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AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

06/09/2026 - House Floor Session

Arizona House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Speaker Pro Tem, I rise to a motion to reconsider, having voted on the prevailing side.
  • Speaker Pro Tem, having voted on the prevailing side, I move that the House reconsider its action of
  • Having voted on the prevailing side, I move that the House reconsider its action of today, June 9, 2026
  • Speaker Pro Tem, having voted on the prevailing side, I move that the House reconsider its action today
Summary: The House convened, approved the prior journal, received gubernatorial communications, and then moved into an additional Committee of the Whole to consider Senate bills on two calendars. In that committee, members adopted floor and committee amendments and reported SB 1100, SB 1160, and SB 1178 out as amended. On the second calendar, the committee considered SB 1200, SB 1560, SB 1627, and SB 1723, adopting amendments on SB 1200, SB 1627, and SB 1723 and reporting all four measures out, while SB 1725 was retained on the calendar. The House then adopted the committee reports and sent the amended bills to engrossing or third reading as appropriate. The chamber then took up a long series of third-reading votes. Several bills passed with recorded votes and some member explanations focused on public safety, parental rights, school safety, health care, local control, property rights, and wildlife management. Among the measures that passed were SB 1013, SB 1015, SB 1046, SB 1094, SB 1095, SB 1124, SB 1186, SB 1214, SB 1275, SB 1280, SB 1315, SB 1318, SB 1205 on reconsideration, SB 1327, SB 1416, SB 1418, SB 1582, SB 1613, SB 1662, SB 1664, SB 1670, SB 1711, SB 1741, SB 1821, and several concurrent memorials. A number of bills failed, including SB 1052, SB 1170, SB 1457, SB 1074, SB 1540, SB 1649, and SB 1663. Debate on several bills drew pointed partisan and policy disagreements. Members opposing health-related bills argued they targeted LGBTQ people or medical decision-making, while supporters framed them as protecting children or bodily autonomy. On SB 1170, members said the bill contained a drafting error that would create extreme penalties and strain prison capacity. On SB 1280, supporters and opponents split over Mexican gray wolf management and federal conservation efforts. On SB 1199, the Salt River horse herd bill, members discussed herd management, heritage, property impacts, and a required emergency clause; it passed with the needed two-thirds majority. The House also adopted a group concurrence motion on numerous House bills and passed several House bills on final reading, including HB 2013, HB 2016, HB 2028, HB 2086, HB 2118, HB 2140, HB 2170, HB 2226, HB 2244, HB 2248, HB 2249, HB 2327, HB 2379, HB 2380, and others, forwarding them to the Governor.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

06/09/2026 - House Floor Session

Arizona House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Speaker Pro Tem, I rise to a motion to reconsider, having voted on the prevailing side.
  • Speaker Pro Tem, having voted on the prevailing side, I move that the House reconsider its action of
  • Having voted on the prevailing side, I move that the House reconsider its action of today, June 9, 2026
  • Speaker Pro Tem, having voted on the prevailing side, I move that the House reconsider its action today
Keywords: 1182, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Rules and Legislative Administration Committee 5/14/26

Rules and Legislative Administration

Transcript Highlights:
  • There being eight yeas and eight nays, the motion does not prevail.
  • the<00:36:16.800><c> motion</c><00:36:17.119><c> does</c><00:36:17.359><c> not</c><00:36:17.520><c> prevail
  • </c><00:36:17.920><c> Thank</c><00:36:18.079><c> you,</c> the motion does not prevail.
  • Thank you, the motion does not prevail. Thank you, Representative<00:36:18.800><c> Cleorne.
Keywords: 1183, house
MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • The motion prevails and the bill is on its way. at it. um Representative Lawrence and um at it. um Representative
  • &gt;&gt; The<00:35:51.839><c> motion</c><00:35:52.079><c> prevails</c><00:35:52.480><c> and</c><00:35
  • c><00:35:52.880><c> bill</c><00:35:53.040><c> is</c><00:35:53.119><c> on</c> &gt;&gt; The motion prevails
  • and the bill is on &gt;&gt; The motion prevails and the bill is on its<00:35:53.520><c> way.
Keywords: 1183, house
Summary: The committee heard House File 3585, as amended, which would create an interagency council on student attendance and re-refer the bill to education finance. Representative Keeler moved the bill and an A1 amendment that corrected the council’s placement from the Department of Children, Youth, and Families to the Department of Education; the amendment was adopted. Keeler and Representative Bakeberg described the bill as the product of several years of bipartisan work on chronic absenteeism and truancy, emphasizing that attendance problems involve multiple systems and require ongoing coordination rather than a single-agency response. Testimony was strongly supportive. Matt Shaver of Allies cited statewide chronic absenteeism data and argued that schools cannot solve the problem alone because root causes such as housing, transportation, health, and economic instability lie outside school control. Assistant Commissioner Angela Mansfield of MDE said the task force and pilot districts showed coordination gaps and supported the council, while also noting MDE’s Compass staff would need permanent funding to carry out the work. Ashley High Totower of Hennepin County’s BEET program said attendance is a public health, child welfare, transportation, housing, and economic issue, and Kenneth Avon of the Minneapolis Foundation said absenteeism is an ecological problem requiring cross-sector coordination. Student witnesses also supported the bill but urged stronger youth representation. Henry Brick of Catalyst for Systems Change said students understand the causes of absenteeism best and proposed expanding student seats on the council from one to five. Ava Northrup of the Minnesota Youth Council said youth voices should be more than symbolic and suggested two youth representatives, one from the metro and one from greater Minnesota, plus additional youth task forces or panels. In member discussion, Representative Lawrence questioned whether the council duplicated existing MDE work, asked who would coordinate the group, and raised the lack of a sunset; Keeler and Bakeberg said the Department of Education would coordinate and that a sunset could be considered later. Other members asked about fiscal impact, and the chair said a fiscal note had been requested and the bill would move on to education finance.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

No candidate addresses 3/4/26

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The motion prevails and the bill is on its way to Judiciary. the public.
  • The<00:37:59.839><c> motion</c><00:38:00.079><c> prevails</c><00:38:00.480><c> and</c><00:38:00.640><
  • c> the</c><00:38:00.800><c> bill</c><00:38:00.960><c> is</c><00:38:01.119><c> on</c> The motion prevails
  • and the bill is on The motion prevails and the bill is on its<00:38:01.520><c> way</c><00:38:01.599>
Keywords: 1183, house
Summary: The committee took up House File 3363, a bill focused on protecting the privacy and safety of legislators and other candidates by limiting public access to home addresses and related information in campaign finance and election filings. The author said the bill was prompted by the events of June 14 and was intended to make temporary Campaign Finance Board changes permanent. No public testimony was offered, and the author explained that the bill had been narrowed and reorganized after a Senate delete-everything amendment expanded its scope. Members then considered a series of amendments. The A1 amendment, which added security devices and security services as allowable non-campaign disbursements, was adopted after questions about family relationships and whether payments to relatives could qualify. The A2 through A9 amendments were also adopted, covering data classification or redaction of street addresses in Campaign Finance Board reports, lobbyist gift reports, candidate affidavits of candidacy, nominating petitions, local government candidate reports, and retroactive redaction of existing reports. The A4 amendment was modified by A12 to apply city, state, and ZIP code reporting to political committees, political funds, and party units. The A13 amendment removed a proposed misdemeanor penalty tied to disclosure violations, and the A14 amendment was adopted to give caucus and chamber leaders access to actual candidate addresses, though members noted the language still needed refinement and that the intent was to continue working on it. There was discussion about whether the address-access language in A14 would apply to all candidates or only legislative candidates, and whether it would affect residency disputes; staff said it would not change complaint or court processes, but could be a data point. Several members said they had concerns about the breadth of the language but were willing to keep working on it. After the amendments were adopted, the committee moved to the bill as amended and recommended that House File 3363 be re-referred to the Judiciary Committee.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House environment panel considers HF3007 4/3/25

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The motion prevails. The A2 amendment is adopted. Chair Fiser, to your bill as amended?
  • c><00:01:15.759><c> no</c><00:01:16.759><c> the</c><00:01:16.840><c> motion</c><00:01:17.159><c> prevails
  • </c><00:01:18.000><c> the</c> those oppose no the motion prevails the those oppose no the motion prevails
Keywords: 1183, house
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on State and Local Government - 03/20/25

State and Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • The motion prevails.
  • The<00:25:42.080><c> motion</c><00:25:42.320><c> prevails.
  • Senate</c><00:25:43.039><c> file</c><00:25:43.360><c> 856</c><00:25:44.159><c> as</c> The motion prevails
  • Senate file 856 as The motion prevails.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Republican Press Conference 1/6/25

Transcript Highlights:
  • Ma'am, can you—there's so many ifs in this whole thing, but if Representative Tabke prevails in court
  • this whole thing but if represent Tab this whole thing but if represent Tab Key<00:08:07.639><c> prevails
  • 09.800><c> and</c><00:08:10.159><c> if</c><00:08:10.759><c> he</c><00:08:11.039><c> shows</c> Key prevails
  • in court and if he shows Key prevails in court and if he shows up up up Cate<00:08:16.319><c> attt</
Keywords: 1183, house
Summary: House Republican leaders, led by Speaker-designate Lisa Demuth and Majority Leader Harry Niska, outlined their priorities for the upcoming Minnesota House session and said they intend to use an organizational majority to advance their agenda. They said their focus will be on stopping fraud, making government more accountable, reducing taxes and fees, and addressing affordability, energy costs, public safety, education, and permitting reform. Specific proposals mentioned included repealing the tax on Social Security benefits, rolling back automatic gas tax increases, repealing the nuclear moratorium, and changing state programs they said should be limited to people in the country legally. A central theme was the creation of a new House committee on fraud and agency oversight, which Republicans said will have subpoena power and be chaired by Rep. Kristin Robbins. They said the committee will investigate known fraud, review agency internal controls, and press agencies for information on staffing, office space, and cost savings. Rep. Jim Nash also described a proposed “fraud note” scoring system to rate agencies on whether they have implemented Office of the Auditor’s recommendations, with the goal of informing appropriations decisions. On education and public safety, Niska said Republicans want fewer mandates and higher standards in schools, citing low reading and math proficiency, and leaders said they want stronger accountability for repeat and juvenile offenders. They also said they expect committee chairs to be Republican, may reduce Democratic committee seats if Democrats do not show up, and are not planning a power-sharing agreement unless the chamber returns to a true tie. They discussed the pending court case involving Rep. Brad Tabke, a possible recall process for absent legislators, remote voting rules, and a special election timeline, while insisting they expect Democrats to appear on the first day of session and that they will proceed with organizing the House and electing a speaker on January 14.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Ways and Means (02/02/2026)

Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> on the issue of wages. on the issue of wages.
  • </c><00:51:19.440><c> wages</c><00:51:19.920><c> to</c> are getting sufficient wages wages to are getting
  • The state doesn't pay these wages.
  • The state doesn't pay these wages.
  • The state doesn't pay these wages.
Keywords: 1189, house, all
CO

Colorado 2026 Regular Session

Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 099 Apr 23rd, 2026

Colorado House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Average wage in Colorado in the private sector is about 65 grand.
  • Average wage in according to dollars?
  • That's about a billion lost wages.
  • And at the end of the day it hurts employees and it hurts wages.
  • And hurts employees and it hurts wages.
Keywords: 981, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 4/14/26

Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • They extract as much as possible from us, from our workforce, as we are seeing with surveillance wage
  • setting in this surveillance uh wage setting in this bill.<00:22:48.320><c> We</c><00:22:48.720><c>
  • They extract as much as possible from us, from our workforce, as we are seeing with surveillance wage
  • They extract as much as possible from us, from our workforce, as we are seeing with surveillance wage
  • </c><00:56:02.400><c> of</c><00:56:02.640><c> $23.50</c> at an average wage of $23.50 at an average wage
Bills: HF4598, HF4884, HF3732
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Taxes - 04/08/26

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • tax burdens are passed along to customers in the form of higher prices, workers in the form of lower wages
  • , and capital owners in the forms wages, and capital owners in the forms of<00:05:28.160><c> lower</c
  • So, between '21 and '23, overall wages grew a healthy 10.8%. Retirement income grew a lot.
  • Our EAs and TAs should be able to work one job and earn a living wage.
  • Our EAs and TAs should be able to work one job and earn a living wage.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • Food is such an important element of this and getting people to jobs and living wage jobs to actually
  • ><c> to</c><00:17:28.040><c> to</c><00:17:28.160><c> actually</c><00:17:28.920><c> move</c> living wage
  • </c><00:18:39.000><c> get</c><00:18:39.120><c> to</c><00:18:39.200><c> living</c><00:18:39.440><c> wage
  • </c> support people to get to living wage support people to get to living wage jobs<00:18:40.040><c>
  • job, get the help folks get living wage job, get the training<00:21:18.080><c> while</c><00:21:18.440
Summary: The committee met with a quorum and first considered Senate Concurrent Resolution 61, sponsored by Senator Shelley Funke Frommeyer and Representative Matt Lockett. The resolution, as amended by committee substitute, would create a legislative task force tied to the MAHA (Make America Healthy Again) framework to study Kentucky health policy, including Medicaid drug approvals, preventive and alternative therapies, holistic health education, oversight and transparency in health care, and research into integrative approaches. Supporters said the goal was to address chronic disease and reduce over-medication, while emphasizing the effort was not intended as an attack on agriculture or the pharmaceutical industry. The resolution received favorable expression and passed the committee 9-0. The committee then heard Senate Resolution 18 from Senator Neal, urging Kentucky to maximize participation in the federal SNAP Employment and Training (SNAP E&T) program. Testimony from Jessica Klein of the Kentucky Center for Economic Policy and Secretary Eric Friedlander explained that SNAP E&T provides job training, education, and support services for SNAP participants, and that the program is federally matched and does not require additional General Assembly funding in the normal course. Members discussed how the program works, whether it could create new state costs, and how it fits with efforts to connect food assistance, workforce development, and local agriculture. Questions also focused on whether SNAP spending can be steered toward healthier foods and farmers markets, including Kentucky’s Double Dollars program, which was described as helping participants buy produce, meat, and dairy at participating markets and some retailers. Several members expressed support for the workforce goals but asked for more information on fiscal impacts and purchasing data. Secretary Friedlander said the SNAP E&T funds are separate from nutrition benefits, and that the state match generally comes from employer, university, or workforce partner contributions rather than new state appropriations. Senator Herron explained her vote in favor by saying the program could help people gain education and employment and reduce reliance on SNAP over time. Senate Resolution 18 was then adopted by the committee.
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, June 23, 2026)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The average cost of a single family home has skyrocketed and wages have not kept pace.
  • great men and women such as Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglas and Harriet Tubman, righteousness prevailed
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives May 5th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • have a cause of action, and in that cause of action, I could be awarded attorney's fees if I'm the prevailing
  • do you get for pain and suffering, how much you get for mental anguish, how much you get for lost wages
Bills: HR223, HR224, HR225, HR226, HR227, HR228, HR229, HR230, HR231, HR232, HR233, HR234, HR235, HR236, HR237, HR238, HR239, HR240, HR241, HR242, HR243, HCR94, HCR95, HCR96, HCR97, HCR98, HCR99, HCR100, HR218, HR219, HR220, HR221, HR222, HCR91, HCR92, HCR93, SCR41, SCR42, SCR43, SCR44, SCR45, SCR46, SCR47, SCR48, SCR49, SCR50, SCR51, SCR52, SB259, SB347, SB398, SB469, SB483, SB518, HR37, HCR64, SCR11, SCR22, HB89, HB341, HB451, HB456, HB541, HB579, HB595, HB621, HB818, HB841, HB1064, HB1101, HB1165, HB1191, SB1, SB23, SB32, SB42, SB43, SB46, SB51, SB110, SB113, SB150, SB154, SB161, SB218, SB220, SB221, SB253, SB289, SB310, SB351, SB399, SB404, SB502, SB123, SB125, SB387, SB401, HB730, HCR41, HCR76, HCR77, HCR63, HCR69, HCR86, HR171, HCR49, HCR65, HCR72, SCR19, SCR3, SCR6, SCR18, HB64, HB68, HB92, HB130, HB175, HB198, HB437, HB457, HB488, HB646, HB763, HB909, HB971, HB981, HB1066, HB1089, HB1125, HB1154, HB1231, HB1246, HB1248, HB1249, HB276, HB508, HB512, HB599, HB632, HB656, HB998, HB1052, HB1084, HB1171, HB1193, HB1194, HB1204, HB1209, HB1250, SB47, SB82, SB106, SB206, SB210, SB248, SB305, SB376, SB397, SB441, SB2, SB19, SB24, SB50, SB70, SB96, SB101, SB103, SB104, SB114, SB122, SB159, SB160, SB173, SB180, SB182, SB260, SB412, SB418, SB424, SB442, SB460, SB476, HCR32, HB911, HB1223, HB798, HB824, HB989, HB1140, HB1166, HB1244, HB459, HB617, HB804, HB926, HB225, HB955, HB901, HB79, HR20, HR74, HB59, HB284, HB306, HB366, HB393, HB458, HB577, HB582, HB605, HB614, HB682, HB733, HB752, HB773, HB996, HB1035, HB1069, HB1113, HB1180, HB1203, HB1234, HB1240, SB89
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • It also gets us out of CEQA and NEPA analysis and prevailing wage, and I think it can help us start to
Summary: The hearing focused on California wildfire resilience, with the first panel discussing statewide funding, policy, and strategic priorities, and the second panel shifting to home hardening and defensible space. The LAO outlined the state’s wildfire risk, the large increase in resilience spending in recent years, and the fact that most funding has been one-time rather than ongoing. Testimony emphasized that wildfire risk varies greatly by region, that the state must balance response spending with prevention, and that success should be measured more carefully than by acres treated alone. Witnesses also noted the importance of local, federal, utility, and Proposition 4 funding sources, as well as the need for long-term maintenance and strategic prioritization rather than scattered projects. Cal Fire leadership and other witnesses stressed that California’s wildfire problem is not uniform: forested areas, chaparral, and wildland-urban interface communities require different strategies. In Northern California and forested watersheds, speakers emphasized fuels reduction, prescribed and cultural burning, strategic fuel breaks, watershed protection, and maintaining forest health. In Southern California, testimony focused on wind-driven fires, ember intrusion, ignition prevention along roads and power lines, and the limits of large-scale vegetation clearing. Several witnesses argued that the state should invest where it can leverage local and regional partnerships, support capacity-building programs like Regional Forest and Fire Capacity, and improve data systems to track treatment effectiveness and project outcomes. Members repeatedly pressed witnesses on how to prioritize limited funds, asking what should be done more of, less of, and first. The chair argued that protecting homes and communities through hardening and defensible space should be a major priority, especially near structures, while also acknowledging the need for broader landscape work and watershed protection. There was discussion of incentives such as insurance discounts, property tax treatment, and community certification for hardened homes, along with the need for multiple payers rather than relying on the state alone. Cal Fire reported new and expanding data tools, including treatment trackers, defensible space inspection dashboards, and a fuels treatment effectiveness program that evaluates whether nearby treatments affected wildfire behavior. No votes were taken because the hearing was informational only.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Criminal Jurisprudence Apr 1st, 2025

Criminal Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh, members at this time, uh, uh, Vice Chair Wu, as one of the prevailing votes, moves to reconsider
  • Um, it offers a range of expenses, including medical bills, uh, wages, counseling services, and so determine
Bills: HB47
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Criminal Jurisprudence Apr 1st, 2025

Criminal Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • Vice Chair Wu, as one of the prevailing votes, moves to reconsider the vote by which House Bill 166 was
  • It offers a range of expenses including medical bills. wages, counseling services, and so determine the
MA
Transcript Highlights:
  • Yes, they want and deserve competitive wages, and recent increases to Chapter 257 begin to address that
  • and show the Commonwealth's commitment to wage progression, despite a challenging budget outlook.
  • And I can't help but believe the salary, the wages had something to do with that, the compensation, right
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The subcommittee met to approve the April and May minutes, welcome a new member, and hear an update from Gina Frey of EOHHS on statewide health and human services workforce development efforts. Frey described cross-secretariat initiatives under the Workforce Skills Cabinet, including MA Repay loan repayment awards, expanded community college and tuition supports, ESOL/work-readiness programming for immigrants, and efforts to build career pathways and reduce attrition in nursing, behavioral health, direct care, and primary care. She also reviewed a $46 million ARPA-funded home and community-based services grant program that supported 82 grantees, led to hiring 8,752 new staff, over 1,000 interns, 2,000 new certifications, and a drop in vacancy rates from 22% to 12%. Members raised concerns about the impact of immigration policy changes on the direct care workforce, including losses of trained workers in provider agencies, and asked whether any exemption or other relief efforts were underway. Frey said EOHHS is tracking the issue closely but did not identify a specific exemption effort. The discussion also touched on Medicaid and related program changes, with Frey noting the administration is focused on understanding potential impacts to eligibility and work requirements. Rep. Howard asked about initiatives for direct support professionals and wraparound supports, and Frey said those efforts are often led by individual agencies such as MassAbility and DDS, with EOHHS coordinating across them. The latter part of the meeting shifted to planning FY26 subcommittee goals and possible events. Members discussed using the Health Policy Commission’s Behavioral Health Workforce Center and possibly asking for a study comparing compensation in DDS and related direct care roles against health care and education jobs. They also discussed a possible cross-state public event on immigration’s impact on the workforce, especially for people with disabilities and direct support services, and agreed to continue refining goals and event ideas by email and at the next meeting. Frey provided a website link and contact information for Amy Doyle at the Health Policy Commission to facilitate future presentations.
DE
Transcript Highlights:
  • fails to act, veterans choose those states over our state, taking their second career income, spouse wages
  • They're going to be hired at a higher wage than would normally a person at an entry-level position.
  • They're going to be hired at a higher wage than would normally a person at an entry-level position.
Summary: The House Revenue and Finance Committee met to consider House Substitute 1 for House Bill 386, which would create a temporary Delaware income tax deduction for qualified tip income from tax years 2027 through 2029. The sponsor described it as relief for service workers in restaurants, salons, and similar tipped occupations, with a deduction of up to $15,000, income-based phaseouts, a refundable credit for lower-income workers, and a sunset for later review. Committee members raised questions about the resident/non-resident language, the fiscal note, and whether the Department of Finance could implement the change; Finance said the department could administer it and expected only modest administrative costs, while the Comptroller’s office said the bill would reduce general revenue. After a brief recess to review updated language, the committee took public comment, but no one testified. A motion to release the bill failed to receive enough votes, and the chair said she would walk it to seek additional signatures. The committee then considered Senate Bill 219, which would phase in an increase in the military pension income exemption from $12,500 to $25,000 by tax year 2029. The sponsor argued the measure would help attract and retain military retirees, citing economic return estimates, workforce benefits, and support from all 21 Senate co-sponsors. Some members supported the bill as a way to reward service and bring in long-term residents, while others questioned whether the exemption should be income-based rather than available to all military retirees, including those with substantial second careers. The Department of Finance said it could operationalize the bill and that the non-resident language was unnecessary because the subtraction is already picked up in the non-resident code section. Public testimony from veterans’ organizations strongly supported the bill, emphasizing that the exemption can influence retirement decisions and help veterans and their families stay in Delaware. A motion to release the bill also failed to get enough votes, and the chair said she would walk it for signatures before adjourning the meeting.