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• <01:21:46.880> um<01:21:47.120> section amendment does is repeal um section amendment
• But my personal feeling is that this bill would need an amendment for clarity.
• And that need an amendment for clarity.
• <03:21:49.920> to is whether we make an amendment to is whether we make an amendment to perfect
• and saying you have a statutory and saying you have a statutory obligate.<05:06:04.878> I

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• We have a statutory markup that we put on it. We sell it to retailers.
• We have a statutory markup that we put on it. We sell it to retailers.
• that constitutional amendment to support economic growth and stability in Wyoming.
• It's not unlike our Second Amendment businesses.
• We are our Second Amendment businesses.

Keywords: 916, all

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• <00:12:01.560> I she had proposed an amendment I she had proposed an amendment I believe<00
• she introduced yes she did amendment she introduced yes she did amendment number<00:12:15.160>
• All in favor of the amendment? All in favor of Amendment 81? Any opposed?
• Senator Ill, did you want to move Senate Bill 92 out to pass as amended with Amendment 81?
• but in many cases it is statutory but in many cases it is statutory requirement<01:16:09.400>

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• There was an amendment that I don't know was actually adopted, but essentially we assumed certain aspects
• to remote work is office work amendable to remote work is office work and<01:07:01.440> you're
• because right now it's the statutory because right now it's the statutory table.<01:20:40.080>
• <01:38:56.239> They'<01:38:56.480> get bill or the amended bill.
• They' get bill or the amended bill.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• committee saw our uh proposed amendments committee saw our uh proposed amendments on<00:04:12.640
• this by amending the model code. this by amending the model code.
• proposed amendments? proposed amendments?
• Okay.<00:42:57.599> Proposed<00:42:57.920> amendments. Okay. Proposed amendments.
• We've marked up these amendments.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• We're not facilitating or banning this activity because that's It's not the statutory authority that
• for underage Absolutely not. that this situation has created is because we don't have the clear statutory
• Our statutory authority exists over the license. lottery retailer in the brick-and-mortar location and
• The statutory scheme says that you need.
• So at that point, we look at the statutory guidelines, and then we have our rule process.

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• So, that would take a statutory change.
• that would take a a statutory change. that would take a a statutory change.
• Retired member in the participating employer and position must meet the statutory requirements.
• So, some of the statutory requirements for these positions, and I just want to note for school resource
• Retired member in the participating employer and position must meet the statutory requirements.

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Attendance Roll Call 00:00:54 Pension System Update 00:03:38, 958, all

Summary: The committee held its first official interim meeting after merging the General Government and Finance, Personnel, and Public Retirement committees, establishing a quorum and opening with the pledge and prayer. Members then received a briefing from KPPA representatives Ryan Barrow and Aaron Sarock on the state retirement systems, including KERS, CERS, and SPRS, and on the importance of fully funding the actuarially determined employer contribution, supplemental appropriations, and investment earnings in reducing unfunded liabilities. They said the systems have made progress toward a statutory closed amortization target of 2049 and emphasized that supplemental funding lowers current employer contribution rates but does not change that end date. A major topic was federal and state reemployment-after-retirement rules for retirees who return to work with participating employers. KPPA explained that retirees must have a bona fide separation from service, no prearranged agreement to return, and generally a one-calendar-month break in service for retirees on or after January 1, 2024. If a member fails to comply, retirement benefits can be voided, payments stopped, health coverage ended, and benefits repaid. The presenters also noted that rehired retirees do not earn a second retirement account, and employers rehiring them must pay employer contributions and, in non-exempt cases, reimburse health insurance costs. Members asked about the scale of rehired retirees and the difference between employer contribution and health insurance reimbursement amounts. KPPA said that in fiscal year 2025 there were over 3,500 rehired retirees in CERS and over 5,000 in SPRS, with substantial employer contributions and health reimbursement payments collected. They also explained that some positions are exempt from these chargebacks, including school resource officers and certain law enforcement positions that meet statutory criteria. The committee discussed House Bill 213, which allows cities, sheriffs’ departments, and post-secondary institutions to offer health insurance to rehired officers if authorized by the governing body, effective August 1, 2026, and clarifies the fiscal-year basis for certain exemption limits. No votes were taken.

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• Chair, Senator, I don't know that the board has the statutory authority to be offering anything to be
• The second report also provided responses to the 10 statutory sunset factors.
• Mr. and Madam Co-Chairs, members of the committee, our office does have statutory authority to access
• At that point, the department had a statutory obligation to evaluate whether renewal would serve the
• But I'd like you to provide me the statutory process, Title 37, for addressing the water assets issue

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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• So is there a motion to approve the minutes of the March 2026 Virginia Commission for the Arts, as amended
• The minutes will stand as amended.
• All in favor of approving the amendment to the teaching artist roster background checks, raise your hand
• And then last change was there was something where policies are amended, where the change, where the
• “There was something in the—where policies are amended, where the change, the policy change has to be

Keywords: Virginia Commission for the Arts Board Meeting, 976, house, all

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• This bill also makes the necessary statutory changes to allow the June...
• We are opposed unless amended and appreciate the Senator's work on this issue all year.
• I think it is important, but I believe the opposition has an opposed unless amended position.
• Consent with amendments. Those are out on a roll call. The second motion is due pass.
• I would consider supporting this bill if it were amended to do this. Thank you very much.

Summary: The Assembly Appropriations Committee met on August 20, 2025, and considered a large number of bills, with most of the discussion centered on election redistricting and several health, labor, environmental, and government-operations measures. The first major item was ACA 8, a constitutional amendment tied to a proposed November special election and temporary mid-decade congressional redistricting in response to partisan redistricting efforts in other states. Supporters, including Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California, a 2020 redistricting commissioner, labor groups, and allies of the measure, argued it was necessary to defend democracy, protect representation, and respond to federal actions affecting California. Opponents, including Assemblymember Tom Lackey reading a statement for Assemblymember Gallagher and Assemblymember Dixon, argued the measure would undermine the independent redistricting commission, amount to a partisan power grab, and cost taxpayers roughly $230 million. Committee members also focused heavily on fiscal questions, including litigation costs and county election funding, and Department of Finance staff said counties would be made whole and funding would be advanced. The committee ultimately voted the measure out on a B roll call. The committee then heard SB 280, the implementing bill for the special election and related redistricting process. Supporters repeated the argument that California needed to respond to Texas and other states, while opponents again emphasized the cost, the strain on county budgets, and the state’s broader fiscal pressures. Department of Finance witnesses said the election funding would be provided in advance and that the state would work with counties and the Secretary of State. The bill was moved out on a roll call after extended debate. The committee also advanced several other bills, including SB 283 on battery storage safety standards, SB 470 extending remote participation and open-meeting flexibility for state boards and commissions, SB 697 modernizing stream adjudication procedures, SB 513 requiring more accessible employee training records, SB 30 restricting transfer of older diesel locomotives, SB 841 and SB 81 creating protections for vulnerable facilities and health care spaces from immigration enforcement, SB 358 revising traffic impact fee standards, and SB 630 streamlining state parks land acquisitions. Other measures discussed included SB 62 expanding health coverage benefits, SB 68 requiring restaurant allergen disclosures, and the committee heard both support and opposition on SB 68 from the California Restaurant Association and consumer advocates. Supporters of the health and immigrant-protection bills emphasized patient safety, reproductive health, immigrant rights, and access to care, while opponents on the restaurant bill warned of added mandates and litigation risk for small businesses. Across the hearing, committee members frequently returned to fiscal impacts, county implementation burdens, and whether the bills would save money, cost money, or shift costs to local governments. Several bills were reported out of committee, often on A or B roll calls, with some members not voting on particular measures.

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• Move the amendments,<00:35:33.000> please. amendments, please. amendments, please.
• a few items from >> The amendment strikes a few items from the<00:36:18.880> statutory<
• the amendments, please. the amendments, please.
• . amendments. amendments.
• I move the amendment. amendment. amendment.

Keywords: House streaming session for Thursday, March 12, 2026, 957, house, all

Summary: The House met in Annapolis on February 27, 2026, with 128 members present. After a prayer, the chamber adopted the previous day’s journal and recognized a resolution honoring Brunswick High School’s first Tech Challenge team, Minerva’s Mechanics, for winning the FTC Regional Championships and qualifying for the World Championship in Houston. The resolution was read and adopted with applause. The main legislative item was House Bill 355, concerning the Education, Sexual Abuse and Assault Awareness and Prevention Program and human and sex trafficking; the House adopted the favorable committee report and ordered the bill printed for third reading. The next bill, House Bill 534 on nonpublic school transcripts and prohibiting punitive measures related to student debt, also received a favorable report. Debate then centered on an amendment offered to HB 534 that would have tied school funding to student choice for students in repeatedly one-star-rated schools and allowed parents of habitually violent or disruptive students to consider military boarding school options. The sponsor argued Maryland’s public schools, especially in Baltimore City, were failing students despite heavy spending, citing low literacy, violence, and the book Failure Factory; several members echoed concerns about school performance, bureaucracy, and the need for educational freedom. Opponents and procedural speakers said the amendment was not germane to HB 534, which they described as a narrow bill about transcript access for students leaving nonpublic schools with unpaid fees, often students with disabilities. The floor leader urged the body to resist the amendment and stick to the bill’s actual subject. Despite multiple members explaining their votes in support of school choice and criticizing the Blueprint and school outcomes, the House ultimately took a roll call on the amendment after a voice vote was challenged. The transcript cuts off during the roll call and does not show the final recorded result on the amendment.

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• That's from the new the A1 amendment. amendment. amendment.
• the<00:04:21.880> amendment by the amendment by the amendment are<00:04:23.240> exclusive
• that that's the A2 amendment. that that's the A2 amendment.
• the A3 amendment? the A3 amendment?
• amendment or not. amendment or not. Uh<00:58:40.400> Mr.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• . amendment. amendment.
• amendment? amendment?
• Any other discussion to the<01:01:52.240> amendment? the amendment? the amendment?
• . amendment. amendment.
• as amended by the A1. as amended by the A1.

Bills: HF3477, HF3414, HF103, HF3661, HF3146

Keywords: civil rights, law enforcement, federal collaboration, accountability, state law, constitutional rights, color of law, 42 U.S.C. 1983, section 1983, civil action, damages, injunctive relief, attorney fees, law enforcement task force, federal-state cooperation, intergovernmental agreement, federal agency partnership, Minnesota Constitution, U.S. Constitution, police accountability

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• Forget not the amendment.
• the amendment.
• amendment.
• Um, however, I want to bring an<03:40:26.479> amendment an amendment an amendment and<03:40:28.560
• The amendment deals with that.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• clerk read the amendment? clerk read the amendment?
• There is an amendment. Do we have an amendment read in, please? There is an amendment.
• Any discussion on the amendment? amendment. If there are none on the amendment.
• The amendment was a way to amendment.
• . amendments. amendments.

Keywords: 916, all

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• We have no amendments. We have public testimony. We have Michael Bowden House.
• We have no amendments, public testimony. >> And we have Victoria's that with F as ice waiving in support
• All existing statutory safeguards, professional standards and federal requirements remain in place.
• We'll move on with no amendments to public testimony.
• There are no amendments and we do have public testimony.

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• WE HAVE STATUTORY LANGUAGE HERE, BUT WE WILL USE SOME WALKING AROUND LINK WHICH TO DESCRIBE THESE PICK
• THERE WAS A BUDGET AMENDMENT SO THESE NUMBERS REFLECT THAT MOVE SO THAT IS THE BUDGET AS IT SITS TODAY
• THEY APPROVED AMENDMENTS TO THE PROJECT. CHANGES TO THE BUDGET. CHANGES TO THE SCOPE.
• IN LITERALLY TWO WEEKS AGO, NOVEMBER 19 WE DID AN AMENDMENT, WE HAD A SC VOTE ON A MINUTE 13 THROUGH
• LIVE IT IS SO WE OFFICIALLY MOVED IT TO JANUARY 2027 IN THE CONTRACT BUT WE WANT TO DO A CONTRACT AMENDMENT

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• uh, it's a bit of a gray area and I, I hope the legislature at some point comes in with a bit of statutory
• Is there any merit to the bill being amended to put it out for a vote so that you don't have those, uh
• to how this might affect taxpayers in their current situation, um, I, I think that's a friendly amendment
• It's just amending the code to say that.
• The Chair moves that Senate Bill 512 without amendment be reported favorably to the full House with the

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• communications personnel would have been included originally, but we're glad to see that there's an amendment
• I should also point out these Local Provider Participation Funds have extensive statutory...
• The bill breakdown states that the Health and Safety Code amendment adds Harris County Hospital District
• In support of the criminal procedure, the amendment recognizes the Harris County Hospital District officers
• This bill amends the Health and Safety Code to raise the threshold for the approval of funds expended

Bills: HB334, HB583, HB605, HB1327, HB1646, HB2115, HB2379

Keywords: family leave, leave pool, county employee, sick leave, vacation leave, family care, pandemic, guardianship, fencing, reservoirs, local government, regulation, land use, conservation capacity, property regulation, fence regulation, reservoir safety, county authority, fencing regulations, counties

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• You also have to understand the statutory procurement laws and other things that are involved in project
• now, which, uh, two others are back and forth in other committee meetings as we have to adopt our amendments
• have to uh committee meetings as we have to uh adopt<00:09:53.800> our<00:09:54.000> amendments
• <00:09:54.640> or<00:09:55.120> minutes<00:09:55.519> and adopt our amendments
• or minutes and adopt our amendments or minutes and stuff<00:09:56.120> we'll<00:09:56.519>

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Status of Hiring Four Project Managers within Facilities & Support Services in HB6 from the 24RS 00:02:01 Attendance Roll Call 00:09:32, 958, all

Summary: The Budget Review Subcommittee on Personnel, Public Retirement, and Finance, and Administrative Cabinet met for an informational update, with the new chair noting the committee does not vote on issues and is mainly reviewing implementation of budgeted items. The main presentation came from Scott Baker of the Finance Cabinet’s Office of Facility Development and Efficiency, who explained how the office has shifted experienced staff to lead Department of Parks projects and hired new staff to be trained into project management roles. He said the office is managing 146 ongoing parks projects and has moved from weekly to biweekly meetings as work has progressed. Baker said the budgeted staffing changes were intended to speed project delivery while maintaining expertise, since state project management also requires knowledge of procurement law and other Commonwealth-specific rules. He described the workload as heavy, with 15 project managers handling 1,149 active projects, including one western Kentucky manager overseeing 127 projects, and said the office is trying to add more staff and create new positions to improve recruiting. Members asked about staffing levels and workload, and Baker said the office is not overstaffed but is competing with a strong construction industry for talent. Committee members praised the office’s work on parks projects, noting campground and infrastructure needs at places like Lake Barkley and emphasizing prudent use of the large capital budgets approved in recent years. No votes were taken because the subcommittee lacked a quorum, as some members were in other committee meetings. The chair said the committee would continue to meet during session and interim periods and adjourned the meeting after the update.