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• Behind me is Lindsay Thockman, our Executive and Legislative Affairs Director. Jaron.
• Brad Purdy, our Executive and Legislative Affairs Director.
• Julissa Rodriguez with the Legislative Finance Committee.
• So, is that really a legislative issue and a budget issue?
• Ruby Ann Esquibel with the Legislative Finance Committee.

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• Your Rules and Ethics Committee herewith submits the special order for Wednesday, March 26, 2025.
• Implementing and conforming legislation. Reading of the report, Mr. Speaker.
• This legislation is more than legal reform. It's a declaration of humanity.
• But we weren't because the MSD legislation was a bipartisan compromise to keep our children safe.
• But we weren't because the MSD legislation was a bipartisan compromise to keep our children safe.

Summary: The House convened for opening-day business, with prayer, a moment of silence for Captain Bill Guston, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a quorum established. The Speaker outlined a budget message emphasizing reduced spending and a proposed permanent 0.75% sales tax cut, and the chamber then received the Governor’s veto message on portions of HB 5001. Members moved to reinstate several vetoed appropriations, including the Florida Senior Veterans and Crisis Fund, Rockledge Advanced Water Treatment Phase 1, the Department of Corrections automated staffing/time management system, and Baldwin sewer and water main work; each reinstatement passed unanimously. The House also adopted a special order calendar and special amendment procedures for the General Appropriations Act and related bills. On the special order calendar, several bills passed unanimously or near-unanimously, including Lucy’s Law on boating safety (CS/CS/CS/HB 289), HB 735 on water access facilities, HB 11 on municipal water and sewer utility rates, CS/CS/HB 85 on hazardous walking conditions, and CS/HB 157 on service of process. These measures focused on boating safety, water infrastructure, utility-rate fairness, school walking safety, and procedural civil-law updates. A major floor debate centered on HB 6017, which would repeal Florida’s “Free Kill Law” limiting wrongful-death damages in medical negligence cases. Supporters described the bill as a long-awaited justice measure for families who lost adult children or unmarried relatives to medical malpractice, while opponents were not recorded in the final vote tally; the bill passed 104-6 after extensive emotional testimony from sponsors and affected families. The chamber also heard a lengthy, highly divided debate on HB 759, which would lower the firearm purchase age from 21 to 18. Supporters argued the current law is inconsistent with adult rights and responsibilities and cited constitutional precedent, while opponents emphasized Parkland, youth gun violence, and public-safety concerns; the transcript ends during continued debate on that bill, with no final vote shown.

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• Additionally, over the course of the legislative session.
• We have also included recidivism rates as determined. by the Legislative Budget Board, and this rate
• We are, one of our legislative appropriation requests, exceptional items, is to establish that program
• I know there's some other legislation pending that's going to address some of that acuity level.
• You know, you can request those through legislative privilege.

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• Thank you, Madam Chair, for sponsoring this important legislation.
• We’re starting with the Joint Legislative Budget Committee.
• I worked for the legislative branch all my life. I am biased to the legislative branch.
• The legislative branch is supreme, okay?
• I do feel that this bill has legal, ethical, and just... ...has legal, ethical, and just humanity implications

Summary: The committee began with a presentation from the Alzheimer’s Association Desert Southwest Chapter and Dr. Anna Burke of Barrow Neurological Institute on the growing impact of Alzheimer’s and dementia in Arizona, the need for earlier diagnosis, better provider education, caregiver support, and continued research funding. They described current gaps in training and access to specialists, but also highlighted new therapies, lifestyle interventions, and Arizona-based research efforts. Members expressed support and optimism, but no action was taken on the presentation. The committee then heard HB 2202, which appropriates $300,000 from the general fund over fiscal years 2027 through 2029 for a dementia care tele-mentoring grant program through the Department of Health Services. Supporters, including the Alzheimer’s Association, a dementia specialist, and a patient advocate, said the program would help primary care providers diagnose dementia earlier and improve care. The bill was passed out of committee on an 11-0 vote. Next, the committee took up HB 2251, the midwifery bill, which would authorize certain licensed midwives to dispense and administer specified medications and devices, require liability insurance disclosure and annual reporting, and create a Midwifery Advisory Committee. A committee amendment removed some medications and renamed the bill the Jordan and MacTerry Act. ACOG and the Arizona Osteopathic Medical Association opposed the bill as drafted, citing concerns about oversight, peer review, and the medication list, while licensed midwives and other supporters argued the bill would improve safety, transparency, and alignment with national standards. The bill was held for further stakeholder work, with members indicating more amendments were likely. The committee then heard HB 2252, which would allow certified nurse midwives, certified professional midwives, or licensed midwives to accompany a patient in a ground ambulance during an out-of-hospital birth if approved by medical direction. Supporters described cases where continued midwife involvement during transport helped newborns and mothers, while firefighters and EMS representatives opposed the bill as written, saying it created ambiguity about command and scene control and could raise safety concerns. The chair said the bill would be held for further stakeholder meetings and possible language changes. After a recess, the committee reconvened for presentations on federal Medicaid and rural health funding impacts, beginning with JLBC’s overview of H.R. 1’s Medicaid provisions and the rural health transformation grant program.

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• </c> legislation across their jurisdictions. legislation across their jurisdictions.
• <c> create</c><01:40:40.360><c> an</c> I support legislation to create an I support legislation to create
• the proposed legislation.
• </c><02:04:15.560><c> Reference</c> would request the Legislative Reference would request the Legislative
• </c> proposed legislation. proposed legislation.

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on SB 83, which would require hotel keepers to give adequate notice of service disruptions to guests and third-party vendors. The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs Office of Consumer Protection supported the bill but asked for amendments to restore remedies and add a nonwaiver provision, arguing that without penalties the measure would lack consequences and that consumers should not be able to waive the notice rights. Supporters, including Unite Here Local 5 and individual testifiers, said guests deserve transparency and meaningful recourse when disruptions occur, especially for labor disputes, construction, or other service interruptions that affect the experience they paid for. Hotel industry representatives, including the American Hotel and Lodging Association, the Hawaii Hotel Alliance, and hotel workers/testifiers, opposed the bill in its current form while offering amendments. They said the measure was too broad, difficult to implement, and could interfere with collective bargaining, third-party booking systems, and existing contracts. They also argued that some disruptions are not easily known in advance and that the bill unfairly singles out hotels compared with other industries. One testifier emphasized that notice should be required only for actual, known disruptions rather than potential events, and another raised concerns about applying the bill to properties not directly involved in a labor dispute. After the SB 83 testimony, the committee moved on to SB 2798, which would make permanent and expand statewide the agricultural enforcement pilot program created in 2025 and rename it the agricultural enforcement program. The chair introduced the measure and called on the Hawaii Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity as the first testifier, but the transcript excerpt ends before testimony or any vote on SB 2798.

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• . legislating. legislating.
• </c> with that one legislatively? with that one legislatively?
• Let's legislate.
• Let's legislate. If your kid is come. Let's legislate.
• Um, legislate the uh, or not do.

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• So we ask for an I vote, and we hope that members of this committee will co-sponsor the legislation,
• Previous legislation established limited protections for unlicensed practitioners of alternative health
• I think really the importance for us is this was landmark legislation does.
• Chair members, Nicholas Second, on behalf of proud co-sponsor Social Compassion in Legislation.
• Should the concerns of the Veterinary Medical Board be circumvented by this legislation?

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• And it was tucked into this legislation.
• And it was tucked into this legislation.
• That is what this legislation does.
• THAT IS WHAT THIS LEGISLATION DOES.
• AND HAS ZERO TO DO WITH WORK ETHIC.

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• Senate Bill 1594 by Hancock relating to renaming the Sunset Advisory Commission as a Sunset Legislative

Bills: SJR60, SJR62, SJR65, SJR66, SJR67, SJR68, SCR27, SCR28, SCR29, SB1576, SB1577, SB1578, SB1579, SB1580, SB1581, SB1582, SB1583, SB1584, SB1585, SB1586, SB1587, SB1588, SB1589, SB1590, SB1591, SB1592, SB1593, SB1594, SB1595, SB1596, SB1597, SB1598, SB1599, SB1600, SB1601, SB1602, SB1603, SB1604, SB1605, SB1606, SB1607, SB1608, SB1609, SB1610, SB1611, SB1612, SB1613, SB1614, SB1615, SB1616, SB1618, SB1619, SB1620, SB1622, SB1623, SB1624, SB1625, SJR60, SJR62, SJR65, SJR66, SJR67, SJR68, SCR27, SCR28, SCR29, SB1576, SB1577, SB1578, SB1579, SB1580, SB1581, SB1582, SB1583, SB1584, SB1585, SB1586, SB1587, SB1588, SB1589, SB1590, SB1591, SB1592, SB1593, SB1594, SB1595, SB1596, SB1597, SB1598, SB1599, SB1600, SB1601, SB1602, SB1603, SB1604, SB1605, SB1606, SB1607, SB1608, SB1609, SB1610, SB1611, SB1612, SB1613, SB1614, SB1615, SB1616, SB1618, SB1619, SB1620, SB1622, SB1623, SB1624, SB1625

Keywords: SJR 60, Texas constitutional amendment, property tax exemption, ad valorem taxation, rainwater harvesting, graywater system, water conservation, water reuse, residential tax incentive, local government finance, county commissioners court, appraisal value, environmental incentive, November 2025 ballot, Article VIII, tax relief, healthcare workforce, education funding, higher education, economic growth

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• that is unique to the skill set that I have is to really integrate the fiduciary, the legal, the ethical
• 48.400><c> the</c> integrate the fiduciary, the legal, the integrate the fiduciary, the legal, the ethical
• 50.639><c> the</c><00:07:51.199><c> rubber</c><00:07:51.680><c> hits</c><00:07:51.919><c> the</c> ethical
• um and where the rubber hits the ethical um and where the rubber hits the road<00:07:52.639><c> kind

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Summary: The joint committees heard HCR 66, which asks the State Building Code Council to update the state building code to allow point access block construction for residential buildings up to six stories. Testimony was generally in support, including from Housing Hawaii’s Future, the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii, and OPSD, with one registered opponent. No questions were raised, and the joint committee later adopted a recommendation to pass the resolution as is. Because the housing committee lacked quorum at that time, final action on the resolution was deferred to the housing-only agenda. On the housing-only agenda, the committee first heard HTR 78, which states the intent that housing projects qualifying for credits under Act 31 remain eligible for those credits after the act’s repeal. Testimony was in support from HHFTC and the DIY chapter, and there were no questions or opposition noted. The committee then took up Governor’s Message 592, confirming Lisa Darcy to the HPHA board. Support came from HPHA board members and several individuals, and Darcy said she accepted the nomination and emphasized her experience and interest in HPHA’s work. Members questioned her about the HPHA board’s oversight role, the 10,000-unit RFQ, and media coverage of Kuhio Park Terrace relocations; she said she supports the project, values transparency, and would push for better context and accountability, though some members felt she had not directly answered concerns about on-the-ground oversight. The committee also heard Governor’s Message 736, confirming Grant Chun to the HHFDC board. Support testimony highlighted his experience in nonprofit housing, real estate, and leadership roles, and Chun said he was pleased to serve the state. Members asked about his residence and his perspective on senior care at Hali Makua, where he said his family found the care compassionate and thorough, while noting staffing shortages. The transcript ends before any final vote on the housing-only items is shown.

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• I think we also need to have as many ethical reminders as we can.
• I think we also need to have as many ethical reminders as we can.
• that bans the use of one legislation that bans the use of one word<00:30:04.279><c> over</c><00:30:04.640
• I agree that we could do legislation I agree that we could do something<00:30:20.840><c> to</c><00:30
• how it is done thank you any legislating how it is done thank you any any<00:30:28.120><c> further</

Keywords: Consideration of HJR 15 02:26 Consideration of HB 30 16:18 Consideration of HB 71 20:05 Consideration of HB 182 23:51, 958, all

Summary: The House State Government Committee met with a quorum and first took up HJR 15, as amended by a committee substitute, which would return the granite Ten Commandments monument to permanent display on the new State Capitol grounds. Representative Baker described the monument’s history, its removal during construction in the 1980s, the 2000 effort to restore it, and recent Supreme Court changes that he said make the historical-tradition analysis more relevant than the former Lemon test. Members asked about the monument’s location, possible amendments to allow other faiths to place similar monuments, and church-state concerns. Several members explained their votes by saying they supported the historical display but wanted further discussion about religious representation. The resolution passed the committee 16-1 with two pass votes and was reported favorably to the House floor. The committee then considered House Bill 30, sponsored by Representative Blanton, which addresses pension spiking in the Kentucky Public Pension Authority. Blanton said the bill codifies a court ruling clarifying that across-the-board pay raises are not pension spiking and noted support from fire, police, and state employees. Representative Tipton reminded members that pension bills should be reviewed by the Public Pension Oversight Board first and said this bill had been reviewed there without issue. The committee approved HB 30 unanimously, 20-0, with favorable expression. House Bill 71, sponsored by Representative Duval, was next. KPPA Executive Director Ryan Barrow said the bill was requested by KPPA, vetted by the Public Pension Oversight Board, and would restructure KPPA by creating an Office of Financial Management and moving the current CFO into an executive director-level role overseeing that office, without affecting system funding requirements. Representative Johnson supported the measure as an administrative codification of current practice. The committee passed HB 71 unanimously, 20-0, with favorable expression. Finally, the committee heard House Bill 182 from Representative Frasier Gordon, which would prohibit state government from using the word “free” to describe taxpayer-funded services. Gordon said the bill is intended to increase transparency and ensure taxpayers are credited for funding public services, while not changing any programs or benefits. Members questioned how the bill would be enforced, what alternative wording should be used, and whether the restriction could affect communication with low-income or low-literacy residents; Gordon said terms like “provided at no cost” or “paid for by taxpayers” would be acceptable and that the bill contains no penalty. The committee passed HB 182 17-3 with favorable expression and sent it to the House floor.

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• legislation uh what my legislation uh what my suggestion<00:48:22.640><c> is</c><00:48:23.000><c> that
• It's already in legislation—prevention is in legislation—but the words 'harm reduction' are not.
• </c> need to come and get um legislative need to come and get um legislative support<02:01:32.199><c>
• </c> Jenny O Higgins I'm the legislative Jenny O Higgins I'm the legislative liaison<02:07:47.480><c>
• What about ethics?

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• assurance and promise to one of your churches, God, we acknowledge that these people here today in this legislative
• Members, this is the appropriation for the Arkansas Ethics Commission.

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• The Commission still handles licensing, ethics, and discipline, and law enforcement still handles crimes
• Representative Dale Hawkins, Legislative District 2, said that before the committee was something they

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Summary: The committee considered several RS introductions. RS 33225, described as the identical bill to last year’s accountability and spending bill, was introduced after brief discussion about vouchers versus tax credits and accountability for state funds. RS 33298, a narrow clarification to Idaho Code 33-209, would require the Professional Standards Commission to report complaints involving suspected criminal behavior to law enforcement; it was introduced without opposition. RS 3309 C2, aimed at preventing property tax increases by allowing certain school maintenance dollars at the bottom of the funding “waterfall” to be used for lease-purchase arrangements, was also introduced, with a request for more information on impacts to small districts. The committee then spent the most time on RS 32889, which would require the State Board of Education and school districts to aggregate and report data related to children of foreign aliens/undocumented immigrants, using existing data and without collecting personal identifiers. Members raised concerns about how legally present visa holders would be classified, whether the statement of purpose should be softened, whether charter schools should be included explicitly, and whether the proposal would create an unfunded mandate or target a vulnerable population. An amended substitute motion was adopted to strike the second sentence of the statement of purpose and add charter schools to the reporting language. Finally, RS 32826, a proposed constitutional amendment on parental rights and education, was introduced. The sponsor said it would clarify that parents have the right to educate their children without government regulation outside public schools, including through homeschooling and private schooling. Members expressed support and suggested adding historical context about Idaho’s homeschooling history when the bill returns for hearing. After the introductions, a point of order was raised about the prior RS 32889 vote, but the chair ruled the matter closed and the meeting moved on.

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• The Commission still handles licensing, ethics, and discipline, and law enforcement still handles crimes
• Representative Dale Hawkins, Legislative District 2.

Summary: The committee heard several RS introductions related to education and school funding. Representative Harris introduced RS 33225, described as the identical bill from last year’s accountability and spending measure, and after brief discussion about vouchers versus tax credits and accountability for state funds, the committee voted to introduce it. Representative Heather Scott introduced RS 33298, which would require the Professional Standards Commission to report any allegations involving suspected criminal behavior to law enforcement; the committee approved introduction. Representative Galaviz presented RS 3309C2, aimed at preventing property tax increases by allowing school districts to use certain building maintenance funds for lease purchases instead of forcing taxpayers into new bonds for construction or deferred maintenance. The committee moved to introduce it, with a request for additional information later on how the proposal would affect small versus large districts. Representative Tanner then brought RS 32889, a bill to have the State Board of Education aggregate and report data on the costs of educating children of foreign aliens. Members raised questions about legal status categories, charter schools, privacy, and whether the proposal created an unfunded mandate. The sponsor agreed to strike a sentence in the statement of purpose, and the motion to introduce the RS with that amendment and to add charter schools to the reporting language passed. Representative Hawkins presented RS 32826, a proposed constitutional amendment on parental rights that would replace the compulsory education language with a statement that the right to educate children without government regulation outside public schools shall not be infringed. Members supported the measure, and the committee voted to introduce it. Afterward, there was a procedural dispute over whether the earlier amended motion on RS 32889 had been a vote to introduce the RS or only to approve clarifying language, but the chair ruled the matter closed and the committee moved on.

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• </c><01:15:27.600><c> body</c> an amended one by the legislative body an amended one by the legislative
• He said they are handling legislation, obviously not other legislation right now, but he thinks they
• </c> voices would essentially the legislative voices would essentially the legislative body<02:15:26.520
• </c><04:26:15.560><c> run</c> supporting I I promise you ethically run supporting I I promise you ethically
• ethically ethically um<05:16:48.280><c> I</c><05:16:48.440><c> also</c><05:16:48.680><c> see</c><05:

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• We also have legislative priorities that we work with all of you, and thank you actually, Senators, on
• this committee for authoring some of our legislation for our board.
• </c> to provide competent safe and ethical to provide competent safe and ethical care<00:03:43.439><c
• this committee for authoring some of our legislation for our board.
• </c><00:04:49.960><c> priorities</c> that we also have legislative priorities that we also have legislative

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• OK, so you. will be in existence barring any Legislative action, correct? Yes, sir. OK. Um.
• I'm Thomas Calvan with the Texas Legislative Budget Board.
• The chair calls Blake Fall with the Legislative Budget board. Packets in the rebuttal.
• My name is Kelsey Sims and I'm with the Legislative Budget board.
• Chair calls Kelsey Sims with the Legislative Budget Board. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

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• provide reparations and an apology to the Japanese-American incarcerees, thus initiating a 10-year legislative
• Dairy Day at the Legislature takes place on February 18, 2026, when legislators will visit Washington
• just things that bring us together in our agricultural communities and these products and their work ethic
• President, I move that the Senate adjourn until 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, February 19th, the 39th legislative
• Hearing no objection, the Senate stands... 39th legislative day.

Summary: The Senate opened by approving the previous day’s journal, receiving messages from the House, and referring newly introduced Senate Bill 6353 to the Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs, and Elections. The chamber then moved to resolutions. Senate Resolution 8687, commemorating the 84th anniversary of Executive Order 9066 and recognizing Japanese American veterans, incarcerees, and civil rights activists, was presented and adopted. Several senators spoke in support, describing the wartime incarceration of Japanese Americans as a grave civil rights injustice and emphasizing remembrance, healing, and the need to prevent similar abuses in the future. The Senate also adopted Senate Resolution 8688 honoring Washington’s dairy farms and dairy workers. Senators highlighted the industry’s economic importance, family farm traditions, and the hard work involved in dairy production, with some members sharing personal family and farming experiences. After adoption, the Senate welcomed representatives of the Washington State Dairy Council, Washington State Dairy Women’s Organization, and Dairy Ambassadors Apprentices to the gallery. The Senate then adjourned without objection until 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, February 19, 2026.

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• I was on their legislative committee down in Washington and worked with a lot of legislation on conserving
• I was on their legislative committee down in Washington and worked with a lot of legislation on conserving
• I was on their legislative committee down in Washington and worked with a lot of legislation on conserving
• I was on their legislative committee down in Washington and worked with a lot of legislation on conserving
• </c> important thing is taking an ethical important thing is taking an ethical shot<02:26:53.200><c>

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