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• Madam Speaker, there is one amendment, and it's a technical author's amendment to get the bill in the
• I'd like to have that amendment introduced today. There's an amendment at the desk.
• The clerk will report the amendment.
• The amendment is coded A-12. The amendment is coded A-12.
• All those in favor of the amendment say aye. Those opposed, nay. The amendment is adopted.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• and which is the delete all amendment.
• Now we have an A 4 amendment to the DE.
• I'd like to move the A 6 amendment.
• Now we have to adopt the DE as amended. Now we have to adopt the DE as amended.
• The DE as amended has been adopted.

Bills: HF2300

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• We do have an amendment. Let's go to the amendment.
• Amendment sponsored by the Senate. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 to House Bill 1.
• We're going to support this amendment, and I guarantee you, I will not vote for this bill if this amendment
• This is from the amendment. Okay.
• No further debate on the amendment. Senator Scheer to close on the amendment. Thank you, Mr.

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• And members, the A40 should amendment.
• Uh so this amendment uh then guidelines.
• All 105.2 inserting the A36 amendment.
• Um, this amendment does a couple of things.
• unnumbered um bill uh amendment unnumbered um bill uh amendment language.<00:17:54.160> It's<

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Passidomo: THERE ANY APPEARANCE FORMS ON THE AMENDMENT? ANY DEBATE ON THE AMENDMENT?
• ALL IN FAVOR OF THE AMENDMENT SAY YAY. ALL OPPOSED SAY NAY. THE AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED.
• AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED SO BACK ON THE BILL AS AMENDED. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE BILL AS AMENDED?
• McClain: ALL IN FAVOR OF THE AMENDMENT SAY YAY. THE AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED.
• BACK ON THE BILL AS AMENDED. ARE THERE QUESTIONS ON THE BILL AS AMENDED?

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• The question remains on the floor amendment. Any discussion of the floor amendment?
• Any objections to the floor amendment? Without objection, the amendment is adopted.
• objection, the amendment is adopted. objection, the amendment is adopted.
• Question now is on the amended report. Question now is on the amended report.
• amendments to the bill or its title? amendments to the bill or its title?

Keywords: Senate streaming session for Wednesday, February 11, 2026, 960, senate, all

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum present, heard an invocation from Rabbi Deborah Wexler of Pikesville, and journalized the prayer without objection. The chamber also recognized several visitor groups, including Maryland Realtors Day, Maryland March for Change participants advocating for infant and maternal health, and students, faculty, and staff from Avalon School. Senators briefly highlighted upcoming committee meetings and caucus events, including a Legislative Black Caucus press conference, Aviation Day, and a reminder about protocol dues. On legislation, the chamber read Senate Bill 955 on real property, condominiums, and homeowners association election rules and referred it to the Rules Committee. Two Senate bond initiatives were also read and sent to the Capital Budget Subcommittee. Senate Bill 888 was announced as reassigned to the Rules Committee. The main floor action centered on Senate Bill 46 concerning state veteran cemeteries, where Senator Simon offered a floor amendment. Senator from District 7 explained the bill was prompted by concerns about how caskets are moved at veteran cemeteries, describing a practice he found disturbing and saying the issue should be addressed separately from the bill. The amendment and the amended report were both adopted without objection, and the bill was ordered printed for third reading. The Senate then handled a brief procedural exchange when a senator asked about speaking on the reassigned bill, and the presiding officer ruled the matter out of order because it had already been reassigned. After additional committee announcements, the Senate remained in session with 40 members present and then moved to recess until noon in the House chamber.

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• proposed by the House, has moved to agree to the amendments to the noted Senate bills.
• <00:14:40.959> We amendments to the noted Senate bills.
• We amendments to the noted Senate bills.
• <00:14:46.399> proposed disagreeing to the amendments proposed disagreeing to the amendments
• There will be three motions: one to agree to the Senate amendments, one to suspend the Senate amendments

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• The amendment is adopted and the bill is amended. Are there further amendments to the bill today?
• actual work of the bill with some of the technical amendments and the implementing amendments that we
• actual work of the bill with some of the technical amendments and the implementing amendments that we
• <00:02:48.319> just third component of the amendment just third component of the amendment
• implementing amendments and the implementing amendments<00:04:38.759> that<00:04:38.880> we

Bills: HF500, HF718, HF1096, HF1246, HF1469

Keywords: nursing home, employment standards, worker rights, Minnesota Statutes, labor compensation, workforce development, job training, economic stability, low-income, career pathways, education funding, Summit Academy, employment, STEM programming, GED preparation, Neighborhood Development Center, NDC, small business, entrepreneurship, business training

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• I noticed that there was an amendment. Okay. You want to explain the amendment? Yes.
• >> Um, well, it's not our amendment. Uh, >> Um, well, it's not our amendment.
• motion to of approve the amendment. motion to of approve the amendment.
• All in amendment a favorable report.
• 242 as amended is before us. 242 as amended is before us.

Bills: SB205, SB242, SB205, SB242

Keywords: appropriation, education funding, priority schools, Alabama education, State Department of Education, codification, state law, legal revisions, Alabama code, legislative updates, underground damage prevention, notification system, construction safety, infrastructure, commercial driver license, English proficiency, work authorization, impoundment, false documentation, 1136

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• Going to have to be amended.
• your amendment.
• Amendment 1 is going... Amendment 1 is going to... I had it in my hand a minute ago.
• I have that amendment, Mr. Chairman. It says to replace... Amendment, Mr. Chairman.
• So I made that as an amendment.

Bills: HB191, HB196, HB134, HB14, HB14

Keywords: juvenile detention, county management, legal procedures, juvenile justice, county commission, supervision, administration, vehicle registration, disability access, fines, law enforcement, public accommodation, interim police chief, public safety, municipalities, state authority, 1136, house, all

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• The amendment >> 130. The motion carries. The amendment is<01:12:47.120> adopted.
• Ought to pass with amendment. amendment. amendment.
• amendment now. amendment now.
• >> No, we will entertain your amendment >> No, we will entertain your amendment when
• to read your amendment and to come up with suggestions if you have them for the other amendment.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• . amended. amended.
• 2025, as amended. 2025, as amended.
• . amended. amended.
• act as amended. act as amended.
• as amended. as amended.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, September 15, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• AMEND THE LABOR LAW. >> READ THE LAST SECTION.
• >> CALENDAR 67, 9492 ASSEMBLYMEMBER REYES, AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW.
• ASSEMBLYMEMBER PAULIN, AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW. >> READ THE LAST SECTION.
• >> CALENDAR 70, ASSEMBLY 9445 ASSEMBLYMEMBER PAULIN, AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW.
• >> CALENDAR 92, ASSEMBLY 9506 ASSEMBLYMEMBER WALKER, AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW.

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Senate met on January 28, 2026, approved the prior day’s Journal, and then took up a series of messages from the Assembly to discharge bills from committee and substitute identical Senate bills for third reading. The chamber then proceeded through the calendar, considering measures in public health, business, labor, social services, economic development, agriculture and markets, education, county law, and general business law. Several senators briefly explained votes, including Senator Bailey, who spoke in support of Calendar 67 and asked to be recorded in the affirmative. Most bills passed with broad support, though some drew limited opposition. Notable negative votes included Calendar 64 (4 nays), Calendar 66 (1 nay), Calendar 70 (1 nay), Calendar 73 (2 nays), Calendar 77 (18 nays), Calendar 78 (2 nays), Calendar 80 (2 nays), and Calendar 92 (2 nays). At the end of the session, the Senate completed the reading of the day’s calendar, reported no further business at the desk, and moved to adjourn until Tuesday, February 3 at 3:00 p.m., with intervening days designated as legislative days.

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• The language representing the negotiated House bills was amended to those bills and they were laid over
• the language of our two House files and pass that amended bill to the general register.
• Once the Senate receives the amended bill, it can either concur with our language or express the need
• The chair moves to insert House File 1943 as amended as separate articles to Senate File 3045.
• services finance bill and an amendment services finance bill and an amendment for<00:03:22.080><

Bills: SF3045, HF2783, HF1943

Keywords: omnibus, state government, local government, elections, campaign finance, voter registration, absentee voting, election administration, electronic rosters, lobbying, lobbyist disclosure, state budget, appropriations, biennial budget, Minnesota Secretary of State, Minnesota Management and Budget, state personnel, civil service, affirmative action, disability employment

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• an amendment. an amendment.
• >> The<01:34:17.600> amendment >> The amendment >> The amendment is<01:
• Speaker, I've got an amendment. Speaker, I've got an amendment.
• amendment and let's go forward. amendment and let's go forward.
• shown and as amended amended as therein shown and as amended has<06:34:58.718> passed<06:34:58.878

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• technical amendments.
• technical amendments.
• technical amendments.
• technical amendments. Any discussion? technical amendments. Any discussion?
• Bill 3323, passing with amendments. Bill 3323, passing with amendments.

Bills: SB2489, SB2310, SB2372, SB2426, SB2334, SB2925, SB3323

Keywords: invasive species, agriculture, biosecurity, lease provisions, environment, natural resources, flood management, vegetation removal, Kainahola stream, Hawaii legislation, trees, exceptional trees, significant trees, urban forestry, arborist advisory committee, DLNR, Department of Land and Natural Resources, University of Hawaii, county planning, tree preservation

Summary: The committee heard several measures related to agriculture, invasive species control, trees, reef protection, and land use. SP 2489 would require Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity leases to include access, invasive-species control, and termination provisions; DAB and DLNR supported it, as did several outside groups, while the Hawaii Farm Bureau and Hawaii Cattlemen’s Council raised concerns about notice, cooperation with lessees, and placing penalties on leaseholders for preexisting infestations. The chair noted six testifiers in support, one opposed, and three with comments. SP 2310 would appropriate funds to remove overgrown vegetation from the Kohola stream. DAB supported the bill but explained that the work already completed by its contractor stopped at a DOT boundary, and that the affected parcel appears to be a DOT highway segment on ceded lands; the committee discussed whether the appropriation should instead go to DOT. SP 2372, on exceptional and significant trees, received support from DNR and Outdoor Circle, with testimony describing trees as critical infrastructure and suggesting technical amendments to committee membership and the process for recommending trees to county councils. SP 2426, which would authorize DNR to contract with private parties to maintain sunscreen dispensers at state beaches and promote mineral-based sunscreen as reef-protective, drew support from DNR and reef advocates, while another witness questioned the science behind claims about mineral versus chemical sunscreens and urged broader environmental solutions. SP 2334 would impose a land conversion fee on agricultural land converted to other uses, create a fee fund for programs including healthy soils, and require state agricultural lands to use a conservation metric. DAB offered comments, and testimony from climate and farm groups generally supported the conservation goals but questioned references to programs not yet in place and objected to language excluding solar and wind uses, with one witness urging that agri-voltaics remain allowed. SP 2925, concerning coconut trees, would recognize them as food, water, and cultural resources, require signage for landscape palms, set labeling standards, and create a tax credit for naturally managed consumable coconut trees. DAB shifted from opposition to comments, DNR supported, and testimony from cultural and subsistence advocates strongly backed the bill as a response to coconut rhinoceros beetle impacts; committee questions focused on enforcement of signage, inspection resources, and the proposed tax credit.

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• Committee amendment pending. Senator Shelnutt, we're on the amendment.
• On the amendment. Yes. We're on Yeah. On the amendment. Yes.
• <03:08:19.560> of<03:08:19.640> amendment the amendment of amendment the amendment
• of amendment adopt<03:08:21.120> the<03:08:21.200> amendment.
• adopt the amendment. adopt the amendment.

Keywords: 920, all

Summary: The Alabama Senate convened with prayer, the pledge, and a quorum present, then quickly handled routine motions to excuse absent senators, dispense with the prior journal, and allow bills and committee reports throughout the day. The chamber first took up House amendments to Senate Bill 19 on insurance, including a changed start date and a bill name honoring David McHanie and Roy Johnson. On a long roll, the Senate concurred 22-0 with one abstention. Senator Singleton then used personal privilege to present a Black History observance highlighting Nat King Cole, Louis Armstrong, Benjamin O. Davis Sr., and Mahalia Jackson. Committee reports followed, with the Senate confirming Brandy Williams to the Alabama Fire College and Personnel Standards and Education Commission and Lynn Brewer to the Alabama Board of Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Contractors. Senator Singleton spoke at length in support of the trades-related confirmation, emphasizing the importance of skilled labor, contractor oversight, and workforce training, while also discussing the need to support such professions and the role of boards in protecting consumers. The Senate also received favorable reports from Judiciary, Education Policy, Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development, Tourism, and Local Legislation on a range of bills, many with amendments or substitutes, and placed them on the next day’s calendar. In motions and resolutions, Senator Elliott recommitted Senate Bill 310 to local legislation and introduced Senate Joint Resolution 50 honoring Coach Tim Carter, which was sent to rules. The Senate adopted Senate Joint Resolution 51 mourning Junior Harold Sorrells and several House resolutions from the Rules Committee, including recognitions for the Alabama State Games, Mack McCutcheon’s retirement, the Black pioneers of Macon County, Alicia Cannon, Joseph William Jones Jr., and Louis Vuitton the Pitbull Day. The chamber also recognized several school leaders in the gallery and then moved into local bills, beginning with Senate Bill 266, a proposed constitutional amendment regarding Covington County, for which a bill reading was requested using the previous roll.

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• I am pleased to accept the committee's amendments.
• We were originally opposed unless amended, but with the amendments we look forward to moving to neutral
• We were opposed unless amended; with the amendments, we have moved to neutral. Thank you very much.
• I will be accepting the committee's amendments.
• Motion is due pass as amended to Appropriations.

Summary: The Assembly Health Committee heard a long agenda of health-related bills, with most items presented for later vote once quorum was reached. Early in the hearing, the committee adopted a consent calendar of multiple bills with motions for due pass to Appropriations, and it noted that AB 2029 had been pulled from the agenda. The committee also took up AB 1973, a bill by Aguiar-Curry to expand who may provide procedural abortion care. Supporters, including physicians and certified nurse midwives, argued the bill would align law with current training and improve access, while opponents said later-term abortion procedures require physician-level surgical training and raised safety concerns. The author emphasized hands-on training, consultation, and transfer protocols, and the bill was held pending quorum with a motion and second recorded. The committee then heard AB 1558 by Arambula, which would adopt the Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act to speed the use of out-of-state licensed volunteers during declared disasters. Supporters from the Uniform Law Commission and the Red Cross said the bill would reduce delays and clarify legal authority for volunteer health workers; there was no opposition testimony. AB 2282 by Alanis, a temporary rural emergency stabilization center for Patterson while a permanent hospital is built, drew support from local emergency responders and a late opposition from the California chapter of ACEP. The chair praised the bill as a creative local solution and agreed to coauthor it; a motion and second were recorded, with the vote to occur later. Several public health access bills followed. AB 1843 by El-Hawari would limit prior authorization and align hepatitis C treatment coverage with medical guidelines; supporters said it would remove barriers to a curable disease, while health plans opposed it as a mandate, citing premium impacts and the recent SB 306 prior-authorization process. AB 2247 by El-Hawari would create the THRIVE program for mental health services for youth affected by gun violence; Youth Alive and other supporters described trauma-informed, community-based care, and the chair and another member asked to be added as coauthors. AB 2138 by Krell would expand access to certified peer support specialists in enhanced care management and remove automatic disqualifications based solely on criminal history; supporters said peers are essential to engagement and recovery, and the bill was held with a motion and second. Later, AB 1682 by Hart would require coverage of scalp cooling for chemotherapy patients, with emotional testimony from cancer survivors and clinicians; insurers opposed it as another mandate, but the author stressed the modest per-member cost and the bill was moved with a motion and second. AB 1879 by Dixon would standardize data reporting for alcohol and drug treatment facilities, including private providers, to improve statewide information on outcomes and access; the bill drew broad support from recovery organizations and the prior opposition was withdrawn after amendments. AB 1906 by Aguiar-Curry would require coverage of at-home cervical cancer screening kits without cost sharing; supporters cited improved access for rural and working Californians, insurers opposed it on affordability grounds, and the bill passed on a recorded roll call after quorum was established. Finally, AB 1556 by Haney would clarify and support drug-free recovery housing and return-to-use policies; supporters said it would expand sober housing options, while opponents warned it could allow evictions after relapse and conflict with Housing First principles. The hearing ended with the bill still under discussion and opposition-unless-amended concerns noted.

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• recommendations to pass with amendments recommendations to pass with amendments any<03:44:53.680
• <03:46:34.880> any BNF and some technical amendments any BNF and some technical amendments
• I was curious: in the list of amendments, did you also include an amendment that specifically exempts
• Was that covered in the amendments?
• <03:55:58.920> that said this this was um amendments that said this this was um amendments

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• THAT IS THE SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT WHICH IS THE SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT. >> Senator Polsky: ANY QUESTIONS
• ON THE SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT?
• ANY APPEARANCE FORMS FOR THE SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT? ANY DEBATE ON THE SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT?
• FAVOR OF THE SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT?
• THOSE OPPOSED TO THE SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT. THIS AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED. BACK ON THE BILL AS AMENDED.

Keywords: 999, senate, all