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• Most people building ADUs are everyday homeowners trying to house aging parents, support adult children
• So instead of someone who might be aging, you know, a grandparent or such, instead of them going to another
• square feet get a benefit because they don't have to be assessed on the parcel, only on the actual facility
• benefit because the, they don't have to, they're not assessed on the fore parcel, only on the actual facility

Committee: House Housing and Community Development

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• ...of the campus through new technologies, classrooms, laboratories, research spaces, athletic facilities
• We had a student a number of years ago who started a manufacturing facility with one CNC machine in a
• I know it was very important for us negotiating the Ag to Urban Bill last session, and it will continue
• First Things First, a state agency created by Arizona voters in 2006 to support children from birth to age

Summary: The Arizona Senate convened for opening day of the second regular session of the 57th Legislature with ceremonial prayers, the presentation of colors, the Pledge of Allegiance, and the national anthem. Senate President Warren Petersen gave a farewell-style address highlighting his efforts to shift power toward members and committee chairs, preserve conservative policies, and deliver annual tax cuts, including a projected $1 billion cut this year. The chamber then recessed for an opening-day speech by Grand Canyon University President Brian Mueller, who spoke about Arizona’s labor-force needs, workforce training, and GCU’s role in expanding access to education and middle-class jobs, including apprenticeships and technical programs tied to local employers. After returning to order, the Senate adopted its organizational rules for the session, including suspending rules so bills and resolutions could be read by number and short title only on first and second reading and by number and title only on third and final reading. Members also approved a motion to notify the House and Governor that the Senate was organized and ready for business, and the House later reported that it was likewise organized. The chamber then adopted a proposed amendment to Senate Rule 7A and the rules of the 57th Legislature, and the President announced committee assignments for standing and statutory committees, including Appropriations, Education, Finance, Government, Military Affairs and Border Security, Natural Resources, Rules, Legislative Council, Legislative Audit, and the Joint Legislative Budget Committee. The remainder of the session focused on points of personal privilege, with senators introducing family members, constituents, local officials, school leaders, law enforcement officers, tribal leaders, and advocacy guests. Several members used the occasion to emphasize issues they expect to work on this session, including education, public safety, housing, water, early childhood services, veterans, border security, and workforce development. The Senate also received a motion to request House consent for an adjournment schedule, and the body adjourned until Wednesday, January 14, 2026, at 1:15 p.m. after announcing upcoming committee meetings and the first batch of bill introductions and references.

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• Compton is home to multiple aging, privately owned cemeteries, including Woodlawn Memorial Park.
• Compton is home to multiple aging, privately owned cemeteries, including Woodlawn Memorial Park, that
• It empowers the Cemetery and Funeral Bureau to notify cities like Compton when an abandoned facility
• It empowers a cemetery and funeral bureau to notify cities like Compton when an abandoned facility exists

Summary: The Assembly Business and Professions Committee heard a lengthy agenda of Senate bills, with most measures ultimately advancing on party-line or broad bipartisan votes after substantial testimony and several amendments. Early in the hearing, SB 418 by Sen. Menjivar was presented as a health access bill to codify ACA nondiscrimination protections in state law and require coverage for up to a 12-month supply of medically approved hormone therapy; supporters framed it as protecting continuity of care amid federal threats, while there was no opposition testimony. The committee later also took up SB 456, which would exempt muralists from contractor licensing requirements for commissioned fine art murals; supporters said recent enforcement had chilled mural projects and harmed artists and communities, and the bill passed unanimously to Appropriations. SB 641, part of the wildfire response package, and SB 774, a sunset review bill for the Department of Real Estate and Bureau of Real Estate Appraisers, also advanced with support and no opposition. SB 775 and SB 776, sunset extensions for the behavioral sciences, psychology, and optometry boards, passed after witnesses described technical changes and the need to keep the boards operating. SB 777, dealing with abandoned cemeteries, drew testimony from local governments, industry, and counties; after amendments removed a local takeover mandate and shifted the bill toward a stakeholder working group and study process, opposition softened or was withdrawn and the bill moved forward to Local Government. SB 790, on interstate reciprocity for online higher education, generated the most debate, with supporters arguing California students and institutions need stronger consumer protections and access to the national reciprocity framework, while opponents said the bill’s terms conflicted with the existing compact; it passed as amended to Appropriations after committee members emphasized continued work on student protections. The consent calendar, including SB 389 and SB 861, was also approved, and the committee adjourned after additional vote changes were recorded.

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• Clarify that the AG, not the Director of Health, shall expend appropriated funds at page 15, line 17
• to 18, and will require cannabis cultivator licenses to meet the same production facility and processing
• Clarify that the AG, not the Director of Health, shall expend appropriated funds at page 15, line 17
• to 18, and will require cannabis cultivator licenses to meet the same production facility and processing

Committee: Senate Ways and Means

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The committee took up a long decision-making agenda on numerous House bills, largely in the tax, appropriations, public safety, agriculture, and land-use areas. Early action included HB 476, which passed with amendments after discussion of tax impacts and a committee report change; HB 796 also passed with amendments to protect several individual income tax credits from the bill’s effect. Other measures were advanced with amendments or without changes, including HB 1059, HB 1145, HB 1173, HB 1439, HB 800, HB 934, HB 990, HB 101, HB 106, and a series of bills in the 1026–1055 range, many of which were passed unamended or with technical/effective-date changes. Several bills were deferred, including HB 1147, HB 807, and later items on the agenda. The committee also approved a number of policy and agency-structure changes. HB 430 was amended to create or expand an internship/workforce development program with reporting requirements; HB 505 and HB 506 were amended to adjust appropriations and FTEs; HB 774 added an appropriation section for two FTEs; HB 1052 limited use of universal service fund money; HB 1296 shifted a reporting requirement from BNF to the Department of Defense; and HB 1064 moved the State Fire Council and Fire Marshal Selection Commission to the Department of Law Enforcement and set the fire marshal salary. HB 427 made major biosecurity-related changes, including moving the Hawaii Invasive Species Council to the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity in 2026 and adding new appropriations. HB 830 was amended to allow third-party historic preservation reviewers under ethics and conflict rules, with a two-year sunset and committee-report comments on vacancies. Public safety and regulatory bills also moved forward. HB 302 on cannabis drew opposition from Senator Awa, who said it would shut down a medical provider in his district; the bill nevertheless passed with amendments adding criminal penalties, enforcement authority, and a 2027 effective date for cultivator licenses. HB 306 on water code penalties passed unamended, HB 860 on liability for road resurfacing passed with amendments to limit liability to the work actually performed and eliminate joint and several liability, and HB 141 on public land leases passed with technical amendments. HB 1159 establishing a commercial harbor emergency evacuation working group passed as is, and HB 1482 on hemp passed with amendments exempting existing permit holders and certain retailers, aligning THC limits, and setting a far-future effective date. Most votes were adopted without recorded opposition, though several members noted reservations on specific measures.

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• Senate Print 10^0 10, Skoufis, an act to amend the Facilities Development Corporation Act.
• It would prohibit state and local correctional facilities from denying entry or denying contact visits
• IT WOULD PROHIBIT STATE AND LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES FROM DENYING ENTRY OR DENYING CONTACT VISITS
• He passed very tragically at the age of 32 last July after a reckless driver hit his motorcycle.
• HE PASSED VERY TRACK TRAGICALLY AT THE AGE OF 32 LAST JULY AFTER A -- DUE TO A RECKLESS DRIVER.

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Senate convened, approved the journal, and then moved through a large number of motions to discharge bills from committees and substitute identical Senate bills for third reading. The chamber also received and accepted a Finance Committee report on nominations for Kathleen Mosier as Commissioner of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, Terrence O’Leary as Commissioner of Homeland Security and Emergency Services, and John Kagia as Executive Director of the Office of Cannabis Management. All three nominees were confirmed, with Mosier and O’Leary confirmed unanimously and Kagia confirmed 57-1, with Senator Walczyk voting no. The Senate adopted previously approved resolutions recognizing June 2026 as LGBTQIA+ Pride Month and mourning the death of Susan Irene Wright of Harlem. Senators Brisport and Bottcher spoke at length in support of Pride Month, emphasizing LGBTQ+ history, resilience, and ongoing threats to the trans community. On the Susan Wright resolution, Senators Cleare, Bailey, and Bottcher praised her community leadership, philanthropy, and family legacy, and Assembly Member Jordan Wright was recognized in the chamber. The body then considered and passed many bills on the calendar, including measures on insurance, environmental conservation, public health, education, business law, labor, social services, highway law, and local tax exemptions. Several bills drew brief explanations of vote, including a measure to end higher insurance premiums for widows, a bill to prohibit correctional facilities from denying visitation because of menstrual products or IUDs, and a Medicaid-related bill to expand access to blood pressure monitors for pregnant people. Most bills passed with broad support, though some had notable opposition from a small group of senators. Late in the session, the Senate took up a proposed constitutional amendment on redistricting. Senator Stewart-Cousins sponsored the measure, and Senator Walczyk questioned it extensively, arguing voters had previously approved an independent redistricting process and objecting to changes that would remove the Legislature’s two-thirds map-approval requirement and alter the commission’s role. The sponsor said the changes were needed in response to aggressive partisan redistricting in other states and would still require voter ratification in future sessions. The transcript ends during that debate, with no final vote on the amendment shown.

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• </c> state facilities. state facilities.
• We're planning to take up the omnibus ag bill tomorrow and Friday, program integrity omnibus.
• We're planning to take up the omnibus ag bill tomorrow and Friday, program integrity omnibus.
• We're planning to take up the omnibus ag bill tomorrow and Friday, program integrity omnibus.
• Oh, tomorrow we're taking omnibus ag bill and Friday apparently program integrity omnibus.

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• This bill was drafted uh to put a regulation on this substance uh 21 years of age and older.
• This bill was drafted uh to put a regulation on this substance uh 21 years of age and older.
• </c> consumer protection acts, which sets age consumer protection acts, which sets age limits<00:17:52.000
• of 30 and at CRMC is between the ages of 30 and 65. 65. 65.
• We do have private testing facilities that we can use that we would pay a fee to.

Bills: HB0103 , HB0070 , HB0091

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: First Amendment, free speech, lawsuits, immunity, public participation, strategic lawsuits, foreign censorship, digital innovation, constitutional rights, Wyoming GRANITE Act, extraterritorial laws, civil actions, speech protection, legal jurisdiction, joint liability, artificial intelligence, social scoring, biometric data, privacy rights, government regulation

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• ><00:04:27.880><c> or</c><00:04:28.160><c> disability</c><00:04:28.840><c> status</c> or uh or your age
• or disability status or uh or your age or disability status and<00:04:30.720><c> so</c><00:04:30.919
• One other example I just wanted to share is the U of M has an aging HVAC system, aging coal-burning furnace
• </c><00:54:08.240><c> cool</c><00:54:08.799><c> coal</c> aging um HVAC system um aging cool coal aging

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Often, they have to travel many miles from authorized testing facilities.
• Often, they have to travel many miles from authorized testing facilities.
• inspection and maintenance program for trucks, the kind that, with our cars, once they reach a certain age
• I was raised by immigrant parents, and from the ages of one to eight lived in an immigrant housing center
• A clear permitting process will help ensure that the authority can protect the project's land, facilities

Summary: The Assembly Transportation Committee met first as a subcommittee due to the lack of a quorum, then later obtained a quorum and took up several bills. The committee heard SB 1064, which would reduce the frequency of Clean Truck Check testing for low-use heavy-duty vehicles; supporters said it would ease burdens on rural agricultural businesses, while clean air advocates opposed it as weakening an important emissions program. The bill was approved and sent to the Assembly Appropriations Committee. The committee also heard SB 1174, which would give Caltrans bid preferences to construction firms with employee stock ownership plans; supporters argued it would build worker wealth and improve project quality, while contractor groups opposed it as likely to raise costs and reduce competition. That bill was approved and sent to the Assembly Judiciary Committee. The consent calendar items SB 607, SB 962, and SB 990 were also approved. The committee then heard SB 1279, which would allow Long Beach to place additional speed safety cameras on Pacific Coast Highway. Long Beach officials and several safety and advocacy groups supported the bill, citing high fatality rates and repeated pedestrian crashes on that corridor, while some members raised concerns about fines, affordability, and whether cameras would address pedestrian-related collisions. The bill passed as amended to the Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee. SB 1213, the Clean Truck Transportation Act, would require more price transparency for medium- and heavy-duty zero-emission truck incentives and direct agencies to explore alternative financing tools; supporters said it would improve affordability and competition, while one manufacturer and the trucking association raised implementation concerns. It passed to the Assembly Natural Resources Committee. The committee also heard SB 1013, which would tighten rules for automated license plate reader use by limiting retention to 30 days, requiring audits and training, and restricting access and hot list use. Privacy advocates supported the bill as overdue accountability, while law enforcement groups argued the retention limit would hinder investigations and that some technical definitions needed work. The bill passed to the Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee. SB 1315, dealing with advanced driver assistance systems, would prevent automakers from disabling a consumer’s ability to drive their own vehicle through software updates and would encourage DMV testing questions about ADAS responsibilities; after amendments, industry opposition softened and the bill passed to the Assembly Judiciary Committee. Finally, SB 1246, on autonomous vehicle emergency response, would require U.S.-based remote drivers, quicker on-scene response, and better coordination with local agencies; first responders and labor groups supported it, while AV industry groups remained opposed unless amended. The bill passed to the Assembly Communications and Conveyance Committee. The transcript ended as the committee began hearing SB 1250, a planning bill to incorporate wildlife connectivity into transportation asset management, with the sponsor and supporters explaining it would improve safety and habitat planning without mandating specific projects.

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• Often they have to travel many miles from authorized testing facilities.
• Often, they have to travel many miles from authorized testing facilities.
• inspection and maintenance program for trucks, the kind that with our cars, once they reach a certain age
• I was raised by immigrant parents, and from the ages of one to eight lived in an immigrant housing center
• A clear permitting process will help ensure that the authority can protect the project's land, facilities

Committee: House Transportation

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• We are simply here with the support of DEP saying that there ought to be a shoreside facility, our dockside
• facility, excuse me... ...that separates the water and the oil and recaptures it and recycles it and
• It's a pretty slippery slope, especially in the context of what's happening this day and age when our
• It's a pretty slippery slope, especially in the context of what's happening this day and age when our
• I recently toured the facility about a week ago and also forged a pond and mentioned the herrings and

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Senate took up a major environmental bond bill with amendments covering climate resilience, housing health, plastics reduction, coastal protection, fisheries, and related regulatory issues. Early debate included Senator Keenan’s withdrawn amendment to fund the Massachusetts Healthy Homes Program with $50 million, followed by his adopted amendment banning hotels from providing plastic toiletry packages. Senator Tarr’s amendment to remove the paper bag charge was defeated after extended debate over whether the 10-cent bag assessment functioned as a tax; a related floor speech from Senator Duner argued the fee would burden working families. The chamber also adopted Senator Fernandez’s ocean acidification amendment, which would aggregate ocean monitoring data to support shellfish, water quality, and coastal management, with support from Senators Sear and Driscoll. Other adopted measures included Driscoll’s Houghton’s Pond multi-use trail, Montigny’s New Bedford State Pier redevelopment and harbor oil-recovery provisions, Collins’s Commonwealth Conservation Commission later withdrawn, and several coastal resilience and housing-related amendments. The Senate also approved a series of environmental and public health measures. Senator Moore’s rodenticide restriction amendment was adopted after testimony from animal welfare and conservation groups, with the sponsor describing harms to wildlife, pets, and livestock and noting local municipal support. Senator Lewis’s amendment directing DEP to study the feasibility of banning polystyrene was adopted, as was Senator Mark’s Massachusetts Climate Bank amendment and Senator Edwards’s carbon sequestration amendment expanding attention to salt marshes, seagrasses, and waterways. The chamber adopted amendments on equitable representation, improving indoor air quality, and a Douglas State Forest trust fund that would raise the entry fee from $1 to $2 for maintenance. Several amendments were withdrawn, including Collins’s urban coastal resilience commission and Tarr’s proposed Commonwealth Conservation Commission. Housing and permitting issues were another major theme. Senator Driscoll’s amendment requiring local confirmation before a project is designated a priority housing project was defeated, but his related amendments clarifying the process and requiring consultation with the Housing and Livable Communities Secretary were adopted. The Senate also adopted Crichton’s amendments streamlining permitting for coastal resiliency projects in urban areas and creating a five-year pilot for nature-based solutions, as well as Tarr’s amendment adding dredging and sand placement to general coastal permits. Tarr’s amendment to revise the Salisbury Beach Preservation Trust Fund was adopted, while his later constitutional challenge to a landform-migration provision was withdrawn after he argued it could amount to an uncompensated taking. The session ended with the Senate noting only two amendments remained and then adjourning in memory of Quincy’s former mayor James A. Sheets.

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• and already have key infrastructure in place, like utilities, transportation access, and event facilities
• Key infrastructure is already in place, like utilities, transportation access, and event facilities,
• Across the state, fairgrounds face significant deferred maintenance and aging infrastructure.
• and inconsistent, making it difficult to invest in large-scale improvements to modernize these facilities
• Fifty-four of the district ag associations that we have in the state are state property.

Committee: House Revenue and Taxation

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• This bill simply extends required coverage for hearing aids up to age 26, aligning with other areas of
• I've been an amputee since the age of 11.
• , Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, Ohio, and Wisconsin, that effective January 1, participating facilities
• let me ask this: Does your bill, intended or unintended, create any incentive for hospitals or facilities
• both the provider and the health plan, the acuity of the patient, and some scope around what the facility

Committee: House Insurance

Keywords: 965, house, all

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• than having sustainable or conservation projects that are able to distinguish in the area and having age-leveled
• These rules regulate broad categories of facilities, including ports, shopping centers, highways, and
• A statewide framework applying uniform requirements across different regions and facilities is a blunt
• Facilities are forced into measures that don’t fit their operations, or they default to paying mitigation
• For example, diesel truck rules have exemptions for ag trucks and logging, and indirect source rules

Summary: The committee heard several bills, beginning with AB 1938, which would create a voluntary process for local governments to designate California surf reserves through the Ocean Protection Council. The author and supporters, including Save the Waves Coalition, the League of California Cities, and the California State Association of Counties, argued the bill would recognize surf breaks as important natural and economic assets. The bill received a due pass recommendation to Appropriations and passed on a roll call vote, with the measure left on call. The committee also approved the consent calendar, which included AB 1699, AB 1780, AB 1891, AB 1893, and AB 2566. The committee then took up AB 2051, which would convene a coastal resilience permitting working group to develop a roadmap for streamlining permits for coastal resilience projects. The author and supporters from the Bay Area Council, Port of San Francisco, and others said the bill would reduce duplicative permitting delays while preserving environmental protections. One member raised concerns about giving too much authority to the Coastal Commission, but the bill still received a due pass recommendation to Water, Parks and Wildlife and passed on a roll call vote. AB 2494, dealing with the management of demonstration state forests, drew substantial debate. The author said the bill would update outdated 1947-era management goals to emphasize biodiversity, carbon sequestration, wildfire resilience, recreation, research, and tribal co-governance, with strong support from Mendocino County, tribal representatives, and environmental groups. Opponents from the Farm Bureau, California Forestry Association, and others argued it would shift the forests away from sustainable timber production, create funding instability, and invite litigation. After extensive questioning about forest science, old growth, funding, and tribal co-management, the bill received a due pass recommendation to Appropriations and passed on a roll call vote. The committee also approved AB 2483, which would create a permanent certification pathway for formerly incarcerated firefighters who served on Cal Fire hand crews. Supporters said the bill would recognize their training and improve job prospects after release, and it passed unanimously to Public Safety. Finally, AB 1777, the California Clean Skies Act, was heard; it would affirm CARB’s authority to adopt indirect source rules to address pollution from vehicle-heavy facilities such as warehouses and ports. Environmental, health, and labor supporters backed the bill as a tool to protect public health, while trucking, business, port, and industry groups opposed it as costly and overly broad. The bill remained under discussion at the end of the transcript, with members debating whether it clarified existing authority or created new regulatory power.

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• The lower graph shows New Mexico's average in terms of age distributions.
• doing in New York was happening here in New Mexico, and then would be able to use tutorial clinical facilities
• think, for us in that we wouldn't necessarily have to start with a huge investment in a clinical facility
• At an early age in terms of their dental care.
• And then we also have a few rehab facilities and nursing centers that also provide care to the population

Committee: House Legislative Health & Human Services Committee

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• assets that the entities have, own, and their value, and how their value is going down due to time, age
• One of the other things we are looking at is that most projects, if you're going to build a facility
• But the design that's required for a lot of these facilities has to be 100%.
• They are hiring two of the Pueblos to do a lot of the work because they have the equipment and facilities
• Senator in the Territory, Royal period, former AG of San New Mexico, and a Santa Fe ring ripped off in

Committee: House House Rural Development, Land Grants And Cultural Affairs

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• This talks a little bit about staffing at that age.
• Are we at the modern age of what we should be teaching today, or how does it compare to what we had 20
• This also risks putting the state in a position where their own assets, whether that's physical facilities
• sufficiently resourced for success. in a position where their own assets, whether that's physical facilities
• funding that institutions would need to meet baseline administrative expenses, to maintain their facilities

Committee: Senate Senate Finance

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• understand some of the growth going on: Austal, 1,000-plus new jobs with the submarine manufacturing facility
• even lower, where students are exposed to the curriculum, they’re exposed to the jobs at such an early age
• And we already know we have an aging workforce.

Committee: Joint Mobile County Legislation

Keywords: 924, joint, all

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• addresses several important areas that we've heard about in the agriculture industry, including early age
• The amendment adds a representative of a major wastewater facility to the study.
• She is an ag lender at a bank in west-central Minnesota and has been working with farmers since the new

Bills: HF2446

Committee: House Agriculture Finance and Policy

Keywords: agriculture finance, broadband development, Department of Agriculture, Board of Animal Health, Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, Office of Broadband Development, food safety, food handler license, cottage food, home processed food, livestock dealer, meat packing company, milk marketer, milk marketing license, grain buyer, grain storage, beginning farmer, emerging farmer, farm down payment assistance, livestock investment grant

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• Our district fully supports safe school facilities.
• Many schools renovating facilities.
• </c><00:26:27.400><c> can</c> Group E school facility can Group E school facility can dramatically,<00
• </c> our facilities and infrastructure. our facilities and infrastructure.
• </c> storm storm shelter facilities. storm storm shelter facilities.

Committee: Senate Labor

Keywords: 1187, senate, all