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• State of Arizona legislative proclamation: Kosovo's Independence Day in the State of Arizona.
• And whereas Arizona... ...proudly recognized by the state of Arizona.
• However, when these folks did, they were part of Arizona history. They are part of Arizona history.
• House Bill 2459, amending Section 33-143.01, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to the Arizona Mobile
• House Bill 2459, amending Section 33-143.01, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to the Arizona Mobile

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• States are doing this, Montana, Utah, Florida, Arizona, in different ways.
• <00:21:21.600> in Montana, Utah, Florida, Arizona in Montana, Utah, Florida, Arizona in different
• Uh, they were lucky enough to retire and snowbird, quote unquote, in Arizona, in the great copper state
• 36.319> just<00:50:36.480> here<00:50:36.640> to<00:50:37.040> tell um post
• But I'm just here to tell um post that.

Bills: HB0003, HB0117, HB0041

Keywords: pregnancy centers, abortion, pro-life, healthcare, women's rights, state regulation, civil rights, freedom of speech, informed consent, civil liability, coercion, healthcare rights, law enforcement, death benefits, retirement, survivor support, public safety, 916, all

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• And this shows how Arizona is an attractive option. Chose Arizona institutions.
• And this shows how Arizona is an attractive option. chose Arizona institutions.
• If you look at the participation in WRGP for Arizona, you'll see that Arizona graduate students saved
• It is certainly something that works for Arizona and has worked for Arizona for over seven decades.
• , and then they stay in Arizona.

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• We recognize the Arizona Commission for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing, Arizona chapters of the Hearing
• Loss Association of America, the Arizona Association of the Deaf, and the Arizona DeafBlind Coalition
• Ron Tallman, Arizona Chapter of the Hearing Loss Association of America; Katie Sienko, Arizona Association
• anesthesia care for Arizona patients.
• Arizona State Senate legislative proclamation proclaiming September 4th as Taekwondo Day in Arizona,

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• They'd thank me, post about it, and meme the whole thing into oblivion.
• I would replace real... ...post about it and meme the whole thing into oblivion.
• The clerk will post. To lift the call on file item number 23, the clerk will post.
• Clerk will post. All those who desire to vote, all those who desire to vote. Thank you.
• Clerk will post.

Summary: The Assembly convened, established a quorum, and opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance before moving through the daily file. Several measures were taken up and passed, including bills on county jail accountability (AB 2257), claims against public agencies (AB 2529), affordable housing management metrics (AB 2689), digital wellness instruction in schools (AB 2071), pedestrian and bicycle safety project streamlining (AB 1976), manufactured home transport permits (AB 2012), a Surplus Land Act amendment tied to an Inland Empire soccer project (AB 2139), a Monterey Bay stewardship authority (AB 1548), online electrician licensing (AB 1707), a Caltrans study of navigation apps’ traffic impacts (AB 2105), coastal resiliency permitting reforms (AB 2051), downtown housing streamlining and financing (AB 2074), Cal Fire compensation (AB 2129), emergency care authority for Del Puerto Health Care District (AB 2282), charter school facilities hardship relief (AB 2316), theft by a peace officer under color of authority as serious misconduct (AB 2337), an Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander-serving institution designation (AB 2374), energy and cannabis support bills (AB 2464, AB 2537), and a suicide prevention plan requirement for treatment facilities (AB 2562). Most of these measures passed with broad bipartisan margins, and several were described as support bills with no opposition. The floor also debated a major criminal justice measure, AB 2727, which would raise the threshold for elderly parole eligibility for people serving sentences for violent sex offenses and add screening safeguards. Supporters from both parties emphasized child protection, survivor trauma, and specific local cases involving offenders who had become eligible for release; the bill passed 66-0. Another significant debate centered on AB 1958, which would clarify procedures under the California Racial Justice Act by refining how disparity claims are established and rebutted; the author said he would take Senate amendments to address concerns from district attorneys. The Assembly also considered AB 2313, a gas-to-electric transition bill allowing customers with planned service line replacements to opt out of gas service and use funds to electrify their homes. Members raised concerns about cost shifts and equity, and the author responded that the bill includes no-cost-shift language, larger credits for disadvantaged communities, and would not proceed if the math does not work; it passed 41-21. The final major item was AB 1709, a high-profile social media safety bill creating a minimum age of 16 for accounts on platforms using addictive features and establishing an e-safety commission. The author and many supporters from both parties framed the bill as a response to youth mental health harms, addictive design, and the need for age-based safeguards, while some members raised concerns about impacts on LGBTQ youth and other isolated young people who rely on online spaces. Supporters said the bill targets addictive design rather than speech and is intended to preserve safe online connection while limiting harmful features. The measure drew extensive bipartisan support and was still under debate at the end of the transcript.

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• to implement our Arizona-focused education and promotion programs.
• In Arizona, that dollar is mostly collected by the Arizona Department of Agriculture at the time of brand
• In Arizona, that dollar is mostly collected by the Arizona Department of Agriculture at the time of brand
• And the other 50 cents remains in Arizona for program use.
• . by the vice chair is a continuation for eight years on the Arizona for the Arizona Beef Council.

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• As the advocacy chairperson within the Arizona chapter of the Arizona College of Surgeons, she's also
• As the advocacy chairperson within the Arizona chapter of the Arizona College of Surgeons, she's also
• Here in Arizona, Nucor has facilities in Kingman, Phoenix, and Tucson.
• Partial birth abortion is already illegal in Arizona and under federal law.
• That does nothing to build in Arizona we can afford.

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• Thrift has served as president of both the Arizona Medical Association and the Arizona Academy of Family
• She knows Arizona history well also.
• Now, the Arizona... Applied those Trump tax cuts to the Arizona tax code.
• Now, the Arizona tax code needs to be updated to make those forms actually consistent with Arizona tax
• And because I'm not seeing... ...Arizona.

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• Our Arizona commissioners are listed here before you.
• You can see that Arizona students saved $23.8 million through WUE in academic year 2024–2025. 2,360 Arizona
• Here is a look at the numbers for Arizona and WRGP.
• The top institutions for WRGP enrollment are the University of Arizona and Northern Arizona University
• Arizona also partners with Wichy to ensure key behavioral health Arizona also partners with Wichy to

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• , Arizona State Senator, LD 26.
• Arizona Families for Vaccines, Arizona Academy of Family Physicians, Arizona Medical Association, Arizona
• Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Arizona Pharmacy Association, the Arizona School Nurses
• , the Arizona Rangers.
• , the Arizona Rangers.

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• Constitution, and Arizona law.
• Arizona has long stood as a beacon of American jurisprudence...
• Arizona should not wait for a high-profile case to arrive on our doorstep,” “Arizona should not wait
• Arizona is usually on the forefront of this kind of thing.
• And in Arizona, there is only one system of civil authority.

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• That's nearly 700,000 Arizona small businesses in Arizona, which is the overwhelming majority that have
• Ninety percent of our students stay in Arizona.
• Ninety percent of our students stay in Arizona.
• Arizona Arizona Arizona Democratic Party I took a neutral on the registration because I there's there's
• So, Arizona, please start asking questions.

Summary: The joint House and Senate Appropriations committees met to hear the FY 2027 budget package, beginning with the General Appropriations Act (HB 4154/SB 1847). Staff outlined the overall budget, including one-time fund transfers, lump-sum reductions, funding for state employee health insurance, school facilities, corrections, flood and wildfire relief, education and child care, and other ongoing and supplemental items. Members briefly discussed the absence of a requested $1.5 million for the oversight office, but the chair said no amendments would be taken in committee and that only limited technical changes were likely later in the process. Public testimony on the feed bill was largely supportive but focused on specific funding concerns. Testimony highlighted school safety funding, Alzheimer’s services, small business tax expensing provisions, disability oversight for group homes, county use of opioid settlement dollars, adult education/community college funding, victim notification funding, and ESA oversight. Several speakers praised the budget for funding DDD and other services, while others opposed or sought changes to items such as the COMIT group home monitoring program, Maricopa Community Colleges’ lack of operating aid, and a possible cut to the victim notification program. The chair repeatedly emphasized that changes to the negotiated budget would be difficult and should be routed through leadership. The committee then moved quickly through the remaining budget reconciliation bills. Staff summarized bills covering amusement and wagering, capital outlay, commerce, criminal justice, environment, health care, higher education, human services, and K-12 education. Notable provisions included continued wagering assessments, highway and building renewal funding, defense innovation and economic development changes, corrections and wrongful conviction provisions, groundwater and water banking measures, health insurance oversight and opioid settlement provisions, higher education funding and ABOR operating caps, SNAP and housing trust fund changes, and a 2% inflation increase for K-12 formula components. The K-12 bill also included a biometric school safety pilot and a child sexual abuse prevention pilot. No votes were taken in the portion provided, and the chair indicated the committee would continue through the remaining bills.

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• term as president of the Arizona Medical Association in July.
• Everyone here for Arizona Creative Economy Day, will you please stand up?
• artists, educators, entrepreneurs, and community leaders across Arizona.
• A longtime fan of Arizona, but he worked at ASU and now lives in Florida, but was here for Arizona Creative
• Thank you so much for your service to Arizona and our legal profession.

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• Watch over the people of Arizona, Lord.
• I live in Tucson, Arizona.
• I live in Tucson, Arizona.
• Senate Bill 1107, amending section 38-884, 41-1822, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to the Arizona
• We work for the state of Arizona, and our job is to provide those students in the state of Arizona a

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• Shope, Arizona State Senator, L.D. 16; signed Chris Lopez, Arizona State Representative, L.D. 16; signed
• Reproductive Freedom for All Arizona was a co-founder of the Arizona for Abortion Access Ballot Initiative
• In 1983, Brad moved to Arizona, where he later attended Arizona State University.
• It's an important Arizona history, but we're not.
• The Arizona Constitution provides for a minute.

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• institutions to gather information. ...institutions to gather information on how much a student is earning post-graduation
• from college compared to what a high school earner post-graduating from high school, and requiring those
• This is what you're going to earn five years post-degree. I think that is a worthy conversation.
• I'll share that this version is from an organization out of Arizona.
• I'll share that this version is from an organization out of Arizona, currently Idaho, Kentucky, Utah,

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• I, I hate using the term pre post pandemic because, um, you know, it's hard to attach a, you know, uh
• fuel that is consumed within New Mexico by commercial vehicles, whether the fuel was purchased in Arizona
• Representative, so, and I saw David and I'll let him chime in there, but, uh, in, in particular for I-40 from Arizona
• That project is essentially done, um, except for we do have some posting cable barrier that, um, will
• location that they're doing paving and detours and that needs to wrap up before we can install that posting

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• And as somebody who came here three years ago from Arizona and lost to Texas way too many times, I can
• And as somebody who came here three years ago from Arizona and lost to Texas way too many times, I can
• better align local workforce needs with education and training goals, including increasing access to post-secondary
• this legislative session, estimating that by 2030, 60% of jobs in Texas will require some sort of post-secondary
• this legislative session, estimating that by 2030, 60% of jobs in Texas will require some sort of post-secondary

Bills: SB913, SB1086, SB1087, SB1143, SB1534, SB1553, SB1718, SB1754, SB2004, SB2322, SB2448

Keywords: hotel occupancy tax, municipal revenue, tax code, local government funding, Texas legislation, county taxation, economic development, hotel industry, local government, counties, taxation, tourism, workforce development, youth programs, employment, education, technical training, health physics, higher education, nuclear energy

Summary: The committee heard a series of bills, mostly related to economic development, tax incentives, and workforce programs. Senate Bill 1534 would direct a study by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and the Texas Workforce Commission on health physics education and workforce needs; resource witnesses from the Workforce Commission and Coordinating Board testified, and the bill was left pending. Senate Bill 1553 would authorize Kerr County to impose a hotel occupancy tax for tourism-related uses, and Senate Bills 1086 and 1087 would authorize similar county hotel taxes for Children’s County and Mason County; all three bills received supportive testimony and were left pending. The committee also heard Senate Bill 1754, which would prohibit county and local tax abatements for renewable energy facilities selling power wholesale, with testimony sharply divided between landowners and policy groups opposing renewable subsidies and industry representatives and some senators arguing the bill would harm clean energy investment and local decision-making; the bill was left pending. The committee then heard Senate Bill 2322, which would exempt dispatchable electric generation facilities from the JEDI program’s compelling-factor test so they could qualify for school district tax incentives; testimony was mixed, and the bill was left pending. Later, the committee heard Senate Bill 1718, which would add the NRA annual meeting to the state’s major events reimbursement program. The bill’s sponsor and NRA representatives argued the event brings substantial tourism and economic activity, while opponents said it would use taxpayer funds to subsidize an organization that opposes gun safety measures; the bill was left pending. Senate Bill 2004 would add the Arlington Grand Prix to the major events reimbursement program, with the committee substitute exempting it from the usual competitive site-selection requirement because of timing; testimony from the event organizers and Arlington tourism officials was supportive, and the bill was left pending. Senate Bill 2448 would create a rural workforce development grant program at the Texas Workforce Commission to support college-and-career readiness and technical assistance in rural communities; witnesses from Texas 2036, Collegiate Edgination, and a rural school district supported it, and it was left pending. Finally, Senate Bill 913 would repeal a special requirement that Alpine dedicate at least 50% of its hotel occupancy tax to advertising and promotion, and Senate Bill 1143 would require more coordination and reporting for youth workforce programs serving disconnected young Texans; both bills received supportive testimony and were left pending. At the end of the hearing, Senator Johnson moved that the committee stand in recess, subject to the call of the chair.

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• Arizona Tax Commission.
• , for the future of Arizona, for our water needs.
• , for the future of Arizona, for our water needs.
• Here in this community of what we now today call in Tucson, Arizona.
• , as part of Arizona.

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Summary: The committee began with a series of presentations highlighting tribal communities as part of rural economic development. Representative Mae Peshlakai described Legislative District 6, emphasizing its large geographic size, the eight tribal nations within it, and the cultural and scenic importance of the Navajo Nation and other tribes. Governor Stephen Roe Lewis then presented on the Gila River Indian Community, focusing on its history, Hohokam heritage, water rights, the MAR-5 aquifer recharge project, cultural traditions, and the importance of collaboration with state lawmakers. Members praised the presentations and noted the need for greater attention to tribal issues in the legislature. The committee then took up SB 1016, with a strike-everything amendment that moved the property-owner petition requirement earlier in the process for municipal improvement districts and allowed certain notice and protest requirements to be waived. Supporters, including the mayors of Camp Verde and Clarkdale, said the change would improve transparency, reduce financial risk for small towns, and help rural communities build needed infrastructure such as wastewater systems, water lines, and housing-related improvements. The committee adopted the strike-everything amendment and passed SB 1016 on a 5-0 vote, with one member present and one absent. Next, the committee considered SB 1401, the Workforce Housing Accelerator Act, using a strike-everything amendment that would allow municipalities to create expedited plan review and permitting for qualified workforce housing projects and exempt project proceeds from the state portion of the prime contracting sales tax. Habitat for Humanity representatives said the measure would lower carrying costs and help build more affordable homes, while one member noted the tax exemption would reduce general fund revenue but supported the bill as a targeted tradeoff to address housing shortages. The committee adopted the amendment and passed SB 1401 by a 5-1 vote. The meeting concluded with Representative Myron Sosec’s presentation on barriers to economic development on the Navajo Nation and other tribal lands. He discussed lower workforce participation, higher unemployment and poverty, limited access to capital, trust-land financing barriers, dual taxation, infrastructure deficits, and delays caused by federal and tribal review processes. He also highlighted Navajo economic strategies such as loan guarantees, renewable energy development, and tourism investments, and urged state action on tax reform, matching funds, and annual tribal field hearings. The committee then adjourned.

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• Human trafficking has no place in the State of Arizona.
• , President of the Arizona State Senate; and LD14.
• Oliver is an Arizona Space Marshal, a major in the U.S.
• Oliver is an Arizona Space Marshal, a major in the U.S.
• So please join me in welcoming Special Olympics, Arizona. ...in welcoming Special Olympics Arizona.

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