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• I only have one person signed up to speak. It's Mike Summers. Would you like to come up?
• Really do we have a sign-in sheet? There it is. Thank you, Mr.
• Is there anyone else who would like to speak on this amendment who was not signed up?
• signed up? signed up?
• Thought I signed up on the list, but if I signed up on the wrong one, I apologize. You signed up.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• I would certainly ask for unanimous consent and urge members to sign on and co-sponsor.
• Signed administrative rules. Mr. Floor Leader. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
• I miss her big laugh, her passionate questions, so many questions, her encouraging text messages, and
• seen us passionately debate against each other, but what you don't see are the encouraging text messages
• We've got to come up with a hand sign. I don't know what that looks like. Some kind of bulldog.

Bills: HB4028, HB4075, HB4077, HB4074, HB4076, SB1221, SB1921, SB2118, SB1932, SB2134, HCR1025, SB1432, HCR1024, HCR1022, SB1122, HB4029, HB4063, HB4073, HB4078, SB1936, SB44, SB237, SB248, SB1360, SB985, SB1204, SB1239, SB1307, SB2143, SB1428, SB1390, SB1400, SB1405, SB1732, SB1832, SB1859, SB1989, SB2018, SB1427

Keywords: tax deduction, venture capital, economic development, Oklahoma, investment, water resources, appropriations, funding, state treasury, infrastructure projects, emergency act, emergency management, disaster relief, pandemic response, state appropriations, HB4074, Health Care Workforce Training Commission, Health Care Workforce Revolving Fund, health workforce, health care workforce

Summary: The House opened with roll call, prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several recognitions and introductions, including Deer Creek students, Skiatook Chamber members, Sand Springs youth leaders, and international visitors studying U.S. energy policy. The chamber also honored the Nurse of the Day, Marla Lyceum, and heard a lengthy farewell speech from Minority Leader Munson reflecting on her service, constituent work, leadership, and bipartisan relationships. Members then took up several special presentations and resolutions, including HCR 1024 recognizing Route 66 Day and its economic importance, HCR 1022 honoring National Lineman Appreciation Day, and a citation for Langston University Day at the Capitol. The House also recognized Deputy Kenton Blumenthal as Oklahoma’s 2025 Officer of the Year for heroic actions during a dangerous pursuit. Later, the House introduced the pages of the week. On legislation, the House passed SB 1122 on ad valorem tax, which supporters said would equalize tax treatment for broadband infrastructure and promote business fairness, over some concern about tax policy and revenue impacts. The chamber also passed HB 4029, HB 4063, HB 4073, HB 4078, and SB 1936, with emergency clauses adopted on the first four. HB 4063, which referred two previously approved state questions to a special August election, drew extended debate over ballot timing, turnout, and whether combining the questions was appropriate; it ultimately passed and the special election referral was approved. SB 1936, which elevates falsely impersonating a law enforcement officer to a D1 felony, passed unanimously.

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• It sends a chilling message to conform to the political orthodoxy, or lose access to basic financial
• SB 946 sends a strong message that in Texas, access to capital must be based on merit, not ideology.
• other things that you took out, referring to what we did with my bill about a month ago that you signed
• And some of them are just innocent mistakes by individuals who, you know, put out a yard sign.
• There was one lady; I think she put out a yard sign about something in the neighborhood, a community

Bills: SB312, SB945, SB946, SB1367, SB1861, SB2044, SB2337, SB2403, SB2819, SJR54

Keywords: public school funding, education, budget allocation, financial transparency, state law, local control, fiduciary responsibility, public retirement systems, investment management, proxy voting, financial factors, insurance, political shareholder proposals, fossil fuels, greenhouse gas emissions, environmental regulation, discrimination, credit extension, social credit, value-based standards

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• STONEMAN DOUGLAS HIGH SCHOOL SAFETY ACT AND SUBSEQUENT LEGISLATION SUCH AS THE RECENT SENATE BILL 1470 SIGNED
• POLICIES WE THINK OUGHT TO BE DONE BASED UPON LEGISLATION THE FLORIDA HOUSE AND SENATE PASS AND GET SIGNED
• ANOTHER THING WE LEARNED IS THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING PRE APPROVED MESSAGING PROTOCOLS TO PROMOTE TIMELY
• SORT OF ALERT THAT ALL OF THE STUDENTS THAT HAVE A PHONE NUMBER WITHIN THE SYSTEM ARE TEXTED OR MESSAGED
• NUMBER ONE CALL WENT THE ALERT WAS GIVEN AND IT GOES OUT THROUGH IF YOU HAVE A CELL PHONE AND YOU ARE SIGNED

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• And if you haven't signed in, there's sign-in sheets in the back.
• ...and Franklin brought the idea to me, and I ran a resolution which went through the House, was signed
• So how can we tweak our message?
• But then I'm thinking, okay, that's the message that we send: that we do fun, cool, recreational stuff

Summary: The meeting was an Aviation Caucus gathering hosted at Paine Field and Boeing, with introductions from legislators, aviation organizations, airport officials, and industry representatives. Speakers emphasized the importance of aviation and aerospace to Washington’s economy and the need to better educate lawmakers and the public about the sector’s value. Several participants also highlighted the role of airports in business activity, emergency response, wildfire support, and medical services, and urged attendees to build relationships with legislators to protect and expand aviation funding. A major topic was opposition to the aviation-related tax provisions in Senate Bill 5801, described by speakers as a luxury and privilege tax on aircraft. Legislators and industry advocates argued the tax would discourage aircraft ownership and use in Washington, drive aircraft and business operations out of the state, and harm jobs and tax revenue. They said the caucus would continue working toward repeal of the aircraft tax provisions and broader solutions for aviation infrastructure funding, though they acknowledged the state budget situation makes new funding difficult this year. John Dobson presented data estimating aviation’s large share of state GDP, jobs, wages, and tax revenue, and also raised concerns about aviation fuel tax revenues being diverted away from aviation purposes. The meeting also featured updates on mental health efforts in aviation, with Brian Baumoff of the Pilot Mental Health Campaign describing federal legislation to improve access to treatment and transparency around medications, and a prior state bill aimed at helping pilots navigate medical leave and treatment costs. Haley Coffey of the Aerospace Futures Alliance encouraged participation in its upcoming Hill Day to strengthen aerospace advocacy in Olympia. Boeing representatives gave an overview of company safety and culture changes after recent incidents, workforce and supplier numbers in Washington, production plans including a permanent Moses Lake site and a future Everett narrow-body line, and workforce development programs such as Core Plus Aerospace and tuition support. The caucus also adopted a House resolution honoring Harry R. Anderson for becoming the first person to fly and sail solo to all seven continents, and attendees toured the Boeing facility after the meeting.

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• House committee are subject to the same rules of decorum that, that, uh, govern the house proceedings, signs
• memorized, so I, I can certainly look those up and just, I'll, I'll shoot, uh, shoot your office a message
• I, I encourage any of you to sign up if you wish to support me in this.
• You're welcome to sign. Members, any other questions? If not, hang tight.
• It is time we protect our stalking victims and send a clear message to perpetrators.

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• We have signs all over. They know the signs.
• We have signs all over. They know the signs.
• We have signs all over. They know the signs.
• We have signs all over. They know the signs.
• Oh, we have signs all over. They know the signs.

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• Messages from the Governor: there are none. Messages from the Senate: there are none.
• And this year, we shall hope that it will be signed. Thank you, Assembly Member Banta.
• And the underlying message there is: be in your desk when it's time for your bills.
• We used to have no cruising signs all over California, and we ended that practice.
• It will send a message to Muslim students and families that they belong, that they are seen, and that

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• That manual calls them reference location signs, or enhanced reference location signs, but I'll call
• point of the route the enhanced signs point of the route the enhanced signs also<01:49:33.800>
• location sign this is the required sign location sign this is the required sign that<01:50:26.360
• there's an expectation of similar signs there's an expectation of similar signs on<01:55:51.920>
• sign um and enhanced reference location sign um and those<01:58:16.159> are<01:58:16.400>

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first heard House Bill 561, sponsored by Representative Nancy Murphy, which would limit the state’s ability to discontinue, reclassify, or revert state-owned highway property to municipalities without local approval. Murphy and other supporters argued the bill would protect towns from unfunded mandates and prevent property tax increases caused by taking on costly road maintenance. Representative Wendy Thomas, Rosemarie Rung, Merrimack Town Council Chairman Finley Rothhouse, and Town Manager Paul McAuliffe all testified in support, describing the financial burden of the planned transfer of Continental Boulevard in Merrimack and warning it would set a harmful precedent for other communities. The Department of Transportation’s Steve Leon explained the department’s current authority and processes for discontinuance and reclassification, said active highways are not surplus property, and noted that the Supreme Court’s Town of Nelson decision held such reclassifications were not an unfunded mandate. The committee then closed the public hearing on HB 561. The committee next took up House Bill 578, presented by Representative Mooney on behalf of Representative Bill Boyd, to require sound barriers along the F. Everett Turnpike in Merrimack. Supporters said widening the turnpike would increase noise in nearby neighborhoods and that a 2019 NHDOT study identified 17 neighborhoods with noise levels above federal standards, though only four were included for mitigation under the current project. They argued the remaining neighborhoods should also receive relief and cited quality-of-life and property-value concerns. Senator Tim McGuire also testified in support, saying residents were experiencing unexpected and severe noise impacts and urging the committee to act outside the usual criteria to approve the barriers. The transcript provided does not show a final committee vote or action on HB 578.

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• The House will attend to further Senate messages. The chair recognizes the clerk. Mr.
• The House will attend to further Senate messages. The chair recognizes the clerk. Mr.
• Hopefully, another bill signing.
• This was the sign to me that this was not going to be another dry run.
• bills reports and receiving messages. bills reports and receiving messages.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• We have one person signed up to speak. That is... One person signed up to speak.
• I just got the Maso Menos sign from Mr. Gov, so I think that's appropriate.
• RTS for us on our side, it may be working in the lobby for you to sign up to speak.
• We do have a handful of people who have signed up to speak as well, so. Senator Dunn.
• We just wanted to punctuate our message by giving it in person rather than sending an email.

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The Joint Natural Resources and House Natural Resources, Energy and Water Committees of Reference heard the Arizona Auditor General’s sunset review of the Arizona State Veterinary Medical Examining Board. The audit found the board generally met some licensing requirements, but it did not timely investigate and resolve 49 of 159 complaints in fiscal year 2024, and it did not fully comply with conflict-of-interest disclosure and filing requirements. The Auditor General also identified weaknesses in continuing-education verification and other sunset-factor areas, and the board agreed to implement all 21 recommendations. Board staff said complaint volume has risen sharply since the pandemic, that the board’s process is slower because every case goes through an investigative committee and then the full board, and that it has already corrected some conflict-of-interest issues and is adding tools to improve continuing-education audits. The committee then heard testimony from the board’s executive director and from the Arizona Veterinary Medical Association. The executive director emphasized the board’s public-protection mission, described the shortage of veterinarians and veterinary technicians, and said the board is working to improve efficiency through a new e-licensing system and staff training. Members asked about the shortage of large-animal veterinarians, complaint backlogs, and whether the board could do more to recruit rural practitioners; the board said it lacks direct recruiting authority but supports multiple licensure pathways and loan-assistance efforts. The veterinary association supported the board’s oversight and said it is also working on rural and large-animal workforce issues through partnerships and advocacy. The committee then voted to recommend continuing the board for eight years, until July 1, 2034. The committee next took up the Arizona State Land Department, beginning with the Auditor General’s presentation on the department’s sunset review and prior special audit. The audit found the department had not updated its required five-year disposition plan since 2011, had sold more than 48,000 acres without an active plan, had allowed agricultural rental rates to go unchanged since 2006 despite market increases, and had not consistently inspected mineral-related leases or properly managed reclamation bonds. The Auditor General said these issues created risks of lost revenue, reduced transparency, and public-safety hazards, and recommended 18 corrective actions in the main review plus 34 additional recommendations on other issues; the department agreed to most recommendations but declined to adopt a written policy for commissioner-initiated land sales. Commissioner Robin Sahid said the department is working through audit recommendations, has created a rules team, improved its customer portal, and is pursuing new policies on water use, transportation-basin leases, and disposition planning. Members questioned the department about agricultural leases, groundwater valuation, the Fondomonte leases and reimbursement for improvements, the canceled Coyotes land auction, backlog and processing times, and the use of consultants and administrative funds. The commissioner said the department had over 2,000 applications in queue when she arrived, that it has made progress reducing the backlog, and that it is conducting stakeholder outreach on water-efficiency standards and lease addenda. No final vote on the land department continuation was taken in the portion provided.

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• Signs, placards, and other objects of a similar nature are prohibited.
• are used as polling locations, as shelters after fires and floods, when they receive public funds or sign
• I remember the messages I heard about why they were threatening to me as a little white girl.
• Signs, placards, or other objects of a similar nature are prohibited.
• And the governor has signed. To be clear, lawsuits -- thank you very much. Thank you.

Bills: HB7, SB 8, HB7, SB 8

Keywords: abortion, healthcare, jurisdiction, civil action, qui tam, prohibition, state law, sex designation, restroom access, civil penalties, private civil right of action, women's privacy, 997, house, all

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• that<00:26:46.480> I<00:26:46.640> had<00:26:46.799> to<00:26:46.960> sign
• <00:26:47.760> um<00:26:48.240> same things that I had to sign. um same things that
• <00:31:07.360> It<00:31:07.679> also<00:31:08.000> prevents mandated messaging
• It also prevents mandated messaging.
• So if you go in a subway station in Massachusetts or in Boston, you'll see signs that encourage women

Bills: HB0003, HB0004

Keywords: pregnancy centers, abortion, pro-life, healthcare, women's rights, state regulation, civil rights, freedom of speech, medical assistance, birthing centers, Medicaid, Wyoming, 916, all

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• We'll have no signs, no outbursts, no clapping, and please don't block any of the walkways.
• We'll have no signs, no outbursts, no clapping, and please don't block any of the walkways.
• We'll have no signs, no outbursts, no clapping, and please don't block any of the walkways.
• That have a message of positive change.
• And with that, we are adjourned. signed up in advance anyone from the signed up in advance anyone from

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: The committee heard testimony from Amber Cameron of the University of Minnesota’s Office for Public Engagement about the University’s Outstanding Community Service Awards and, specifically, the community partner award given to Communities United Against Police Brutality in 2021 and 2024. Cameron explained that the awards program recognizes faculty, staff, students, and community partners, that nominations are reviewed by University selection committees using criteria such as positive societal impact, innovation, extraordinary results, and overall impression, and that the committee evaluates only the application materials. She said the nomination for Communities United Against Police Brutality described a long-standing partnership with the University through student learning, including work through the Center for Community-Engaged Learning and a student white paper connected to the passage of Travis’s Law. Committee members raised concerns about the organization’s history, its public messaging, and whether it was appropriate for the University to honor it. One member argued that the group’s IRS records showed it was formally organized in 2020, questioned claims that it had existed for 25 years, and objected to the organization’s letterhead and activism. Cameron responded that the award does not require formal tax status and that the selection process relies on the nomination packet rather than outside information. She also said the award nomination documented work with 130 course offerings across 17 academic departments and about 1,000 students over 24 years. Cameron further said the award program was being phased out and retooled into a new internal Engaged Scholar Awards program focused on community-engaged scholarship rather than volunteer service. No vote or formal action was taken during the exchange, and the discussion ended with questions about the nomination materials and how the University defines the organization’s work with students and faculty.

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• This bill provides a necessary correction and a clear message that Texas stands with women.
• The message is that our lives don't matter.
• Jonathan Signs, Allie Schmude... ...Fran Rhodes, Jarrah Turner, and Stephanie Bercu.
• That's my message from the start.
• A stop sign, it's an octagon, it says S-T-O-P.

Bills: SB7, SB14, SB 7, SB 14

Keywords: gender designation, civil penalties, private civil rights, multiple-occupancy spaces, Texas Women's Privacy Act, law enforcement, confidentiality, personnel files, employee records, misconduct, abortion, civil liability, abortion-inducing drugs, qui tam actions, Texas Citizens Participation Act, Religious Freedom Restoration Act, healthcare regulations, impact fees, water conservation, reuse projects

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• denied in the process of all this I denied in the process of all this I started<00:09:25.600> messaging
• senators<00:09:26.519> and<00:09:26.640> I<00:09:26.760> reached started messaging
• senators and I reached started messaging senators and I reached out<00:09:27.160> to<00:09:27.279
• Currently, we have more than 15 legislators signed on to this life-changing bipartisan bill.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Item number three, messages from the governor. Mr. Clerk, are there any messages from the governor?
• We're in receipt of message number three requesting the immediate passage of the noted emergency appropriation
• Signing Committee Report 409. Representative M, no vote, so ordered.

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• We've been a beacon of hope for many seeking a better life for centuries, and this bill sends a message
• Anybody else signed up to testify?
• Anybody else signed up to testify?
• Anybody else signed up to testify? Seeing none, do we have a motion to adjourn? Second.
• Anybody else signed up to testify? Seeing none, do we have a motion to adjourn?

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Business held its final hearing of the session on H. 5187 and S. 3022, the Enough Act, with Chair Andy Vargas and Senator Adam Gomez opening by thanking committee members and stakeholders for their work during the session. The bills were described as a grant-based, place-based anti-poverty initiative intended to support cradle-to-career services by funding local nonprofits, schools, community organizations, and backbone entities that can coordinate housing, education, health, workforce, and family supports in high-poverty neighborhoods. Testimony was overwhelmingly in support of the bills. Speakers including Strategies for Children, Chelsea Public Schools, Bunker Hill Community College, Senator Sal DiDomenico, Rep. Kate Lipper-Garabedian, Rep. Antonio Cabral, the Harlem Children’s Zone’s Kwame Owusu Kesse and Jeffrey Canada, former Education Secretary Paul Reville, AFT Massachusetts, United Way, the Boston Foundation, Give Black Alliance, Eastern Bank Foundation, and others argued that poverty is a systems issue that schools alone cannot solve. They emphasized the need for local control, community voice, coordinated services, and long-term public-private investment, often citing examples from Chelsea, New Bedford, Springfield, Lowell, Boston, and other communities, as well as the Harlem Children’s Zone and Maryland’s similar model. Committee members asked several questions about how the bill would function in practice, including what organizations would do on day one, how it would interact with existing efforts like community schools, McKinney-Vento, and the Student Opportunity Act, and how it would be sustained over time. Witnesses said the act would help create or strengthen backbone organizations, reduce duplication, align existing resources, and leverage philanthropy and future revenue sources for long-term sustainability. No vote was taken during the hearing, but multiple speakers urged the committee to report the bill favorably and quickly.

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• The next order of business will be bills carrying requests, messages. from the largest county in the
• The next order of business will be bills carrying requests, messages. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
• The next order of business will be bills carrying requests, messages.
• The state has signed an MOU with the City of St.
• The Attorney General and the city just signed a memorandum. amendment.

Summary: The House convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, approved the House Journal for the 64th day by a 125-0 roll call vote, and then spent much of the morning on personal privileges and introductions of guests, interns, students, and special recognitions. Members welcomed school groups, interns, a Savannah Bananas guest, and several family members, and also noted birthdays and Mother’s Day greetings. On legislation, the chamber first agreed to go to conference on Senate Substitute for Senate Bill 1421, appointing a House conference committee. The House then took up Senate Bill 1000, which reauthorizes the Missouri Tourism Supplemental Revenue Fund and updates outdated tourism funding language; members from both parties spoke in support of tourism as an economic driver, and the bill passed 136-6. The House also considered House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 1020, an omnibus Department of Revenue bill addressing fee office contracting, vehicle registration and related penalties, Real ID document retention, five-year license plates, and emissions-related provisions. Members adopted amendments reducing late-registration penalties, making document retention opt-in, restoring a five-year plate option, and removing cosmetic damage as a basis for rejecting rebuilt vehicles; despite debate over emissions testing and air quality, the bill passed 130-10. The chamber then moved to House Committee Substitute for Senate Bills 835 and 1111, a combined judiciary/civil legislation package. Members described it as a vehicle for several vetted measures, including anti-assignment-of-benefits language for insurance claims, the Uniform Public Expression Protection Act, and court administration changes such as workers’ compensation procedures, judgeships, automation fees, law library surcharges, and expungement fund provisions. Amendments were offered and adopted to adjust attorney-fee language in the anti-SLAPP provisions and to add a St. Louis police legal-expense-fund provision, though the latter drew objections over procedure and whether it had received a hearing. The transcript cuts off while debate on that amendment is still underway, and no final vote on the bill is shown.

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• > guaranteed<00:21:47.520> hours, wages, signing bonus, guaranteed hours, wages, signing
• And they have signing bonus to— >> I'm not offering, by the way.
• >> Um, so it's like these are the messages >> Um, so it's like these are the messages
• <02:01:53.280> Anybody is all we have that signed up.
• Anybody is all we have that signed up.

Bills: SB2024, SB896, SB2613, SB494, SB2391, SB2125, SB2614, SB2615, SB3262, SB3325, SB3118

Keywords: charter schools, public-private partnership, school facilities, education funding, community need, education, capital improvement, reporting, transparency, technical expertise, public school land transfer, Department of Education, DOE, land conveyance, fee simple title, tax map key, TMK, Act 307, Session Laws of Hawaii 2022, Act 139