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• President, I move to reject House amendments to Senate Bill 258.
• President, moving on to section four on the applicability to vacancies, which I think we've established
• The people will vote for their approval or rejection.
• House Joint Resolution 1024 should be ordered to be referred by the legislature for approval or rejection
• of submitting the proposed constitutional amendment to a vote of the people for their approval or rejection

Bills: HB4248, HB4429, HB2588, HB3472, HB4317, HB3462, HB2035, HB3501, HB3127, HB3143, HB3144, HB3260, HB4321, HB3011, HB3522, HB3530, HB3940, HB3078, HB3043, HB3005, HB3007, HB3403, HB1907, HB3175, HB3986, HB3466, HB3411, HB4246, SJR49, HB3281, HB4319, HJR1086, HJR1024, HJR1087

Keywords: HB4248, hemp beverage, hemp drinks, THC beverage, cannabis beverage, intoxicating hemp, age restriction, under 21, minor possession, youth access, public health and safety, Title 63, Oklahoma Statutes, retail sales, alcohol-style regulation, controlled substances, beverage regulation, proxy advisory services, shareholder rights, financial transparency

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• And in fact, they now are only going to reject an application or consider someone an unlawful user if
• And in fact, they now are only going to reject an application or consider someone an unlawful user if
• And in fact, they now are only going to reject an application or consider someone an unlawful user if
• And in fact, they now are only going to reject an application or consider someone an unlawful user if
• And in fact, they now are only going to reject an application or consider someone an unlawful user if

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• The court flatly rejected that claim.
• Racist gerrymandering should be rejected. Then there is integrity.
• Please. ...the packing and cracking of majority-minority congressional districts and reject this map,
• In summary, I urge you to reject this bill. I do not want to live in an institution.
• The Department of Education froze the applications for income-based repayment and did not allow folks

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• specific projects, what I mean is that these programs have gone through a competitive process, applicants
• If you want to reject that approach, then you'll have to find $300 million in the overall architecture
• And I may need to be educated on what those applications. grants are and how that mechanism for them
• we support the proposed $153.4 million appropriation for water recycling projects, but urge you to reject
• Because of the cuts last year, the CTC was only able to award 12 out of 300 applications, so they were

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• So the bill's application to supposedly three quote limited circumstances is also hardly comforting.
• <05:35:02.878> to matters so the Bill's application to matters so the Bill's application to
• We rejected a similar bill last session, and we should do the same today.
• child a strong case exists to reject child a strong case exists to reject this<06:02:48.840>
• This rejection has been bipartisan.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• <02:09:43.280> So to meet with application assistance.
• So to meet with application assistance.
• <02:10:32.120> that ran across any applicants that ran across any applicants that you<02:10
• <02:11:18.800> Those application assistants. Those application assistants.
• <02:11:20.440> that application assistants are folks that application assistants are folks that

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• It was rejected in an effort to keep the legislation moving, but I don't think that we can delay any
• Was the language that I'd proposed that was rejected here to keep those people, some of which we don't
• urging the Legislative Council to assign to the appropriate interim study committee the study of the application
• ... ...to the appropriate interim study committee, the study of the application of property tax use and
• 6, Part 6 in the Conference Committee report that talks about legislative counsel studying the application

Keywords: 964, all

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• So, if you put the corporate ban applicable to the other elections, maybe that's an easier way to try
• So, if you put the corporate ban applicable to the other elections, maybe that's an easier way to try
• So, if you put the corporate ban applicable to the other elections, maybe that's an easier way to try
• And I think be applicable under this.
• as a replace on the >> Same text rejected as a replace on the 89. 89. 89.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• sorry, data processing center, which shall continue to be eligible for abatement throughout the applicable
• sorry, data processing center, which shall continue to be eligible for abatement throughout the applicable
• abatement throughout the applicable abatement throughout the applicable maximum<00:08:36.240>
• So, we reject the notion that people do not know who represents them, which was stated.
• I would also uh mention that I to reject I would also uh mention that I to reject the<00:29:42.720

Bills: HB403, HB399, HB392

Keywords: criminal enterprise, database, law enforcement, data privacy, criminal justice, Lamar County, property auction, county commission, online auction, public notice, HB392, Lauderdale County, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, district attorney, chief assistant district attorney, assistant district attorney, assistant district attorneys, prosecutor, prosecutorial compensation, salary supplement

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• , the application is deemed approved.
• In addition, the bill caps the amount of applications that a county may submit at 10 applications during
• > the<00:03:22.159> application<00:03:22.720> is 120day time frame, the application
• <00:05:16.720> to to existing requirements applicable to to existing requirements applicable
• reject this amendment as well. reject this amendment as well.

Keywords: Senate streaming session for Friday, March 20, 2026, 960, senate, all

Summary: The Senate reconvened with a quorum and quickly moved through committee reports and second-reader bills, adopting committee amendments and sending several measures to third reading without objection. Bills advanced included SB 10 on State Highway Administration approval timelines for speed monitoring systems; SB 487 on speed monitoring systems in safety corridors; SB 689 creating a task force on post-release services and re-entry; SB 811 requiring reporting of new home sale prices in multiple listing services; SB 877 authorizing a Baltimore City stop sign monitoring pilot in the 41st district; SB 937, the Maryland Fair Chance Housing Act, limiting use of criminal history in tenant screening; SB 984 barring private immigration detention facilities; SB 465 on out-of-court statements and second-degree assault; SB 187 on pre-release services for incarcerated women; SB 388, the Decade Act, revising multiple economic development and tax credit programs; and SB 844, the annual corrective bill. Most of the floor discussion focused on explaining amendments and the policy effects of the bills. Supporters described the housing bill as expanding second-chance opportunities while adding safeguards, and a senator asked detailed questions about how landlords could screen for serious offenses and sex offender registry status. SB 984 was described as an emergency measure preventing state and local approval of private detention facilities and authorizing enforcement by the Attorney General. SB 465 was presented as closing a gap in Maryland law on witness intimidation and aligning the state with broader practice. SB 187 would rename and expand the women’s pre-release facility into a re-entry facility and require progress reports. The most extended debate came on SB 165, the on-site wastewater systems bill. One amendment to exempt redevelopment properties from inspection was offered and failed by roll call with 27 votes in the negative. A second amendment to require consultation with Maryland Realtors in developing regulations was then offered; supporters argued it would help avoid delays in property settlements and bring real estate professionals into the regulatory process, while opponents said the bill concerned broader wastewater regulations, not just property transfers. The transcript cuts off during that amendment’s discussion, before the final vote is shown.

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• And I'm telling you, it's very disheartening to be rejected.
• And I'm telling you, it's very disheartening to be rejected.
• The ruling was not a rejection of the No Secret Police Act. It was a roadmap.
• Low applicant numbers, high retirements, and morale problems because of public perception.
• Low applicant numbers, high retirements, in morale because of public perception.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• And I would urge all of you to reject this rule change. Help Arkansas children become excellent.
• Subpart 2 of the proposed rules addresses permitting and application requirements.
• Our proposed rules require applicants to provide documentation demonstrating the status of any applicable
• This is a requirement for the applicant. So the applicant is going to be the operator.
• It is not ripe for an application until there has been FAA review. Okay.

Summary: The Administrative Rules Subcommittee met to review a long agenda of agency rule changes, beginning with housekeeping on the order of business and then taking up rules from multiple state agencies. Early items included Department of Energy and Environment rules on landfill post-closure trust fund spending thresholds and liquefied petroleum gas standards, DFA’s odometer disclosure rule allowing electronic signatures and disclosures, and several Department of Health rules covering ionizing radiation, mobile home and recreational parks, lead-based paint, counseling licensure, hearing instrument dispensers, athletic training, dental specialties and compacts, nursing, pharmacy, physician assistants, medical compacts, speech-language pathology and audiology, radiologic technology, massage therapy, community health workers, doula certification, and cosmetology/body art. Most of these were described as technical updates, conformity with recent acts, federal standards, or compact participation, and nearly all were approved without objection after brief questions and, in many cases, no public comment. The committee also reviewed Department of Labor and Licensing rules on minimum wage/independent contractor standards, boiler rules, motor vehicle commission requirements for ATV/LSV dealers, professional wrestling regulation, appraiser qualifications, and military recruiting and retention programs. Testimony generally emphasized that the rules implemented recent legislation, updated fees or licensing standards, or streamlined existing processes. Members asked a few questions about fee structures, the rationale for regulating professional wrestling, and how the National Guard’s public-private partnership and incentive programs would work; the department said the recruiting incentives would be funded from existing appropriations and were intended to improve retention and force strength. These rules were also approved without objection. The most extensive discussion came on the Department of Education’s Arkansas Children’s Educational Freedom Account Program rule. The department said the revisions, based on Act 920 of 2025, were intended to add guardrails, clarify allowable expenses, and speed approval of core educational purchases. Changes included defining core educational expenses, limiting certain sports-related spending, adding an intentional misuse standard, restricting phone purchases except for disability-related needs, setting a $1,000 threshold for additional review of technology purchases, capping carryover funds at $8,500, and creating a reconsideration process for denied expenses. Members raised concerns about safeguards, appeals, sports equipment, provider credentialing, rural vendor access, and whether the department would be flexible or overly restrictive. The department said it would review every request, provide written explanations for denials, allow appeals up to the State Board, and refer suspected fraud to prosecutors if necessary. After hearing from 13 members of the public, the committee continued to discuss the rule, but the transcript ends before any final vote on the EFA rule is shown.

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• Maybe it's rejected and and it proposal.
• That's never happened before, and the application disappeared.
• That's never happened before, and the application disappeared.
• That's never happened before, and the application disappeared.
• That's never happened before, and the application disappeared.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• So the bill's application to supposedly three, quote, limited circumstances is also hardly comforting
• <05:35:02.878> to matters so the Bill's application to matters so the Bill's application to
• We rejected a similar bill last session, and we should do the same today.
• child a strong case exists to reject child a strong case exists to reject this<06:02:48.840>
• This rejection has been consistent and bipartisan.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The House opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, the national anthem, leaves of absence, guest introductions, and memorial remarks honoring former Representative Carolyn Gargas of Hollis, who was remembered for her long House service, work on child and family issues, and community involvement. The House then adopted a consent calendar and approved a motion to withdraw House Bill 431, which would have created a commission to review draft rules on minimum standards for public school approval and state academic standards; the motion failed after a roll call vote, so the bill remained in play. The House next took up House Bill 109-FN, relative to false reports to law enforcement. The majority supported the bill as a way to add penalties for knowingly false reports about law enforcement officers, arguing officers deserve protection from false accusations and that the knowingly standard is a high bar. The minority opposed it as duplicative of existing law and warned it could chill legitimate complaints against police. After debate and a division vote, the majority committee report of ought to pass was adopted, 198-173. The House also considered House Bill 218-FN, which would provide victims of crime a free police report. The committee amendment changed the bill so victims would receive a written confirmation that a crime occurred rather than the initial police report, to avoid conflicts with right-to-know law and active-investigation confidentiality. Supporters said the change was a small but important clarification agreed to by law enforcement and domestic violence advocates, while opponents argued the original language was already workable and that the floor amendment was unnecessary. A division vote was requested on the amendment, and the transcript ends during that debate before the final outcome on HB 218 is shown.

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• I move to reject House amendments to Senate Bill 1546, request a conference, and have Senate conferees
• I think you'll see in section two, equivalent to the total state aid factor for the applicable school
• I move to reject the CcR to Senate Bill 2 request further conference and senate conference to remain
• My belief is that the House is going to reject amendments because there's still some language in here
• And they're going to reject and send a conference.

Bills: SR44, HCR1027, SJR50, SJR52, SJR53, HB1185, HB1937, HB2035, HB2137, HB2166, HB3148, HB3323, HB3466, HB3498, HB3661, HB3678, HB3710, HB3977, HB3986, HB4104, HB4108, HB4142, HB4191, HB4274, HB4275, HB4322, HB4336, HB4484, HB3880, HB1687, HB3673, HB1170, HB2959, HB3718, HB3021, HB3443, HB3501, HB4143, HB4326, HB2992, HB3660, SB171, SB1325, SB1980, SB2045, HB4422, HB4423

Keywords: Medicaid, federal funding, state law, healthcare, low-income adults, Oklahoma Constitution, Oklahoma Health Care Authority, OHCA, health care rules, administrative rules, major rule, Title 75, Title 317, Oklahoma Administrative Code, OAC 317:30, health policy, state health programs, provider regulations, benefits administration, rule approval

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• And there is one bill in that category that they rejected the And there is one bill in that category
• that they rejected the governor's amendments and, by a two-thirds vote, moved to adopt its enrolled form
• Senate Bill 582 relates to elections, absentee and provisional ballots process and timing for rejected
• absentee ballot applications, returned absentee ballots, and rejected provisional ballots.

Keywords: April 22, 2026 - Reconvened Session Part 2, 976, house, all

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• an active license but are in renewal pending, so we're denied access to the transportation agent application
• Lastly, we'd love to see some clarification on the rejected transfer, specifically, let's see here in
• 10-360-7-1, removing the fact that a product, if it is rejected, does not need to be wasted.
• We see a lot of labeling errors, and that would be the majority of products that we reject.
• with our company as well and unable to be here today, has recommended a 90-day window to return the rejected

Keywords: 914, all

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• And those attempts have been rejected on the House side.
• Department of Education, share relevant data files to determine eligibility, interface to automate application
• :09:59.200> attempts<00:09:59.760> have<00:10:00.080> been<00:10:01.040> rejected
• <00:10:01.600> on And those attempts have been rejected on And those attempts have been rejected
• interface to automate application interface to automate application processing<00:10:19.600>

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The committee first approved the June 20, 2025 minutes, with several members abstaining, and then adopted the consent calendar after removing items 223 and 224 under tab five, item 222 under tab six, and item 231 under tab seven. The committee also noted that an old business item related to YDC claims administration would be removed at a future meeting because the fiscal year had closed and no further committee action was needed. The main substantive discussion centered on Department of Health and Human Services requests. Item FIS-223 would fund a shared database between the Department of Education and HHS to identify children eligible for the summer EBT program; members asked whether it could also help with Medicaid or school reimbursement tracking, but the witness said the item was specifically for summer EBT and that broader integration questions would need follow-up with Education and Medicaid staff. The committee then adopted the item, with Representative Mooney voting no. Item FIS-224 concerned the phrase "high quality services" in child care-related funding; HHS said the standards come from the federal Office of Child Care, and the committee adopted the item. Item FIS-222 related to Money Follows the Person; HHS explained it is a 100% federally funded program that supports transitions from institutions to community living with services such as housing navigation, furnishings, and case management. Members questioned the scale and cost of the program, and HHS said the initial federal award was $5 million, with additional federal IT funding later approved; the committee adopted the item, again with Representative Mooney voting no. Under tab seven, the committee discussed item 231 involving ARPA funds and the YDC project. The Department of Administrative Services explained that recent Treasury guidance allows leftover ARPA dollars from approved projects to be repurposed only for additional work on already approved projects, not new projects. Members asked about whether the project was over budget and whether some items had been in the original plan; officials said the work reflected add alternates from the original bid and that the project was on track to meet the deadline. The committee adopted the item. The meeting then moved to the audit presentation on the New Hampshire Liquor Commission’s fiscal year 2024 management letter, which identified 13 internal control comments, including two material weaknesses, largely tied to the new NextG system. Recommendations included strengthening controls, formal risk assessment, reconciliations to New Hampshire First, cash receipt controls, subsidiary ledgers, SOC reports for vendors, internal audit functions, lease accounting, gift card breakage reporting, and IT security and access controls. The Liquor Commission said it concurred with most findings, described the system transition as successful overall, and said remediation would continue; committee members asked for estimated completion dates for audit findings and discussed the need for more regular follow-up on audit issues and budget monitoring.

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• Um um so we can get the bill in the format that's uh uh applicable to everybody. >> Perfect.
• Um um so we can get the bill in the format that's applicable to everybody. >> Perfect.
• Um um so we can get the bill in the format that's applicable to everybody. >> Perfect.
• Um um so we can get the bill in the format that's applicable to everybody. >> Perfect.
• So, when we're accept or reject that.

Bills: HF3553, HF3513, HF3576

Keywords: vehicle platooning, transportation, public safety, pilot project, Wilkin County, Grant County, autonomous vehicles, transportation regulations, driverless cars, safety standards, first responder interaction, school bus, third-party testing, driver certification, transportation regulation, 1183, house

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• But as the public sour on his agenda, as voters choose and reject the the mega agenda, that gas prices
• the the mega as voters choose and reject the the mega agenda,<00:15:27.199> that<00:15:27.360
• We see executive order, we after reject.
• And I absolutely reject every does.
• completed voter registration application completed voter registration application with<02:06:15.199

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: House File 4240, an elections administration bill, was introduced as a package of updates to absentee voting, statewide voter registration system use, early voting procedures, recordkeeping, removal of outdated statutory language, and reimbursement for municipalities and counties that administer certain special elections. The author, Rep. Freiberg, described the bill as a modernization and efficiency measure that would clarify procedures while maintaining election security. Several amendments were adopted. The A4 amendment, offered by Rep. Freiberg, was described as aligning language with the Senate and passed without objection. The A6 amendment, offered by Rep. Cosnik, would give school districts more direction on polling locations for special elections in multi-county districts; Rep. Lee raised concerns that it could affect many districts statewide and questioned whether it applied to early voting, while Rep. Cosnik said it was narrowly tailored and intended to prevent disenfranchisement. Rep. Freiberg and Rep. Lee both said they would support it as a voter-access measure despite possible costs, and it was adopted. The A5 amendment, offered by Rep. Schultz, would require the Secretary of State to provide voter information to the U.S. Department of Justice upon request for civil-rights and federal voting-law enforcement; it was debated at length, with supporters framing it as election integrity and opponents arguing it would jeopardize voter privacy and could be used by the Trump administration to pressure Minnesota. The amendment was adopted after a roll call request. The debate on A5 was especially contentious, with Republicans arguing the state should cooperate with federal efforts to clean voter rolls and Democrats arguing the DOJ had overreached, mishandled civil-rights investigations, and sought voter data without a lawful need. Members on both sides cited voter fraud, privacy, and federal-state election authority, and several speakers referenced recent DOJ actions and court disputes. The transcript ends during further discussion of the federal role in elections, with no final disposition on the underlying bill shown in the excerpt.