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• So who is paying that tax levy on real property, Mr. Speaker and gentle lady? Mr.
• Um, again, like we can't levy a property tax until there's properties to be taxed, so that wouldn't go
• Um, those are, those numbers are based on the maximum, so we would only levy the max if we hit the max
• Speaker, gentle lady, We already went through the whole thing about levying taxes, so I won't belabor
• Speaker, gentle lady, I believe when it's just talking about the mill, the mill levy. Sorry, Mr.

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• NMSA stands in support to allow school bond and/or mill levy elections to be included in the general
• Currently, schools are limited and can only place these bond levy elections on a regular local election
• This allows us then to join in with lots of options to get the GO bonds and the mill levies for districts

Keywords: 996, all

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• insufficient by having a levy cap. insufficient by having a levy cap. budget<01:00:33.119> gap
• And only then can the actual property tax levy be determined in the fall, October or November.
• And only then can the actual property tax levy be determined in the fall, October or November.
• And only then can the actual property tax levy be determined in the fall, October or November.
• Property tax levy be determined in the fall, October or November.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• quorum is present the house and gallery will please rise for the invocation which we all by rabbi Levi
• From here in Austin and Rabbi Levi Teldin, the Chabad of San Antonio.
• We are honoring Education and Sharing Day today, and it pays tribute to Rabbi Levi Teldin.
• Rabbi Levi Levertov. Rabbi Shmuel Levertov, Rabbi Zev Johnson and Rabbi Mendel Marisol.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• signed by the Kentucky Department of Ed, and then the school priority, and if the nickel tax had been levied
• 34.799> had priority and if um the nickel tax had priority and if um the nickel tax had been levied
• 40.120> think<00:03:40.280> it's<00:03:40.519> helpful<00:03:40.879> to levied
• so um I think it's helpful to levied so um I think it's helpful to know<00:03:41.760> we<00:03

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The House Budget Review Committee on Primary and Secondary Education and Workforce Development met, approved the minutes from its first meeting, and then received a presentation on the School Facility Assistance Fund audit. State Auditor Allison Ball’s office and its third-party contractor, Blue and Co., explained that the audit followed the scope set in the budget bill: to review each school project’s cost, available local resources, and eligibility criteria for state gap funding, with the Auditor of Public Accounts certifying the final report. The presenters walked through the 20 school projects identified for review and gave the current gap funding amounts found for each. Examples included Adair County at about $7.6 million, Augusta Independent at $5.3 million, B.S. Down Independent at just over $43 million, Fleming County at about $15 million, Garrard County at $14.9 million, Johnson County at $78 million, Somerset Independent at $1.7 million, Walton Verona at $48,000, Williams Town Independent at $7.4 million, and several others. They also noted that some districts were fully funded before the audit or withdrew because they had secured enough local funding, including Breathitt County, Kent County, and Lewis County. Washington County’s project was flagged as failing some House Bill 6 eligibility criteria even though the report calculated a $27.6 million gap. Members asked whether districts that secured funding on their own were being penalized, and the auditors responded that changes in gap amounts reflected several factors, including rising project costs and newly available local funding. They also said the audit did not attempt to determine whether local funds were earmarked for one project versus another, because the budget bill directed them to assess available local funding as provided. The committee requested the presentation slides, and the meeting concluded with no further questions and a motion to adjourn.

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• We are going to be inserting new language that would allow the state to levy a 1% tax on the sale of
• allow<00:51:40.640> the<00:51:40.760> state<00:51:40.960> to<00:51:41.119> Levy
• 1%<00:51:42.960> tax<00:51:43.359> on<00:51:43.480> the allow the state to Levy
• a 1% tax on the allow the state to Levy a 1% tax on the sale<00:51:44.040> of<00:51:44.319>

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee heard several measures related to cultural recognition and arts policy. HB 531 would authorize special license plates recognizing the University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center, and HB 458 would designate Brother Joseph Dutton Day; both received support testimony, including from the Department of Accounting and General Services and the Joseph Dutton Guild, and both were advanced. HB 345 would establish ʻōpae ula as the state shrimp to help protect alkaline pool systems, with support from DLNR and multiple community and environmental groups, and it was also advanced. HB 194, relating to Maritime Day, received limited testimony and was moved forward with amendments to align the observance with National Maritime Day on May 22. The committee also heard HB 554, which originally would have established Lunar New Year as a state holiday. Testimony in support emphasized cultural recognition and community benefits, but the chair explained that creating a new state holiday would cost about $9 million, so the bill was amended to make Lunar New Year a day of recognition rather than a state holiday. The committee noted several supporters, including youth testimony, and advanced the measure with amendments. HB 957, relating to Lāʻau Day, similarly drew broad written support; the committee amended it to designate the first Friday of May rather than May 1 and advanced it. In each case, the committee adopted the chair’s recommendations without opposition or reservations. The hearing concluded with HB 925, a short-form bill that would allow the state to levy a 1% tax on concert ticket sales to support arts access statewide; the committee recommended passing the bill with amendments and recommitting it for future public hearings, and that recommendation was adopted.

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• Today I rise to request that we adjourn in memory of Los Angeles County Sheriff Deputy Levi Vargas.
• Today I rise to request that we adjourn in the memory of Los Angeles County Sheriff Deputy Levi Vargas
• I respectfully ask that we adjourn in the memory of Deputy Levi Vargas.

Keywords: 988, house, all

Summary: The Assembly convened with a quorum call, prayer, and Pledge of Allegiance, then handled routine procedural business including approval of the previous day’s journal, several consent motions, and re-referral or removal actions on a few bills. Members also introduced guests, including a high school hydrogen car team, family visitors, and former legislator George Runner. The main floor action focused on several heritage and awareness resolutions. ACR 185 recognized June as Portuguese Heritage Month; members spoke about the contributions of Portuguese Californians, and the resolution was adopted with 51 coauthors. ACR 197 declared October as Italian American Heritage Month and was adopted with 54 coauthors. ACR 205 designated June as Congenital Cytomegalovirus Awareness Month and was adopted with 55 coauthors. SCR 177 proclaimed May 31, 2026 as World No Tobacco Day, highlighting tobacco-related harms and California’s flavored tobacco restrictions; it was adopted with 49 coauthors. The Assembly also heard adjournments in memory for John Wesley Finney, Jr., a longtime educator and community leader, and Deputy Levi Vargas of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, with brief tributes from members and a moment of silence for Finney. The session concluded with announcements of upcoming committee and floor schedules and adjournment until Thursday, June 4, 2026, at 9 a.m.

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• So do you levy fines for bad actors in the profession? Is that part of the way to...
• Director Bachman: Chair Backer, we do have the authority to levy fines in disciplinary cases.
• Director Bachman: Chair Backer, we do have the authority to levy fines in disciplinary cases.
• So do you levy fines for bad actors in the profession? Is that part of the way to...
• So do you levy fines for bad actors in the profession? Is that part of the way to...

Keywords: 1183, house

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• And then you apply the mill levy in place based on their residence to that value, and it creates a very
• that it applies the assessment ratio of 9 and 1/2% to that value, and then it is taxed at the mill levy
• /c><00:29:18.240> apply<00:29:18.760> the<00:29:18.880> mill<00:29:19.120> levy
• <00:30:45.080> in and then it is taxed at the mill levy in and then it is taxed at the mill
• levy in place<00:30:45.520> in place in place in at<00:30:46.680> the<00:30:46.800>

Keywords: 916, all

Summary: The Joint Revenue committee met with a quorum and heard a series of interim topic proposals focused on tax policy. Representative Brown raised two ideas: reinstating an exemption reporting requirement for corporations and entities receiving tax exemptions, with loss of the exemption for the current and prior year if they fail to report, and revising property tax treatment for wind turbines and related infrastructure by shifting the taxed footprint from agricultural to industrial classification. Senator Case and others then discussed energy taxation more broadly, including a possible generation tax for electricity, how to handle large data-center electricity loads, and whether sales tax revenue from very large electrical loads should be shared statewide rather than concentrated locally. The committee referenced prior bills and studies, including House Bill 300 and Senate File 76, and discussed using a mechanism that would keep local electricity bills net neutral while redirecting revenue distribution. The committee also took up problematic gaming and program funding. Senator Case described personal experiences with gambling addiction and the lack of available resources, while the presenter said the topic had been requested in multiple committees and that the biggest concern from House Bill 171 was protecting county and municipal funding. Members discussed whether the issue belonged in Revenue, Health, Labor, or Transportation, and several suggested it should stay with the standing committee handling gaming. Ideas raised included using gaming-related revenue for prevention and treatment, fully funding the 988 lifeline, and creating a broader trust fund for addiction-related services and law enforcement. The committee appeared to agree to continue the topic for educational purposes and to examine taxation of HHR and other gambling activity. Senator Case then proposed a severance tax on wind energy, arguing that wind development creates permanent landscape impacts and that the state should be compensated similarly to coal, oil, and gas extraction. Curt Meier, the state treasurer, supported reviewing lease agreements and said Wyoming should get more from wind resources, noting the state’s unique wind potential and the loss of viewshed. Finally, the committee heard a proposal to reform property tax relief by extending it to motor vehicle registration. Former Revenue director Dan Noble argued that vehicle taxes should be treated like other property taxes, using fair market value, depreciation, the residential assessment ratio, and local mill levies, which he said could provide broad relief but would be expensive, with an estimated fiscal impact of about $120 million. Representative Chestek followed with a related reform proposal based on Pennsylvania’s base-year assessment model, arguing that Wyoming’s current statewide relief measures treat symptoms rather than the underlying problem of rapidly rising local valuations.

Transcript Highlights:

• anyway, now you're capturing part of tax base that should otherwise help contribute to property tax levies
• property tax levies. property tax levies.
• all of a sudden the taxpayers are on the hook for those costs. >> goes right to the property tax levies
• <00:15:34.000> to >> goes right to the property tax levies to >> goes right to
• the property tax levies to pay<00:15:34.280> those<00:15:34.680> those<00:15:34.880>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• I rise today with a heavy heart to adjourn in the memory of Braun Levi, an extraordinary young man whose
• I ask that we adjourn in the memory of Braun Levi. Assembly Member Calderon, you're recognized.
• I also rise to adjourn in memory of Braun Levi, an up-and-coming leader, decorated athlete, and scholar
• Daniel and Jennifer Levi, his sister Adele Levi, and the many he inspired with his infectious personality
• I respectfully request that we adjourn in the memory of Braun Levi. Thank you, Assembly Members.

Summary: The Assembly met in session, established a quorum, and opened with a prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance. Members then moved through guest introductions, including students and fellows from California Lutheran University, UC Merced’s CAPE program, the Maddy Institute, and Madera High School’s Madtown Robotics Team 1323, which was recognized for multiple robotics world championships. The chamber also adopted an adjournment in memory and took up the daily file. Several bills and resolutions were considered and passed, including AB 1390 on school board compensation thresholds, AB 1338 on air district cost recovery for fence-line air monitoring, AB 648 on community college housing, AB 1207 on cap-and-trade price ceilings, ACR 66 recognizing Skin Cancer Awareness Month, AB 49 on keeping ICE out of public schools, AB 317 on a CEQA exemption for certain single-family homes, AB 527 on geothermal exploratory wells, AB 665 on the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation ombudsman report, AB 940 creating quantum innovation zones, AB 1021 on workforce housing for education agencies, AB 1112 on property tax apportionment in Rancho Mirage, AB 1318 on nonprofit eligibility for public funding, and AB 1470 on using student housing loan funds for affordable housing in downtowns and commercial districts. Most measures passed with broad support; AB 49 and AB 1318 were urgency bills and passed with the required higher vote threshold. The floor also adopted H.R. 40, declaring May 25 as Rosenda’s Day to honor a teen killed by a drunk driver, and H.R. 42, recognizing May as Behavioral Health Awareness Month. Both drew extensive personal testimony from members about mental health, suicide, substance use, and the need to reduce stigma and expand access to care. Additional health-related bills passed, including AB 408 creating a physician health and wellness program, AB 546 requiring coverage for HEPA purifiers for certain enrollees after wildfire disasters, AB 967 expediting licenses for out-of-state physicians, and AB 968 expanding pharmacist authority to provide non-hormonal contraception. The Assembly also debated AB 1056 on phasing out gill net fishing and AB 1376 on limiting juvenile probation terms, with supporters framing both as conservation or rehabilitation measures and opponents warning about economic harm or public safety concerns. Both bills ultimately passed. Throughout the session, members repeatedly emphasized public safety, education, housing, climate, health care access, and support for immigrant and youth communities, with recorded roll-call votes and voice votes taken on each measure.

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• got two gentlemen, um, that just came in from the Forest Service that work with Jack, Ben Coble and Levi
• , I gave you a picture of the state and the green are the soil and water districts that have mill levies
• Uh, the tri-county, which used to be Edgewood, does have a mill levy, and I believe the Ute Creek, which
• is right here, does have a mill levy.
• approved by DFA, um, so, but what has happened because especially those that didn't have the mill levy

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• We increase the general fund to equalize districts that levy the recallable nickels after January 15,
• 2026, 25%, and also to equalize Butler County's recallable nickel levy at 25%.
• We add intent language that districts levying a recallable nickel after January 15, 2026, will no longer
• million in each fiscal year to support additional spending on school and community nutrition programs. levying
• a recallable nickel after levying a recallable nickel after January<00:12:59.200> 15th,<00:12

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Roll Call 00:00:23 HB 503 Discussion 00:01:00 HB 503 Vote 00:02:17 HB 504 Discussion 00:02:53 HB 504 Vote 00:04:48 HB 500 Discussion 00:05:19 HB 500 Vote 00:29:18 HB 900 Discussion 00:32:02 HB 900 Vote 00:33:00, 958, all

Summary: The Kentucky Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee met with a quorum and first took up House Bill 503, the legislative branch budget, adopting a committee substitute and reporting it favorably. The chair said the Senate version fully funds defined calculations, provides 2% raises in each fiscal year for legislative employees, removes a paragraph on operating expense reductions, and includes $1 million in the first year for a judicial branch salary study. House Bill 504, the judicial branch budget, was then amended and reported favorably; changes included 2% annual raises for judicial employees, revised operating expense language, $1 million each year for county current services, retention of Boyle County fit-up language, reporting requirements for smaller capital projects, full funding for nine judges added in 2022, and removal of furlough prohibitions and certain budget implementation language. Both bills passed the committee unanimously with favorable expressions to the floor. The committee then considered House Bill 500, the executive branch budget, adopting a committee substitute before hearing a lengthy summary of major spending and policy changes. The chair described statewide 2% annual employee raises, agency base reductions with many exemptions, increased school safety and 911 funding, veterans and military funding, local government and severance-related changes, attorney general and auditor funding, pension and retirement system support, education funding changes including SEEK, postsecondary and scholarship provisions, public safety and corrections funding, and multiple capital projects. The chair also highlighted Medicaid-related provisions, including added waiver slots, increased state-directed payments, a 2.5% reduction in managed care vendor payments for plan years 2027 and 2028 with savings redirected to fee-for-service rates, and additional funding for behavioral health and public health programs. The bill was reported favorably after members explained their votes, with several noting they had only recently received the full 228-page bill and wanted more time for detailed review. Finally, the committee adopted a committee substitute for House Bill 900, an appropriation measure for government agencies, and reported it favorably. The chair said the bill remains a work in progress and that one-time funding requests from across the Commonwealth and across party lines would continue to be addressed as the process moves forward. All measures considered during the meeting passed the committee with unanimous or near-unanimous favorable votes, and the meeting adjourned after no further business.

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• This is basically just a levy limit bill.
• So, I wouldn't exactly call it a levy limit, but it is levy limiting is a way to look at that.
• The last place you could do it's actually the levy at the very back end.
• And this could be turned into a bill that is a levy limit as opposed to a limit on the fair cash value

Keywords: 914, all

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• In 2026 alone, preliminary property tax levies are set to increase by nearly $1 billion, uh, dollars,
• So this would be just like our schools go through those programs and when they need to raise their levies
• programs and when they need to raise programs and when they need to raise their<00:24:44.320> levies
• > whatnot,<00:24:45.560> it's<00:24:45.680> the<00:24:45.880> same their levies
• and whatnot, it's the same their levies and whatnot, it's the same system.<00:24:46.560> So<00

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Summary: Minnesota Senate Republicans held a press conference unveiling a package of affordability and tax-relief bills aimed at property taxes, taxes on tips and overtime, and vehicle registration costs. Leader Mark Johnson said the proposals were meant to counter rising costs for wages, homeownership, and driving, and argued that Democrats’ policies had made life more expensive. Several senators echoed that theme, saying Minnesotans need immediate relief and that the state has room to act because of a reported surplus. Senator Michael Kunesh described a property-tax cap bill that would limit increases for cities and counties to inflation plus 50% of population growth, with higher increases requiring voter approval. He said constituents, including seniors, a disabled veteran, and young people, are seeing unsustainable property-tax hikes, and he argued that state and federal mandates have driven local costs. In response to a question about added county workload from federal SNAP and Medicaid changes, he said the solution is both to pause new mandates and to cap property-tax growth. Senator Karin Housley outlined a proposal to end state taxes on tips and overtime, with deductions up to $25,000 for tips and $12,500 for overtime, phased out at $150,000 for individuals and $300,000 for families. She said the measure would help workers keep more of what they earn and would not cost small businesses directly. Senator John Jasinski proposed rolling back vehicle registration tab fees to pre-2023 levels, saying Minnesota’s fees are far higher than neighboring states and that the change would save drivers money over time. Senator Julia Coleman also supported the package, saying the bills would provide practical relief for families facing high housing, driving, and work-related costs. No votes were taken; the event ended with questions from reporters about fiscal impacts, offsets, and whether the proposals would worsen the state’s structural budget imbalance.

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• Madam Chair, members, HB 2784, Strike Everything Title, School District Tax-Levy, requires the county
• school superintendent to annually reduce the primary school district tax levy amount requested from
• Madam Chair, members, HB 2784, Strike Everything Title, School District Tax-Levy, requires the county
• school superintendent to annually reduce the primary school district tax levy amount requested from
• Essentially, they are putting together a taxing district that will levy taxes on the district they create

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The caucus reviewed a long list of bills and resolutions, with staff giving brief descriptions and members flagging which items were on consent, had unanimous committee votes, or should be pulled for further discussion. Topics included education, health care, public safety, labor, water, taxation, housing, and elections. Several measures were noted as party-line or mixed votes, while many others were reported as unanimous and placed on third-read or consent calendars. Among the more discussed items were bills on school and labor policy, including a proposal to prohibit teacher strikes, a measure restricting school district bond actions, a bill requiring school safety protocols and assigning felony penalties for noncompliance, and a resolution limiting public money for labor organization activities. Members also raised concerns or requested further review on bills involving pharmacist testing authority, expired opioid antagonists, a county sheriff-related measure, a housing affordability district proposal, and a tobacco/vape regulation bill. Some measures were explicitly pulled from consent, including a Medicaid audit resolution, a budget-related pay-withholding resolution, and several education and public safety bills. The caucus also heard multiple health and human services measures, such as genetic counselor licensing, nursing board and pharmacy board continuations, foster care rights, psychiatry access funding, and free school meals. In addition, there were water and energy bills on Colorado River management, groundwater, transmission-line review, and renewable energy valuation, plus election and campaign-related proposals. The meeting ended with announcements, including an upcoming Colorado River breakfast briefing and an internal award recognizing Representative Brian Garcia, followed by adjournment.

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• School Board Association, says the NMSBA stands in support of allowing school bond elections and mill levies
• to be included in the general election. ...and support allowing school bond elections and mill levies
• Should this resolution be approved, districts can place bond or mill levy questions on partisan elections
• Currently, schools are limited and can only place these bond and levy elections on the regular local
• It can only place these bond and levy elections on the regular local election in odd-numbered years and

Bills: SB83, SB106, SB107, SB123, SJR1

Keywords: ecological monitoring, sustainability, tribal engagement, education, research funding, graduate scholarship, higher education funding, New Mexico, appropriation, financial aid, out-of-school programming, education funding, youth programs, affordability, nonprofit organizations, defibrillators, public schools, health and safety, emergency response, school elections

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• conservation tax to account for plugging remediation obligations, institute a new tax specifically levied
• for the purpose of capitalizing the Reclamation Fund, or increase bonds. ...specifically levied for
• Taxes are already applied, both as property levies and on sales to customers, regardless of how the power
• dollars over the last few decades cannot sustain itself and it wants to put the taxes that we could levy
• The taxes that we could levy on the consumer, it is just, it's not apples to apples.

Keywords: 996, all

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• federal law, so long as that transfer does not inadvertently trigger additional state aid or local levy
• federal law, so long as that transfer does not inadvertently trigger additional state aid or local levy
• federal law, so long as that transfer does not inadvertently trigger additional state aid or local levy
• federal law, so long as that transfer does not inadvertently trigger additional state aid or local levy

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: The committee heard presentation on House File 6, an education omnibus-style bill advanced by Representative Peggy Bennett and other Republican members. Bennett said the bill reflects caucus priorities around literacy, parental engagement, local control, and school flexibility. She described three articles: Article 1 on revisions to the READ Act and the science of reading; Article 2 on education innovation and parent-friendly school information; and Article 3 on funding flexibility and temporary relief from several new mandates enacted in recent biennia. On Article 3, Bennett said school boards would be allowed to transfer certain funds and delay implementation of specified mandates through the 2028-29 school year, including provisions tied to recent early childhood and education omnibus laws as well as paid family and medical leave and earned sick and safe time. She framed this as giving districts time to implement requirements carefully and with fidelity, and said such decisions would be made by local school boards in public meetings. She also argued the bill would reduce the burden of new mandates and preserve local decision-making. Representative Mueller then presented Article 1, saying it strengthens the state’s commitment to the science of reading, ends the Department of Education’s partnership with CAREI, repeals some 2024 requirements she said were ideological, and restores expectations for teacher preparation and assessment. Representative Bakeberg presented Article 2, which would require a more user-friendly school performance report, consolidate certain innovation-related programs into a new chapter, and replace the Department’s equity/diversity/inclusion center with an Office of Achievement and Innovation focused on academic achievement. He said the office’s guidance would be advisory only and that local districts would retain final authority. The chair then laid House File 6 over for possible inclusion in an omnibus bill and further consideration at a later date.

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• 09:05.519> tax and does not raise local property tax and does not raise local property tax levies
• Instead, it allows districts to levies.
• even if they were to, you know, end that even if they were to, you know, end the<00:10:42.959> levy
• early, there would be almost no the levy early, there would be almost no significant<00:10:45.440>
• the authority to levy local taxes like<00:32:44.240> traditional<00:32:44.880> public<

Keywords: 1187, senate, all