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• different Technology that exists, including surveillance camera systems with integrated AI to detect firearms

Summary: The committee heard extensive testimony on Oklahoma school safety from Commissioner Tipton, OSSI director Mike Fike, OACTIC director Alan Young, OSBI lieutenant Isiles Keene, and Rogers County Sheriff Scott Walton. The main focus was a statewide school-safety framework built around response, prevention, and recovery. Witnesses described training law enforcement in the LASER active-shooter response model, adding A-TURK training for coordinated law enforcement/fire/EMS response, expanding run-hide-fight and Stop the Bleed instruction for educators and staff, conducting risk and vulnerability assessments, and using the Rave panic-button system and the ProtectOK tip app to speed reporting and dispatch. They also emphasized behavioral threat assessment and management (BTAM) teams as a prevention tool to identify and support at-risk students before violence occurs. Members asked about administrator and teacher training, school counselor involvement, how apps are deployed on personal versus school devices, and whether schools are actually using the programs. Witnesses said administrators, counselors, and SROs should be part of BTAM, that training is most effective when it is realistic and repeated, and that Rave is geofenced and typically invited onto devices by schools. Several members stressed that school leaders must buy in for safety plans to work, and one member raised concerns about traumatic training and the need for mental-health support as part of prevention. Witnesses said mental-health referral and monitoring are part of BTAM, but the school and local partners must manage the process. OSBI’s lieutenant added broader context, comparing school safety to fire safety and noting that Oklahoma still lacks some statutory requirements for intruder drills and stronger penalties for school threats. He also discussed possible future tools such as surveillance analytics, gunshot detection, ballistic-rated doors and walls, and better access controls, while warning that technology should supplement, not replace, basic safety systems and training. Sheriff Walton closed by describing rural response challenges and his foundation’s effort to place ballistic shields in schools and police cars, arguing that human resources and rapid communication remain the biggest gaps. No votes or formal actions were taken in the meeting.

Bills: SB2901 , SB2902 , SB2903 , SB2904 , SB2905 , SB2906 , SB2907 , SB2908 , SB2909 , SB2910 , SB2911 , SB2912 , SB2913 , SB2914 , SB2915 , SB2916 , SB2917 , SB2918 , SB2919 , SB2920 , SB2921 , SB2922 , SB2923 , SB2924 , SB2925 , SB2926 , SB2927 , SB2928 , SB2929 , SB2930 , SB2931 , SB2932 , SB2933 , SB2934 , SB2935 , SB2936 , SB2937 , SB2938 , SB2939 , SB2940 , SB2941 , SB2942 , SB2943 , SB2944 , SB2945 , SB2946 , SB2947 , SB2948 , SB2949 , SB2950 , SB2951 , SB2952 , SB2953 , SB2954 , SB2955 , SB2956 , SB2957 , SB2958 , SB2959 , SB2960 , SB2961 , SB2962 , SB2963 , SB2964 , SB2965 , SB2966 , SB2967 , SB2968 , SB2969 , SB2970 , SB2971 , SB2972 , SB2973 , SB2974 , SB2975 , SB2976 , SB2977 , SB2978 , SB2979 , SB2980 , SB2981 , SB2982 , SB2983 , SB2984 , SB2985 , SB2986 , SB2987 , SB2988 , SB2989 , SB2990 , SB2991 , SB2992 , SB2993 , SB2994 , SB2995 , SB2996 , SB2997 , SB2998 , SB2999 , SB3000

Keywords: geological subsurface characterization, groundwater, geothermal resources, environmental review, Hawaii groundwater and geothermal resources center, scientific research, non-extractive, public trust doctrine, clean energy, greenhouse gas, carbon sequestration, climate change, energy policy, Hawaii state energy office, emissions reduction, sustainable development, fare-free transportation, greenhouse gas emissions, public transit, tax on petroleum

Transcript Highlights:

• . >> They go back to the time when DAGs, you know, the point in time when DAGs transferred to the department
• , you know, the point in time when DAGs, you know, the point in time when DAGs<00:59:03.680><c> transferred
• </c> DAGs transferred to the department. DAGs transferred to the department.

Bills: SB2901 , SB2902 , SB2903 , SB2904 , SB2905 , SB2906 , SB2907 , SB2908 , SB2909 , SB2910 , SB2911 , SB2912 , SB2913 , SB2914 , SB2915 , SB2916 , SB2917 , SB2918 , SB2919 , SB2920 , SB2921 , SB2922 , SB2923 , SB2924 , SB2925 , SB2926 , SB2927 , SB2928 , SB2929 , SB2930 , SB2931 , SB2932 , SB2933 , SB2934 , SB2935 , SB2936 , SB2937 , SB2938 , SB2939 , SB2940 , SB2941 , SB2942 , SB2943 , SB2944 , SB2945 , SB2946 , SB2947 , SB2948 , SB2949 , SB2950 , SB2951 , SB2952 , SB2953 , SB2954 , SB2955 , SB2956 , SB2957 , SB2958 , SB2959 , SB2960 , SB2961 , SB2962 , SB2963 , SB2964 , SB2965 , SB2966 , SB2967 , SB2968 , SB2969 , SB2970 , SB2971 , SB2972 , SB2973 , SB2974 , SB2975 , SB2976 , SB2977 , SB2978 , SB2979 , SB2980 , SB2981 , SB2982 , SB2983 , SB2984 , SB2985 , SB2986 , SB2987 , SB2988 , SB2989 , SB2990 , SB2991 , SB2992 , SB2993 , SB2994 , SB2995 , SB2996 , SB2997 , SB2998 , SB2999 , SB3000

Keywords: geological subsurface characterization, groundwater, geothermal resources, environmental review, Hawaii groundwater and geothermal resources center, scientific research, non-extractive, public trust doctrine, clean energy, greenhouse gas, carbon sequestration, climate change, energy policy, Hawaii state energy office, emissions reduction, sustainable development, fare-free transportation, greenhouse gas emissions, public transit, tax on petroleum

Transcript Highlights:

• And members, one of the things that we have to understand when we let millions of illegals into this
• It is illegal, it is immoral, and it is profoundly dangerous not only to innocent lives abroad, but to
• </c><02:02:47.360><c> It</c><02:02:47.480><c> is</c><02:02:47.640><c> illegal,</c><02:02:48.320><c> it
• It is illegal, it language of genocide.
• It is illegal, it is<02:02:48.560><c> immoral,</c><02:02:49.400><c> and</c><02:02:49.560><c> it</c><02

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• chicken coop in an illegal feed lot.
• chicken coop in an illegal feed lot.
• chicken coupe in an becomes an illegal chicken coupe in an illegal<00:31:19.600><c> feed</c><00:31:19.840
• So this bill addresses illegal feed lot.
• Currently, mixed housing and multifamily housing is effectively illegal to build in vast parts of our

Bills: HF4319 , HF3295 , HF3589 , HF3587 , HF3588 , HF4295 , HF3571 , HF3895

Committee: House Elections Finance and Government Operations

Keywords: public utilities commission, Lake City, port authority, Red Wing, terms of appointment, local government, elections, open meeting law, transparency, public engagement, social media, government accountability, voter access, polling place, ballot, unexpected needs, election judge, public information, political parties, HF4295

Transcript Highlights:

• Should I refer to folks as illegal immigrants, unauthorized aliens, undocumented non-citizens, or some
• <c> immigrants,</c><00:16:13.040><c> people</c><00:16:13.279><c> with</c><00:16:13.839><c> or</c> illegal
• immigrants, people with or illegal immigrants, people with or excuse<00:16:14.399><c> me,</c><00:16:
• </c> in our nation illegally. in our nation illegally.
• </c><00:49:57.839><c> to</c><00:49:58.079><c> gain</c> and in our state illegally to gain and in our

Bills: HF1323 , HF3500

Committee: House Higher Education Finance and Policy

Keywords: undocumented, financial aid, state policy, higher education, noncitizen eligibility, funding, storm damage relief, Bemidji State University, reforestation, state appropriations, 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• The word 'illegal' just kind of doesn’t hit me well, so I appreciate your statement.
• The word 'illegal' just kind of doesn’t hit me well, so I appreciate your statement.
• They are going to go after waste, fraud, and abuse, and people who, you know, illegal immigrants who
• The word 'illegal' just kind of doesn’t hit me well, so I appreciate your statement.
• We’ll see how it shakes out. who you know illegal immigrants who are who you know illegal immigrants

Committee: Senate Human Services

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• And the weird gap that exists right now is that it is not currently illegal to sell, but once you step
• out of the store, you can be arrested because it's illegal to be in possession of it.
• which includes smoke shops, gas stations, community stores, and deli markets, who are being caught illegally
• ... ...illegally selling to youth and young adults, because if you didn't know, you have to be now 21

Summary: The Assembly Health Committee heard a series of bills focused on behavioral health, cancer screening, provider reimbursement, research funding, workforce licensing, and tobacco regulation. SB 16 would require counties to maintain procedures for designating and training professionals authorized to perform 5150 evaluations and initiate involuntary holds; supporters said it would expand the pool of qualified clinicians and reduce reliance on law enforcement, while opponents raised concerns about local control and implementation. SB 1124 would require CDPH to create and post lung cancer screening eligibility signage at tobacco point-of-sale locations; supporters emphasized low screening awareness and early detection, and the bill was advanced with amendments. SB 28, a CARE Court cleanup bill, proposed an ombudsperson, reporting, electronic petitions, remote participation, and other changes to improve accountability and access; it drew both strong support and significant opposition over concerns about coercion, scope, and whether the program is working as intended, but it passed the committee as amended to Judiciary. The committee also heard SB 874, which would strengthen oversight of Medi-Cal behavioral health treatment services, including background checks for providers and a stakeholder workgroup to develop standards; it passed to Public Safety. SB 1049 would let providers resubmit corrected claims within 90 days after a plan’s denial or recoupment action when the original claim had a correctable technical defect; supporters described delayed and withheld payments harming practices, while insurers argued the bill could duplicate existing dispute processes. The bill passed to Appropriations on call. SB 1224 would create a state framework to compete for federal ARPA-H funding for emerging therapies research, with testimony from a UC Davis psychiatrist and veterans’ advocates supporting expanded research into treatments for PTSD, depression, and other conditions; it passed to Military and Veterans Affairs. Later, SB 1057 would change how the Department of Public Health evaluates conviction history for certified nurse assistants and home health aides, shifting from automatic denial toward individualized assessment based on the offense, time elapsed, and rehabilitation; it passed to Appropriations with some no votes. Finally, SB 1314, a tobacco-related bill, sought to create a 600-foot buffer around schools and day care centers for certain tobacco retailers and address related issues such as cigar lounge definitions and nitrous oxide sales; several local government and public safety groups supported it, while health organizations and business groups opposed it unless amended. The chair announced that committee amendments were being set aside for now and the bill would move forward to Business and Professions with a commitment to continue working on the language; it passed out of committee.

Transcript Highlights:

• And the weird gap that exists right now is that it is not currently illegal to sell, but once you step
• out of the store, you can be arrested because it's illegal to be in possession of it.
• which includes smoke shops, gas stations, community stores, and deli markets who are being caught illegally
• which includes smoke shops, gas stations, community stores, and deli markets that are being caught illegally

Committee: House Health

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• dying by suicide as a result of their interaction with these platforms, sex trafficking, purchasing illegal
• 17.759><c> purchasing</c> sexion, sex trafficking, purchasing sexion, sex trafficking, purchasing illegal
• 19.759><c> uh</c><00:08:20.000><c> choking</c><00:08:20.479><c> games,</c><00:08:21.120><c> etc.,</c> illegal
• drugs, uh choking games, etc., illegal drugs, uh choking games, etc., etc., etc., etc., pales<00:08:

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• Nothing in this bill prevents sexual harassment or assault, and those acts are already illegal.
• Nothing in this bill prevents sexual harassment or assault and those acts are already illegal.
• example of just one person who will be impacted and hurt by this legislation because it would be illegal
• addition to the men's and women's saying, according to state law, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, it is illegal

Committee: House State Affairs

Keywords: 989, all

Transcript Highlights:

• 2019 and they decided to follow the plan of some providers basically in Las Cruces who are using illegal
• This is still the rate that we're relying on today is a rate that is illegal to use.
• The provider who has sued their attorney came to this committee and said this is a problem and it's illegal
• Cagle referenced relative to Uh, the illegal, uh, and misclassification of employees as independent contractors

Committee: House Legislative Health & Human Services Committee

Transcript Highlights:

• Number one, I think this bill helps protect taxpayer dollars by penalizing illegal kickbacks in the child
• ><c> penalizing</c> protect taxpayer dollars by penalizing protect taxpayer dollars by penalizing illegal
• ><c> kickbacks</c><00:13:06.959><c> in</c><00:13:07.200><c> the</c><00:13:07.360><c> childare</c> illegal
• kickbacks in the childare illegal kickbacks in the childare assistance<00:13:08.320><c> program.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• It will still be illegal to dump hazardous substances in our water. Mr.
• /c><00:05:07.400><c> will</c><00:05:07.560><c> still</c><00:05:07.800><c> be</c><00:05:08.120><c> illegal
• </c><00:05:08.600><c> to</c><00:05:08.759><c> dump</c> dumping it will still be illegal to dump dumping
• it will still be illegal to dump haers<00:05:09.400><c> of</c><00:05:09.639><c> substance</c><00:05:

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00 Attendance Roll Call 00:04 SB 89 Discussion 00:59 SB 89 Roll Call Vote 24:49, 958, all

Summary: The committee met in a special called session, confirmed a quorum, and took up Senate Bill 89. The sponsor, Scott Maiden, said the bill was intended to address permitting issues affecting coal and other industries, and he described it as supported by a broad coalition of business, agriculture, and industry groups. He said the bill would align Kentucky’s definition of “waters of the Commonwealth” with federal definitions and would codify the existing definition and calculation method for long-term treatment bond requirements at mine sites. He also emphasized that the bill would not eliminate groundwater protections, drinking water protections, or prohibitions on hazardous substance dumping. A committee amendment was discussed and adopted to add and clarify definitions, including navigable waters, sinkholes with open drains, certain springs, and wellhead protection areas. The sponsor said the amendment was intended to address concerns that the bill was too broad and noted that it was worked on with Louisville Water and other stakeholders. Testimony in opposition came from Rebecca Shelton of Appalachian Citizens Law Center, who argued the bill would leave private wells and groundwater vulnerable and cited groundwater contamination data. Nick Hart of Kentucky Waterways Alliance urged the committee to preserve the current definition and requested a statutory review and economic impact analysis. Audrey Ernsberger of Kentucky Resources Council said the bill would strip protections from most groundwater, ephemeral streams, karst aquifers, and many private wells, and warned of higher water-treatment costs and pollution risks. Members asked questions about the meaning of “carcinogenic” and the difficulty of cleaning up contamination in private wells. During roll call, several members explained their votes, with supporters saying the amendment protected water while preserving needed flexibility for industry, and opponents saying they could not risk weakening water protections or harming private wells and agriculture. The committee voted to pass SB 89 as amended with a favorable recommendation to the Senate, and then moved to roll the committee amendment into a committee substitute.

Transcript Highlights:

• would they think that an app that they can download on their phone and then notify someone it is illegal
• their phone and then notify someone<00:14:37.000><c> it</c><00:14:37.160><c> is</c><00:14:37.320><c> illegal
• </c><00:14:37.959><c> right</c><00:14:38.120><c> we</c><00:14:38.240><c> want</c> someone it is illegal
• right we want someone it is illegal right we want companies<00:14:38.800><c> to</c><00:14:39.040><c>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• doing in his budget proposal, and what he is proposing we continue to do, is to fund benefits for illegal
• continue to do is to fund<00:18:59.360><c> benefits</c><00:19:00.120><c> for</c><00:19:00.400><c> illegal
• </c><00:19:00.760><c> immigrants</c> fund benefits for illegal immigrants fund benefits for illegal immigrants

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• government, who have government contracts that have been cancelled, that have been frozen legally and illegally
• We are fighting the—our attorney general is fighting in court illegal funding freezes.
• We're fighting illegal unconstitutional executive orders.
• We are fighting the—our attorney general is fighting in court illegal funding freezes.
• We're fighting illegal unconstitutional executive orders.

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• Illicit tunnel pathways into our country have only made it easier for criminals to bring their illegal
• COUNTRY HAVE ONLY MADE IT EASIER FOR CRIMINALS TO BRING THEIR ILLEGAL BUSINESSES INTO THE HOMELAND, FROM
• Over the last 30 years, cartels have created illegal and sophisticated tunnels under our border walls
• s targeting and our detection capabilities, which will help officers find and stop more illegal drugs
• agents and includes technology that assists agents in cargo and vehicle screening that can detect illegal

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, March 10, 2025, 1012, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• multi-gender porta-potties would be okay, but two stalls next to each other, like in the airport, are illegal
• Imagine for a minute that my party is in power, and that because I can, I pass a law that would make it illegal

Committee: House Emerging Issues and Professional Registration

Summary: The committee met in executive session with 14 members present and took up a series of House bills, several with House Committee Substitutes (HCSs). Early discussion centered on HB 1893 and HB 2075, both described by opponents as “potty police” bills affecting restroom access in public settings; members debated privacy, enforcement, and the scope of exemptions, and both HCSs were adopted before the bills were reported do pass. HB 2536, another restroom-related measure, drew extensive testimony from supporters and opponents, including concerns about impacts on transgender people, private causes of action, and the role of outside advocacy groups; its HCS was adopted and the bill was reported do pass on a 9-5 vote. The committee then considered HB 1914, where members said the bill was intended to keep technicians in Missouri but raised concerns about whether it would actually do so and whether the committee was being asked to referee a contract dispute between dealers and manufacturers; the HCS was adopted and the bill passed 9-3 with one present. HB 3423 passed without discussion, and HB 3204 was amended at the request of the Department of Mental Health to remove an unnecessary sentence about prevention resource centers before being reported do pass unanimously. The final bills dealt with camps and other regulatory issues. HB 3142’s HCS shifted licensing authority from DESE to DSS, removed day camps, carved out universities and colleges, dropped website-reporting requirements, and added CPR and background-check requirements; members discussed possible delayed implementation and the extent of rulemaking authority, and the bill passed 11-2. HB 2855 and HB 2922 both passed with little or no discussion, HB 2643 passed unanimously, and HB 2828 was amended to remove nitrous oxide language before passing unanimously. The meeting then adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• Chairman, as I’m sure you know, cesspools are illegal throughout the state of Arizona.
• These do not contain the same cleaning framework that septic tanks do and have become, as of 1976, illegal

Committee: Senate Senate Natural Resources Committee of Reference

Summary: The Natural Resources Committee heard three bills related to water policy and all were given do pass recommendations. HB 2029 would require disclosure information for applicants to the Water Conservation Grant Fund, and an amendment broadened the disclosure requirements from only certain water users to all eligible entities. WIFA testified neutral on both the bill and amendment, noting it already collects much of the information; the committee adopted the amendment and then passed the bill 8-0. HB 2096 would allow counties to receive WIFA financial assistance, including forgivable principal, for cesspool remediation, closure, or replacement when there is a risk to water or public health. WIFA and county representatives from the County Supervisors Association and Gila County supported the bill, explaining that counties need clearer authority to accept loans and grants for cesspool cleanup, especially in rural areas with thousands of aging cesspools and flood-related contamination. Members discussed impacts in Gila County and other areas, and the bill passed 8-0. HB 2116 would appropriate $1 million from the State General Fund in FY 2027 to the Colorado River Litigation Fund. The Arizona Municipal Water Users Association supported the measure as preparation for possible Colorado River litigation, while members emphasized that the funding is a placeholder and that they hope litigation will not be necessary. The committee passed the bill 8-0 and then adjourned.