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• </c><00:05:03.120><c> that</c> states with Republican governors that states with Republican governors
• The cost estimates for just Xcel Minnesota Power and Otter Tail Power for projects that they were going
• The cost estimates for just Xcel Minnesota Power and Otter Tail Power for projects that they were going
• The cost estimates for just Xcel Minnesota Power and Otter Tail Power for projects that they were going
• </c><01:15:43.760><c> So</c> build out power generation. So build out power generation.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Respectfully yours, Michelle Lujan-Grisham, Governor. Message will be entered.
• Respectfully yours, Michelle Lujan-Grisham, Governor.
• Respectfully yours, Michelle Lohan-Gurham Governor. Message will be entered.
• We used to work in power plants.
• So there's no crime attached to what these powers are at the federal level.

Bills: HM3, HM11, HM14, HM15, HM21, HM25, HB9, SB2, SB19

Keywords: nurses, health care workers, healthcare workers, frontline workers, hospital staff, clinicians, allied health professionals, support staff, public health, workforce shortage, nursing shortage, safe staffing, patient safety, rural health care, frontier communities, behavioral health, mental health, substance use disorder, substance abuse, health care memorial

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• Murray, for clarification, which governor were you referring to that vetoed this? Thank you. Ms.
• Murray, for correct identification, which governor were you referring to that vetoed this?
• Former Governor Inslee. Okay, thank you.
• E-motorcycles are larger, heavier, more powerful, and much faster.
• I'm encouraging you, until we pass this bill, to exercise the full power of the law to get after it.

Keywords: 904, all

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• must submit the final report, including recommendations or draft legislation, to the Office of the Governor
• Murray, for correct identification, which governor were you referring to that vetoed this?
• Former Governor Inslee. Okay, thank you.
• E-motorcycles are larger, heavier, more powerful, and much faster.
• I'm encouraging you, until we pass this bill, to exercise the full power of the law to get after it.

Summary: The committee held public hearings on several transportation bills. ESSB 6262 would raise the maximum vehicle weight subject to transportation benefit district vehicle fees from 6,000 to 9,000 pounds for vehicles subject to gross weight license fees; the sponsor and city representatives said it would close a loophole, make fees more equitable, and help fund road maintenance, while the fiscal note was described as indeterminate. SB 5824 would clarify how fifth-wheel travel trailers are measured, aligning Washington with other states and supporting RV dealers; the bill drew support from the RV industry. SB 6110 would exclude certain faster electric vehicles from the e-bike definition and create a Department of Licensing work group to recommend a framework for electric motorcycles; testimony generally supported the effort but urged clearer e-motorcycle definitions and earlier work-group action, with some concern about youth safety and local enforcement. SB 5833 would allow a person to leave a vehicle running for up to 30 minutes to heat or cool a pet inside, with locking and brake requirements; the sponsor and a sheriffs’ association witness discussed balancing pet safety with auto-theft concerns, and the committee heard no fiscal impact. The committee also heard ESSB 6066, which would establish crash prevention zones in areas with unusually high serious-injury or fatal-crash rates, initially for a specific stretch of U.S. 395 and later more broadly beginning in 2029. The bill would allow local governments and WSDOT to designate zones, conduct engineering and traffic studies, increase enforcement, use speed cameras in the zones, and dedicate related revenues to safety improvements; supporters from Pasco and county risk pools backed the approach, while the sponsor asked for broader geographic coverage. ESSB 6311 would require continuous, accessible pedestrian passage during construction near hospitals, parks, and school routes, with temporary routes, safety plans, inspections, and enforcement tools such as stop-work orders and penalties; the sponsor said it was modeled on local practices and aimed at protecting pedestrians during construction, and contractors and transportation advocates supported it with a requested amendment clarifying design responsibility in design-bid-build projects. No votes were taken; the chair closed each public hearing and adjourned the meeting after testimony.

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• CS for HB 401, Security for Representative Roy: nominees and officers related to the offices of Governor
• and Lieutenant Governor.
• This bill requires FDLE to provide protective services to major party nominees for Governor and Lieutenant
• Governor from the period of their nomination by Representative Roy: major party through their assumption
• 2 decades of my work in the foster care system, these cases represent the most egregious abuses of power

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• We delight in acknowledging your presence, your power, and your promises.
• May your kingdom come, may your will be done, for thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever
• And look, we've had a great relationship with the federal delegation, with the governor, with the legislature
• amend Title 39 relative to the reporting of settlements and certain legal actions relative to the powers
• amend Title 39 relative to the reporting of settlements and certain legal actions relative to the powers

Keywords: 974, senate, all

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• Give them sober minds free from the intoxication of flattery or anger or power or greed or anything else
• So tutoring power is more valuable now than ever before. Would you agree with that?
• Third, this bill tightened some parameters to existing law to make it clear that students' powers are
• TPWD does not have the power to stop construction.
• I carried it in the House, and then it was signed by the governor.

Summary: The House convened with a quorum present, heard an invocation and pledges, received Senate messages, and adopted several procedural motions allowing committees to meet during the session and postponing or scheduling certain committee hearings. Members also observed a memorial recognition for Wood County Deputy Sheriff Melissa Pollard, who died in the line of duty, and adopted a resolution honoring her service. The chamber then adopted House Resolution 897 recognizing May 6, 2025 as Golf Day in Texas and House Resolution 1063 recognizing Dallas Housing Coalition Advocacy Day; additional recognitions highlighted Mental Health Awareness Month and tardive dyskinesia awareness, The Woodlands’ 50th anniversary, Alzheimer’s advocacy, student athlete Gator Young, an intern in Rep. Leo-Wilson’s office, and educator Jessica Lopez. The House spent much of the day on third-reading consideration of a long calendar of bills. Among the measures passed were HB 24 on zoning protest procedures, HB 3800 creating a health care workforce advisory board, HB 42 on higher education appropriations, HB 129 restricting contracts with foreign adversary companies, HB 677 on county elections administrator political activity, HB 668 on license-to-carry renewal procedures, HB 2128 directing a rural firefighting study, HB 2038 expanding physician licensing options, HB 2316 on election result reporting, HB 3686 on retired peace officer ID cards, HB 2563 creating a prescribed burn manager self-insurance pool, HB 1160 increasing penalties for assaults on utility workers, HB 3883 on major events funding, HB 2788 protecting fraud-detection information, HB 2663 on inactive well plugging extensions, HB 3305 extending a county health provider participation program, HB 3474 on pension reporting, HB 1105 expanding tuition exemptions for certain paramedics, HB 3490 on closed meetings with internal auditors, HB 3597 on child care facility notice thresholds, HB 1295 on health literacy planning, HB 3512 on AI training for government employees, HB 3783 on court-ordered counseling, HB 2017 on intoxication manslaughter penalties, HB 3010 on rural disaster recovery, HB 3112 on cybersecurity-related public information and meetings, HB 4215 on delivery network companies, HB 3223 on construction claims limitation periods, HB 3464 on controlled substances in correctional facilities, HB 3120 on residential child detention facilities, HB 4214 on public information, HB 481 on trade secret sealing, HB 4783 on opioid antagonist program reporting, HB 4063 on unilateral memoranda of contract, HB 2783 on county employee deferred compensation, HB 5085 on seed banks, HB 2510 on assisted living facility operations, HB 3426 on digital driver’s licenses, HB 4361 on emergency notifications at higher education institutions, HB 1169 on oil and gas infrastructure protection, HB 2516 on Medicare supplement eligibility for Texans under 65, HB 3560 on hospital staff background checks, HB 3860 on occupational licenses for inmates, HB 3146 on SOAH hearings, HB 184 on loan repayment for border prosecution attorneys, HB 198 on firefighter cancer screenings, HB 247 on border security infrastructure taxation, HB 367 on excused absences for students with severe illnesses, HB 449 on deepfake sexually explicit images, HB 1778 on human trafficking and related offenses, HB 514 on maternal health workforce outreach, HB 632 on pharmacy regulation, HB 2582 on victim parole information, HB 766 on precinct chair ballot applications, HB 2715 on suspension/removal of officials, HB 2712 on water and sewer utility test years, HB 3069 on transmission projects, HB 3505 on health provider participation districts, HB 1269 on plant disease and pest prevention grants, HB 4224 on access to health care records, HB 5032 on historical documents in the Capitol complex, HB 2240 on void marriages, HB 5180 on diploma designation, HB 3348 on health provider participation programs, HB 4668 on PUC authority to retain assistance, HB 4665 on child care training providers, HB 3395 on beneficiary designation for manufactured homes, HB 3157 on interim electric utility rates, HB 4395 on electronic submission of public securities records, HB 4325 on bribery civil penalties, HB 4386 on annuity replacement transactions, HB 4273 on Medicaid fraud-related unlawful acts, HB 2760 on judicial review of unemployment decisions, HB 2820 on charitable bingo operating capital, HB 1828 on legislative leave for correctional officers, and a series of Senate bills including SB 2349, SB 1268, SB 610, SB 1577, SB 1369, SB 2032, SB 1057, SB 1044, SB 922, SB 1759, SB 1143, SB 1506, SB 1403, SB 2361, SB 870, SB 372, and SB 72. Several bills drew debate or amendments, including HB 24, where a germane point of order was sustained against an amendment, and HB 198, HB 3348, and SB 2361, which were amended before passage. Most measures passed by wide margins, though some drew notable opposition, including HB 3883, HB 514, HB 1295, HB 184, SB 1143, and others. The House also postponed further consideration of HB 4700 until the end of the day and HB 24 until 1 p.m., and it granted permission for committees to meet during the House session and for the Calendars Committee to meet that morning.

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• I decided I'll agree with you, Governor Walz.
• </c> I decided I'll agree with you, Governor I decided I'll agree with you, Governor Walz.
• </c> standing in the way from this governor standing in the way from this governor cutting<00:02:19.840
• </c> It is time to go home, Governor.
• </c> leading Democrat candidate for governor leading Democrat candidate for governor is<00:04:16.040>

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Why are we talking about the battery storage just in case the main power line goes off?
• Yeah, and in many cases, it'll store the actual solar power into that unit there on site when it's not
• I thought that would be a backup unit, but you sound like that should be the main supply power source
• Very unlikely that you're going to have a power outage.
• When those in power draw their own district lines, it can distort representation, entrench political

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• I spent 3 years up here as deputy general counsel for both Governor Rick Scott and Governor Ron DeSantis
• I'm honored to be nominated by our Governor.
• I recognize the goals of Governor DeSantis and this August institution and I firmly believe in fiscal
• It's not lost on me that this committee, our larger state Senate, our Florida House by in 3 Governor
• I am thankful to Governor DeSantis for this appointment.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• It was unprecedented, the governor.
• The governor has himself in occurred.
• </c> and the governor did nothing. and the governor did nothing.
• It attacks governor of California.
• This summer, the power of big dreams.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Friday, June 27, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• </c><00:15:47.279><c> didn't</c> you asked for that the governor didn't you asked for that the governor
• </c><00:15:57.800><c> approved</c> only tell you what the governor approved only tell you what the governor
• </c><00:29:43.640><c> veto</c> fund specific projects the governor veto fund specific projects the governor
• This is 172. governor for five million and this was governor for five million and this was for<00:38:
• I think the governor reduced it to five I think the governor reduced it to five but<01:57:47.440><c>

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• Uh, thank you, Lieutenant Governor, members of AKS, and the weapon screening process is certainly highlighted
• Um, and so on pages 12 and 13, there's even a visual for that analysis that I think is fairly powerful
• ,</c> &gt;&gt; Uh thank you uh Lieutenant Governor, &gt;&gt; Uh thank you uh Lieutenant Governor, members
• Um so there are several fairly powerful.
• </c> and the governor by January 15, 2026. and the governor by January 15, 2026.

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The committee reconvened in open session after a closed discussion of sensitive security details and reviewed the public executive summary of the Minnesota State Capitol Complex Security Assessment by Axtel. Members discussed weapon screening and access control at length, including testimony from Capitol security and judicial center staff about screening procedures, prohibited items, and how screening is managed for visitors and authorized personnel. The chair emphasized that the committee was voting on high-level recommendations to be included in the final ACAST report and that the Department of Public Safety and Department of Administration would be encouraged to pursue the necessary work, including any legislative or budget requests. The committee then took a series of roll-call votes on the Axtel recommendations. Access control screening and visitor management (5.11) passed 4-2, while authorized access control and credential oversight (5.12), internal circulation and zoning controls (5.13), perimeter and exterior grounds (5.14), staffing models/post orders/operational readiness (5.15), technology and system integration (5.16), and protective intelligence (5.18) all passed unanimously 6-0. Each approved item was added as a recommendation in the final report. After the votes, the Department of Administration, Department of Public Safety, and House and Senate Sergeant-at-Arms offices walked through the draft final report. They highlighted staffing improvements, security infrastructure already installed, and remaining needs, including an estimated $41.008 million request for future enhancements such as kiosks, glass-resistant film, door access controls, cameras, lighting, bollards, and an updated distributed antenna system. The report also includes recommendations on trauma-informed safety drills, conduct rules for hearings, and designating the Minnesota State Patrol Capital Security Division as the primary investigative authority for potential criminal activity on Capitol grounds.

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• Ige and recently one by Governor Green.
• </c> that three-year period one by governor that three-year period one by governor eay<00:24:16.520><
• </c> eay and recently one by Governor eay and recently one by Governor green<00:24:19.919><c> uh</c><
• We have the Office of the Lieutenant Governor in support. Thank you.
• <01:41:45.560><c> veto</c><01:41:46.040><c> the</c> governor veto the governor veto the bill<01:41:48.040

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• And then California did pass a bill, but it was vetoed by the governor.
• My point is, a big power line came through our land.
• So, I mean, it's a really powerful tool.
• issues for the bulk power system.
• a speed to power world, the data center attempts to bring its own.

Keywords: 908, all

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• We talked about the grid reliability issues as we shut down power plants.
• Our governor has not chosen to do that.
• Our governor has not chosen to do that.
• to do it, whether or not the governor tells them not to do it.
• And finally, Governor Ferguson, when interviewed, said, it's fair to say— And finally, Governor Ferguson

Bills: SB6061, SB6234, SB6170, SB6176, SB6182, SB6335, SB5647, SB6047, HB2367, HB2606, SB5998, SB6005, SB6003, SB6129, SB6225, SB6228, SB6231

Keywords: tourism, self-supported assessment, funding, statewide promotion, economic development, sewage, grinder pumps, residential buildings, regulation, construction, contracting rules, state highway construction, procurement limits, state regulations, infrastructure funding, vehicle registration, enforcement, renewal, transportation, state law

Summary: The Senate met on February 23, 2026, opened with the usual roll call, pledge, prayer, and approval of the previous journal. Members then adopted Senate Resolution 8698 recognizing piano teachers, with several senators sharing personal remarks about their own teachers and the role of music education in families and communities. Guests from the Washington State Music Teachers Association and the National Guild of Piano Teachers were recognized in the gallery. The chamber then moved into budget debate, considering a series of amendments to the operating budget. Several proposals focused on housing costs, local planning, utility rates, and state spending restraint. Amendment 0772, which would have created a housing-related task force and increased funding, was rejected after debate over housing affordability and regulatory costs. Amendment 0785, restoring growth management planning funding for local governments, was also rejected. Amendment 0791, directing the Department of Commerce to study the effects of climate and clean energy laws on utility costs, and Amendment 0769, related to grid capacity and clean energy investments, were both adopted. Other amendments drew sharper partisan debate. Amendment 0798, which would have reduced the Supreme Court from nine justices to five and redirected savings to public defense, failed. Amendments 0794 and 0795, seeking funding for ballot measure costs tied to initiatives, also failed. Amendment 0799, intended to redirect Pacific Tower lease savings to developmental disability services, was rejected after discussion of the building’s current public uses. Amendment 0773, capping state spending growth and tying it to median wage growth, failed on a roll call vote, while Amendment 0777, addressing concurrent use of paid family and medical leave and sick leave by state employees, also failed after extended debate. Later, Amendment 0776 on tort liability reporting was adopted, as were Amendment 0758 creating a DSHS work group on community-based services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and Amendment 0786 was introduced to reduce cash and food assistance work-related funding, with debate beginning before the transcript ends.

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• Messages from the Governor will be deemed read. Messages from the Assembly will be deemed read.
• When those in power engage in this rhetoric, it does not just exist in a vacuum.
• Anything less tells our children that power excuses cruelty.
• Anything less tells our children that power excuses cruelty.
• Embarrassed for what the most powerful leader in our country continues to do.

Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several floor recognitions, including St. Mary’s High School football team for its first state championship and Black-owned businesses honored by the Legislative Black Caucus and Black Chamber of Commerce. The Rules Committee also reported Senate Resolution 77 to third reading. The chamber then confirmed Tyler Sadwith as Chief Deputy Director for Health Care Programs at the Department of Health Care Services and State Medicaid Director by a 33-0 vote. The main floor debate centered on SR 77, a resolution condemning racist and dehumanizing imagery posted by President Trump depicting former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama. Supporters from multiple caucuses, including the Black, Latino, Jewish, LGBTQ, and API caucuses, described the post as racist, harmful, and part of a broader pattern of dehumanization and urged a public apology. A few Republicans objected to the resolution’s language and process, saying it was overly partisan or not collaborative, but the resolution was adopted on a 28-0 vote. The Senate also took up SB 106, a budget bill to provide $90 million in state funding for family planning providers, especially Planned Parenthood, after federal cuts under H.R. 1. Supporters argued the bill would preserve essential reproductive and preventive health services, especially in rural and underserved communities, and backfill lost reimbursements. Opponents criticized the bill’s transparency, no-bid contracting structure, and priorities compared with other needs such as distressed hospitals and developmental disability services. After debate, the Senate concurred in the Assembly amendments to SB 106 by a 26-9 vote.

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• price of about half a latte a year per line, we ask for your support to pass this bill on to the governor
• And again, that resulted in trees coming down, power outages, and at one point we had about 378,000..
• power at the peak.
• And as the rain started falling, General or Governor Ferguson proclaimed a statewide emergency, mobilized
• They are out on the fires with us, typically turning off power so that we can be safe and then bringing

Bills: HB2579

Keywords: public media, digital equity, funding, media access, communication technology, 904, all

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• It offers them a lifeline while sending a powerful message to traffickers, buyers, and enablers.
• Messages from the Governor, there are none. Messages from the Senate, there are none.
• AB 972 is simple in what it does, but powerful in what it represents.
• AB 972 is simple in what it does, but powerful in what it represents.
• Now is not the time to be giving this out-of-control agency more power. I urge a no vote.

Summary: The Assembly convened after a quorum call, prayer, and pledge, then moved through a long Daily File with several major policy bills and multiple commemorative resolutions. The most debated measure was AB 379 on human trafficking and child exploitation. The bill was presented as a stronger, more comprehensive version that increases penalties for adults soliciting minors, adds a loitering offense tied to purchasing commercial sex, raises fines for businesses that facilitate trafficking, creates a Survivor Support Fund, and establishes grants for victim services and vertical prosecution. Several members spoke in support, while Assemblymember Sharp-Collins raised concerns that the loitering provision could be vague and disproportionately enforced against Black, Brown, and LGBTQIA+ people. The bill passed after debate, with the clerk reporting 72 noes and the measure still passing. The Assembly also passed AB 1415, which expands the Office of Health Care Affordability’s authority to review more health systems, private equity and hedge fund acquisitions, and managed service organizations in order to better track cost drivers and medical debt. Other policy bills approved included AB 711 on coordinating court reporters for motion hearings, AB 1142 on horse event entry fees, AB 309 on preserving access to sterile syringes for HIV and hepatitis prevention, AB 358 on allowing victims to consent to searches of hidden surveillance devices like AirTags and spy cameras, AB 592 on outdoor dining for restaurants, AB 1341 on clarifying contractor licensing violations, AB 752 on easing child care center siting, AB 1166 on extending debt-settlement rules to commercial financing, AB 806 on mobile home resident cooling rights, AB 972 on explicit sex discrimination protections in higher education, AB 416 on emergency room 5150 authority, AB 632 on expedited collection of penalties for serious local code violations, AB 672 on PERB notification and intervention rights, AB 876 on CRNA scope of practice, and AB 760 on temporary mobile home housing after disasters. Most of these measures passed with broad bipartisan support, though AB 672 drew sharp opposition from Assemblymember DeMaio over concerns about PERB and state bureaucracy. The chamber also adopted several resolutions recognizing May observances and public service groups. These included ACR 63 designating May as California Fairgrounds Appreciation Month, ACR 69 for California Physical Fitness and Mental Well-Being Month, ACR 76 for California Small Business Month, ACR 77 for Drowning Awareness and Prevention Month, HR 36 for Lung Cancer Action Week, HR 39 for National Public Works Week, and HR 41 for National Hospital Week. Members used the resolutions to highlight local institutions, public health, and community services, and each was adopted after co-author rolls and voice votes. The session ended after the Assembly completed the day’s file and moved through a series of routine procedural motions and adjournment-related business.

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• of some graduate degree programs being 90 credit hours and then they will issue a report to the governor

Bills: HB3327, HB3711, HB4104, HJR1077, HB3329, HB4322, HB4202, HB4203, HB4457, HB3983, HB3660, HB3802, HB2933, HB2955, HB2956, HB3781, HB3521, HB3794, HB3796, HB3800, HB3183, HB4316, HB4484, HB3469, HB3464, HB3173, HB3989, HB3016, HB2979, HB2988, HB2288, HB3062, HB3315, HB3372, HB3530, HB3622, HB3755, HB4266

Keywords: State Board of Education, Oklahoma education board, board appointments, school governance, education reform, governor appointments, legislative appointments, speaker of the house, president pro tempore, senate confirmation, board vacancies, removal for cause, public education, state superintendent, school board training, board member qualifications, emergency clause, Oklahoma statutes 70 O.S. 3-101, school funding, transparency