer of the Year for heroic actions during a dangerous pursuit. Later, the House introduced the pages of the week. On legislation, the House passed SB 1122 on ad valorem tax, which supporters said would equalize tax treatment for broadband infrastructure and promote business fairness, over some concern about tax policy and revenue impacts. The chamber also passed HB 4029, HB 4063, HB 4073, HB 4078, and SB 1936, with emergency clauses adopted on the first four. HB 4063, which referred two previously approved state questions to a special August election, drew extended debate over ballot timing, turnout, and whether combining the questions was appropriate; it ultimately passed and the special election referral was approved. SB 1936, which elevates falsely impersonating a law enforcement officer to a D1 felony, passed unanimously.

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• by the House.
• by the House.
• by the House.
• by the House.
• "House Bill 741..." "House Bill 741..."

Committee: Senate Education

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• We are in receipt of communications returning House Concurrent Resolution Numbers 1 and 2, both having
• </c> the House of Representatives. the House of Representatives.
• of</c> Welcome to your House of Welcome to your House of Representatives.<00:16:08.320><c> Thank</c>
• </c><00:16:40.720><c> of</c> please welcome her to the House of please welcome her to the House of Representatives
• Item number six, introduction of resolutions. Mr. Clerk, are there any resolutions for action?

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• The House will be in order.
• Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 11:15, I call up the bill H.R. 4638 and ask for its immediate consideration
• Pursuant to House Resolution 1115, the previous question is ordered on the bill as amended.
• Pursuant to House Resolution<00:59:25.839><c> 11:15,</c><00:59:26.480><c> the</c><00:59:26.720><c> previous
• Our people deserve a White House focused on resolution and here at home affordability for the American

Bills: SB4138 , HB4638

Keywords: SB4138, S. 4138, Public Law 119-80, Captain Cody Khork, Cody Khork, United States Army, Army promotion, posthumous promotion, honorary promotion, major, military honors, veterans, memorial recognition, 10 U.S.C. 1563a, notice requirement waiver, Congressional tribute