Transcript Highlights:

• We raised it for the first time since 2007 and added 24 cents to those units, bringing them to $2.31
• We're going to have a unit that is very specific for them, done in an appropriate manner and done well
• From Texas and from the United States that the federal government should reimburse the state of Texas
• But no matter who their victim is, whether their victim is from Venezuela, Mexico, or from the United
• Arrest the employer or the individual that is illegally in the United States. All right, thank you.

Bills: SB27, SB1494, SB2121, SB2373, SB2431, SB1, SB8, SB12, SB13, SB15, SB30, SB37, SB260, SB268, SB331, SB379, SB441, SB447, SB457, SB568, SB650, SB763, SB1405, SB1506, SB1540, SB1566, SB1610, SB1637, SB1660, SB2018, SB2024, SB2217, SB2308, SB2337, SB2601, SB2753, SB2878, SB2900, SB2972, SB3059, HB4, HB40, HB46, HB119, HB145, HB300, HB493, HB705, HB1545, HB2011, HB2017, HB2067, HB2516, HB2885, HB2963, HB2974, HB3071, HB3372, HB3556, HB3595, HB3642, HB3909, HB5138, HB5246, SJR36, SJR50, SJR63, SCR12, SCR39, SB2023, SB62, SB666, SB847, SB284, SB854, SB810, SB1505, SB583, SB507, SB1434, SB1772, SB2016, SB1122, SB731, SB397, SB508, SB1436, SB287, SB1882, SB393, SB1791, SB209, SB2429, SB1085, SB1975, SB2717, SB1262, SB636, SB2056, SB884, SB1200, SB1845, SB2458, SB801, SB3014, SB3013, SB758, SB2797, SB2076, SB2876, SB1640, SB1449, SB1181, SB1234, SB2926, SB2841, SB1528, SB1854, SB317, SB1250, SB2082, SB1237, SB2819, SB629, SB2608, SB1602, SB2009, SB867, SB640, SB1698, SB2680, SB913, SB1071, SB1086, SB1087, SB1483, SB1444, SB1553, SB1556, SB1703, SB2133, SB2297, SB2298, SB2622, SB2955, SB2334, SB1367, SB2044, SB2363, SB2565, SB1888, SB3036, SB3057, SB3043, SB3063, SB3035, SB203, SB2688, SB2522, SB2459, SB2655, SB2251, SB1884, SB2928, SB2566, SB2549, SB2553, SB2919, SB1944, SB1232, SB1798, SB2603, SB2607, SB2683, SB1319, SB3045, SB3071, HB796, HB1523, HB5294, HB748, HB3395, HB180, HB3171, HB146, HB5596, HB5694, HB1135, HB3225, HB186, HB1449, HB3793, HB112, HB104, HB3336, HB3520, HB3320, HB5663, HB2399, HB111, HB3483, HB4580, HB3748, HB632, HB4730, HB5690, HB5689, HB3385, HB4359, HB5381, HB123, HB5606, HB1057, HB3664, HCR141, HCR40, HCR59, SR634, SR687, SR703, SR709, SR715, SB1494, SB2121, SB2373, SB2431, HB46, SB1, SB8, SB12, SB13, SB15, SB37, SB260, SB331, SB379, SB441, SB447, SB457, SB568, SB763, SB1405, SB1540, SB1566, SB2018, SB2308, SB2337, SB2878, SB3059, HB705, HB2017, HB2067, HB3071, HB3372, HB3556, HB3595, HB3909, HB5246

Keywords: elections, local governance, political subdivisions, general elections, Texas Election Code, data brokers, personal data, regulation, business entities, consumer protection, financial exploitation, artificial intelligence, phishing, legal liability, criminal offense, civil penalty, foreign language, study abroad, higher education, language credit

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• Pillsbury United million one time.
• Line 375, this is for three organizations: Ambassadors of Culture, Hoya Hour, and United Way of Central
• Ambassadors of Culture Hoya<00:26:12.480> Hour<00:26:13.120> United<00:26:13.520> Way
• <00:26:13.840> of<00:26:14.080> Central Hoya Hour United Way of Central Hoya Hour United

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Please join me: I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for
• California is home to 483 cities, each with its own character, culture, and economy, but united in purpose
• The facility houses a state-of-the-art intensive care unit and specialized medical facilities dedicated
• Assembly Concurrent Resolution 169 by Assembly Member DeMaio relative to the United States Navy Sailor
• Assembly Concurrent Resolution 169 by Assembly Member DeMaio relative to the United States Navy Sailor

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Currently, each information custodian—that is, an agency or spending unit within the ambit of the cybersecurity
• bill requires the division to propose a legislative rule governing telematics and requires spending units
• the bill requires the division to propose a legislative rule governing telematics require spending units
• Spending units using alternative telematic services are required to report data about unsafe driving
• to the division, and all spending units must report corrective actions taken in response to unsafe-driving

Keywords: 994, senate, all

Summary: The Committee on Government Organization met with a quorum present, approved the minutes, and then considered a series of House bills, most of them related to licensing, local government administration, and agency operations. House Bill 5063 would let county commissions appoint a county commissioner as a voting member of a convention and visitors bureau board, including for multi-county CVBs; it was reported to the full Senate. House Bill 5087 would join the interstate cosmetology licensure compact, allowing licensed cosmetologists to obtain multi-state practice privileges in compact states, and it was also reported. The committee then took up a strike-and-insert amendment for House Bill 4793, which combined provisions affecting barbering/cosmetology apprenticeships and lowered certain age and education requirements; after adopting a Jefferson amendment clarifying the salon training language, the bill was reported as amended. Members next approved a strike-and-insert for House Bill 5638, which clarifies the State Chief Information Security Officer’s duties, changes cyber risk review procedures, and updates references to the Office of Technology head as the chief information officer; it was reported as amended. House Bill 4483, dealing with the Board of Funeral Examiners, was amended to change the effective date for licensee-in-charge requirements and make technical corrections, then reported as amended. House Bill 5653, requested by the Department of Revenue, would expand confidentiality protections to cover audit manuals, guidelines, procedures, algorithms, and related materials to prevent taxpayers from gaming audit selection, and it was reported. House Bill 4452 repeals acreage limits on church property ownership, and House Bill 4801 expands permissible uses of hotel occupancy tax funds to include demolition of unsafe structures and planning or improvement of public property; both were reported. The committee also advanced House Bill 5622, which creates an expedited process for municipalities to conform local election terms and procedures to the state requirement that municipal elections be held with statewide primaries or general elections, and recognizes the Secretary of State as keeper of municipal charter rolls. House Bill 4546 would allow business entities to file reports biennially instead of annually, with higher biennial fees and updated enforcement provisions; its strike-and-insert amendment was adopted and the bill was reported as amended. House Bill 5613 would define and regulate telematics for state fleet vehicles, require reporting on unsafe driving and corrective actions, and include cost-benefit information in annual reports; it was reported. House Bill 5323 would let the Division of Natural Resources adjust license and stamp fees for inflation by removing a prior CPI-based restriction, and House Bill 4819 would revise criminal-record standards for certain non-Chapter 30 occupational licenses, shifting to a direct-relationship standard while preserving existing exclusions for violent sexual offenses; both were reported. The committee then adjourned after closing remarks from the chair and vice chair.

Transcript Highlights:

• I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands
• I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands
• Senator Bridges to the roll. pledge allegiance to the flag of the pledge allegiance to the flag of the United
• :24.559> America<00:21:25.520> and<00:21:25.760> to<00:21:25.919> the United
• States of America and to the United States of America and to the republic<00:21:27.039> for<00

Keywords: 981, all

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• He is allowing folks to be shot and killed in the United States.
• be the morality police, but then uphold and uplift someone who has done everything but that in the United
• think that it's a remarkable achievement for a Floridian to achieve the office of President of the United
• And we've named our largest city after that president of the United States.
• And it's tough for us to unite on much.

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• The Senate and the House have worked closely throughout the interim, and we're more united than ever.
• I stand united with our tribal partners, our farmers, cities, businesses, and others who know this water
• I stand united with Speaker Montenegro, President Petersen, and leaders De Los Santos and Sunderation
• Over the last three years, we broke ground on more affordable housing units than in any other three-year
• their utility bills, weatherize their homes to lower energy costs, and build more affordable housing units

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The transcript is the opening joint session of the Arizona Legislature’s 57th Second Regular Session, featuring remarks from House and Senate leaders and Governor Katie Hobbs. House and Senate leaders emphasized a conservative governing agenda focused on affordability, public safety, parental rights, accountability, school choice, election integrity, and water policy, while also highlighting plans for tax cuts and cooperation across chambers. Governor Hobbs centered her address on the “Arizona promise,” stressing affordability, security, and freedom. She highlighted prior actions on job growth, medical debt relief, housing, public safety, border security, water management, and economic development, and announced new proposals including a middle-class tax cut package, a capacity and efficiency initiative to save state funds, a new active management area for La Paz County, a Colorado River Protection Fund, elimination of the data center tax exemption, a housing acceleration fund, and an Arizona Affordability Fund funded in part by a short-term rental fee. She also called for more accountability in the ESA program and for renewing Prop. 123 to support public schools. The governor and legislative leaders also addressed political violence, honoring retiring Senator Lela Alston and recognizing public safety and firefighting personnel. No formal votes or legislative actions were taken in the session; it concluded with the joint session being dissolved after the governor’s remarks.

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• United we stand, divided we fall. Forgive us of our sins. In the name of Jesus, I pray.
• /c><00:01:55.520> and<00:01:55.759> everyone I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United
• I pledge algiance to the flag of the I pledge algiance to the flag of the United<00:02:12.959> States
• :13.599> America<00:02:14.560> and<00:02:14.800> to<00:02:15.040> the United
• States of America and to the United States of America and to the republic<00:02:16.000> for<00

Keywords: Convene 00:00 Motions, Petitions, and Communications 05:54 Introduction of New Bills and Resolutions 12:03 Recess for ConC and Rules Meeting 16:14 CoC and Rules Report 18:21 Adjournment 18:57, 958, all

Summary: The House convened with an invocation and the Pledge of Allegiance, then established a quorum with 95 members present. The journal from Friday, January 9, 2026 was approved, absent members were excused, and House Resolution 21 was taken from the Committee on Committees and brought to the floor without objection. Several committee and meeting announcements were made, including cancellations for various standing committees and notices that the Government Contract Review Committee and Oversight Investigation Committee would meet upon adjournment. The House also adopted House Citation 4, a citation of adjournment honoring Bill Nickel, with remarks describing him as a respected community member and friend. After the citation, members continued making committee announcements, including that the House Budget Review Subcommittee on Personnel, Public Retirement, and Finance would meet at noon the next day. The clerk then reported the introduction of numerous new bills and resolutions, covering topics such as grand jury service, criminal trespass, postsecondary admission and funding, sex crimes, cultured meat products, railroad crossings, firearms and concealed weapons, property tax exemptions, name/image/likeness rights, landlords and tenants, child care, child welfare investigations, government social media accounts, peace officer training, economic development incentives, residential safety, pre-trial release, and several resolutions on highways, property taxation, Medicaid waiver withdrawal, and food-as-medicine initiatives. The Committee on Committees and Rules met and referred House Bills 164, 176, 184, and 265 to Banking and Insurance, and the House adjourned without objection until 2 p.m. Tuesday, January 13, 2026.

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• During the hazardous nighttime operation in rough seas, a member of the unit fell from the ship, and
• Members, if you remember, HCR7 designates September 29th as Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States
• Members, House Bill 2210 relates to the inclusion of the United States Space Force in the United States
• HJR165 is proposing a constitutional amendment to include the United States Space Force in references

Bills: HCR46, HB1389, HB3359, HB5629

Keywords: commemoration, military, navy seal, honor, January 12, Nathan Gage Ingram, military funeral honors, JROTC, veterans, training, grant program, military honors, community engagement, funeral services, education grants, community service, HB 3359, veteran status, Texas Veterans Commission, veterans services

Transcript Highlights:

• The environmental permitting and support unit within the railroad Commission does not collect permit
• So, for example, um, in one of my units, in my environmental permitting unit, um, which this bill affects
• The unit that implements this program.
• are depending on a lot of, A lot of materials that we don't recycle here get shipped back to the United

Bills: HB16

Keywords: judicial administration, court reform, juvenile diversion, court security, mental health services, drug offenses, constitutional amendments

Transcript Highlights:

• concerned that right now, given everything we're trying to do to ensure that additional affordable units
• Now, given everything we're trying to do to ensure that additional affordable units are created, if somehow
• the burden on, you know, that might come at the compromise of the ability to fully pencil out the units
• that we want produced. ...that might come at the compromise of the ability to fully pencil out the units
• the California State Auditor, between 2018 and 2023, the Labor Commissioner's Judgment Enforcement Unit

Summary: The Assembly Labor and Employment Committee met on March 19, 2025, adopted its rules, and approved the consent calendar before hearing several bills. AB 538, by Assemblymember Berman, would require awarding bodies on public works projects to make a timely attempt to obtain certified payroll records from contractors when the public requests them, rather than simply saying they do not have the records. Supporters said it would clarify existing prevailing wage enforcement; county, city, special district, and housing groups opposed it over workload, privacy, and potential funding risks. The bill passed the committee on a do-pass recommendation to Appropriations. The committee then heard AB 485, authored by Chair Ortega, which would direct state agencies to deny or renew business licenses for employers with outstanding wage theft judgments unless the judgments are satisfied or bonded. Supporters, including labor groups and a caregiver who described delayed recovery of unpaid wages, said the bill would give workers meaningful leverage to collect judgments. The California Hospital Association opposed it, warning that license action could threaten patient access to care. The bill passed on a do-pass recommendation to Appropriations. AB 596, by Assemblymember McKinnor, would codify workers’ right to wear a face covering or respirator at work unless it creates a direct safety hazard. Supporters said the measure would protect workers from illness, wildfire smoke, and employer restrictions after prior Cal/OSHA protections expired; the Chamber of Commerce opposed it narrowly, asking for an exception where masks are infeasible for certain tasks. The committee supported the bill and sent it to Appropriations. The hearing concluded with the roll kept open for absent members and the committee adjourned.

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• . >> All: I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATE OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH
• THEY ARE LOOKING AT, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A LOT OF UNITS THAT HAVE A MUCH HIGHER LEVEL TREATMENT.
• YOU CAN SEE THAT UNIT I WILL SAY ONE OF THE TECHNOLOGY MANUFACTURERS AS THREE DIFFERENT NITROGEN REMOVING
• IT'S THE SMALL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE MIDDLE UNIT AND THE ADVANCE UNIT.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands
• I salute the flag of the state of New Mexico, of perfect friendship among a united culture. Mr.
• nation's center of excellence for military space science research and advanced technology, focusing on United
• roles in national security and developing technologies that ensure the safety and reliability of the United
• United States. That is 230% more than this time last year, and 350% more than October 1st.

Transcript Highlights:

• That was the specific accounting units.
• in accounting unit 5929.
• group of two accounting units, right? group of two accounting units, right?
• accounting units being restored. accounting units being restored. All<07:15:55.600> right.
• <07:26:10.878> 6529 as well as an accounting unit 6529 as well as an accounting unit 6529

Keywords: 10am HB 1 & HB 2, 928, house, all

Summary: The committee of conference for HB 1 and HB 2 reviewed the side-by-side budget comparison and began working through agreed and disputed items. Members first confirmed that grayed-out items were already settled and discussed a process for making later technical and intent changes, especially to true up abolished positions after additional decisions were made. They then moved through several budget sections, including judicial branch reductions, retirement systems, the Department of Justice, the Human Rights Commission, liquor enforcement, corrections, and the Department of Information Technology. Several items were agreed to or treated as settled package items, including the judicial branch position, the Department of Justice reduction, the Human Rights Commission item being held until related HB 2 language is finalized, the Housing Appeals Board being moved into the Board of Tax and Land Appeals, and the Office of Child Advocate. The committee also agreed to update the House bill language as needed based on HB 2 decisions, and to keep certain IT support rows in place unless related boards and commissions are eliminated. The effective date remained July 1, 2025, with no change. The main unresolved discussion centered on the retirement systems budget, where the Senate defended a large increase for deferred IT security and investment-function improvements, while the House argued the increase was too large and favored a back-of-the-budget cut. The Senate said the funds would support strategic IT and investment changes and would remain in the trust if cut, while the House emphasized the size of the increase and suggested a compromise. The committee ultimately retained the Senate position on retirement systems for the moment and said it would return to the issue later. On corrections and liquor enforcement, the committee described a negotiated back-of-the-budget cut structure, including a $10 million cut for corrections with some restoration of POS offices and administrative aides, and a liquor enforcement cut that was treated as part of a broader package. The Department of Safety item related to commercial enforcement and motor vehicle inspections was held for later discussion. The meeting ended with several items agreed, several held for coordination with HB 2, and some major budget questions still open.

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• Chair. single-family homes between one and four single-family homes between one and four units<00:03:
• units uh beginning on August 1st, 2026. units uh beginning on August 1st, 2026.
• I had 40 units of apartments. Uh, so, I understand the apartment side.
• <01:06:53.920> the Protective Services Unit within the Protective Services Unit within the
• That's analogous to the current executive protection unit, which also has eight FTEs.

Keywords: 918, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Finance Committee took up Senate File 203, a broad housing bill authored by Senator Port. Port described the measure as a package including $50 million in housing infrastructure bonds, MHFA administrative and investment reforms, expanded Greater Minnesota infrastructure grants for workforce housing, manufactured housing bill of rights provisions, and a private equity restriction on large investors buying certain single-family homes starting in 2026. Fiscal analyst Eric Olafson walked through the spreadsheet and said the $50 million bond authorization would add debt service costs over time, with the total estimated debt service for that authorization at about $75.8 million. Senator Draheim raised concern about the growing cost of bonding and said the state should rely more on cash than debt. The committee then adopted two technical amendments. The A21 amendment, described by Port as correcting manufactured housing bill of rights language, aligning MHFA board meeting language, conforming a lived-experience exemption to federal law, and fixing a capacity-building grants reference, was approved without objection. The A20 amendment, offered by Draheim, was also adopted and would give the legislature more control and visibility over MHFA funding and how quickly program dollars are reinvested after agency operations. Members then debated Draheim’s A22 amendment, which would delete the manufactured home park provisions from the bill. Draheim and several Republicans argued the section could function like rent control, could burden good park owners, and might have unintended consequences for park operations and purchases. Port, Senator Boldon’s allies, and other supporters said the provisions were needed to protect residents from rent spikes and private equity abuses in manufactured home communities, where residents own their homes but not the land. The transcript ends during that debate, before any final disposition on A22 or the bill itself is shown.

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• The state has units of government.
• required to work legally in the United required to work legally in the United States?
• States to effectively work in the United States?
• :07:06.880> the<01:07:06.920> United to effectively work in the United to effectively work
• in the United States?

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• like we do in rooms like this today, unfettered um privileged access to all of our people in the United
• but you also have beautiful and wonderful libraries and you give us in Iowa as well as across the United
• about a hundred years into the United about a hundred years into the United States<00:02:56.959>
• be the United States because you don't have to be a Minnesota citizen to access it, do you?
• no cost from every corner of the United no cost from every corner of the United uh<00:50:51.599>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• framework began in 1994 when the United framework began in 1994 when the United States<00:07:29.599
• 3,000 housing units statewide. 3,000 housing units statewide.
• My name is Ariana Hennis and I lead policy at Inquilino Justicia, Renters United for Justice.
• <01:37:15.600> We Husticia, Renters United for Justice.
• We Husticia, Renters United for Justice.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Some of my units are the special investigations unit, which investigates fraud, and provider integrity
• Oh, well, um, for example, in our recipient fraud unit, the special investigations unit, we have a FRED
• ,<01:16:04.880> the pro, uh, recipient fraud unit, the pro, uh, recipient fraud unit, the
• unit, we have a FRED<01:16:07.520> program.
• Francesca is a tiny slice within that, who has three distinct units, and each of those units has maybe

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first heard Senate Bill 74, which would require state agencies, especially the Department of Environmental Services and other permitting agencies, to report more detailed data on permit applications, approvals, denials, pending applications, and permits taking longer than 90 days. The sponsor’s representative and a lawyer who helped draft the bill argued that the legislature needs comprehensive permitting data to evaluate whether current timelines are reasonable and whether regulatory delays are burdening property owners and economic activity. They said the information should already be tracked within existing budgets, despite a fiscal note claiming additional staff would be needed. A Business and Industry Association representative supported the bill, saying better data is needed to understand actual permitting timelines and to help streamline the process, especially in light of housing and development concerns. Members asked whether the bill was simply collecting data without a clear next step, and the response was that the data would allow lawmakers to judge whether existing deadlines, extensions, and exemptions are justified and whether changes to permit timelines are needed. Several members agreed the information would be useful and that agencies should already be tracking it. The committee then voted to pass Senate Bill 74 on a roll call, with the motion approved and the bill placed on consent for further consideration, with a note that it would go to finance for review of the fiscal note. The committee then took up Senate Bill 196, which would raise the threshold for certain in-house construction projects handled by the Department of Military Affairs and Veterans Services and two other departments from $500,000 to $1 million, described as an inflationary update. The sponsor said the department’s existing staff can handle these smaller renovation-type projects and that the bill should not require new positions; the deputy adjutant general later confirmed the department does not need additional staff and said the projects are typically roof, boiler, and similar repairs. Members asked about a fiscal note suggesting new positions and about revenue/expenditure impacts, and the sponsor explained that the fiscal note language appeared to reflect an earlier draft and that the budget effect is largely a shift in where the work is performed. The committee recessed briefly for the deputy adjutant general’s arrival, then continued discussion of the bill.

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• Every year we meet with every budgeting unit within the university to better understand their financial
• legislative workpapers when the appropriation language itself is not specific as to the amount by unit
• The unit or programs within each were reduced proportionately to remain consistent with the original
• > budgeting every year we meet with every budgeting every year we meet with every budgeting unit
• is not specific as to the amount by unit is not specific as to the amount by unit or<00:04:05.319

Keywords: 1187, senate, all