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• So let's take up Amendment bar code 3, 7, 3, 4, 6, 0, by Senator Martin's are you are recognized to explain
• Code 3, 7, 0, 3, 0, 4, by Senator Collins.
• Let's take up amendment to the Amendment bar code number 3, 0, 3, 2, 4, 6, by Senator Deciglie. >> Madam
• Code 2 isn't 9, 3, 5, 2, by Senator Avila.

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• They recommend amending section 2, title 24, appendix, chapter 3, section 2, which proposed to authorize
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• Um, to what you sent over in terms of format of section 45, in, in the back of the bill.
• It just moved from one section of the bill to another.
• So if you look in section 5, you'll see 3 million for the capacity.
• Uh, RDA hasn't shown up for 3 years on her hearings. 3 years ago, we added contract labor for her, uh
• Oh, it was in, it's under DOH and Charles is looking up that section.

Committee: House House Appropriations & Finance

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• The recommendation is to pass an amendment to the appropriation in section two, remove section three,
• exchanged as part of a transaction in violation of section shall revert to the respective parties.
• Remove the Advisory Board on page 14, Section 3, and revert the language on page 17, Section 4, to read
• Remove the Advisory Board on page 14, Section 3, and revert the language on page 17, Section 4, to read
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Summary: The Ways and Means committee met in several decision-making agendas and took action on a number of Senate bills. Early in the meeting, members adopted a measure with amendments that removed a section due to legal issues identified by the Attorney General and set an effective date of July 1, 2050. The committee then passed SB 14, SB 1434, SB 1443, and SB 152 unamended, and SB 1612 with amendments clarifying that certain requirements apply to buildings constructed after December 31, 2025, and defining joint custody between the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the Department of Health for inmate mental health services and medications. In a joint Judiciary and Ways and Means agenda, the committee considered SB 242 on foreign ownership of agricultural land. Members agreed to amendments adding non-impairment-of-contract language and revising enforcement and penalty provisions so consideration exchanged in a violating transaction would revert to the respective parties. The bill was adopted with reservations noted by several members. The committee also took up SB 534 on the Hawaii Community Development Authority and residential development on certain Makakilo Makai parcels, but because there was no consensus, the measure was deferred indefinitely. Later Ways and Means agendas approved several additional bills, mostly unamended, including SB 878, SB 1146, SB 614, SB 891, SB 964, SB 1559, and SB 503. SB 1379 was passed with amendments adding a blank appropriation for acquisition of land for Community Readiness centers and an emergency operations center, with the funds to lapse on June 30, 2027. SB 1571 was amended to remove an advisory board and restore earlier authority language, and SB 1632 was amended to rank the appropriation and set the date to 2050. Across these votes, measures were generally adopted with some members recording reservations or being excused.

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• Section 120.52.
• Rulemaking authority may be granted for specific sections or even subsections of statutes.
• For example, Section 288.095, paragraph 3, provides that the Department of Commerce may adopt rules necessary
• rules for continued compliance with the factors outlined in Section 120.545.
• Section 120.545 sets out the procedures in the event of a JAPSI objection to a rule.

Summary: The Joint Administrative Procedures Committee met for its first meeting of the year, with roll call and member introductions followed by an orientation on the committee’s role in reviewing agency rulemaking. Staff explained that JAPAC/JAPSI oversees whether agency rules stay within statutory authority, reviews proposed and existing rules under Chapter 120, and can recommend objections when rules enlarge, modify, or contravene enabling statutes. The committee also adopted its biennial rules of procedure by motion and roll-call vote. The main substantive item was staff’s recommended objections to 32 existing Agency for Health Care Administration rules. Staff said the common issue was a sunset provision added to rules, which they argued is not authorized by Chapter 120 because rules may be amended or repealed only through formal rulemaking, not allowed to expire automatically. Staff noted the sunset language could create confusion and affect interrelated rules, and recommended formal objections. The chair reported that he and the vice chair had met with the agency, which agreed to work on compliance and amend the language. No public testimony was offered. After brief committee discussion, including questions about timing, the chair said the agency would return with a compliance proposal at the next scheduled meeting, likely in February. The committee deferred further action on the 32 recommended objections until that meeting, and the meeting adjourned.

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• We have 3 issues before us under tab.
• But we have 3 bills. We have public input.
• going to move on 3.
• You have 3 questions. You're recognize.
• Because looks like Section one is just illegal entry. Section 2 is with another crime on top of it.

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• Items A through F will be discussed in further detail in Section 3.
• Items G through J are not addressed in Section 3, but include changes in Section 3.
• Item 1 of Section 3 explains the basic funding structure and mechanisms by which the HRIs are funded.
• Turn to section 3 on page 3. Item outlines the data collection process.
• Section 3, Selective Fiscal and Policy Issues in Federal Funds and Tobacco Funds.

Committee: House Appropriations - S/C on Article III

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• sections.
• I'm now on page 10, and you will see section 313, 314, 315, 316.
• You'll see there are 15 FTE requests authorized in this section.
• You'll see there are 15 FTE requests authorized in this section.
• You'll see there are 15 FTE requests authorized in this section.

Summary: The committee met with a quorum and first addressed an unintended consequence in the Joint Conference Committee report involving dual and concurrent enrollment funding. Staff explained that a dollar-for-dollar reduction tied to Senate File 81 would have fully funded public school dual/concurrent enrollment while leaving no funds for non-public school students. Senator Salazar moved to strike that provision, the motion was seconded, and it carried. Budget and Fiscal Administrator Don Richards then walked through the conference committee report and the major adopted amendments. He reviewed Senate and House amendments affecting items such as sign language interpreters, rural veterinary education, predator management authorization, petroglyphs and pictographs, senior services, community college funding, school district entitlement payments, the School Foundation Program reserve transfer, a tourism-related rodeo museum change, archaeological work on human remains, a jet airplane reduction, abortion-related language, livestock ear tags, provider rates for developmental disabilities, student-athlete endorsement restrictions, a forensic audit for the Wyoming Business Council, and the Yellowstone tree inscription. He also described several deleted sections and policy changes, including removal of spending-policy provisions, flex authority language, and other budget sections. Richards further summarized new or revised appropriations and conditions, including funding for local cybersecurity, stormwater fees, the Wyoming Natural Resource Trust Fund, lab services, IT modernization, Wyoming Public Television, matching funds, cloud services, and restored governor FTE requests. He noted a compromise on the outdoor trails matching program, a conditional $10 million University of Wyoming operational review appropriation tied to future cost savings, and a stablecoin appropriation. He also explained that the report retained the base-bill reversion language, discussed the remaining general fund balance and statutory reserve, and said the committee would circulate the amendment and signatures for floor action later that day. The meeting then adjourned without further action.

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• This bill relocates a large portion of municipal enforcement of the building and fire code from one section
• </c><00:15:45.880><c> created</c><00:15:46.400><c> statute</c> sections of the newly created statute
• So section 29 on it had grant a permit or this one gets rid of that permit one. on grant a.
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Summary: The Conference Committee on House Bill 244 met to resolve remaining drafting issues in the bill updating and recodifying municipal enforcement of building and fire codes. The chair explained that the measure is largely a technical recodification, moving statutory references and correcting broken cross-references after review by the subcommittee, the Senate, AI-assisted checking, and the Building Code Review Board. Members emphasized that Amendment 2026-1923H contains no policy changes, only reference updates and language cleanup to ensure the bill points to the correct current RSA sections. The committee then discussed a few specific drafting questions, including a reference on page one and language on page two concerning the phrase “remove the prohibition on a building permit.” Some members questioned whether that wording should instead describe a variance or exception, but the chair and Representative Darji explained that the language is intended to allow an applicant to return to the zoning board to remove a prohibition attached to a specific building permit, not to broadly eliminate the underlying rule. The committee also noted a corrected reference to current statutory language because the underlying law had changed since the bill was introduced. After the explanation, the House receded from its position of non-concurrence and concurred with the Senate amendment as further amended by 2026-1923H. Members agreed to place the measure on the House consent calendar, and the committee adjourned.

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• Sections 1 and 2 create that new crime, that new misdemeanor, but our concern is with Section 3 of the
• What Section 3 does is it allows the officer to make that arrest even when they didn't witness it, in
• Section 3, unfortunately, would allow that officer to bypass the judge and just make that arrest based
• And so that's our concern with Section 3, adding this to the exceptions and allowing that officer to
• So those are our only concerns with allowing Section 3 to get passed. Thank you.

Summary: The Fiscal Policy Committee met and first adopted a late-filed amendment to SB 774, which expands enhanced workers’ compensation coverage to 911 public safety telecommunicators for mental or nervous injuries. The bill drew supportive testimony from a Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office dispatcher and others, and was reported favorably. The committee also reported favorably SB 770 on forensic services for certain defendants, which would allow the Agency for Persons with Disabilities to consolidate secure forensic services for individuals with intellectual disabilities or autism whose charges were dismissed after incompetency findings. Members then considered several public safety, family, and workforce bills. CS/SB 86, which declares unauthorized aliens operating commercial vehicles an imminent safety hazard and imposes vehicle impoundment and a $50,000 penalty on motor carriers, was reported favorably after questions about impound procedures and cargo handling; one speaker opposed it. SB 1594, protecting veterans’ benefits for foster youth so the funds are reserved for postsecondary education, training, and after-care services, was reported favorably with supportive testimony from a former DCF attorney. CS/SB 760, creating a new offense for willful violations of no-contact pretrial release conditions in violent crime cases, was reported favorably despite criminal defense attorneys’ concerns about a provision allowing warrantless arrests without officer observation. The committee also approved a complete rewrite of the nonprofit corporations chapter in SB 554, a sickle cell continuing education bill (SB 844) after extensive emotional testimony from patients, advocates, and family members, and SB 1022 adding two children’s initiative programs in Bay County and Broward County. CS/SB 1246 broadened the Linking Industry to Nursing Education Fund to include health science education programs and related workforce needs and was reported favorably. Finally, the committee approved CS/CS/SB 1230 restricting use and sale of certain firefighting foam containing intentionally added PFAS, and CS/CS/SB 128 directing DEP to mark Red Harris Spoil Island; both passed with favorable votes. Several senators later asked to be recorded as voting in the affirmative on specific tabs, and the meeting adjourned without further business.

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• Section 4, 23-2505, Section 2, original Section 68-1202, Revised Statutes Cumulative 2012, is repealed
• Section 3, original Section 75-7.1, Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska, is repealed.
• Section 5 amends section 37-441.
• It also refers to a $3 million per year award under the section beginning in fiscal year 2027-28, and
• says section 8, section 81-12,162, and section 21-12-160 are repealed.

Bills: LB737 , LB753 , LB788 , LB913 , LB1055 , LB1195 , LB1216 , LB1256 , LB429 , LB721 , LB722 , LB727 , LB743 , LB745 , LB749 , LB778 , LB787 , LB365A , LB823 , LB900 , LB903 , LB940 , LB954 , LB1127 , LB1127A , LB1205 , LB1240 , LR293 , LR296 , LR422 , LR505 , LR507

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• On line 25 on page 2, we're deleting the old sections 2 and 3.
• And if you flip over to page 3, we're adding a new section 2, starting on line 16.
• And this section 2 incorporates the old sections 2 and 3 in the previous bill we looked at.
• On line 13 on page 5, new section 5, this is a license transfer.
• Page six, section six, that's the same as the old section seven.

Committee: House Industry, Business and Labor

Summary: The committee reconvened to hear a revised version of Senate Bill 2385, with Representative Casper walking through changes made in consultation with the bill sponsor and agency counsel. He explained that the amendments restored language on change of ownership and license transfer for mobile home parks, recreational vehicle parks, and campgrounds; removed a proposed $5,000 civil penalty and returned the violation penalty to an infraction; extended the correction period before disciplinary action to 30 days with possible additional time for good-faith compliance; and removed the tenant right of first refusal, leaving park sales to willing buyers and sellers. Casper said the changes simplified the bill and addressed concerns raised earlier in committee. Members asked about how licenses would work after a sale, and Casper said a transferred license would continue for the current year, but the new owner would need to reapply annually. He also said all participating parties and the Attorney General’s counsel were amenable to the amendments. The committee adopted the Casper amendments by voice vote and then moved to a do pass as amended recommendation. The first roll call on the amended bill was confusing because several members were absent, and the committee briefly discussed whether to wait for Representative Ruby and whether votes should be repeated. Members explained their earlier no votes, with Representative Koppelman saying he had intended to vote against the amendment rather than the bill, and Representative Schauer citing concerns about provisions affecting park owners and evictions. After waiting briefly, the committee retook the vote and approved SB 2385 as amended on a 7-3-4 roll call. Representative Casper was asked to carry the bill.

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• All right, let's move on to the next bill, please: House Bill 2916, enacting Section 28-3-413, relating
• Majority Leader, Calendar 3. Mr.
• House Bill 2594, amending Section 25-3-60, amending Title 11, Section 25-15-02, and Section 4-1-1-16,
• Amending Title 41, Chapter 21, Article 1, Section 41-105, relating to state...
• Winning Section 2834.13. I was advised that you.

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• Our first section will be items 3 through 10: election requests to be presented to the voters at the
• Next section are items 11 and 12.
• Our next section are items 13 through 19.
• Tammany Parish Fire Protection District Number 3 for not exceeding $3 million in limited tax bonds.
• Next section, items 22 and 23.

Summary: The State Bond Commission met on May 21 with a quorum present and approved the April 16 minutes. The commission then reviewed and approved a large slate of local government and public authority financing requests, including election propositions for the November ballot, water and sewer infrastructure projects, fire protection and recreation district bonds, school board financing, and several refunding transactions. Most items were found to meet technical requirements and were approved on motions by Speaker DeVillier and seconded by Senator Talbot. Among the more notable items were the East Baton Rouge City-Parish refunding bonds for the Greater Baton Rouge Airport District, the City of Kenner’s retroactive approval request tied to a convention center agreement with GMB Basketball LLC, a Louisiana Housing Corporation financing increase for the Federal City Building 10 affordable housing project, and preliminary approval for the Northwest Louisiana Finance Authority’s Petro Tower redevelopment in Shreveport. The commission also approved financing for Southern University’s Scott’s Bluff student housing project and the Crescent City Schools/Harriet Tubman Charter School project. The Crescent City Schools item prompted questions about how MFP funds are used; staff explained that lease payments would support the bonds and that MFP funds are generally split between educational expenses and facilities-related costs. The commission received six monthly cost-of-issuance reports, which required no action, and a status update on the state debt schedule. It also approved Resolution No. 2 authorizing up to $425 million in general obligation refunding bonds to refund the Series 2016 bonds and tender other outstanding bonds for savings, with pricing tentatively set for June 16 and closing for June 30. During other business, New Orleans City Council President J.P. Morel thanked the commission for its role in helping address the city’s fiscal crisis and for approving a charter amendment election item aimed at strengthening budget oversight. The meeting adjourned after no further business.

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• Page 242 is the purchasing section.
• There's $1 appropriated in the section and then 3% flexibility from GR appropriations that allows GR
• Page 601 is the flood control leases section. Page 596 is the statewide dues section.
• The section.
• So section 137.750 again has a floor of $3 per parcel for the first 20,000 parcels and then a ceiling

Committee: House Budget

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• Section 3 is the exemption for the five parcels in Cook County owned by the Grand Portage Band, and section
• Section 3 is the exemption for the five parcels in Cook County owned by the Grand Portage Band, and section
• Section 3 is the exemption for the five parcels in Cook County owned by the Grand Portage Band, and section
• Section 3 is the exemption for the five parcels in Cook County owned by the Grand Portage Band, and section
• Section 3 is the exemption for the five parcels in Cook County owned by the Grand Portage Band, and section

Bills: HF2274 , HF1932

Committee: House Taxes

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• Section 3 authorizes the agency to transfer $5,969,463 to the 988 revolving fund.
• Yes, I'm on Section 4, but it's a $3 million appropriation, and it says due to reduction of federal matching
• I was just curious on page 8 where it talks about, in Section 3, the school consolidation assistance
• In Section 3, there’s $2 million specifically for designing a regional water system in Northeast Oklahoma
• On the $1,750,000 in Section 3, it says for a university campus in western Oklahoma with a student population

Summary: The committee took up a long agenda of appropriations and budget bills, with most of the early action focused on retirement cost-of-living adjustments. Senate Bills 1144, 1145, 1146, 1148, and 1149 all advanced, covering COLAs for retired teachers, public employees, police, judges, and a special “tweener” group of police and fire retirees. Members questioned the actuarial impacts, funded ratios, and timing of the apportionment changes, and the author explained that the retirement bills were based on TRS or system actuarial estimates and that the 2036 apportionment cutoff could be revisited by future legislatures. SB 1149 was described as a one-time $25,000 payment for a limited group of older retirees, with estimated costs of $3.5 million for police and $5.8 million for fire. Most of these retirement measures passed on votes of 23-24 ayes with one nay. The committee also considered House Bill 4071, creating the Oklahoma Dream Accounts Investment Program to match the federal “Trump accounts” with up to $250 per eligible child, capped at $12.5 million. Democrats criticized it as a poor use of funds and objected to the federal program’s uncertainty and the emergency clause; the bill passed 17-8. House Bill 4072 created a taxpayer endowment trust fund by moving $200 million from the Revenue Stabilization Fund and redirecting a portion of future gross production tax overages into the new fund until it reaches $1 billion, after which it would generate future revenue streams. Members raised concerns about investment risk, oversight, and whether the fund was a “shell game,” but it passed 18-6. Several agency budget and limit bills were also approved, including HB 4057 for $25 million to expand the Bureau of Narcotics headquarters, SB 1158 for $252,000 to fund medication for minors in custody, SB 1164 for the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse with $1.2 million in new appropriations plus $5.97 million for the 988 revolving fund, and HB 4040 for the Department of Health rural health transformation cash-flow needs tied to federal reimbursement. The committee also passed HB 4051 on FMAP preservation, SB 1161 for the Oklahoma Health Care Authority, SB 1162 for the State Department of Health, and SB 1163 for DHS, where the largest discussion centered on avoiding an Advantage waiver waitlist, SNAP administrative costs, and child abuse multidisciplinary care centers. Most of these bills passed with little or no debate, though some drew questions about federal matching dollars and reporting requirements. Education-related items were also approved, including HB 4030, the State Department of Education budget limits bill, which maintained prior-year funding for textbooks, early intervention, literacy coaching, school security, and other line items; HB 4044 for OEQA’s growth-based teacher compensation and NBCT stipends; HB 4065 for school security funding at the School of Science and Math; HB 4067 for the School for the Blind and School for the Deaf; and HB 4038 directing $5 million of ODOT FY27 appropriations to the eight-year work plan. The committee also advanced HB 4046, which directs funding to the Military Readiness, Innovation, Education, Aviation Revolving Fund for projects including McAlester, Fort Sill, Altus, and Enid, with members questioning why additional money was needed so soon after prior appropriations. Throughout the meeting, most measures were reported as passed by wide margins, with a few dissenting votes on bills viewed as controversial or as reallocating funds away from other priorities.

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• And then section 9 is new.
• And then section 9 is new.
• And then section 9 is new.
• And then section 9 is new.

Committee: House Education Funding

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• So our floor is 3 stories.
• So let's they got a late filed Amendment bar code 8, 3, 4, 2, 3, 2, by Senator Pizzo.
• Section 3 of the bill adopt a modern approach.
• , section considering the late filed amendment.
• Would you like to explain the bar code 6, 9, 0, 3, 6, 3, 6, 0, >> Thank you. Madam chair.

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• We'll adopt amendments from DOX to propose new language in Section 3, 231-23(d)(1)(b) and 231-232, so
• We'll adopt amendments from DOX to propose new language in Section 3, 231-23(d)(1)(b) and 231-232, so
• Remove the appropriation in section 3 and effect an effective date. Any discussion?
• Remove the appropriation in section 3 and effect an effective date. Any discussion?
• Remove the appropriation in section 3 and effect an effective date. Any discussion?

Summary: The committee heard testimony on a series of tax, budget, and policy bills. On SB 325 and SB 326, the Tax Foundation testified and the committee later recommended passage with amendments. SB 721, SB 1278, and SB 1465 also drew Tax Foundation testimony focused on technical corrections and effective-date issues; SB 1278 was strongly supported by the Hawaii Restaurant Association and other restaurant and business groups, who argued the bill should extend tax relief to the federal Restaurant Revitalization Fund because it served the same purpose as earlier COVID relief programs. A bar owner also testified in support, describing severe pandemic-related losses and lack of government assistance. The Department of Taxation asked about the estimated fiscal impact of SB 1278, which was stated to be about $16.8 million and not including interest. The committee also considered SB 1464 through SB 1470, with the Tax Foundation supporting most of the conformity and tax measures and opposing SB 1465 as unnecessary. SB 1464 was recommended for passage unamended, SB 1465 with amendments, and SB 1466, SB 1467, and SB 1470 unamended. SB 1362 and SB 1363 were deferred so the administration could explore moving funds within the existing budget instead of using emergency appropriations. SB 1044 was amended to create a condominium loan program and special fund to finance essential repairs and improve insurability of condominium properties, with loans repaid over 20 years and the fund eventually sunsetted. The committee also acted on several other measures: SB 533 was amended to remove an appropriation and require a local investor-owned utility to support schools affected by a planned public safety power shutoff program; SB 1117 was amended to define electric motorcycles and prohibit operation by those under 18; SB 1186 was amended to move a food-production working group to the Agribusiness Development Corporation and remove an appropriation; SB 1391 was amended to require a one-to-one match of state funds with private donations; and SB 1669 was amended with committee-report language noting concerns about jurisdictional definitions and board qualifications. Later, the committee recommitted SB 933 and SB 938 to Ways and Means after adopting proposed SD1 versions. Most measures were adopted unanimously, often with members voting no with reservation.