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• Oh, we're on Article 1.
• This is Article 1. We're going to entertain motions to adopt language within Article 1.
• </c> article one sections four and 14. Mr. article one sections four and 14.
• We're on Article 5, correct. Members, we're on Article 5.
• </c> House Sections 1 through 10 of Article House Sections 1 through 10 of Article 7.

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• SB 1042, an act amending Title 35, Chapter 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding Article 2.2 relating
• SB 1042, an act amending Title 35, Chapter 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding Article 2.2 relating
• Title 49, Chapter 1, Article 1, relating to the environment.
• Senate Bill 1473, an act amending Title 9, Chapter 4, Article 6.1, Arizona Revised Statutes.
• Senate Bill 1741, an act amending Title 15, Chapter 1, Article ?

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• Whereas initiative petition 25-14 has been filed and certified, in accordance with Article 48 of the
• And whereas grave doubt exists as to whether the petition proposes a law within the meaning of Article
• to the Constitution of the Commonwealth... ...and staff of the General Court pursuant to Part 1, Article
• And whereas grave doubt exists as to whether the petition proposes a law within the meaning of Article
• ...for its records under Part 2, Chapter 1, Section 2, Article 7 of the Constitution of the Commonwealth

Summary: The Senate opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and several ceremonial items, including introductions of championship Tri-County High School football and boys’ cross-country teams and adoption of a resolution honoring Auburn and the Robert and Esther Goddard Centennial Committee for the 100th anniversary of the first liquid-fueled rocket launch. The chamber then gave final passage to several local bills, including measures authorizing payment by the City of Revere, adjusting Wellesley’s senior property tax deferral income threshold, amending the Hopedinton/Hopkinton town charter regarding library trustees, and other local matters, all of which were passed to be enacted and sent to the Governor. The Senate also suspended Joint Rule 12 to refer House petitions to committees and took up several local bills from the Orders of the Day. These included bills enhancing the powers of the Cotuit Fire District’s Board of Water Commissioners, authorizing the Cotuit Fire District to raise money for the Historical Society of Santuit and Cotuit, further regulating the Salem licensing board, and validating the results of Bourne’s May 20, 2025 annual election. Each was advanced by unanimous consent, read a third time, and passed to be engrossed. A major portion of the session focused on two orders from Senator Friedman requesting advisory opinions from the Supreme Judicial Court on initiative petitions. One concerned a public records proposal that would extend public records law to the General Court and Governor’s office; the other concerned a legislative stipends proposal that would alter internal legislative procedures and compensation rules. Senator Feeney argued the requests were needed to clarify constitutional issues before the Legislature acts on the initiatives, and both orders were adopted. The Senate also received a Ways and Means report on Senate Bill 2720, a bill banning the retail sale of dogs, cats, rabbits, and pet sharks, with a new draft, Senate No. 3014, recommended. The chamber adopted an order placing the bill on the Orders of the Day for second reading on March 19, 2026, with amendments in order, and then adopted a separate order to adjourn until Monday at 11 a.m., dispensing with the printing of a calendar.

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• </c> articles in front of us. articles in front of us.
• Members, we now go to articles article.
• The next article, which is Article 17. That Article 17 is the Medicaid fraud article.
• </c> Article 19. Article 19.
• </c> article? Senator Pappas. article? Senator Pappas.

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• Article Three. Mr. Chair and members, Article Three is the charter school article.
• Article Three. Mr. Chair and members, Article Three is the charter school article.
• Article Three. Mr. Chair and members, Article Three is the charter school article.
• Chair, that completes Article 5. Article 6 is the school nutrition and facilities article.
• That concludes Article 6. Article 7 is a state agencies article. It begins on page 65.

Committee: Senate Education Policy

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• Uh, article 3, Commerce Committee.
• And now we're on to article 4.
• And now we're on to article 4.
• So now we're moving on to the final<00:20:47.120><c> article,</c><00:20:47.600><c> article</c><00:20:
• 48.000><c> 7</c><00:20:48.400><c> which</c><00:20:48.559><c> is</c> final article, article 7 which is

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• </c> when determining if an article will when determining if an article will trigger trigger trigger
• Um so So, um, yes, uh, petition warrant articles Um, yes, petition warrant articles are legal if they
• and kill the warrant article.
• So our concern is on article.
• </c> warrant article form of government. warrant article form of government.

Committee: House Municipal and County Government

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• </c><00:25:09.919><c> 5</c> a delegate before or during Article 5 a delegate before or during Article
• </c><00:28:40.080><c> 5</c> College because the Article 5 College because the Article 5 ratification<
• You're going to be all this under Article Five. Article Five is part of the Constitution.
• Then we get down to Article Five. Article 5 is only one sentence long.
• Then we get down to Article 5. Article 5 is only one sentence long.

Committee: House State-federal Relations and Veterans Affairs

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• Chair, that concludes Article 1. Article 2, Education Excellence.
• Chair, that concludes article one. Mr. Chair, that concludes article one.
• </c> Article two, education excellence. Article two, education excellence.
• Chair, that concludes Article 2. Article 3, charter schools.
• Chair, that concludes Article 2. Article 3, charter schools.

Bills: HF3698 , HF3067 , HF3730

Committee: House Education Policy

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• SB 1042, an act amending title 35, chapter 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding article 2.2 relating
• SB 1042, an act amending title 35, chapter 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding article 2.2 relating
• Article So ordered, next bill, please.
• Senate Bill 1473, an act amending Title 9, Chapter 4, Article 6.1, Arizona Revised Statutes.
• Article 2, relating to state agencies. You heard the third reading of Senate Bill 1115.

Summary: The Senate met in multiple Committee of the Whole sessions and considered a large number of bills, many related to digital assets and cryptocurrency, including SB 1042, SB 1043, SB 1044, SB 1045, SB 1432, SCR 1003, SCR 1033, and SCR 1028. Members discussed whether the state should accept cryptocurrency for payments, tax or exempt virtual currency, ban central bank digital currency, and support digital assets in retirement systems. Senator Epstein repeatedly argued against the measures and tried to offer amendments targeting data center tax exemptions, but one such amendment was ruled not germane and the ruling was upheld on a division vote. The bills and resolutions in that group generally advanced with do-pass recommendations, with SB 1043 and SB 1044 amended before advancing. The Senate also advanced several bills on family law, public records, scholarship organizations, property conveyances, underground facilities, and environmental and energy issues, including SB 1039, SB 1139, SB 1147, SB 1148, SB 1328, SB 1078, SB 1142, SB 1184, SB 1254, SB 1278, SB 1281, SB 1418, SB 1445, and SB 1566. Some measures drew discussion and amendments: SB 1254 received a clarifying amendment for deeds handled by title and escrow professionals; SB 1278 had a floor amendment withdrawn; SB 1281 was amended by committee and floor changes; SB 1418 prompted questions about small modular reactors and concerns about uranium mining and health impacts; and SB 1566 was amended to address malicious delay enforcement and judicial review. Most of these bills received do-pass recommendations. In the health and human services calendar, the Senate advanced SB 1052, SB 1115, SB 1149, SB 1193, SB 1233, SB 1345, SB 1346, and SB 1631, with SB 1124 retained on the calendar. Debate centered on ACCESS and remote work, administrative deficiency cure periods, anonymous complaints, fee-for-service claims, and DCS-related hearings and investigations. Senator Gonzales opposed several ACCESS-related bills, arguing they lacked appropriations, could disrupt services, or conflicted with federal Medicaid law, while sponsors said the bills addressed agency performance and provider complaints. SB 1115, SB 1149, SB 1193, SB 1233, and SB 1345 were amended before receiving do-pass recommendations, and SB 1345’s sponsor said ACCESS was removed from the bill. The final calendar included regulatory and veterinary-related bills such as SB 1137, SB 1144, SB 1205, and SB 1286. SB 1205, dealing with motor vehicle booting fees, received a floor amendment requiring an appeals process for private parking lots. SB 1286, on veterinary telemedicine and prescriptions, drew the most extended debate, with a committee amendment and a Kavanagh floor amendment restoring a 14-day prescription extension and adding flea and tick treatment; Senator Leach opposed the floor amendment, describing prior stakeholder negotiations and changes in committee support. The transcript ends while that debate is still underway, after several bills have already been reported out with do-pass recommendations.

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• </c> that concludes article two. All right. that concludes article two. All right.
• Chair and members, article 4 is the property tax aids article.
• Article 5 is the tax increment financing, or TIF, article.
• Article 6 is the public finance article.
• Swanson with article 7. Mr. Chair and members, article 7 is the miscellaneous article.

Bills: HF2730 , HF2257 , HF2768 , HF1932 , HF2437

Committee: House Taxes

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• article<00:32:37.279><c> starting</c><00:32:37.639><c> with</c><00:32:37.880><c> article</c> Article
• Article two deals with property taxes. Article two is the property tax article.
• Article two deals with property taxes. Article two is the property tax article.
• Article Three is the Aids and Credits article.
• Article Four is the Public Finance article.

Committee: Senate Taxes

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• </c> these are two things in two articles these are two things in two articles that<00:31:45.360><c>
• And the first article<00:31:50.960><c> is</c><00:31:52.080><c> uh</c><00:31:53.039><c> from</c> article
• with a second article, and that concerns an article published on April 1st by the IAN organization.
• There are literally, by the way, thousands of articles out there now.
• There are literally, by the way, thousands of articles out there now.

Summary: The Special Committee on COVID Response Efficacy met briefly without a quorum because many members were tied up in legislative committee of conference work. The chair said the committee would resume in June and, in the meantime, directed members to the committee webpage and the 2024 committee’s report and COVID-19 after-action report, which he said could be reviewed for possible updates and legislative recommendations on how New Hampshire should respond to future pandemics. The chair then introduced two recent articles as framing material: one about the U.S. Supreme Court declining to hear a challenge to the Los Angeles Unified School District’s COVID vaccine mandate, and another about CDC internal emails and alleged failure to publicly acknowledge vaccine safety signals. He argued these examples raised concerns about mandates, transparency, and the balance between individual rights and public health, and said the committee would revisit the issue in future meetings. Representative Pollazok thanked the chair for presenting both legal and medical perspectives and suggested the committee focus on reviewing scientific methodology and the quality of evidence behind competing claims. A member asked whether vaccine pamphlets now include risks and benefits, and the chair responded that FDA-approved products should have patient inserts available on the FDA website, including sections listing adverse events from clinical studies and commercial use. He said he would research and email the committee copies or excerpts. Members also discussed how to evaluate studies over different time periods, dosing levels, and the timing of side effects, as well as the difficulty of comparing vaccinated and unvaccinated outcomes when definitions change over time. Before adjourning, the chair said the committee would ask the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services how it would monitor and assess vaccine or pandemic-related issues in real time and whether additional structures would be needed in a future emergency. He said the committee would likely take July and August off, resume in September, and aim to have a draft report by mid-October and a final report by late October ahead of the November elections.

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• And then article three compact.
• ><c> the</c> Article five simply outlines the Article five simply outlines the requirements<00:04:11.840
• Article 8 across the member states.
• c> the</c><00:05:07.440><c> commission</c> Article 9 requires that the commission Article 9 requires
• </c><00:05:13.680><c> things</c><00:05:13.840><c> that</c> Article 10 um has some things that Article

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• /c><00:03:52.880><c> makes</c><00:03:53.200><c> sense,</c> article by article, if that makes sense, article
• So you'll see a series of new articles that all start with Article 13.
• Article 16 uh clear.
• </c> are concerns about article 16? are concerns about article 16?
• </c><00:26:14.520><c> Uh</c> article 16. Uh article 16.

Committee: Senate Finance

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• Chair and members, then Article 5 is the article on charter schools, and the entirety of the article
• </c> we're on to Article 6. we're on to Article 6.
• Then, that's the end of article six. >> Questions, comments, article six.
• Then, that's the end of article six. >> Questions, comments, article six.
• Then, that's the end of article six. >> Questions, comments, article six.

Committee: Senate Education Policy

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• </c> articles I think one through four. Mr. articles I think one through four. Mr.
• Hopkins to walk through Article 5. So, in Article 1, I want to highlight section 19.
• I'm going to turn to Article 2.
• Madam Chair, I'm going to move to Article 3. Article 3 begins on page 21 at line 21.
• I'm going to move to article four. 2025. I'm going to move to article four.

Bills: HF2300

Committee: House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

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• </c> article to the bill of rights in article article to the bill of rights in article 40.<03:12:12.640
• When you're operating under article 83 and article 6, article 6 is what's granting the authority to tax
• Article 83 own expense is article 6.
• No, it wasn't Article 83. Forgive me for not remembering the article.
• No, it wasn't Article 83. Forgive me for not remembering the article.

Committee: House Education Policy and Administration

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• The bill has three articles. I'm going to be summarizing Article 1 and Article 3.
• </c><00:51:09.200><c> article</c> summarizing article one and article summarizing article one and article
• Article one section seven. enactment. Article one section seven.
• I'll be going over the sales tax article, article two, beginning on page 15.
• And that concludes article 2, sales tax article. Okay. Are there any questions?

Committee: Senate Taxes

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• </c><00:16:58.440><c> provides</c> at article one uh article one provides at article one uh article one
• Chair, and this is Article 2.
• Chair, and this is Article 2.
• I am going to focus on Article 2, the Innovation article, in my comments.
• </c><00:54:15.799><c> the</c> article three and article two the article three and article two the portion

Committee: House Education Policy