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• I may make a slight pitch here at next legislative session.
• I may make a slight pitch here at next legislative session.
• For the record, Grant Gator, fiscal analyst with Legislative Council.
• For the record, Grant Gator, fiscal analyst with Legislative Council.
• I will never be the legislator that says we should increase fees on students. Right?

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• Please stand for the prayer by Donna Kay, the legislative chaplain.
• Perhaps a Mesa legislator will want to work with them.
• Perhaps a Mesa legislator will want to work with them.
• We all serve our legislative districts. And as this one senator, I vote aye.
• And you should stand up and tell your legislators, that is not fair to me.

Summary: The meeting began with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, attendance, and a guest introduction for Deputy Frank Sloop. The Senate then moved through multiple Committee of the Whole calendars, with most measures receiving do-pass recommendations after brief explanations and, in several cases, floor amendments. Topics included public records, capital outlay review, local government, taxation, state budget implementation, higher education appropriations, utility regulation, towing regulation, homeowners association disclosures, nursing board regulation, veteran services, criminal justice, human services, K-12 education, state property management, and the continuation of the Arizona State Board of Nursing. Several bills were amended on the floor before receiving favorable recommendations. House Bill 2114 on motorcycle-related provisions was amended to require that at least one registered owner be legally licensed to operate a motorcycle in Arizona. House Bill 2397 on HOA/condominium disclosures was amended to change disclosure timing and fee rules and make other conforming changes. House Bill 2408 on nursing board regulatory action was amended to remove a clear-and-convincing-evidence burden in disciplinary matters and clarify complaint-sharing procedures. House Bill 2957 on driver’s license/handheld provisions, House Bill 2305 on towing regulation, and House Bill 2321 on DCS-related reporting also received amendments before do-pass recommendations. The largest item was Senate Bill 1847, the 2026-2027 General Appropriations Act. Senators offered extensive floor amendments affecting agriculture, corrections, criminal justice, school safety, law enforcement equipment, vehicle theft task force funding, liquor licensing, and other budget items. During third reading and debate on the budget, Democratic senators praised negotiated gains such as funding for aging services, food assistance, civil legal aid, school meals, heat relief, and a three-year moratorium on new data center tax incentives, while criticizing border-related funding, ESA/voucher policy, and cuts to higher education and adult education. One member’s remarks were ruled dilatory after repeated off-topic comments, and the ruling of the chair was sustained by a 16-12 vote. The transcript ends with additional budget-related explanation of votes continuing after the budget’s third reading.

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• </c><00:13:38.760><c> to</c><00:13:38.880><c> identify</c> uh legislators to identify uh legislators
• ><c> before</c><00:31:04.560><c> you,</c> Uh the legislation that's before you, Uh the legislation that's
• Ask the committee to oppose this legislation.
• :05:09.600><c> this</c><01:05:09.840><c> is</c> similar legislation like this is similar legislation
• But forward in the legislative process.

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• And I'm concerned that we as legislators should not be legislating medicine, really, to decide what is
• And I'm concerned that we as legislators should not be legislating medicine, really, to decide what is
• legislation, including Kansas, Mississippi, Florida, Maryland, and Connecticut.
• Is this legislation being seen over on the Senate side at all? Yes, it has.
• Is this legislation being seen over on the Senate side at all? Yes, it has.

Summary: The House first established a quorum after introductions of the Freedom of the Road Riders and Warsaw High School students. Members then took up House Bill 1855, a reporting bill on alpha-gal syndrome. The sponsor described the bill as a public health surveillance measure to add alpha-gal to Missouri’s reportable conditions, require lab reporting to the Department of Health and Senior Services, and send aggregated data to the CDC. Supporters said the bill would help identify hotspots, guide education and funding, and address a serious tick-borne condition affecting rural and urban Missourians alike. Opponents raised concerns about cost, false positives/negatives, and privacy, but the sponsor and others said the system would be HIPAA-compliant and de-identified at the federal level. Two amendments to HB 1855 were debated. An amendment changing the department’s follow-up authority from “may” to “shall” was adopted, with supporters arguing that if the legislature funds follow-up, the department should be required to do it. A second amendment creating an opt-in/opt-out consent process for reporting was rejected 41-10 after extensive debate over privacy, data collection, and whether consent would undermine disease surveillance. The House then adopted the House committee substitute for HB 1855 as amended and ordered it perfected and printed. The chamber next considered House Bills 2230 and 2978, a revised education measure aimed at reducing screen time in K-5 classrooms and encouraging handwriting and cursive instruction. The sponsor said the bill was based on research linking heavy screen use to poorer educational and behavioral outcomes, and supporters emphasized local control, parent access to screen-time policies, and the need to bring experts together through a state-level focus group. An amendment to exclude virtual school programs was adopted. The House then adopted the committee substitute for HB 2230 and 2978 as amended and ordered it perfected and printed. Finally, the House began debate on House Bill 2355, the Food Is Medicine Initiative. The sponsor said the bill would let Missouri use federal funds through 1115 waivers to pilot medically tailored meals, produce prescriptions, nutrition counseling, and related interventions to improve health and lower Medicaid costs. Members generally supported the concept, citing food deserts and the benefits of better nutrition, but an amendment adding vitamin therapies and cleanup language prompted concern from one member about supplement quality and regulation; the transcript ends during that amendment discussion.

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• Um, right off the bat, this has IP and innovation harm attached to the legislation.
• the legislation as it's currently<00:37:34.560><c> written.
• </c><00:37:46.800><c> uh</c> harm uh attached to the legislation. uh harm uh attached to the legislation
• And you know, as a former legislator, look, I get the challenges of unintended consequences.
• > I</c><00:53:05.200><c> get</c><00:53:05.359><c> the</c> former legislator, look, I get the former legislator

Bills: SF0052, SF0024

Keywords: wildlife management, environmental restoration, funding, invasive species, aquatic ecosystems, native fish, habitat conservation, lottery, debit card payments, gambling regulations, state revenue, financial transactions, 916, all

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• The provisions of this legislation remove unnecessary barriers, The provisions of this legislation remove
• During the 2025 legislative session, we did hear from the department about their goal to increase the
• And the department stated that legislative action would be required to implement this recommendation.
• And the department stated that legislative action would be required to implement this recommendation.
• There were a couple of tension points that would require legislation potentially, but I remember one

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• We did, uh, several pieces of legislation last year.
• We did a piece of legislation that requires us to migrate to the cloud over the next few years.
• </c><00:04:52.320><c> We</c><00:04:52.479><c> did</c> pieces of legislation last year.
• We did pieces of legislation last year.
• </c> may have done a piece of legislation may have done a piece of legislation that<00:04:59.680><c>

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• But as we are in the second year of the legislative biennium, because no action was taken on the bill
• But each of the agencies that are affected by this legislation, I think, has a similar story to tell.
• But each of the agencies that are affected by this legislation, I think, has a similar story to tell.
• I'm testifying as other on this legislation and would like to echo the sentiments of my colleagues.
• So I've got a district slightly over 2,000 students in my legislative district.

Summary: The House Education Committee held public hearings on two bills. House Bill 1662 would move several education-related boards and commissions—the State Board of Education, the Professional Educator Standards Board, the Financial Education Public-Private Partnership, and the Charter School Commission—toward operational independence from OSPI by July 1, 2027, including separate administrative services, asset and employee transfers, and transition planning by OFM. The prime sponsor and supporters said the bill would improve transparency, fiscal accountability, and agency flexibility, while OSPI-related testimony emphasized that small agencies need more nimble administrative support. No one testified in opposition; the hearing record noted 2 pro, 1 con, and 5 other sign-ins, and members were told the bill was substantively the same as the version passed the prior year except for date changes. The committee then heard House Bill 1683, which would require most school districts with 2,000 or more students to elect at least some school board members from director districts rather than entirely at-large, with larger districts needing more district-based seats and districts under 2,000 students exempt. The sponsor and supporters argued the change would improve geographic and demographic representation, especially for lower-income communities and communities of color, and would help ensure school boards reflect the students and families they serve. Opponents, including a school directors association representative, said the bill would be an unfunded mandate, reduce local control, and create added election costs and recruitment challenges; one witness also suggested the bill should consider broader proportional-representation options. Staff noted that 23 districts would currently be out of compliance, and the hearing record showed 12 pro, 163 con, and 2 other sign-ins. No executive action was taken on either bill during this portion of the meeting. At the end of the hearing, the chair reminded members that several bills heard that week would be on next Thursday’s executive session agenda, urged prompt amendment requests, and announced that the committee would adjourn to caucuses.

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• we will not permit conduct that disrupts, disturbs, or otherwise impedes the orderly conduct of legislative
• SB 402 supports that mission, and we thank Senator Valadares for championing this legislation.
• It's really, we see it as a technical cleanup to ensure that there is appropriate legislative oversight
• Many of those pieces of legislation did not come to this committee and so the intent of this legislation
• And I want to show everyone that any future legislative efforts to amend the qualifications of autism

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• The Chair calls KJ Curtis, Analyst with the Legislative Budget Board. Welcome back. Good morning.
• Number one, debt issuance based on legislative authorization.
• The Chair calls James Kessler, Analyst for the Legislative Budget Board. 233 Thank you.
• State Preservation Board, and I'm with the Legislative Budget Board.
• However, I am eligible for retirement and I intend to retire after the legislative session.

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• This, to me, this bill is about legislative oversight.
• I am the legislative liaison for the Arizona Game and Fish Department.
• I am the Legislative liaison for the Arizona Game and Fish Department.
• In the legislative process, we sit here right now in a committee.
• I am one of the two women candidates for Legislative District 19.

Summary: The committee first heard House Bill 2787, which would bar the state and its political subdivisions from using personnel or financial resources to enforce or cooperate with the federal Mexican wolf reintroduction program, while exempting the Livestock Loss Board’s livestock loss program. Sierra Club and animal welfare advocates opposed the bill as harmful to wolf recovery and unnecessary given the livestock loss reimbursement data. The committee approved HB 2787 on a 4-3 vote. Members then considered House Bill 255, which would create a Brackish Groundwater Recovery Program Fund and authorize the Water Infrastructure Finance Authority to administer projects using long-term water augmentation funds. Opponents argued brackish groundwater is still groundwater and pumping it could cause localized impacts and land subsidence, while supporters framed it as a water-supply solution. The bill failed on a 2-4 vote. The committee next advanced House Bill 2782, requiring disclosure rules for regulatory assets included in utility rates, and House Bill 2781, which would impose financial assurance, insurance, decommissioning, and site-restoration requirements on solar energy power plants. HB 2781 drew stakeholder testimony from solar industry, utilities, and local-government interests; an amendment to revise financial assurance and remove a remediation fund was adopted, but the bill itself then failed on a 4-4 vote. The committee also approved House Bill 2975, which would suspend State Land Department solar scoring maps and require new mining and housing resource maps, despite opposition that it would reduce transparency and favor certain land uses over solar. Later, the committee approved House Bill 2696, as amended, directing the Arizona Commerce Authority to prioritize fuel and gas price reduction and create a fuel resiliency task force, after debate over whether the bill should focus more broadly on energy resilience and whether the ACA was the right agency. The committee also passed HCM 2009, urging Congress to streamline mining access, compensate states for subsurface mineral rights, and require legislative approval for new national monuments, and HB 2889, which would fund ADEQ monitoring of uranium contamination and create a statewide registry and tribal-partnered monitoring program. Finally, the committee heard HB 2763, which would require a legislative joint resolution before the Game and Fish Commission could close a shooting range; Game and Fish said it would add another step to the closure process and mainly affect the Ben Avery facility, but no vote was taken in the portion provided.

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• So, thank you very much for your consideration of this legislation.
• ,</c><00:23:33.400><c> that</c> outlawing by this legislation, that outlawing by this legislation, that
• And this legislation allows lending.
• The legislation would expand that authority to crowd in more private capital.
• </c> legislation simply and straightforwardly legislation simply and straightforwardly just<00:30:41.200

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• And we all know what happened in June of 2025 when our own Minnesota state legislator, Speaker Emeritus
• They show up in all sorts of different ways from phone calls to drones outside of legislators' homes.
• They show up in all sorts of different ways from phone calls to drones outside of legislators' homes.
• They show up in all sorts of different ways from phone calls to drones outside of legislators' homes.
• There was no clear command in who's in charge of the safety of legislators.

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• on</c><00:07:01.680><c> more</c><00:07:01.919><c> than</c> legislation that reflects on more than legislation
• Um, I for working on this legislation.
• This is the exact legislation that we hoped would follow.
• This is the exact legislation Caucus.
• House Bill 136 is necessary legislators.

Keywords: Convene 00:00 Senate Message 04:26 Report of Committees 05:13 Orders of the Day/ HB 6 06:22 HB 480 14:13 HB 562 17:55 HB 136 25:53 HB 257 29:47 HB 490 35:54 Motions, Petitions, and Communications 40:30 Introduction of New Bills and Resolutions 52:44 Recess for ConC/Rules Meeting 53:49 ConC/Rules Report 57:12 Floor Amendments 58:49 Adjournment 58:59, 958, all

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• </c> your legislation Senate Bill 2314. your legislation Senate Bill 2314.
• a piece of anti-trafficking legislation.
• . legislation. legislation.
• We have not led any legislation on That. We have not led any legislation on that.
• And again, I'm not upset about the legislation.

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• Senator Curtis King from the 14th Legislative District.
• Hi, I'm Representative Julia Reed from the 36th Legislative District.
• We looked at the legislative action in 2020.
• We looked at the legislative action in 2020.
• I mean, there's always going to be someone that will take legislation, but even when you have legislation

Summary: The meeting began with introductions from members of the Joint Transportation Committee and a presentation from the Association of Washington Cities and the public works directors of Richland, Kennewick, Pasco, and West Richland. The cities described the Quad Cities region as one of the fastest-growing in the state and outlined shared transportation priorities that align with the committee’s focus on safety, multimodal access, climate resilience, and economic development. They emphasized Vision Zero efforts, complete streets, ADA accessibility, regional trail and bike/pedestrian planning, and coordinated long-range transportation and land-use planning to manage growth. The city officials also discussed major funding and delivery challenges, including rising construction costs, project phasing, pavement preservation, right-of-way acquisition, and delays caused by state and federal permitting and review processes. They highlighted regional cooperation through the Benton-Franklin Council of Governments, Good Roads, and local funding tools such as impact fees, transportation benefit districts, REET, tax increment financing, and state and federal grants. Specific projects discussed included Richland’s SR 240/Aaron Drive complete streets project and downtown connectivity work, Kennewick’s Columbia Center Boulevard improvements and rail study, Pasco’s Court/Road 68, Sylvester Street corridor, I-182 bridge/interchange work, and a new north-south bridge study, and West Richland’s SR 224 Red Mountain corridor project, which officials said was awarded under budget and is scheduled to begin construction. Committee members asked questions about sidewalk connections to schools, state-agency right-of-way timelines, apprenticeship utilization, contractor selection, and whether complete streets requirements add burdens to pavement preservation projects. The city officials said new development is generally meeting sidewalk standards, but older infill areas remain a gap; that state right-of-way transactions can take much longer than expected; that apprenticeship requirements are common but harder for smaller contractors and local labor markets; and that low-bid contracting leaves little room to screen for performance history. They also said complete streets requirements are usually manageable on major projects but can be difficult to absorb in smaller preservation work. The committee then shifted to a JTC-funded study on transit-oriented development, presented by Urban Institute researcher Yona Freemark. The study examined TOD conditions in 33 cities in Snohomish, King, Pierce, Clark, and Spokane counties near rail and bus rapid transit stations. Freemark said Washington’s housing affordability crisis is severe, especially near transit, and found that high-cost cities have seen more development near stations but also signs of gentrification and loss of affordable housing, while lower-cost cities have had less development and worsening affordability relative to income. He identified barriers including high debt costs, land costs, infrastructure costs, zoning and parking rules, and limited subsidies for affordable housing. He recommended more neighborhood infrastructure funding near stations, stronger affordable housing investment, and better use of public land, noting that HB 1491 and related legislation are already changing some local requirements.

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• For us to be able to look at legislatively.
• We don't need legislation to do it again.
• Are there legislative changes that need to be made?
• I have legislation AB 315 that's moving forward through the legislative process to look at whether...
• Jason Constantouros, Legislative Analyst's Office.

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• Both committees have added language to the pending legislation to tighten that cap.
• It says, and also like that same bill from 2010 did the same thing to Legislative Counsel.
• It says Legislative Counsel, when they're drafting a bill or amendments, must include this particular
• So the flexibility that is there for a legislator or the Legislature to have Legislative Counsel draft
• I probably wouldn't have voted for the 2010 legislation either.

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• I definitely support this legislation because we've seen in my district in San Francisco what happens
• I appreciate your bringing forth this very important legislation.
• Jim Lindberg, Friends Committee on Legislation of California in support.
• Committee on Legislation of California, in support.
• So I look forward to co-authoring this legislation as well. Thank you for having me.

Summary: The committee heard several health-related bills. AB 1825 by Krell would clarify California’s offenders with mental health disorders program by tightening the standard for determining “substantial danger of physical harm,” improving exit planning, and expanding Medi-Cal access for people released after a successful challenge. Supporters, including psychiatrists, prosecutors, and medical groups, said the bill would close gaps in care and protect public safety; county behavioral health directors and Disability Rights California registered concerns. AB 1696 by Stephanie would state that nurse midwives do not need physician supervision when providing care within their existing scope, including EMTALA-related evaluation in labor and delivery settings. Nurse midwives and nursing groups supported the bill, while emergency physicians opposed it unless amended, arguing emergency department screening should remain under physician supervision; the author said she would keep working on the issue. AB 1949 by Lee would make acupuncture a separate Medi-Cal benefit and allow up to 24 visits per year. The author and supporters from acupuncture, health access, and integrative medicine groups said the current monthly cap is too restrictive and that acupuncture is an effective, cost-saving alternative for pain management and other conditions. There was no opposition. AB 2330 by Patterson would create a distinct regulatory category for cold spas, with standards for construction, operation, and disinfection. Fitness and wellness groups supported the bill, environmental health administrators had no formal position but thanked the author for amendments, and a committee member raised concerns about local officials interpreting the bill to require separate enclosures from saunas; the author said she would continue working on the language. AB 2000 by Aguirre-Curry would limit mid-year changes to prescription drug formularies and add notice, exceptions, reporting, and enforcement provisions. Family physicians, chronic care advocates, nurses, pharmacists, and patient groups supported the bill, citing non-medical switching and treatment disruptions; health plans and insurers opposed it, warning of higher costs, reduced flexibility, and premium increases. AB 1929 by Ortega would require health plans to disclose investments, including in private prisons and immigrant detention centers. Supporters framed it as a transparency measure tied to patient premiums and public values, while opponents argued the bill was duplicative, burdensome, and potentially harmful to investment confidentiality. AB 2746 by Schiavo would classify medical credit card debt as medical debt so it would not appear on credit reports. Consumer advocates and legal aid groups supported the bill, describing abusive marketing and housing harms; banks, debt collectors, and industry groups opposed it as unworkable and privacy-invasive. The committee took roll on AB 2746 and passed it on a due pass motion to Banking and Finance, with several members voting aye and a few no votes recorded.

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• I knew that Tennessee was the first state to pass similar legislation.
• And why are 34 other states also trying to pass legislation?
• That's why so many states have legislation to ban it.
• And that was a different piece of legislation.
• We're going to be working on legislation there in Arkansas.

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