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• I have a father who joined the military right after high school.
• required for numerous everyday activities, including boarding flights, opening bank accounts, or purchasing
• "If you're the age of the ability to purchase those items, I'd say my ability to go buy wine is in the
• But if you purchase a firearm, you have to provide photo identification.
• might hamper your ability to host those kinds of registration drives that churches have, that high schools

Committee: House Special Committee on Redistricting

Keywords: 959, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• at our inventory and should there be some equipment failure we will point in time provide those purchases
• Our market participants, we purchase goods and services at a tune of five billion dollars and those monies
• previously awarded obligated funds which would be at stake and this is for programming such as after-school
• summer learning initiatives, the purchase of educational technology, and the provision of mental health
• Bustos and I'm a policy associate with the Sunita Jane Anti-Trafficking Initiative at Loyola Law School

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• We've educated 2 million Chinese, as we've said, 380,000 are in our schools today.
• Joe Nye, who was the head of the Harvard Kennedy School, has made that term quite popular.
• I'd like to turn to China and their participation with Iran in purchasing Iranian oil.
• In recent years, over 90% of Iranian oil experts were purchased by China.
• Where were we when those two ports were purchased by C.K. Hutchinson? To start with. with.

Committee: Senate Foreign Relations Committee

Keywords: committee meeting, bill discussions, nomination, David Perdue, Monica Crawley, U.S.-China relations, foreign policy

Summary: The meeting of the committee was marked by significant discussions regarding various bills, including HB22 and SB5. A notable moment was the introduction of nominees Senator David Perdue and Ms. Monica Crawley, which led to discussions on the implications of their roles, particularly in relation to U.S.-China relations and foreign policy. Members exchanged views on the nominees' qualifications, emphasizing the importance of leadership in foreign diplomacy. Additionally, the committee heard testimonies from several witnesses both supporting and opposing certain bills, showcasing the diverse perspectives present.

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• I represent House District 21 in Bernalillo County, the Manzano High School area of Albuquerque.
• I went to school at ASU. My formal education is actually in real estate development.
• But we accept and purchase state, private, city, county, municipal, any municipal.
• and the middle schools and talk about this early on, we could change...
• When I was fresh out of high school, my aunt offered to have me buy her NHA house that was paid off for

Committee: House House Government, Elections & Indian Affairs

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• Perkins was my elementary school.
• now, K-3-8 school, but my neighborhood.
• From my own, not only my own elementary school, now K-3-8 school, but my neighborhood of Barrio Logan
• This bill clarifies that private and home-based schools are explicitly covered under existing school
• school districts just missed the mark on.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Kids failing in schools. I knew nothing. I just couldn't take it anymore. Kids failed in school.
• And I decided to run for school board. So I get in this school board race, very popular candidate.
• Dozier School for Boys Okeechobee School Victim Compensation Program and appropriates $20 million to
• The program authorizes school districts and charter schools to place current and retired high-performing
• There won't be a public school union because there won't be any public schools.

Keywords: 998, house, all

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• I I'm scared to send my kids to school."
• </c><01:20:14.880><c> because</c> delay new equipment purchases because delay new equipment purchases
• </c><01:20:54.960><c> right</c> to be able to make that purchase right to be able to make that purchase
• China has left our market and has purchased no soy.
• In November, the has purchased no soy.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• school and the State Department of Education.
• The charter school corporation is withdrawing as operator of the school, and the new operator is coming
• back to the Department of Education's Recovery School District.
• That charter school corporation is withdrawing as operator of the school and the new operator is coming
• to the Department of Education's Recovery School District.

Committee: House Natural Resources & Environment

Keywords: 965, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• And after that, Elizabeth Ford from the Seattle University School of Law.
• And we purchased a giant transformer that was two stories high, probably half this room, and we had to
• And we purchased a giant transformer that was two stories high, probably half this room, and we had to
• Madam Chair, there are And we purchased a giant transform of this two stories high, probably half this

Bills: HB2479 , HB2091 , HB2105 , HB2107 , HB2151 , HB2190 , HB2191 , HB2218 , HB2243 , HB2303 , HB2345

Committee: House Labor & Workplace Standards

Keywords: unpaid wages, wage theft, wage recovery, labor standards, Department of Labor and Industries, L&I, worker protection, low-wage workers, back pay, interest on wages, civil penalties, retaliation, immigration status coercion, gig workers, transportation network companies, rideshare drivers, app-based drivers, employment law, wage complaint, payroll enforcement

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• RAISED IN SOME OF THE QUESTIONS AND THAT WAS HOW DOES THE BILL CONTEMPLATE A SCENARIO WHERE THE PURCHASE
• MEDICATIONS THE PATIENT GETS, HOW MUCH THEY PAY, EVEN WHERE THEY PICK IT UP AND MEDICATIONS ARE PURCHASED
• IT IS AN INSULT TO THE PHARMACIST WHO WENT TO GRADUATE SCHOOL TO MAKE SURE THEY DISTRIBUTE PRESCRIPTION
• WE'VE HEARD THEY'RE NOT GOING TO STACK THE MEDICINE, WHAT ABOUT PHARMACIES WHO PURCHASE THINGS REGIONALLY

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• to make it—again, it's the whole notion of, you know, we have a lot of very astute people who are schooled
• And we have been doing things, been very thoughtful about purchasing and about... ...doing things, been
• very thoughtful about purchasing and about filling empty slots.
• I do want to give a shout-out to DES, who has been helping us immensely with furniture purchases, and

Committee: Joint Statute Law Committee

Summary: The Statute Law Committee met on December 10, 2025, approved the June 10, 2025 minutes, and received a publications update noting that the 2025 RCW volumes and session laws are available, with sales continuing a gradual decline but generally tracking prior years. The committee also heard that the office remains fully staffed and financially stable, with projected year-end funds remaining and a healthy publications fund balance. A major discussion centered on a proposal from retired Judge Ann Levinson to make the code more reader-friendly when chapters are repealed and recodified, especially after the civil protection orders reform in E2 SHB 1320, which consolidated multiple protection order laws into new chapter 7.105 RCW. Levinson argued that current disposition-table language such as “repealed by” can be confusing to the public and may appear to signal legislative disapproval, and suggested adding a simple pointer to the new chapter. Code revisers explained their current practice, the limits of their editorial discretion, and the technical and policy concerns involved, while expressing support for some form of “see also” guidance and noting that hyperlinking session-law citations in disposition tables may also help readers find the new law. The committee also discussed office operations, including a planned move from the modular offices back into the rebuilt Pritchard building, expected in late 2026, with improved space, storage, and enclosed offices. Staff proposed changing regular Monday-through-Thursday office hours from 8 a.m.–8 p.m. to 8 a.m.–7 p.m., with exceptions for active work, client requests, and floor action; the proposal was supported by a chart showing that many evenings have no work after 7 p.m., though late nights would still occur during busy periods. The meeting ended with acknowledgments of retiring staff, including editor Barb Sage after 37 years of service, and a farewell to Vice Chair Sam Thompson, whose successor had just been selected.

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• So instead, what we do is keep that purchase price at $425,000 and then instead use those credits to
• We have to purchase water rights in order. And usually, that's coming from the state.
• We're having to purchase those rights. It's from someone else.
• into housing, and we get them for 2 or 3 years, the chances of them having kids, we put them in our schools

Committee: House Public School Capital Outlay Oversight Task Force

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• Churches, private schools, charter schools, we're mandating on all of those schools.
• . schools. schools.
• </c><01:40:06.920><c> a</c> key box at a school if the school has a key box at a school if the school
• , we're mandating on all of those schools, we're mandating on all of those schools. schools. schools.
• </c> purchase of food. purchase of food.

Keywords: 981, all

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• like high schools doubled in cost.
• There's two school districts, and I know of one of the school districts for sure is putting in their
• the school problem?
• It's just fixing the school problem.
• It's also connected to our high schools.

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• We can be the purchaser of last resort. We buy B-grade product.
• We can be the purchaser of last resort. We buy B-grade product.
• First, Hawaii is facing a food security emergency, and young people feel it every day in school, at home
• at home through every day in in school at home through difficulty<00:27:13.120><c> concentrating,</c
• , store, and transport banks to purchase, store, and transport fresh,<00:27:23.360><c> locally</c><00

Bills: HB1952 , HB1951 , HB1929 , HB2497 , HB2208 , HB2572 , HB1737 , HB1953 , HB2551 , HB2549

Committee: House Agriculture & Food Systems

Keywords: HB1952, Hawaii agriculture, University of Hawaii, CTAHR, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience, Kauai, agricultural research station, extension station, capital improvements, general obligation bonds, GO bonds, appropriation, ADA compliance, Americans with Disabilities Act, certified kitchen, greenhouse, laboratory, field research, cesspool decommissioning, invasive species

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• </c> school meals for all program. school meals for all program.
• We are not ending reporting on the Healthy School Meals program.
• Wallace. school meals cash fund, which then got school meals cash fund, which then got transferred<00
• c><00:55:21.960><c> meals</c> transferred to the healthy school meals transferred to the healthy school
• </c> Um whether it is the cost of purchasing Um whether it is the cost of purchasing asphalt<02:12:57.480

Keywords: 981, all

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• investigations pursuant to the purchase of<00:13:48.000><c> firearms.
• That's solely a firearms investigation when you're talking about straw purchases. And, Mr.
• That's solely a firearms investigation when you're talking about straw purchases. And, Mr.
• That's solely a firearms investigation when you're talking about straw purchases. And, Mr.
• That's solely a firearms investigation when you're talking about straw purchases. And, Mr.

Bills: HB0130 , HB0147

Committee: Senate Revenue

Keywords: Second Amendment, firearms, state rights, federal regulation, law enforcement, civil penalties, government liability, property tax, homeowner exemption, Wyoming, voter initiative, tax legislation, 916, all

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• purchasing counties and would<00:07:05.280><c> be</c><00:07:05.440><c> able</c><00:07:05.840><c> to<
• Again, the county based purchasing<00:07:13.759><c> systems</c><00:07:14.160><c> have</c><00:07:14.400
• ><c> been</c><00:07:14.560><c> doing</c><00:07:14.720><c> a</c> purchasing systems have been doing a
• Uh, clearly there was some indication through the school system that he needed that level of academic
• </c> with private equity purchases with private equity purchases um<01:32:14.560><c> you</c><01:32:14.800

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• The program authorizes school districts and charter schools to place current and retired high-performing
• County Public Schools.
• My son attended Mount Dora Public Schools. He then went into the school...
• My daughter is also a public school teacher. I have children and grandchildren in public schools.
• For many of those years, I have served as a school resource officer at our local high school.

Summary: The committee took up a long agenda of bills, beginning with several measures that were amended and reported favorably, including a strike-all to SB 4 on child protective investigations and specific medical diagnoses, SB 1570 restoring a statewide missing-persons project for individuals with special needs, and SB 182 creating a teacher training and mentoring program for schools needing improvement. Members also advanced SB 794 on APD background screening and support coordination standards, SB 1168 on background screening for athletic coaches and related entities, and SB 214 to let rural special districts pay verified invoices directly for state- and federally funded work. Supporters emphasized improved child welfare investigations, help for families of vulnerable individuals, teacher retention, and better administrative efficiency; the APD bill drew especially strong testimony from waiver clients and providers about the importance of competent support coordinators and stable services. The committee also favorably reported SB 1376 on grants for genetic counseling education, SB 1574 requiring newborn screening for biliary atresia, SB 1510 as the DEP agency package with environmental, septic, water quality, solar, and permitting changes, and SB 598 updating funeral and cemetery licensing and consumer protections. SB 688, after a delete-all amendment, would create licensure for naturopathic doctors and a board of naturopathic medicine; it drew strong support from naturopathic advocates and sharp opposition from a critic who argued the bill would authorize diagnosis and treatment beyond appropriate limits. SB 1318 made a technical change to scholarship account reversion language, with senators clarifying that remaining funds would return to the scholarship funding organization for future use rather than to the state. Later, the committee approved SB 682 on domestic violence and protective injunctions, SB 130 on workforce training for current and former inmates, and SB 1548, the latest Live Local Act iteration expanding affordable housing options and limiting local barriers. It also reported favorably SB 536 on criminal gang membership criteria after extensive debate about constitutional issues and modern gang activity, SB 762 allowing cross-jurisdiction assignment of capital cases among regional conflict counsel offices, SB 1332 strengthening career offender registration requirements, SB 1742 creating a new offense for indecent exposure of sexual organs to a minor, and SB 1750 increasing penalties for serious sex offenses and child sexual abuse material crimes. The most contentious discussion came on SB 1226, which would overhaul Public Employee Relations Commission rules, require majority support for union certification, and impose new limits on union activities and dues-related practices; members debated constitutional concerns, differences between first responders and other public employees, and the bill’s impact on union representation and public-sector labor rights. Most bills were reported favorably by roll call, with SB 536 drawing several no votes and SB 1226 still under active debate at the end of the transcript.

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• All of our purchases are approved by the board prior to them being made.
• So, for instance, if we're purchasing a bus, then we do turn over that actual purchase to them for documentation
• But FTA does not request a detailed bank statement monthly regarding our purchases.
• So, for instance, if we're purchased in a bus, then we do turn over that actual purchase to them for
• But FTA does not request a detailed bank statement monthly regarding our purchases.

Summary: The committee first took up HB 431, which would require annual training for municipal mayors and related local officials. An amendment was adopted to add municipal retirement systems to the training categories. Representative Carlson and Louisiana Municipal Association President Mayor Ray Bork said the bill was intended to provide at least 16 hours of annual continuing education, with LMA developing and accrediting the curriculum. Members asked about online options, flexibility, and whether there would be penalties; the author said there would be no penalty beyond public reporting on the annual audit. The committee then approved the bill favorably. HB 150, by Representative Borek, would authorize Cameron Parish to establish a locally funded insurance or subsidy program to help residents recover and repopulate after storm damage. Members discussed flood insurance, FEMA Risk Rating 2.0, and whether the program would affect private insurance markets; the author said it was meant as a local subsidy, not a state-funded insurance program. The bill was reported favorably. HB 822, by Representative Newell, would remove nonprofit entities from appointing board members to certain economic development districts if they are not in compliance with Secretary of State filings; members agreed to add a two-year forfeiture period, and the bill was advanced. The committee then heard HB 204, which would require monthly financial reports from certain Baton Rouge-area agencies to the Legislative Auditor. An amendment removed the Council on Aging from the bill. Representatives from CATS and BREC said their financial statements and audits are already posted online, while the author argued the bill would provide more detailed, real-time vendor-level spending information like the Louisiana Checkbook. The Legislative Auditor said the office could receive the records but would likely need redactions and could face added workload; after extended debate, the bill was voluntarily deferred. The committee also approved HB 136 on Harahan classified police hiring, HB 376 extending provisional hire time in fire and police civil service from 60 to 90 days, HB 377 giving the State Civil Service Commission flexibility in setting pay ranges for state examiners, HB 450 clarifying veterans’ points in civil service exams, HB 273 repealing a duplicate local tax-distribution statute, HB 1068 allowing longer exclusive garbage collection and disposal contracts, HB 864 creating a fire limit to prohibit flammable storage under certain state or municipal structures in New Orleans, and HB 444 adding two members to the East Baton Rouge Recreation and Park Commission board with a technical amendment correcting the Senate district member.