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• We're going to start with the election of chair and vice chair. Do I have a motion? Mr.
• It’s an ongoing process.
• This process has been pretty bipartisan.
• Could any of the substitute be voted on separately, or just explain that process?
• Could any of the substitute be voted on separately or just explain that process?

Keywords: Cannabis Retail Market, Joint Commission to Oversee the Transition of the Commonwealth into a, 976, house, all

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• And so that process is line items.
• facilities use process. facilities use process.
• <03:11:50.640> and use through your official process and use through your official process
• By the time the process in place.
• have a streamlined process, right? have a streamlined process, right?

Bills: SB2003

Keywords: Mauna Kea, land management, University of Hawaii, astronomical observatories, leasable lands, natural resource management, stewardship authority, 912, senate, all

Summary: The joint committees on Water, Land, Culture, and the Arts and Education heard testimony and discussed SB 20003, which would require the auditor’s report under Act 255 to include a recommendation on whether the Monarch Stewardship and Oversight Authority is fit to continue managing Monaca lands. Testimony focused on the bill’s reversion language, the role of the auditor, and whether the measure gave the auditor too much discretion without clear criteria. The Office of the Auditor’s position, read into the record, was that it had strong reservations because the bill did not provide standards for assessing fitness and asked that the requirement be held or amended. Other testimony suggested a work group with relevant agencies and Hawaiian practitioners to manage the transition and reduce conflict. Committee members debated whether the bill should simply restore the original reversion language or also require an audit-based fitness determination. Several members questioned the need for a 2031 audit when Act 255 already provides for a performance and financial audit in 2031 and noted that the bill could shift authority away from the legislature. In response, the committee chair explained that the measure was intended to restore language removed during conference and to address the transition back to the University of Hawaii if the authority was not meeting the act’s purpose. The committees ultimately recommended SB 20003 be passed with amendments. The amendments would strike the auditor/audit section, add language addressing timelines by providing a 10-year lease extension and sublease extension, and make technical changes including a defective date. The committees voted to adopt the amended measure and send it forward as an SD1. The transcript also included a separate Education Committee hearing on SB 3286, which would require the University of Hawaii to develop a facilities and student housing master plan and report to the legislature. University of Hawaii testimony said the system supports the intent but that the bill’s requirements are a heavy lift across 10 campuses and should follow development of a broader academic strategy. Members raised concerns about deferred maintenance, shifting priorities, and the lack of a systemwide plan, while the university said it already has a six-year capital improvement plan but acknowledged it does not fully incorporate the broader academic and housing strategy the bill contemplates.

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• <00:12:05.279> Um in the process. Um in the process.
• this process. this process.
• So, we're we're talking this process.
• Um so elected official's term in office.
• opportunity to clarify what that process opportunity to clarify what that process is<00:54:12.640

Bills: HB0150

Keywords: Wyoming business council, economic development, task force, evaluation, policy reform, 916, all

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• We will continue working with them as the bill moves through the process.
• Then there would have been receipts on both sides. elections if I couldn't remedy this.
• And just as the bill works through the process, we'd love to be part of the conversation.
• We have been having productive conversations with the author's office early on in the process.
• So to that extent, absolutely, the court enforcement process still works.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• special friendship and bond, and the successful campaign resulted in the most qualified leader being elected
• As you know, you're a student of history and the history of the legislative process and government in
• That is something that we work very diligently through the process with my subcommittee chairpersons,
• Chairman, I'm curious if you could speak a little bit about the process of crafting this year's budget
• One is to be here on organizational day and elect a Speaker, and the other one is to pass a balanced

Bills: SB1177, HB3705, SB1942, SB2026, SB1533, SB1327, SB2065, SB2155, SB2159

Keywords: education funding, mental health services, public safety, housing, state budget, tax credit, parental choice, private school, income tax, dental insurance, health care, medical necessity, insurance claims, dentist rights, military discharge, veterans, DD Form 214, confidentiality, grandchildren access, veteran burial

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• This bill gives one elected official, our county sheriff, exclusive control over volunteer posses and
• infractions that are covered here in the legislation, which have been determined by the stakeholder process
• ADOT is the one that gave us the instructions on how to enter it and how to process it, so we yielded
• So once that card is filled out and it's processed, they just put a simple indicator on the back of the
• Arizona Constitution states that the sheriff is a county-level constitutional law enforcement officer elected

Bills: HB2170, HB2417, HB2418, HB2771, HB2772, HB4018, HCR2059

Keywords: procurement, foreign adversary, China, state contracts, information technology, security, speeding, speed limit, traffic enforcement, driver safety, speed inhibiting device, appropriation, law enforcement, task forces, funding, criminal justice, community supervision, rehabilitation, supervision fee, victim compensation

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• > the<01:06:48.640> budget<01:06:48.960> process collaboration for the budget process
• Everybody's elected, right? So, the head of the school district and so on.
• Everybody's<01:19:26.000> elected,<01:19:26.640> right?
• So, the head Everybody's elected, right?
• <01:19:35.920> superintendent that there is an elected superintendent that there is an elected

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The meeting focused on school governance and a proposed shift in responsibilities related to SAU consolidation, with committee members first discussing how school board members and other local officials would be selected for future testimony. The main presentation came from the New Hampshire Association of School Principals, whose executive director Brady Belair and several principals argued that mandatory statewide administrative consolidation should be approached cautiously and that any consolidation should be voluntary and locally driven. They said anticipated savings may not materialize, citing possible higher personnel, transportation, and technology costs, and warned that forcing changes could create disruption without improving student outcomes. Principals testified that their jobs are already broad and demanding, centered on instructional leadership, student safety, staff supervision, family communication, and day-to-day crisis response. Kathleen Murphy of Amherst described working 60 to 70 hours a week and said principals spend substantial time coaching teachers, handling student issues, and supporting school climate; she said adding more administrative duties would compromise student learning and teacher growth. Adam Osborne of Bow Memorial School similarly described principals as daily problem-solvers who set school-level direction and create conditions for schools to thrive. The witnesses also emphasized that principals, superintendents, school boards, and business administrators have different training and responsibilities, and that specialized tasks such as special education compliance, FERPA/HIPAA issues, and labor matters require appropriate expertise. Committee members questioned the witnesses about overlap between superintendent and principal duties, the completeness of statutory responsibility lists, and whether some functions such as curriculum, discipline, hiring, and evaluation are shared. The principals acknowledged some overlap and collaboration, but said superintendents typically handle broader system-level, legal, and central-office responsibilities while principals focus on building-level leadership and teacher support. One member raised the earlier expectation that districts might move to a principal-plus-business-manager model, but the witnesses said that model did not develop as expected and that district structures vary widely. No votes or formal actions were taken in the portion of the meeting provided.

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• involved in this conference committee process.
• But at each step of the process, there have been many.
• Collaborative means to work jointly with Process.
• As was said by several others, I'd like to start off with talking about the process, the process that
• It's been a long process, a difficult process. Obviously, it's apparently going to continue on.

Keywords: 905, all

Summary: The House met with a quorum, approved the journal, and received messages from the governor and Senate, including notice that the governor vetoed CSHB 16 and allowed HB 14 to become law without signature. The chamber then took up the conference committee report on HB 381, a major Alaska LNG-related bill that revises the project’s tax and regulatory structure. The conference report was explained as a compromise package that, among other things, changes required local contribution language, expands disclosure and notice requirements, adjusts foreign ownership reporting, extends the Phase 1 construction deadline, adds a $10 million workforce development/community impact fund, modifies project labor agreement provisions, and exempts the Alaska LNG project from the new pass-through entity tax while still requiring an informational tax return in 2027. The Speaker also announced the governor had issued a proclamation calling the legislature back into session on July 27, 2026, and said sine die would be moved after debate. Debate on HB 381 was sharply divided. Supporters argued the bill is necessary enabling legislation to improve the project’s financial viability, protect Alaska’s interests, and move the North Slope gas line toward final investment decision, while also adding transparency, foreign ownership safeguards, and labor and workforce provisions. Several members said the conference committee process was collaborative and that the bill reflects hard-fought compromise with the developer, AGDC, labor, and the administration. Opponents focused on the addition of the pass-through entity/S-corp income tax and related reporting requirements, arguing it is a separate tax policy issue that should have been considered in its own bill, creates uncertainty and litigation risk, could harm existing oil and gas and Cook Inlet production, and may discourage investment. Multiple members also criticized the process as rushed and insufficiently transparent, especially the limited opportunity for the minority and the absence of Department of Revenue testimony during conference. No final vote on the conference committee report is shown in the transcript excerpt. The debate continued with members alternating between support for the gas line project itself and opposition to the tax provisions and process used to advance HB 381.

Transcript Highlights:

• And warnings very much informed this budget process.
• I’ve really got to learn a lot in this process as we go.
• You know, I've really got to learn a lot in this process as we go.
• it is an open, public, and transparent process.
• That's going to be a multi-year process for us to get there. But it is absolutely...

Summary: The Assembly Budget Committee met to consider the final three-party agreement for the 2026-27 state budget and 19 implementing bills, including two budget bill juniors and 17 trailer bills. Committee leadership and administration officials described the budget as a balanced plan that reduces out-year structural deficits, maintains large reserves, and makes major investments in health care, education, housing, child care, public safety, and other core services while also responding to expected federal cuts and fiscal uncertainty. The Department of Finance outlined the package’s major components, including Medi-Cal adjustments, education funding increases, higher education changes, child care and human services updates, housing and homelessness funding, energy and transportation provisions, and tax and general government changes. Members asked questions about several provisions, including CSU enrollment targets and turnaround plans, the Prop. 98 settle-up mechanism, the plastics market development payment program, housing accountability measures, NextGen 9-1-1 implementation, and veteran services. Staff and administration witnesses explained that the higher education language is intended to improve campus-by-campus reporting and oversight, that Prop. 98 settle-up would be finalized later through the statutory certification process, and that NextGen 9-1-1 now includes one-time funding, quarterly reporting, an independent technical review, and a state audit. Members also discussed the HAP homelessness funding increase to $900 million and the balance between accountability and timely distribution of funds. The most extended exchange centered on comparisons between funding for veterans and Medi-Cal/immigrant health coverage. Republican members argued the budget spends far more on undocumented immigrant services than on veterans, while Democratic members and Finance staff responded that the comparison was misleading because many veterans’ services are federally funded and the state budget also includes dedicated veteran support. The chair and other members emphasized that the budget reflects difficult tradeoffs and that the package protects vulnerable populations, preserves health care access, and advances affordability. No final vote was described in the excerpt, but members indicated support for the overall package and said they would support it on the floor.

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• There is a registration process very similar, if not the same as a motorcycle currently, and we worked
• There is a registration process very similar, if not the same as a motorcycle currently, and we worked
• , we're more than legislative process, we're more than willing<00:20:36.799> to<00:20:36.960><
• > officials Strong support from elected officials Strong support from elected officials along<
• Uh, they also said that, you know, when you start here it's a six-year process.

Bills: HF3694, HF3844, HF4006, HF3785, HF3849, HF4102, HF3441, HF3507, HF3562

Keywords: transportation, tow trucks, variable message signs, road safety, emergency service, optometrist, window glazing, motor vehicle regulations, medical prescriptions, transportation safety, infrastructure, construction, appropriation, state project, motorized bicycles, motorcycles, electric vehicles, transportation regulations, safety standards, dealer license

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• This is Senator Bettencourt's bill relating to requirements and procedures in the contest of an election
• I mean, in theory, they could do that, but it's the same process that attorneys would move in and out
• of the case in any other situation, so it doesn't change that process.
• All right, Senate Bill 2342 amends the estate codes to enhance the guardianship application process,
• and guardianship proceedings by specifying documentation guardians of the estate must attach to the process

Bills: SB1960, SB1730, SB766, SB2342, SB2501, SB2903

Keywords: digital rights, replication, Voice likeness, visual likeness, private causes of action, fee structure, online service providers, postmortem rights, self-defense, stand your ground, castle doctrine, use of force, deadly force, civil immunity, civil liability, tort claims, attorney fees, court costs, lost income, Chapter 9 Penal Code

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• And so before they can be hired, that paperwork has to be processed.
• It is a legal process. I'll just kind of give a very short overview of the process.
• It is a legal process. An administrative hearing is set.
• And the other question I had was about the process itself.
• It's a typical appeal process that would go to, I believe, circuit court.

Keywords: 1204, all

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• The first item is to elect the officers.
• You are elected.
• the revenues and expenditures processed the revenues and expenditures processed at<00:54:55.559>
• certain Financial Accounting processes certain Financial Accounting processes were<00:57:16.680>
• <01:01:43.799> telecommunications ability to process telecommunications ability to process

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Fiscal Committee met on January 30, 2025, and first organized itself by electing Senator Jim Gray as vice chair, electing Representative F as clerk, appointing Michael Caine as legislative budget assistant, and adopting the committee’s rules and procedures. The committee also adopted an amendment to the rules allowing audits to be automatically released to the public once placed on the Fiscal Committee agenda, with members discussing that the change would improve transparency and reduce paper handling. The minutes from the November 15, 2024 meeting were approved, with members who were absent abstaining. The committee then worked through a consent calendar and several individual items. It removed or noted withdrawals on a few items, including item 25004 for further discussion, item 25016 withdrawn by the Department of Education, item 257 removed by Representative F, and item 25001 removed under Tab 4. Item 25004, concerning the newborn screening program, prompted testimony from the Department of Health and Human Services explaining that the program is mandatory with an opt-out provision; officials said 99.2% of newborns were screened in 2023, meaning the opt-out rate was under 1%. The committee also approved item 25007, related to DHHS community health workers and telework policy, after hearing that the workers are not placed in schools and that DHHS follows statewide telework policy. On the regular calendar, the committee approved a Department of Administrative Services request to extend the release date for fiscal year 2024 numbers to March 31, and approved a Department of Fish and Game item. It also approved winter maintenance funding for the Department of Transportation after hearing that the $5.7 million request might not last through the winter if additional storms occur; DOT said even a small storm can cost more than $1 million and that crews are dispatched based on road conditions and supervisory judgment. The committee then approved items for the Judicial Council and the Office of Legislative Budget Assistant. The final discussion focused on the Health and Human Services dashboard and the Youth Development Center claims. DHHS acknowledged a data error in the APS client line and said Community Mental Health Center caseload data is still not fully accurate because two centers are undergoing EHR conversions. Members also asked about the low census at the Sununu Youth Development Center and about the process for managing future claims related to the YDC settlement fund. Witnesses from the Attorney General’s office said the fund is handled through a unique arrangement involving DOJ appropriations and judicial branch staff, that current judicial budget cuts are not yet affecting the litigation pace, and that the average resolution so far has been about $500,000, though future claims may vary. No votes were taken on the discussion items beyond the approvals noted above.

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• Osborne, so where are we in that process?
• We are currently in the process of developing curriculum.
• and adapt it into a five-day process while simultaneously eliminating the due process protections afforded
• that is not currently part of the COE process.
• can have the due process to die, apparently.”

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The committee heard House Bill 2433, which would require insurers offering Medicare supplement policies to people 65 and older to also offer them to Medicare beneficiaries under 65 with ALS or end-stage renal disease, with enrollment periods and premium protections tied to 65-year-old rates. Supporters, including dialysis and ALS advocates, said the bill would help a small population facing high out-of-pocket costs and could improve access to transplants and care; opponents argued it would shift costs onto older seniors and raise Medigap premiums. The committee recommended the bill do pass on a 12-0 vote. The committee also heard House Bill 2593, appropriating $1.5 million to the University of Arizona for the Arizona Perinatal Psychiatry Access Line. The sponsor and physicians testified that the line helps obstetric and pediatric providers quickly consult on perinatal depression, postpartum psychosis, suicidality, and other mental health crises, improving outcomes for mothers, children, and families and reducing costly emergency and crisis care. The bill received a do pass recommendation on a 10-1 vote. House Concurrent Resolution 2013, proclaiming June 2026 as Celebrate Life Month, drew emotional testimony from a young woman with spina bifida and another speaker supporting the sanctity of life. Some members objected that the state should focus on practical supports such as paid leave, child care, and health care access, while others supported the resolution as a statement of human dignity. The resolution passed the committee 7-5. The committee then approved House Bill 4010, creating a Board of Genetic Counselors and licensure standards, after testimony from genetic counselors and a patient advocate about the need for qualified counseling and better access; it passed 11-1. Later, the committee approved House Bill 2196, which would require pharmacy benefit managers to reimburse non-affiliated pharmacies at least their acquisition cost and pay a dispensing fee, and establish an appeals process. Independent pharmacists and their coalition said PBM practices are driving closures and unfairly favor affiliated pharmacies, while PBM and employer representatives warned of major cost increases and said the bill would interfere with private contracts; the bill passed 11-1. The committee also adopted a strike-everything amendment to House Bill 2182 requiring insurers and health plans to report claims denial and prior authorization data to DIFI, and then gave the amended bill a 12-0 do pass recommendation. Finally, the committee approved House Bill 2189, directing the Board of Nursing to update rules for licensed health aides and collect annual data, with the sponsor and board staff saying it would help implement routine ventilator care in the home; it passed 12-0. The committee then began hearing House Bill 2404, a strike-everything amendment on inter-facility transports for behavioral health patients, but the transcript cuts off before action on that bill.

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• For those new to the legislative process, it is a process.
• And for those new to the legislative process, it is a process, and everything isn't just determined here
• You all are elected officials.
• You all are elected officials.
• I have a lot of... ...internal process.

Bills: HB2, SB204, SB241, HB34

Keywords: general appropriation, budget, Medicaid, education funding, public safety, higher education, research funding, federal funding, New Mexico, appropriation, University of New Mexico, New Mexico State University, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, child care, child care assistance, child care subsidy, early childhood education, early childhood care, daycare, preschool

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• AND PROVIDES AN EXCEPTION FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR PUBLIC SAFETY OF CROWDS AND SECURITY OF AN ELECTED
• TALK ABOUT THE ELECTION SCHOOLS HAVE WITH IMPLEMENTING THIS IN THEIR CHOICE. >> Chair Passidomo: ANY
• THE NEIGHBORS COME OUT AND UNDER THE CURRENT ENCLAVE PROCESS IS THE SAME PROCESS.
• I DON'T THINK THEY'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS FOR THIS BILL FOR WEEKS OR MONTHS.
• A MAJORITY OF PARENTS AND THE ELECTION WOULD BE DECIDED BY A MAJORITY +1. >> Sen.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• The next order of business is the election of the Secretary of the Senate, Majority Leader Rodriguez.
• <00:39:15.760> of<00:39:16.320> the order of business is the election of the order
• >> of the office to which I am duly elected >> of the office to which I am duly elected
• >> of the office to which I am duly elected >> of the office to which I am duly elected
• > discover Once elected, they quickly discover Once elected, they quickly discover there's<01:

Keywords: 981, all

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• We're in total agreement on the need to address ultra-processed food to reduce obesity.
• New NIH research that involved human fetal tissue from elective abortions.
• Is conducted on fetal tissue taken from elective abortions? Fantastic.
• Kennedy, President Trump just won a historic election victory. You were a big part of it.
• There are issues: we are, man, ultra-processed food, obesity; we are simpatico.

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• We're just looking for a reporting process to make us aware of that, and you know, there may be legislation
• would do with cases where children have been harmed in the current system, whether there would be a process
• I've been chair of this committee for five years, on this committee since the very first day I got elected
• have come across this committee, Senator Hicks I think has been on this committee since she's been elected

Bills: SB1806, SB1430, SB206, SB1547, SB1849, SB1428, SB1653, SB1984, SB1644, SB1561, SB1813, SB1570, SB1796

Keywords: foster care, adoption assistance, transitioning youth, Department of Human Services, voluntary services, mental health, substance abuse, commissioner appointment, governor's authority, legislative consent, SB206, emergency medical services, EMS, ambulance, 911 response, emergency response, essential services, federal funding, grant funding, public health

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• Leader-elect, Provost. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
• So for those individuals working through the process lawfully, you consider them illegal?
• But if you're going through the process and you have maybe a temporary permit to be here, that's a whole
• Up next, we're going to have House Bill 3674 being presented by Leader-elect Provenzano.

Bills: HB4421, HB4426, HB4432, HB4329, HB3551, HB3763, HB1411, HB2730, HB3465, HB3649, HB3650, HB3674, HB3941, HB3970, HB3979, HB3980, HB3981, SB1074

Keywords: child welfare, fentanyl exposure, drug endangerment, environmental testing, safety analysis, remediation, child protection, Department of Human Services, violence prevention, HB4426, SIDE tax credit, strategic industrial development enhancement, income tax credit, economic development, tax incentive, qualified economic development expenditures, qualified initial infrastructure expenditures, industrial park, economic development zone, port authority