Transcript Highlights:

• This bill is designed to enhance the safety and well-being of students.
• Which was recently expanded to include mandatory pedestrian safety training for all students in grades
• K-3, whether they walk to school or not, and pedestrian and bicycle safety for all students in grades
• So we want to be absolutely clear: we fully support the Goals of active transportation safety training
• Ensuring student safety is a top priority for all of us.

Committee: House Education Policy

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• By way of introduction, I currently serve as the Vice President of Public Safety Security and Chief of
• , uh, presentation by the executive director, Dave Kerner, with the Florida Department of Highway Safety
• terrorism, cybersecurity threats—all of those are looped in, and really anything that attacks the safety
• It's important for the safety of all our police officers in Florida, most especially your Florida State
• It's important for the safety of all our police officers in Florida, most especially your Florida State

Committee: Senate Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security

Summary: The committee heard a series of domestic security and law enforcement presentations from the Florida Sheriffs Association, Florida Police Chiefs Association, Florida Highway Patrol, and FDLE. Sheriff Rob Hardwick outlined the sheriffs’ legislative priorities, focusing on adding xylazine to Florida’s trafficking statute and increasing penalties for luring or enticing a child under 12 from a misdemeanor to a felony. He also discussed domestic security coordination, fusion center intelligence sharing, and jail-based reentry efforts. Members asked about xylazine prevalence in Broward County and whether canine units can detect it; Hardwick said he would follow up with data and noted that dogs are not specifically trained for xylazine, though fentanyl-certified dogs may alert on mixtures. Chief Charlie Vasquez of the Florida Police Chiefs Association presented three priorities: stronger protections for law enforcement, judges, prosecutors, public defenders, and their families when threatened because of their jobs; faster and more consistent access to blood-borne pathogen testing results after exposure incidents; and mandatory life without release for anyone convicted of murdering a police or correctional officer, reviving a version of the Jason Raynor Act. Senators asked about delays in blood testing after exposure, and Vasquez said officers can be forced to take prophylactic medication while waiting for results and that the process should be streamlined. Florida Highway Patrol Director Dave Kerner described FHP’s domestic security role, including criminal interdiction, canine units, traffic homicide investigations, aviation, drones, border operations, and responses to threats such as human smuggling and the October 7-related security posture at synagogues and campuses. He said staffing remains constrained by vacancies and pay disparities, so he was not seeking more authorized troopers at this time. FDLE Deputy Commissioner David Binder then reviewed the state’s domestic security structure, fusion centers, critical infrastructure assessments, and grant funding, warning that federal homeland security dollars have declined sharply while threats remain high. He highlighted work on drone mitigation, radiological detection, vehicle barriers, and school security assessments, and emphasized the need for continued interagency coordination. The committee took no formal votes and adjourned after the presentations and questions.

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• , urgency statutes are those necessary for immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety
• For immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety.
• election does not constitute anything close to the immediate preservation of public peace, health, or safety
• Constitute anything close to the immediate preservation of public peace, health, or safety.

Summary: The Rules Committee met, called the roll, and established quorum. After a consent agenda was presented, one member requested that item 7 be removed for separate consideration, arguing that the urgency request did not meet the constitutional standard for immediate preservation of public peace, health, or safety and was instead driven by political expediency. The remainder of the consent agenda was approved by roll call. The committee then took up item 7, an urgency clause request for SB 280 by Senator Cervantes. A point of order was raised that the amendments were not germane under Rule 92, but the chair ruled the motion was limited to the urgency clause and not the merits of the bill. The committee proceeded to a roll-call vote and the urgency clause request passed. After the vote, a member moved to refer item 7, along with ACA, to the Judiciary and Elections Committees, arguing the measures would significantly affect Californians and democracy and needed more time and hearings. The chair ruled that motion out of order because the matter before the committee was only the urgency clause request. The committee then adjourned.

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• . ...to taxpayers, zero academic standards, and zero requirements for student safety.
• We don't even have so much as safety laws around this, and this would be expanding it.
• HB 2114, motorcycle registration requirement safety fund.
• HP 2114 motorcycle registration requirement safety fund. Proporation transportation technology.
• HB 2114, motorcycle registration requirement safety fund.

Summary: The Senate met in multiple Committee of the Whole sessions and considered a large number of bills, many related to digital assets and cryptocurrency, including SB 1042, SB 1043, SB 1044, SB 1045, SB 1432, SCR 1003, SCR 1033, and SCR 1028. Members discussed whether the state should accept cryptocurrency for payments, tax or exempt virtual currency, ban central bank digital currency, and support digital assets in retirement systems. Senator Epstein repeatedly argued against the measures and tried to offer amendments targeting data center tax exemptions, but one such amendment was ruled not germane and the ruling was upheld on a division vote. The bills and resolutions in that group generally advanced with do-pass recommendations, with SB 1043 and SB 1044 amended before advancing. The Senate also advanced several bills on family law, public records, scholarship organizations, property conveyances, underground facilities, and environmental and energy issues, including SB 1039, SB 1139, SB 1147, SB 1148, SB 1328, SB 1078, SB 1142, SB 1184, SB 1254, SB 1278, SB 1281, SB 1418, SB 1445, and SB 1566. Some measures drew discussion and amendments: SB 1254 received a clarifying amendment for deeds handled by title and escrow professionals; SB 1278 had a floor amendment withdrawn; SB 1281 was amended by committee and floor changes; SB 1418 prompted questions about small modular reactors and concerns about uranium mining and health impacts; and SB 1566 was amended to address malicious delay enforcement and judicial review. Most of these bills received do-pass recommendations. In the health and human services calendar, the Senate advanced SB 1052, SB 1115, SB 1149, SB 1193, SB 1233, SB 1345, SB 1346, and SB 1631, with SB 1124 retained on the calendar. Debate centered on ACCESS and remote work, administrative deficiency cure periods, anonymous complaints, fee-for-service claims, and DCS-related hearings and investigations. Senator Gonzales opposed several ACCESS-related bills, arguing they lacked appropriations, could disrupt services, or conflicted with federal Medicaid law, while sponsors said the bills addressed agency performance and provider complaints. SB 1115, SB 1149, SB 1193, SB 1233, and SB 1345 were amended before receiving do-pass recommendations, and SB 1345’s sponsor said ACCESS was removed from the bill. The final calendar included regulatory and veterinary-related bills such as SB 1137, SB 1144, SB 1205, and SB 1286. SB 1205, dealing with motor vehicle booting fees, received a floor amendment requiring an appeals process for private parking lots. SB 1286, on veterinary telemedicine and prescriptions, drew the most extended debate, with a committee amendment and a Kavanagh floor amendment restoring a 14-day prescription extension and adding flea and tick treatment; Senator Leach opposed the floor amendment, describing prior stakeholder negotiations and changes in committee support. The transcript ends while that debate is still underway, after several bills have already been reported out with do-pass recommendations.

Transcript Highlights:

• In fact, right now, annually they train on child abuse, domestic violence, ensuring public safety.
• Child safety, missing persons, tourniquet trauma, handling crisis, peer-to-peer interventions, stress
• Was the Department of Public Safety one of those? Thank you. Mr.
• The title is relating to the public peace, health, safety, and welfare, making appropriations to the
• The title is relating to the public peace, health, safety, and welfare, making appropriations to the

Summary: The Senate opened with roll call, an invocation, pledges, and a series of announcements and guest introductions tied to several recognition days, including Disability Rights Awareness Day, Elevate the Spectrum Day, Geothermal Rising Legislative Day, DWI Awareness Day, and Adult Education and Literacy Day. Senators also welcomed guests for New Mexico Down Syndrome Day and other constituent visits, and the chamber read certificates recognizing the Hurley family and the New Mexico Military Museum, as well as adult education and literacy programs across the state. Testimony and remarks highlighted the service of the Hurley family, the importance of adult education for workforce and civic participation, and the contributions of people with disabilities and their families. The Senate adopted multiple committee reports and received House messages on several bills and resolutions. On third reading, the Senate passed Senate Bill 96, as amended, which streamlines child care licensing and reduces administrative barriers to opening or expanding child care homes and centers; an HOA-related floor amendment was adopted after discussion about local restrictions and neighborhood traffic concerns. The chamber then passed Senate Bill 14, as amended, which expands the state’s health professional loan repayment program with $25 million in funding split between physicians and allied health professionals/nurses, with questions focused on eligibility, prioritization, and whether the funding would be sufficient to address shortages. Senators also debated the bill’s support for part-time service and its role in helping New Mexico compete for medical workers. The Senate next passed Senate Bill 104 unanimously, establishing a process for removing a wildlife commissioner that requires gubernatorial initiation, notice and a hearing, and direct review by the state Supreme Court; debate centered on due process, the removal standard of incompetence, neglect of duty, or malfeasance, and how the new process compares with prior law. Finally, the chamber took up Senate Bill 50, which would give the Law Enforcement Training Standards Council more flexibility to set training curricula for officers, especially in rural departments; sponsors said the bill preserves minimum training while allowing updates for current issues, but several senators raised concerns that the measure could weaken explicit statutory requirements for domestic violence and sexual assault training and asked how those topics would remain protected in the future curriculum.

Transcript Highlights:

• When I talk about safety with the students, parents, um, to be free to share safety.
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• What would that what safety safety.
• and</c> safety, training, responses and safety, training, responses and prevention,<05:38:08.798><c>
• </c> formal framework, safety becomes uneven. formal framework, safety becomes uneven.

Committee: House Education Policy and Administration

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• During an active highway project, a contractor implemented a fully compliant work zone safety plan under
• MoDOT and federal safety standards.
• All work zone safety systems were properly installed and functioning.
• Even when contractors follow all state and federal requirements, invest in enhanced safety technology
• Nobody should circumvent safety ever. And I don't think that's a problem, honestly. All right.

Committee: House Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment

Summary: The Commerce Committee heard Senate Bill 916, sponsored by Senator Berger, which would limit certain liability exposure for contractors working on MoDOT projects when they are following approved plans and standards. The sponsor argued the bill aligns responsibility with control, prevents contractors from being sued for conditions they did not create, and stops the state from requiring indemnification as a condition of bidding or starting work. He cited examples of long-running lawsuits arising from highway work zones and said the bill would not protect negligence or defective workmanship. Several supporters testified, including a general contractor, representatives of the Missouri Asphalt Payment Association, the AGC of Missouri, the Missouri Municipal League, the Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and the American Council of Engineering Companies. They said contractors often face lawsuits and higher insurance costs for incidents outside their control, sometimes even before work begins or after a project is complete. The Municipal League also supported language clarifying that naming a public entity as an additional insured does not waive sovereign immunity. MoDOT’s deputy director and chief engineer testified for information, warning the bill could create unintended consequences by bringing the state into litigation during construction if contractor indemnification is removed. After testimony and questions, the committee moved into executive session once a quorum was established. Senate Bill 916 was voted do pass by unanimous roll call, 8 ayes and 0 noes.

Transcript Highlights:

• Public Safety will now come to order.
• Welcome again to the final Public Safety meeting. Welcome again to the final Public Safety meeting.
• Members, this is an example of one board, and there are several boards that have to do with our public safety
• Tulsa has over a $1.1 billion budget, with around $310 million to $311 million dedicated to public safety
• This Public Safety Committee is adjourned. I don't know what I'm going to be.

Bills: HB3045

Committee: Senate Public Safety

Keywords: accident response, motor vehicle, law enforcement, fire department, fee prohibition

Summary: The Public Safety Committee first considered several gubernatorial nominations. Brent Black of Bixby was renominated to the Forensic Review Board, with Senator Guthrie noting the board’s seven-member makeup and the need for mental health professionals; the nomination was advanced 8-0. Lou Ann Moody of Henrietta was then presented for the Forensic Review Board. Moody described her long legal career, her work as city attorney and in juvenile/dependency matters, and her decision to avoid criminal defense work to avoid ethical conflicts. Members asked about the board’s caseload and meeting schedule, and the nomination was advanced 8-0. The committee also heard the nomination of a retired Oklahoma Highway Patrol officer, Mr. McCoy, to the OSBI Commission. He emphasized his decades of law enforcement and emergency-management experience, and the nomination was advanced 8-0. The committee then took up House Bill 3045, with an amendment offered by Senator Reinhart. The amendment would allow certain fire departments, rural fire districts, and fire protection districts in municipalities under 200,000 population to recover accident response fees, while preventing those fees from going into general revenue or funding non-fire services. Reinhart explained the bill was intended to address fire departments’ ability to recover costs while limiting the impact on the state’s two largest cities. Senator Brooks questioned why the exemption would apply only to the largest municipalities, and Reinhart responded that Tulsa and Oklahoma City would see the greatest fiscal impact and that rural departments lacked comparable revenue sources. Senator Murdoch raised a point that the bill had an unescorted fiscal impact on municipalities and asked for a ruling under the Municipal Fiscal Impact Act. The chair took the matter under advisement and, at the sponsor’s request, laid the bill over rather than proceeding further. The meeting concluded with members offering extended personal remarks thanking the chair and vice chair for their leadership and service, and the chair adjourned the committee.

Transcript Highlights:

• Last year, my bill, AB 645, established a requirement for public safety agencies to train 911 dispatchers
• upon this work by adding what's already required by law to the list of mandatory standards public safety
• happening today is that the sponsors of the measure are presupposing that there are going to be public safety
• strike the balance between incentivizing compliance while continuing to properly fund the public safety
• to strike the balance between incentivizing compliance with continuing to properly fund the public safety

Committee: House Communications and Conveyance

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• traumatic few months with ICE coming in and really disrupting our community, impacting our public safety
• community, our community, impacting<00:05:20.880><c> our</c><00:05:20.960><c> public</c><00:05:21.240><c> safety
• ,</c><00:05:21.560><c> impacting</c> impacting our public safety, impacting impacting our public safety
• really, again, it's just one thing that we could do that I think would make a big impact for public safety
• ><c> public</c> think would make a big impact for public think would make a big impact for public safety

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• this region share the same challenges: supporting economic development and protecting the personal safety
• I also want to address the topic that comes up most often in the United States media: safety and security
• Peñasco, there has been progress in how local stakeholders and authorities work together around visitor safety
• channel, a clear contact pathway so your offices can elevate urgent issues: lost documents, emergency safety
• Short updates you can refer to during peak season: readiness, safety coordination, and emerging issues

Committee: House House International Trade Committee of Reference

Summary: The Committee on International Trade heard a presentation from Alan Renteria, a Puerto Peñasco council member and chamber president, who promoted Rocky Point as a major tourism destination and binational partner for Arizona. He highlighted tourism, cross-border visitation, safety coordination, and possible commercial opportunities, including discussion of a future cruise port or cargo port, border improvements, and the continued importance of fishing and shrimp to the local economy. Members responded with personal comments about travel, student field work, and medical volunteer clinics in Puerto Peñasco, and Renteria offered to serve as a liaison for Arizona offices dealing with visitor or property issues. The committee then considered a series of Arizona Commerce Authority oversight bills. HB 2746 was removed from the agenda. HB 2751 would continue the Arizona Competes fund and subject its use to legislative appropriations; supporters said it would add balance and oversight, while an Arizona Free Enterprise Club representative opposed it, arguing the fund lacked accountability and should be repealed or tightly restricted. The bill passed on a due-pass recommendation. HB 2752 would move authority over trade offices from the ACA board to legislative appropriation and require annual reporting to JLBC; it also passed, with several members saying the legislature needed a stronger role in trade-office decisions. Finally, HB 2753, as amended, would add ex-officio members to the ACA board, including the chairs of the Senate Finance Committee and House International Trade Committee, plus ranking minority members or their designees. The committee adopted an amendment expanding minority-party participation and then passed the bill as amended. Throughout the debate, members emphasized that the measures were intended to increase legislative oversight and communication with the Commerce Authority rather than oppose the agency outright. The committee adjourned after approving HB 2751, HB 2752, and HB 2753 as amended.

Transcript Highlights:

• Please introduce yourself and begin presentation on Rule Docket 24-3930-2501, Rules of Building Safety
• Rules of Building Safety, Building Code Rules, Temporary Rule. Mr.
• Representative Crane, this board has had this high of a cash balance since the Division of Building Safety
• Rules of Building Safety, Building Code Rules. Mr.
• Motion to approve Pending Rule Docket 24-3930-2501, Rules of Building Safety, Building Code Rules.

Committee: House Business

Keywords: 989, all

Transcript Highlights:

• SB 1417, autonomous vehicle safety data. Appropriations and Transportation Technology.
• Public Safety. SB 1450. SB 1448, aggravated assault on utility workers. Public Safety.
• is withdrawn from the Committee on Judiciary and Elections and referred to the Committee on Public Safety
• from the Committee on Judiciary and Elections and referred to referred to the Committee on Public Safety
• Public Safety, 1:30 p.m., Senate Hearing Room 2.

Keywords: 1182, all

Transcript Highlights:

• My career has been shaped by commish commitment to patient safety, evidence-based practice and a mentorship
• their own life are living in such unsafe circumstances that hospitalization what's required for their safety
• to address 3 simple but critical points regarding psychiatric scope of practice training patients, safety
• Had patients safety been at risk. He was my job to find that out to escalated and address it.
• You've heard about safety. Safety is extremely important.

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• Colleagues because this bill improves critical safety net programs I respectfully request your aye vote
• my opinion is a step in the right direction and let's continue pushing for stronger more equitable safety
• They've made it harder to access the social safety nets that so many need at this critical moment.
• To ensure that we continue to reform our social safety net from a survival program into a thriving program
• Gut the safety net, blame the poor, and call it accountability. But let me be clear.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• entire system is at risk, which could negatively impact the sheriff's office and undermine public safety
• We need to do what we can for these public servants, these public safety workers.
• Texas Commission on Jail Standards to conduct a comprehensive study on the living conditions and safety
• medical and mental health care, overcrowding, which they've been found guilty of, and sanitation, safety
• is passed, it can help them to stay within their guidelines of the state standards, along with a safety

Committee: House S/C on County & Regional Government

Transcript Highlights:

• His leadership is launching the Elevating the Safety Net initiative has ensured that Los Angeles communities
• He collected challenge coins and law enforcement. patches and tirelessly promoted public safety.
• First working in public safety and emergency services before joining the Riverside County Sheriff's Office
• His commitment to public safety was unwavering, and over the course of his career, he held vital assignments
• school, joining the elite ranks of law enforcement officers who navigate danger daily to ensure the safety

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Moving on to Department of Safety.
• This provides safety of the vehicle.
• Uh we do Safety Commissioner's office.
• ,</c><01:37:59.280><c> who</c> Hampshire Office of Highway Safety, who Hampshire Office of Highway Safety
• </c><02:57:47.160><c> Um</c> falls under public safety. Um falls under public safety.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The meeting began with quorum and seating issues, including the temporary appointment of Representative Shaw to fill in for a House member, followed by approval of the previous minutes and the consent calendar. Two items were then postponed to next month: Mechanical Licensing Board item 25-241 and Board of Veterinarian item 25-223. The committee then took up Department of Energy rulemaking on distributed energy resources interconnection procedures, including items 25-220 and related sections on fees, additional controls, and equipment. The Department explained revised language to address concerns that the original draft improperly suggested agency or PUC approval of utility fees; under the amended language, utilities would set fees designed to recover costs, with complaints handled through existing complaint procedures. Committee members and the Department discussed the statutory basis for that approach, including cost responsibility versus fee-setting authority. Public testimony was mixed. A small solar developer argued the rules still exceed statutory authority, impose unfair costs on customer generators, and allow utilities to shift transmission-related study costs onto interconnecting customers. Clean energy advocates supported the Department’s revised language but asked for clearer limits on charging customers for later-added controls, arguing costs should be tied directly to the customer’s interconnection and not to later utility-driven changes. Eversource supported the revised fee language, said most prior concerns were resolved, and recommended conditional approval, while also suggesting a minor wording change in the “Additional Equipment” section to clarify that only operational performance is covered.

Transcript Highlights:

• This bill is about the safety of workers.
• mandating as, I want to reiterate that this would, it's not mandating zero tolerance except for the safety-sensitive
• Well, in Heron statute on page, starting on page six, it lists duties that are safety sensitive.
• It lists duties that are safety sensitive.
• what has happened is rather, which is this part is good, rather than trying to make everything a safety-sensitive

Summary: The committee took up several business- and workforce-related bills. House Bill 381, which lowers the age requirement for fire extinguisher inspection licensing from 21 to 18 to match sprinkler and alarm installation rules, passed 8-0. House Bill 3127, with a PCS adopted, would restore an employer’s ability to use a written zero-tolerance drug policy for safety-sensitive positions; supporters said it would give employers clarity and flexibility, while questions focused on workers’ compensation and HIPAA concerns. It passed 6-2. House Bill 3128, also with a PCS adopted, creates a task force called Arise, Oklahoma to study workforce readiness, barriers to employment, and business competitiveness; the author said it would help identify gaps without overloading the new Workforce Commission, and it passed 6-2. The committee also heard House Bill 3498, a lengthy modernization of the Oklahoma General Corporation Act and LLC statutes. The author said it would update outdated corporate law, strengthen shareholder agreements, and make Oklahoma more competitive with states like Delaware to encourage investment and keep businesses in the state. Members asked for clearer examples of the bill’s effects and whether it would have prevented recent employer relocations; the author said it would not guarantee a different outcome but could improve Oklahoma’s ability to retain and attract businesses. The bill passed 7-1-1. Finally, House Bill 2035, requested by the funeral industry, would provide clarification and structure for service agreements covering transportation of human remains. The author said the agreements are already used and are not insurance, but rather prepaid service arrangements that can reduce costs for families. Members raised concerns about out-of-state transport and insurance-code exemptions, and the author said the bill was intended to clarify that these agreements are treated consistently and provide consumer value. The bill was moved forward, and the chair noted it was the last bill of the day before adjourning, with many laid-over bills expected next week.

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• Senators, SB 584 authorizes the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles and county tax collectors
• strengthens oversight over commercial driving schools by allowing the Florida Department of Highway Safety
• SB 488 is the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles agency package, and I always like these
• It expands the type of transactions and circumstances in which the Department of Highway Safety and Motor
• updates the definition of tank vehicles to place Florida in compliance with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety

Summary: The Transportation Committee met and considered several transportation-related bills, including multiple honorary roadway designations, specialty license plates, and Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles agency measures. SB 628, by Senator Gates, designated a portion of South Navy Boulevard in Pensacola as Warrior Sacrifice Way to honor three sailors killed in the 2019 Naval Air Station Pensacola attack; it passed favorably without debate. SB 174, by Senator Rodriguez, designated part of State Road 985 in Miami-Dade County as Charlie Kirk Memorial Avenue. Senator Arrington spoke in opposition, citing Kirk’s controversial public statements, while Senator Rodriguez said the bill honored civic participation rather than ideology; the bill passed favorably. SB 388, by Senator Arrington, raised the annual use fee for the Florida wildflower specialty license plate from $15 to $25, with an exception for certain fleet purchases, to support conservation and education programs; it received supportive public comment and passed favorably. The committee also approved SB 470 by Senator Wright, which opens the existing Fraternal Order of Police specialty license plate to the general public and allows a redesign to increase sales and funding for law enforcement memorial efforts. A representative of the FOP testified in support, explaining that the memorial benefits fallen officers’ families. SB 584, by Vice Chair Avala, authorizes DHSMV and county tax collectors to enter agreements allowing local enforcement of certain commercial driving school laws, aimed at reducing fraud and improving oversight; it passed favorably with supportive comments from lobbyists. The committee then took up DHSMV agency package bills: SB 488, which updates motor fuel tax and vehicle-related provisions, including IFTA compliance, online filing, higher crash-reporting thresholds, and email communications; and SB 490, the companion public records exemption for email addresses used under SB 488. Both were reported favorably, with SB 490 noted as requiring a two-thirds vote. At the end of the meeting, members recorded missed votes in the affirmative on SB 628, SB 174, and SB 388. The committee then adjourned without objection.