Video & Transcript Research : 'intersection improvements'

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HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

EIG Public Hearing 04-03-2025

Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • our creative idea of moving this post office allows a lot of opportunities for changes to that intersection
  • our creative idea of moving this post office allows a lot of opportunities for changes to that intersection
  • our creative idea of moving this post office allows a lot of opportunities for changes to that intersection
  • of opportunities for changes<00:01:39.920> to<00:01:40.079> that<00:01:40.320> intersection
  • <00:01:40.880> especially changes to that intersection especially changes to that intersection
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The Committee on Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs heard two concurrent resolutions. HCR 33 proposed asking the U.S. Postmaster General to relocate the Pearl City Post Office from Kamehameha Highway and Acacia Road to Navy property on the Pearl City Peninsula. Testifiers, including Pearl City Neighborhood Board chair Larry Verrett and resident Lena Ala Baiton, supported the move, citing severe congestion, narrow access, safety concerns, and the potential to improve traffic flow and support transit-oriented development. Members noted a similar Senate measure had already passed, and HCR 33 was recommended to pass unamended. The committee then considered HCR 157, which would establish a task force to simplify permitting for enhanced economic development and coordinate state and intergovernmental permitting processes. Testimony in support was submitted by representatives connected to DBED/HHFDC and others. In discussion, members questioned whether such a task force was necessary, what projects it would address, how often it would meet, whether it could include housing and local-level projects, and what the cost might be; the response was that the resolution would provide more structure, no similar project had been executed before, and costs were not yet known but could be addressed later. The committee ultimately recommended HCR 157 pass unamended, and the recommendation was adopted without objection.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • exciting time to be pulling this one forward and talking about it, having a hearing on it, because it intersects
  • to be actually pulling this one forward and talking about it having a hearing on it, because it intersects
  • Sokolow and I filed a bill to improve outdoor trail accessibility.
  • Furthermore, our paid youth tree planting program, Canopy Crew, is not just about environmental improvement
  • Trees cool homes, filter air pollutants, reduce stress, and improve the quality of life.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The hearing covered several environment and natural resources bills focused on natural and working lands, forest protection, municipal reforestation, trail accessibility, and a park naming bill. Representative Moschino and Senator Comerford described the natural and working lands bill as part of the state’s climate roadmap, arguing that protecting these lands supports carbon sequestration, resilience, biodiversity, and helps prevent development pressure on the least expensive land. Senator Comerford also testified on a separate bill to expand access to trails for people of all abilities, saying it would build on the administration’s Trails for All initiative and create a permanent advisory structure and trust fund. Representative Consolvo and family members testified in support of H. 4259 to name the tennis courts at Wether Park in Roslindale after Kim O’Connell, describing her long community service and activism. A large portion of the hearing focused on H. 952 and H. 953, bills to protect watershed and state forest lands as parks or reserves. Supporters, including environmental advocates, scientists, and organizations such as Standing Trees, Sierra Club, The Nature Conservancy, and the Massachusetts Forest Alliance’s opponents, debated whether state forests and watershed lands should be permanently reserved from logging and other active management. Supporters said the bills would improve carbon storage, water quality, biodiversity, flood and drought resilience, and would protect large acreages of public land at no cost. Opponents, including the Massachusetts Forest Alliance, argued that sustainable forest management and a mix of reserves and managed forests are needed for climate, water quality, wildfire prevention, rural jobs, and carbon outcomes, and urged the committee to allow the administration’s existing reserve process to continue. The committee also heard extensive testimony on the municipal reforestation bill, H. 1013/S. 553, which would create a statewide program, advisory council, and trust fund to support urban tree planting and maintenance. Municipal officials and advocates from Wellesley, Cambridge, Boston, the Mystic River watershed, and other communities said urban trees are critical for cooling, stormwater control, air quality, public health, and equity, especially in environmental justice neighborhoods with low canopy cover and high heat. Several witnesses emphasized that consistent funding is needed because trees take years to mature and many municipalities lack staff or watering capacity. Some witnesses asked that the bill be funded at $100 million and tied to the Mass Ready Act or environmental bond funding. No votes or final committee actions were taken during the hearing.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Committee on Economic Development, Growth, and Household Impact Jul 11th, 2025

Economic Development, Growth, and Household Impact

Transcript Highlights:
  • carefully, asking hard questions, and using what we learned to shape policy. policies that actually improve
  • That was an important part of launching that, is making sure that it intersects uh... the innovation
  • small business owners, community innovators, and university-affiliated leaders working at the intersection
  • but as soon as we became their sole importers, we found out there were three things that we could improve
Keywords: 988, house, all
VA

Virginia 2026 1st Special Session

Courts Of Justice Mar 6th, 2026

Courts of Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm going to have to improve it.
  • 31% of respondents said there had been improvement.
  • The member asked her to reflect on the areas in which she thinks she has improved.
  • Yes, I think there's a couple things that the court can improve on.
  • So I think there's certain things on the civil side that we can do to improve that part of it.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations & Revenue. (7-1-26)

Appropriations & Revenue

Transcript Highlights:
  • door hardware upgrades, usually lock systems, plumbing, HVAC, some new roofing, sewer issues, and improving
  • door hardware upgrades, usually lock systems, plumbing, HVAC, some new roofing, sewer issues, and improving
  • door hardware upgrades, usually lock systems, plumbing, HVAC, some new roofing, sewer issues, and improving
  • door hardware upgrades, usually lock systems, plumbing, HVAC, some new roofing, sewer issues, and improving
  • If this is the My question is specifically about the intersection between SFCC, who requires [clears
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Transportation Apr 3rd, 2025

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • restrict railroad train length to 8,500 feet to reduce the frequency of blocked thoroughfares and improve
  • This bill would help improve public safety and potentially save lives by restricting train length to
  • is no doubt that an 8,500-foot maximum on train length would help alleviate blocked crossings and improve
  • The railroads are focused on... ...on improving our ability to keep trains moving and minimizing our
  • Crossing, the truck would not have needed to intersect with the rail line at all.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
  • And I want to hear from you what you are doing and how we improve the system.
  • The lower number of test takers for Pn and that higher pass rate with the intersection in 2023.
  • Also want to say thank you for your dedication to improving nursing education and patient care across
  • What do we do to improve that and make us not last but first, so let's start here. >> Thank you.
  • What we want to do, though, is that you have to recruit and I agree we need to do something to improve
Keywords: 999, senate, all
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education Jan 15th, 2025

Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Peggy Yanni, Vice Chancellor of Strategic Improvement with the DOE, here to present the program.
  • Peggy Yanni, Vice Chancellor of Strategic Improvement with DOE; she'll be here to kick us off.
  • Can we always improve? We should always be in the mindset of improving.
  • And where can we possibly improve? So just building on your question, Senator Gaetz.
  • Who intersects with that person with autism's life at any point.
Summary: The committee held its first meeting and received an overview of the Pre-K-12 education appropriations jurisdiction and base budget. Staff explained that education funding is driven largely by enrollment and per-student formulas, with most money coming from state and local sources. The presentation highlighted the major budget areas: early learning, the Florida Education Finance Program (FEFP), non-FEFP K-12 programs, federal programs, and the State Board of Education. Members asked about instructional materials funding and how scholarship students who return to public schools are counted and funded; staff explained that instructional materials remain in the base and that funding depends on survey timing, with districts ultimately funded through the enrollment count process. The committee then reviewed federal IDEA funding for students with disabilities. Department of Education officials explained how IDEA Part B funds are split between state set-asides and local educational agencies, and noted that Florida ranked fourth nationally in total IDEA Part B funding and received a 95% state determination for meeting IDEA requirements. They also described the bureau’s responsibilities, including monitoring, dispute resolution, instructional support, and the Hope Florida unit for ages 3 to 5. Members asked for more information on student performance outcomes and how the state measures success beyond compliance, and the department agreed to provide follow-up data. The final major topic was the Florida Diagnostic and Learning Resources System (FDLRS), including associate centers, multidisciplinary centers, and specialized centers for deaf/hard of hearing and visually impaired students. Presenters described services such as child find, family support, assessments, professional learning, accessible instructional materials, and technical assistance. Committee members focused on whether families and schools have equal access to services across the state, how IEP disputes and reevaluations are handled, and whether more support is needed for parents, teachers, and rural districts. FDLRS representatives said they do not write IEPs but help connect families to districts, provide training and assessments, and support compliance and data collection; they also emphasized staffing and resource needs, especially for low-incidence disabilities and multilingual family outreach.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Oklahoma Education Commission Apr 30th, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Oklahoma Education Commission

Transcript Highlights:
  • their gifts and not a very good job of Reaching in and finding out their shortcomings, how do we improve
  • Organize it and how can we improve it.
  • This is the Education Commission, and we're focusing a lot on AI and improving processes.
  • Our learners intersect our Teachers intersect, so any way we can align what we do with the technologies
Keywords: 914, all
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate Chamber Jan 23rd, 2026 at 10:43 am

New Mexico Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • You've done so much to really improve the situation at WNMU, and I really want to thank you from deep
  • You've done so much to really improve the situation at WNMU, and I really want to thank you from deep
  • That intersection has four huge vacant lots that are flat, that have got rabbits and lizards.
  • That intersection is finally going to get done for approximately $65 million.
  • That was an improvement from last year's bill.
Keywords: 996, all
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

07/08/2026 - Legislative Council

Transcript Highlights:
  • So I think a lot of voters look at speed cameras differently from intersection cameras.
  • So I think a lot of voters look at speed cameras differently from intersection cameras.
  • Of voters look at speed cameras differently from intersection cameras with red lights.
  • For example, the language could say traffic control devices, comma, such as red-light intersection cameras
  • directly and substantially related to the curriculum content and be used to teach or enhance and improve
Keywords: 1182, all
VT

Vermont 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Session - 2026-05-21 - 10:00AM

Vermont Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:30:11.520> of have to look at the intersection of have to look at the intersection of
  • This year, your Senate Finance Committee continued to improve upon the past work of prior legislators
  • <00:51:00.319> consistency<00:51:01.040> and<00:51:01.119> imple to improve
  • consistency and imple to improve consistency and imple implementation. implementation. implementation
  • compliance with and enforcement improve compliance with and enforcement of<01:40:34.719> the<
Keywords: 927, senate, all
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Ways and Means Jun 21st, 2026 at 10:00 am

Joint Committee on Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • And you're sitting in where we intersect. So Rep.
  • What can we do to improve veteran employment here in the Commonwealth?
  • We continue to focus on improving how we support high-needs youth.
  • Improving access, especially by phone, remains a top operational priority.
  • Technology also plays an important role in improving accuracy and service.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The hearing was a FY27 budget session on Health and Human Services held in Mattapan, hosted by the Joint Committee on Ways and Means. Opening remarks from Senator Lydia Edwards, Representative Brandy Fluker-Reed, Representative Russell Holmes, and Boston Public Library President David Leonard emphasized the significance of holding the first Ways and Means hearing in Mattapan, the importance of community access, and the role of libraries as human services institutions. Committee members and attendees introduced themselves before agency testimony began. MassAbility testified first, describing its mission to support people with disabilities through employment, independent living, and disability determination services. The agency highlighted federal funding uncertainty, a modest FY27 budget reduction, and a proposed reworking of its home care program, which it said is outdated and should better target those most in need. Members questioned the home care cut, staffing reductions, and federal coordination. MassAbility also shared a participant story about recovery and community support to illustrate the impact of its services. The Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing then presented its FY27 request, focusing on interpreter and captioning access, workforce development, emergency communication, aging-related hearing loss, and transition services for deaf and hard-of-hearing youth. Members asked about interpreter shortages, after-hours emergency coverage, ASL education, and community training; the commission said it is expanding mentorship and referral systems but still faces staffing and vendor challenges. The Massachusetts Commission for the Blind followed with a $30.8 million request, describing services for nearly 9,000 consumers, peer support groups, vocational rehabilitation, and Turning 22 services, while noting federal funding uncertainty and a 7% budget cut. Members raised concerns about maintaining services with fewer resources, and the commissioner said the agency had trimmed overhead and could manage the proposal. The Office for Refugees and Immigrants closed the segment, outlining expanded legal, housing, workforce, citizenship, and financial literacy supports for immigrants and refugees, including Know Your Rights trainings, legal defense initiatives, and the Massachusetts Access to Counsel Initiative. Members discussed the effects of federal policy changes, the loss of refugee resettlement funding, and the need for state support to fill gaps. No votes were taken in the portion provided; the hearing consisted of agency presentations and committee questioning.
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

HSH Public Hearing - Thu Mar 20, 2025 @ 10:15 AM HST

Human Services & Homelessness

Transcript Highlights:
  • This would significantly reduce administrative burden, improve access to essential services, and ensure
  • <00:08:41.039> access<00:08:41.360> to<00:08:41.760> essential burden, improve
  • access to essential burden, improve access to essential services,<00:08:42.959> and<00:08:43.200
  • I fall into an intersection<00:27:09.279> of<00:27:10.039> invisibility<00:27:11.039>
  • > with<00:27:11.360> our intersection of invisibility with our intersection of invisibility
Keywords: 910, house, all
Summary: The committee met on March 20, 2025, to hear a series of Human Services and Health resolutions. HCR 146, which asks the Department of Human Services to apply for and implement the Elderly Simplified Application Project, drew strong support from disability, public health, and hunger advocates. Testifiers emphasized that the measure could create a more uniform benefits application, reduce repeated paperwork, extend certification periods from one year to three years, and ease burdens on both applicants and DHS staff. DHS said it stood on its written testimony and was available for questions. The committee also heard that a universal application could help people with disabilities avoid delays and denials caused by complex or duplicative forms. The committee then heard HR 170/HCR 174, which requests review of Aloha-based learning programs for youth in the juvenile legal system. Supporters from Opportunity for Youth Action Hawaii and DebtFree Justice Hawaii said the resolution would help advance restorative justice, community service, and culturally grounded rehabilitation, especially if youth fees and fines are reduced or eliminated. Testimony also supported HR 133/HCR 139, which asks the Office of Wellness and Resilience to report on the developmental needs of children born during the COVID-19 pandemic. Witnesses from the developmental disabilities council, the Office of Wellness and Resilience, the Hawaii Community Foundation, and others said the pandemic’s trauma and behavioral impacts justify a multidisciplinary, evidence-based report, and the office requested more time to complete its findings, suggesting a deadline at the end of 2026. The committee also heard HR 88/HCR 92, proposing a two-year homelessness sanctuary pilot program in Honolulu. One testifier described sleeping in a car and said the pilot could provide a safer option, while the Statewide Office on Homelessness and Housing Solutions said it supported the intent but stressed that a sanctuary is still an unsheltered situation and should lead people toward permanent housing. HCR 180, calling for collaboration among homelessness and law enforcement agencies, received comments that many of the issues are already being addressed locally. HR 103/HCR 107, which would convene a working group to strengthen Title 9 protections, received support from education, women’s, and LGBTQ advocates, who asked for student and queer representation on the working group and said federal Title 9 changes make state action important. No votes were taken during the portion of the meeting provided, and the committee moved from one resolution to the next after testimony and questions.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Transportation Nov 18th, 2025

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • Oftentimes, the driver is coming to that intersection, the stop sign, and they're looking to the left
  • With space, we have a standalone program called the Spaceport Improvement Program. And then...
  • With space, we have a standalone program called the Spaceport Improvement Program.
  • Because they need capacity improvements as well. And we've seen...
  • They need capacity improvements as well. And we've seen a big impact on that.
Summary: The committee held a panel discussion on micro-mobility device regulation and enforcement, focusing on e-bikes and e-scooters. Sheriff Robert Hardwick and Chief Jamie Cruz described serious injuries involving children, including crashes at high speeds, and argued that current law is outdated because it folds e-bikes into the bicycle statute. They urged a separate statewide framework with clearer age limits, licensing or training requirements, helmet rules, and penalties for modifying devices to go faster. Both also emphasized that parents should bear responsibility and that enforcement should include education, progressive discipline, and, if needed, civil citations. FDOT District 6 Secretary Daniel Iglesias and DHSMV representative Lonnie Groner said their agencies are prioritizing education, outreach, and better data collection. They noted that micromobility devices are increasingly common, create safety and accessibility issues on sidewalks and shared-use paths, and are difficult to track because crash reports often do not identify them consistently. Members discussed whether motorized devices should be barred from sidewalks, whether riders should be licensed and insured, and how enforcement could be made uniform statewide. The panel also said manufacturers have not been meaningfully engaged and that local approaches vary widely. The committee then heard 2026 legislative priorities from FDOT Secretary Jared Perdue and DHSMV Executive Director Dave Kerner. Perdue outlined FDOT’s large five-year work program, ongoing congestion-relief projects, investments in ports, airports, rail, workforce, heavy equipment, facilities, and cybersecurity, and the need to do more with flat revenues. Kerner summarized DHSMV’s agency bill priorities, including requiring a Florida address and proof of residence for vehicle registration, updating identification requirements, aligning tank vehicle and motor carrier rules with federal standards, improving IFTA administration, raising the crash-report damage threshold, and allowing electronic notices. No votes were taken, and the meeting adjourned after the presentations and questions.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Gun Violence Prevention Working Group - 09/15/25

Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Youth and communities have been impacted, and improving the...
  • role would be to assess the landscape of civil commitment in Minnesota, particularly look at the intersection
  • We know there is an intersection between mental health issues and our civil justice system, and in a
  • WOULD BE TO ASSESS THE LANDSCAPE OF CIVIL COMMITMENT IN MINNESOTA TO PARTICULARLY LOOK AT THE INTERSECTION
  • OF DETAIL WE HEARD FROM VARIOUS SOURCES ON ISSUES REGARDING MENTAL HEALTH WE KNOW THERE IS AN INTERSECTION
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Higher Education - 03/13/25

Higher Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • /c><00:41:44.760> made<00:41:44.880> a<00:41:45.000> good<00:41:45.119> Improvement
  • <00:41:45.560> I think you you made a good Improvement I think you you made a good Improvement
  • I think that's a great intersection between the two.
  • 00:48:14.160> that's<00:48:14.280> a<00:48:14.400> great<00:48:14.640> intersection
  • I think that's a great intersection I think that's a great intersection between<00:48:15.680>
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 3/5/25

Transportation Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • This stoplight intersection is an incredibly dangerous one over the past few years, so it's important
  • /c><00:10:55.680> stoplight in uh the area this stoplight in uh the area this stoplight intersection
  • is an incredibly uh intersection is an incredibly uh dangerous<00:10:59.680> over<00:10:59.920
  • c><00:24:41.120> aims<00:24:41.440> to<00:24:41.679> really<00:24:42.000> improve
  • This bill aims to really improve public access to automatic external defibrillators, or AEDs, by
Keywords: 1183, house
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • I think it intersects well with some of the other issues before the committee today.
  • , TDC, for accomplishing needed public health and public purpose goals; welcoming and attracting improved
  • I think it intersects well with some of the other issues before the committee today.
  • So there is grant funding available through SWIG, the School Water Improvement Grants, which provide
  • I have a PhD in engineering from Boston University, and I work at the intersection of human health and
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The hearing covered a broad set of environmental and water-related bills, with much of the testimony focused on blue economy and circular economy proposals, drought management, drinking water safety, flood resilience, and water infrastructure funding. Supporters of bills such as H. 987 and H. 988 described grant programs for blue economy workforce development, research, small businesses, and public education about a circular economy. Other speakers backed measures on coastal erosion research, recreational boating dredging, cranberry water-right transfers, sand mining oversight, and a voucher program for home water filtration in PFAS-impacted communities. Several elected officials and advocates also urged passage of bills to require private well testing, improve school drinking water safety, and address sand mining pollution and PFAS contamination. Water supply and drought issues drew extensive testimony. Senator Eldridge and others supported legislation to let the state, through DEP and the drought management task force, impose regional water-use restrictions during droughts and make the task force permanent in statute. Advocates from watershed groups, farms, and environmental organizations said the current town-by-town approach is inconsistent and ineffective, and they described drought impacts on rivers, farms, private wells, and wildfire risk. A related bill on private wells was supported as a way to help homeowners test and remediate contaminated wells, especially in rural areas without public water. The committee also heard testimony on a bill to allow the Lynnfield Water District to join the MWRA, with local officials saying the move would help address PFAS and other contamination and improve supply reliability. Another major panel supported a water infrastructure funding bill, arguing that aging drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater systems need major new investment, including support for PFAS treatment, sewer rate relief, biosolids research, and regional interconnections. Members asked about costs, funding sources, and the relationship to existing revolving loan funds; witnesses said the bill would need to be paired with future bond funding and new revenue ideas. No votes were taken during the hearing, and the chairs repeatedly invited written testimony and noted the large number of speakers.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Jan 28th, 2026

Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • An e-bike safety task force will be created to examine and recommend improvements to state law and to
  • when e-bikes suddenly zip off the sidewalk and into traffic without stopping at crosswalks or intersections
  • when e-bikes suddenly zip off the sidewalk and into traffic without stopping at crosswalks or intersections
  • I also strongly support the electric bicycle safety task force and improved crash reporting.
Bills: S0382, S0628, S0654, S0696, S0880
Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development met with a quorum and considered five bills, all of which were reported favorably. First, SB 628 designated a portion of South Navy Boulevard in Pensacola as “Warrior Sacrifice Way” to honor Ensign Joshua Watson, Petty Officer Muhammad Hatham, and Cameron Walters, who were killed in the 2019 Naval Air Station Pensacola attack. Senators spoke in support, emphasizing remembrance and support for the families. The committee then heard CS/SB 382 on electric bicycles and scooters. The bill would require riders on shared pathways to yield to pedestrians, sound an audible signal before passing, and limit speed near pedestrians, while creating an e-bike safety task force and reporting requirements. Law enforcement, local officials, and school board representatives supported the bill and described safety concerns and data gaps, while several senators raised questions about enforcement and asked that e-scooters be addressed more explicitly. The bill was reported favorably. Members also approved SB 880, creating a Miami Northwestern Alumni Association specialty license plate to fund scholarships and school programs, and SB 696, which allows online trademark registration applications and updates Florida’s trademark classification and verification procedures. Finally, the committee took up CS/CS/SB 654 on traffic infraction enforcement cameras for red light, school zone speeding, and school bus violations. The bill and an amendment added guardrails on data use, hearings, reporting, signage, and contract limits; senators raised concerns about privacy, surveillance, and school zone enforcement, and a Hillsborough County sheriff’s representative testified that all-day school zone enforcement has improved safety. All measures were reported favorably, and the committee adjourned after recording additional affirmative votes on SB 628 from Senators Martin and Smith.