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• The bill is reported. 7444-Bassan.
• The bills reported. 80-82, roof.
• Bill is reported. 10-3-2-2-2-11.
• The bill is reported. In fact, Senator Helming, all in favor of the bill's reported, to 3-3 May.
• Bill's report. 105-9-9-9-9-9-9-2.

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Committee on Rules met and considered a long list of Senate bills, most of them identified only by number and sponsor. For each measure, the chair called for a vote, and the committee repeatedly reported the bills without recorded opposition. The topics referenced in the transcript included amendments to the Highway Law, Mental Hygiene Law, General Business Law, Uniform City Court Act, Local Finance Law, Retirement and Social Security Law, Village Law, Real Property Tax Law, and various chapters of prior laws, along with several authorization and technical amendment bills. Several bills were moved and seconded by different senators, including Griffo, Stec, Myrie, Bailey, Comrie, Mayer, Liu, Gallivan, González, Helming, Dabab, and others. The transcript suggests the committee was processing both new legislation and chapter amendments/repealers, but the audio is garbled and many bill titles are unclear. No testimony or substantive debate is reflected in the record beyond the motions and calls for votes. In each instance, the committee asked whether members were in favor or opposed, and the bills were reported. No roll-call vote counts, amendments adopted during the meeting, or negative votes were clearly recorded in the transcript.

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• an AD report.
• Late reports.
• the report.
• The last report...
• The reports at issue here are the final six late reports.

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• Standing Committee Report No. 877.
• Standing Committee Report No. 727. Third reading of ... Standing Committee Report No. 727.
• Standing Committee Report No. 729.
• Standing Committee Report No. 732.
• Standing Committee Report No. 733.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• report.
• There's also an additional parallel reporting, um, require optional reporting.
• So I was submitting the reports as well as on my final report I did not select the box final report,
• the report out, and thought I had submitted the report. 12 days after the report was due, I received
• The reports at issue here are the final six late reports.

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• And before we begin the report, I would just like to acknowledge that the report by design focuses on
• finalizing the report. finalizing the report.
• in the report. in the report.
• Being reported.
• time to look through the whole report. time to look through the whole report.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Education Assessment and Accountability Review Subcommittee received an Office of Education Accountability presentation on student discipline data in Kentucky schools for the 2024 school year. OEA said the study used Safe Schools data, educator and student surveys, site visits to 12 schools, and principal surveys. The report found that about 1 in 10 schools have major behavior-related challenges and up to one-third have at least moderate challenges, with the most common concerns varying by level: high schools cited vapes, cell phone misuse, apathy, and tardiness; middle schools cited apathy, vapes, and cell phone misuse; and elementary schools reported more extreme classroom behaviors such as throwing objects, overturning furniture, and screaming. OEA also noted that 14% of students had at least one behavior event in 2024, but repeated events were rare, and event rates alone do not reliably measure the severity of behavior problems in a school or district. The presentation emphasized that many disciplinary consequences do not align consistently with statutes or local expectations. OEA said law violations made up 19% of more than 250,000 recorded behavior events, while most were board violations, and that some serious incidents resulted in minimal consequences. The report highlighted concerns about weapons, threats, and assaults: only 9.2% of weapon events led to expulsion or alternative placement, few threats resulted in those outcomes, and fewer than 10% of assaults led to expulsion or alternative placement, including some first-degree assaults. OEA also said the Safe Schools data do not identify victims, limiting analysis of assaults on staff or students, and recommended clearer statutory definitions and better data reporting. A major theme was the difficulty schools face in addressing chronic disruption and severe behavior while complying with federal protections for students with disabilities. OEA said principals reported the biggest challenges were federal limits on disciplinary removals and a lack of alternative placement options. The report described variation among districts in how they implement federal requirements, with some administrators discouraging alternative placements or avoiding discipline because of perceived legal risks. Site visits found that many schools lacked chronic-disruption policies, and teachers often reported frustration with minimal consequences and repeated classroom removals. OEA recommended that KDE collect more information from educators, identify promising practices for alternative instructional settings, and develop clearer guidance and training. In discussion, committee members said the findings showed reporting gaps and resource strains, and OEA staff clarified that some underreporting reflects local discretion, while law violations should still be reported.

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• House Standing Committee Report No. 151. House Standing Committee Report No. 152.
• House Standing Committee Report No. 154. House Standing Committee Report No. 155.
• House Standing Committee Report No. 156. House Standing Committee Report No. 157.
• <00:21:44.200> report 156 standing committee report 156 standing committee report 157<00:21
• ><00:21:51.559> report 158 standing committee report 158 standing committee report 159<00:21:53.880

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• The clerk will report. Mr.
• The clerk will report.
• The clerk will report. Mr.
• The clerk will report. Mr.
• Whole rise and report.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• To report. Yes.
• uh rent reporting. uh rent reporting.
• only on reporting on-time rent payments. only on reporting on-time rent payments.
• to report to a credit agency.
• credit reports as well.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• The bill will be reported.
• The CISO is then to include a summary of each information custodian's report in his or her report to
• House Bill 5638 will be reported.
• House Bill 5622 will be reported.
• required for annual reports.

Keywords: 994, senate, all

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• The subcommittee recommended reporting 7 to 3. We have a motion to report.
• Bill reports with substitute 11 to 6. Bill reports with substitute 11 to 6.
• The subcommittee recommended reporting 10 to 0. A motion to report. Recommended reporting 10 to 0.
• Bill reports 18 to 0. The bill reports 18 to 0.
• Bill reports 19 to 0.

Keywords: House Committee Room A, General Assembly Building, 976, house, all

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• You can review the full report on our website, and we will be back to present our proposed final report
• I just want to note that CCRS is actually a self-reporting system, and these retailers are reporting
• It's a preliminary report on oversight of hospital data reporting, inspections, and complaints.
• Our report is available online.
• proposed final report.

Summary: At the May 14, 2025 JLARC meeting, members approved the January 9 minutes and adopted the 2025–27 biennial work plan with a minor typo correction. Staff reviewed the new work plan studies, including a drug take-back program fee/expenditure review due in December 2025 and a state energy performance standard compliance review due in June 2027, and noted JLARC’s recent session activity, including several bills passed related to JLARC work and recommendations. The committee then heard a preliminary cannabis market study showing Washington businesses likely produced two to three times more cannabis than retailers sold in 2023. Staff and RAND said LCB’s data systems are incomplete and unreliable, limiting regulation, tax verification, and diversion tracking; they recommended that LCB submit a plan by year-end for collecting accurate data by the end of 2026. Members and LCB discussed the long timeline for a new traceability system, the causes of missing sales and weight data, overproduction, diversion, and the social equity program’s effect on producer licenses. JLARC also presented a preliminary hospital oversight report concluding that the Department of Health is late on many hospital inspections, does not verify third-party inspection standards, does not review adverse health event correction plans, and could make hospital data more accessible. The committee discussed fee funding, language access, and inspection timing, and DOH said it would work on a strategic plan and continue coordinating with JLARC. Members also heard a preliminary report on the public records survivor exemption, which found agencies are using it but need more guidance; JLARC recommended keeping the exemption and having the Attorney General provide additional training. Finally, the committee approved the DDA processes and staffing final report for distribution, which recommended performance metrics, stronger data quality controls, and workforce planning; DDA concurred. JLARC also introduced proposed study questions for a future DCYF juvenile rehabilitation review focused on safety, security, programs, staffing, education, and contraband, and the meeting adjourned after members asked about scope and facility conditions.

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• We also maintain an online reporting system and provide reporting guidelines.
• report.
• So when is the report due? What's the timing on the report?
• Our proposed final report will follow the preliminary report.
• We will follow the normal process for this report. Our final report. Yes.

Summary: The Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee met on September 17, 2025, in hybrid format. After roll call, the committee initially lacked a quorum and deferred approval of the July 15 minutes until Representative Berg arrived; the minutes were then adopted. Members also discussed the proposed 2026 JLARC meeting schedule, including possible changes to address crowded July meetings and the annual tax exemption review workload. Staff presented the annual lodging tax expenditures report, noting that 213 municipalities received distributions in 2024, with 91% reporting compliance, $114 million awarded for more than 1,700 activities, and no independent verification of the self-reported data. Several members questioned the value and usefulness of the report, and the executive committee indicated it may recommend removing the statutory reporting requirement. The committee then heard the preliminary performance audit of the Office of Privacy and Data Protection, which found the office meets its statutory responsibilities and has high user satisfaction, but recommended updating the statute to better match the office’s current capacity and focus and improving performance measures to reflect long-term privacy outcomes rather than outputs. Members asked about FERPA and other federal privacy laws, and OPDP staff said they provide general privacy training and consultation but not law-specific training unless requested. The committee adopted the final report on Washington State recreational boating programs without recommendation, after staff reported that boating revenues support both general government and boating activities and that no participating agencies submitted formal comments. Members asked about boater safety education and possible overlap among the six agencies involved; Parks staff said education has reached more than 500,000 boaters and that fatalities and incidents have declined. The committee also reviewed planned study questions for a JLARC review of Labor and Industries’ enforcement of farm worker laws, with members raising scope questions about the term “farm worker” versus “agricultural worker,” and for DNR’s Eastern Washington sustainable harvest calculation, which JLARC will review as DNR completes its recalculation. Finally, staff outlined the 2026 tax preference performance reviews covering seven preferences, and members asked about racial equity, environmental impacts, disclosure of beneficiary savings, and how the reviews will measure effectiveness; the meeting adjourned before noon.

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• Report will be received.
• Report will be received.
• Report will be received.
• Report will be received.
• Report will be received.

Keywords: 994, senate, all

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• <00:03:57.200> numbers committee report numbers committee report numbers 1655<00:03:59.760
• committee reports number 1666 to 1672. committee reports number 1666 to 1672.
• Committee Report 1591, STR 158, Standing Committee Report 1631, STR 132, Standing Committee Report 1632
• Report 1635, SCR 222, and Standing Committee Report 1636, SR 197.
• Standing Committee Report 1524.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• <00:04:46.160> number<00:04:46.480> 2221 Committee Report number 2221 Committee Report
• <00:04:54.520> number Report number Report number 3098 3098 3098 on<00:04:57.480> Senate
• 00:07:36.160> 2986, Standing Committee Report number 2986, Standing Committee Report number 2986
• Report number 2986.
• Standing Committee Report No. 2983, Standing Committee Report No. 2983, third<00:09:54.960> reading

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Senate convened with 24 members present and one excused, approved the prior journal, and welcomed visiting fifth-grade students from Kauai’s Island School and Laie Elementary to the gallery. The body then received and referred a series of governor’s nominations and House bills, and introduced numerous Senate concurrent and Senate resolutions for committee referral. It also took up a large consent calendar of Senate bills, approving the consent package unanimously and passing those measures on third reading. The chamber then considered many individual bills on third reading, with several floor amendments adopted to add effective dates and delay final action on measures including SB 2454, SB 2830, and SB 2397. Some bills were recommitted to the Judiciary Committee or separated from committee reports, including SB 2480 and SB 2423. The Senate also passed a number of policy bills covering motor vehicles, public safety, property insurance, elections, campaign finance, renewable energy, financial disclosures, liquor, veterans’ benefits, social media, electric energy, coastal resilience, climate planning, conservation, agriculture, education, collective bargaining, transportation, housing, land use, fishing, and natural resource management. Several measures drew reservations or no votes, but most still passed by wide margins. Notable debate centered on SB 3125, relating to income tax, where Senator Dela Cruz supported the bill as a way to preserve tax relief for working families while addressing fiscal uncertainty, Senator DeCorte opposed it as a rollback of promised relief amid Hawaii’s high cost of living, and Senator McKelvey and Senator Rhoads defended it as a responsible balance between tax relief and budget stability. SB 3125 ultimately passed third reading 23-2. Other bills also passed with recorded opposition, including SB 2009, SB 2517, SB 2721, SB 2731, SB 3071, SB 2418, SB 2568, SB 2975, SB 2100, SB 2353, SB 3062, SB 2761, SB 2003, and SB 2981.

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• Standing Committee Report 1288. Standing Committee Report 1288. Standing Committee Report 1289.
• Standing Committee Report 1294 at the top of page five. Standing Committee Report 1295.
• Standing Committee Report 1296. Standing Committee Report 1297.
• Signing Committee Report 1305 at the top of page eight. Signing Committee Report 1306.
• Moving on to Standing Committee Report 1319. Standing Committee Report 1319.

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• The next step for this report is to prepare our proposed final report in September.
• Next is the adoption of the proposed final report for oversight of hospital data reporting, inspections
• Next is the adoption of the proposed final report for oversight of hospital data reporting, inspections
• reporting, inspections, and complaints.
• , inspections, and complaints report.

Summary: The meeting began with JLARC’s biennial executive committee elections. After confirming a quorum, members unanimously elected Representative Pollet as chair, Senator Wagoner as vice chair, Representative Orcutt as secretary, and Senator Solomon as assistant secretary for the 2025-27 biennium. The committee also approved the May 14 meeting minutes unanimously. Chair Pollet then outlined a commitment to more member input on audit scope and coordination with the State Auditor’s Office. Staff presented a preliminary report on Washington State recreation boating programs. They reported that six agencies administer boating-related activities, that the state collected about $108 million in boating-related revenue in 2021-23, and that $86 million was spent, mostly on infrastructure and water access, environmental protection, boater safety, and marine law enforcement. Staff said Washington’s boating laws and programs are broadly similar to other states and noted that the final report is expected in September. JLARC then reviewed several tax preferences. For natural gas used as a transportation fuel, staff said the preferences reduce fuel costs but did not meet emissions-reduction targets because fewer vessels and vehicles converted to natural gas than expected; staff recommended continuing some exemptions and modifying reporting requirements. For travel agents and tour operators, staff said the preference continues to provide tax relief, but large beneficiaries’ savings are rising while small beneficiaries’ use is declining, leading to recommendations to continue the small-business rate and add or revise performance metrics. Staff also reviewed a nonprofit low-income housing property tax exemption, concluding it helps developers build homes as intended but that the performance metric should better reflect housing outcomes; they recommended the legislature decide whether to continue or modify it. Other reviews covered multipurpose senior citizen centers, disabled veteran adapted housing, trade convention attendance, agricultural fertilizer and seed wholesaling, hazardous substance tax treatment for pesticides, and silicon smelter energy preferences, with recommendations ranging from continuation to expiration depending on whether the stated objectives were met. The committee then adopted the final cannabis market study for distribution. Staff reported that Washington businesses produced two to three times more cannabis than retailers sold in 2023, and that inaccurate and incomplete reporting limits the Liquor and Cannabis Board’s ability to regulate the market. The board said it concurs with the recommendations, including developing a plan for a new data system and considering broader social equity options. Finally, staff presented the proposed final report on Department of Health oversight of hospital data reporting, inspections, and complaints. Staff said DOH was late on most acute-care hospital inspections, had not fully verified third-party inspection standards, and did not adequately review adverse event correction plans or assess language access barriers in its complaint system. DOH said it concurs with all six recommendations and has already made some transparency improvements, including a public dashboard for adverse event reporting.

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• Move to report. It's been moved and seconded. We'll report Senate Bill 47.
• Move to report. It's been moved and seconded. We report Senate Bill 55.
• No, no report. Report. Report. Move to report the bill.
• Moved to report the bill. It's been moved in second. We report SB 378.
• That bill reports 14 to 7. bill reports 30 that bill reports 14 to 7 yes sir Senate bill 3 91 by Senator

Keywords: House Committee Room 1200, General Assembly Building, 976, house, all

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• We're reporting.
• Shall the conference report be adopted? Shall the conference report be adopted?
• I move that we accept the conference report. Shall the conference report be adopted?
• The House report is adopted. the conference report is adopted. Same category.
• I move that we accept the conference report. Shall the conference report be adopted?

Keywords: March 12, 2026 - Regular Session, 976, house, all

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• , reported: 8761, County.
• The bill is reported: 7668, Bailey.
• It was reported: 8800, Bailey.
• reported, City of New York.
• The bill is reported.

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Committee on Rules convened for its first 2026 meeting and considered a long list of Senate and Assembly bills, mostly moving them from committee to the floor. The transcript reflects routine motions, seconds, and voice votes on measures spanning election law, public authorities, public health, real property, insurance, labor, environmental conservation, general business, local tax, domestic relations, state finance, and New York City administrative code provisions, along with several chapter amendments and bills from 2025. No substantive debate or testimony is recorded in the excerpt; the discussion is largely procedural, with bill numbers and sponsors announced as they were reported out. Most items were approved without objection and reported to the floor, including Senate Print 324 and numerous bills such as 568, 1035, 1036, 1085, 8604, 8646, 8754, 8761, 8762, 8764, 8768, 8772, 8774, 8778, 8783, 8800, 8822, 8823, 8824, 8825, 8827, 8831, 8832, 8834, and 8835, as well as several Assembly bills. The chair noted that all bills would go to the floor, with seven to be taken up and returned to session shortly. The meeting then adjourned.