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• We're in the Senate Education Committee room, Senator Pugh's committee room.
• , whether we want a rule or desire a rule, the morality of a rule.
• Of a rule, whether we want a rule or desire a rule, the morality of a rule, it just deals with what it
• It's a bright-line rule. It's a yes-or-no rule to prevent improper temptations in politics.
• I agree that that is already the rule. It has been the rule since the beginning.

Summary: The Oklahoma State Election Board held a special meeting to address several candidate contests and related procedural matters. After roll call and opening remarks, counsel explained the hearing procedures, burden of proof, and possible outcomes. Several cases were noted as resolved or withdrawn, including Timmons v. Jones, Banning v. Sutterfield, and Roberts v. Gaw. In Ranson v. Riley, the board accepted constructive service after the respondent did not appear, heard that Riley was not a registered voter in the required district for the required period, and voted 3-0 to sustain the petition and strike him from the ballot, with costs assessed to the petitioner. The board then heard Hasenbach v. Pugh, a contest challenging Senator Adam Pugh’s candidacy for Superintendent of Public Instruction under the Oklahoma Constitution’s emoluments ineligibility clause. The petitioner argued that Pugh was a sitting legislator whose office’s salary and benefits had increased during his term, relying on stipulated facts, a compensation commission order, and prior case law. The respondent argued the salary increase came from an independent commission that expressly excluded current legislators and that benefit changes were automatic under a preexisting statute, so no qualifying increase applied to Pugh. The board resolved several procedural issues first, including striking a reply brief as beyond the original petition and admitting joint stipulations into the record. After a recess and executive session, the board returned to open session and voted 3-0 to deny the petition in Hasenbach v. Pugh, retaining Pugh as a candidate on the ballot and assessing costs to the petitioner. The meeting concluded with closing remarks from the secretary and a unanimous vote to adjourn.

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• The House will now consider a motion in writing to adopt last session's rules as temporary rules.
• 16 as temporary rules.
• as temporary rules.
• The House rules menu.
• Committee assignments we made in keeping with your house rules reflecting the diversity of experience

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• The committee was made up of representatives from this committee, Representative Fosse and Suzanne Schmidt
• Could you follow up with the committee or have Melissa follow up with the committee and give us more
• The other related rule we put into place as a permanent rule a couple years back is our wildfire smoke
• rule.
• The rule we put into place as a permanent rule a couple years back is our wildfire smoke rule that intentionally

Summary: The committee heard a report on the Underground Economy Task Force in Washington’s construction industry. Labor and Industries said the task force, created by a 2024 budget proviso, met 11 times and developed consensus recommendations to improve enforcement against worker misclassification, unregistered contractors, and unpaid taxes and premiums. Consensus items included defining and regulating construction labor providers, improving interagency data sharing, increasing penalties for repeat offenders, expanding L&I authority over successor accountability, reviewing agency penalty rules, and exploring tracking of cash payments. Majority-but-not-consensus ideas included posting subcontractor notices at job sites, setting an independent-contractor threshold that would trigger L&I review, holding direct contractors liable for unpaid wages owed by subcontractors, and reviewing reporting requirements. Testifiers from labor, business, and the Attorney General’s Office generally supported stronger enforcement and transparency, while business representatives cautioned against overregulation and said any new rules should avoid burdening legitimate contractors or restricting lawful cash payments and independent contracting. L&I said the final report would be distributed by December 31 and the task force work group would be reconvened. The committee then reviewed the wage recovery work group report. L&I explained current wage complaint procedures and said the work group, made up of labor and business representatives, reached five consensus recommendations: allow L&I to prioritize wage complaints strategically, permit aggregation of related complaints, raise the minimum penalty under the Wage Payment Act from $1,000 to $1,500 and create a penalty matrix, improve employer awareness with materials for new hires, and establish a wage recovery fund. The fund would be seeded by penalties, would not require new employer assessments, and would allow limited early payments to eligible workers facing hardship, with a proposed cap of $2,500 and a later review of the program. Business and labor representatives both supported the overall framework, though business raised concerns about fraud safeguards and recovery of funds if a claim is later found invalid. Members also received an overview of Washington’s apprenticeship system. L&I described the state’s apprenticeship agency structure, the Washington State Apprenticeship and Training Council, and the difference between Washington’s state apprenticeship standards and the federal Office of Apprenticeship system. The presentation highlighted current participation levels, program approval and objection processes, and strong post-completion outcomes, including median annual earnings above $100,000 and an estimated $7.80 return for every public dollar invested. Committee members asked about how apprentices apply, how sponsors work with L&I, and whether recurring objections could be addressed earlier in the process. Finally, the committee heard updates on wildland firefighter respiratory protection, federal cuts to NIOSH, and economic and federal policy impacts on unemployment insurance and workforce services. L&I said wildland firefighters face significant smoke exposure and cancer risk, but current rules do not require respiratory protection for that work because of technical and operational challenges; the agency is watching efforts in other jurisdictions and at the federal level. On NIOSH, L&I warned that federal staffing and grant cuts could weaken occupational safety research, training pipelines, and programs affecting Washington workers, including firefighter cancer tracking and Hanford exposure assessments. ESD reported rising UI claims, a stable unemployment rate, and pressure on the trust fund, while also describing technology and process changes that have improved claims handling. ESD also said HR1 will significantly increase demand on WorkSource services through new work-search requirements for SNAP and Medicaid recipients, creating an unfunded mandate that the agency is preparing to implement with partner agencies.

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• Thank you, committee members.
• Additional thinking on these rules, but only with the prior approval of this committee, the Oversight
• Committee.
• Questions on the changes or the rules themselves?
• Thanks, Madam Chair and committee members.

Committee: House New Mexico Finance Authority Oversight Committee

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• Committee clerk, no, we have several witnesses here today.
• Thank you, Chairwoman Button and committee members for the opportunity to lay out the committee substitute
• The chair offers the committee substitute to SB 315.
• The chair offers a committee substitute to SB 1484.
• No, I'm saying when the rule was, the rule was put forth to all the members almost 3 months before it

Committee: House Trade, Workforce & Economic Development

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• I'm going to now go to the committee if there are any questions or comments from the committee.
• Thank you, committee.
• Now I'm going to the committee. Questions or comments from the committee.
• Now I'm going to the committee. Questions or comments from the committee.
• Any other questions from the committee? What is the will of the committee?

Bills: SB251 , SB150 , SB154 , SB73 , SB111 , SB172 , SB76 , SB181 , SB235

Committee: Senate Senate Tax, Business & Transportation

Keywords: horse racing, program training, program owning, state licensing, racehorses, regulation, local news, newspaper printing, journalism, media tax credit, print media, digital news, news publisher, newsprint, press operator, printing industry, local journalism, tax credit, income tax, corporate income tax

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• Under Rule 30, the message from Her Excellency the Governor would be sent to the Committee on Economic
• The Committee on Rules, to whom was referred the order filed by Mr.
• The committee reports the same ought to be adopted. Mr.
• Rule 40 is suspended. Mr.
• The ayes have it; Rule 7A is suspended. Second reading of the bills.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The House opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and a gubernatorial message recommending legislation to preserve and advance Massachusetts competitiveness in discovery, research, and innovation, which was referred to the Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies. The House also adopted a Rules Committee order extending the reporting deadline for the Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities, and Energy to December 3, 2025. Members then took up several local and special bills, including measures concerning the recall of elected officers in Sharon, wastewater treatment in Sandwich, a sick leave bank for Anna C. Contreras, an increased income limit for the Clause 41A senior tax deferral program in Ipswich, and Acton bills on checkout bag charges, police and fire residency limits, and the Acton Memorial Library. These bills were ordered to a third reading. The House also passed to engrossment bills recognizing Machado Joseph Disease Awareness Day, authorizing Waltham to establish a Millennium Fund for its public library, and authorizing Wellesley to dissolve its housing development corporation. The House then considered House No. 972, authorizing the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority to supply water to the Linfield Water Center Water District. The bill received an emergency preamble, which was adopted by division, and the bill was then passed to be enacted. The House also adopted an order to adjourn to meet again Thursday at 11 a.m., and then adjourned.

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• ><c> mix</c><00:25:04.880><c> safety</c><00:25:05.279><c> rules</c> overproduce rules and mix safety
• rules overproduce rules and mix safety rules with<00:25:05.840><c> quality</c><00:25:06.320><c> expectations
• Where did these our current rules?
• </c><00:59:16.880><c> Um</c> this committee. Um this committee.
• We have had doctors rules.

Committee: House Children and Families Finance and Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

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• This Rules Committee is called to order for Tuesday, March 25th, and I'll note for the record that there
• The Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration will designate Thursday, March 27th for the adoption
• Um, Co-Chair Niska will have the gavel when we have rules next Tuesday.
• Um, co-chair having rules this Thursday.
• <00:01:24.880><c> next</c> rules next rules next Tuesday.<00:01:26.720><c> Uh,</c><00:01:26.960><c> further

Committee: House Rules and Legislative Administration

Keywords: 1183, house

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• . committee report and the appropriations committee report. >> To the appropriations committee report
• The appropriations committee report is adopted to the finance committee report.
• Rules.
• It died in committee.
• The committee report, um, the amendment to the committee report is adopted.

Keywords: 981, all

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• I move to suspend the 24-hour posting rule to permit the Committee on Disaster Preparedness and Flooding
• That is under TDEM's rules.
• Okay, so then it's in the rules.
• Well, if it's a rule, right, that means they can modify their own rules.
• I move to suspend the 24-hour posting rule to permit the Select Committee on Disaster Preparedness and

Bills: HB1 , HB2 , HB3 , HB5 , HB20 , HB22

Keywords: youth camps, emergency preparedness, safety standards, health regulations, camp licensing, disaster preparedness, emergency management, flooding, mass fatality, mass casualty, fatality tracking, body recovery, autopsy, justice of the peace, medical examiner, county judge, sheriff, mayor, emergency coordinator, emergency manager license

Summary: The House convened in special session with a gubernatorial proclamation adding subjects related to penalties for legislators who absent themselves, ivermectin access, and groundwater study authority. The chamber also handled routine motions, committee scheduling, and first-reading referrals before moving to the main floor calendar focused largely on disaster response and public safety legislation. The central theme throughout the day was the July 4 flooding and related tragedies, with repeated references to families of victims and the need for stronger preparedness and prevention measures. House Bill 1, on youth camp emergency plans and preparedness, was the most emotional and heavily amended measure. Members adopted changes requiring annual emergency plans for resident youth camps, staff training, parent notification, evacuation maps, floodplain-related disclosures, restrictions on sleeping quarters in flood-prone areas, and funding for enforcement. One proposed amendment to require air conditioning or heat in sleeping quarters failed, while another amendment on floodplain restrictions passed after debate over floodplain versus floodway language. HB 1 ultimately passed the House 136-1 on second reading and later 135-1 on final passage. Senate Bill 2 / House Bill 2 on disaster preparedness, response, and recovery also advanced after extensive discussion. The bill creates training for justices of the peace in mass-fatality events, establishes an emergency manager licensing system, sets local succession procedures, creates a statewide volunteer management system, authorizes drone interdiction in disaster zones, expands disaster loan eligibility, and adds review and planning provisions for certain infrastructure and weather-related issues. Members debated the scope of the training, drone impacts on press coverage, volunteer registration, and infrastructure-related amendments; some proposals were adopted and others tabled or withdrawn. SB 2 passed the House 130-4 on third reading and later 132-4 on final passage. The House also passed House Bill 3 creating the Texas Interoperability Council and a grant program for emergency communications equipment, House Bill 20 addressing disaster-related scams and fraudulent charitable solicitations, House Bill 22 expanding allowable uses of the broadband infrastructure fund for emergency communications, and Senate Bill 5 providing supplemental appropriations for disaster relief, including funds for local warning systems and weather monitoring. Each of these bills passed overwhelmingly, with only one or a few dissenting votes, and members repeatedly emphasized the need to improve coordination, communications, funding, and fraud prevention in the wake of recent disasters.

Transcript Highlights:

• Pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(b), the following bills are referred to the Committee on Rules.
• Pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(c), the following bills are referred to the Committee on Rules: Item number
• She was approved by the Rules Committee on June 3rd on a unanimous vote.
• She was approved by the Rules Committee on June 3rd on a unanimous vote.
• He was approved by the Rules Committee on June 3rd. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, approved the June 8–11, 2026 journals, and adopted floor amendments. It also referred several bills to Rules and approved motions affecting Budget and Fiscal Review Committee procedure, including second-reading treatment for budget measures and suspension of Joint Rule 62A to allow budget hearings on short notice. Both motions passed on roll call after some protest votes. The chamber then considered several appointments to the Delta Stewardship Council and the Board of State and Community Corrections. Senators discussed the Delta, water policy, and the proposed Delta Tunnel, but the confirmations of Julie Lee, Ann Patterson, and Sheriff Christopher Clark all passed. The Senate also adopted Senate Joint Resolution 17, authored by Senator Choi, honoring Republic of Korea veterans who served alongside U.S. troops in Vietnam and urging Congress and the President to clarify that states may extend burial and memorial benefits in state veterans’ cemeteries. The main floor debate centered on Assembly Bill 109, the 2026 Budget Act. Supporters highlighted a $355.9 billion budget with $253 billion General Fund spending, $36.5 billion in reserves, a reduced structural deficit, and investments in child care, Medi-Cal, hospitals, housing, IHSS, education, transit, and other services. Opponents criticized the budget as relying on future tax increases, leaving a structural deficit, and failing to do enough on affordability, public safety, Prop. 36, unemployment insurance debt, and gas prices. After extensive debate, AB 109 passed 28–9, and the Senate later approved a consent calendar of six Assembly bills. The session ended with adjournments in memory of Hajan Lee, Doris Fisher, and James Leslie Barbie, and the Senate adjourned until June 18, 2026.

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• Pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(b), the following bills are referred to the Committee on Rules: Item number
• Pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(c), the following bills are referred to the Committee on Rules: Item number
• Pursuant to Senate rule 29.10, see the following bills are referred to the committee on rules.
• She was approved by the Rules Committee on June 3rd on a unanimous vote.
• She was approved by the Rules Committee on June 3rd on a unanimous vote.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• Order of the day, item number five: reports of conference committees.
• Madam Speaker, I move to suspend the rules of the House in order to consider certain House bills for
• </c><00:27:58.960><c> of</c> Speaker, I move to suspend the rules of Speaker, I move to suspend the rules
• Representative Todd for the motion to suspend the rules to reconsider previous action.
• Madam Speaker, I move to suspend the<00:30:59.039><c> rules</c><00:30:59.200><c> of</c><00:30:59.360>

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• The bill has received a due pass recommendation and is sent to the Rules Committee, subject to signatures
• The bill has received a due pass recommendation and is sent to the Rules Committee, subject to signature
• The bill has received a due-pass recommendation and is sent to the Rules Committee, subject to signatures
• I move that the bill receive a due-pass recommendation and be sent to the Rules Committee.
• The bill has received a due-pass recommendation and is sent to the Rules Committee, subject to signatures

Bills: SB5925 , SB6086 , SB6074 , SB5962 , SB6296 , SGA9272 , SGA9255 , SGA9256 , SGA9271

Committee: Senate Law & Justice

Keywords: Attorney General, civil investigative demand, CID, subpoena-like demand, investigative authority, consumer protection, civil enforcement, pre-suit investigation, document production, interrogatories, deposition, oral testimony, confidentiality, trade secrets, judicial review, enforcement action, Washington RCW, law enforcement powers, government transparency, due process

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• Chairman, members of the committee. Thank you so much for having me today.
• We will be implementing those types of rules.
• Through the executive committee, which is an executive committee of the principals all over the state
• Through the executive committee, which is an executive committee of the principals all over the state
• We do have an executive committee. That executive committee are high school principals.

Bills: SB389 , SB525

Committee: House Civil Law and Procedure

Keywords: athlete agent, registration, endorsement contracts, name image likeness, eligibility, unfair trade practices, student athletes, unclaimed property, abandoned property, escheat, state treasurer, administrator, claimant, purchase agreement, assignment, property recovery, owner verification, documentation requirements, fraud prevention, bankruptcy

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• ,</c><00:01:14.880><c> Auditor</c> uh Welcome to the committee, Auditor uh Welcome to the committee,
• Welcome to the committee<00:02:03.880><c> um</c> committee um committee um um<00:02:04.760><c> Mr.
• And I think it's the five-year rule and the six-year rule that are the primary drivers of this.
• </c><00:20:26.440><c> six-year</c><00:20:26.840><c> rule</c> five-year rule and the six-year rule five-year
• And now I think the five-year rule and six-year rule are really trying to focus people to say, you know

Committee: Senate Taxes

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Gentlemen, welcome to the committee. 2025.
• In packet, you also have some ideas on how we could improve the current system with Rule 8100 and Rule
• rule 8100 and Rule current system with rule 8100 and Rule 8106<00:05:07.960><c> so</c><00:05:08.120>
• </c> commissioner um welcome to the committee commissioner um welcome to the committee if<00:05:20.479
• Within the rule, the rule focuses primarily on the cost and income models, and then a typical appraiser

Committee: Senate Taxes

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• I'm assuming they would be adopting rules.
• So they would have to adopt the rules as to...
• What type of rules would they be adopting?
• Uh, committee, this is the bill that we passed through this committee twice last year.
• Public hearing and answer our questions to the committee. Thank you, committee.

Bills: SB211 , HB96 , SB215 , SB257 , SB13 , SB13

Committee: House Education Policy

Keywords: school safety, local law enforcement, superintendent, complaints, school bus regulations, National Signing Day, athletic scholarships, military enlistment, postsecondary education, apprenticeship programs, high school students, educational commitments, education intervention, State Superintendent, local boards, provisional release, subpoena authority, compliance, educational operation control, fundraising

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• They will be referred to their appropriate standing committees.
• They will be referred to their appropriate standing committees.
• </c><00:01:37.439><c> The</c><00:01:37.600><c> final</c> >> In accordance with Rule 33D.
• Chair, Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee.
• </c><00:02:37.440><c> that</c> initially assigned to a committee that initially assigned to a committee

Keywords: Senate streaming session for Friday, January 16, 2026, 960, senate, all