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HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

HHS-CPN, CPN-HWN, CPN-LBT Public Hearings 02-06-2026

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • So... federal law requiring um uh managed care federal law requiring um uh managed care plans<00:24:34.559
  • So that would change with this law.
  • </c><00:46:33.760><c> the</c> measure with an amendment to omit the measure with an amendment to omit
  • </c><00:56:13.839><c> Technical</c> remedies provided by law. Technical remedies provided by law.
  • So this is under the use tax law.
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The committee heard testimony on several health-related measures, with most of the discussion focused on bills addressing tobacco/vape enforcement, psychology licensure, hospital price transparency, prior authorization, and medical cannabis. The chair opened by explaining the one-minute testimony limit and that written testimony had been reviewed. For SB 2175 on disposable electronic smoking devices, the Department of Health said the bill’s placement in litter-control law was not a good fit because disposable e-cigarettes contain hazardous materials like lithium and nicotine, but it supported the intent and pointed to a related measure. Public health and tobacco-control advocates strongly supported the bill, citing youth use, toxic waste, battery fires, and the need to tighten definitions and remove exemptions; a long list of organizations and individuals were noted in support, with no opposition mentioned. For SB 2410, which would create a state directory and enforcement tools for authorized e-cigarette products, the Attorney General’s office strongly supported the measure and said it would help enforce the FDA-authorized list of products through certification, inspections, and civil penalties. The Department of Health said thousands of illegal products remain on the market and cited youth usage rates, while public health groups also supported the bill. One tobacco industry-related witness was noted in opposition. SB 2080, the psychology interjurisdictional compact, drew support from the Department of Corrections, which said it had severe staffing shortages and that the compact would help fill gaps, especially for forensic psychology and neighbor island facilities. Some committee members raised concerns about whether the compact would loosen licensure standards and reduce licensing revenue, and the Board of Psychology was said to be meeting and had not taken a formal position; testimony also noted the need for resources if the compact were adopted. The committee also heard SB 2276 on surgical assistance, with DCCA in opposition and a supporter from the field, but little discussion followed. SB 2277 on hospital price transparency drew support from consumer and patient advocates, who argued that clearer pricing would reduce medical debt and help patients shop for care; DCCA and the Department of Health offered comments, with the department suggesting an alternative enforcement model using outside review entities and noting that implementation would require significant staffing and funding. The Healthcare Association of Hawaii opposed the bill, saying federal transparency rules already cover the issue and state law could create duplication. SB 2282 on prior authorization received comments from insurers and providers; HMSA asked that the bill be set aside pending the report of the prior authorization working group created by Act 151, while the Hawaii Medical Association said prior authorization is a major burden but deferred to regulators on resources. Finally, SB 2413 on medical cannabis was supported by the Office of Medical Cannabis and others, who said the bill would close a patient-access gap by allowing viable seed sales; one witness suggested clarifying jurisdictional language and allowing dispensaries to sell seeds to each other. The committee then began SB 2425 on health insurance, where an addiction treatment provider testified that insurers’ refusal to honor assignment-of-benefits payments can delay reimbursement and create relapse risk for patients, but the transcript cuts off before further action on that bill.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Finance - Part 1 - 04/28/25

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • The bill also omits funding for legal costs, which will force costs to be paid for from programs and
  • </c><00:38:01.760><c> These</c><00:38:02.000><c> fee</c> omitted from the bill.
  • These fee omitted from the bill.
  • </c><00:38:27.280><c> for</c><00:38:27.520><c> legal</c> The bill also omits funding for legal The bill
  • also omits funding for legal costs<00:38:28.320><c> which</c><00:38:28.560><c> will</c><00:38:28.800
Committee: Senate Finance
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
NH
Transcript Highlights:
  • He said those are still protected by federal law, not by executive order, but by federal law.
  • </c><02:38:03.640><c> so</c> the full body let alone become law so the full body let alone become law
  • </c><02:38:22.279><c> and</c> to be passed and enacted into law and to be passed and enacted into law
  • </c> with this and to say after becomes law with this and to say after becomes law there<02:39:13.720
  • not by executive order but by law not by executive order but by federal<02:39:58.359><c> law</c><02:
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 695, relating to school districts and medically related grants. The sponsor argued the bill was vague and could undermine existing law, and another member said it would add an unnecessary mandate for school districts. The committee voted to recommend inexpedient to legislate, and the motion passed 18-0. Next, House Bill 765, which would consolidate school administrative units and make superintendent jobs elected positions, was also recommended inexpedient to legislate. Members said the bill raised too many questions, could duplicate other legislation, and would move away from local control. That motion likewise passed 18-0. House Bill 768, allowing public school districts to contract with approved private schools, drew more debate. Supporters described it as a language cleanup and an expansion of educational opportunity, while opponents raised concerns about the placement of the language and pending Supreme Court cases. The committee voted 10-8 to recommend ought to pass, and then 10-8 to recommend ought to pass as amended, with a minority report noted. The committee then considered House Bill 446, dealing with parental notice for non-academic surveys. An amendment was offered to make the Youth Risk Behavior Survey opt-in rather than opt-out. Supporters said parents should be informed and should choose whether their children participate, while opponents argued the survey is an important tool for mental health data, grants, and school programming, and that opt-in would reduce participation and data quality. The amendment passed 10-8, and the bill as amended also passed 10-8, with a minority report noted. Finally, the committee began House Bill 741, which would allow parents to send children to any school district they choose and expand open enrollment. The sponsor described it as broadening choice and keeping public funds in public schools, and an amendment was proposed to restore provisions for children of military personnel. Discussion on the amendment began, but the transcript cuts off before any vote on House Bill 741 or the amendment.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/25/2026 - Senate Education

Senate Education Committee of Reference

Transcript Highlights:
  • But here in Arizona, the law is clear.
  • But here in Arizona, the law is clear.
  • 2014, Chapter 259 to designate the legislation as Ties Law.
  • At 10:48 a.m., amends Laws 2014, Chapter 259 to designate the legislation as Ty's Law.
  • And we think that needs to be left to law enforcement.
Summary: The committee first considered the executive nomination of John Snyder to the State Board for Charter Schools. Snyder described his background in municipal finance, charter school financings, and prior service with Arizona charter school organizations, and said his finance experience would help the board evaluate school viability and oversight. The committee voted 6-0 with one not voting to recommend his confirmation to the full Senate. The committee then heard HB 2093, which would remove the statutory requirement that health education include mental health instruction and would repeal related consultation requirements over time. The sponsor argued schools should focus on academics and that social-emotional learning and mental health content belong with parents, while opponents, including students, a suicide-loss parent, and mental health advocates, said school-based instruction saves lives, helps students seek help, and preserves parental choice through opt-out provisions. After debate, the committee voted 4-3 to give HB 2093 a do pass recommendation. Members also considered HB 4043, requiring at least one campus employee trained in CPR, first aid, and AED use where applicable; HB 4005, requiring districts to teach ethical and educational uses of AI beginning in 2027-28; HB 2895, allowing Native American language proficiency to satisfy a world language graduation requirement; HB 2383, renaming trampoline court safety legislation as Ty’s Law; HB 4109, requiring school district public safety policies, notifications, and annual reporting after serious violence or weapon incidents; HB 2376, appropriating $40 million for the school safety program; and HB 2380, requiring public access to board meeting materials and tighter rules on out-of-state travel. HB 4043, HB 2895, and HB 2383 all received unanimous or near-unanimous do pass recommendations, while HB 4005, HB 4109, HB 2376, and HB 2380 each advanced on 4-3 votes, with some members citing concerns about unfunded mandates, criminal penalties, local control, or the scope and timing of required disclosures.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Rules and Administration - Subcommittee on Ethical Conduct - Part 2 - 03/13/25

Rules and Administration - Subcommittee on Ethical Conduct

Transcript Highlights:
  • employment, where I am situated the same as other senators, but more important, the ethics complaint omitted
  • employment, where I am situated the same as other senators, but more important, the ethics complaint omitted
  • But more important, the ethics complaint omitted that there was a very specific definition for financial
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections Feb 24th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • certain measures to replace references to the term 'alien' with the term 'non-citizen' in state and local law
  • planets, and urges state and local entities to review their codes and official documents to revise and omit
  • WOTEC employees and officers that perform network and system security duties to the state civil service law
  • college degree as the only way to demonstrate qualifications for a role unless that degree is required by law
  • college degree as the only way to demonstrate qualifications for a role unless that degree is required by law
ID

Idaho 2026 Regular Session

Agenda Feb 4th, 2026

Health and Welfare

Transcript Highlights:
  • The law has always said, since it was first enacted about 20 years ago, that individuals seeking the
  • There are 14 participants, but the law specifically says that these individuals do not have to pay for
  • I just wanted to clarify: is that information from the state sex offender registry going to be omitted
  • It didn't need to state it in the portion of the law on individual types of licenses.
  • It didn't need to state it in the portion of the law on individual types of licenses.
Keywords: 989, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Ways and Means Committee 3/10/25

Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • All of that is already in place, whether it's explicitly laid out or laid out in law in other places,
  • from receiving these would be omitted from receiving these these<00:41:51.000><c> tax</c> these tax
  • </c> a surplus first which is how our law a surplus first which is how our law does<00:46:43.920><c>
  • </c> Etc right so some of our largest law Etc right so some of our largest law firms<00:58:39.559><c>
  • Representative Stevenson said, “But that’s okay because it’s not going to be law.
Bills: HF25 , HF4
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

JHA Public Hearing - Tue Apr 7, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST

Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • So, if those alternate names are<00:07:41.440><c> omitted</c> are omitted are omitted from<00:07:42.960
  • In the long term or midterm, I would say the other thing is compliance with the law, the Sunshine Law
  • In the long term or midterm, I would say the other thing is compliance with the law, the Sunshine Law
  • </c> necessary to comply with Sunshine Law. necessary to comply with Sunshine Law.
  • So, um mahalo accountable under the law.
Keywords: 910, house, all
Summary: The committee heard a series of resolutions and a few bills, with testimony largely in support across the agenda. Early measures included HCR 15/HR 17 supporting Kamehameha Schools’ admissions policy, and HCR 22/HR 22 urging Congress to pass federal kidney disease legislation; both drew support and no opposition. The committee also heard HCR 146 HD1/HR 138 HD1 on “excited delirium,” with testimony from advocates urging the resolutions be broadened to include related terms such as hyperactive delirium and agitated delirium, and from family members and disability-rights advocates describing the issue as harmful pseudoscience tied to police-custody deaths and calling for a ban on the term and better mental-health responses. The committee then took up HCR 123/HR 115 on creating a coordinated support and stabilization task force for Native Hawaiians experiencing homelessness or extreme low income. Department of Hawaiian Home Lands testified in support, describing its transitional housing work and saying collaboration and data-sharing with the state homelessness office would help beneficiaries and others; members questioned whether existing entities already do similar work and whether the proposal would extend beyond beneficiaries. HCR 32/HR 32, which asks the governor’s senior advisor on mental health and the justice system to develop a plan to increase access to Hawaii State Hospital for certain criminal defendants, drew support from the Department of Health, the governor’s office, and disability-rights advocates, who emphasized coordinated planning, diversion from arrest when appropriate, and matching people to the right level of care. Additional resolutions addressed a range of policy issues: renaming Leeward Community College to Puloulou Community College (with no testimony), creating an ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi pathway under the Niʻihau dialect at UH (UH noted existing courses already cover the dialect but not a degree pathway), moving to a demerit-point driver licensing system (support only), and coordinating transportation infrastructure planning for Hawaiian home lands (DHHL supported the measure and said an expired DOT memorandum of understanding had covered related collaboration). The committee also heard support for expanding DHHL financial literacy and homeownership-preparedness programs, a resolution asking the Hawaii Civil Rights Commission to examine algorithmic discrimination, and a resolution urging the Oahu Metropolitan Planning Advisory Committee to follow its rules, comply with the Sunshine Law, review its executive director, and strengthen accountability; the last measure drew 11 written supports and no opposition. No final votes or decisions were taken in the portion provided, as the hearing focused on testimony and questions.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Feb 23rd, 2026

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • obedience to the public summons, repaired to the present station, it would be peculiarly improper to omit
  • Senate Bill 1936 adds the crime of falsely impersonating oneself as a law enforcement personnel to the
  • Includes federal law enforcement. Thank you very much for the question, Mr. President.
  • It includes federal law enforcement agents as well as state troopers.
Summary: The Senate convened, established a quorum, and opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several recognitions, including introductions of the psychologist and nurse of the day, a citation for Diesel Fritz’s All-State Choir achievement, and a gallery introduction highlighting fine arts advocates from Norman Public Schools. Members also marked birthdays and read excerpts from George Washington’s first inaugural address in honor of the first president. On floor business, the Senate laid over item number three and then considered several bills. Senate Bill 1191 repealed the unused Oklahoma Energy Initiative Low Carbon Initiative Board and passed 48-0. Senate Bill 1258 clarified open-carry law to expressly allow firearms on boats and vessels on Oklahoma waters and passed 41-7. Senate Bill 1920 raised the salvaged title threshold from 60% to 70% to reflect repair costs and align more closely with neighboring states; it passed 48-0 after brief questioning about consumer benefits. Senate Bill 1936 added falsely impersonating a law enforcement officer, including federal officers, to the list of Class D1 felonies and passed 48-0. Senate Bill 2143, after an amendment restoring the title, authorized assessors to use state-funded aerial images to inspect property changes and included language intended to ensure fair treatment of builders and consistency with assessing standards; it passed 34-13. The chamber then heard announcements about upcoming committee meetings and adjourned until Tuesday, February 24, 2026, at 1:30 p.m.
ID

Idaho 2026 Regular Session

Agenda Feb 4th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • And the law has always said, since it was first enacted about 20 years ago, that individuals who are
  • There are 14 participants, but the law specifically says that these individuals do not have to pay for
  • so I just wanted to clarify, is that information from the state sex offender registry going to be omitted
  • It didn't need to state it in the portion of the law on individual types of licenses.
Summary: The House Health and Welfare Committee met with a quorum and first considered RS 33-166, a code cleanup bill to repeal the final remaining section of the county medical indigent program, which had already been repealed in 2022. One member raised concern about removing the section entirely in case the program ever needed to be reinstated, but the sponsor said the bill was simply final cleanup requested by counties. The committee voted to introduce the bill. The committee then took up RS 33-186, which would require hospitals that accept Medicaid to add a self-reporting immigration-status question to admission forms and to submit quarterly data to the Department of Health and Welfare on admissions, emergency visits, and uncompensated care by immigration category. Members questioned administrative burden, redundancy, and whether the information would be reliable, but the sponsor said the purpose was transparency and data collection on hospital utilization and costs. The committee voted to introduce the bill. House Bill 494 was presented next as a measure to move existing background-check rules into statute, with the sponsor saying it would not add new checks or costs but would help preserve FBI cooperation and provide clearer legislative oversight. Department staff said background checks cost $70 per person and confirmed sex-offender registry checks would remain part of the process. The committee voted to send the bill to the floor with a due-pass recommendation. House Bill 531 updated Idaho law to allow schools to administer epinephrine through modern delivery systems, including nasal spray, rather than only EpiPens. Testimony from a parent, a school nurse, and an Idaho PTA representative supported the update, while one parent asked that the bill be broadened so blood glucose monitoring could be provided when prescribed for conditions other than diabetes. The sponsor said he was open to working on that issue in a separate bill, and the committee then voted to send HB 531 to the floor with a due-pass recommendation. At the end of the meeting, a member invited the committee to a Medicaid listening session later that day, and the committee adjourned.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/20/2026 - House Commerce

House Commerce Committee of Reference

Transcript Highlights:
  • Well, first of all, to the firefighters and law enforcement, I want to say thank you for what you do.
  • I think that we should be able to do more for our firefighters and law enforcement, unless you're trying
  • for just the oversight of this to those who have been impacted, and with the amendment coming and omitting
  • By way of background, last year the legislature enacted laws allowing an applicant to be eligible for
Summary: The Commerce Committee heard three bills after announcing that House Bill 2118 would be held. House Bill 2091 would raise the maximum asset-based assessment DIFI can charge domestic insurers to fund financial surveillance staff, with future increases tied to inflation and capped. The sponsor and industry witnesses said the fees had not been updated in 25 years, that Arizona’s insurance regulatory workload has grown substantially, and that the change should help DIFI hire staff, reduce reliance on more expensive contracted work, and not increase premiums. The committee voted 11-0 to give HB 2091 a due pass recommendation. House Bill 2138 would clarify workers’ compensation coverage for professional firefighters injured while traveling to or from work, defining firefighter for that purpose. The sponsor and witnesses from Queen Creek and the fire community said the bill was intended as cleanup language to restore the original legislative intent after a claim was denied because of a statutory loophole, and that the change would protect firefighters and support recruitment and response readiness. The County Supervisors Association said it was neutral but requested counties be removed from the definition because counties do not employ firefighters; a floor amendment was expected to address that. The committee approved HB 2138 11-0. House Bill 2122 made clarifying changes to last year’s reciprocity/endorsement law for registration of BTR-related professions, including reciprocity with the United Kingdom. The sponsor described it as a cleanup bill to fix an omission and support workforce development and commerce, and the only witness offered no additional testimony. The committee passed HB 2122 on an 11-0 vote, and the meeting adjourned after all three bills received due pass recommendations.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Finance Jan 28th, 2026 at 09:08 am

Senate Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • We have 30 days under federal law. We are delivering those benefits in 12.9 days.
  • And so the federal law requires that the rates be actuarially sound.
  • As someone who has a law degree, has worked in state government for over 30 years of my career, I found
  • As someone who has a law degree, has worked in state government for over 30 years of my career, I found
  • So the $500,000 that was omitted by the LFC in that special for outreach is going to impact our operations
Keywords: 996, all
NM
Transcript Highlights:
  • We don't have law enforcement; we just don't have the folks that can relay that information.
  • I think law enforcement.
  • when we were down in Deming, the committee was down there, we heard some just terrifying stories of law
  • We take respect for privacy seriously, whether it be with law enforcement, fire, etc. Thank you.
  • However, a flat annual rate per vehicle omits any consideration of the amount of actual driving done.
ID

Idaho 2026 Regular Session

Agenda Feb 27th, 2026

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • It doesn't invalidate any federal laws or regulations.
  • It does not allow Idaho to disregard any federal law or regulation. The U.S.
  • It doesn't invalidate any federal laws or regulations.
  • It doesn't invalidate any federal laws or regulations.
  • It does not allow Idaho to disregard any federal law or regulation. The U.S.
Committee: House State Affairs
Summary: The committee first approved the minutes from Wednesday, February 25. It then introduced several RS measures: RS 33439, a cleanup bill striking duplicative language; RS 3344, which updates the Children’s and Library Protection Act framework by adding a definition of “adolescent minor” and narrowing harmful-material language; RS 33470 C1, which requires sub-district fire commissioners to be electors residing in the sub-district; RS 32895, removing obsolete code on securities lending; and RS 32900, repealing outdated liquor-code provisions, though members raised questions about why some repealed sections were still needed and the sponsor said the liquor division would likely need to return for further explanation. The committee then heard House Bill 650, sponsored by Representative Boyle and Representative Scott, which would place a statement of federalism and state sovereignty into Idaho Code. Supporters said it would reaffirm constitutional limits on federal and state power and help Idaho assert its position in disputes over federal overreach, land, water, and natural resources; the Idaho Farm Bureau testified in support. Opponents argued the bill was unnecessary, potentially unconstitutional, could create litigation costs, and raised concerns about tribal sovereignty and whether the measure created new legal standards beyond existing constitutional law. After debate, the committee adopted a motion to send House Bill 650 to the floor with a due pass recommendation. The roll call passed 11-2, with Representatives Church and Haas voting no. The chair closed by praising the committee’s civil and substantive debate.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Local and County Government Apr 7th, 2026 at 02:00 pm

Local and County Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • And that's why we have all the laws that we have on the books. Follow up, thank you.
  • We're not creating laws; we're just saying enforce the ones you have.
  • It's just if the city is attempting to good faith enforce its laws, then this act wouldn't come into
  • Bidding laws and may not adopt local rules that weaken or bypass those same standards.
  • Law and adding reference to the same law in statute for a different use and purpose.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Environment Committee Meeting - 2025-04-10

Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • appropriation increase from the environmental fund to keep them in compliance with state and federal law
  • The bill omits funding for our legal costs, which will force these costs to be paid from programs and
Bills: HF2439
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Science, Technology and Energy (01/27/2025)

Science, Technology and Energy

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> a clear their interpretation of the law a clear their interpretation of the law was<01:01:52.799
  • </c> R off with the conservation law R off with the conservation law Foundation<01:28:50.600><c> um</
  • </c><01:29:14.199><c> foundation</c> know their conservation law foundation know their conservation law
  • </c><05:06:31.480><c> to</c> similar bills to change their laws to similar bills to change their laws
  • </c><05:47:16.680><c> so</c><05:47:17.680><c> um</c><05:47:18.320><c> I</c> our law so um I our law so
Keywords: 1189, house, all
WA
Transcript Highlights:
  • certain measures to replace references to the term “alien” with the term “non-citizen” in state and local law
  • planets, and urges state and local entities to review their codes and official documents to revise and omit
  • WOTEC employees and officers that perform network and system security duties to the state civil service law
  • WOTEC employees and officers that perform network and system security duties to the state civil service law
  • college degree as the only way to demonstrate qualifications for a role unless that degree is required by law
Summary: The State Government, Tribal Affairs and Elections Committee met on February 24, 2026, for what was described as its last regular meeting of the session. The committee reviewed a large slate of bills and gubernatorial appointments, with staff briefing measures on voting rights, voter registration challenges, military justice victims’ rights, terminology changes from “alien” to “non-citizen,” shared leave for hate-crime and immigration-enforcement-related absences, civil service coverage for Washington Technology Solutions security staff, language-access services, small works roster limits, deceased candidates on ballots, postgraduate degree requirements, foreign national participation in elections, public records exemptions, and personal information protections. Several amendments were discussed, including changes to voting-rights language, county-residency requirements for voter-registration challengers, and a proposal on foreign national certifications; a satirical amendment to the terminology bill referencing “extraterrestrial” was also presented and later withdrawn. After caucus, the committee moved into executive session and took action on four gubernatorial appointments, recommending confirmation for Megan Matthews, Reedy Mukapade, Kiana Daniels, and Gauri Shratria, all subject to signatures. The committee then voted out the bills, generally on unanimous voice votes, sending most to the Rules Committee and several fiscal measures to Ways and Means. Amendments were adopted on HB 1710, HB 1750, HB 1916, and HB 2123, while the amendment to HB 2632 was withdrawn. HB 2574 and HB 2637 were noted as not being moved that day. The chair and members closed by thanking staff for their work and adjourned the meeting.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Jobs and Economic Development - 04/09/25

Jobs and Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> recall seeing that before where we omit recall seeing that before where we omit the<00:09:24.000
  • The test prep is for med school, law school, graduate school, nursing, teaching, real estate, and the
  • </c> statute or should it be in session law? statute or should it be in session law?
  • It probably would be in session law as a pilot, but that's something we could certainly work on.
  • Or, you know, I could put it in session law if we want to in finance or if this moves forward.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all