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• There were a number of sponsors and thank you to all who sponsored it as well too, but I figured she'd
• And so the, the case was brought by a number of individual children.
• On July 1st, I expect that you will be inundated with phone calls.
• The language of that line item appropriation mentioned things like IT and the phone system.
• If I had to prioritize them again, my number 1 would also be juvenile justice reform, number 2 being,

Committee: House Courts, Corrections & Justice Committee

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• We're increasing the number of M.D.s we produce every year as fast as we can... ...a year.
• We're increasing the number of M.D.s we produce every year as fast as we can.
• We'll be 42% bigger in terms of number of M.D. students over the next several years.
• So I think that's kind of where those numbers came from. For a follow-up. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
• body stepping up to... ...cell phone prohibition earlier, but it took this body stepping up to make

Bills: HB3329 , HR1039 , HR1040 , HB3413 , HB3414 , HB3415 , HB3416 , HB3417 , HB3418 , HB3419 , HB3420 , HB3706 , HB3711 , HB4139 , HB1268 , HB3660 , HJR1023 , HB3298 , HB3056 , HJR1084 , HB3934 , HB3919 , HB4118 , HB4119 , HB3791 , HB4260 , HB4178 , HB4215 , HB4324 , HB3270 , HB4352 , HB4305 , HB2955 , HB3315 , HB3066 , HB1245 , HB4125 , HB3075 , HB3129 , HB3239 , HB4153 , HB3265 , HB4491 , SB680 , HB4263 , HB4268 , HB1675 , HB3885 , HB2984 , HB3697 , HB2959 , HB3671 , HB3852 , HB2933 , HB3057 , HB3802 , HB4294 , HB4285 , HB3708 , HB3979 , HB3977 , HB3986 , HB3985 , HB3588 , HB3742 , HB3845 , HJR1070 , HB3590 , HB3595 , HB3391 , HB3183 , HB3764 , HB3765 , HB1002 , HB4434 , HJR1086 , HB4060 , HB3881 , HB3500 , HB4408 , HB3648 , HB3127 , HB3606

Summary: The House met in session, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and then held an extended OU Day presentation recognizing the University of Oklahoma women’s gymnastics team for its 2025 national championship and honoring athletic director Joseph Castiglione. OU President Joseph Harris and Castiglione both spoke about the university’s growth, affordability efforts, health care expansion, and research progress, and the championship team was introduced and thanked the Legislature for its support. The chamber also received several gallery introductions, including visitors from Stigler, North Rock Creek, and Charles Page High School, along with the Doctor and Nurse of the Day. The floor then took up a package of public finance and procurement bills sponsored by Representative Strom. House Bills 3413 through 3420 focused on transparency, contract reporting, subcontractor disclosure, post-contract assessments, central purchasing rules, restrictions on bid information sharing, and limits on pilot programs and CIO contract justifications. Each bill was advanced and passed, with vote totals ranging from 87-95 in favor and only a few nays on some measures. Strom described the package as a response to audit findings and concerns about fraud, waste, and abuse in state and local spending. The House also passed several other measures. House Bill 3706, as amended, requires more elementary school math instruction time and drew questions about balance with reading and other subjects; it passed 74-19, and its emergency was approved. House Bill 3711 requires school districts to post instructional spending percentages and include them in bond materials, passing 79-16 with the emergency clause approved. House Bill 4139 created the Oklahoma Home Service Transparency Act and passed 89-5. House Bill 1268 created a deferred option retirement plan for certain emergency responders and law enforcement personnel and passed 92-1 after a title strike request. House Bill 3660, concerning natural organic reduction/cremation, passed 59-37 after debate over licensing and public health concerns. House Joint Resolution 1023 updating the workers’ compensation fee schedule passed unanimously, and House Bill 3298 standardizing judicial interviews of children in family proceedings passed 95-0. House Bill 3056, allowing sales of unpasteurized milk at farms, feed stores, and farmers markets, prompted extensive debate over safety, labeling, liability, and market access, but ultimately passed 43-11. The House then recessed until 1 p.m.

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• You may hear some numbers citing... FDA studies.
• So, in light of that, the numbers are even worse, even worse than the horrible ones that that we have
• So right now, you can go online or you can call a toll-free number. Anybody can.
• A number of things were put in place in that bill.
• Floor amendment number one by Nichols-Perry. Senator Nichols, on your amendment.

Bills: SB 2 , SB 5 , SB 10 , SB 9 , SB 7 , SB 17 , SB 4 , HB17 , HB7 , HB7 , HB15 , HB15 , HB27 , HB1 , HB7 , HB15 , HB18 , SB9 , SB7 , SB17 , SB4 , HB17 , HB27 , HB1 , SB8 , HCR13 , SB2 , SB5 , SB10

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• Due to the number of bills on our agenda to accommodate all who wish to testify, there'll be a time limit
• When you get these numbers, it isn't at the time of driving, so we're going to change all kinds of law
• be like, well, I'm just going to keep taking my medication, and the problem is there is no magic number
• Let me pull it up on my, my pad just turned off, but it's easier to get on my phone.
• And she called me on the phone and told me she had walked all the way to the gun store.

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• They're getting phone calls.
• It was bill number 62.
• Number one, I'm not a horse guy, but they said, "Come on in, you can pet them."
• So for every dollar, for every $10,000, I'm an even numbers guy. What...?
• Why that number sticks in my head, I don't know.

Bills: HB386 , HB1449 , HB1701 , HB2142 , HB2675 , HB2857 , HB3063 , HB3171 , HB3641 , HB3732 , HB4045 , HB4370 , HB4491 , HB4505 , HB4626 , HB5267 , HB5356

Committee: House Intergovernmental Affairs

Keywords: construction contracts, change orders, local government, budget limits, Texas legislation, HB 1449, mobile food vendors, food trucks, mobile food service establishments, permits, county health permit, municipal permitting, Health and Safety Code Chapter 437A, Chapter 437, inspection agreements, permit reciprocity, fee cap, preemption, large counties, population over one million

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• But if there is disagreement on matters, then we will not be voting on them today, um, for a number of
• </c><00:07:54.240><c> First</c><00:07:54.479><c> we</c> for for a number of reasons.
• First we for for a number of reasons.
• have the amendment number one and number<00:19:52.720><c> two</c><00:19:52.960><c> that</c><00:19:53.200
• </c><00:53:54.079><c> of</c> the Senate practice for a number of the Senate practice for a number of

Summary: The committee began by explaining that the meeting was a work session and that votes would only be taken where there was clear consensus. CACR 6, the proposed constitutional amendment on a “right to compute,” was discussed first but not acted on because the prime sponsor was absent. Members raised concerns about whether the issue belonged in the constitution and what the amendment would mean in practice, and the chair recessed the matter for a future meeting. HB 74, concerning the definition of “citizen” for the right-to-know law and disclosure of preliminary drafts circulated to a quorum or majority of a public body, drew little support. Members noted the Senate’s prior rejection of a related bill and agreed the proposal was unlikely to advance. A motion to ITL the bill passed unanimously by roll call, 15-0, and the bill was placed on the consent calendar. HB 232, dealing with rights of conscience for medical professionals, was also recessed. Members said they had not yet seen the amendment, which was described as narrowing the bill to abortion-related issues and limiting penalties. Several members said they could not judge the bill without the amendment and expected disagreement, so the chair recessed it. HB 253, on interest-bearing pooled trust accounts maintained by lawyers, was discussed at length; the chair said the bill did not address the underlying IOLTA issue and would likely create conflict with the bar and judiciary. Members cited existing Supreme Court procedures and suggested the bill was unnecessary. A straw vote showed support for interim study and ITL, and the committee ultimately voted 15-0 to place HB 253 on consent. HB 293, aimed at preventing minors from accessing obscene material on internet-connected devices, prompted substantial debate. Members generally supported the goal but objected to the bill’s private right of action, its focus on manufacturers rather than content providers or internet platforms, uncertainty about the filtering technology required, and concerns about defining obscenity on a national rather than community basis. The committee discussed forming a subcommittee to work on the bill further, and members volunteered to serve, indicating the issue would be revisited rather than voted on immediately.

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• Before we get started, just a few announcements: please silence your phones, and if you have to take
• It is set number 3575. It is a 27-page set of amendments. It is set number 3575.
• If you look in amendment number 10, on page 2, line 13, the insert of the language that we're going to
• So for HB 3, today I'm going to make a motion that we make HB 3 special order number three on Thursday

Summary: The House Ways and Means Committee met on April 13, 2026, with a quorum present and began by reviewing House Bill 2, the comprehensive capital outlay budget. The committee adopted amendment set 3575, including a technical correction, and heard the chairman explain how the proposal reallocates limited surplus and bonding capacity by trimming some P1 requests, redirecting dormant projects, and creating project bundles for certain university and DOTD projects to allow funds to move more flexibly between projects. He said the approach was intended to reduce waste, improve efficiency, and allow agencies to manage overruns and underruns within bundled projects. The committee then reported HB 2 favorably as amended without objection. The committee next took up House Bill 3, the Omnibus Bond Act, which was described as the financing measure that implements and funds the capital outlay program authorized in HB 2 by repealing prior bond authorizations and authorizing new general obligation bonds through the State Bond Commission. Members voted to report HB 3 favorably without objection. The committee also adopted a motion to make HB 3 special order number three for Thursday, April 16, 2026, so it could be heard with the other money bills. The meeting concluded with a motion to adjourn.

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• </c><00:08:03.480><c> of</c> say anything given the small number of say anything given the small number
• </c><00:13:36.120><c> and</c> probably agree that cell phones and probably agree that cell phones and
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• </c> &gt;&gt; The number one is long-haul truckers. &gt;&gt; The number one is long-haul truckers.

Bills: HF4213 , HF4198 , HF3930 , HF3585 , HF3451

Committee: House Education Finance

Keywords: education finance, school funding, K-12, prekindergarten, pre-K, early childhood education, general education aid, special education, literacy aid, school meals, free school meals, school breakfast, school lunch, charter school lease aid, charter schools, nonpublic pupil aid, private school aid, transportation aid, desegregation aid, integration aid

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• </c><00:36:12.760><c> of</c> have a num that the zero was number of have a num that the zero was number
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• We are now listed number of Minnesota.
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Bills: HF4561 , HF4343

Committee: House Taxes

Keywords: homeless prevention aid, homelessness, housing stability, rental assistance, family homelessness, unaccompanied youth, housing navigation, legal representation, family outreach, county aid, Tribal governments, local government aid, general fund appropriation, unspent funds, aid redistribution, sunset repeal, Minnesota property tax aid, services for persons experiencing homelessness, sales tax, use tax

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• We employ a number of screening tools as part of the overall intake process.
• . numbers. numbers.
• And then we have direct communications with judges by phone. We still do that.
• </c><01:09:29.040><c> is</c> just to make sure like that number is just to make sure like that number
• </c> kind of saw those numbers earlier today. kind of saw those numbers earlier today.

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• Behind every number of a cyclist killed, there are hundreds more people who are broken.
• Massachusetts has doubled the number of students graduating ...safest way.
• Before I turn on my car, I put my phone on do not disturb.
• Before I turn on my car, I put my phone on, do not disturb.
• Improving road safety is the number one goal of the AV industry.

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Transportation

Summary: The Joint Committee on Transportation held a hybrid hearing on 46 bills covering bicycle and pedestrian safety, autonomous and specialty vehicles, street design, and related transportation issues. Chair Jim Arciero and Senate co-chair Brendan Crighton opened the hearing, noted that Senate Bill 2347 was postponed at the sponsor’s request, and explained the hearing procedures. No votes were taken during the hearing. A major portion of testimony focused on autonomous vehicles. Labor representatives from the AFL-CIO, Teamsters, Machinists, and app-based driver organizations opposed bills that would authorize fully autonomous vehicles, arguing they could displace workers, weaken bargaining power, increase congestion, and create safety and data-privacy risks. Waymo and Chamber of Progress supported legislation creating a framework for autonomous vehicles, saying the technology has strong safety results and could improve mobility and economic opportunity, but they opposed provisions requiring a human operator in the vehicle. Transportation and environmental advocates urged stronger oversight, local control, crash-data reporting, and privacy protections before deployment. Several bills on pedestrian and bicycle safety drew support from advocates and affected residents. Testimony backed measures to improve crosswalk timing for slower pedestrians, raise penalties for crosswalk violations, expand truck sideguard and safety-device requirements, and improve roadway marking reflectivity. AARP, MassBike, and other advocates emphasized the need to protect older adults, cyclists, and other vulnerable road users, while some speakers opposed bills expanding e-bike access to sidewalks and natural-surface trails, citing safety concerns. The committee also heard strong support for the Blue Envelope program for drivers with autism and developmental disabilities, with testimony from the Arc of Massachusetts, the Developmental Disabilities Council, families, and individuals describing how the program can reduce misunderstandings during traffic stops and crashes.

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• A sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered.
• A sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered.
• A SUFFICIENT NUMBER HAVING ARISEN, THE YEAS AND NAYS ARE ORDERED.
• A sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered.
• A SUFFICIENT NUMBER HAVING ARISEN, THE YEAS AND NAYS ARE ORDERED.

Bills: HCR17 , HR993 , HR901 , HR495 , HR1374 , HB1692 , HR1166 , HR708 , HR862 , HR706

Keywords: Holocaust, remembrance, Emancipation Hall, ceremony, commemoration, Iran, Iranian protests, Islamic Republic, free and democratic Iran, human rights, women, life, freedom, morality police, political prisoners, internet shutdown, communications blackout, civil liberties, democracy, self-determination, regime repression, dissidents

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• Third, government cannot require someone to hand over or unlock their phone to prove who they are.
• Third, government cannot require someone to hand over or unlock their phone to prove who they are.
• and it created harm for them, maybe breaches their identity, or breaches their information on their phone
• , there could be an opportunity where we have a lot of different things that are stored on our phone,

Committee: Senate State Affairs

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• So, our major accomplishment was securing our own agency number.
• So, thankfully, we have our own agency number, and we're moving on from there.
• We don't have a lot of the past numbers because there was not a lot of transparency, and it was not very
• Rent, utilities, phone, we've got contracted with EMS for IT, HR, payroll, budget.

Committee: House A&B Finance Subcommittee

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• Please ensure all cell phones and other communication devices are turned off, and remember anyone wishing
• Number one, it exempts the use of xylazine for veterinary purposes.
• Number two, it creates new criminal offenses relating to xylazine.
• Number two, it creates new criminal offenses relating to xylazine.

Summary: The Justice Budget Committee met with a quorum present and took up four bills. The first, PCS for CS for HB 309 on controlled substances, addressed xylazine (“tranq”), exempting veterinary use and creating criminal offenses related to trafficking and misuse. The sponsor explained changes from the prior version, including removal of a federal-order-related concern and raising the threshold for base possession/trafficking concerns from 4 grams to 28 grams. Public testimony was in support from law enforcement and advocacy groups, and the bill passed 14-0. The committee then heard HB 1467 on penalties for prostitution-related acts. The sponsor said the bill increases penalties for those who solicit, operate prostitution establishments, transport, coerce, or traffic others for prostitution, while not increasing penalties for the people being prostituted. Supporters included Florida Family Voice and the Florida Smart Justice Alliance. The bill passed unanimously, 14-0. Next, CS for HB 1159 on sexual offenses was presented as a broad update to criminal law involving sexual offenses, especially crimes involving minors, child pornography, and sentencing/classification changes. A member asked about a possible Romeo and Juliet issue, and the sponsor said staff was working on clarifying language but did not believe the bill created that problem in its current form. The bill received support from the Florida Sheriffs Association and Florida Smart Justice Alliance and passed 14-0. Finally, CS for HB 485 on petitions for injunction added a checkbox for marriage-fraud allegations in domestic violence injunction petitions, defined marriage fraud for that purpose, and required clerks to notify the State Board of Immigration Enforcement within 24 hours when such an injunction is issued. The sponsor and co-sponsor described it as an accountability measure, it drew support from Florida Smart Justice Alliance, and it also passed unanimously, 14-0. The meeting ended after the chair noted budget recommendations had been submitted and no further business remained.

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• </c> eliminate an existing serial number. eliminate an existing serial number.
• A firearm may lack a serial number for a number of reasons.
• number at all?
• </c> look it up on your phone. look it up on your phone.
• </c> similar number. similar number. &gt;&gt; Yes. &gt;&gt; Yes. &gt;&gt; Yes.

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• I told all of the young people in that setting to give me your mother's phone numbers, give me your grandmama's
• phone numbers, and I'm going to call them, and we are going to write a bill.
• We're taking up item number 15. This is Assembly Bill 1662, bias. We're taking up item number 15.
• So I'll be starting with item number four and then proceeding to item number nine.
• On item number 15, I believe—no, I'm sorry, this is item number 4, Assembly Bill 1546.

Committee: House Public Safety

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• Number one, currently in the...
• That would be number one. This bill does...
• There has been a major increase in the number of road projects taking place.
• Terrace without doubt actually about some numbers and make sure we're clear.
• The amendment and classification are based on the number of people in the city.

Bills: HB606 , SB271

Committee: House Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure

Keywords: HB606, Alabama, Department of Transportation, DOT, public highways, utility relocation, right-of-way, state right-of-way, road construction, bridge, tunnel, toll road, interstate highway, defense highway, utility facilities, broadband, telecommunications, cable, electricity, gas

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• We're like phone a friend. Okay.
• Phone a friend. Come on.
• Get your phones out and look at a picture of the front of the Capitol, someone.

Summary: The meeting opened with approval of the prior minutes and then took up two Department of Human Services rules. Mary Franklin of DHS’s Division of County Operations presented a Medicaid/CHIP rule that removes the 90-day waiting period for certain ARKids B children who lose other coverage, clarifies child support enforcement procedures for pregnant women, and updates good-cause language to say “rape or incest” rather than “forcible rape.” Members asked about how child support referrals and sanctions work during pregnancy and the postpartum period; Franklin explained that sanctions would not be imposed until after the 60-day postpartum period and that good-cause determinations can prevent sanctions in appropriate cases. The rule had no public comments and a small fiscal impact, and it was reviewed without objection. Elizabeth Pittman of DHS’s Division of Medical Services then presented a medication-assisted treatment rule. She explained that the change simply removes an expired federal end date from the state plan and updates the CMS template, while leaving existing coverage for counseling and lab services tied to substance use disorder treatment unchanged. In response to questions, she said the rule does not add new benefits or costs because the coverage was already required by federal and state law. The committee reviewed the rule without objection. The meeting also included an informational presentation from Jenna Goldman of UAMS about a culinary medicine experience for legislators, scheduled for March 16 for the Senate and March 17 for the House at the Institute on Aging in Little Rock. She described it as a food-is-medicine program where participants would learn about healthy cooking and how to apply it in communities with limited food options. Members discussed its connection to rural health and potential grant opportunities. The meeting ended with a brief visit from a Monticello sixth-grade class, who asked Capitol trivia questions before the committee adjourned.

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• We're like phone a friend. Okay.
• Oh, phone a friend. Come on.
• Get your phones out and look at a picture of the front of the Capitol, someone.

Summary: The committee met briefly to approve prior minutes and then reviewed two Department of Human Services rules. The first, from the Division of County Operations, would remove the 90-day waiting period for certain ARKids B children who lose other coverage, clarify child support enforcement procedures for pregnant women and postpartum sanctions, and change the good-cause language from “forcible rape” to “rape or incest.” DHS said there were no public comments and only a small fiscal impact for system changes. The second rule, from the Division of Medical Services, updates the Medicaid state plan for medication-assisted treatment by removing an expired federal end date and adopting a new CMS template; officials said coverage does not change and there is no financial impact. Both rules were reviewed without objection. Members also heard an informational presentation from UAMS about a culinary medicine experience planned for March 16 for the Senate and March 17 for the House at the Institute on Aging in Little Rock. The program is intended to show how food can be used as medicine and to connect with the state’s rural health transformation priorities and possible grant opportunities. Members were encouraged to attend, wear comfortable shoes, and participate in the kitchen-based activity. The meeting ended with special recognition of a Monticello sixth-grade class visiting the Capitol for a scavenger hunt. A student asked several questions about the Capitol building’s materials and architecture, and members responded informally before the committee adjourned with no further business.