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• SJR 87 is automatic.
• Yeah, that would count under the dual enrollment; that would be a dual enrollment course.
• umbrella with an AP or a dual enrollment?
• and re-enrollment processes is regularly evaluated.
• This does not allow for an automatic process. I move passage.

Bills: SB6, SB30, SB13, SB2878, SB2501, SB66, SB268, SB331, SB618, SB414, SB1394, SB2425, SB898, SB993, SB442, SB735, SB784, SB2538, SB1919, SB1013, SB2215, SB2322, SB626, SB570, SB747, SB2183, SB673, SB1015, SB1447, SB1370, SB1784, SB1897, SB2873, SB2891, SB2933, SB2540, SB2681, SB2695, SB1965, SB2203, SB872, SB875, SB1030, SB1277, SB1730, SB1681, SB1152, SB2969, SB2747, SB2705, SB2541, SB1708, SB2080, SB2721, SB1986, SB2392, SB2539, SB2857, SB2799, SB2785, SB2782, SB1531, SB1927, SB1263, SB1098, SB835, SB3070, SB22, SJR27, SB25, SB7, SB552, SB1612, SJR87, SJR1, SB6, SB30, SB13, SB2878, SB57, SB127, SB293, SB441, SB3059, SB512, SB241, SB1718, SB140, SB2055, SB2075, SB2018, SB1534, SB1567, SB785, SB1233, SB1580, SB1663, SB413, SB447, SB519, SB467, SB1579, SB1191, SB1021, SB1838, SB2807, SB2835, SB546, SB2121, SB2167, SB2035, SB2024, SB1032, SB1049, SB1266, SB1400, SB1302, SB401, SB1596, SB1281, SB1242, SB1343, SB310, SB1346, SB2753, SB2703, SB2221, SB1719, SB2177, SB800, SB790, SB748, SB571, SB1957, SB1923, SB1896, SB1760, SB1335, SB2368, SB2477, SB2587, SB2972, SB2986, SB2965, SB1563, SB1467, SB1164, SB1137, SB614, SB705, SB961, SB918, SB955, SB869, SB850, SB863, SB1610, SB1055, SB2206, SB457, SB2337, SB1362, SB926, SB1494, SB251, SB456, SB500, SB1307, SB2615, SB2995, SB2321, SB973, SB974, SB865, SB506, SB781, SB1522, SB1558, SB510, SB667, SB763, SB2073, SB1858, SB1660, SB505, SB2900, SB1433, SB1540, SB1964, SB1300, SB1644, SB2217, SB2373, SB2431, SB1758, SB2480, SB3039, SB3047, SB3073, SB2920, SB2781, SB826, SB766, SB2460, SB527, SB1946, SB2885, SB1243, SB2610, SB2595, SB857, SB2501, SB66, SB268, SB331, SB618, SB414, SB1394, SB2425, SB898, SB993, SB442, SB735, SB784, SB2538, SB1919, SB1013, SB2215, SB2322, SB626, SB570, SB747, SB2183, SB673, SB1015, SB1447, SB1370, SB1784, SB1897, SB2873, SB2891, SB2933, SB2540, SB2681, SB2695, SB1965, SB2203, SB872, SB875, SB1030, SB1277, SB1730, SB1681, SB1152, SB2969, SB2747, SB2705, SB2541, SB1708, SB2080, SB2721, SB1986, SB2392, SB2539, SB2857, SB2799, SB2785, SB2782, SB1531, SB1927, SB1263, SB1098, SCR9, HB5560, HB762, HB 107, HB 114, HB138, HB4386, HB2495, HB581, HB3348, HB5323, HB1584, HB4341, HB6, HB171, HB143, HB449, HB3486, HB4263, HB5246, HB2, HB2011, SB17, SB21

Keywords: electric power, interconnection, utilities, ERCOT, large load customers, water supply, sewer service, demand management, school libraries, library advisory councils, parental rights, library materials, educational content, challenging materials, judicial branch, court security, expunction, pretrial intervention, youth diversion, record retention

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• <01:50:25.440> We their automatic disclosure. We their automatic disclosure.
• enrollment. Thank you. Other questions? enrollment. Thank you. Other questions?
• indicates that many Medicaid enroles are indicates that many Medicaid enroles are already<05:01:29.440
• > in<05:02:21.120> Arkansas indicating that enrolles in Arkansas indicating that enrolles
• Enrollment delays create dollars. Enrollment delays create further<05:40:30.080> hardship.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• <00:32:06.159> uh don't believe it's an automatic uh don't believe it's an automatic uh denial
• to every infraction being an automatic disqualification and stopping payment.
• to every infraction being automatically to every infraction being an<00:59:14.480> automatic<
• 00:59:14.920> disqualification<00:59:15.640> and an automatic disqualification and an automatic
• we're not seeing that they're enrolling we're not seeing that they're enrolling information<01:14

Keywords: 1183, house

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• <00:06:51.040> their Parents are hesitant to enroll their Parents are hesitant to enroll their
• <00:19:48.840> reflected but that are not automatically reflected but that are not automatically
• sources that do not have that automatic sources that do not have that automatic linkage<00:24:44.440
• they can automatic they can automatic um<00:26:56.000> impact<00:26:56.360> to<00:
• <01:44:45.720> receiving I choose to enroll children receiving I choose to enroll children

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• And what opt-out does is it automatically enrolls customers in an aggregation once an aggregation plan
• And if they have a problem with that, they can always opt out of being automatically enrolled.
• But if they don't do that, then they will be automatically enrolled.
• enrolls customers in an automatically enrolls customers in an aggregation<00:05:30.120> once<
• But if they automatically enrolled.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Um, that's that's an enrolled member.
• Um, so they either an enrolled member.
• let them know that you're an enrolled let them know that you're an enrolled member<02:36:13.680>
• Automatic petition there. If the child, the juvenile, is arrested, they...
• Automatic petition there. If the child, the juvenile, is arrested, they...

Keywords: 916, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We have our provider enrollment area, where we're enrolling providers.
• We have our provider enrollment area, where we're enrolling providers.
• We have our provider enrollment area, where we're enrolling providers.
• We have our provider enrollment area, where we're enrolling providers.
• <00:25:03.440> payment of things are put on automatic payment of things are put on automatic

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• relating to granting charters to certain public and private institutions of higher education for open enrollment
• Health, HB 2476 by Simmons relating to the grant program for living expenses for certain students enrolled
• AP 2497 by guarant relating to the automatic expunction of arrest records and files for public safety
• AP 2507 by lead to remain to the automatic orders for the non-disclosure of criminal record information
• Institutions of higher education requiring students to enroll in certain courses to complete certificate

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• HB 2476 by Simmons relating to the grant. program for living expenses for certain students, enrolled
• certain rights of the sole manager of conservatorship in a child or relationship. and a child's enrollment
• violence or for the subcommittee on family and fiduciary relationships 97 by Garen relating to the automatic
• AB 2507 by Leach relating to the automatic orders for the nondisclosure of criminal record information
• Requiring students to enroll in certain courses to complete certificate or degree program using courses

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• WE ENROLL ABOUT 2000 PEOPLE PER YEAR AND THE 337 IF WE REMAIN ON TRACK WHICH WE ARE NOT BECAUSE WE'RE
• GOING TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT THIS YEAR, WE WOULD BE ON TRACK TO ENROLL ANOTHER 2000 PEOPLE.
• MOST OF THOSE COME IN IN CRISIS, 215 IN CRISIS ENROLLMENT AND 630 OR CATEGORY 34 AND FIVE WITH 140 AT
• OR THE ENROLLMENT LIST I SHOULD SAY. >> Chair Andrade: WE ARE BACK ON I THINK IT WAS THE LAST SLIDE.
• TRAMONT THERE ARE NO PEOPLE IN CRISIS OR THAT THEY ARE BEING IMMEDIATELY ENROLLED IN SERVICES SO CAN

Transcript Highlights:

• Bill 1868 relates to a study regarding changes to performance-tier funding for dual credit or dual enrollment
• college state finance program and the capacity of the state's workforce to teach dual credit or dual enrollment
• Bill 1868 relates to a study regarding changes to performance-tier funding for dual credit or dual enrollment
• Immunity covering open-enrollment charter schools authorized under Subchapter D of the Education Code
• Immunity covering open enrollment charter schools authorized under subchapter D of the education code

Bills: HB4, HB20

Keywords: district composition, congressional election, Texas, legislature, voting districts, fraudulent solicitation, disaster relief, nonprofit organizations, criminal penalties, consumer protection, fraud prevention, charitable donations

Summary: The Senate Committee on Education K-16 heard a series of higher education and K-12 bills, initially without a quorum and with several measures left pending subject to the call of the chair. Early bills included HB 1868, which would direct a study on lowering the dual-credit funding threshold for public junior colleges from 15 to 9 semester credit hours; HB 2598, which would replace statutory references to “licensed specialist in school psychology” with “school psychologist”; HB 3629, which would bar registered sex offenders from serving on independent school district boards of trustees; and HB 4361, which would require the Higher Education Coordinating Board to adopt rules for timely emergency notifications at public institutions of higher education. Each received brief sponsor explanations, no opposition testimony, and was left pending. The committee also heard HB 4848, requiring public higher education systems to ensure at least one institution offers affordable competency-based bachelor’s degree programs in high-demand fields, and HB 1211, which would remove the age 25 deadline for former foster youth to use public college tuition waivers. HB 1211 drew extensive supportive testimony from Texas CASA, a former foster youth who benefited from the waiver, and a current student headed to medical school, all arguing the change would better match the realities faced by youth aging out of care. Members discussed the bill’s fiscal uncertainty and the argument that the waiver is an investment in workforce participation; the bill was left pending. Later, the committee heard HB 20, creating an Applied Sciences Pathway Program to let high school students earn certificates in targeted industries such as welding, plumbing, electrical work, manufacturing, and oil and gas while in school. Industry and workforce groups strongly supported the bill as a way to address labor shortages, while Texas 2036 raised concerns about allowing applied versions of core academic courses to substitute for traditional instruction. HB 4687, which would extend governmental immunity protections to certain campus/district charter schools and adult charter high schools, also received support from a charter-school attorney who said it would align statutes with existing case law and not expand charter rights. HB 4236, as substituted, would create a study group to examine the property value study’s effect on school finance and alternative valuation methods; it was adopted as a committee substitute and left pending. The committee also heard HB 824 on civics instruction in high school government courses and HB 2243, which would create a commission on teacher job satisfaction and retention; the latter prompted debate over removing “ethnic diversity” language from the commission’s makeup. After adopting the substitute for HB 2243 by roll call, the committee recessed subject to the call of the chair.

Transcript Highlights:

• Reality is because we have an automatic Reality is because we have an automatic incremental<00:17
• It increases automatically every year, but it increases the threshold.
• It increases automatically every year, but it increases the threshold.
• Have Nathan come up. automatically every know if it's by any automatically every know if it's by any
• acuity rate setting and other enrollment acuity rate setting and other factors.<00:32:31.760> So<

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Uh the chart that people enrolled.
• emergency, we know that the enrollment emergency, we know that the enrollment went<00:04:06.159>
• <00:04:51.120> um take a look at where the enrollments um take a look at where the enrollments
• least 80 hours. or you can be enrolled least 80 hours. or you can be enrolled um<00:15:05.440>
• just an indication of open enrollment. just an indication of open enrollment.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The joint informational briefing by the Health and Human Services and Commerce and Consumer Protection committees focused on projected impacts to Hawaii consumers from federal changes affecting Med-QUEST and the ACA marketplace, including the loss of ACA premium tax credits, OBVA/HR1-related Medicaid changes, immigrant eligibility restrictions, and new Medicaid work/community engagement requirements. Committee members noted the meeting was being streamed live and emphasized the need to explain potential coverage losses affecting a significant share of the state population. Med-QUEST administrators reported current enrollment at 390,766, about 27% of Hawaii’s population, and broke that down into major groups including roughly 128,000 ACA expansion adults and about 52,000 parent/caretaker relatives. They said the expansion adult population would be most affected by the new federal requirements, which will shorten renewal periods from 12 months to 6 months and impose community engagement rules beginning in late 2026 and 2027. They described the work requirement as 80 hours per month of work, community service, work program participation, or half-time education, with an income-based pathway tied to $580 per month at the federal minimum wage; they also noted a long list of exemptions, but said many details are still awaiting federal guidance and rulemaking. The administrators said federal changes to immigrant eligibility would eliminate Medicaid coverage for certain noncitizen categories, with an estimated 1,200 to 2,400 people affected, though about 200 may remain covered through a state-funded program for otherwise eligible individuals. They also said marketplace subsidies would no longer be available for some immigrants under 100% of the federal poverty level starting January 1, 2026, with further restrictions expected in 2027. For Hawaii overall, they estimated the new Medicaid work and renewal rules could push an additional 19,000 to 38,000 people into uninsured status, with another estimated 6,000 at risk from the six-month renewal process alone. Members asked about how exemptions would be determined, especially for medically frail and seriously mentally ill individuals, and administrators said they were still awaiting detailed federal rules and were working on data-matching and verification processes to reduce coverage losses.

Transcript Highlights:

• They'll be automatically accepted.
• junior year to offer automatic junior year to offer automatic acceptance<01:10:45.000> to
• Today, 120 participating high schools enroll an estimated 22,000 students.
• enrollment enrollment Minesota<01:18:25.800> stands<01:18:26.080> out<01:18:26.360>
• based so you'd be automatically admitted based so you'd be automatically admitted based on<01:37:

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• starts to turn and that automatically starts to turn the<00:26:36.320> stomach<00:26:36.559><
• But the assumption underneath that is lower enrollments in Medicaid.
• <00:29:13.279> Uh<00:29:13.520> the lower enrollments in Medicaid.
• Uh the lower enrollments in Medicaid.
• Everyone receiving SNAP is not automatically receiving Medicaid. Um, and there's reasons for that.

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 FY 2025 Budget Close Out 00:02:55 Impressions of H.R. – 119th Congress 00:28:15 SNAP Payment Error Rates 00:37:05, 958, all

Summary: The committee first established a quorum, approved the July minutes, and recognized Jennifer Hayes of the Department of State Budget Director for her retirement and long service. Secretary Hicks then presented a review of fiscal year 2025 closeout for the general fund and road fund, explaining that the general fund ended with a $313 million surplus and the road fund with a $61 million surplus. He attributed the general fund result to strong corporate income and LLC tax receipts, investment income, and lower-than-budgeted spending, while noting that individual income tax and sales tax underperformed estimates. He also described how the general fund surplus was allocated, with $62 million used for necessary government expenses and $251 million deposited into the budget reserve trust fund, which remained at historically strong levels. For the road fund, he said the surplus would be deposited into the Department of Highways construction account, and he highlighted record motor vehicle usage tax receipts despite lower motor fuels tax revenue due to a rate decline. Members asked questions about the pass-through entity tax, delayed filing deadlines, THC beverage sales, and income tax collection from undocumented workers. Hicks said the pass-through entity tax remains difficult to model because of timing issues and the first year’s unusual filing pattern, and that staff are still working with the Department of Revenue and other states to improve forecasting. He said the delayed filing deadline likely would not require a major restatement and that any related receipts would still be counted in fiscal 2026. On THC beverages, he said the issue would be considered in the next forecasting cycle. On the undocumented-worker question, he said withholding may capture some of the revenue but referred broader collection efforts to the Department of Revenue. The committee then shifted to an overview of the federal reconciliation act’s potential impact on the next biennial budget, with Hicks and Commissioner Lisa Dennis focusing on Medicaid and SNAP. Hicks said the Congressional Budget Office estimated roughly $900 billion in federal savings over 10 years, driven in part by work or community engagement requirements for the Medicaid expansion population and limits on state-directed payments. He emphasized that CMS still must issue regulations to define how the state-directed payment reductions will be calculated, making the exact fiscal impact uncertain. He referred members to a prior Medicaid Oversight Advisory Board presentation for more detail, and the discussion remained informational with no votes or formal actions taken on the federal changes.

Transcript Highlights:

• But there are certain enrollment processes that have to happen even prior to that to give notification
• We are going to be able to implement this in our existing eligibility and enrollment systems.
• So we have a really unique IT infrastructure with our eligibility and enrollment systems here in the
• As it sees reductions in payment from reductions in enrollment in the Medicaid space.
• Those are the areas where we have a harder time automatically verifying employment, and so those are

Summary: The committee met to hear introductory briefings from the Department of Health and the Health Care Authority on agency priorities, federal changes, and implementation challenges. Secretary of Health Dennis Worsham said his department’s listening tour is focused on strengthening governmental public health, improving health care quality and access, and responding to federal funding disruptions and the shutdown’s effects on programs such as WIC. HCA Director Ryan Moran said the agency is prioritizing coverage preservation, oversight of major contracts, affordability, behavioral health integration, rural health transformation, and internal agency operations. Members asked about licensure delays; Worsham said the backlog had been reduced from about four months to six weeks and should be caught up by January 1, with possible further process changes if needed. A major portion of the meeting focused on H.R. 1 and its Medicaid-related implementation. Governor’s health policy advisor Caitlin Stafford, HCA staff, and interim Medicaid Director Trinity Wilson said the state is working with DSHS, the Health Benefit Exchange, tribes, and other partners to prepare for eligibility changes, work requirements, and six-month redeterminations. They said the state expects up to 30,000 Apple Health enrollees could lose coverage under the law’s non-citizen eligibility changes, and that the work requirement/redetermination provisions could affect about 620,000 adults, with roughly 80,000 also enrolled in SNAP. HCA said it hopes to automate most verification, but about 15% to 20% of cases may require manual review, with technology costs estimated at up to $30 million. Staff also said they are trying to keep H.R. 1 implementation mostly in budget language rather than statute, and that communication and navigator support will be important to minimize confusion and coverage loss. The committee also received an update on the Rural Health Transformation Program created in H.R. 1. HCA said Washington submitted its application to CMS on November 5 after extensive stakeholder engagement, including more than 310 written comments, webinars, and tribal consultation. The application centers on six initiatives: rural hospital innovation, community care and prevention, tribal investments, technology and data, workforce development, and rural behavioral health. HCA said the state is likely to receive less than the full $200 million annual amount assumed in the federal program, and that an advisory committee may be created to help guide spending over the five-year program. Members asked about palliative care, small business impacts, and communication with enrollees; HCA said it expects to share outreach toolkits and that no 2026 statutory changes are currently anticipated, though that could change. The final panels covered organ donation and transplant services. Department of Health staff explained the 2023 “Lights and Sirens” law for organ transport vehicles, including licensing, driver qualifications, insurance requirements, and use of emergency lanes and traffic preemption; the department said one company is currently licensed and there have been no complaints. LifeCenter Northwest described the organ procurement process, the legal framework under the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act, and the rarity and complexity of deceased donation, noting Washington has seen strong growth in donation and transplants over the past decade. University of Washington Medical Center staff then outlined its transplant programs for kidney, liver, heart, lung, pancreas, and multi-organ transplants, describing the multidisciplinary evaluation and waitlist process and the coordination required with donor organizations and hospitals.

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• revised House Bills 1031 and 1142; correctly re-revised House Bills 1017, 1042, and 1103; correctly enrolled
• behaviors to improve retirement security, especially when combined with structural reforms such as automatic
• enrollment, employer match incentives, access to lifetime income options, and default investments within
• <00:34:20.359> enrollment,<00:34:21.120> employer<00:34:21.520> match automatic
• enrollment, employer match automatic enrollment, employer match incentives,<00:34:22.440> access

Keywords: 981, all

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, approved the March 17, 2026 journal, and received several committee reports and appointment recommendations. Finance reported two banking-related reappointments for the consent calendar and recommended amendments and favorable action on Senate Bills 128 and 131. The chamber also heard notices of committee realignment affecting the Senate Health and Human Services Committee, including a reduction in membership and the removal of Senator John Carson from that committee for the remainder of the session. During personal privilege, senators recognized Greeley Day at the Capitol and College Board. The Senate then took up Senate Joint Resolution 16, concerning retirement readiness and financial well-being. Supporters said the resolution highlights the importance of retirement security, financial education, and lifetime income options for PERA members. The resolution passed 34-0, and the current roll call was added as co-sponsors. The Senate also laid over HJR 1023 and SB 66 until March 19. On third reading, the Senate passed House Bill 1142, Senate Bills 2660, 2635, 1031, and 105 on the consent calendar, with some senators recorded as no votes on SB 2660 and SB 2635. It also passed Senate Bill 62, which designates second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides as restricted-use pesticides, by a 22-12 vote, and Senate Bill 98, which reestablishes local authority over noise abatement, by a 30-4 vote. The chamber then concurred with House amendments and re-passed Senate Bills 11, 32, and 16; the House changes to SB 11 were described as clarifications to search-warrant requirements for certain electronic platforms, SB 32’s changes concerned immunization access and removed a vaccine-manufacturer liability provision, and SB 16’s changes were mostly technical and removed a criminal-penalty reference. The Senate also laid over the general orders calendar until March 19 and recessed until 11:30 a.m.

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• What we amended it to is instead of saying eligible for, it's enrolled in, so if they're enrolled in
• So it changed from eligible to enrolled to align with Head Start and Early Head Start.
• What we amended it to is instead of saying eligible for, it's enrolled in, so if they're enrolled in
• But is there not an automatic backstop that doesn't require legislative action?
• They are eligible automatically for child care. That's federal money.

Bills: SB241, SB145

Keywords: child care, child care assistance, child care subsidy, early childhood education, early childhood care, daycare, preschool, pre-K, Head Start, Early Head Start, Children's Code, early childhood education and care department, ECECD, child care facilities, licensed child care, registered child care, copayments, waitlist, subsidy, federal poverty level

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• <00:09:37.160> fit this definition now automatically fit this definition now automatically fit
• It's in the enrollment process.
• That's one that's enrolled passage. That's one that's enrolled currently.<00:18:37.920> Yeah.
• been enrolled uh that's been enrolled uh is<00:18:44.320> something<00:18:44.720> we<00
• the governor in the enrolling process. the governor in the enrolling process.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• It's not automatically repealed. This would automatically go to a review committee.
• It's not automatically the body.
• automatically go to a review committee. automatically go to a review committee.
• So, the automatic repeal is not getting rid of the automatic repeal; it just means we have an automatic
• we have an automatic we have an<01:09:22.880> automatic<01:09:23.440> review.

Keywords: 981, all

Summary: The House convened, established a quorum, approved the corrected journal, and heard announcements about committee meetings later in the day. The main floor action was a motion to place House Bill 1101, House Bill 1193, Senate Bill 118, and House Bill 1210 on the special orders calendar, which was adopted without objection. The House then moved into committee of the whole for consideration of House Bill 1101, a bill concerning criminal offenses related to critical infrastructure components and commodity metals. During debate on HB 1101, the sponsor explained that the bill is intended to address theft of critical infrastructure such as street lights, RTD equipment, cell towers, and similar materials by targeting the scrap metal market where stolen goods are sold. The committee adopted amendment L004, which reorganized the statutory structure and aligned offenses more closely with the conduct involved; the sponsor said this reduced the highest charge level from an F5 to an F6 in some circumstances. Amendment L005, a technical correction to L004, was adopted. Several members raised concerns that the bill could unfairly burden scrap yards and legitimate businesses, while others supported the measure as a response to widespread infrastructure theft. The committee rejected amendment L006, which would have required buyers to know or reasonably know that material was unlawfully obtained, with the sponsor arguing it would increase liability and undermine negotiated protections for scrapyard dealers. Amendment L008, which sought to add a good-faith protection for legitimate businesses and reduce chilling effects on commerce, was also defeated after members said similar protections already existed in the bill. Amendment L009, creating an affirmative defense for documented commercial transactions and record-keeping compliance, was likewise rejected because members said the bill already contained a stronger affidavit-based safe harbor. Finally, amendment L10, which would have added a five-year repeal/sunset date for the bill, was debated at length but was not adopted; opponents argued criminal provisions should remain stable, while supporters said a sunset would allow review of the bill’s effectiveness and unintended consequences.