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• 00:25:49.760><c> the</c><00:25:49.919><c> DOJ,</c> request the information from the DOJ, request the
• </c><00:33:10.480><c> when</c> her inquiries into a 91A request when her inquiries into a 91A request
• </c> voted in expedient to legislate. voted in expedient to legislate.
• Nothing in this legislation prevents lawful ownership, lawful carry in appropriate places, or self-defense

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• For the record, State Representative Hunter Abell, representing the 7th Legislative District, which is
• Fish and Wildlife must request funding in the 2027-29 capital budget for predesign funding to evaluate
• the alternate locations for suitability and then must request funding in the 2029-31 capital budget
• At the conclusion of the design work, Fish and Wildlife must submit a funding request in the 2029-31
• And all the pieces of legislation that protect the nation's resources, I'd like to ask that this bill

Summary: The Capital Budget Committee heard briefings and testimony on several bills. Substitute House Bill 2281 would require state agencies to avoid imposing an undue burden on Indian tribes’ traditional cultural practices at tribal traditional cultural places, and would create a Superior Court cause of action for tribes. The prime sponsor and tribal witnesses said the bill is needed to protect sacred sites and cultural resources, while an industry witness asked for narrower, more predictable language. Some testimony criticized the bill as too expansive and likely to increase litigation. The committee also heard testimony on House Bill 2514, which would create a Global War on Terror memorial work group to plan and recommend details for a memorial on the Capitol campus; the sponsor emphasized honoring Washington service members and said private fundraising would be central to the project. House Bill 2551 would let school districts with very low ending fund balances seek OSPI approval to sell district real property and use the proceeds to restore financial stability, rather than depositing the money into capital or debt service funds. The sponsor and Tacoma School District testified that the bill is a safeguard for districts nearing binding conditions, while members raised concerns about possible impacts on local land use and whether the bill could be misused in urban or rural areas. Substitute House Bill 2668 would require the Department of Fish and Wildlife to identify alternate locations for the Bob O’K Game Farm and request future capital funding to relocate and remediate the site because of nitrate contamination affecting the Centralia area aquifer. Local officials, public health staff, and tribal representatives supported relocation, citing public health risks and the potential cost of inaction, while the sponsor stressed that the bill is about moving, not closing, the game farm. In executive action, the committee took up House Bill 2470, as amended by a proposed substitute, which would increase state school construction assistance for schools on military bases by adding 15% to the calculated state match percentage. Members discussed the role of federal funding and the need for safe, equitable facilities for military-connected students. The committee approved the substitute bill and reported it out with a due pass recommendation by a vote of 15-1, with three excused.

Transcript Highlights:

• In appropriations, thank you, sir. I ask you to please present from the dais and appropriations.
• Would spend state-appropriated dollars on salaries and benefits for teachers.
• Does not require an appropriation. Yield for questions.
• If, in a future hypothetical date, this legislative body so deemed fit to appropriate money into this
• If you'll refer back to my initial statement on the piece of legislation, this title of piece of legislation

Summary: The committee met for a very long session and considered a large number of bills, with the chair noting the meeting would run late and providing pizza and a recess. Early measures included HB 1752, authorizing the AG’s office and district attorneys’ counsel to buy vehicles with available funds, and HB 2961, a tuition waiver for Gold Star recipients; both advanced with strong support, though HB 2961 drew a question about its estimated annual cost of roughly $312,000 to $520,000. Members also approved HB 2967, exempting certain family vehicle transfers from motor vehicle excise tax, and HB 2973, requiring school districts to use a specific accounting code to show how state-appropriated dollars are spent. Several education and transparency bills also moved forward, including HB 3031 on common course numbering, HB 3057 centralizing statutorily required reports with LOFT, and HB 3052 codifying child welfare procedures related to fentanyl exposure cases. The committee then took up a series of public safety, health, and infrastructure measures. HB 3242, which would create a framework for student prayer during non-instructional time, generated extensive debate over whether it was a mandate, whether it could create fiscal and supervision burdens, and whether it raised local control and constitutional concerns; it passed 17-10. Other bills approved included HB 3066 creating a revolving fund tied to rural behavioral health workforce dollars, HB 3086 requiring the DOC director to brief the board annually on budget and inmate deaths, HB 3175 creating an Oklahoma Advanced Nuclear Energy Office, HB 3177 letting the Oklahoma Corporation Commission set salaries for its court reporters, HB 3178 establishing standard depreciation tables for farm equipment, HB 3429 creating an alternative funding mechanism for career tech capital projects, HB 3548 encouraging youth-run small businesses, HB 3638 directing Oklahoma to participate in the federal Summer EBT program, and HB 3704 expressing intent to opt into a federal tax credit for scholarship-granting organizations. Later, the committee approved HB 1590 creating an education infrastructure linked deposit program for charter and nonprofit schools, HB 3759 requiring temporary school allocations to be set before June 30, HB 3831 recognizing and funding Oklahoma Task Force One after federal support declines, HB 3904 unbundling Medicaid maternal health payments, and HB 4092 creating a protected 988 mental health trust fund and related oversight. After a brief recess, the committee continued with HB 1979 creating a task force to study a centralized early childhood office, HB 1983 requiring a middle school course on online scams and digital safety, HB 1242 expanding agricultural sales tax exemptions to deer and elk, HB 1250 creating a law enforcement public safety technology revolving fund, HB 2952 changing motor vehicle excise tax treatment for trade-ins, HB 3404 setting up a prescribed burn association fund, HB 3671 allowing experienced teachers to carry career teacher status to a new district with approval, HB 3920 extending a tax exemption to organ transplant nonprofits, HB 4118 creating a nonrefundable caregiver tax credit, HB 3944 cleaning up the State Finance Act, HB 3969 renaming a correctional facility after a former sheriff, HB 3973 creating a revolving fund tied to reopening Swojack, HB 3975 and HB 3976 creating mechanisms for oversight and potential funding of rural health initiatives, HB 3978 updating the Oklahoma World Jobs Act, HB 3983 serving as a placeholder for tobacco tax negotiations, and HB 3984 creating a mechanism to recruit productive new residents. Most bills passed on strong votes, while HB 1983 failed in committee 13-14 and was not reported out.

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• With that, I yield for questions and move advancement at the appropriate time.
• I believe that our appropriations team has worked very hard.
• Senate Bill 1525 is a request bill from the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department.
• Again, this was a request bill from the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department.
• week is a member, and they are observing the process as this piece of legislation goes through.

Bills: SB1636 , SB1584 , SB1730 , SB1255 , SB1627 , SB137 , SB2062 , SB1470 , SB1284 , SB1632 , SB1594 , SB2045 , SB1251 , SB1884 , SB1250 , SB1630 , SB1262 , SB1374 , SB1292 , SB1432 , SB1199 , SB1790 , SB1481 , SB1614 , SB1734 , SB1437 , SB1489 , SB1718 , SB1778 , SB1327 , SB1372 , SB1403 , SB1937 , SB277 , SB2131 , SB1749 , SB1348 , SB1469 , SB2018 , SB1931 , SB1530 , SB2155 , SB2030 , SB1926 , SB2170 , SB2151 , SB2166 , SB1213 , SB1381 , SB1824 , SB1876 , SB1728 , SB1582 , SB1286 , SB1386 , SB1708 , SB1618 , SB2106 , SB1471 , SB2139 , SB2154 , SB1619 , SCR15 , HB2786 , HB2787 , SB1525 , SB2011 , SB2159

Keywords: cold case, unsolved homicide, violent crime, case file review, law enforcement, police records, victim family, immediate family member, designated person, forensic testing, witness reinterview, investigative leads, cold case unit, unsolved murder, public safety, Title 21, Oklahoma statutes, sexual assault, evidence kits, DNA testing

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• request forms or any other type of of request forms or any other type of of information<03:39:56.399>
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Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The House Education Policy and Administration Committee heard testimony on House Bill 71, which would bar public elementary and secondary schools and higher education facilities from being used as shelters for certain non-citizens, with a stated exception for short-term emergency sheltering of up to 72 hours and for community-wide emergency use. Prime sponsor Rep. Juliet Harvey-Bolia said the bill was modeled on federal and out-of-state proposals and was prompted by examples in New York and Massachusetts where schools or other facilities were used as shelters, causing disruption. She argued the bill does not truly “ban” anything, but instead places a condition on receipt of state funds, and said the fiscal note’s projected loss of federal funding was unsupported and should have been described as undeterminable. Committee members questioned the bill’s scope and practical effects, including whether it would apply to vacant school-owned buildings, schools used during summer, charter schools, and situations where other states send people without advance notice. Harvey-Bolia said vacant buildings not functioning as schools would not be covered, and that the bill would still allow short-term emergency sheltering and community-wide use during weather events. She also said the bill would not prevent remote learning, and that its purpose was to avoid displacing students. Several members pressed her on the fiscal note and whether any federal or state program would actually be at risk; she said she found no evidence that funding would be lost and that DHHS had not identified a real threat. A witness from the New Hampshire Association of School Administrators, Jerry FW, raised practical concerns about who would determine eligibility at a shelter site, how the 72-hour limit would be enforced, and whether the bill would apply to charter schools. He also noted that remote learning is no longer an option in New Hampshire, making one of the bill’s stated concerns less relevant. The discussion also included clarification of the terms “refugee” and “asylum seeker,” with members and the sponsor debating the distinction and whether refugees are vetted. No vote or final committee action was taken in the portion of the meeting provided.

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• </c> And so would it be appropriate And so would it be appropriate Senator<01:00:31.760><c> Hoffman,<
• Uh, Senator Abeler, we can request that someone from DHS come down, but if they don't have the appropriate
• </c> if if they don't have the appropriate if if they don't have the appropriate person<01:02:08.400>
• > the</c><01:02:12.040><c> Commissioner</c> Maybe we could request the Commissioner Maybe we could request

Committee: Senate Human Services

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The funds are out of the special appropriations.
• or planned appropriation from the federal government?
• That you guys appropriated for us last year, and we can talk about that later, too.
• We have gotten requests.
• So keeping us informed, keeping legislators informed is so important.

Committee: House Economic & Rural Development & Policy Committee

Transcript Highlights:

• requested to keep their testimony to three minutes or less.
• I urge you, members, to support this transformative legislation.
• an additional appropriation to supplement the resources available.
• This legislation is not merely a document. It is a promise.
• This legislation is not merely a document. It is a promise.

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Higher Education

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Higher Education held its second public hearing of the 194th General Court on capital investments in higher education, focusing primarily on H.54, the Bright Act, along with H.1426/S.949 on green and healthy public colleges and universities and deferred maintenance, and H.1424 on capital investment in Gateway Cities. Chairs and administration officials framed the hearing as a response to aging campus infrastructure, climate goals, workforce needs, and federal pressures on higher education, and explained that testimony would be taken from pre-registered speakers in person and virtually. University of Massachusetts leaders strongly supported the Bright Act, describing large deferred maintenance backlogs, aging buildings, and the need to decarbonize campuses while modernizing research and teaching facilities. UMass officials said the bill would help keep tuition and fees lower by reducing the need for campuses to finance capital work themselves, and argued that the investments would improve competitiveness, support research, and create construction jobs. Governor Healey, Lieutenant Governor Driscoll, Secretary of Education Tuttweiler, and Secretary of Administration and Finance Gorzkowicz also backed the bill, saying it would leverage Fair Share surtax revenues for a proposed $2.5 billion in campus investments plus additional targeted grants, and that it would support affordability, economic growth, and climate resilience. Committee members asked about the balance between deferred maintenance and decarbonization, the role of grant programs versus direct spending, the impact on tuition and fees, and how the plan would help campuses respond to federal cuts such as NIH and NSF funding. Administration officials said the proposal was designed to be phased in quickly, with some projects ready to start immediately and others taking longer, and that the grant programs would be structured to include all campuses equitably. They also said the plan would build on an existing financing model similar to the Commonwealth Transportation Fund and could help campuses avoid future tuition increases tied to capital costs. Additional testimony came from MassBay Community College, where President David Podell and recent nursing graduate Deanna Cavazos described the benefits of a new Framingham campus building and said community colleges need modern labs, better planning capacity, and deferred maintenance support to serve the enrollment growth from MassReconnect and MassEducate. State university leaders, including President Mary Grant, President Linda Thompson, and President John Keenan, said their campuses face outdated classrooms, insufficient electrical capacity, and aging facilities, and urged passage of the Bright Act as a long-overdue investment in student success and workforce preparation.

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• </c> deciding this piece of legislation. deciding this piece of legislation.
• </c> recommending expedient to legislate. recommending expedient to legislate.
• </c> inexperienced legislator. inexperienced legislator.
• </c> inexpeding to legislate. inexpeding to legislate.
• . legislate. legislate.

Committee: House Criminal Justice and Public Safety

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• offices to provide members and staff with advice on legislation and public policy issues.
• Our appropriations chair. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
• Committee or the Senate Appropriations Committee to provide appropriation authority for legal settlements
• One of his dearest friends was former legislator and Secretary of State Bruce McPherson.
• I'll request that the adjournment in memory be deemed read and printed in the journal.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Chairman, the department requests approval of this pending rule.
• And with that, the department requests approval of this pending rule.
• And with that, the department requests approval of this pending rule.
• And so I am happy to tell you that with regard to the funding that we have had appropriated, we will
• We have some line-item requests in the budget, and all of our budget line-item requests are dedicated

Committee: Senate Resources and Environment

Keywords: 989, all

Transcript Highlights:

• A RECENT STUDY BY VIRGINIA'S JOINT LEGISLATION AUDIT AND REVIEW COMMISSION IN VIRGINIA THE LARGEST DATA
• CENTER MARKET NATIONALLY AND GLOBALLY RATES APPROPRIATELY ALLOCATE COSTS TO THE CUSTOMERS RESPONSIBLE
• FACTS FOR THE REQUEST OF CUSTOMERS.
• FIBER INFRASTRUCTURE, ACCESS TO WATER WHERE APPROPRIATE, AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND ALSO END USER
• WE SEE REQUESTS FOR GIGAWATTS AS 200, 500 BIG CUSTOMERS.

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• Speaker, I rise in support of this rule and in support of the underlying legislation.
• SUPPORT OF THE UNDERLYING LEGISLATION.
• The yeas and nays are requested. Those favoring a vote by the yeas and nays will rise.
• been requested.
• &gt;&gt; WE REQUEST A RECORDED VOTE. &gt;&gt; SIMILAR A RECORDED VOTE HAS BEEN REQUESTED.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, February 10, 2026, 1012, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

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• </c> responders from the appropriate responders from the appropriate departments<00:02:50.400><c> come
• She felt that it was more appropriate, She felt that it was more appropriate, better<00:19:30.799><c>
• </c> what curriculum was appropriate. Right? what curriculum was appropriate. Right?
• So, go ask your legislator, for the DOE. So, go ask your legislator, right?

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• President, I would request a roll call. Roll call requested. Roll call granted.
• Roll call requested. Roll call green. Roll call requested.
• President, I request a roll call. Mr. President, I request a roll call.
• Rushing legislation never legislation. Rushing legislation never functions<02:33:15.680><c> well.
• And I request a roll call. A roll call requested. A roll call granted.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Now, you may not like it, and I might not like it, but I do think that that is an appropriate thing for
• Chair, I also would like to request unanimous consent to strike title at this time.
• Members, you've heard the unanimous consent request to strike title.
• This was just something that was missed in last year's legislation as it got through that we're coming
• All parties involved from last year's legislation are great with this update.

Bills: SB2106 , SB1471 , SB2139 , SB2154 , SB1619

Committee: Senate Local and County Government

Keywords: zoning, municipal compensation, property rights, financial impact, reversion ordinance, solid waste management, municipal authority, regulatory fees, waste reduction, environmental impact, restrictive covenants, discriminatory covenants, racially restrictive covenants, housing discrimination, Fair Housing Act, plats, subdivision plats, residential additions, county clerk, municipal ordinance

Summary: The Senate Local and County Government Committee heard and advanced several bills dealing with municipal authority, land use, waste management, and transparency. Senate Bill 2106, by Senator Brooks, would require municipalities that use a reversion ordinance to change zoning back to a prior designation to compensate landowners for any loss in property value; it passed 8-0. Senate Bill 1471, by Senator Boren, as amended, would allow cities and towns to impose narrowly tailored fees related to solid waste and packaging impacts, with revenue limited to waste collection, recycling, cleanup, education, and related contamination-reduction efforts; members discussed microplastics, bag fees, and concerns about scope and oversight, and the bill passed 6-2. Senator Nysha and the chair spoke in support of the measure as a conservation and landfill-reduction tool. Senate Bill 2139, by Senator Hicks, was presented as a cleanup bill directing county clerks to remove discriminatory language from recorded plats, including digital records, after an ordinance amending a plat is adopted and recorded. The committee adopted a committee substitute, struck title, and advanced the bill 8-0. Senate Bill 2154, by Senator Reinhardt, would require lien holders to be notified before foreclosure proceedings begin when a municipal lien is filed; Senator Nice asked whether the notice period could be defined as 10 business days, and the author agreed to discuss that with stakeholders. That bill also passed 8-0. Finally, Senate Bill 1619, by Senator Hamilton, was broadened from an original focus on data centers to a general transparency measure for municipal and county governments. It would prohibit officials from using nondisclosure agreements to conceal how public tax dollars are spent, while still protecting proprietary business information. Members discussed constituent concerns about secretive economic development deals, and the bill passed 8-0. The committee then concluded its business and adjourned.

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• day. legislative day.
• I don't know if this is a privilege request or an announcement. Probably in order either way.
• Is there further business appropriate in the 15th order? Mr. President. Senator Den Hartog. Mr.
• I don't know if this is a privilege, requesting a privilege or an announcement.
• Is there further further things appropriate in the 15th order? Mr. President. Senator Denhardtog.

Summary: The Senate convened, established a quorum, and proceeded through routine orders of business. The journal for the previous day was approved as corrected, and the chamber briefly noted that no substantive work would occur in the 10th or 13th orders. In petitions and memorials, Senate Joint Resolution 103 was introduced, proposing a constitutional amendment related to state trust lands and directing the required publication and ballot statement procedures. Committee reports were received on several measures. The Judiciary and Rules Committee reported Senate Bills 1252 through 1257 as correctly printed, with referrals made to Finance, Health and Welfare, and Judiciary and Rules. The Resources and Environment Committee reported Senate Concurrent Resolution 115 with a do-pass recommendation, and the Judiciary and Rules Committee reported Senate Bill 1239 with a do-pass recommendation. The committee also recommended confirmation of Michael Kennedy to the Idaho Judicial Council. The Education Committee reported Senate Bill 1234 as correctly printed and sent it to second reading. In messages from the House, the Senate received House Bills 515, 511, 518, and 504, along with House Joint Memorials 9 and 10, and referred them to the appropriate committees. During first reading, Senate Bills 1258, 1259, and 1260 were introduced, addressing liquor licensing for distilleries, juvenile corrections arrest authority, and immigration enforcement provisions. In miscellaneous business, Senator Harris announced a majority caucus after adjournment, Senator Wintrow welcomed American Heart Association students and thanked senators who attended a lengthy Medicaid forum, and the Senate adjourned until 11 a.m. the next day.

Transcript Highlights:

• This legislation also receive both.
• <00:58:33.520><c> appropriated</c><00:58:34.079><c> but</c><00:58:34.319><c> not</c> appropriate appropriated
• but not appropriate appropriated but not committed<00:58:34.880><c> funding</c><00:58:35.280><c> given
• The legislation nation's veterans.
• The package has legislative package.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, July 16, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• ><c> um</c> practices request um practices request um it<00:20:44.720><c> is</c><00:20:44.960><c> not
• </c><00:21:11.120><c> requiring</c> are passing state legislation requiring are passing state legislation
• </c><00:25:24.720><c> a</c> that background when you had requested a that background when you had requested
• </c><00:30:14.640><c> rather</c> TEGA board I can see legislation rather TEGA board I can see legislation

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• This hearing is the 12th official convening of the Joint Committee on the Judiciary for the 194th legislative
• be prosecuted, and go to the district court if that would be appropriate.
• It just gives us an ability to assess and treat defendants appropriately as well. Any questions?
• The legislation also provided CPCS with funds to significantly expand our staff.
• We are hiring and training new staff attorneys as mandated by the legislation.

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on the Judiciary

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on the Judiciary held a hearing on bills in the Civil Actions 2 and Court Administration areas, with testimony spanning judicial security, judicial compensation, civil process fees, bar advocate compensation, interstate discovery, defamation protections for sexual assault survivors, and related criminal procedure changes. Chairs Edwards and Day opened with housekeeping rules on testimony limits and written submissions, then called witnesses on each bill in turn. On H. 1766, judicial officers and the Massachusetts Bar Association strongly supported a judicial security bill that would protect judges’ personal information, citing threats, online harassment, swatting, and violence against judges and their families. On H. 1819, judges and the Massachusetts Judges Conference asked for higher compensation, saying Massachusetts judges rank low nationally after cost-of-living adjustment and that pay affects recruitment and retention. The committee also heard support for H. 1582/S. 1183 to raise civil process service fees, with sheriffs saying the fees have been unchanged since 2003 and are needed to cover rising costs, safety equipment, and operations funded by those fees. The committee heard from prosecutors on H. 1604 and H. 1846, which would give district courts concurrent jurisdiction over certain school-threat and leaving-the-scene offenses, allowing prosecutors to handle less serious or panic-driven cases more efficiently while preserving mandatory penalties. CPCS and bar advocates supported H. 1876 on bar advocate compensation, describing a continuing shortage and crisis in indigent defense despite recent pay increases and staffing investments. The Boston Bar Association supported H. 1857, a Massachusetts version of the Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act, saying it would simplify out-of-state discovery and reduce cost and delay. A large portion of the hearing focused on H. 1974/S. 1143, which would protect survivors of sexual assault and harassment from retaliatory defamation suits unless the plaintiff proves actual malice, and would allow fee shifting and damages against abusive suits. Survivors, advocates, and attorneys described threats, legal costs, and chilling effects that silence reporting, while supporters said the bill would protect truthful speech and improve access to counsel. The committee also heard insurance-industry testimony on S. 1101, which would change personal injury protection payment rules to require insurers to tender disputed amounts within 30 days to avoid attorney’s fees; insurers said the bill would curb a growing volume of provider lawsuits and reduce abuse of the no-fault system. No votes were taken during the hearing, and the chair closed after all scheduled testimony was complete.