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• I know in my high schools, unfortunately in Chandler, my daughter just graduated high school.
• For the post-secondary schools that are offering nursing programs, if there's a school issue, it goes
• that are offering nursing programs if there's a school issue it goes to the school if there's a nursing
• to the school.
• That's another thing that that school can do. A private school can get credentialed.

Bills: HB2072, HB2251, HB2279, HB2308, HB2323, HB2342, HB2400, HB2408, HB2456, HB2660, HB2697, HB2868, HB2873, HB2877, HB2910, HB2946, HB2955, HB2991, HB4001, HB4010

Keywords: Cesar Chavez, public holiday, state law, holiday repeal, Arizona Revised Statutes, midwifery, medication administration, healthcare, patient safety, advisory committee, licensed midwives, river trips, liability, outfitter, Grand Canyon, negligence, risk management, contractual waiver, dental practice, business registration

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• The bill reduces regulations on school board operations to align school district board meeting requirements
• The bill reduces regulations on school board operations to align school district board meetings requirements
• This amendment modifies the bill provisions related to the time frame for a district school board purchase
• This amendment modifies the bill provisions related to the time frame for a district school board purchase
• My kid graduated from high school.

Summary: The Senate convened with an opening prayer, pledge, and several recognitions, including visiting student groups, chambers of commerce, and apprenticeship participants. Senators also observed a moment of silence for a fallen Walton County deputy and later for the late John Pasadoma. The chamber then moved through a long third-reading calendar and special order calendar, with most bills passing overwhelmingly and several amendments adopted along the way. Among the major measures, SB 234 on criminal offenses against law enforcement officers passed 37-0 after debate and an amendment clarifying “good faith” in an officer’s duties; SB 7020 on open government and cybersecurity information passed 37-0; SM 1488 urging Congress to create a U.S. sovereign wealth fund was adopted by voice vote; SB 944 reducing insurance overpayment claim deadlines for psychologists passed 37-0; SB 878 expanding misdemeanor probation treatment provisions to controlled substances passed 36-1; SB 538, the state court system package, passed 37-0; SB 480 on nonprofit agricultural organization medical benefit plans passed 32-4; SB 472 on correctional-facility education credit for licensure passed 37-0; and SB 56 on geoengineering and weather modification passed 28-9 after extensive debate about enforcement, federal preemption, and the bill’s purpose. Later, the Senate passed CS/HB 421 on peer support for first responders 37-0 after substituting the House companion, and SB 164 on vessel accountability advanced with a technical amendment. SB 166 on administrative efficiency in public schools drew the most extended debate and multiple amendments; it changes testing, promotion, teacher evaluation, certification, and facilities rules, and passed 37-0. The chamber also passed SB 282 on warranty association financial requirements 36-0, SB 316 creating series LLCs 35-1, and SB 384 on annexing state-owned lands 36-0. At the end of the day, the Senate waived rules to immediately certify all passed bills to the House, received budget schedule guidance from Appropriations Chair Hooper for SB 2500 and SB 2502, and adjourned until April 9.

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• Um, there's more problems in the school, like my daughter is a school nurse.
• Um, there's more problems in the school, like my daughter is a school nurse.
• Um, there's more problems in the school, like my daughter is a school nurse.
• Um, there's more problems in the school, like my daughter is a school nurse.
• Um, there's more problems in the school, like my daughter is a school nurse.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Finance Committee held a hearing on several bills and announced at the outset that no votes would be taken because the measures would go to divisions later. The first major bill, HB 197, would require the state to pay 7.5% of political subdivision employer pension contributions for teachers, police officers, and firefighters. Representative Mike Edgar, the prime sponsor, argued the state had repeatedly reduced and then eliminated its promised share of retirement costs, shifting the burden to municipalities and property taxpayers. He said the bill would partially restore that commitment and provide relief to local governments, businesses, and taxpayers. Several witnesses testified in support of HB 197, including Representative John Cluder, Bradford selectman Marlene Fryer, the New Hampshire Municipal Association’s Margaret Burns, and Epping representative Mark Fone. Supporters said the bill would help with property tax pressure, school budgets, and municipal hiring, and they emphasized that much of the retirement cost reflects unfunded liability decisions made at the state level rather than by local governments. Committee members questioned whether the bill would change local incentives to control costs and how it would affect hiring and compensation. Burns said the state contribution would function as property tax relief because it offsets existing municipal expenses, and she noted the state is already on a long-term schedule to pay down the retirement system’s unfunded liability. After closing the hearing on HB 197, the committee opened a hearing on HB 97, introduced by Representative Tom Buco. He said the bill would continue funding for delayed and deferred wastewater projects and help municipalities finance expensive wastewater infrastructure, which he tied to housing development and local debt planning. No action or votes were taken on either bill during the hearing.

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• . school. school.
• Do people purchasing a firearm need to take a class before they purchase that firearm?
• Do people purchasing a ammunition.
• </c> purchase that firearm? No, they do not. purchase that firearm? No, they do not.
• Firearm people who purchase firearms.

Keywords: House streaming session for Wednesday, March 11, 2026, 957, house, all

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• Number five, U of A Fayetteville property purchase.
• for therapy services at the school.
• services at the school.
• This is for janitorial services. 65, School for the Deaf and Blind with Executive Services Spin.
• This is for janitorial services. 66, School for the Deaf and Blind with Lyndall Green.

Summary: The committee met to review a supplemental agenda item, procurement rule revisions, methods of finance, discretionary grants, contracts, reports, and a member disclosure. The supplemental agenda was accepted, and the Office of State Procurement’s rule revisions were approved after Jessica Patterson explained they were driven by 2025 legislative changes, including Act 782, CASO Consulting recommendations, and updates to sole source, bid, protest, and debarment provisions. The methods of finance and discretionary grants were also approved, covering a range of university capital projects, health and human services grants, historic preservation awards, and tobacco prevention and cessation programs. The committee then reviewed RFQs and six ratifications. The ratifications included a Workforce Connections payment to ACT WorkKeys for services provided during a contract gap, a Department of Health ratification for water-leak repairs, a large Department of Public Safety ratification for Motorola’s Arkansas Wireless Information Network upgrade, a Veterans Affairs HVAC ratification, an ADFA medical services ratification, and a UA Little Rock painting contract ratification. Members questioned the Public Safety ratification at length about why the expired Motorola contract was not caught sooner and why it took months after discovery to come forward; agency officials said the work was tied to bond funding and was not tracked in ASIS, and the chair urged agencies to develop better monitoring procedures. The committee approved a large slate of construction, intergovernmental, out-of-state, and in-state contracts, including many recurring service agreements for DHS, higher education institutions, corrections, health agencies, and state support functions. Several members asked about specific contracts, including aerial application services for correctional farms and a Southern Arkansas University custodial contract, and staff or agency representatives provided brief explanations. The meeting concluded with review of reports and approval of a member disclosure involving Representative Andrew Collins’ investment interest in a company leasing property to Arkansas Rehabilitation Services.

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• It's for the 2024-25 school year.
• </c> provided we can continue to purchase provided we can continue to purchase through<00:53:34.079><
• </c><00:57:07.200><c> something</c> not just purchase something not just purchase something &gt;&gt;
• </c> options including perhaps purchasing options including perhaps purchasing properties<01:03:33.599
• Again, um school 5% search charge.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• I'm a junior at Vashon Island High School. For the record, my name is Emma Champagne.
• I work with the high school classes and middle school, bringing in that information when we see those
• Just a clarifying question: You said you're in high school, right? Yes, that's correct.
• drug pricing program requires drug manufacturers to provide price discounts on outpatient drugs purchased
• For instance, one Washington hospital that participates in the 340B program had Humira purchases grow

Bills: SB5904, SB5915, SB6025, SB5933, SB5990, SB5981

Keywords: nursing titles, licensure, healthcare professionals, patient safety, professional standards, SB 5915, health technology assessment, HTA, clinical committee, medical technology review, coverage determination, state-purchased health care, Washington health care, RCW, evidence-based medicine, cost-effectiveness, safety and efficacy, Medicare coverage, national coverage determination, clinical guidelines

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• Kids take lunches to school.
• Kids take lunches to school.
• still eat what we have in schools.
• So I didn't school up on that.
• So I didn't school up on that.

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• It’s payroll, it’s HR, it’s purchasing, it’s finance, it’s...
• What we're looking to do is purchase what we call synthetic trainers.
• So we're requesting 100% general funds to purchase what we cannot purchase with federal funds for the
• It's like my turn, and I'm working with a student in a high school to help them get past high school
• Was able to secure a federal grant and they purchased a simulator.

Keywords: 928, house, all

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• Even if a school can detect and confiscate these disguised vapes, the school has no way to dispose of
• We're focused on school safety and cost savings for our facilities.
• Does your bill expand or allow from any school or...
• So it does not list schools, to your question.
• from nearly any school around the world.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• He was born in Tularesta and went to high school at Manzano High School.
• He went to high school at Manzano High School.
• who's doing it outside of school hours, potentially, or during school hours.
• I took mine after school in Moriarty, but either way, the rules will be developed. after school in Moriarty
• I took driver's ed after school at Moriarty High School. Thank you.

Keywords: 996, all

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• And some would say, well, my school...
• And some would say, well, my school counselor told me about this.
• Okay, maybe I would want to help this person go through school. Thank you.
• I come from a rural 3A school.
• They couldn't read a sentence, and she was expelled from her school.

Summary: The Arkansas Boys State House convened with a quorum, heard opening remarks from legislative leaders and guests, and then considered a series of bills focused on rural services, education, taxes, and zoning. House Bill 1001 would have increased rural health care funding through a 10% tax on individuals earning at least $300,000; supporters argued it would improve access and quality in rural areas, while opponents raised concerns about fairness, long-term funding, and whether it would drive away doctors and taxpayers. The bill failed by a vote of 24 yeas, 51 nays, and 1 present. House Bill 1002 would have limited the number of subjects rural teachers could be assigned and offered sign-on bonuses to recruit more teachers; supporters said it would reduce burnout and improve specialization, while opponents questioned funding and whether it would worsen inequities. After immediate consideration, it passed narrowly, 38 yeas, 36 nays, and 2 present. The House then debated House Bill 1003, which would regulate AI data centers through county zoning authority and a 10% tax on corporations to fund conservation efforts. Supporters said counties should be able to decide whether data centers fit local needs, while opponents warned about lost jobs, higher costs, and federal-state jurisdiction issues. The bill passed 62 yeas, 7 nays, and 3 present. House Bill 1004 would have reduced motor vehicle registration fees to offset high fuel costs, but critics argued it would reduce highway and road funding and strain the state budget; it failed 20 yeas, 46 nays, and 4 present. The chamber then took up Senate bills. Senate Bill 1 proposed incentives tied to SNAP benefits to encourage healthier food purchases and address food insecurity and obesity; supporters framed it as a way to improve access to healthy food, while opponents objected to taxing junk food and burdening SNAP users. It passed 43 yeas and 27 nays. Senate Bill 2 would require reading tests in middle school and state tutoring for students who fail; supporters said it would address literacy problems early, while opponents wanted clearer provisions for older students and implementation. It passed 67 yeas, 6 nays, and 1 present. Senate Bill 3 would cut individual and corporate income taxes to promote economic growth and ease cost-of-living pressures; supporters cited prior tax cuts and business attraction, while opponents said the benefits would mostly go to wealthy corporations and CEOs. It passed 53 yeas, 15 nays, and 16 present. Senate Bill 4 created a mixed-use zoning grant program funded by a 1% hotel tourism tax to encourage affordable housing and downtown redevelopment; it passed 51 yeas, 7 nays, and 13 present. The session ended with a motion to adjourn, which carried.

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• </c> vehicle um category uh so purchasing vehicle um category uh so purchasing qualifying<00:41:38.800
• The willingness of someone to purchase that bond from me is liquidity.
• </c><01:03:38.559><c> that</c> willingness of someone to purchase that willingness of someone to purchase
• I can only afford to purchase a $355,000 house.
• I can only afford to purchase a $355,000 house.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• IN INTERSCHOLASTIC ELECTIVES IN FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION SCHOOLS.
• AT A DIFFERENT SCHOOL.
• SOME PUBLIC SCHOOLS LOCALLY THERE IS A FEE FOR THE STUDENTS TO PURCHASE PLAY IN THE SPORT.
• IS AT THE PRIVATE SCHOOL?
• PUBLIC SCHOOL IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL HAS TO BE OPEN AND READY TO ACCEPT THEM.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• </c> include an audit of each charter school include an audit of each charter school Under<00:36:29.200
• The Hawaii Charter School Under The Hawaii Charter School commission<00:36:31.240><c> and</c><00:36:
• commission to take action charter school commission to take action based<00:36:34.960><c> on</c><00:
• </c><00:37:24.839><c> of</c> Union United to require the purchase of Union United to require the purchase
• </c><00:37:39.359><c> limit</c> bill to increase the purchase limit bill to increase the purchase limit

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The committees considered a large number of Senate bills, with many measures advanced either unamended or with technical or substantive amendments. Early action included SB 88 and SB 11 SD1, both passed unamended, and SB 562 SD1 and SB 642 SD1, which were passed with amendments reflecting agency testimony. SB 1133 SD1 was amended to remove duplicative county requirements and clarify tax credit carry-forward eligibility, while SB 1569 SD1 on sports wagering was deferred. Later, SB 933 on nonprofit/federal funding support drew strong testimony from nonprofit and health advocates emphasizing the risk of federal funding freezes and the importance of protecting services such as early learning, domestic violence support, housing, and workforce supports; the committee recommended amendments to define eligible organizations, require reporting, and include the Judiciary. SB 934 and SB 935 were also amended, with SB 934 tying mass transit funding to Honolulu project milestones and SB 935 revising retirement-system language to change “fewer than five years” to “five or more years.” The committees then took up additional measures with targeted amendments. SB 1033 was amended to clarify that the bill applies to legal entities, not individuals, though members noted concerns about closely held family corporations and asked that the issue be reflected in the committee report. SB 1166, SB 1249, and SB 1256 were advanced with amendments or committee-report notes reflecting concerns from the Attorney General, Hawaii Cattlemen’s Council, and Hawaii Farmers Union United, respectively. SB 1432 and SB 137, both relating to electric utilities, were amended to require retention of covered employees after mergers or acquisitions and to direct the PUC to consider whether proposed transactions further state policy goals. SB 157 on antitrust was narrowed to focus on coordinator conduct in rental housing markets, SB 252 on invasive species received a defective effective date, and SB 336 on defense of state employers and employees passed unamended. SB 536 on the Hawaii Community Development Authority was deferred to a later hearing, and SB 1064 on medical cannabis was heavily amended to authorize cultivator licenses with limits on canopy size, license counts, physician fees, and a special-fund appropriation for enforcement. In the Ways and Means portion, the committee passed several bills unamended, including SB 19, SB 124, SB 264, SB 345, SB 422, and SB 741 and SB 747 later in the agenda. SB 361 was amended to remove references to the attorney general and delete an appropriation section, SB 438 was amended to redefine buffer zones and landfill-unit language, and SB 441 and SB 494 were amended to blank appropriations and, in SB 494, assign charter-school audit responsibility to the state auditor. SB 659 was substantially amended to promote local procurement, including county-level geographic preferences and higher thresholds for locally sourced purchases, and SB 732 was amended to adjust film tax credit provisions, including the streaming-platform definition and sunset-related language. SB 819 was amended to replace references to “educators” with “teachers.” Throughout, most measures were adopted without recorded opposition, though several members noted reservations on particular bills.

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• In my district, we had a school In my district, we had a school shooting.
• And we researched that because you can't be within so many feet of a school...
• area, even though on one street, buses are picking up Lindbergh School District children, Fox School
• No school is close.
• A private pool where you can purchase and put it in your backyard if you wish.

Summary: The committee met with a quorum and first went into executive session, where House Bills 3012, 2997, and 3058 were combined into a House committee substitute and then voted do pass by a 17-0 roll call. House Bill 2868 was set aside for further work on a substitute. The committee then moved into public hearings, beginning with House Bill 1740, “Melanie’s Law,” which would increase penalties for intoxicated driving cases involving injury or death and expand ignition interlock requirements, including for high-BAC offenders. The sponsor and family members of victims described the bill as a response to fatal crashes involving loved ones, while law enforcement, MoDOT, prosecutors, and MADD supported the measure as a prevention tool and cited data on recidivism and fatal crashes. Members asked about BAC thresholds, whether the bill would cover drug impairment, fiscal impacts, and the relationship to existing sentencing and parole rules. No vote was taken on HB 1740 during the hearing. The committee also heard House Bills 3049 and 368, described by the sponsors as technical cleanup bills to resolve conflicts in Missouri’s sex offender registry statutes after court rulings and to reorganize and clarify the law. A prosecutor testified in support, and members discussed registry tiers, age-of-consent issues, and how the changes might affect people whose offenses were tied to older laws or unusual fact patterns. The bills were presented as consistency and cleanup measures, and no opposition testimony was offered. Next, House Bill 2311 was heard, proposing to raise the age of consent to 18 and reduce the close-in-age exception from four years to three. The sponsor said the change was intended to align the law with recent marriage-age changes and avoid mixed signals. Members raised concerns about criminalizing high-school relationships and about consistency with existing law, but there was no testimony in opposition or a vote. Finally, House Bill 3105, a revised Second Amendment Preservation Act-style bill, was heard. The sponsor said it would remove unconstitutional language from the prior law, bar state and local officials from knowingly violating law-abiding citizens’ firearm rights, and preserve cooperation with federal law enforcement. Supporters, including sheriffs, argued it protects constitutional rights while allowing officers to act against dangerous criminals and people in crisis. Opponents, including gun-rights advocates, argued the bill still lacked a meaningful deterrent to federal overreach and raised concerns about vague language such as “danger to self or others,” which they said could function like a red-flag law and be misused. The hearing ended without a vote on HB 3105.

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• . ...schools from the language.
• And why you did that, you know, our shared high school and Boise High School has had a flag since 1905
• And certainly building community comes from public schools and those flags.
• We have the flag bill for the schools.
• The flag bill in the school has already had that limitation. Boise doesn't follow the rules anyway.

Keywords: 989, all

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• people were moving because of attrition, they might lose staff because of their spouse's jobs, kids, school
• Coastal school districts are doubly burdened with recapture payments and escalating wind. storm insurance
• Obviously, the higher the PML, the more reinsurance they purchase, and purchasing that reinsurance comes
• So, with the dramatic cut in the amount of reinsurance purchased by TWIA, there would be more funds available
• The levels of reinsurance that we've had to purchase. ...and those are being paid for with the ratepayer

Bills: SB1468, SB1612, SB1789, SB2530, SB2571, SB2717, SB2967

Keywords: utility systems, Texas A&M, regents authority, construction, improvement, construction contracts, trust funds, property rights, mechanics lien, contractors, trustee liability, mechanic's lien, liability, attorney's fees, windstorm insurance, Texas Windstorm Insurance Association, insurance regulation, administrative penalties, coastal counties, catastrophe year

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• district and the protection of school districts against certain losses and local revenue.
• video from school bus infraction detection system to transportation.
• Texas public schools to business and commerce.
• Senate Bill 804 by Hughes relating to transportation to school for a child required to attend school
• charter school employees under interlocal contracts to health and human services.

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• Electronically delivered pre-written computer software can be transferred to the purchaser through a
• They purchased it in a box, and today they purchased it in a different manner, and it used to be subject
• With respect to the purchase of luxury vehicles, aircraft, and yachts.
• The first one is to modernize payments for routine software licensing purchases.
• The first one is to modernize payments for routine software licensing purchases.

Keywords: 987, senate, all