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Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Individual legislators also rose to the occasion. 192 of the 201 legislators carried at least one bill
• </c> effort to legislators effort to legislators as<00:04:39.280><c> best</c><00:04:39.600><c> or</c>
• </c> want to be a true bipartisan legislator. want to be a true bipartisan legislator.
• </c> to take a normal legislative process. to take a normal legislative process.
• </c> state legislators. state legislators.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• We will not be taking a vote on this piece of legislation today.
• Thank you, and thank you for hearing this piece of legislation.
• I've worked on thousands of pieces of legislation.
• Did they pass their legislation?
• But my number one concern I have with this piece of legislation... have with this piece of legislation

Bills: HB297

Keywords: cash transactions, money transmission, regulatory compliance, criminal penalties, Alabama Securities Commission, 1136, house, all

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• I think that my family may be arguably one of those legislative families that may possibly spend more
• </c> arguably one of those legislative arguably one of those legislative families<00:04:05.879><c> that
• We've noted it for 30-plus years by everyone from the legislative auditor to the Corn Growers.
• We've noted it for 30-plus years by everyone from the legislative auditor to the Corn Growers.
• And is that legislation getting you there?

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• and the need for this legislation from our colleagues.
• This legislation will do four key things.
• She's also been a major proponent in... ...support of this legislation.
• The underlying legislation.
• Rauch, a legislation to establish lobular breast cancer awareness day.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Senate first debated and advanced Senate Bill 2561, an act to promote student learning and mental health, centered on a statewide bell-to-bell restriction on student cell phone use in schools. Supporters argued the bill would reduce distraction, improve academic performance and mental health, and encourage social interaction, while preserving flexibility for districts and exceptions for emergencies, special education, health needs, and instructional uses. Several senators emphasized local control and the need for public input, and a number of amendments were considered: some were withdrawn, some were rejected, and others were adopted, including an amendment requiring consistent and necessary exceptions and another requiring public hearings and local public input. The bill was then ordered to a third reading and passed to be engrossed by a roll call vote of 38-2. The Senate also took up a conference committee report on a $259 million FY2025 supplemental appropriations bill. The report funded EMS costs, home care, the Healthy Incentives Program, DTA chip card technology, veterans benefits, the state police crime lab, the SSI state supplement, the Fair Housing Fund, and the National Guard, and included major indigent defense provisions: $40 million for 320 new CPCS staff attorneys, rate increases for private bar advocates, guardrails to reduce future work stoppages, and an independent review of the indigent defense system. Senators questioned the timing of the report, the inclusion of items not previously voted on by either branch, and the funding sources, including use of the transitional escrow fund and excess revenues. The report was accepted, the emergency preamble was adopted, and the supplemental budget was enacted. In addition, the Senate passed other measures, including a bill authorizing the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority to supply water to the Linfield Center Water District and a municipal roads and bridges financing bill, both by roll call vote. The chamber also enacted a health care protections bill, and it concurred in referrals on a governor’s municipal empowerment legislation. The session included a brief memorial tribute and adjournment in memory of Harry C. Christensen.

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• All right, welcome to the meeting of the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee.
• And it comes from the legislative support for the office.
• , but would it be helpful to have a legislative definition?
• , but would it be helpful to have a legislative definition?
• Legislative intent, but would it be helpful to have a legislative definition of farm worker?

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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• I served as their first legislative director.
• and that we're using the legislative process as a form of that HEAL Act assessment.
• So you see the legislative process as part of your EJ assessment, not our interpretation.
• , and it says ongoing agency request legislation.
• How do I, as the public, or as a legislator, understand where you all are in that process?

Summary: The House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee held a work session on HEAL Act implementation, beginning with an orientation from Environmental Justice Council member David Mendoza. He described the law’s purpose as integrating environmental justice into agency decision-making, community engagement, tribal consultation, strategic planning, and environmental justice assessments, with the goal of reducing environmental health disparities and improving accountability to communities and tribes. He also discussed the council’s role, the interagency work group, challenges with limited volunteer and agency capacity, and concerns about inconsistent assessment formats and future funding pressures. Committee members asked about council composition, including the balance of tribal, community, business, and other representation, whether the HEAL Act increases permitting time or costs, how “overburdened” and “vulnerable” populations are defined, and whether the council should be refreshed or audited. Mendoza said the statute is not limited to racial categories and can include rural and low-income communities, that the council has not quantified permitting delays, and that there is no formal audit requirement, though the council is discussing how to improve its work. Members also raised questions about the relationship between the Environmental Justice Council and the Office of Equity, with Mendoza saying the bodies are complementary but should coordinate more closely. The Department of Agriculture then reported on its HEAL Act work. Director of Equity and Environmental Justice Nicole Johnson said WSDA conducts environmental justice assessments for significant actions, applies an equity lens to licensing, funding, rulemaking, and strategic planning, and has completed 11 EJ assessments to date. She highlighted pesticide regulation, animal health, and weights-and-measures work as examples of environmental and economic justice, and said the department recently hired a full-time tribal consultant and has only 1.5 FTE supporting HEAL implementation. Members asked whether WSDA’s assessments apply to its role on boards such as the Forest Practices Board; Johnson said the department’s current understanding is that assessments are conducted on agency work. The Department of Natural Resources then presented on its HEAL Act implementation, focusing on strategic planning, community engagement, tribal consultation, environmental justice assessments, and equitable funding. DNR officials said environmental justice is being embedded in the agency’s 2025-2029 strategic plan, in its Community Access and Impact Plan, and in its advisory committee and board representation efforts. They reported conducting EJ assessments for sustainable harvest calculations, agency request legislation, and a prescribed burn manager certificate program, and said DNR has invested about $130 million in overburdened communities and vulnerable populations in fiscal year 2025 through wildfire resilience, youth education, and urban forestry programs. Committee members pressed DNR on how it identifies impacted communities, why landowners were not more visible in the process, how agency-request legislation is being assessed, and whether assessments are required for actions taken through other boards and commissions. DNR said its current interpretation is that assessments apply to internal agency actions, that some notices may appear on OFM’s notices page rather than the completed-assessments dashboard, and that it would follow up on specific questions about its posted assessments and process.

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• What is the role is legislative intent.
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• </c> has to come through legislative process. has to come through legislative process.
• We’re now dealing with the executive branch legislating, taking away codified legislation that says we
• </c><00:08:04.400><c> legislation</c><00:08:05.039><c> that</c> uh taking away codified legislation that

Keywords: 1183, house

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• I'm the Vice President of Political Relations, Legislative Affairs, Quality, and Safety...
• The solution is legislative: legislation allowing dedicated organ vehicles... ...vehicles is legislative
• to transport organs through the recent license as outlined in this legislation.
• The legislation would also require licensed professionals to undergo the The legislation would also require
• In Ireland and the UK, there is no specific menopause legislation.

Bills: H4796, H4838

Keywords: organ transplant, emergency vehicle, transportation, medical personnel, regulation, organs, menopause, perimenopause, healthcare access, female health, public health, medical education, workplace policies, discrimination, accommodation, 1212, all

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• </c> 2026 legislative se session a success. 2026 legislative se session a success.
• I hope your legislative family.
• </c> And this section begins with legislative And this section begins with legislative findings<00:27
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• ,</c><00:29:54.240><c> and</c><00:29:54.399><c> the</c> legislative council, and the legislative council

Keywords: 926, house, all

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• First up, we have the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee.
• The legislative intent was to provide to see.
• The legislative auditor's conclusion is that the preference provides The legislative auditor's conclusion
• This leads us to the legislative auditor's two recommendations.
• That's ultimately a legislative policy choice.

Keywords: 904, all

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• I'm Senator Christy Zito, and I represent Legislative District 8. Mr.
• I represent Legislative District 8, the heart of the state of Idaho.
• Doug O'Connellitz, Legislative District 3, Senator.
• And that really isn't the goal of this legislation.
• This legislation is to create more freedom in the market.

Keywords: 989, all

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• There's a legislative assistant making it happen.
• To all our legislative assistants, thank you.
• This bill came through legislative review.
• And I think that's part of the legislative process.
• If we pass this piece of legislation.

Keywords: 959, house, all

Summary: The House opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, approval of the previous day’s journal, and a long series of special guest introductions. Guests included the Tipton Lady Cardinals girls basketball state champions, FCCLA and FBLA students from several districts, legislative interns and family members, Missouri Rural Water Association members for Water Advocacy Day, Kansas City University medical students, and legislative assistants, who were formally recognized for their work supporting the chamber. The chamber then took up committee reports and moved several measures. House Substitute for House Committee Substitute for House Bills 3068 and 3049, a broad public-safety vehicle containing multiple provisions, drew debate over its contents, including concerns about anti-trans language and a challenge that it was overly broad, but it passed 117-10 with 17 present. Senate Substitute for Senate Bill 914, dealing with lateral field soil analysis/perk testing, passed 108-34 with one present. Senate Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 1142, a Secretary of State business filing measure for series LLCs, passed 142-0. The main floor debate centered on House Bill 1758, a daylight-saving-time trigger bill. Supporters argued it would protect Missouri from neighboring states forcing a switch to permanent standard time, preserve tourism and outdoor recreation, and reduce health and safety problems associated with changing clocks. Opponents argued Missouri should instead adopt permanent standard time, citing research on circadian rhythm, health effects, school bus safety, and the state’s prior 1974 experience with permanent daylight saving time. The discussion was extensive and bipartisan in tone, but the transcript ends before any final vote on HB 1758 is recorded.

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• This legislation, or this—well, this legislation is the first, in my opinion, real effort we’ve made
• It says it right there in the legislation.
• This is a landmark piece of legislation.
• This legislation is an Idaho solution. This legislation is an Idaho solution for an Idaho problem.
• And this legislation, unlike legislation that has failed in other states, unlike legislation that has

Keywords: 989, all

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• We'll also get a preview of legislation that may come up in the next legislative session or before one
• We'll also get a preview of legislation that may come up in the next legislative session or before one
• legislator.
• Or any individual legislator.
• As the chair mentioned, we don't endorse legislation.

Summary: The committee’s final day focused first on a historical overview of New Mexico tax packages by Pam Stokes of Legislative Council Services. She described how tax packages have alternated over the decades between tax relief, revenue raising, and tax reform, with examples ranging from the creation of the gross receipts tax in 1966 to major packages in 1981, 1986, 1991, 1994, 2005, 2019, 2022, 2024, and the vetoed 2025 package. Members discussed how tax policy often tracks revenue conditions, how packages can combine increases and decreases, and how local government gross receipts taxes and hold-harmless distributions have affected communities differently. Several members reflected on past packages, especially the 2004 food tax repeal and the 2013 film tax and manufacturing changes, and noted that tax policy can have major economic and political effects even when it is not “sexy” legislation. The committee then heard a proposal to expand the health care practitioner gross receipts tax deduction to include co-insurance, and to extend the sunset date. Sponsor Senator Figueroa said the bill was intended to help recruit and retain medical providers and build on prior deductions for co-pays and deductibles. Testimony explained that co-insurance is the patient’s share after the deductible, that providers currently absorb the gross receipts tax on those payments, and that the proposal would cost about $30 million to the state plus about $20 million to municipalities and counties, with the exact fiscal impact likely to be updated. Members raised concerns about the effect on local governments, whether insurers could be required to reimburse providers, whether the bill would actually attract doctors, and whether better evaluation measures and sunsets should be added. The sponsor said the bill was part of a broader set of efforts to address provider shortages and that the discussion would continue. Representative McQueen then presented a bill to update the Land Conservation Incentives Act. He and conservation partners said the program has protected more than 500,000 acres but has not kept pace with rising land values, especially for irrigated agricultural land in the Middle Rio Grande. The proposal would increase the percentage of conservation value eligible for the credit, raise the per-transaction cap from $250,000 to $2 million, and make the credit refundable rather than only transferable. Testimony emphasized that the program is voluntary, keeps land in private ownership and production, and helps land-rich, cash-poor landowners preserve farmland and water rights. Members asked about average credit amounts, how easements work, whether landowners could effectively buy land and then use the credit, and whether there should be inflation indexing or a statewide cap. The discussion also touched on water rights, fencing, and the role of conservation easements in protecting agricultural land and compact water deliveries. Finally, Senator Sharer previewed his 2% tax proposal with a historical presentation on New Mexico tax law, using props to illustrate the evolution from early territorial tax codes to the modern tax system. He argued that the state’s current tax structure is overly complex and that recent federal changes have disrupted the personal income tax base. The committee did not take any votes on the day’s presentations; the meeting was primarily informational, with members offering feedback and raising policy concerns for future sessions.

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• This legislation by Representative Kim Hicks is prompted by a lawsuit, Texas v.
• Minnesota cannot go back to that, and this legislation ensures that we won't.
• Minnesota cannot go back to that, and this legislation ensures that we won't.
• Minnesota cannot go back to that, and this legislation ensures that we won't.
• Minnesota cannot go back to that, and this legislation ensures that we won't.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• And just for big broad brushstrokes, the legislative transfer annually is $8,511,000.
• And just for big broad brushstrokes, the legislative transfer annually is $8,511,000.
• Action two would reduce the legislative account by 5% for fiscal year 2027.
• This legislative account, the annual transfer into the account is $8.511 million.
• out of the legislative account.

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Summary: The joint House Appropriations and Senate Finance committee met with a quorum and began by recognizing two pages, who each described their plans after serving and what they learned about the legislative process. The committee then turned to year-end cash transfer proposals presented by Keith Bybee, who explained that the packet contained 14 motions tied to balancing the current and upcoming budgets and managing fund balances. The proposals included transferring remaining legislative remodel funds back into the legislative account and reducing legislative transfers in fiscal years 2026 and 2027; moving unobligated money from the Idaho Broadband Fund and inactive school district building accounts to the general fund; and creating flexibility to use the 27th payroll fund only in an emergency. Other items would redirect interest earnings from several funds, including the budget stabilization fund, public education stabilization fund, water pollution control fund, permanent building fund, ARPA-related funds, and Strategic Initiatives funds, with some proceeds going to the general fund, fire suppression deficiency account, or transportation-related purposes. Members asked about balances, obligations, and the meaning of terms like “unobligated” versus “unawarded,” and Bybee said he would verify some figures before the noon meeting. Several members discussed the broader budget strategy, including the rationale for aiming for a $150 million ending balance and whether the committee should rely on reserve transfers versus other budget adjustments. Some members emphasized preserving legislative control over future supplemental spending and providing a roadmap for new committee members, while others noted that the state’s fiscal situation was partly the result of revenue decisions made by the legislature itself. The committee did not vote on the motions during this session and adjourned until noon, when it planned to take action after members had time to review the updated green sheet and follow up on questions.

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• Well, this legislation is modeled after the federal legislation that just passed bipartisanly and signed
• </c><00:02:03.360><c> is</c> that's what the federal legislation is that's what the federal legislation
• </c> &gt;&gt; This rotational grazing uh legislation &gt;&gt; This rotational grazing uh legislation
• Specifically, this legislation farm.
• </c> achieve with this legislation. achieve with this legislation.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• </c> legislative factf finding inquiry. legislative factf finding inquiry.
• </c> Legislative procedures.
• </c> lobbyist during this legislative lobbyist during this legislative session?
• </c> other pending legislation? other pending legislation?
• </c> legislation at all? legislation at all?

Keywords: 916, all

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• Father, bless the work done in this legislative body and the work of their hands.
• Legislation reducing the property tax burden on Texans and legislation imposing spending limits on entities
• Legislation making it a crime to provide hemp-derived products to children under 21.
• Legislation further protecting unborn children and their mothers from the harm of abortion, legislation
• Legislation protecting women's privacy in sex-segregated spaces, legislation that strengthens the Attorney