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• He says he did not receive feedback saying the schools cannot do this.
• Yeah, I mean, I didn't really get any feedback from them saying that, I mean, I didn't really get any
• feedback from them saying that, you know, we cannot do this.

Bills: HR112, HR113, HR114, HCR51, HCR52, HR94, HR95, HR96, HR97, HR98, HR99, HR100, HR103, HR104, HR105, HR106, HR107, HR108, HR109, HR110, HR111, HCR46, HCR47, HCR48, HCR49, HCR50, SCR25, SB17, SB300, HCR35, HB51, HB82, HB143, HB145, HB160, HB180, HB192, HB393, HB430, HB445, HB506, HB515, HB521, HB565, HB590, HB614, HB638, HB647, HB670, HB672, HB685, HB692, HB752, HB773, HB781, HB799, HB839, HB860, HB873, HB874, HB887, HB917, HB937, HB956, HB965, HB972, HB977, HB982, HB1006, HB1010, HB1044, HB1072, HB1088, HB1157, HB1179, HB1200, HR15, HR20, HCR14, HCR6, HCR19, HCR10, HR74, HCR26, HCR45, HB54, HB67, HB73, HB125, HB133, HB158, HB168, HB169, HB191, HB195, HB245, HB280, HB283, HB296, HB319, HB339, HB399, HB407, HB448, HB550, HB591, HB826, HB995, HB1085, HB1086, HB98, HB108, HB131, HB151, HB161, HB288, HB294, HB305, HB310, HB320, HB336, HB380, HB392, HB403, HB420, HB459, HB476, HB540, HB615, HB631, HB637, HB648, HB665, HB682, HB789, HB813, HB815, HB835, HB870, HB905, HB915, HB933, HB938, HB987, HB1040, HB827, HB953, HB796, HB352, HB463, HB735, HB780, HB882, HB81, HB400, HB140, HB750, HB911, HB961, HB401, HB901, HB9, HB52, HB58, HB154, HB193, HB284, HB410, HB570, HB577, HB582, HB605, HB733, HB868, HB952

Keywords: commendation, community service, religious leadership, New Orleans, anniversary, Martha's Vineyard, African-American Film Festival, Black excellence, cinema, cultural celebration, Black voices, film industry, Hannuh Ray, Louisiana, youth development, pageant, leadership, community, recognition, compensation

Summary: The House met with a quorum, opened with prayer and the pledge, and received several Senate messages and enrolled resolutions. The chamber also recognized visiting groups and guests, including a guest minister, the Joe Burrow Foundation, Youth Legislature participants, children’s advocacy center representatives, Alzheimer’s advocates, Delta Sigma Theta members, Kappa Alpha Psi members, Big Brothers Big Sisters, and City Year AmeriCorps. The House adopted a series of commemorative and awareness resolutions, including measures for Sanfilippo Syndrome Awareness Day, Alzheimer’s and Related Dementia Awareness Day, Knock Knock Children’s Museum Day, Big Brothers Big Sisters Day, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Day, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Day, My Sister’s Keeper Day, Youth Legislature recognition, and several commendations and condolences. It also concurred in SCR 25 and received Senate resolutions and bills, including measures on commercial driver’s licenses, Medicaid eligibility during redetermination, postsecondary support fund use, juvenile traffic violations, background checks, and explosives regulation. The House then considered and advanced a long list of bills, largely on criminal justice, education, public safety, transportation, and administrative procedure. Notable measures included bills on parole and probation alternatives, supervised release venue for sex-offender violations, jail-credit limits on consecutive sentences, medical parole notice, juvenile parole eligibility cleanup, teacher and school employee battery penalties, inmate workforce cleanup, re-entry programming for female parolees, extradition costs for probation/parole violators, and a bill allowing public postsecondary institutions to permit self-defense chemical sprays. Other bills addressed protected personal information for certain public officials, the M.J. Foster Promise Program eligibility age, scholarships for spouses of firefighters and police officers, compensation for parish board commissioners, paid family leave insurance as a voluntary private-market product, insurance referral practices, and vehicle inspection sticker requirements. Several bills were amended and passed, often with strong or unanimous support, while a few were recommitted or returned to the calendar. The House passed HB 504 on parole violations as alternatives to revocation by a vote of 88-0; HB 73 on electronic voting in public meetings by 88-0; HB 125 on supervised release venue by 91-0; HB 67 on protected information records by 98-1; HB 133 on assault and battery penalties for teachers by 96-0; HB 158 on probation technical violations by 92-3; HB 168 on a female parolee re-entry program by 95-0; HB 169 on extradition costs by 92-3; HB 191 on overlapping jail credit by 88-5; HB 195 on self-defense chemical sprays on campus by 93-0; HB 245 on medical parole notice by 95-0; HB 280 on juvenile parole eligibility cleanup by 93-0; HB 283 on sick leave and discipline rules for attacked school employees by 97-1; HB 296 repealing inactive inmate workforce provisions by 88-5; HB 319 on civic education commission quorum by 98-0; HB 339 on protected information for police officers and retired judges by 97-0; HB 407 on the M.J. Foster Promise Program age reset to 21 by 94-2; HB 448 on scholarships for spouses of firefighters and police officers by 95-0; HB 550 increasing parish board commissioner pay from $50 to $100 per day by 91-2; HB 591 creating a voluntary paid family leave insurance product by 95-0; and HB 826 modernizing insurance referral rules by 93-0. HB 1085, a major proposal to eliminate traditional vehicle inspection stickers and replace them with a new sticker/QR-code system tied to registration, drew extensive questioning about costs, enforcement, local parish programs, and where the fee revenue would go; the debate was ongoing in the portion provided.

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• We are looking for feedback so that we can put collective minds together, make this the best bill that
• The substitute that comes out of this based on the feedback that we get. Okay.
• We do, I do believe that with some of the changes from the feedback from people like you that have given

Summary: The Special Committee on Rural Issues heard House Bill 3375, sponsored by Rep. Koslow, a broad eminent domain reform measure aimed at protecting landowners, especially farmers and ranchers. The bill would create protections for beginning farmers and ranchers, require 15 days’ notice before surveyors enter property, extend the response period in eminent domain cases from 10 days to 60 days, bar eminent domain for wind and solar facilities, require land restoration and maintenance after construction, increase compensation to 125% of fair market value in certain cases, add tax-liability compensation, change treatment of heritage and blight-related compensation, and allow attorney’s fees when a landowner wins a higher award than the condemning authority offered. Members raised concerns about the bill’s scope, its effect on energy development, and several drafting and implementation issues, including surveyor access, maintenance standards, and whether the bill could create conflicts with existing attorney-fee provisions. The sponsor said he was open to changes and noted that an HCS would address some drafting errors and feedback. Testimony in support came from the Missouri Farm Bureau, Missouri Cattlemen’s Association, a landowner/banker, and attorney Brent Hayden, who argued that landowners are often pressured into quick, low offers and should be treated as partners rather than obstacles. Supporters said the bill would improve transparency, due process, compensation, and restoration standards, and that it would not stop infrastructure development. Hayden described current eminent domain practice as giving landowners little leverage over route selection or restoration and said the bill would create needed discipline for condemning authorities. Several supporters also defended the wind-and-solar restriction as a response to the amount of land those projects can require and to concerns about using eminent domain for generation projects. Opposition came from the Missouri Energy Development Association, municipal utilities, and MoDOT. Opponents said they agreed some reforms may be reasonable but warned the bill, as written, could increase costs, delay projects, and create litigation risk that would ultimately be passed on to customers and taxpayers. MoDOT said the fiscal impact could be substantial, potentially doubling annual right-of-way spending. Utility representatives also cautioned that the bill could conflict with existing attorney-fee rules and should be aligned with compromise language from other legislation. The hearing ended without a vote or committee action, with the sponsor and witnesses indicating further negotiations and possible revisions were expected.

Transcript Highlights:

• But it sounds like they are getting some technical feedback from the federal government in terms of making
• spoke to their intent to implement a policy to put guardrails on utilization, in conjunction with feedback
• from the federal government. ...in conjunction with feedback from the federal government.

Bills: HB2053, HB2116, HB2148

Keywords: stormwater, recharge mapping, water resources, groundwater, appropriation, Arizona, HB2116, Colorado River, litigation fund, water rights, Arizona water law, general fund appropriation, state budget, interstate water compact, Colorado River Compact, water litigation, A.R.S. 45-119, natural resources, water policy, river management

Transcript Highlights:

• In opening up this area of law, working with my Senate counterpart and getting feedback from many stakeholders
• long conversation in the elections committee about this bill and I actually took some of the good feedback
• if you're concerned about that or the language because I believe we added it in response. to GOP feedback

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• Regardless, right now, if we can get the Novo Fly, all the mechanical steps we would have to do in Panama
• Is it your agency that approves what the panel to come next will decide is an appropriate mechanism?
• But the idea was we put the playbook out, we get feedback from all 50 states and our producer partners
• but we have to make sure that our trading partners know that we're monitoring that and we have a mechanism
• They have to go in there and change some of their tools and their mechanisms. We need options.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Um, mechanically, is the county going to front this, the debt service on this? Yeah.
• “How is it mechanically going to work?”
• But I still don’t know how mechanically that’s going to work.
• </c><01:57:23.800><c> I</c><01:57:23.920><c> And</c> mechanically that's going to work.
• I And mechanically that's going to work.

Keywords: 910, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• This is simply providing another mechanism of oversight and review, which is a healthy thing because
• This is simply providing another mechanism of oversight and review, which is a healthy thing because
• This is simply providing another mechanism of oversight and review, which is a healthy thing because
• This is simply providing another mechanism of oversight and review, which is a healthy thing because
• This is simply providing another mechanism of oversight and review, which is a healthy thing because

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• their information related to academic performance, but it might be beneficial to take a look, get feedback
• I think we got some feedback that I think was helpful.
• </c><01:10:04.760><c> we</c><01:10:04.840><c> got</c><01:10:05.080><c> some</c><01:10:05.240><c> feedback
• I think we got some feedback some work.
• I think we got some feedback that<01:10:06.480><c> I</c><01:10:06.520><c> think</c><01:10:06.760><c>

Keywords: 916, all

Summary: The committee heard from Superintendent Megan Degenfelder on several interim topics centered on student-centered learning. She highlighted work-based learning and dual/concurrent enrollment, saying the state is updating accountability measures and should examine whether these programs are helping students progress, avoid duplicative costs, and reduce the need for remedial college coursework. She also discussed broader life-skills education, including financial literacy and soft skills, and said districts vary widely in what they offer. On gifted and talented programs, she noted that districts are statutorily required to provide them but the state does not have a clear picture of how consistently they are implemented, and she suggested the committee may want to study that area further. Members asked follow-up questions about whether dual enrollment should be evaluated only by time-to-degree, and Degenfelder said the analysis should also consider additional credentials and remedial coursework. Senator Schuler and others raised the idea of making financial literacy or other life-skills content more common, though Degenfelder said she did not favor a statewide mandate and instead preferred incentives and district-level implementation. The committee also discussed artificial intelligence in schools as an information-sharing topic, with Degenfelder saying the department is beginning a landscape analysis with districts and teachers. She then reviewed NAEP results, noting Wyoming performs strongly in fourth grade but drops sharply by eighth grade, and said the state wants to understand where students are falling off. Members also raised concerns about international comparisons and the need to improve literacy and math outcomes. The committee then moved to member-submitted topics. Representative Strock proposed reviewing the governance structure of state education, arguing that the current split among the Department of Education, State Board of Education, and other boards creates inefficiency and confusion, especially for licensure and programs like CTE. Senator Scott noted that turnover in the superintendent’s office could be a practical issue in any restructuring, and Strock responded that administrative staff could handle day-to-day operations. Representative Williams then introduced a discussion of common core standards and literacy, arguing that standards may be too broad and not specific enough, especially in early grades, and that Wyoming should emphasize phonics, basic reading, math, and civics more directly. Representative Guggenmos agreed that narrowing early-grade focus to math and literacy could improve outcomes. Finally, Representative Williams raised virtual education, saying it is growing quickly and the committee should study funding, accountability, and student support more closely; the chair opened that topic for further discussion.

Transcript Highlights:

• The feedback was given, and part of that is why you're looking at the enactment date of January 1.

Keywords: 989, all

Summary: The committee first approved the minutes from Tuesday, March 3, by motion and voice vote. It then heard RS 33621 from Representative Britt Raibold, which would take effect January 1, 2028, and is intended to give school districts and county clerks more predictability when schools are used as polling places for the 2028 presidential election. The proposal would allow schools to serve as polling locations without requiring other district buildings to close, would prohibit in-person student instruction at the polling site that day, and would still allow extracurricular activities, faculty presence, and student poll workers or volunteers. Raibold said the bill had been discussed with education stakeholders and the Department of Education. The committee voted to introduce the RS after a brief question about whether the Secretary of State’s office had been consulted. The committee also considered House Bill 672 from Representative Heather Scott, which would prohibit the executive budget document from containing logos, mottos, or slogans of the executive branch or governor, except for the state seal and the governor’s official logo. Scott said the bill is meant to keep the budget document politically neutral and focused on fiscal information rather than messaging or branding. There was no testimony in opposition, and no one signed up to testify. The committee voted to send HB 672 to the floor with a do pass recommendation. The meeting then adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• The feedback was given, and part of that is why you're looking at the enactment date of January 1.

Summary: The committee first approved the minutes from Tuesday, March 3 by voice vote. It then considered RS 33621, introduced by Representative Britt Raibold, which would clarify rules for using schools as polling places for the 2028 presidential election and would not take effect until January 1, 2028. Raibold said the delay is intended to give school districts and clerks time to align calendars and avoid conflicts, and that the proposal would allow extracurricular activities and some school personnel to remain on campus while students would not be present for in-person instruction at a polling site. She said the measure had been reviewed with education stakeholders, and a question was raised about the Secretary of State’s office; Raibold responded that polling locations are set by county clerks and she had no reason to expect an objection. The committee voted to introduce the RS. The committee then heard House Bill 672 from Representative Heather Scott, which would prohibit the executive budget document from containing logos, mottos, or slogans of the executive branch or governor, except for the state seal and official logos. Scott argued the bill would keep the budget document politically neutral and focused on fiscal information rather than messaging or branding. After no testimony from the public, the committee voted to send HB 672 to the floor with a do pass recommendation. The meeting then adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• Almost all the feedback we received on House Bill 4730 was regarding the seven-day waiting period.

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• So we're okay with 5 through 24, so we got some good feedback from DPI and the Attorney General yesterday

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The conference committee on Senate Bill 2330 met to consider a new conference committee amendment, 25.0551.0603. Members reviewed changes that narrowed the grade levels covered from 4-12 to 6th, 10th, and 12th grades, replaced “evidence-based” with “best practices,” and retained language striking the appropriation because funding is already included in the Attorney General’s budget. Representatives also noted that the bill applies to public and tribal schools, with non-public schools removed from the proposal. Testimony from Representative Jonas reported follow-up with the Department of Public Instruction and the Attorney General’s office. DPI said it was prepared to work with the Attorney General’s office and the eventual grant recipient if the bill passes, and the Attorney General’s office indicated it was comfortable with the statutory guidance in the bill. Committee members discussed the importance of maintaining quality standards and the role of stakeholders in implementation. The committee first voted on the amendment and it passed by voice vote, then voted to adopt the conference committee amendment in place of the House amendment 0601. That motion also passed unanimously by voice vote. Senator Bain was designated to carry the bill on the Senate side and Representative Jonas on the House side, and the committee then adjourned.

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• So that's a return to an older mechanism. I remember it. You remember that.
• And I haven't seen any mechanism that works better than markets at exerting pressure on sellers, which
• the talk, and I appreciate what Senator Perry has had to say about it, because he understands the mechanics
• We can do this because there's a risk adjustment mechanism at the end of the year that's in the individual
• They offer feedback on the rates that we submit.

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• I'm actually the president of that, and from the feedback that we've gotten from other residents, we've
• I'm actually the president of that, and from the feedback that we've gotten from other residents, we've
• Uh I'm actually the president of that and and and from<00:05:34.280><c> the</c><00:05:34.400><c> feedback
• that</c><00:05:35.200><c> we've</c><00:05:35.400><c> gotten</c><00:05:35.760><c> from</c> from the feedback
• that we've gotten from from the feedback that we've gotten from other<00:05:36.280><c> residents,</c

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• know, how legislation is supposed to work, especially in the Senate where we can, you know, hear feedback
• 00:10:52.120><c> hear</c> Senate where we can, you know, hear Senate where we can, you know, hear feedback
• > make</c><00:10:53.600><c> the</c><00:10:53.680><c> necessary</c><00:10:54.280><c> changes,</c> feedback
• , make the necessary changes, feedback, make the necessary changes, and<00:10:55.120><c> still</c><00
• you for bringing this bill here today, and thank you to all of the testifiers for giving us your feedback

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Really got terrific feedback.

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Disabilities Committee met on May 11, 2026, with Chair Senator Pat Fahey noting a quorum and that Ranking Member Senator Weber had submitted his voting sheet. The committee took up a seven-bill agenda focused largely on developmental disabilities, mental hygiene law, and services for vulnerable persons. Several bills were advanced to finance, including S4841A to establish a Blue Ribbon Commission on the future of New York’s service delivery system for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, S4871B regarding the independent developmental disability arms and person program, S8429 authorizing certain providers to employ or contract with applied behavioral analysts and mental health counselors, and S124 adding spina bifida to the definition of developmental disability. The committee also reported S7484A to the calendar to establish a statewide residential families committee, S7794 to the calendar to establish a statewide group home families working group, and S170 to the calendar to allow certain reportable-incidents reports to be made available to the State Comptroller’s staff for performance audits. Members noted that several of the bills had been considered in prior sessions, and S170 was described as having come from the Governor’s office. After the votes, senators briefly discussed feedback from a recent hearing, including the need to follow up on legislative requests from panelists and concerns that employment remains a major unresolved issue for people with disabilities. The meeting then adjourned, with the chair suggesting there may be one more committee meeting later in the year.

Transcript Highlights:

• TO THOSE LISTENING AND TO THE GUESTS BRING US THE FEEDBACK.

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• get a chance to offer ourselves to you or to ask you the hard questions, to look at us, to give feedback

Keywords: 1183, house

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• amended and coupled with the amendments we just saw before the hearing, we're continuing to seek feedback
• to the current version of SB 883, in line with my colleague, we are certainly continuing to seek feedback

Summary: The Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee heard several bills focused on wildfire preparedness, industrial safety, and recycling oversight. SB 1153 by Senator Caballero would require urban retail water suppliers to add wildfire-specific procedures to emergency plans and coordinate with fire agencies; supporters said it would improve planning while recognizing water system limits, and the bill was framed as protecting ratepayers and infrastructure. SB 811, also by Senator Caballero, would create a comprehensive DTSC permitting and regulatory framework for metal shredding facilities; supporters argued it would set clear statewide standards and protect communities, while opponents said it would weaken hazardous waste protections and carve the industry out of existing law. SB 883 by Senator Umberg would impose new safeguards for facilities storing reactive chemicals such as methyl methacrylate after the Garden Grove evacuation, including backup cooling, public review, emergency planning, and state tracking; industry groups opposed the breadth of the bill and sought further clarification, while environmental and community groups supported it. SB 1010 by Senator Ashby would strengthen oversight of appliance recyclers by improving reporting, inspections, certification, and funding for enforcement; supporters said it would reduce emissions and improve compliance, while recyclers raised concerns about fees and certification requirements. Each bill drew extensive testimony from industry, environmental, labor, local government, and community representatives. Supporters generally emphasized public safety, transparency, and the need for clearer statewide standards, while opponents warned about overregulation, reduced flexibility, or unintended impacts on existing hazardous waste and recycling systems. Committee members also raised questions about transparency, liability, size-based treatment of facilities, and whether the bills were narrowly tailored enough to address the problems identified. The committee voted to advance all four measures to the Committee on Appropriations, with votes taken on call and some members voting no or not voting on certain bills. The final add-on votes showed SB 811, SB 883, SB 1010, and SB 1153 all passing out of committee, with the roll left open for absent members before the meeting adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• House Amendment 1, which is now attached to the bill, was a result of feedback from the Delaware Association
• Okay, I have some feedback on this amendment before we take the vote.

Summary: The Senate received House communications listing numerous House-passed bills, substitutes, amendments, and concurrent resolutions, and then took up committee reports and a consent calendar. Consent Calendar 65 passed unanimously with 20 yes votes and included Senate Resolution 26 recognizing Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, House Concurrent Resolution 131 on apprenticeship programs for school-based mental health professionals, House Concurrent Resolution 137 on mathematics instruction review, and House Concurrent Resolution 148 on a statewide menopause education strategy. Later, Consent Agenda N also passed with the required two-thirds vote and included a large group of bills on evidence and witnesses, Family Court jurisdiction, theft by impersonation, realty transfer tax, auto insurance practices, child services and educational services, STD prevention, agricultural and forestry matters, menstrual disorder materials, a Smyrna charter change, massage/body work, dry needling, and lead poisoning screening. Several substantive bills were debated and passed. Senate Substitute 1 for Senate Bill 314, modernizing Delaware’s rape shield law and clarifying how courts handle evidence of prior false sexual assault allegations, passed 21-0. Senate Bill 347, a cleanup bill to the Medical Debt Protection Act that expands prohibited collection actions and requires disclosure when a collector is a large health care facility, also passed 21-0. House Bill 300, creating a statewide Title IX coordinator in the Department of Education to support compliance and data collection for interscholastic athletics, passed after debate; Senate Amendment 1 to the bill, which would have required athletes to compete according to biological sex, was defeated 6-14 with one absent, and the underlying bill then passed 20-0 with one absent. The Senate also passed House Substitute 1 for House Bill 84, which limits mandatory employee attendance at meetings where employers convey political or religious views, after questions about employer, union, and exemption coverage; House Substitute 1 for House Bill 301, which clarifies criminal penalties for violence, threats, and intimidation at polling places and election-related sites, passed after discussion of what conduct it would cover; House Bill 63, addressing fireworks disclosures and related regulation, passed 19-2 after senators discussed enforcement and impacts on veterans, children, and pets; and House Bill 348, updating the electric vehicle rebate program to give DENREC more flexibility and expand eligibility, passed 16-5. The chamber then recessed until the next day.