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• President Pro Tem, I move that the Senate request the House of Representatives return House Bill 2035
• President Pro Tem, I move that the Senate request the House of Representatives return House Bill 2249
• fair that as legislators we should also be attending these trainings to ensure that we balance the budget
• The largest single general fund expenditure in the Arizona budget is public education.
• I move that the Senate consent to the request of the House. Yeah, it's not.

Summary: The Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a recorded roll call showing 28 present, 0 absent, and 2 excused. The chamber approved the journal and then took up several motions to reconsider or return bills, including requests to return HB 2035 and HB 2249 to the House and to reconsider HB 2192. The Senate then moved into Committee of the Whole for calendar items. In Committee of the Whole, members considered HB 2248, a public health mandates bill; HB 2313, concerning school employee/teacher strike and remote instruction issues; HB 2379, relating to school district governing board training; HB 2380, relating to school district board meetings and expenditures; and HB 2720, relating to prostitution assessments and the anti-human trafficking fund. HB 2248 drew the most debate over whether it would prohibit schools, employers, and medical facilities from requiring medical interventions such as vaccines; an amendment narrowing the definition of medical intervention was adopted, and the bill advanced. HB 2379 and HB 2380 both received committee and floor amendments focused on school board training and livestreaming/meeting transparency requirements, and HB 2313 and HB 2720 also advanced. The Committee of the Whole reported all four bills as do pass, with HB 2248, HB 2379, and HB 2380 as amended. The Senate then adopted the Committee of the Whole report after defeating an amendment that would have changed the HB 2248 recommendation to fail. The chamber next considered HCM 2001 and HCM 2002, memorials urging federal terrorist designations for the Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR, and HCR 2047, recognizing Judea and Samaria; all three passed despite strong opposition speeches criticizing them as targeting Muslim communities or advancing religious/political messaging. The Senate also passed HB 2118 on mobile food vendors, HCM 2009 on mineral access and federal land withdrawals, HCR 2015 on school physical activity and dietary guidelines, HCR 2020 on housing outside designated provider service areas with assured water supply, and HCR 2057 supporting next-generation geothermal energy. Finally, the Senate passed HB 2248, HB 2379, and HB 2380 on third reading, approved the House’s request to adjourn, and adjourned until April 21, 2026.

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• Representative Caldwell-Trey requests unanimous consent on the amendment.
• Representative Caldwell-Trey requests unanimous consent on the amendment to be adopted.
• Representative Caldwell requests unanimous consent on the amendment to be adopted.
• Representative Lowe requests unanimous consent that the amendment be adopted.
• Representative Lowe requests the vote on the bill be the vote on the emergency.

Bills: HB4420 , HB3974 , HB3016 , HB3062 , HB3021 , HB3145 , HB4128 , HB3131 , HB3015 , HB3472 , HB3453 , HB1638 , HB4126 , HB2696 , HB2710 , HB3552 , HB3031 , HB3544 , HB3521 , HB4490 , HB4488 , HB1746 , HJR1069 , HB4428 , HB4429 , HB1170 , HB3538 , HB4124 , HB3904 , HB4106 , HB2999 , HB3982 , HJR1077 , HB3464 , HB2588 , HB3462 , HB4440 , HB3674 , HB3345 , HJR1067 , HB4326 , HB4331 , HB4337 , HB4338 , HB4359 , HB4392 , HB3557 , HJR1076 , HB4003 , HB3495 , HB3497 , HB3501 , HB3505 , HB3749 , HB3011 , HB4336 , HB4346 , HJR1087 , HB3240 , HB3647 , HB3796 , HB3969 , HB3972 , HB3983 , HB3984 , HB3989 , HB3383 , HB3130 , HB4358 , HB3327 , HJR1055 , HB3386 , HJR1089 , HB3087 , HB2970 , HB3314 , HB4129 , HB4199

Keywords: reading, intervention, literacy, education, third grade retention, teacher training, funding, Strong Readers Act, tort claims, inmate housing, government immunity, public trust, private prison, emergency legislation, vision screening, binocular vision, kindergarten, elementary education, health, firearm rights

Summary: The House convened, completed roll call, heard the invocation and Pledge of Allegiance, and recognized the Doctor and Nurse of the Day. The main floor focus was House Bill 4420, the Strong Readers Act, which Speaker Hilbert described as a major literacy overhaul. The bill’s amendment was adopted without objection and would clean up and standardize the statute, create a new SRA funding formula, expand summer teacher credentialing academies with $3,000 stipends, add statewide benchmarking, notify parents within 30 days when students are below basic, and reinstate third-grade retention beginning with the 2027–2028 school year. Hilbert argued the bill is intended to address Oklahoma’s low reading outcomes, reward improvement rather than penalize schools, and align with science-of-reading practices. The House passed HB 4420 86-0, and the emergency clause also passed 86-6. Members then suspended the rules to hear untimely amendments on HB 3974, which was amended and passed 86-6 with its emergency clause approved. The bill concerns the Government Tort Claims Act and allows governmental entities that share incarceration costs to form an entity with liability protections; Hilbert said the late amendment responded to a recent court ruling that could have exposed cities and counties to unlimited liability in certain jail-sharing arrangements. The House also passed HB 3016, creating a two-year pilot screening project for early childhood reading issues through the Departments of Education and Health, by a vote of 82-7, and HB 3062, allowing retired municipal judges to carry statewide under specified conditions, by a vote of 83-3. Additional bills passed with little or no debate: HB 3021, a graduation requirements cleanup measure consolidating conflicting statutes, passed 82-8 and its emergency clause also passed; HB 3145, a language cleanup bill for commercial hunt areas, passed 92-0 after a question clarified it does not affect private landowners hunting feral pigs. HB 4128, another Game and Fish bill, was laid over until the afternoon. The House then recessed until 1 p.m.

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• Seeing no objection, we will excuse both Senator Gallegos and Senator Padilla's request.
• Just for the members, a reminder that all requests to draft bills or capital outlay, re-off requests
• must be received by Legislative Council. ...or capital outlay re-off requests must be received by Legislative
• This does not apply to certificates or resolutions, which may be requested any time.
• This is a big funding issue for all of us in the budget right now.

Keywords: 996, all

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• There is another rule on Medicaid waiver programs, developmental disabilities, individual budgeting waiver
• services, and finally, the final rule up for objection is developmental disabilities individual budgeting
• The agency is going to request another deferral one more time for reasons that I'm going to explain,
• So for that reason, we are requesting another deferral.
• The DEP is here today to address two items requested by this committee.

Summary: The Joint Administrative Procedures Committee met on February 3, 2025, with a quorum present and took up three main items. First, the committee considered a large set of recommended objections to Agency for Health Care Administration rules, all centered on sunset provisions stating the rules would expire after five years. AHCA asked for another deferral while it reviewed the rules, arguing the sunset language was a form of self-restraint rather than an invalid exercise of rulemaking authority. Committee leadership disagreed that further delay would resolve the issue and moved to a single vote covering all objections. The motion passed by roll call, and the committee informed AHCA that an objection would be filed unless the agency amended the rules within 30 days. The committee then heard an informational briefing from the Department of Environmental Protection on its Outstanding Florida Springs rule and stormwater rule. DEP explained that it did not prepare a statement of estimated regulatory cost for the springs rule because the proposed standards largely mirror existing water management district rules and the Central Florida Water Initiative framework, so DEP said there was no new regulatory burden. Members asked about permit authority, costs, and whether the rules were functionally different from prior rules. DEP maintained the rules set minimum standards and did not add costs beyond what regulated parties were already doing. DEP also described implementation of the stormwater rule adopted under the 2020 Clean Waterways Act and later ratified by the Legislature in 2024. DEP said the rule was the product of years of workshops and technical advisory committee meetings, and that the final version included lower-cost alternatives, grandfathering, and phased implementation. DEP estimated the rule’s cost at about $2,600 per acre in the revised CERC, while industry witnesses said the real cost could be much higher, especially if land costs are included. A home builders representative argued the estimate understated impacts, while a stormwater engineer said the rule gives more flexible, performance-based tools and could become more cost-effective over time. Finally, Senator Graal presented proposed Chapter 120 changes in SB 108, aimed at tightening and modernizing rulemaking. The proposal would require five-year rule reviews, annual agency reporting, faster notice of proposed rulemaking after authorizing legislation, electronic filing, public access to incorporated materials, clearer tracking of technical changes, and limits on how long rules can remain pending ratification. Members discussed whether the Legislature should be more specific in statutes about rulemaking deadlines and whether agencies should be more accountable when rules stall. No formal action was taken on the Chapter 120 proposals, and the committee adjourned after discussion.

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• </c><01:25:04.560><c> request</c><01:25:05.840><c> and</c><01:25:06.159><c> been</c> agency's budget
• request and been agency's budget request and been appropriated. appropriated. appropriated.
• </c><01:25:48.560><c> request.
• </c> in each budget request. in each budget request. &gt;&gt; Thank<01:25:49.760><c> you.
• >> We can make a request.

Committee: Joint Select Committee on Gaming

Keywords: 916, all

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• a roll call on the table and I request a roll call vote.
• But we have underfunded our schools yet again according to this budget.
• And in again according to this budget.
• It's a budget session.
• It's a budget session. We really reason. It's a budget session.

Keywords: This version of the House chambers was retrieved from back up and uploaded. The original live stream contained issues where audio and video got out of sync., 958, all

Summary: The House convened with an invocation and pledge, established a quorum, approved the prior journal, and received committee reports on several bills. Reported measures included House Bills 1 and 2 from Appropriations and Revenue, along with bills on animal control officers, emergency services revenue, postsecondary education, proactive postsecondary admission, vehicle lights, motor vehicle operation, motor vehicle dealers, and machine gun conversion devices. The chamber also took up Senate Bills 52 and 124 for concurrence, and House Bill 1 was moved from rules to the orders of the day for immediate action. The House then considered House Bill 568, which would regulate public adjusters by prohibiting new licenses, allowing renewals for current licensees, imposing conflict-of-interest and contract requirements, capping fees at 5%, and barring adjusters from negotiating claims. Supporters described it as a consumer-protection measure responding to complaints and investigations, especially after recent storm-related exploitation. The bill passed overwhelmingly, 95-1. The House next debated House Bill 1, which would opt Kentucky into the federal education freedom tax credit program and authorize the Secretary of State to administer the state’s participation without using state general funds. Supporters argued it would bring federal scholarship dollars into Kentucky for K-12 students, including public school students, and could generate significant private donations for scholarship-granting organizations. Opponents raised concerns about shifting resources away from public education, the speed of the process, and a proposed waiver of Eleventh Amendment immunity. A motion to table the bill failed by a wide margin, and members continued debating the bill and its implications for public schools and state sovereignty.

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• Staff also noted one committee requested a report that is outstanding and currently in progress.
• The committee approved a request to send questions to the Arkansas Department of Health regarding sexual
• Staff also noted one committee requested a report that is outstanding and currently in progress.
• Chairman, I move for the adoption of this report. meeting as requested by the committee. Mr.
• And members, just as a reminder, this was a special report request.

Committee: All LEGISLATIVE JOINT AUDITING

Keywords: 1204, all

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• President, at the appropriate time, I request that the names of our visitors from Kauai be entered into
• that the names of our visitors I request that the names of our visitors from<00:18:24.600><c> Kauai<
• The uncertainty brought by the federal budget cuts and the shutdown in 2025, stagnating tax revenues,
• cuts and the shutdown in 2025, budget cuts and the shutdown in 2025, stagnating<00:32:21.080><c> tax
• wants further discussion and requests the waiver to meet the first crossover deadline.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• </c><03:48:37.439><c> a</c> signitories of this memorandum request a signitories of this memorandum request
• The appropriation is no longer required since it's already in the approved budget. Yes. Okay.
• We did remove<03:49:38.479><c> section</c><03:49:38.880><c> three</c><03:49:39.600><c> requesting</c>
• <03:49:40.160><c> the</c> remove section three requesting the remove section three requesting the appropriation
• </c> it's already in the approved budget. it's already in the approved budget.

Keywords: Conference Notices: AGR 2:30 PM:, 910, house, all

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• We do authorize the treasurer's budget every year.
• But within these budget appropriations, I think there's a lot of flexibility in that office to take this
• We do authorize the treasurer's budget every year.
• But within these budget appropriations, I think there's a lot of flexibility in that office to take this
• Is that why they have requested to be included to retain outside legal counsel?

Summary: The committee first considered Senate Bill 419, as amended to update the effective date to 2026. The bill would allow the State Treasurer and the Department of Wildlife Conservation/Wildlife Conservation Commission to employ or appoint attorneys, joining other entities already authorized to do so. Supporters argued the treasurer’s office handles highly specialized financial matters and large state assets, and that in-house counsel could provide faster, more specialized advice. Members questioned possible conflicts with the Attorney General’s role, the fiscal impact, and why Wildlife was included; the sponsor said Wildlife’s inclusion was tied to similar specialized needs and indicated willingness to remove it if needed. The bill received a due pass recommendation on a 7-2 vote. The committee then heard Senate Bill 835, also amended to update the effective date to 2026. This measure would require qualifying licensing boards and commissions to submit proposed non-rulemaking actions with anti-competitive implications for review, shifting oversight from the Attorney General to the Secretary of State. The sponsor said the bill was intended to address antitrust concerns raised by the North Carolina dental board case and to provide earlier executive-branch review of potentially anti-competitive board actions. Members raised concerns about whether the Secretary of State should be the arbiter of anti-competitive conduct and whether existing court remedies or current executive-order processes were sufficient. The bill passed on an 8-2 due pass vote. Senate Bill 1618 would require courts to conduct pretrial risk assessments early in criminal cases. The sponsor said the assessments would be one tool judges could use in setting bond and determining release conditions, and that the bill was intended to make the practice available statewide rather than only in some counties. Questions focused on who would validate the assessments, whether counties already could do this, whether it would delay release in smaller counties, and whether it would add costs; the sponsor said counties could tailor the process, that it was already being done in some places, and that the fiscal impact would be minimal. The committee voted 6-4 to report the bill due pass. Finally, the chair presented Senate Bill 262, which had been amended and had its title and enacting clause struck as part of ongoing work. The bill was described as an effort to reduce county jail overcrowding by allowing certain inmates awaiting transfer to the Department of Corrections to be handled differently, with further amendments expected. Members discussed concerns about fairness and the use of factors such as community ties in release decisions, and the sponsor said the measure was still being refined and was intended to solve a practical jail-capacity problem. The committee voted 8-1 to pass the bill out.

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• like to see that come out for the B Grant, as far as paying that salary coming out of one of the budgets
• The budgets associated with the B Grant are temporary; it's through the Department of Public Health,
• It's budgeted for $7 million, and so they're able to provide that.
• Um, I'm not sure; that's all state budget. No, so they have it; she may be doing both.
• The promotional budget for the Statewide Grant was $200.

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• And, of course, as everyone knows, we are still working our way through the budget process, and there
• And, of course, as everyone knows, we are still working our way through the budget process, and there
• We do have home rule requests on file from both the Village of Potsdam and the Village of Canton, and

Committee: Senate Housing, Construction, and Community Development

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The New York State Senate Committee on Housing, Construction, and Community Development met on May 4 under Chair Brian Kavanagh and considered an eight-bill agenda, much of it consisting of measures previously sponsored by former Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal and now carried by other senators. Kavanagh noted the committee was in the first full week of May, with 32 days left in session and ongoing budget negotiations that include housing issues. The committee moved through the agenda without substantive debate on most bills. The committee reported several bills to the floor, including S.6263 (requiring certain out-of-state affordable housing owners to maintain escrow accounts for New York affordable units), S.8956 (transferring the Potsdam Housing Authority to the Canton Housing Authority), S.9571 (allowing multiple transfers of low-income housing tax credits), S.9677 (the City of Buffalo Historic Preservation Receivership Act), S.9716 (expanding the definition of family members in public housing law), S.9907 (marshals’ filing requirements for eviction notices), S.9908 (calculating rent reductions from the date services were actually diminished), and S.9914 (requiring replacement units to retain the same protected status after demolition or major renovation). Several of these bills had previously passed the Senate in earlier sessions. Most measures were advanced by motion and second, with some recorded negative votes or votes to advance without recommendation from minority members, but no bill was defeated. The transcript includes some repetition of bill readings, but the final action on each listed bill was reporting it out of committee, generally to the floor and, for S.9914, to Cities 1.

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• Are there any requests for leave? Representative Eaton, for what purpose?
• The Joint Budget Committee will meet tomorrow morning at 9 a.m. in Big Mac A.
• Upon adjournment, a Joint Budget Committee peer review will meet tomorrow in Room A of Mac.

Keywords: 1204, all

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• We appreciate the Senator's leadership and authoring SB 832, and respectfully request your I vote on
• Yeah, it was in a budget legislation that made it two years, and so this was just updated to require
• Yeah, it was in a budget legislation that made it two years, and so this was just updated to require

Committee: Senate Natural Resources and Water

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• Utilities make up around 3% of our overall energy budget.
• Our base budget in AG appropriations was 4.7 billion dollars.
• in how we budget that out.
• I can create budget shortfalls for universities.
• While fees over offi budgets could remain the same.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• And this budget year, I just want this committee to be aware of, we did not give them that $50 million
• I fought for that $50 million in the budget, just so everybody knows, because I know the work of the
• We did put 15 million dollars into the PED budget for after-school programs, and it's not enough, we
• I'm sorry, maybe I dismissed it for the programs that are requested, Madam Chair.
• Their specific budget or ask.

Committee: House Legislative Health & Human Services Committee

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• And I do get those requests. Like the U.S. Attorney's Office. And I do get those requests.
• So it's a request. How could we see this as a benefit then, if it's a request?
• free to establish their budget as they do with the consent of the legislature.
• Therefore, for this reason, we respectfully request that you pass this bill.
• Therefore, we respectfully request a do pass of House Bill 75.

Summary: The committee first heard House Bill 25, which would prohibit a juvenile who committed a firearm-related delinquent act that would be a felony if committed by an adult from legally owning or possessing a firearm for 10 years after disposition. The sponsor and supporters said the bill is intended to address serious youth gun violence without lengthening juvenile sentences or unsealing records, and they emphasized that the substitute language was meant to clarify, not change, the bill’s intent. Support came from law enforcement, the district attorney’s office, CYFD, and business interests, while opponents including the Public Defender, ACLU, and criminal defense advocates argued it conflicts with juvenile-code principles, creates civil disabilities based on juvenile conduct, and could raise Second Amendment and sealing-record concerns. Members raised extensive questions about how the NICS background-check process would work, what offenses would qualify, whether the measure would apply retroactively, and how sealed juvenile records and pardons would be handled. After discussion, the committee adopted the committee substitute, but no final vote on the bill was taken in the portion provided; members discussed possibly working on the language further in Judiciary or tabling it. The committee then took up House Bill 15, the Medical Injury and Collaborative Resolution Act, described by the sponsor as New Mexico’s version of a candor law. The bill would create a protected adverse outcome conference process allowing patients and providers to discuss medical injuries or undesirable outcomes outside of court, with the goal of improving communication, giving patients answers, and reducing litigation. A family medicine doctor and a trial lawyer testified in support, saying patients often want explanations more than money and that open conversations can sometimes resolve disputes early. Public commenters also supported the concept, though one noted concerns about how pro se litigants would fit into the process. Committee questions focused on how the bill would define injury, how confidentiality would be enforced, whether statements could be used in court, who would pay for the process, and how it would interact with existing malpractice procedures. The sponsors said the conference would be voluntary, not require an apology, and would be protected by evidentiary rules; if protected statements were introduced at trial, they said remedies such as mistrial could apply. The discussion continued into procedural details, but no final action on HB 15 appears in the provided portion.

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• ><c> go</c><00:56:47.440><c> through</c> governor's budget doesn't go through governor's budget doesn't
• </c> federal level, the governor's budget federal level, the governor's budget here,<01:39:00.800><c>
• </c> something this session in the budget something this session in the budget year,<01:53:27.679><c>
• I mean, it's a budget area.
• </c> but this this budget spends how much? but this this budget spends how much?

Committees: Senate Health and Human Services , Senate Human Services

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Republican colleagues are pushing for Trump tax scam 2.0 using a budget trick to say that they're not
• Now the Medicaid program covers over 70 million Americans and the Congressional Budget Office has now
• Well then you're going to need to reject the Republican budget plan.
• Oz, I believe Medicaid is on the chopping block. because of the Republican budget and Mr.
• Kaiser Family Foundation explaining the Congressional Budget Letter from March 7th, 2025.

Committee: Senate Finance Committee

Keywords: Michael Falkender, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, IRS, taxpayer privacy, nomination process, committee hearing

Summary: The committee convened to discuss critical issues surrounding the nomination of Michael Falkender for the position of Deputy Secretary of the Treasury. This meeting included a series of remarks from committee members who expressed divergent views on Falkender's qualifications and the implications of his appointment. Senator Wyden voiced strong opposition, arguing that Falkender represents harmful policies expected to be perpetuated under the current administration, especially concerning taxpayer privacy and IRS tactics. Meanwhile, other members defended Falkender, noting his extensive experience, including a commitment to transparency in government operations if confirmed.

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• So I respectfully request and ought to pass on this very straightforward change.
• So<00:04:55.440><c> I</c><00:04:55.759><c> respectfully</c><00:04:56.479><c> request</c><00:04:57.199
• Do you have a waiver or an extension request? Has that ever gone to the department?
• </c><00:57:12.559><c> Has</c> a waiver or an extension request?
• Has a waiver or an extension request?

Committee: House Education Policy and Administration

Keywords: 1189, house, all