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• Vote green.
• Vote green.
• Vote green.
• <00:19:42.960> Vote<00:19:43.200> green. Thank you, members. Vote green.
• Vote green.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• <00:16:51.519> Voting<00:16:51.759> on<00:16:52.199> SP536 vote.
• Voting on SP536 vote. Thank you, chair.
• Okay, seeing none, Vice Chair, for the vote? Thank you, Chair. Voting on SB 1651 SD1.
• <00:17:41.840> Voting for the vote? Thank you, chair. Voting for the vote?
• Any nay votes? reservations? Any nay votes?

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• >> explain my vote. Mr. >> explain my vote. Mr.
• meeting uh with the intent to vote no. meeting uh with the intent to vote no.
• I vote I you. I vote I >> Senator<00:33:05.840> Wilson. >> Senator Wilson.
• so I want to commend you and I vote yes. so I want to commend you and I vote yes.
• I proudly vote aye.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Education Committee met to consider Senate Bill 181, which revises Kentucky’s new law on traceable school communications between adults in positions of authority and students. Senator Lindsey Tichenor explained that the bill was originally enacted earlier in the year to prevent private electronic communications that could facilitate grooming, but implementation revealed problems that prompted a committee substitute. She said the revised bill broadens and clarifies definitions, including family member and qualified school volunteer, narrows the law to students enrolled in the same district, and adds exemptions for virtual instruction, translation services, parent-provided phone numbers, public social media, commercial communications, secure healthcare messaging, and emergencies. It also changes parental consent rules, limits mandatory reporting to situations involving a reasonable belief of an unreported violation, and makes disciplinary action against employees or volunteers permissible rather than mandatory. The committee adopted the substitute by voice vote after a motion and second, and the bill was then opened for public testimony. Laura Wills Coppelman testified in support of the bill’s purpose but urged more attention to what happens after a concern is raised. She said her own experience and those of other survivors showed that internal school processes can fail students and that parental notification alone is not enough if investigations remain inside the institution. She suggested that when an internal investigation ends without discipline, parents should receive a written explanation so decisions affecting student safety are documented and reviewable. Senators asked about coach-athlete communications, parental notice, commercial contacts, and possible remaining issues involving school resource officers and designated school personnel. Tichenor said public social media interactions and parent consent forms would allow needed coach communications, schools would inform parents of violations and outcomes, and commercial or second-job contacts were addressed in the exemptions. Several senators spoke in support of the revised bill while acknowledging concerns and unintended consequences from the original law. Senator Reed emphasized parental empowerment and asked about recruiting-related coach communications; Senator Neal asked how parents would be informed and was told the school would notify them; Senator Higdon said the bill was a thoughtful revisit and noted possible future amendments for DPSs and SROs; and Senator Meredith and others said the changes addressed unintended consequences rather than a flawed policy goal. Senator Thomas framed the measure as a matter of boundaries, and Senator Williams said the bill may need continued monitoring as technology changes but that it had already helped identify potential abuse cases. The committee then voted on the bill, with members explaining their votes before the meeting moved toward final action on the measure.

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• To be voted on next week, base salary 675,000.
• I am going to vote for region selection.
• I am going to vote for region selection.
• And with that, I ask for a green vote.
• Olson votes yes. Olson votes aye. The clerk will close the roll.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Anderson votes I Senator Anderson votes Anderson votes I Senator Anderson votes I<00:22:35.880><
• [Music] All senators having voted, who desires to vote?
• Senator Anderson votes aye. Senator Miller votes aye.
• All senators having voted, who desires to vote? The secretary will close the roll.
• Senator Anderson votes aye. Senator Miller votes aye.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• <00:01:49.479> Yes for the vote chair elepante I I vote Yes for the vote chair elepante I
• Okay, if not, Vice Chair, for the vote. Chair votes aye. Vice Chair votes yes. Senator Faga? Aye.
• Okay, if not, Vice Chair, for the vote. Chair votes aye. Vice Chair votes yes. Senator Faga, aye.
• <00:28:58.440> of<00:28:58.519> all votes I voting the presence of all votes I voting
• Okay, if not, Vice Chair, for the vote. The vote.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs met on January 29, 2025, and first took up deferred SB 259 on record keeping. The chair said Honu Police Department had submitted support, and the committee recommended passage with amendments, including a technical change to the effective date on page 4, line 6 to July 1, 2077. Vice Chair Elefante voted yes; Senators Fevella and Rhoads were excused; the recommendation was adopted. The committee then heard SB 603 and SB 608, both relating to veterans benefits consulting and compensation. The Attorney General’s office recommended amendments to address First Amendment, Contracts Clause, and savings-clause issues, and testimony was mixed, with several supporters from veterans-related organizations and several opponents, including some testifiers from the public and industry groups. The committee later adopted chair recommendations to pass both bills with amendments, including preambles about protecting veteran consumers from misleading or unfair practices, savings clauses, and effective-date changes to July 1, 2077. SB 601, relating to law enforcement search notices and securing entrances, drew support from the Office of the Public Defender and a private citizen who described the bill as a response to warrantless searches and a transparency measure; there was also opposition from Maui County police and one other testifier. The committee then moved to SB 871 on arson, where the Department of the Attorney General raised drafting and constitutional concerns and the Public Defender opposed the measure as vague, overbroad, and creating problematic sentencing provisions, while HPD supported it as a public-safety tool. The chair ultimately recommended SB 871 pass with amendments softening mandatory language, adding parole language, and changing the effective date to July 1, 2077; the recommendation was adopted. The final measures were SB 1130, exempting certain construction rebuilding materials from general excise tax in federally declared disaster areas, and SB 104, restricting solitary confinement in correctional facilities. The Department of Taxation requested third-party certification and a later effective date, and the committee adopted amendments reflecting those requests and moving the effective date to January 1, 2026. On SB 104, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation opposed the bill, citing staff assaults and existing policy updates, while the Oversight Commission, Public Defender, and multiple advocates supported it as a safeguard with oversight and due process protections. The committee passed SB 104 with amendments, including adopting the commission’s definition language, changing terminology to “restrictive housing,” and setting the effective date to July 1, 2077.

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• Voting aye: Senator Anderson, Barlo, Cooper, Papus. Voting no: Senator Cole.
• Voting aye: Senator Anderson, Barlo, Cooper, Papus. Voting no: Senator Cole.
• Papus voting no. Senator Cole signed Papus voting no.
• Closing vote. >> No. Closing vote. >> No.
• vote on the amendment. vote on the amendment.

Keywords: 916, all

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• Turner votes a stirrup on side, Russy wounds walksi. Appears all present voted.
• President Williams votes a. Isa Timmonins votes aye. Where iturner.
• Williams folks immons votes a. Turner votes eye offer. All president voted for 6 ya0 nay.
• Folks, Imman's votes are Or is it some for votes? Nay. Li, yeah. All present.
• Folks, Humphrey votes. All present. Vote all president counted for 60 nay.

Bills: SB1213, SB1221, SB1636, SB1687, SB1772, SB1932, SB2062

Keywords: SB1213, earned credits, inmate credits, good time, sentence reduction, Department of Corrections, DOC, prison reform, corrections policy, inmate classification, class levels, rehabilitation credits, achievement credits, vocational training, educational credits, prison programs, public safety, violent offenders, violent crime exclusions, sex offense exclusions

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• I respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you.
• I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
• Respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you.
• I respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you.
• We respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• They will be voted on as a group.
• We urge an aye vote.
• Mary Succi not voting. Mr. Hoover, aye. Addis? Not voting. Mayor Succi, not voting. Hoover, aye.
• Adis not voting. Alvarez aye. Bonta not voting. Castillo aye. Garcia aye. Garcia no.
• Lowenthal not voting. Patel, not voting. I have an obligation. Okay.

Summary: The Assembly Education Committee heard AB 84, a charter school accountability measure focused on non-classroom-based charter schools and fraud prevention. The author and supporters said the bill was intended to respond to the A3 charter fraud case and related scandals by strengthening audits, transparency, authorizer oversight, and funding determination rules, while ensuring public education dollars are used for public education. Supporters included FCMAT, CSEA, CTA, and CSBA, who argued the bill would improve oversight and protect taxpayers. Opponents, including the California Charter Schools Association, Green Dot, many charter parents, educators, and charter operators, said the bill was too broad, would impose major new costs and bureaucracy on all charter schools, and could reduce options for families, especially those using flexible, homeschool, or special-needs charter programs. After extensive testimony and committee discussion, the bill passed on a 5-1 vote and was sent to Appropriations, with the item left open for additional votes. The committee then approved a consent calendar of 11 education bills, including AB 542, AB 563, AB 731, AB 753, AB 784, AB 964, AB 988, AB 1034, AB 1233, AB 1255, and AB 1381, all moving to Appropriations. The consent calendar passed unanimously. Later, the committee heard AB 1454, a literacy and reading instruction bill authored by Assembly Members Rubio and Revis. The bill would require the state to create professional development resources for evidence-based literacy instruction, update English language arts and English language development instructional materials, and revise administrator preparation standards to include literacy training. The authors and a broad coalition of supporters, including CTA, EdVoice, Families in Schools, Decoding Dyslexia, school administrators, and parent advocates, described the measure as a compromise aimed at improving reading outcomes and addressing California’s literacy crisis. There was no opposition testimony at the hearing, and members voiced strong support for the bill and its collaborative approach.

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• <01:01:47.200> on vote thank you chair uh voting on vote thank you chair uh voting on sb125
• <01:02:07.119> unless this vote and any further votes unless this vote and any further votes
• Seeing none, Vice Chair, for the vote. Voting on SB 1099 HD1.
• Seeing none, Vice Chair, for the vote. Voting on SB 1582.
• Representative Loen votes aye. Representative Peruso votes aye. Representative Quinlan votes aye.

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• Alanis: not voting. Gonzalez: aye. Haney. Harabedian. Lackey: not voting. Winn: aye. Ramos: aye.
• Not voting? Ramos not voting. Sharp Collins. Sharp Collins, aye. All right, congratulations.
• Not voting. Lackey not voting. Wynn? Ramos? Aye. Ramos? Sharp Collins.
• Not voting. Lackey, not voting. Weng? Aye. Ramos? Sharp-Collins? Aye. Sharp-Collins, aye.
• Not voting. When not voting. That measure now passes. AB 799 was on consent.

Summary: The committee heard several public safety and criminal justice bills. AB 837 by Assemblymember Davies would add ketamine transportation to existing drug trafficking law; supporters, including district attorneys and peace officer groups, said it would address a growing and dangerous drug trend, while opponents argued increased penalties do not reduce drug supply and can worsen health harms. The bill was approved on a due-pass-as-amended vote and sent to Appropriations. AB 352 by Assemblymember Pacheco would make threats against judges and court commissioners an aggravating factor in sentencing; judicial and law enforcement groups supported it as a response to rising threats, while ACLU and criminal justice advocates said existing law already covers threats and the bill is unnecessary. It also passed to Appropriations. The committee then took up AB 938 by Assemblymember Bonta, which expands vacatur and affirmative-defense relief for survivors of human trafficking, intimate partner violence, and sexual violence, including for some violent offenses. Survivors and advocates testified that the bill would allow people coerced into crimes to tell their full stories and seek relief, while district attorneys and sheriffs warned it could sweep too broadly and affect public safety. The chair and several members strongly supported the measure, and it passed as amended to Appropriations. AB 475 by Assemblymember Wilson would make prison work assignments voluntary and is tied to a broader effort to remove involuntary servitude language from the state constitution; supporters framed it as a rehabilitation and dignity issue, while one member objected to the premise and cited the defeat of a related ballot measure. The bill was voted out to Appropriations but left on call pending additional votes. Assemblymember Lowenthal presented AB 704, which would allow people convicted of low-level offenses before age 26 to petition to seal and destroy records after a waiting period. Supporters said the bill addresses the limits of expungement in the digital age and recognizes young adult brain development; prosecutors and police groups raised Brady/disclosure concerns and objected to treating 18- to 25-year-olds like children. The committee debated those issues at length before sending the bill to Appropriations. Lowenthal also presented AB 812, which would expand resentencing opportunities for incarcerated firefighters who serve on conservation fire crews; supporters emphasized rehabilitation, wildfire response, and reduced recidivism, and the hearing continued with support testimony and the start of opposition testimony as the transcript ended.

Transcript Highlights:

• So I'm going to vote green on this.
• So I'm going to vote intelligently.
• I will be voting yes.
• I will be voting yes.
• Olson votes yes. Olson votes aye. The clerk will close the roll.

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• Senator Deneen: Explain my vote.
• Senator Webb then explained his vote as yes.
• Senator Webb explained his yes vote.
• not trying to vote v a vote Boswell not trying to vote v a vote Boswell wouldn't<00:10:07.240>
• Senator Yates, I believe you had wanted to register some votes.

Keywords: 00:00 – Introduction 00:45 – Attendance Roll Call 02:09 – House Bill 216 03:15 – Roll Call Vote 04:06 – Senate Bill 122 05:42 – Roll Call Vote 08:43 – House Bill 391 17:25 – Roll Call Vote, 958, all

Summary: The Senate Standing Committee on Agriculture met with a quorum and opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and roll call. The committee first considered House Bill 216, which would correct a conflict created when an office was moved into the Department of Agriculture by restoring grant and loan eligibility for Department of Agriculture employees while keeping the prohibition in place for employees of the office of policy. The bill was approved unanimously and sent on to the Senate floor. The committee then revisited Senate Bill 122 after concerns from the prior meeting. Members adopted a committee substitute that clarified local governments may regulate the covered businesses but not ban them outright, and that fines and fees go back to the local authorities doing the regulating. During final consideration, Senator Deneen, Senator Reed, and Senator Richardson voted no, citing concerns about enforcement, inspection, and potential bad actors, while Senator Webb supported the bill as a needed regulatory scheme. The motion passed and the bill advanced. House Bill 391, dealing with Kentucky honey production, was also approved. Representative Jason Nemes and industry witnesses said the bill would raise the threshold for requiring a certified honey house from 150 gallons to 500 gallons, add language requiring “pure and unadulterated” Kentucky-produced honey, and support local beekeepers without creating additional public health risk. Members discussed whether the limit should be removed entirely, the cost of honey houses, and concerns about imported or adulterated honey. The committee passed the bill to the Senate floor. Senator Yates later registered a no vote on Senate Bill 122 and yes votes on House Bill 216 and Senate Bill 171, though Senate Bill 171 was passed over for further work and not heard that day.

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• > Vote.
• The gentleman is recognized and asks for a recorded vote. A recorded vote is requested.
• Members will record their votes by electronic device. This is a 15-minute vote.
• Members record their vote by electronic device. This is a five-minute vote.
• [Music] Have all members voted? Does any member wish to change their vote?

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, January 22, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• Chair votes aye. Vice Chair votes aye. Senator Keohokalole aye. Senator Rhodess aye.
• Chair votes I. Vice with amendments. Chair votes I.
• <00:22:35.600> Senator chair votes I. Senator Decoy I. Senator chair votes I.
• Vice Chair, for the vote, please proceed. Pass with amendments. Okay. Voting on SCR 19.
• Vice chair for the vote, please proceed. Vice chair for the vote, please proceed.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Health, Human Services, and Agriculture and Environment heard testimony on SR 85, which requests the Department of Health to form a working group on solid waste management, and on SCR 19, which asks the Tax Review Commission to identify ways to implement Hawaii’s long-term care financing program. SR 85 drew broad support from the Department of Health, the Board of Water Supply, environmental groups, and numerous individuals, with one commenter asking that a military representative be added to address possible landfill use of military lands. For SCR 19, testimony came in support from the Executive Office on Aging and another supporter. For SR 85, the chair recommended passage with amendments. The amendments revised landfill-location language, removed certain lines, expanded the report’s scope to include materials management policies, environmental protections, and alternative technologies for waste that cannot be recycled or composted, and changed the working group membership language to include representatives from specified sectors. The committee also agreed to add invited participants such as Zero Waste USA, the reuse and deconstruction industries, a landfill leachate expert, a unit-based pricing expert, and a military representative, and to require the governor or designee to convene the initial meeting. The committee adopted the recommendation by vote, with members voting aye and one member excused. For SCR 19, the chair recommended passage with an amendment adding reference to findings in a 1991 report on financing long-term care. The committee approved the measure with amendments by vote, again with members voting aye and one member excused. The joint session then adjourned.

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• By your vote, CS for SB 280 is reported favorably.
• By your vote, CS for SB 106 is reported favorably.
• By your vote, SB 402 is reported favorably.
• By your vote? SB 7,000 is Vice Chair Pasidomo? Yes. By your vote, SB 7000 is reported favorably.
• By your vote, SB 7006 is reported favorably.

Summary: The Senate Committee on Rules met and considered a series of bills, beginning with CS/CS/SB 282 on home and service warranty association financial requirements. The bill would allow more than one collateral liability insurance policy to back a warranty license and make related financial requirement changes; an amendment clarifying policy options was adopted, and the bill was reported favorably. The committee also approved CS/SB 280 on candidate qualification, which creates an enforceable requirement and private right of action for party-affiliation qualification rules, and SB 7004, an open government sunset review bill that continues a public records exemption related to housing assistance program applicants or participants after disasters. The committee then took up several member bills. CS/CS/CS/SB 88 would create an opt-in framework for local governments to allow utility terrain vehicles on certain roads, with safety requirements and insurance clarification added by amendment; supporters emphasized local transportation benefits and law enforcement tools, while several senators raised concerns about misuse in urban areas, and the bill was reported favorably. CS/SB 106 would allow substitute service through the same electronic platform used by scammers in vulnerable adult exploitation cases, with a 30-day hold clarified by amendment; it received support from elder law and advocacy groups and was reported favorably. CS/CS/SB 262 made technical changes to the Florida Trust Code, including decanting, trustee actions, ademption by satisfaction, and homestead/community property trust treatment, and was also reported favorably. Additional bills approved included SB 402, which updates the unlawful use of uniforms, medals, or insignia statute by referring to armed forces as defined elsewhere in law; SB 700, which continues the public records exemption for site-specific location information for threatened and endangered species; and SB 7006, which preserves public records and meeting exemptions for building plans and related documents depicting 911, E911, and public safety radio communication infrastructure, including next-generation 911 systems. At the end of the meeting, senators requested to be recorded as voting in the affirmative on certain bills, and the committee adjourned without objection.

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• Um is vote on that one at the same time.
• Um, and I really is an easy vote.
• That feels like an easy vote.
• That feels like an easy vote. have seen. That feels like an easy vote.
• Please vote yes.

Bills: HF4077, HF3798, HF3886

Keywords: municipal nondisclosure agreement, NDA, public records, transparency, local government, county, city, town, school district, housing and redevelopment authority, economic development authority, port authority, economic development, land development, public financing, tax increment financing, TIF, abatement, municipal bonds, debt obligations

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• vote for the house? Yes, please. Okay. vote for the house? Yes, please. Okay.
• So, I'm prepared to vote on a CD1 that reflects that.
• the vote for the house? Yes please. the vote for the house? Yes please.
• <02:35:48.240> No<02:35:48.479> vote. Hi. And member Garcia. No vote. Hi.
• No vote.

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• President, has everyone recorded their vote? Anyone wish to change their vote, explain their vote?
• President, has everyone recorded their vote? Anyone wish to change their vote, explain their vote?
• President, has anyone recorded their vote? Anyone wish to change their vote, explain their vote?
• President, has anyone recorded their vote? Anyone wish to change their vote, explain their vote?
• President, has everyone recorded their vote? Any wish to change their vote? Explain their vote.

Keywords: Senate streaming session for Tuesday, February 24, 2026, 960, senate, all

Summary: The Senate convened with an invocation by Reverend Jod Gun, whose prayer was journalized by unanimous consent. The chamber then recognized several guests, including representatives from the National Alliance on Mental Illness, who were present for a resolution honoring Tardive Dyskinesia Awareness Week, as well as former Delegate and physician Dan Moheim, Towson University students, a veteran guest, and parents and young children visiting for Maryland Family Network’s Day in Annapolis. The Senate adopted a resolution recognizing the National Alliance on Mental Illness for its advocacy on tardive dyskinesia screening, early detection, and treatment, and designated May 5–9 as Tardive Dyskinesia Awareness Week. The resolution was read and adopted without objection. The chamber also unanimously welcomed the guest groups and thanked them for their service and advocacy. In second-reader action, the Senate advanced several bills with committee amendments adopted without objection. Senate Bill 113, the Longevity Ready Maryland Act, was amended to refine aging-related planning, website reporting, and Commission on Aging membership, then ordered to third reading. Senate Bill 123 updated the membership of the Oversight Committee on Quality of Care in nursing homes and assisted living facilities and was also sent to third reading. Senate Bill 336 extended the Task Force on the Responsible Use of Natural Psychedelic Substances for one year and added an HBCU representative. Senate Bill 394 expanded expedited partner therapy to bacterial vaginosis and added licensed certified midwives as authorized practitioners. Senate Bill 444 changed certificate-of-need requirements for certain intermediate care facilities, and Senate Bill 461 conformed the SNAP Heat and Eat Program to federal eligibility rules; both were advanced to third reading. The Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee then took up Senate Bill 108, which would authorize the Maryland Department of the Environment to impose administrative penalties for certain water, wetlands, dam, and riparian-rights violations and expand administrative enforcement tools. Several senators raised concerns about the scope of the bill, its effect on shoreline restoration, dams, stormwater and wetlands enforcement, and whether it could allow penalties without adequate process or encourage payment instead of correction. The floor leader responded that the amendment requires notice, an informal meeting, and consideration of good-faith efforts before penalties are imposed in certain cases, and said the bill does not change permit requirements. The debate continued as members sought clarification on how the bill would apply to private dams, HOAs, farmers, and shoreline projects.