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• to allow an increase in executive order to allow an increase in absentee voting<00:27:39.760><c> with
• </c> crimes felonies that would disqualify crimes felonies that would disqualify him<00:55:19.520><c>
• um and so the uh in in order to vote in um and so the uh in in order to vote in elections<01:58:58.560
• How many people are you willing to disenfranchise in order to catch a theoretical person who might be
• to catch a theoretical person in order to catch a theoretical person who<02:23:33.880><c> might</c><

Committee: House Election Law

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• be able to see what measures need to be taken to protect the infrastructure of the water company in order
• Next, we're going to invite Senator Cabaldon for SB 828 regarding fireworks licenses and permits, disqualifying
• where they are storing fireworks, prove that they have the local permits, and that they are not disqualified
• findings that were clear needed to be fixed, but we and many others have been working in the last year in order
• the ones I mentioned, in terms of the fines authorities that are available, where the money goes, in order

Summary: The Committee on Emergency Management heard several bills related to public safety, wildfire preparedness, and fireworks regulation. SB 1299, by Senator Arreguín, would place in statute a certification and training framework for fire sprinkler fitters and apprentices after a court decision disrupted prior State Fire Marshal regulations. Supporters said the bill would protect life safety by ensuring qualified installation and maintenance of fire suppression systems, while opponents raised concerns about added costs, housing affordability, and labor-related effects. The committee passed the bill as amended to the Committee on Labor and Employment on a roll call vote, with DeMaio and Hadwick voting no. SB 1153, by Senator Caballero, would require urban retail water suppliers to incorporate wildfire-specific procedures into emergency plans and clarify that water systems are not designed to serve as wildfire defense systems. Supporters from water agencies and fire organizations said the bill would improve coordination, planning, and ratepayer protection while acknowledging infrastructure limits. Members discussed transparency, backup generators, and whether the bill should require more public disclosure; the author said he would continue working on possible amendments. The committee passed the bill as amended to the Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials. SB 828, by Senator Cabaldon, responds to the Esparto fireworks warehouse explosion by requiring fireworks licensees to disclose storage locations, verify local permits, and meet other compliance conditions. The author said the bill was developed with the State Fire Marshal and local public safety partners to close information gaps and improve enforcement. An opposition witness argued the permit-verification requirements could not be met in all jurisdictions, especially for hobby rocketry and small-scale uses, prompting discussion about clarifying different rocket categories and administrative implementation. The committee passed SB 828 as amended to the Committee on Local Government, and the meeting then adjourned after all bills were reported out.

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• The Committee on Government Efficiency will come to order. Madam Clerk, please call the roll.
• it allows remote hearings because these matters are time-sensitive, such as when a student is disqualified
• If someone is being disqualified from participating, a decision has to be made before the event actually

Committee: House Government Efficiency

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• We are hearing the bills in the order that the bills were filed with Legislative Counsel, so that chronology
• But those two are going to be presented in the order that they were filed with Legislative Counsel.
• They've done everything they can to restructure loans to get their ship in order and get back to it.
• They are now considered disqualified.
• Of course, they could order the product and bring a deficiency appropriation in. ...order the product

Summary: The committee opened with roll call and a review of special-session procedure: bills would be heard in filing order, with related school-lunch bills grouped together, and any bill advancing would require a motion, second, and majority vote to be introduced. Members also discussed that the committee was functioning much like a delayed-bills committee, with final referral to either Appropriations or Policy depending on the bill’s fiscal impact. The first major proposal was Senator Schibley’s bill to create a narrow, statewide Bank of North Dakota bridge-loan program for struggling nonprofit medical facilities, prompted by Jacobson Memorial Hospital’s financial crisis. He argued the hospital and surrounding EMS services could close without short-term help, while committee members questioned the added language, the population cap, the $10 million fund with $5 million per applicant limit, and whether the program could open the door to future requests. Representative Headland then presented two cleanup bills from the prior property-tax session: one to fix notice and tax-certification issues for local taxing districts, and another to correct how the primary residence credit is applied so taxpayers receive the full benefit rather than counties retaining part of the reimbursement. Members asked about township hearing timing, the estimated $10–15 million annual impact, and whether the credit issue could be fixed retroactively; Headland said the bill was intended to correct the problem going forward. Three school-lunch bills drew extensive discussion. Representative Vetter proposed a small administrative appropriation to add an FTE to help eligible families enroll in the existing free/reduced lunch program, saying the goal was to ensure needy children are signed up and that the state should not subsidize meals for wealthy families. Representative Nathe offered a broader bill mirroring the pending initiated measure but placing the program in statute instead of the Constitution, moving implementation up a year, and funding it with a one-time $65 million from the strategic investment fund; he said this would preserve legislative flexibility and avoid constitutional entrenchment. Representative Dressler proposed raising the state-funded eligibility threshold from 225% to 300% of poverty, arguing it would expand access while still preserving federal reimbursements and encouraging better enrollment systems. Members debated costs, future budget pressure, whether the bills set a precedent for responding to ballot measures, and whether the program should include breakfast and other operational details. Other proposals included Senator Powers’ bill to create a hyperbaric oxygen board and support rural access to hyperbaric chambers for wounds, concussions, PTSD, and other conditions; Representative Tolman’s reporting-requirements bill to force new or expanded programs to justify purpose, alternatives, evaluation methods, and full implementation costs; Representative Frelich’s bill addressing the ongoing redistricting litigation and what happens if the Supreme Court or lower courts alter the current map; and a bill requested by the Public Service Commission and ITD for FERC litigation support and ADA website/document compliance. The committee also heard a rural-health eligibility bill from Representative Twait aimed at steering federal rural health dollars toward rural providers, with questions focused on whether the mileage limits would exclude some communities. One Holocaust education item was deferred until the sponsor could be located.

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• The Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence will come to order. Clerk, please call the roll.
• The state currently has no right to appeal from a mistrial order.
• Or reads something about the case in the newspaper and becomes disqualified in the interim?
• You have deadlines that you've got to meet in order to perfect an appeal.
• The Travis County Bail Bond Board requested this bill in order to consult...

Bills: HB 115 , HB507 , HB1765 , HB1847 , HB2046 , HB2239 , HB2328 , HB2309 , HB2417 , HB2728 , HB2794 , HB3206 , HB3566 , HB3694 , HB3744 , HB4254 , HB4697 , HB4733 , HB4915 , HB5465 , HB2813 , HB115

Committee: House Criminal Jurisprudence

Keywords: habeas corpus, postconviction, criminal procedure, indigent defense, scientific evidence, legal representation, judicial power, capital felony, criminal law, death penalty, attorney qualification, training standards, law enforcement, no-knock warrant, search warrant, peace officer, attorney workload, criminal justice, caseload limits, fair representation

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• >> COMMITTEE ON ETHICS AND ELECTIONS WILL NOW COME TO ORDER.
• Gaetz: QUORUM BEING PRESENT THE MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER.
• IF A CIRCUIT COURT DETERMINES A PERSON DID NOT COMPLY, HE OR SHE IS DISQUALIFIED FOR PLACEMENT ON THE

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• The Ethics and Elections Committee will now come to order.
• The meeting is called to order. Please silence your electronic devices. A quorum is present.
• The meeting is called to order. Please silence your electronic devices.
• If a circuit court determines such person did not comply, he or she is disqualified from placement on

Committee: Senate Ethics and Elections

Summary: The Ethics and Elections Committee met with a quorum and considered two bills. Senate Bill 588, relating to campaign communications and repeated political text messages or calls, was introduced by Senator Leake. He explained it would create a cause of action to stop unwanted campaign communications and recover attorney’s fees, but said the bill may be too broad and asked to temporarily postpone it while he works with stakeholders to narrow it. The committee agreed, and a pending amendment by Senator Polsky became moot. The committee then took up Senate Bill 280, which would create a private right of action to enforce party-affiliation qualification requirements for candidates seeking partisan office. Senator Arrington said the bill would allow political parties or others with standing to challenge a candidate who did not meet the 365-day party affiliation requirement before qualifying, and that a court could disqualify the candidate from the ballot. She offered a strike-all amendment clarifying that the 365 days must be the consecutive days immediately preceding qualifying and narrowing who may bring suit to political parties and other candidates for the same office. After brief questions, the committee adopted the amendment and then voted on the bill as amended. The roll call was unanimous in favor, and SB 280 was reported favorably. The committee then moved to adjourn.

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• Then we'll go out of order. Oh, my God, it is. Definitely agreement.
• Okay, then we'll go out of order.
• order here?
• All right, why don't we go in file order? We'll do item 3, AB 1627.
• restitution. ...often loses jurisdiction to order restitution.

Committee: House Public Safety

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• As you know, a credential is required in order to work in the plumbing trade or as a plumbing contractor
• An order of suspension must set forth the infractions that led to the suspension, and the suspension
• is measured from the date of the final order.
• Under this new framework, a worker is disqualified only until the second Sunday after a strike begins
• Under this new framework, a worker is disqualified only until the second Sunday after a strike begins

Summary: The Labor and Workplace Standards Committee held public hearings on several labor-related bills. SB 6197 would change plumbing license suspension rules from three infractions in three years to five infractions in five years, remove the advisory board recommendation requirement, and require L&I enforcement updates; the sponsor said the bill was narrowed after stakeholder talks, though one transition-timing issue remained unresolved. SB 6134 would require the Employment Security Department to notify striking workers applying for unemployment benefits that they may later owe overpayments if they receive retroactive wages; the sponsor and a testifier said the bill would prevent workers from being paid twice. SB 5292 would replace the PFML program’s statutory look-back premium formula with a forward-looking actuarial method while keeping the 1.2% cap and adding a four-month reserve requirement; labor, business, and policy witnesses offered support or concerns about the reserve. SB 6106 would exempt tribes and tribally owned businesses from the state WARN-style notice law and protect affected workers’ names and addresses from public disclosure; ESD and business groups supported it, while agricultural witnesses asked for a future fix for seasonal agriculture. The committee then moved into executive session on six bills. It adopted amendments to ESSB 5847, which expands access to medical care in workers’ compensation, including allowing certain outside-network providers and authorizing additional claims managers; the bill was reported out 7-2 as amended. SSB 6014, a cleanup bill correcting a date typo and protecting sensitive L&I records from public disclosure, passed unanimously. SSB 6039, allowing L&I to use electronic communications while offering a non-electronic option first, also passed unanimously. ESSB 6058, giving L&I discretion to prioritize wage complaints, was amended to align with the House companion and then passed unanimously. SB 6136, requiring publication of actuarially indicated workers’ compensation rates and disclosure when rates are set below them, passed unanimously. On SB 6188, which would expand L&I’s asbestos-certification rulemaking authority, the committee rejected an amendment that would have restored current-law limits and instead passed the bill without amendment. Members supporting the bill said it would let Washington strengthen asbestos protections if federal standards weaken, while opponents argued it could create conflicting requirements and unnecessary regulatory expansion. The bill was reported out 6-3. The committee adjourned after announcing the votes and noting it would reconvene the next day.

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• </c> unless otherwise ordered by the House. unless otherwise ordered by the House.
• </c><00:45:35.520><c> Chair</c> House will come to order. Chair House will come to order.
• </c> House will come to order. House will come to order.
• House will be in order vote. House will be in order allowed. allowed. allowed.
• </c><03:14:41.359><c> me</c> My accent does not disqualified me My accent does not disqualified me disqualify

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• Uh, the Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention will come to order. We do have a quorum.
• Credit contribution grants and loans to clarify that officers or principals for the purpose of disqualifying
• purpose</c><00:18:21.919><c> of</c> principles for the purpose of principles for the purpose of disqualifying
• <c> business</c><00:18:23.360><c> do</c><00:18:23.679><c> not</c><00:18:23.919><c> include</c> disqualifying
• a business do not include disqualifying a business do not include individuals<00:18:24.960><c> serving

Committee: Senate Housing and Homelessness Prevention

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• In order to accommodate flight schedules, we're going to call the invited testimony dealing with the
• funding programs so innovative multi-benefit projects like this can move forward without being disqualified
• As far as the total cost, once FEMA started disqualifying some of the different types of public assistance
• problem, and when we talk about the drainage in those frontage roads, what would be a suggestion in order
• one side of the expressway to the other, because we naturally, in some areas, have to cross that in order

Committee: House Natural Resources

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• It's not, 'I believe' or 'I feel,' but more in the order of the majority or the minority believes that
• </c><00:29:24.200><c> of</c><00:29:24.720><c> the</c> feel um more in the order of the feel um more in
• the order of the majority<00:29:25.320><c> or</c><00:29:25.480><c> the</c><00:29:25.640><c> minority
• disqualifying disqualifying offenses<01:36:41.920><c> a</c><01:36:42.119><c> school</c> offenses a school
• So there are two: Coe-Brown and Pinkerton are, I believe, in order.

Summary: The House Education Committee held its organizational meeting for the new term, with members introducing themselves and describing their backgrounds in teaching, school boards, special education, administration, law, and related fields. Chair Glenn Cordelli outlined the committee’s goals and procedures, emphasizing civility, professionalism, and respectful treatment of witnesses and members. He also noted that the committee has been split into two this year because of the large volume of bills, and said the committee had already sent three bills to the other education committee, with 36 bills currently assigned and more expected. The chair reviewed committee rules and logistics: hearings should start on time, members should minimize cell phone use and avoid searching during testimony, and questioning of witnesses is limited to one question at a time unless the chair allows a follow-up. Members were told to use the title “Representative,” to sign up on pink cards to testify, and to submit written testimony to the clerk. He also explained that hearings are for listening rather than debating, while executive sessions are where debate and motions occur. Possible motions include ought to pass, inexpedient to legislate, and retain in committee for further work, including subcommittees. Additional procedures covered scheduling, with the committee expected to meet Wednesday and Thursday the following week because of a holiday, and regular meetings generally planned for Monday and Wednesday. The chair also discussed the consent calendar, reports from majority and minority positions, and the expectation that members who testify on a bill should not then question other witnesses on that same bill. No legislation was voted on at this meeting; it was a procedural and orientation session for the committee.

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• The ayes have it, and we'll proceed out of order. The ayes have it, and we'll proceed out of order.
• </c> will come to order. Senator Ball. will come to order. Senator Ball.
• </c> General Orders Second Reading of Bills. General Orders Second Reading of Bills.
• </c> The motion is to proceed out of order The motion is to proceed out of order and<00:56:24.200><c>
• </c> of order to take up House Bill 261107. of order to take up House Bill 261107.

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• be able to see what measures need to be taken to protect the infrastructure of the water company in order
• Next, we're going to invite Senator Cabaldon for SB 828 regarding fireworks licenses and permits, disqualifying
• where they are storing fireworks, prove that they have the local permits, and that they are not disqualified
• findings that were clear needed to be fixed, but we and many others have been working in the last year in order
• ones I mentioned, in terms of the fines, authorities that are available, where the money goes, in order

Committee: House Emergency Management

Transcript Highlights:

• Senate Judiciary and Public Safety Committee will come to order.
• Uh section one of the bill out of order.
• </c> been convicted of a disqualifying been convicted of a disqualifying offense<00:47:53.760><c> that
• <c> in</c> disqualifiers disqualifiers as listed in disqualifiers disqualifiers as listed in those<00
• </c> likely assembled from a kit ordered likely assembled from a kit ordered online. online. online.

Committee: Senate Judiciary and Public Safety

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• The Senate Finance Committee is called to order. The secretary will note the attendance.
• Obviously, this bill is needed in order to opt into the program. Okay.
• Obviously, this bill is needed in order to opt into the program. Okay.
• Do you ever conform on things outside of the executive order?
• Is that the only way that can happen with an executive order? Mr.

Bills: SB1042 , SB1043 , SB1044 , SB1135 , SB1136 , SB1142 , SB1180 , SB1221 , SB1252 , SB1254 , SCR1003

Committees: Senate Finance , Senate Senate Finance Committee of Reference

Keywords: public funds, virtual currency, bitcoin, investment, Arizona Strategic Digital Asset Reserve Act, state treasurer, retirement system, state payments, cryptocurrency, Arizona law, payment methods, government transactions, property tax, tax exemption, Arizona Revised Statutes, digital currency, workers' compensation, death benefits, burial costs, spousal compensation

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• The House will be in order.
• House that's 11th order of business.
• The House will be in order. The House will now advance to the 11th order of business.
• The House will be in order before going to ease. The House is at the 11th order of business.
• Hearing none, so ordered.

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• I'd like to call this April 15th Tax Day hearing of the Assembly Elections Committee to order.
• Additional comments will be ruled out of order.
• And Vice Chair Gallagher, you're out of order. Vice Chair, those are just examples.
• You are out of order. We're going to allow one person to speak at a time. Please.
• The president's latest executive order on elections is misguided and legally unfounded.

Summary: The Assembly Elections Committee met as a subcommittee until quorum was established, then heard a series of election- and public-trust-related bills. Early items included AB 2592, which would move lobbyist training from legislative ethics committees to the FPPC starting in 2029 and make it available online on demand; it drew support from the FPPC and an oppose-unless-amended request to make the training public and ensure lobbyists pay fees. AB 2573 would refine California’s confidential voter registration protections for candidates and elected officials, with support from the Secretary of State and county election officials after amendments narrowed some family-member coverage. AB 2753 would bar registered sex offenders from running for or holding local or state office; it prompted extended debate about public trust, second chances, and where to draw the line, but was ultimately advanced on a 5-0 vote with one member not voting. AB 2691 similarly would expand disqualifying felony convictions to include sexual assault and human trafficking, and it also passed 5-0 after testimony from victim advocates and discussion about survivors, restorative justice, and the power dynamics involved in public office. The committee also advanced AB 2413, which would prohibit public funds from being used for large-format ads featuring elected officials, and AB 2281, which would direct the Office of Election Cybersecurity to assess replacement resources after federal cybersecurity support cuts and allow consultation with academic researchers. AB 1664 would require local election officials to notify the Secretary of State and Attorney General within one business day of warrants, subpoenas, or investigations involving election records or voting systems; supporters said it would help the state respond quickly to improper seizure of election materials, and it passed 5-0. AB 2484, concerning San Diego MTS, would let voters authorize a local sales tax initiative for transit funding and exempt it from an existing cap; it drew support from transit leaders and labor, opposition from the Realtors, and a lengthy exchange over Prop. 13, Prop. 218, and whether the measure created a special deal, before passing 6-1. The committee then heard AB 2230, which would create buffer zones around voting centers and child care facilities to keep immigration enforcement away from those locations. The author said the bill was meant to reduce fear and intimidation for voters and families, while the opposition argued it was unenforceable, lacked evidence of a problem, and would interfere with federal officers doing their jobs. Members supporting the bill cited reported ICE profiling and intimidation in California communities, while others raised jurisdictional and practical concerns. The transcript ends during this debate, with no final vote shown for AB 2230.

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• Order, order, order established.
• </c> and other people with disqualifying and other people with disqualifying conduct<00:52:47.680><c>
• The Republicans' bill is adding to that in order to kick eligible people off of health care.
• The Republicans' bill is adding to that in order to kick eligible people off of health care.
• In order to kick eligible people off of health care.

Committee: House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy