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• may be beneficially interested in any contract made by the officer or under their supervision, but contains
• This bill contains everything that was in the striker the committee heard on Thursday.
• directs WSDA to develop a statewide food security strategy and to monitor food system performance, and contains
• It repeals Initiative 456, which passed in 1984, and contains several declarations relating to management

Bills: HB2104 , HB2223 , HB2348 , HB2554 , HB2619

Committee: Senate Agriculture & Natural Resources

Keywords: aviation, wildland fires, funding, disaster relief, emergency response, irrigation, district director, contracts, beneficial interests, agriculture, timber sales, land sales, process efficiency, legislation, department language, tribal rights, fishing rights, salmon management, state-tribal agreements, natural resources

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• may be beneficially interested in any contract made by the officer or under their supervision, but contains
• This bill contains everything that was in the striker the committee heard on Thursday.
• directs WSDA to develop a statewide food security strategy and to monitor food system performance, and contains
• That contains several declarations relating to management of salmon and steelhead resources and treaty

Summary: The Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee reviewed several House bills in executive session. Staff briefed bills on aviation assurances for wildland fire response (HB 2104), derelict vessels (HB 2199), irrigation district director spouse employment conflicts (HB 2223), statewide food security strategy (HB 2238), water quality and game farms (HB 2343), timber sales efficiencies (HB 2348), treaty reserve fishing rights and repeal of Initiative 456 (HB 2554), and a task force on reducing regulatory stress in agriculture (HB 2619). Members noted that HB 2238 had been heard previously as a striker but was now being considered as the engrossed substitute. Several bills had no amendments and little or no fiscal impact, while others carried modest fiscal notes. The committee took action on most bills: HB 2104, HB 2199, HB 2238, HB 2348, HB 2554, and HB 2619 all received due pass recommendations and were sent either to Ways and Means or Rules, with votes recorded by voice and no opposition noted. The committee took no action on HB 2223 or HB 2343. Members also thanked staff and acknowledged departing senators for their service. In the work session, the Washington State Department of Agriculture presented an overview of the 2024 local farms, workers, and food overtime reimbursement grant. WSDA described how it used targeted outreach, cross-agency coordination, and a streamlined application to administer the one-time program, which reimbursed qualifying overtime wages for hand-harvest vegetable farms selling to local markets and schools. The agency reported that 24 farms received about $213,000 total, and members asked about lessons learned, including how the experience might inform future grant design and broader agricultural support programs.

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• The end goal would be a fully functional pilot that can get a big container ship up to Cedarport safely
• They currently do container ships. We do not do container ships, but we do cruise ships.
• With Project 11, when large container ships were coming online, the width of the channel...

Bills: HB2065 , HB2462 , HB2621 , HB3187 , HB3539 , HB3563 , HB3726 , HB4164 , HB4207 , HB4368 , HB4706 , HB4916 , HB4950 , HB4967 , HB5177 , HB4429 , HB5597

Committee: House Transportation

Keywords: commercial vehicles, parking regulations, residential areas, local governance, land use, traffic safety, high occupancy vehicle lane, pregnant operators, transportation, parental rights, motor vehicle regulations, live video feed, state agency, transparency, public safety, regional transportation, mobility program, sales tax, public infrastructure, local government

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• This requires budget summaries<00:02:44.640><c> to</c><00:02:44.800><c> contain</c><00:02:45.120><c>
• all</c><00:02:45.360><c> required</c> summaries to contain all required summaries to contain all required

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Summary: The Judiciary Committee met to take up several House bills and adopted recommendations on a number of them. HB 111, which would authorize civil claims against persons or businesses profiting from sexual exploitation or sex trafficking and extend the civil statute of limitations to 10 years, was recommended to pass unamended after discussion with the Attorney General’s office. HB 54, increasing penalties for repeated excessive speeding offenses, was recommended to pass with the Attorney General’s first suggested amendment requiring identification processing, including fingerprinting and photographing, for convicted violators unless already done. HB 70, dealing with condominium budget summaries and reserve requirements, was recommended to pass as amended, and HB 320, allowing supported decision-making agreements for qualified adults including those with disabilities, mental illness, or age 65 and older, was also recommended to pass as amended. These recommendations were adopted without objection, though some members noted reservations on HB 54 and HB 70. HB 239, which would clarify that inability to provide certain needs to a child due solely to lack of financial resources does not constitute abuse or neglect, was deferred to Thursday, April 3, at 10:00 a.m. HB 359, concerning covered offender registration and a proposed exemption related to sexual assault in the fourth degree, was recommended to pass with amendments deleting section 2 after concerns that the current statute already covers the issue and that the added language would create a title problem by addressing two topics. The committee adopted that recommendation. HB 412, establishing presumptions and expanding lobbying-related definitions for certain communications with government officials, was recommended to pass with an added clarification excluding purely informational, ceremonial, or routine relationship-building communications from the presumption; that recommendation was also adopted. HB 472, which would allow digitized identification cards to be accepted as valid identification and authorize law enforcement agencies to accept them under certain circumstances, was not decided. After a recess, the chair announced that everything after HB 412 would be deferred to Thursday, the 27th, at 10:30 p.m. in room 016, and the remaining items were postponed.

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• And then sections 9, 10, and 11 contain either technical or conforming changes for the other provisions
• lead and nickel at contain lead and nickel at concentrations<00:42:55.840><c> that</c><00:42:55.960>
• Um and then 0.1 0.14<01:14:55.360><c> contains</c> 0.14 contains 0.14 contains um um um markings<01:14
• Representative Finke, your bill has on line 1.14 contains conspicuous markings.
• </c> contains conspicuous markings. contains conspicuous markings.

Bills: HF3771 , HF3658 , HF3453 , HF3358 , HF1775

Committee: House Public Safety Finance and Policy

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• It contains special language. Thank you, Chair.
• It also contains special language.
• It contains special language. All right, special language.

Committee: All JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE

Summary: The committee first took up several subcommittee reports. The Claims Review Litigation Reports Oversight Subcommittee report was adopted after noting two Department of Corrections settlement reviews and one affirmed denial/dismissal by the Claims Commission. The JBC Personnel Subcommittee report was also adopted, covering governor’s letters and amendments, with items related to the Auditor of State and Lieutenant Governor sent back for further review and one Lieutenant Governor amendment not passing. Next, the peer review subcommittee report was adopted after discussion of various temporary appropriations, ARPA and infrastructure-related appropriations, reserve fund transfers, and a resource reallocation. Two DHS-related items were held, including a discretionary grants item and a contract with DHS and EMS/LINQ; one hold was later released after additional information was provided. A member asked about returned ARPA funds, and staff explained the money was being returned to the federal government because it was not fully expended within the federal time frame. The committee then discussed several bills and amendments with special language, including Senate Bills 63, 67, and 73 and House Bills 1089, 1090, and 1093, along with amendments to the Department of Health, the Office of the Treasurer, and the State Board of Election Commission. Leadership warned that holds on bills should be resolved by the following Thursday or be released, and members were encouraged to work with agencies and notify leadership if agencies were not responsive. The meeting then adjourned.

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• we are adding, um, this proposed project includes ground-disturbing activity on a property that contains
• we are adding, um, this proposed project includes ground-disturbing activity on a property that contains
• we are adding, um, this proposed project includes ground-disturbing activity on a property that contains
• We have a bill. on a property that contains previously on a property that contains previously identified

Bills: HB2241 , HB1163 , HB1514 , HB1696 , HB2021 , SB2135 , SB2466 , SB2727 , SB3082 , SB3097 , SB2861 , SCR100 , SB3096 , SB99 , SB2138 , HB2289 , HB2319 , HB1711 , HB2270 , SB3138 , SB3076 , HB1642 , HB2338 , HB2171 , HB1785 , SB2881 , HB2505 , SB2552 , HB1518 , HB1815 , SB3125 , SB3234 , SCR162 , SB2614 , SB3118 , SB2053 , SB2494 , SB2851 , SB3073 , HB1678 , HB1721 , HB2475 , HB2246 , HB1667 , HB1516 , SB2532 , SB3131 , SB3154 , HB2297 , HB1737 , SB2143 , SB2398 , SB2623 , HB1740 , HB1920 , HB1682 , SB2153 , SB3140 , HB2158 , HB1718 , HB2207 , HB1801 , SB3229 , SB2338 , SB3069 , SB2600 , HB2300 , HB1800 , HB1960 , SB2999 , SB2060 , SB2866 , SB2239 , HB1741 , HB1713 , HB2023 , HB2417 , SB2877 , SB2598 , SB2921 , SB2645 , HB2547 , HB2275 , HB2452 , HB2329 , HB2339 , HB1838 , HB1509 , HB1661 , HB2271 , HB2272 , HB2344 , HB1888 , HB1707 , SB2340 , HB2474 , HB1576 , HB1853 , HB1804 , HB1854 , HB2095 , HB2050 , HB472 , SB3215 , SB2247 , SB2400 , HB1618 , HB1802 , HB1969 , HB1541 , HB2310 , HB2498 , HB2443 , HB2218 , HB649 , HB2104 , HB1710 , SB2802 , HB1973 , HB1974 , HB1894 , HB1891 , HB1890 , SB177 , SB2101 , SB3320 , SB2487 , HB2429 , HB1870 , HB1839 , HB2583 , HB1391 , HB2094 , SB2671 , SB2673 , SB2892 , SB2057 , SB3245 , HB306 , HB2592 , SB3157 , SB3204 , SB3324 , SB2580 , SB2074 , SB411 , SB3025 , SB2934 , SB2567 , SB2125 , SB3238 , SB2367 , SB2599 , SB3007 , SB2001 , SB2756 , SB3029

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• And you've also said that they contain no THC or below the level identified.
• Products that were being offered as CBD products contained, on the labels that are not regulated, statements
• State lab tests have said that these products do contain THC, sometimes larger amounts of THC because
• certificates of analysis could be manipulated in many different types of ways to say that the products don't contain
• We have the ability to take that enforcement action if products do contain THC.

Committee: Senate Agricultural Affairs

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• On average tampons contained lead levels eight times higher than the federal limit for lead in drinking
• Products Right to Know Act, requiring manufacturers to list all intentionally added ingredients contained
• The recent testing that we found at Columbia University was that some tampon product contains zinc at
• for water providers who are in full compliance with an approved or pending chromium 6, Maximum Containment
• Our water supply contains naturally occurring chromium M6.

Committee: House Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials

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• The next step, which is contained in the sky blue ring, The next step, which is contained in the sky
• The blue columns contain the income and sales...
• The blue columns contain the income and sales for the domestic entities, while the green columns contain
• It actually does contain nominally foreign-source income in the context of subpart F income.
• I mean, we're not in 1983 for a container, and you're absolutely correct.

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• Madam Chair and members, Senate Bill 1086 requires contractors with the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment
• Madam Chair and members, Senate Bill 1086 requires contractors with the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment
• By the way, I'm sure it's not lost on you that in the name it says cost containment system. I know.
• The bill as written contains an emergency clause, which would require us to request approval from CMS
• The bill as written contains an emergency clause, which would require us to request approval from CMS

Bills: SB1086 , SB1193 , SB1318 , SB1345 , SB1346 , SB1451 , SB1496 , SB1611 , SB1630 , SB1631 , SB1632 , SB1672

Committees: Senate Health and Human Services , Senate Senate Health and Human Services COR

Keywords: reimbursement, healthcare, laboratory services, noncontracting providers, Arizona health care cost containment, personal identifying information, PII, privacy, confidential records, public records exemption, commercial disclosure, data privacy, licensure, certification, health professions, health care licensing, Arizona Department of Health Services, ADHS, emergency medical care technician, EMCT

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• But my understanding is that there are a number of issues that have been worked on and are contained
• The results of which are contained in this bill, and the reason why it has come down to the wire here
• But my understanding is that there are a number of issues that have been worked on and are contained
• The results of which are contained in this bill, and the reason why it has come down to the wire here
• But my understanding is that there are a number of issues that have been worked on and are contained

Committee: Senate Rules and Administration

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• And finally, in article two, on page 28, section 19 is Chair Noatne's House File 962, which contains
• And finally, in article two, on page 28, section 19 is Chair Noatne's House File 962, which contains
• It was also contained in House File 2603, which Representative Pinto carried.
• It was also contained in House File 2603, which Representative Pinto carried.
• It was also contained in House File 2603, which Representative Pinto carried.

Committee: House Public Safety Finance and Policy

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• That question contains a lot of hypotheticals that I would reject.
• First, he was not an illegal immigrant. ...contains a lot of hypotheticals that I would reject.
• I know that if you house, operate, or contain a jail, that you have to participate, and that's really
• Senator Gruders. that may contain a legal aliens. Senator Gruders.
• Like many of my Democratic colleagues, this bill contains strength.

Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the pledge, and a moment of silence honoring former Senator and Judge Thomas Gallen. The chamber then moved to special order items focused on immigration and related enforcement measures. Senate Memorial 6C, urging the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to provide guidance and training for 287(g) agreements, passed by voice vote. The Senate then took up Senate Bill 4C, an immigration measure that would impose a mandatory death penalty for unauthorized aliens convicted of capital felonies and create state crimes for illegal entry and re-entry. Senators Pizzo, Polsky, and Sharief raised concerns about constitutional issues, plea bargaining, trial and penalty-phase procedures, prosecutorial discretion, and the effect on victims’ families. Supporters, including Senators Fine and Gruters, argued the bill was a strong deterrent and a response to serious crimes committed by undocumented immigrants. The bill passed 25-11. The chamber next debated Senate Bill 2C, a broader immigration enforcement package. The bill would create a State Board of Immigration Enforcement, expand local-federal cooperation, fund detention and enforcement efforts, strengthen pretrial detention rules for unauthorized aliens, and end in-state tuition waivers for undocumented students. Senators Davis and Pizzo questioned enforcement mechanics, jurisdiction, bond procedures, and whether local agencies were actually mandated to participate; supporters said the bill was designed to maximize cooperation with federal authorities and the Trump administration. A late-filed amendment by Senator Pizzo to preserve tuition waivers for current students failed 14-22, and a second amendment was withdrawn after discussion. Debate then continued on the bill, with opponents arguing it was costly, federal in nature, and harmful to Dreamers and other students, while supporters said it was necessary to crack down on illegal immigration and align state policy with federal enforcement priorities.

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• It contains personnel. We'll refer that to personnel. Item C2. Oh, yes, sorry. Oh, yes, sorry.
• This contains special language. We're going to refer that to special language. Mr.
• It contains special language. We're going to refer that to special language.

Committee: All JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE

Summary: The Joint Budget Committee met to consider several budget-related items and amendments. An amendment to Senate Bill 30 concerning the Office of the Governor, offered by Senator Rice, would have canceled funding for a senior advisor position tied to former Corrections Secretary Joe Profiri; Senator Rice and Representative Wooten criticized the position’s cost and Profiri’s lack of responsiveness to the legislature and taxpayers. The chair referred that amendment to the personnel committee for review, and other members were told further discussion would occur there. The committee also referred an amendment by Senator Johnson related to the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism to special language, and referred House Bill 1080 by Representative Ladyman for the Department of Human Services, Division of Developmental Disabilities, to special language as well. In other business, Senator Dismang explained a revised special language amendment for ADEQ’s waste tire program to correct a timing issue in the governor’s letter; the committee suspended the rules so it could be considered and then referred it to special language for the next day’s agenda. The meeting included recognition of student guests from Jonesboro High School and Hendrix College. No substantive votes were taken on the contested personnel amendment, and the meeting adjourned with plans to reconvene the next morning.

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Summary: The committee first dealt with scheduling and housekeeping, including a plan to take a hard break at 2:00 p.m. for an early bill, hold a brief executive session, and then continue with the remaining afternoon bills. The chair also noted the next likely meeting date would be March 12, when the committee expected to take up the remaining bills before crossover deadlines. The main substantive item was House Bill 142, which would recognize the Honor and Remember flag for Gold Star families and related remembrance purposes. Prime sponsor Rep. Michael Moffett described the bill as a bipartisan measure revised to address earlier concerns, arguing that the flag honors fallen service members, can be personalized with names, and complements rather than detracts from the American flag. He said many other states have already adopted it and suggested the committee could amend details such as the number of days and locations for display. He also raised practical issues about flag dimensions and whether the bill should use "shall" or "may" for display requirements. Testimony was divided. Janine Nutter opposed the bill, saying she supports Gold Star families but objected because the flag resembles the Viet Cong flag and because she believes the American flag should remain the sole symbol representing servicemembers. Kevin Grady, representing the State Veterans Advisory Committee under RSA 115:8, also opposed the bill, saying the committee believes the American flag is the only symbol needed, while still praising the work of Honor and Remember in creating personalized flags for families. Committee members asked questions about where the flag would be flown, whether the State Veterans Cemetery in Boscawen is already displaying it, and how the bill’s language would interact with cemetery policies and committee discretion. No vote or final action was taken in the portion of the meeting provided.

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• ATCs sell many products that contain low concentrations of THC.
• ATCs sell many products that contain low concentrations of THC.
• ATCs sell many products that contain low concentrations of THC.
• Jerry Kerk: ATCs sell many products that contain low concentrations of THC.

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:

• Today, I will be presenting a capital outlay policy brief on containing construction costs in higher
• So you contained your cost for 4,000 more square feet.
• But if you really want to contain the cost, that's what we're going to have to do.
• Your containments were good. You came in on target.
• In 2022, we still have 13 open awards, 12 of which contain construction.

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• conducted by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, these investigative reports contain
• take anywhere from three to six months, sometimes longer, to get the redacted records, which won't contain
• Therefore, whether a DA's office is aware of certain mitigating or exculpatory evidence contained within
• As written, the bill does not currently contain an exception for cases of family violence.
• We would not need this bill if the current statute did not contain legal loopholes, but it does.

Bills: SB456 , SB826 , SB872 , SB957 , SB993 , SB1660 , SB2017 , SB2611 , SB2785 , SB2794 , SB442

Committee: House Criminal Jurisprudence

Keywords: human organs, criminal penalties, physician license, medical ethics, illegal trade, SB 826, Texas, DWI, driving while intoxicated, intoxicated driving, school crossing zone, school zone, reduced speed limit, traffic safety, child safety, pedestrian safety, felony DWI, state jail felony, Penal Code Section 49.04, Transportation Code Section 541.302

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• We've had testimony from the judiciary on it and just as a reminder of what it contains, it is um their
• Again, the A7 amendment contained a similar reduction; this is slightly lower.
• </c><00:35:42.640><c> a</c> Um, again, the A7 amendment contained a Um, again, the A7 amendment contained
• The A7 contained a it slightly lower.
• /c><00:48:16.079><c> funding</c><00:48:16.560><c> for</c> contains also the additional funding for contains

Summary: The committee took up House File 3874, the Judiciary budget bill, and first moved it to the Ways and Means Committee. The bill was described as funding the judicial branch’s budget request, including courthouse and judge security measures, home safety for judges and staff, a $1 million courthouse safety grant program, and funding related to paid family and medical leave costs that the courts must absorb. A court administrator explained that some base adjustments were budget-neutral internal shifts within the court system, moving money from district courts to other courts to better meet overall needs. Members then debated several amendments. The A7 amendment, which reduced some of the requested security funding for administrators and aligned it more closely with legislative security levels while retaining flexible Supreme Court security personnel, was adopted. The A1 amendment, which would have deleted the additional operating adjustment for paid family and medical leave, failed on a 7-7 tie after debate over whether the courts should bear the employer share of that cost and whether the program itself was an unfunded mandate. The A2 amendment, also related to paid family and medical leave funding, likewise failed on a 7-7 tie after similar discussion about the judiciary’s ongoing employment costs and the branch’s inability to raise its own revenue. The committee then adopted the A4 amendment, which increased the courthouse safety grant program from $1 million to $4 million. Supporters said there was unmet demand for courthouse security grants and that the money would help with hardware such as screening equipment, while the court administrator said the branch would not spend more than it could use and that the grants would be reviewed by a committee including law enforcement and county representatives. The administrator noted the funding would be one-time money and would not cover staffing costs. The committee also discussed the judiciary’s ongoing need for funding, with members arguing both that the courts should be treated like other employers and that the judicial branch, as an independent branch of government, must be funded by the legislature. The final A5 amendment was then introduced, with staff noting it would delete a section already covered by the adopted A7 amendment and reduce an appropriation on page four, line 14.