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• The Missouri House of Representatives Legislative Rules Committee shall come to order.
• And I believe it is, but it's not our job here on this Rules Committee...
• I believe it is, but it's not our job here on this Rules Committee to hear that bill.
• You know, it's in our name, Rules Committee, and I think probably one of the most basic rules is...
• It's in our name, Rules Committee, and I think probably one of the most basic rules is that we shouldn't

Committee: House Rules - Legislative

Summary: The Missouri House Legislative Rules Committee met to consider a long hearing notice of bills and resolutions. Chair Cupps opened by explaining that the committee would proceed through all items on the notice, including a late-added House Committee Substitute for HB 3383, and announced an initial motion to recommit Senate Substitute for SB 889 back to its House committee of origin. He said the bill’s language appeared to be aimed at banning corporal punishment in public schools, and he wanted the originating committee to review it further before the Rules Committee advanced it. That recommit motion passed 9-2. The committee then took up and mostly advanced a large number of measures, including bills on tourism revenue, county health officers, library boards, soil erosion control, child maintenance after DWI fatalities, initiative petitions, foreign law, post-conviction relief, property development applications, local taxation, child care licensing, administrative rules, workforce training grants, water resources, judiciary offenses, water service line fees, hospital zones, prepaid wireless emergency charges, a commemorative day, disabled veterans’ property tax credits, unemployment administration, school district operations, military leave, health care provider networks, mobile food vendors, school emergency response devices, compensation for property owners in certain cities, young driver offenses, insurance regulations, tax credit cleanup, public water supply districts, downtown redevelopment incentives, workplace violence prevention in health care, pass-through entity taxation, county development disability resource board levies, county finances, and a civic recognition resolution. Most of these passed unanimously or with only a few dissenting votes; HB 1734 failed 5-6, and HB 2291, HB 2124, HB 2139/2175, HB 2254, HB 2693, HB 2699, HB 2767, HB 2933, HB 32110, and HB 3220 each drew some opposition or abstentions. Several bills prompted discussion. HB 2933, dealing with school district operations, was explained as banning seclusion rooms and restraints in response to a DOJ probe; it passed 10-1. HB 3174, on emergency responses in schools, would provide wearable panic buttons subject to appropriations, and members discussed funding and whether it created an unfunded mandate; it passed 11-0. HB 2877, on unemployment administration adjustments, was clarified as shifting existing unemployment tax money for administrative funding without adding cost to employers, and it passed 11-0. HB 3383, on nonprofit corporations’ hiring practices and signature gathering for initiative petitions, was described as requiring E-Verify for certain signature gatherers; after questions about burdens on employers and election process concerns, it passed 9-0 with two present. The committee also advanced HCR 52 encouraging participation in America 250 celebrations and HCR 31 creating a Seal of Civic Recognition Award. At the end, the committee took up House Committee Substitute for Senate Bills 1066 and 1088, a property taxation measure, and it was given a due pass recommendation. Chair Cupps thanked the sponsors who stayed through the lengthy hearing and said the committee might meet again later in the week, likely Thursday, before adjourning.

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• the Appropriations Committee.
• I move to suspend the rules for any bill... ...Committee.
• I move to suspend the rules for any bills reported to the desk by a committee as due pass as amended
• Committee: Item 111, SB 112, Layered; Item 112... ...the Budget Committee: Item 111, SB 112; Item 113
• Nilo, to the Business and Professions Committee.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• > deadlines</c><01:05:49.280><c> on</c> the rule committee for for deadlines on the rule committee for
• rules committee, and then the rules committee would have to decide whether or not to give it a waiver
• It goes to Rules, and then the Rules Committee has to act on it in some way.
• The motion is to move it to Ways and Means by operation of rules. It goes to the Rules Committee.
• It goes to the rules the rule. It goes to the rules committee. committee. committee.

Bills: HF3874 , HF962

Committee: House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Keywords: judicial funding, Chief Justice security, fiscal year 2028, court system, judicial branch, 1183, house

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• for action pursuant to Rule 12.7 of the Rules of the Florida Senate.
• As required by Rule 12.7, the committees conducted an inquiry into the qualifications, experience, and
• As required by Rule 12.7, the Committee on Ethics and Elections conducted an inquiry concerning the qualifications
• Committee substitute for committee substitute for Senate Bill 48, a bill to be entitled an act relating
• Please read the bill a third time: Committee substitute for committee substitute for Senate Bill 48,

Summary: The Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and recognition of Doctors of the Day. Members then offered several gallery introductions and Capitol Day recognitions, including St. Johns County Day, Florida Space Day, Florida State Parks Day, AMIkids Day, Manatee County Days, New College of Florida Day, and Florida Keys Day. The chamber received and adopted a committee report on 65 executive appointments. Debate focused on the confirmation of Tina Vidal-Douart, with one senator opposing her appointment over concerns about contracts tied to detention facilities and political contributions, while another senator spoke in support based on her assistance during COVID testing efforts. The report was adopted by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays. On the special order calendar, the Senate passed Committee Substitute for Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 48 on housing, which requires local governments to allow accessory dwelling units under specified conditions and extends certain density bonus incentives for military families. The Senate also passed Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 578, creating a statewide Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Initiative through the Department of Elder Affairs. Both bills passed 38-0. Appropriations Chair Hooper gave a budget update, saying the Senate budget rollout would move to February 12 in committee and February 18 in full appropriations. The Senate then waived rules to immediately certify all bills passed that day to the House, and adjourned until Wednesday, February 11, for committee meetings and other business.

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• Whether it was a policy committee, rules committee, fiscal review committee, I would pick the...
• Whether it was a policy committee, rules committee, fiscal review committee, I would pick this exact
• The Committee of Rules Legislative Review, or your Legislative Rules Committee, will now come to order
• With no further business before the committee, your Committee on Rules is now adjourned.
• Your Committee on Rules is now adjourned.

Summary: The meeting opened with a quorum present and included extended remarks from the chair thanking committee members for their work and professionalism, noting it was likely his last time chairing the Rules Committee. He then held a lighthearted bingo-style prize giveaway for members before turning the gavel over to the vice chair to conduct the final bill hearing. The committee then considered House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 495, described as a court operations bill sponsored by Senator May. The vice chair spoke in support of the measure, saying it contained good provisions and expressing disappointment that it was only now moving forward. No opposition was voiced. The committee voted unanimously, 11-0, to do pass House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 495. With no further business, the Rules Committee adjourned.

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• Committee process.
• </c> then it could go through the Rules then it could go through the Rules Committee<00:41:29.080><c>
• It belongs in the Health Committee until we can get this amendment that was added or those rules changes
• It belongs in the Health Committee until we can get this amendment that was added or those rules changes
• </c> The resolutions are being referred to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Speaker, your Rules and Ethics Committee herewith submits the special order for Friday, April 25, 2025
• By Budget Committee Ways and Means Committee and Representative Duggan, CS for House Bill 7033, a bill
• But that is what the members of the committees that heard the House bill have put forth, and our rules
• I move that the rules be waived.
• This is part of the rule.

Summary: The House opened with prayer, a moment of silence for fallen Oviedo Officer Jimmy Serrano-Torres, the Pledge of Allegiance, and recognition of Chief Joseph Tuminelli as law enforcement officer of the day. The Rules and Ethics Committee report setting the special order calendar was adopted, and the Speaker announced schedule changes for the following week, including canceling the floor session on Monday and starting Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. The main floor action centered on CS/HB 7033, the House tax package. Sponsor Rep. Duggan described broad tax changes, including reducing the state sales tax rate from 6% to 5.25%, exempting certain bullion sales, repealing the aviation fuel tax, delaying the natural gas fuel tax, changing corporate income tax treatment for charitable trusts, reducing the pari-mutuel tax on card rooms, and major changes to tourist development tax (TDT) use. The bill would redirect most TDT revenue toward property tax relief, dissolve tourist development councils, and include related property tax and local tax administration changes. Several amendments were debated: a Driscoll amendment to preserve local TDT flexibility failed; Duggan’s amendment giving local governments 25% discretion over TDT revenues was adopted; Eskamani’s combined-reporting amendment failed; and a Duggan amendment requiring audit certification of compliance with the TDT/property tax relief provisions was adopted. After debate, CS/HB 7033 passed 78-29. The House then took up CS/CS/HB 1221 on local option taxes, which was presented as a companion-style measure to give local governments more flexibility while redirecting TDT revenues toward property tax relief. Supporters argued the bill would provide immediate relief to property owners and restore accountability in local tax use, while opponents warned it would undermine tourism funding, infrastructure, and local services. An amendment allowing local governments to retain 25% of TDT revenues for general purposes was adopted, and the bill passed 62-45 after floor debate. The final item shown was the reading of CS/CS/HJR 1257, a proposed constitutional amendment related to property tax exemptions and assessment limits, but the transcript cuts off before debate or action on that measure.

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• Good afternoon, Chair Owen, committee members. I'm Cameron Parker.
• And so about two years ago, the fiduciary litigation committee, which is one of the committees that sits
• And so about two years ago, the fiduciary litigation committee, which is one of the committees that sits
• Thank you for what you and your committee does.
• Chairman, members of the committee, my name is Andy Briscoe.

Committee: House Financial Institutions

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• Chairman and members of the committee.
• , and pleading—procedural rules.
• The rules to which you're referring that regulate the profession are not procedural rules. Right.
• Court rules that deal in procedure.
• I don't like their rulings, but I never think after that ruling that they weren't fair and didn't consider

Committee: House General Laws

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• We have a bill on the notice calendar requiring referral to a money committee pursuant to House Rule
• </c> requiring referral to a money committee requiring referral to a money committee pursuant<00:01:12.600
• </c> pursuant to House Rule 35A. pursuant to House Rule 35A.
• The ayes do have it, and you have suspended our rules to commit Senate Bill 198 to the Committee on Human
• the Committee on Human Services.

Keywords: 926, house, all

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• And I'm also absent from my committee, and I think Senator Hart is over in my committee, so we're just
• Welcome to committee. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
• Welcome to committee.
• Please introduce yourself to the committee. Chairman, members of the committee, good afternoon.
• Chairman, members of the committee. Thank you, Mr. Chairman, members of the committee.

Summary: The committee first heard House Joint Memorial 13, which urges Congress and the Trump administration to codify and follow the Supreme Court’s Sackett v. EPA decision and remove pre-Sackett guidance on federal wetland jurisdiction. Senator Lakey, attorney Damien Schiff, and Mike and Chantelle Sackett testified in support, describing the EPA’s enforcement actions against the Sacketts and arguing the decision should be fully implemented. The memorial was moved to the floor with a do pass recommendation and passed on voice vote. The committee then heard House Bill 678, which would allow the use of transmitting trail cameras to help wolf trappers comply with trap-check requirements. The sponsor and supporters from the Idaho Farm Bureau, Idaho Wildlife Federation, Fish and Game Commission, Idaho Trappers Association, and livestock groups said the bill would improve efficiency and humane treatment while helping manage wolf populations. The Idaho Conservation League asked for amendments, arguing the bill removed a clear minimum standard for how long an animal may remain trapped. The motion to send the bill to the floor with a do pass recommendation passed. Next, the committee approved several DOGE Task Force cleanup bills: House Bill 566, repealing the unused STORE outdoor recreation enhancement fund; House Bill 568, repealing obsolete code on floating timber and townsite claims; and House Bill 774, repealing minimum fines for certain illegal hunting offenses because those penalties are covered elsewhere in code. Each bill was moved to the floor with a do pass recommendation and approved by voice vote. The committee also approved minutes from February 16, 18, and 23, 2026. After a recess, the committee received a presentation from the Idaho Water Users Association on North Idaho water issues. Presenters from Hayden Lake Irrigation District, Lewiston Orchards Irrigation District, and East Green Acres Irrigation District discussed aging infrastructure, urban growth, aquifer conditions, workforce training, and water supply challenges in North Idaho. They described recent and planned projects supported by state funding, concerns about future demand, and the need for continued investment and coordination. No formal action was taken on the water presentation, and the meeting adjourned after questions about a forthcoming Coeur d’Alene tribal water rights settlement bill.

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• Madam Speaker, there will be a meeting of the House Rules Committee in the Majority Caucus Room immediately
• The Appropriations Committee will be meeting immediately following the Rules Committee meeting in the
• The Chair recognizes Representative Bradford, Chair of the Committee on Rules.
• The Chair recognizes Representative Bradford, Chair of the Committee on Rules, who reports the following
• The chair rules the following amendment out of order for violating House Rule 20(a): 03855.

Summary: The House convened, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, welcomed numerous guests and interns to the chamber, and established a quorum with 202 members voting on the master roll call. The House then received committee reports on several bills and a resolution, including measures from Consumer Protection, Finance, Communications and Technology, Rules, and Appropriations, and agreed to the reports. House Bill 1877 was reported as passed by the Senate without amendment and was signed by the Speaker for presentation to the Governor. The chamber adopted House Resolution 363, as amended, directing the Joint State Government Commission to study Pennsylvania’s early childhood education system, including the role of public and private equity in child care and recommendations to improve access and affordability. The House also advanced several bills on final passage, including House Bills 2551, 75, 76, 426, 1127, 2234, and 1585. These measures addressed issues such as banning government text-message collection of fees and tolls, medical licensing for physician assistants and physicians, native habitats at Commonwealth facilities, joining the dental and dental hygienist compact, a spent grain donation tax credit, and restrictions on mugshot removal fees. Most passed with broad support, though House Bill 1127 drew opposition over concerns about licensing standards and the compact structure. Members also considered House Bill 2650, creating the Governor’s Responsible Infrastructure Development Certification for data centers, and House Bill 2496, establishing a temporary pause on data center proposals while local ordinances are reviewed. Both bills were amended several times. Debate on HB 2650 focused on data center impacts on electricity costs, water use, noise, community benefit agreements, and farmland protection; one farmland-protection amendment was tabled, while other amendments on closed-loop cooling and enforceable local criteria were adopted. Debate on HB 2496 centered on preserving local control and home rule authority for municipalities, with amendments clarifying that local governments could continue curative amendment procedures and retain zoning powers. The House agreed to both bills as amended. The House also re-reported several bills from Appropriations and Rules, reconsidered and re-accepted a prior committee report on House Bill 2359, and announced caucus and committee meetings. At the end of the session, the House moved several bills to Appropriations, removed Senate Bill 1058 from the table calendar to the active calendar, and adjourned until Wednesday, June 24, 2026, at 11 a.m., unless recalled sooner.

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• Um, I'd just like to remind everyone Um, I'd just like to remind everyone that the rules of the committee
• Per rule 7 of the House Committee on Ethics rules and procedures, if a majority of the whole committee
• House Committee on Per rule 7 of the House Committee on Ethics<00:02:44.840><c> rules</c><00:02:45.160
• Leaving committee to go drink certainly violates accepted norms at the Capitol under rule 6.10.
• Where in the rules does it say it's okay to leave committee as long as no votes are considered?

Committee: House Ethics

Keywords: 1183, house

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• </c> top Democrat on the banking committee. top Democrat on the banking committee.
• </c> Biden rule is not just bad policy, Mr. Biden rule is not just bad policy, Mr.
• Third, I heard several Republican members express their support for hybrid vehicles at the Rules Committee
• Third, I heard several Republican members express their support for hybrid vehicles at the Rules Committee
• This rule would require Oh, mentioned. This rule would require Oh, but<06:35:04.000><c> wait.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, April 30, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• February 6, 2006, the Judiciary and Rules Committee reports that the Senate Journal, the proceedings
• The Judiciary and Rules Committee reports that Senate Joint Resolution 103, Senate Bills 1258, 1259,
• Senate Bill 1259 and Senate Bill 1260 will be referred to the Senate Judiciary and Rules Committee.
• In the Senate, Senate Bill 1239 by the Judiciary and Rules Committee, and Senate Bill 1234 by the Education
• That having been ordered, the minority report pursuant to Rule 21B from the Senate's Committee on Local

Keywords: 989, all

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• The Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration will come to order. A quorum is present.
• The Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration will designate Monday, April 27th for the adoption
• </c> the day pursuant to Rule 1.21 and 3.33. the day pursuant to Rule 1.21 and 3.33.
• The<00:01:51.760><c> Committee</c><00:01:52.120><c> on</c><00:01:52.240><c> Rules</c><00:01:52.520><c
• > and</c><00:01:52.640><c> Legislative</c> The Committee on Rules and Legislative The Committee on Rules

Committee: House Rules and Legislative Administration

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Of committees? None on the desk, Mr. President. Other motions related to committee reference?
• Madam Rules Chair, what is the most exciting part of this bill, in your opinion?
• And I will let you introduce them at every committee and get them to the Rules Committee.
• Before I recognize the Rules Chair for another motion, I'd like to recognize Leader Boyd.
• Seeing none, Madam Rules Chair, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. President.

Summary: The Senate opened with a prayer, pledge, and recognitions of guests, including YMCA youth and government participants and the Doctor of the Day, Dr. Thomas Clem. Senators also made introductory remarks honoring the YMCA’s 175th anniversary and its community service, and the chamber noted the president’s birthday. The body then took up several bills on the special order calendar. Senate Bill 100 adopted the 2026 Florida Statutes and the 2025 regular session laws; Senate Bill 102 and Senate Bill 104 were reviser bills updating and cleaning up the Florida Statutes. Senate Bill 320, on administrative efficiency in public schools, would reduce district reporting and procedural requirements, expand teacher apprenticeship and certification options, adjust assessment and accountability rules, increase district flexibility in funding and facility planning, and shift some VPK oversight to school districts. Senate Bill 7010 would allow Roth post-tax contributions in state and local deferred compensation plans. Sponsors described each bill as improving efficiency, flexibility, or statutory clarity. All four bills passed unanimously, 36-0, after brief debate or no debate. The Senate also withdrew Senate Bill 1720 from further consideration. At the end of the session, the chamber adopted a motion to immediately certify all bills passed that day to the House and then adjourned until the next scheduled meeting.

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• The Judiciary and Rules Committee reports that Senate Resolution 118, Senate Concurrent Resolution 124
• Senate Bill 1369 will be referred to the Judiciary and Rules Committee.
• Senators, these are the rules from the local government and taxation committee.
• Senate Bill 1373 will be referred to the Judiciary and Rules Committee for printing.
• In the Senate, Senate Bill 1260 by the Judiciary and Rules Committee.

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• All House committee members are required by House rules to be here in person. Thank you.
• All House committee members are required by House rules to be here in person.
• No rules. None. No rights. And the first rule is for Mass.
• Thank you, committee, Chairman, and members of the committee. My name is Gary R.
• Thank you, esteemed chairs of the committee, members of the committee, and staff of the committee.

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on the Judiciary

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The committee opened with procedural guidance for a very large hearing, explaining testimony limits, written testimony procedures, and rules for maintaining order. Members then heard testimony on a wide range of bills, including proposals to define antisemitism using the IHRA definition, regulate facial recognition technology, restrict weaponized robotics and drone use, expand protections for journalists’ confidential sources, address access to decedents’ email accounts, and create or adjust rules around municipal enforcement and animal cruelty fines. Several sponsors and advocates asked for favorable reports, and committee members asked clarifying questions on implementation, costs, and how the bills would interact with existing law. On facial recognition, sponsors and advocates described the technology as a threat to privacy, due process, and civil liberties, and urged adoption of the Special Commission’s recommendations, including warrant requirements, notice to defendants, and limits on untargeted surveillance. Support came from legislators, the ACLU, CDT, EFF, and a UMass professor, while committee members asked about current state law and municipal bans. On robotics, Senator Moore and industry witnesses from MassRobotics, Boston Dynamics, and AUVSI supported a bill prohibiting weaponized robots and requiring warrants for certain law enforcement uses, describing it as a public-safety and trust-building measure. On the shield law bill, newspaper publishers, journalists, NEFAC, and the Reporters Committee argued Massachusetts needs statutory protection for confidential sources, citing costly subpoenas and chilling effects on reporting. The committee also heard testimony on a bill to expand the right of publicity to cover image and voice, with SAG-AFTRA members supporting protections against AI-driven exploitation and some discussion about viral content and consent. Another bill would allow limited access to a decedent’s email accounts, with one witness describing a family’s inability to use a deceased relative’s email to notify friends. The committee then took testimony on psilocybin-related bills: supporters described medical and personal benefits and argued for narrow decriminalization or study, while an opponent warned of public-health risks, impaired driving, and youth exposure; the Massachusetts Psychiatric Society supported limited, safety-based decriminalization. Finally, the committee heard strong support for a “safe reporting” bill for sex workers and trafficking survivors, with advocates saying immunity would encourage victims and witnesses to report crimes without fear of arrest, and members raised questions about how the immunity would work in practice.

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• I move to suspend the conference committee report layout deadline, Senate Rule 12.09, on Senate Bill
• Conference Committee Report layout deadline, Senate Rule 12.09, on Senate Bill 8, Mr. President.
• I move to suspend the Conference Committee report layout deadline, Senate Rule 12.09, on Senate Bill
• I move to suspend the conference committee report layout requirements in Senate Rule 1209 in order to
• So with that, I move to suspend the conference committee report layout requirements in Senate rules.

Summary: The Senate opened with an invocation and then took up several conference committee matters and resolutions. It granted the House request for a conference committee on House Bill 46 and adopted a conference report on Senate Bill 37, which was described as higher education governance reform, including stronger board authority, changes to faculty senates, general education requirements, and a new ombudsman office. Senators also adopted a large package of resolutions and HCRs by voice vote. A major focus was Senate Bill 12, the “Parental Bill of Rights,” whose conference report was adopted after extended questioning. The bill was described as giving parents more access to school materials and grievance procedures, requiring parental consent for student clubs, and restricting school district employees from assisting with social transitioning or related gender-identity instruction. Senators raised concerns about effects on students already socially transitioned and on parental rights in medical or psychological decisions; the author said the House language was retained in key areas and that districts would need policies and parent notification. The report passed 20-11. The Senate then adopted a resolution allowing the conference committee on Senate Bill 1, the state budget for fiscal years 2026-2027, to go outside the bounds, and later adopted the budget conference report. Senators highlighted major funding for public education, property tax relief, public safety, health and human services, child care, water and transportation infrastructure, and the Texas Energy Fund. The budget discussion also covered higher education, mental health facilities, community attendant wages, rural hospitals, DFPS case management, child care assistance, and a study rider on TRS. The report passed unanimously, 30-0. Finally, the Senate suspended rules to take up Senate Bill 8 and adopted its conference report. The bill requires counties with jails or jail contracts to participate in the federal 287(g) immigration enforcement program, with sheriffs choosing among available models and counties receiving tiered grants to help cover costs. Supporters framed it as a public safety measure targeting criminal illegal aliens, while opponents questioned whether it would divert local resources and increase fear in immigrant communities. The report was adopted after debate.