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• requirements experiments just...
• These work requirements experiments just lead to loss of care.
• You mentioned something about electric charging stations.
• The charging station might be operated by publics.
• or not plugging into a charging station.

Bills: S0006 , S0026 , S0206 , S0532 , S0576 , S1012 , S1110 , S1178 , S1192 , S1758 , S1760 , S7046 , S7048

Committee: Senate Appropriations

Keywords: child welfare, negligence, settlement, injury compensation, Department of Children and Families, motorcycle accident, compensation, Department of Transportation, legal claim, autism, autism spectrum disorder, ASD, special education, exceptional student education, ESE, teacher preparation, educator certification, micro-credential, loan forgiveness, student loan repayment

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• There are over 9,000 low-water crossings, hospitals, fire stations, police stations, schools, medical
• These stations, along with over 3,700 partner stations, are shown at TexasMesonet.org.
• system remote station.
• In your experience and having worked with...
• All right, and what experience do y'all have with FEMA?

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• Does that mean a gas station, a grocery store, a hardware store?
• So it was a learning experience, but that's part of it. Thank you, Madam Chair.
• Because I don't think you have a tribal station here. No.
• Store with gas stations and a laundromat, because he had a gas station in the store, but I don't think
• Experience where none of my history was taught to me in school.

Committee: House House Government, Elections & Indian Affairs

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• Cleanup sites range in size and complexity, from small roadside spills to commercial gas stations, dry
• He's been at the station since 1970, and we're working through that.
• As shown in this very crude illustration that I made, in my... ...professional experience, the actual
• However, in my experience, the vast majority of cleanups have minimal environmental and human health
• For weather stations, we have a total of 39, three more planned for this year, and then another 22 to

Summary: The committee first heard updates on the Model Toxics Control Act (MTCA) and related funding. Department of Ecology staff explained how MTCA and the hazardous substance tax support cleanup, prevention, stormwater, and local assistance programs, but said forecasted revenues have declined while appropriations and transfers have outpaced incoming funds. Ecology said the operating account will require underspending to stay balanced this biennium and that the problem is ongoing, with further reductions possible if forecasts worsen. Ecology also reviewed the state cleanup program, noting there are more than 14,500 cleanup sites in Washington and that new sites continue to be discovered faster than they are cleaned up. A question from Representative Lee raised the long-term issue of declining fossil-fuel-based revenue, and Ecology agreed that this is a future structural concern even though the current shortfall is driven more by forecasts and transfers than by fuel-use decline. The Pollution Liability Insurance Agency described its underground storage tank and heating oil programs, saying it has modernized from a reinsurance model to a financial assurance model with stronger state oversight and cleanup milestones. Russ Olson said the agency’s dedicated petroleum tax account is in strong financial condition, but emphasized the importance of preserving that funding source. He also discussed the loan and grant program for historic commercial releases and a new heating oil loan/grant program, while noting the agency is working on equity concerns where liens can be disproportionate to property values in smaller communities. Practitioners and advocates then offered differing views on MTCA’s performance: one attorney urged a collaborative review process to make cleanups faster, less expensive, and more certain, while another consultant argued the program is too conservative and process-heavy and should focus more narrowly on actual exposure and realistic cleanup standards. Environmental and community groups countered that MTCA is essential for cleanup, pollution prevention, stormwater control, and public participation, and that it is especially important for environmental justice communities such as the Duwamish Valley. Port and city representatives stressed that MTCA grants and cleanup funding are critical for large redevelopment projects, but said long timelines, permitting delays, and funding uncertainty can slow projects and jeopardize commitments. The committee then shifted to utility wildfire risk. Staff summarized recent legislation, including requirements for utility wildfire mitigation plans, creation of a wildfire mitigation standards work group, authorization for captive insurance by local governments and PUDs, securitization authority for disaster costs, and the existing wildfire response and resilience account. Chelan County PUD and Puget Sound Energy described extensive mitigation efforts such as vegetation management, grid hardening, undergrounding, AI smoke cameras, weather stations, enhanced operating settings, public safety power shutoffs, and community outreach. Both said wildfire risk is rising and insurance costs are increasing, and Chelan PUD asked the Legislature to restore funding to the wildfire response and resilience account. The Office of the Insurance Commissioner said a 2022 utility liability market study found insurance availability is tightening as perceived risk rises, and reported that a 2025 work group recommended restoring community resilience funding, requiring insurers to share wildfire risk scores and mitigation steps with property owners, and creating a grant program based on insurance industry wildfire standards. A PNNL scientist added that wildfire probability is increasing in parts of Washington and that mitigation requires long-term, landscape-scale coordination. The final speaker began describing California’s approach to wildfire risk, but the transcript cuts off before that presentation concluded.

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• Now, that was just our experience. Yeah. Thank you. I appreciate that.
• Now, that was just our experience. Yeah. Thank you. I appreciate that.
• talk about that from their company's experience, California, I think, is generating regulatory experience
• We did a similar experiment looking at the I-5 corridor near Sacramento.
• And I guess my question would be: human drivers experience years behind the wheel.

Summary: The Assembly Transportation Committee heard an informational hearing on California’s newly finalized autonomous vehicle regulations, with DMV and CHP officials describing the updated framework and committee members pressing them on safety, enforcement, and first-responder impacts. DMV said the rules, effective April 28, 2026, expand reporting, create a phased permitting system from testing to deployment, add requirements for safety cases, remote operations, and first-responder coordination, and open a path for heavy-duty AV testing and deployment while still prohibiting oversized loads and hazardous materials. CHP said it worked with DMV on enforcement tools, first-responder interaction plans, and training local agencies on the new notice of noncompliance process. Members asked about crash data, immobilizations, freeway and construction-zone safety, weigh-station enforcement, and whether foreign licenses can qualify for remote assistants or drivers; DMV and CHP said the rules are intended to keep AVs accountable and that heavy-duty AVs will be held to the same roadway standards as human-driven commercial vehicles. A second panel focused on data collection and enforcement. Consumer attorneys argued the prior rules were too limited because DMV stopped collecting meaningful data once AVs moved from testing to deployment, making it difficult for the public and litigants to understand incidents; they supported the new regulations but urged that the collected information be made public. The industry association said California now has the nation’s most robust AV oversight, with monthly or quarterly reporting of collisions, system failures, immobilizations, harsh braking, vehicle miles traveled, and notices of noncompliance, plus broad DMV authority to restrict or suspend operations. In response to questions, the industry said it generally supports the new framework, believes the regulations are clear, and does not favor full federal preemption of state AV rules, though it wants federal standards for design, construction, and performance. A third panel addressed first-responder interaction and remote operations. The San Francisco Fire Department described repeated AV interference with emergency scenes and said AVs have generated hundreds of “sleeper calls,” where passengers fall asleep and trigger 911 responses; the department said these incidents consume significant staff time and it wants better protocols to reduce unnecessary dispatches. Waymo said it has trained thousands of public-safety personnel, maintains a 24/7 emergency line, uses geofencing/avoid-the-area messages, and can allow first responders to manually override or move vehicles when needed. Committee members asked about sleeper-call prevention, remote assistant licensing and drug testing, communication redundancies during outages, and how manual overrides work for vehicles without traditional controls; Waymo said it is collaborating with responders and that its vehicles are designed to reach a safe stop if connectivity is lost. The final panel began with testimony on heavy-duty autonomous vehicles. A transportation researcher said freight is essential to California’s economy and that heavy-duty AVs pose distinct safety risks because of their weight, stopping distance, and the potentially severe consequences of crashes or immobilizations on highways. He said the new regulations are important because they create a regulated pathway for heavy-duty AV deployment, require a safety case, set mileage thresholds, and add reporting categories that can serve as leading safety indicators. The hearing was still in progress when the transcript ended, with additional testimony expected from labor and industry witnesses on heavy-duty AV deployment.

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• a paid work experience at that.
• And this is just firsthand experience.
• You can see this action in your own experiences.
• But the gas station weed is a real problem.
• But the gas station weed is a real problem.

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Ways and Means

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• in advancing clean transportation, including streamlined approvals for electric vehicle charging stations
• existing law that has prevented local governments from streamlining the approval of EV charging stations
• It recognizes a simple point: training and experience as a federal immigration enforcement officer is
• We understand Senator Menjivar's bill comes from a frustrating personal experience, and we appreciate
• stations and such, is not livable.

Committee: House Appropriations

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• Voting stations press the red button.
• Voting stations are open for 30 seconds. Voting stations are open for 30 seconds.
• Voting stations press the red button.
• Voting stations press the red button.
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• AI is a new, rapidly developing technology that we are still experimenting with.
• And I'm glad I had experience. Thank you.
• And I saw through those experiences the bias that happened in the health care space.
• Gas station heroin is often sold over the counter at retail establishments such as gas stations, tobacco
• Her experience is an isolated incident.

Committee: Senate Health

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• ... ...on the board as a member who represents the livestock industry and has knowledge and experience
• Water policy should be driven by sound science and technical experience. I vote no. I vote no.
• I know for a fact that they already put out hand-washing stations at these things.
• Station.
• In the bill, we do have this as a line item for the 11 experiment stations, and so this does touch all

Committee: Senate Senate Natural Resources Committee of Reference

Summary: The committee approved the minutes from February 3 and February 10, 2026, then heard two nominations. Jessica Manuel was introduced as a nominee to the Arizona Game and Fish Commission. She described a science-focused background and experience with state and multi-agency work, and members discussed wildlife management, including gray wolves and conservation. The committee voted 8-0 to recommend her confirmation. Stephen Williams was then introduced as a nominee to the Arizona Livestock Loss Board. He emphasized his experience with the State Land Department and livestock operators, and members asked about compensation claims and wolf-related livestock losses. The committee voted unanimously to recommend his confirmation as well. The committee next considered SB 1785, which would codify ADWR’s existing one-mile safe-harbor policy for recovery wells near groundwater storage facilities. Supporters said it would provide certainty and preserve current practice, while ADWR requested clarifying language about the bill’s definitions. Opponents argued it would lock current policy into statute and could reduce flexibility. The bill received a 5-3 do-pass recommendation. SB 1082, which would impose sanitation and handwashing requirements on petting zoos and similar animal encounter exhibits, drew emotional testimony from a parent advocate describing children hospitalized with STEC HUS after a state fair petting zoo exposure, while opponents said the bill was unnecessary and overly burdensome. The committee adopted the sponsor’s amendment but then deadlocked 4-4, so the bill failed. The committee then took up SB 1336, a continuation and reform bill for the Arizona State Land Department that also created a temporary oversight committee and, through a large amendment, added lease, notice, and committee-structure changes. Supporters from mining and agriculture backed the measure as a way to improve predictability and transparency, while some members objected to the amendment’s scope and the committee’s composition. The amendment passed 4-3 and the bill as amended was recommended 6-2. SB 1200, an emergency measure directing ADWR to revisit certain Phoenix AMA assured water supply applications using older groundwater models, was supported by the sponsor but opposed by CAP/GRD and ADWR, who warned it would add replenishment obligations and rely on outdated models; it passed 5-3. SB 1335, requiring the Arizona Water Banking Authority Commission to post its annual report online, passed 7-0-1. SB 1559, creating rural groundwater management work groups in each basin with NRCD involvement and annual reporting to ADWR, drew support from conservation district representatives and opposition from Mohave County interests concerned it would not address overpumping; it passed 5-3. Finally, SB 1761, appropriating $47.7 million to the University of Arizona for its desert agriculture, Cooperative Extension, and experiment station programs, was presented as a land-grant mission funding measure and received broad support from agriculture and several members, with some concerns about budget priorities and the size of the appropriation.

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• Right, and we've had experience with cannabis oil for epileptics, you know.
• This is referred to on the street as gas station heroin.
• What has been your experience?
• I'm not going to experiment on my patients by being the 25th.
• We know from the experiments in other states that so-called recreational marijuana is a failed experiment

Bills: SB5 , SB11 , SB12 , SB 5 , SB 11 , SB 12

Committee: Senate State Affairs

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• a paid work experience at that.
• And this is just firsthand experience.
• And this is just firsthand experience.
• You can see this in your own experiences.
• But the gas station weed is a real problem.

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Ways and Means

Summary: The hearing in Barnstable opened with remarks from the House and Senate co-chairs about the importance of holding Ways and Means budget hearings on the Cape, especially given the region’s seasonal economy and infrastructure needs. The committee then heard testimony from Labor and Workforce Development Secretary Lauren Jones on the governor’s FY27 budget proposal. She highlighted funding for workforce programs including the Workforce Competitiveness Trust Fund, Career Technical Initiative, registered apprenticeship, YouthWorks, reentry workforce programs, and services for young adults with disabilities. She also discussed MassHire career centers, the MassHire Innovation Project, and the Department of Unemployment Assistance modernization effort, noting improved call wait times and claims processing, but acknowledging continued challenges and federal funding uncertainty. Members asked about job-seeker barriers such as child care, housing, and transportation; domestic outmigration of young workers; youth work permits; unemployment insurance costs and the COVID assessment on employers; and the state’s unemployment rate and UI trust fund solvency. Jones and Undersecretary Josh Cutler explained the difference between workforce training funds and the unemployment trust fund, described the statewide trigger that extends unemployment benefits from 26 to 30 weeks when regional unemployment averages 5.2 percent, and said the administration is reviewing the trust fund with labor and business stakeholders. They also said the administration is trying to preserve front-line DUA staffing while shifting resources to customer service and adjudication, including a Friday adjudication pilot and seasonal hires. Senators and representatives also pressed the administration on regional equity in workforce funding, especially for Hampshire Franklin MassHire, which was described as serving a large rural area with fewer resources than other regions. Administration officials said they are reviewing MassHire funding formulas and modernizing the system with a policy committee and state workforce board input, but did not offer an immediate fix. The committee also heard that early childhood education apprenticeships are expanding quickly, with state funding leveraged to secure federal grants and support new Grow Awards. The hearing then moved to the Executive Office of Economic Development, where Secretary Eric Paley outlined House 2 proposals for economic development, including support for the Community One Stop for Growth, rural economic development, workforce partnerships, life sciences, advanced manufacturing, AI, small business assistance, tourism, and tax incentives. Undersecretary Leila D’Amilia followed with testimony on consumer affairs and business regulation, describing funding for consumer protection, banking oversight, occupational licensure, and public safety inspections.

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• She obtained her law degree, gaining significant experience in the Irish legal system.
• stations to look like.
• This is going to be targeting money to fix those experiment stations, which all three universities have
• access to do experiments.
• stations look like.

Summary: The Senate convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, recognized the doctor of the day and several guests, and then moved through a long floor agenda. Members received House messages, handled committee appointments, and considered a large number of bills in Committee of the Whole, including SB 1046 on information technology, SB 1066 on civil liability and fraudulent scientific research, SB 1332 on light rail expansion participation, and SB 1286 on veterinary prescriptions. Amendments were adopted on each of those measures, with SB 1332 drawing a notable objection from Senator Kuby over state interference in local transit decisions and preference for autonomous vehicles over light rail. SB 1286 was described as a compromise between stakeholders on electronic veterinary prescribing, including limits for antimicrobial drugs and longer windows for flea and tick medications. The Senate then took up third-reading votes on several bills. SB 1009 on school curriculum passed 16-10 after debate over AED training and whether it created an unfunded mandate. SB 1086 on the Arizona health care cost and payment system passed 18-8. SB 1317, appropriating money to the Attorney General for a coordinated jail reentry program, passed 22-4 amid discussion about the program’s success and concerns over the funding source. SB 1580, SB 1582, SB 1709, SB 1550, and SB 1761 also passed, with comments focusing on school safety funding, probation revocation for dangerous crimes against children, a Queen Creek-related appropriation, and university cooperative extension and experiment station needs. SB 1046 and SB 1286 later passed third reading as well. The chamber also paused for a St. Patrick’s Day recognition, welcoming Speaker Murphy of the Irish Parliament and reading a proclamation honoring Irish heritage and the Phoenix-Ireland relationship. Afterward, the Senate returned to business, received House requests to return HB 4027 and HB 2444 for reconsideration, heard a personal privilege statement on an ICE detention death, and announced upcoming committee meetings and caucus schedules. The Senate adjourned until Tuesday, March 17, 2026.

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• </c><00:30:50.360><c> You're</c> 40% of them need work experience.
• You're 40% of them need work experience.
• ><c> Enterprise</c> Our experience working with Enterprise Our experience working with Enterprise the
• This program would allow stations across our state to participate.
• Newsrooms want to hire people with this practical experience.

Committee: Senate Jobs and Economic Development

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• ><c> about</c><01:52:34.440><c> $9</c> In Minnesota stations lost about $9 In Minnesota stations lost
• Local stations in share messaging.
• </c> experiences with this this entity. experiences with this this entity.
• </c> these rural greater Minnesota stations these rural greater Minnesota stations are<01:56:14.040><
• </c> Greater Minnesota stations. Greater Minnesota stations. Thank<01:57:02.920><c> you.

Committee: Senate State and Local Government

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• Oklahoma City stations.
• You're gonna see stations from Amarillo or you're gonna see stations from Kansas along the border when
• you're Looking at Altus and some of those stations, you're gonna get Fort Worth TV.
• The only station that covers all 77 is OETA.
• There are certain days of the week where we are the number one broadcast station in the country.

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• A $30 million decrease in GR for the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, or TEE, is for one-time
• The hypersonic wind tunnel is with the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station.
• One example is a pilot project that we conducted at our Corpus Christi experiment station where scientists
• Alright, we'll call on the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, Dr. Bishop, Director.
• Robert Bishop, the agency's director for the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, also known as

Bills: SB1 , SB 1

Committee: Senate Finance

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• Thank you for being here and thank you for telling us your experience and your family's experience.
• We packaged together some of their experiences.
• You will never see an experience.
• It is in every gas station. It is in every CBD store.
• It has been a life-changing experience for me and my family.

Bills: SB3 , SB810 , SB965 , SB1073 , SB1119 , SB1505 , SB 3

Committee: Senate State Affairs

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• So, someone has to drive to the station in a personal car? Personal car covered? Mr.
• If that person is driving a car to get to the station or...
• So, someone has to drive to the station in a personal car? Personal car covered? Mr.
• If that person is driving a car to get to the station or...
• They wouldn't need to go out of their way to the fire station.

Bills: HB2089 , HB2090 , HB2092 , HB2120 , HB2138 , HB2173 , HB2273 , HB2693 , HB2786

Committees: Senate Finance , Senate Senate Finance Committee of Reference

Keywords: retirement benefits, health insurance, premium payment, Arizona State Retirement System, contingent annuitant, long-term disability, benefits limitations, disability compensation, social security, retirement system, elected officials, ASRS, eligibility waiver, age 65, property tax exemption, disability, veterans, widows, income limits, Arizona Revised Statutes

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• They are not, quote, gas station heroin.
• They are not, quote, gas station heroin.
• ... ...misnomer of gas station heroin when it comes to 7-OH.
• And from my personal experience, I use it. I use it for my bipolar disorder.
• I don't want it to be at the gas station.

Committees: House Emerging Issues , House Emerging Issues and Professional Registration