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• ><c> breached</c><00:52:57.760><c> their</c> that that employee breached their that that employee breached
• , including the University of employees, including the University of Wyoming.
• And this is for that employee or action.
• ,</c><01:30:19.360><c> contractor,</c> if applicable, any employee, contractor, if applicable, any employee
• ,</c> necessary to make that employee, necessary to make that employee, contractor,<01:30:24.639><c>

Bills: SF0087 , SF0088 , SF0092

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: felony, law enforcement, police officer, criminal penalties, public safety, sex offender, child care facility, residency restrictions, criminal law, sex offenders, child care facilities, legislation, false claims, civil penalties, state accountability, whistleblower protection, fraud prevention, 916, all

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• </c><00:09:45.480><c> have</c> ensuring that government employees have ensuring that government employees
• another critical step is employees another critical step is supporting<00:10:15.000><c> worker</c><00
• First, as already discussed, supporting worker power and ensuring that employees have a voice in shaping
• AI tools are widely used by both the general public and state employees.
• </c><01:27:03.560><c> feeling</c> about um certain employees feeling about um certain employees feeling

Committee: Senate Labor

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• These differentials are provided for employees who take on additional cases over their normal assigned
• Item H is a request for continuation of second language differentials at various agencies for employees
• Item I is a request for continuation of certification differentials for employees at Parks, Heritage,
• This is due to merit increases being provided to these employees, which will carry them over the max
• There are 92 employees on the list that will have increased salaries if the item is approved.

Committee: All ALC-PERSONNEL

Summary: The committee reviewed several personnel and appropriation requests. Item C was a two-for-two position swap with no net increase in authorized positions and was approved. Item D, for South Arkansas College, added three net positions through a mix of growth and swap pool positions, including food service, public safety, housing, and compliance support roles, and was approved. Item E moved positions and $3 million in salary and match appropriation within Workforce Services to consolidate shared services, with no net change in positions, and was approved. The committee then considered a group of continuation items for FY27, covering previously approved growth and surrender pool positions, various differentials, hard-to-fill and on-call pay, a labor market adjustment for crime lab medical examiners, and continuation of grant-funded classifications tied to ARPA and IIJA grants across several agencies. These items were reviewed together and approved. Reports on the agenda required no action and were simply reviewed. On the supplemental agenda, the committee suspended the rules and approved OPM’s request for salary increases for 92 employees whose merit raises would place them over their grade maximums. Senator Dotson asked about several public safety medical examiner positions listed on the salary schedule, and staff indicated they were likely crime lab medical examiner roles. The meeting then adjourned.

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• In recent years, Texas companies under 250 employees have been sued for exemplary damages following data
• Provisions of this bill scale with employee sizes.
• Entities with under 20 employees need only foundational measures like password policies and training.
• Election officials, employees, and volunteers have faced increasing threats and harassment, which not
• Senate Bill 1540 addresses this issue by extending confidentiality protections to election employees,

Committee: House Delivery of Government Efficiency

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• </c><00:02:58.360><c> like</c> a person would only be an employee like a person would only be an employee
• </c> do an analysis adding the 350 employees do an analysis adding the 350 employees to<00:38:16.000>
• </c> retention of employees? retention of employees? Yes. Yes. Yes.
• I think the people, the dispatcher, is defined as government employees that do a certain employees that
• </c> employees very carefully. employees very carefully.

Committee: Joint Labor, Health & Social Services

Keywords: 916, all

Transcript Highlights:

• It's a tried and true model. employees, some delivery people not employees, some delivery people not
• So, uh, those are employees as well.
• So, uh, those are employees as well.
• So, uh, those are employees as well.
• </c> independent contractors to employees. independent contractors to employees.

Keywords: 981, all

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• So, 80% of these employees are municipal employees, but there's $55 million in general funds in this
• </c><00:38:51.960><c> employees,</c> employees are are municipal employees, employees are are municipal
• </c> for newly newly hired state employees. for newly newly hired state employees.
• ,</c> have is that this this set of employees, have is that this this set of employees, regular<00:46
• ><c> 150</c><01:17:18.560><c> employees</c> layoff of 150 employees layoff of 150 employees um<01:17:

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The meeting was a House budget briefing focused on the overall state budget and the first of three divisions. The presenter reviewed the size and structure of the budget, noting that the state had eliminated the interest and dividends tax and still balanced the budget. He explained the major spending categories in the general fund and total budget, emphasizing that health and human services and education remain the largest areas, while transportation is largely self-funded. He also walked through the revenue picture, including business taxes, insurance taxes, court fees, communications taxes, and Medicaid recoveries, and said the remaining interest and dividends tax revenue reflected late payments from prior assessments. Members asked about the size of the tax cut from eliminating the interest and dividends tax, federal funding stability, and why Medicaid was being reduced if federal support was expected to remain steady. The response was that the lost revenue would have been about $200 million absent repeal, and that the budget gap was addressed through many small cuts across departments. On federal funds, the presenter said most aid is tied to multi-year grants and that core programs such as Medicare and Medicaid were expected to remain relatively stable, though some federal reductions could occur. He also said some agency reductions came from eliminating long-vacant, funded positions and from expected lapses. The discussion then moved into Division One, which covers smaller and miscellaneous agencies. The division made cuts to the governor’s office, eliminated a temporary position at the Governor’s Commission on Disability, reduced Department of Information Technology spending through a back-of-budget cut, and found savings in Administrative Services. It also delayed maintenance at the Sununu Youth Services Center, stopped advertising for paid family medical leave, changed retiree health insurance funding, and consolidated several personnel-related boards into one. The division eliminated the Commission on Aging and the Office of the Child Advocate, made a temporary special education advocate position permanent, reduced the Secretary of State’s budget, kept municipal rooms-and-meals distributions flat, and made changes to the retirement system, including $55 million to improve Group 2 retirement benefits and a new retirement structure for future state hires. The judicial branch was also asked to find savings and received two additional judges because of expected caseload increases from other eliminations.

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• Second reading of the bills: An act establishing a sick leave bank for Robert Tiro, an employee of the
• Third reading of the bill: An act establishing a sick leave bank for Kendra Winner, an employee of the
• Third reading of the bill: An act establishing a sick leave bank for Carlos Borges, an employee of the
• Third reading of the bill: An act establishing a sick leave bank for Robert Tiro, an employee of the
• House for final passage: Senate No. 2580, an act to establish a sick leave bank for Robert Tiro, an employee

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The House opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and received a message from the Governor submitting fiscal year 2025 supplemental appropriation requests, which were referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. The House also adopted a resolution congratulating Sergeant Michael Campanelli on his retirement from the Franklin Police Department after suspending the rules. Members then took up several bills on second and third reading, including measures on surveillance pricing in grocery stores, real estate appraiser record retention, eliminating the residency requirement for fortune tellers, taxes due upon the death of active duty personnel and the elderly, and a local bill for Palmer liquor licenses. The House also considered and advanced local and personnel-related bills, including a sick leave bank for Robert Tiro, a charter amendment for Sandwich, a sick leave bank for Kendra Winner, additional wine and malt beverage licenses for Lexington, non-civil service public safety personnel in Wellesley, and a sick leave bank for Carlos Borges. The House passed to be enacted House No. 4004, validating the results of a special election in Harwich, and enacted Senate No. 2580 establishing a sick leave bank for Robert Tiro. For Senate No. 2580, the House first adopted the emergency preamble by a recorded division vote of 3 in favor and none opposed, then passed the bill to be enacted. The House then adopted an order to adjourn until Thursday at 11 a.m., and adjourned accordingly.

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• Madam Whip and members, Senate Bill 1415 prescribes specified qualifications for salaried employees of
• Madam Whip and members, Senate Bill 1435 makes public schools in Arizona, public libraries, employees
• It also prohibits an Arizona public library employee or independent contractor from referring or facilitating
• Madam what member sent a bill 1435 makes public schools in Arizona public libraries employees or their
• the court, in proceedings for court-ordered evaluation or court-ordered treatment, to authorize an employee

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The Republican caucus reviewed a long list of Senate bills and one House concurrent memorial, most of them described as third-read consent items. Topics included claims against the state, CPA licensing, creditor assignments, insurance adjuster licensing, school equivalency instruction, extending a credit enhancement board, firearm safety instruction in schools, student eligibility restrictions for school activities, Celebrate Freedom Week, release-time courses, voter registration roll access, campaign and disclosure mailing addresses, federal land designation tracking, public records review standards, workers’ compensation burial and death benefits, condominium flag displays, restrictions on sexually explicit material in schools and libraries, agency guidance posting, standardized state hiring, mental health court-ordered treatment procedures, autopsy supervision, tribal MOUs, controlled substance scheduling, emergency medical technician data privacy, dense breast tissue notice repeal, assisted living referral agency requirements, attorney disciplinary claims, fentanyl penalties, campus firearms rules, suppressors, defamation standards, mandatory reporting, attorney licensing, emergency service fee limits, forcible detainer changes, utility worker assault penalties, water basin reporting, small modular nuclear reactors, water recovery assumptions, ICE notification after arrests, military police certification pathways, and scholarship organization tax credits. Most bills were presented without debate and were noted as available for questions, with no votes taken in the caucus itself. A few items drew discussion. On SB 1040, members asked what information would be redacted from voter registration rolls; staff said existing statutory redactions such as voter registration numbers, ID numbers, Social Security numbers, and other personal identifying information would remain. SB 1193 prompted comments that EMT data being open source was surprising and that the issue might be expanded to paramedics. SB 1243 was described as strengthening guardian notification rights in court-ordered treatment, and SB 1318 was characterized as a cleanup measure to remove redundant state notice requirements for dense breast tissue. The most extended exchange came on SB 1148, which would require the Arizona Supreme Court to directly license attorneys rather than delegate that function to another organization; members asked whether the bill was shifting responsibility away from the State Bar, and staff explained that the court already has the duty but currently staffs part of the process out. SB 1418, which limits county regulation of certain small modular nuclear reactor projects, drew criticism from one member who argued it would reduce local control. The caucus also heard a sponsor presentation on H.C.M. 2009 urging Congress and the President to amend the Antiquities Act, compensate states for subsurface minerals, and streamline mining permits, with the sponsor emphasizing Arizona’s mining history and the need to access mineral resources more easily.

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• , and Champion introduced Senate Resolution 62, a Senate resolution recognizing Minnesota Senate employees
• </c><00:08:34.880><c> for</c><00:08:35.120><c> their</c> Minnesota Senate employees for their Minnesota
• Senate employees for their years<00:08:35.519><c> of</c><00:08:35.680><c> dedicated</c><00:08:36.159
• </c><00:09:25.760><c> for</c><00:09:26.000><c> their</c><00:09:26.160><c> dedicated</c> Senate employees
• for their dedicated Senate employees for their dedicated service. service. service.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Some are self-insured, others have different splits in premium costs between city and employee, their
• Thirty-eight schools joined to offer their employees a state plan.
• The insurance company shut that down and said that was not permitted because he was no longer an employee
• Because he was no longer an employee. So that appears to be an isolated incident to me.
• Thank you. because he was no longer an employee. So that appears to be an isolated incident to me.

Committee: House State Affairs

Summary: The committee first approved minutes from prior meetings and agreed to reorder the agenda. It then heard House Bill 673, which would require legislative candidates to have lived in their district for at least 120 days before filing, clarifying residency intent for House and Senate races. The sponsor said the bill is narrowly aimed at legislative offices and could be revisited later if redistricting creates timing issues. The committee moved HB 673 to the floor with a due pass recommendation. Members also introduced several RS measures. RS 33171 would let Idaho cities apply to join the state insurance pool, with the sponsor saying cities would pay all costs and could decide whether the arrangement saves money. RS 33289 was described as an election cleanup bill to fix missed references for soil and water conservation districts, mail-in-ballot-only precincts, and canvassing timelines; members asked questions about district elections and ballot logistics. RS 33343 would strengthen criminal penalties for sextortion, especially involving minors, by making threats to expose intimate images actionable even if the images are never shared; the sponsor emphasized the harm to children and the need for early intervention. All three RS measures were introduced. The committee then heard House Bill 549, which would amend hospital district dissolution petition rules by requiring signatures from electors only, rather than both electors and property owners. The sponsor and a remote testifier said the current property-owner requirement is difficult or nearly impossible to verify in areas with many nonresident property owners and is inconsistent with other initiative laws. After testimony, the committee sent HB 549 to the floor with a due pass recommendation. The meeting adjourned after completing its work.

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• By utilizing the machine reading technology, our employees can do more value-added services, and we can
• Increase the efficiency of how our agencies operate and allow our employees to do more value-added work
• Have we seen a transfer from being employees to more on a?
• This is not a shell game between employees and contractors.
• It's an accurate count of employees, and we do not engage in contractors.

Committee: House Appropriations and Budget

Keywords: 914, all

Transcript Highlights:

• This bill amends the law to extend benefits relating to employee-related accidents and injuries to 911
• The 3% employee contribution rate is not changed by this bill. I want to make sure that's clear.
• The 3% employee contribution rate is not changed by this bill.
• The 3% employee contribution rate is not changed by this bill. I want to make sure that's clear.
• The 3% employee contribution rate is not changed by this bill.

Bills: S0774 , S7028 , S7024 , S7026

Committee: Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability

Keywords: mental health, first responders, employment benefits, 911 telecommunicators, nervous injuries, retirement, elected officials, Deferred Retirement Option Program, DROP, cost-of-living adjustment, trade secret, public records exemption, public meetings exemption, open government, sunset review, agency confidentiality, proprietary business information, proprietary confidential business information, confidential records, Florida public records law

Summary: The Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability met and first heard Senate Bill 774, which would extend workers’ compensation medical benefits for employment-related mental or nervous injuries to 911 public safety telecommunicators, even without a physical injury. The sponsor and several dispatchers, a clinician, and communications directors testified in support, describing repeated exposure to traumatic calls, chronic understaffing, and the need for mental health treatment and retention support. Senator DiCeglie and Chair Mayfield praised dispatchers’ work, and the bill was reported favorably by committee vote, with Senator McClain later recorded as voting yes on the bill. The committee then took up SPB 7028, a retirement bill that sets Florida Retirement System employer contribution rates beginning July 1, 2026, leaves the 3% employee contribution unchanged, allows certain elected officers to receive a DROP payout under specified conditions, and provides a 1.5% alternative cost-of-living adjustment for eligible special risk retirees. Firefighters, police, sheriffs, and chiefs’ groups spoke in support, emphasizing recruitment and retention. The committee voted to submit the proposal as a committee bill and reported it favorably. Finally, the committee considered SPB 7024 and SPB 7026, both open-government-related bills. SPB 7024 would repeal the current public records and public meeting exemption for cybersecurity information and consolidate agency-specific cybersecurity exemptions into one agency-wide exemption. SPB 7026 would repeal the current public records exemption for trade secrets held by an agency and similarly consolidate specific trade secret exemptions into one agency-wide exemption. Neither bill drew testimony or debate, and both were submitted as committee bills and reported favorably. The meeting then adjourned.

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• security requirements and resources, and the reporting of child abuse or neglect by public school employees
• It's because they're full-time employees with a fiduciary duty to the district.
• So then they should work for multiple districts and not be a full-time employee, right?
• That's the problem, is when they're a full-time employee of a district, and they're marketing themselves
• The relating clause relating to the liability of public schools and professional school employees for

Committees: Senate Education , Senate Education K-16

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• labor protections for domestic workers separate from the Minimum Wage Act that apply to certain employees
• Separate from the Minimum Wage Act, it applies to certain employees and independent contractors doing
• This proposed substitute removes the provision that applied the bill to employers, employees, trades,
• Therefore, the proposed substitute applies to employers, employees, trades, and industries that are already
• It's only going to make happier businesses when your employees are healthier.

Summary: The committee held executive session on eight bills and heard staff briefings on each measure and any proposed substitutes or amendments. The bills covered domestic worker labor protections (HB 2355), a PTSD treatment pilot in workers’ compensation (HB 2405), electronic notices from L&I (HB 2406), private-sector collective bargaining (HB 2471), fire sprinkler contractor licensing and fitter certification (HB 2472), wage complaint enforcement discretion (HB 2478), a wage recovery program and account (HB 2479), and behavioral health and wellness training for apprentices (HB 2492). Several amendments were described as stakeholder-driven or clarifying, including changes to babysitting exemptions and disclosure language in HB 2355, opt-in language for the PTSD pilot in HB 2405, restoration of some current-law notice provisions in HB 2406, and technical or policy-aligning changes in the wage and apprenticeship bills. During final action, the committee adopted the proposed substitute for HB 2355 and reported it out with a due pass recommendation on a 6-3 vote, with opponents citing the fiscal note and affordability concerns. HB 2405 was amended to make participation in the PTSD pilot voluntary for workers and self-insurers, then passed unanimously out of committee. HB 2406 also passed unanimously after an amendment preserving certain current-law notice provisions. HB 2471, the collective bargaining bill, was reported out on a 6-3 vote after debate over whether the bill was premature given the current status of the NLRB. The committee then adopted a stakeholder amendment to HB 2472 and passed it unanimously, followed by unanimous passage of amended HB 2478, which gives L&I discretion in wage complaint enforcement and requires public prioritization of complaints. HB 2479, creating a wage recovery program and account, was also amended and passed unanimously, with members emphasizing bipartisan support and the goal of helping workers recover unpaid wages faster. Finally, HB 2492 was amended to allow certain behavioral health training to count toward continuing education for licensed electricians and plumbers, and it passed unanimously before the committee adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• It's helped us maintain employees, but if we do not receive reimbursement for that summer unemployment
• </c> health insurance to all of our employees health insurance to all of our employees and<00:24:35.960
• We want to pay our employees as well as we can and do it within the budget that we have.
• We have 18 employee groups ready to come back to the table.
• </c> that we are able to offer our employees that we are able to offer our employees but<01:39:11.560

Committee: Senate Education Finance

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> actuarial costs uh for these employees actuarial costs uh for these employees as<01:33:16.239><c
• We're not paying you as a Group Two employee.
• And if paid him as a group two employee.
• But paying you as a group two employee.
• </c> chartered public school, or any employee chartered public school, or any employee official<02:08

Keywords: 9:00am HB 155 9:30am HB 1102 10:30am HB 1109 11:00am HB 1356 11:30am HB 1469 1:00pm HB 1323 2:00pm HB 1376, 928, house, all

Summary: The meeting began with unanimous committee approval of amendment 2026-2021S to HB 2. Senator Lang explained the amendment corrected a drafting error so that $2.5 million in state funds, matched with federal money for a total of $5 million, could be spent during the biennium rather than lapse at the end of the fiscal year. The money is intended to stabilize Medicaid per diem rates for county nursing homes, and members agreed without objection to adopt the amendment and continue working from the bill as amended by the Senate. The committee then discussed HB 155 and a proposed amendment, 2026-201H, dealing with the business enterprise tax. The House side described the proposal as a compromise that would raise the filing threshold from $250,000 to $375,000 and create a trigger that would reduce the BET rate by 0.05% for each $100 million in combined business tax surplus, down to a floor of 0.25%. Senate members opposed lowering the rate at this time, arguing that tax relief should focus on the filing threshold, which they said would remove filing burdens for about 3,500 small businesses, and that rate cuts should be considered in a budget cycle rather than an off-year. Concerns were raised that one-time revenues, such as tax amnesty receipts or federal repatriation-related surpluses, could unintentionally trigger reductions. Representative Sweeney later offered a revised approach by moving the effective date of the trigger mechanism to January 1, 2028, and said he was also willing to carve out tax amnesty revenues or adjust the effective date to avoid using one-time funds. The Senate remained unwilling to agree to a rate reduction, though it expressed openness to raising the filing threshold further. The committee ultimately did not resolve the business tax issue and recessed to continue discussions at a later time. The final item discussed was HB 1102, concerning an increase in the research and development tax credit paired with changes to state park fees. House members supported the R&D credit increase but opposed tying it to higher park fees, citing concerns about tourism, especially at border parks, and noting that the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources had said it did not need the increase. Senate members defended the park fee changes as a fairness issue, arguing that New Hampshire residents should pay less than out-of-state visitors and that the department had not raised rates in many years. No vote was taken on this item during the discussion captured here.

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:15:40.160><c> The</c> supervisory employee, favorable. The supervisory employee, favorable.
• </c><01:25:55.760><c> retention</c> about is in skilled employee retention about is in skilled employee
• </c><01:36:45.560><c> and</c> burden of proof is on the employee and burden of proof is on the employee
• :38:42.320><c> labor</c> relations and state employee labor relations and state employee labor standards
• Relations Board to cover Public Employee Relations Board to cover private<01:40:46.800><c> employees

Keywords: House streaming session for Friday, March 20, 2026, 957, house, all

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• And I full-time employee in the city.
• Chair, as has been employees. Mr.
• 58:56.240><c> rate</c><00:58:56.480><c> for</c> 2015, the employee contribution rate for 2015, the employee
• When a governmental entity loses its status as such, its employees also lose their status as public employees
• </c> a big hospital who used to be employees a big hospital who used to be employees of<01:16:04.000>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• There's state employee parking. I can...
• There's state employee parking. I can...
• There's state employee parking. I can...
• There's state employee parking. I can...
• </c> manage building with state employees manage building with state employees here<01:05:48.960><c>

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on several water, land, and conservation measures. HB 86, which would fund a permanent DLNR Makai Watch coordinator position, drew strong support from DLNR and community advocates. Testifiers said the coordinator is needed to connect community-based nearshore monitoring groups with government, support training and reporting, and provide stable civil-service funding instead of relying on grants and philanthropy. The committee discussed the position’s duties and cost, estimated at about $110,000 with fringe benefits, and noted broad support from organizations including Kuaʻulu, The Nature Conservancy, OHA, and others. HB 36, relating to state water code penalties, was also supported in principle by DLNR, but the agency proposed amendments to create two tiers of violations, distinguish first-time/non-harmful violations from repeat or harmful ones, and give the commission discretion on whether each day counts as a continuing violation. DLNR said the bill is intended to address egregious cases such as Red Hill while avoiding undue impact on small farmers and others without malicious intent. Testifiers from the Board of Water Supply, Lono Initiative, and others supported stronger penalties and transparency, while Earthjustice raised concerns about broader structural issues and the risk of penalties being applied unfairly. The committee then heard HB 316, which appropriates funds to continue the Green Jobs Youth Corps program. DLNR, the Hawaiʻi State Energy Office, Kōkua, The Nature Conservancy, and other groups testified in support, describing the program as a workforce pipeline that places young professionals in communities, builds trust, and helps recruit future state employees. Supporters said the program has expanded capacity in watershed and reef management and has drawn extensive public backing. Finally, HB 506, funding equipment for the Oʻahu branch of DOCARE, received support from DLNR and others. DOCARE said recent recruit classes are moving through training, that the new positions will expand patrol capacity, including nighttime enforcement, and that the Oʻahu-specific funding is tied to priorities such as the Māʻili Bay herbivore rules. The committee also began hearing HB 510 on water shortage and emergency declarations. DLNR proposed limiting shortage declarations to 90 days unless extended, capping groundwater reductions at 20% for lower-priority permits, removing climate-crisis language as a standalone criterion, and moving the process into rulemaking for more public input. The Board of Water Supply supported the bill and the proposed changes, while Earthjustice urged deferral absent broader Water Commission reforms. No votes or final actions were taken in the portion provided; the chair indicated the committee would be decision-making after the hearing on items on the agenda.