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• THREE, FOUR HOURS BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT CANNABIS CONSUMERS HAVE ALWAYS RECEIVED THIS BIAS

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• charter schools... tribal entities, some Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) and Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA

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• of the things that associations like the labor or like the lodging, like the homebuilders, like the BIA
• things like this. lodging, like the homebuilders, like the lodging, like the homebuilders, like the BIA
• 47.520> things<04:27:47.600> that<04:27:47.840> they<04:27:48.000> preach BIA
• , one of the things that they preach BIA, one of the things that they preach as<04:27:48.560> a

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• We want to protect student data, keep humans in the loop, pay attention to bias, pay attention to accessibility
• Again, due to concerns about bias, discrimination, all of that.
• Again, due to concerns about bias, discrimination, all of that.

Summary: The House convened with quorum, offered prayers and moments of silence for community members who had recently died, and recognized several guests and family members in the chamber. After routine communications and passage of consent calendar 29, the chamber took up a series of measures on the main and colored agendas, with several bills and resolutions passing by voice vote or roll call. Among the measures approved were House Concurrent Resolution 157, which as amended requested a State Lottery report on options to support traditional lottery retailers; Senate Bill 53 on the Delaware Farm to Community Program; Senate Bill 307 on PSC authority for Lifeline telecommunications carriers; Senate Bill 339 clarifying health directive forms in mental health facilities; Senate Bill 235 on manufactured home community rent increases; Senate Bill 325, as amended, updating fire prevention and volunteer fire/EMS background check rules; Senate Bill 309 on inmate work and discharge of incarceration-related balances; Senate Bill 324 on deadly weapons and constable agency representatives; Senate Bill 293 on youth camp child care licensing; Senate Bill 94 on respiratory care practitioners and ECMO medication delivery; and Senate Substitute 2 for Senate Bill 100, proposing a constitutional amendment protecting the right to marry regardless of race or gender while preserving religious freedom. House Bill 188, changing Delaware primary elections to allow unaffiliated voters to choose a party primary, also passed after debate. Two measures drew extended discussion and amendments. Senate Bill 233, requiring snow and ice to be removed from vehicles, was tabled once, then later amended and passed after debate over whether the law was workable for truck drivers and other vehicle operators; a proposed truck-related exemption amendment failed. House Substitute 1 for House Bill 404, creating a pilot program for artificial intelligence and extended reality in schools, passed after testimony from the Department of Education emphasizing guardrails, privacy, and educator oversight, alongside concerns from members about data, bias, and long-term effects. Several items were tabled or reconsidered during the session, and the House adjourned after completing the day’s business.

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• So I want you to know my bias. But, hey, maybe it's been great.
• Yes, I just want to know from you, why doesn’t the BIA step up for these kinds of projects?
• Nation claimed sovereignty, and I guess the question was rightly asked by Senator Angius, why isn’t the BIA

Bills: SB1041, SB1050, SB1131, SB1138, SB1249, SB1267, SB1272, SB1317, SB1461, SB1488, SB1504, SB1517, SB1523, SB1580, SB1582, SB1584, SB1585, SB1602, SB1630, SB1654, SB1672, SB1673, SB1718, SB1761, SB1819, SB1826, SB1827

Keywords: electronic monitoring, nursing care, assisted living, resident rights, privacy, consent, surveillance, veterans, lifetime pass, state parks, Arizona, access, disabled veterans, cardiac arrest, defibrillators, school safety, emergency response, CPR training, Arizona education funding, automated license plate readers

Summary: The committee first considered Senate Bill 1630, which would direct AHCCCS to seek federal approval for a home- and community-based services program for adults determined to be seriously mentally ill, with quarterly implementation updates, stakeholder input, and a cap on enrollment. The sponsor and advocates from Arizona Mad Moms argued the bill would create an assisted-living-style Medicaid option for the most disabled SMI individuals, improve continuity of care, and reduce state general fund costs by shifting some expenses to federal Medicaid funding. Access testified neutral, estimating a total fiscal impact of $27.7 million, including $5.83 million general fund, and explained the need for CMS approval. The committee adopted an amendment reducing the initial cap to 250 members, changing reporting frequency, and adjusting eligibility and expansion conditions, then passed SB 1630 as amended on a 10-0 vote. The committee next heard Senate Bill 1131, which originally required school districts and charter schools to adopt cardiac emergency response plans and appropriated $1 million for implementation. An amendment replaced the mandate with a reporting requirement on AED counts, CPR/AED-trained staff, and whether schools have a plan, while keeping a grant component for AEDs and prioritizing rural schools. The American Heart Association supported the amended approach as a way to gather baseline data and target resources, and members discussed AED training, school preparedness, and whether the funding should favor rural or high-population schools. The committee adopted the amendment and passed SB 1131 as amended on a 9-1 vote, with Senator Kuby voting no and several members explaining concerns about funding and priorities. The committee then took up Senate Bill 1582, which concerned the school safety interoperability fund. An amendment shifted the appropriation from the Department of Education to the Department of Administration and allocated funds to specific county sheriff offices for continuing operation and maintenance of existing interoperability systems, while narrowing the program to public safety agencies and school districts and requiring twice-yearly testing. Sheriffs, a county school superintendent, and the Arizona Sheriffs Association described the systems as useful for drills and real emergencies, improving communication between schools and first responders; one speaker noted the program had been used in drills and at least one live deployment. Some members questioned the audit findings, the focus on rural counties, and whether the program was a good use of funds, while supporters emphasized its value for school safety. The committee adopted the amendment and passed SB 1582 as amended on a 6-4 vote. Finally, the committee began hearing Senate Bill 1504, which would change retirement rules for Tier 2 and Tier 3 public safety personnel by allowing earlier normal retirement and shortening the COLA waiting period, with an amendment exempting the changes from the statutory pre-funding requirement. Supporters from firefighter and police groups said the bill would improve recruitment and retention and let employees receive earned benefits sooner, while city, county, and taxpayer representatives warned it would add substantial unfunded liabilities and undermine the 2016 pension reforms. Actuarial testimony estimated significant costs, including tens of millions in annual or upfront impacts depending on how the change is funded, and members debated whether the amendment would shift costs onto future taxpayers or simply spread them over time. The transcript ends during continued testimony and discussion on SB 1504, before a final vote is reached.

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• in into about $700,000 a year uh in into about $700,000 a year uh in upcoming<01:03:15.319> Bia
• c> if<01:03:18.079> if<01:03:18.279> the<01:03:18.640> department upcoming Bia
• so the if if the department upcoming Bia so the if if the department followed<01:03:19.440> that<

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• And we don't want to pay for all this, but there is a bias.
• We've gotten past a lot of bias, racial, but it's gender now. That's the big thing.
• We've gotten past a but there is a bias.
• We've gotten past a lot<01:34:41.120> of<01:34:41.280> bias,<01:34:41.760> racial,
• Um, I oppose this. that shows bias. There's different types that shows bias.

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• I know that in the bill on page nine it says ableism and bias awareness to increase understanding that
• I know that in the bill on page nine it says ableism and bias awareness to increase understanding that
• I know that in the bill on page nine it says ableism and bias awareness to increase understanding that
• I know that in the bill on page nine it says ableism and bias awareness to increase understanding that

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• AI tools in healthcare, it states, are exposed to forms of bias and discrimination, where systemic errors
• AI tools in healthcare, it states, are exposed to forms of bias and discrimination, where systemic errors
• AI tools in healthcare, it states, are exposed to forms of bias and discrimination, where systemic errors
• AI tools in healthcare, it states, are exposed to forms of bias and discrimination, where systemic errors

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• And what I mean by that is it seemed like it was a bias by the people that were not necessarily in favor
• like<00:01:31.680> it<00:01:31.760> was<00:01:32.040> a<00:01:32.160> bias
• <00:01:33.040> by<00:01:33.400> the<00:01:34.120> people seemed like it was a bias
• by the people seemed like it was a bias by the people that<00:01:34.960> were that were that

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• Free us from ego or malice or jealousy or bias or greed or grudges or any other thing that is not of
• /c><00:02:12.640> or<00:02:12.760> jealousy<00:02:13.440> or<00:02:13.640> bias
• <00:02:14.320> or<00:02:14.520> greed or malice or jealousy or bias or greed or malice
• or jealousy or bias or greed or<00:02:15.480> grudges<00:02:16.360> or<00:02:16.600>

Keywords: House streaming session for Thursday, March 12, 2026, 957, house, all

Summary: The House met in Annapolis on February 27, 2026, with 128 members present. After a prayer, the chamber adopted the previous day’s journal and recognized a resolution honoring Brunswick High School’s first Tech Challenge team, Minerva’s Mechanics, for winning the FTC Regional Championships and qualifying for the World Championship in Houston. The resolution was read and adopted with applause. The main legislative item was House Bill 355, concerning the Education, Sexual Abuse and Assault Awareness and Prevention Program and human and sex trafficking; the House adopted the favorable committee report and ordered the bill printed for third reading. The next bill, House Bill 534 on nonpublic school transcripts and prohibiting punitive measures related to student debt, also received a favorable report. Debate then centered on an amendment offered to HB 534 that would have tied school funding to student choice for students in repeatedly one-star-rated schools and allowed parents of habitually violent or disruptive students to consider military boarding school options. The sponsor argued Maryland’s public schools, especially in Baltimore City, were failing students despite heavy spending, citing low literacy, violence, and the book Failure Factory; several members echoed concerns about school performance, bureaucracy, and the need for educational freedom. Opponents and procedural speakers said the amendment was not germane to HB 534, which they described as a narrow bill about transcript access for students leaving nonpublic schools with unpaid fees, often students with disabilities. The floor leader urged the body to resist the amendment and stick to the bill’s actual subject. Despite multiple members explaining their votes in support of school choice and criticizing the Blueprint and school outcomes, the House ultimately took a roll call on the amendment after a voice vote was challenged. The transcript cuts off during the roll call and does not show the final recorded result on the amendment.

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• It won't be a bias requirement. I'm just going to make sure that that that... Okay. No, I get it.
• it<01:35:48.800> won't<01:35:48.880> be<01:35:48.960> a<01:35:49.040> bias
• It won't be it won't be a bias It won't be it won't be a bias requirement.<01:35:49.679> I'm<

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• That's going to go to an unmet needs table of funders anonymously to make sure that bias is not brought
• anonymously to make table of funders anonymously to make sure<00:37:41.119> that<00:37:41.280> bias
• not<00:37:42.079> brought<00:37:42.240> into<00:37:42.480> the sure that bias
• is not brought into the sure that bias is not brought into the picture<00:37:42.960> when<00:

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Summary: The Disaster Prevention and Resiliency Task Force met with a quorum, adopted the minutes from the previous meeting, and heard a presentation from Western Kentucky University’s Disaster Science Operations Center. WKU described its multidisciplinary disaster science effort, including meteorology, emergency management, the Kentucky State Climate Center, the Kentucky Mesonet, and the Disaster Science Operations Center, which was created in 2021 and serves as an operational hub for forecasting, emergency planning, crisis management, training, and decision support. Speakers emphasized applied learning, student field work, partnerships with industry and event venues, and a five-year NSF/UK-led research project focused on weather hazards, disaster preparedness, and building a statewide disaster database to improve mitigation and resilience. Members asked about flooding, the relationship to EKU’s program, Tennessee’s capabilities, and the timeline and goals for the research project; WKU said the data collection is underway and that the evidence suggests tornado risk is shifting east and occurring more at night. A WKU graduate student also described the value of hands-on storm-chasing and operational forecasting experience, saying it helped prepare her for work in forecasting and emergency management. Members asked about her motivation for joining the program and about the practical realities of storm chasing. The discussion also touched on whether Kentucky’s tornado risk is shifting east; WKU said the evidence from tornado observations and other studies points in that direction, with added concern about nighttime events and communicating warnings to vulnerable communities. The task force then heard from Amy Shaquinn of the Mayfield Graves County Long-Term Recovery Group, who outlined the county-level recovery process after the 2021 tornadoes. She said Kentucky ranks among the top states for federally declared disasters, has seen a high number of tornadoes in recent years, and also faces major flood risk and earthquake concerns along the New Madrid fault. Shaquinn stressed the distinction between immediate response and long-term recovery, explaining that response covers rescue, cleanup, temporary housing, and short-term assistance, while recovery is the longer effort to restore survivors to safe, sanitary, and secure housing through local long-term recovery groups. She said community-led recovery is essential and that preparedness and mitigation follow once immediate recovery needs are addressed.

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• Graves from the BIA did a great job of kind of explaining that the governor has been trying to streamline
• <00:23:23.360> Graes<00:23:23.840> from<00:23:24.159> the<00:23:24.559> BIA
• Graes from the BIA did think that uh Mr.
• Graes from the BIA did a<00:23:25.520> great<00:23:25.679> job<00:23:25.919> of<

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first heard Senate Bill 74, which would require state agencies, especially the Department of Environmental Services and other permitting agencies, to report more detailed data on permit applications, approvals, denials, pending applications, and permits taking longer than 90 days. The sponsor’s representative and a lawyer who helped draft the bill argued that the legislature needs comprehensive permitting data to evaluate whether current timelines are reasonable and whether regulatory delays are burdening property owners and economic activity. They said the information should already be tracked within existing budgets, despite a fiscal note claiming additional staff would be needed. A Business and Industry Association representative supported the bill, saying better data is needed to understand actual permitting timelines and to help streamline the process, especially in light of housing and development concerns. Members asked whether the bill was simply collecting data without a clear next step, and the response was that the data would allow lawmakers to judge whether existing deadlines, extensions, and exemptions are justified and whether changes to permit timelines are needed. Several members agreed the information would be useful and that agencies should already be tracking it. The committee then voted to pass Senate Bill 74 on a roll call, with the motion approved and the bill placed on consent for further consideration, with a note that it would go to finance for review of the fiscal note. The committee then took up Senate Bill 196, which would raise the threshold for certain in-house construction projects handled by the Department of Military Affairs and Veterans Services and two other departments from $500,000 to $1 million, described as an inflationary update. The sponsor said the department’s existing staff can handle these smaller renovation-type projects and that the bill should not require new positions; the deputy adjutant general later confirmed the department does not need additional staff and said the projects are typically roof, boiler, and similar repairs. Members asked about a fiscal note suggesting new positions and about revenue/expenditure impacts, and the sponsor explained that the fiscal note language appeared to reflect an earlier draft and that the budget effect is largely a shift in where the work is performed. The committee recessed briefly for the deputy adjutant general’s arrival, then continued discussion of the bill.

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• the statute so that it's more able to be enforced in a way that should improve safety and ensure no bias
• ensure<00:24:03.360> um<00:24:03.799> ensure<00:24:04.200> no<00:24:04.440> bias
• <00:24:04.840> creeps<00:24:05.200> into<00:24:05.440> it ensure um ensure no bias
• creeps into it ensure um ensure no bias creeps into it so<00:24:06.080> I<00:24:06.400> really

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• women or being Black women and say, you know, we've encountered the same kinds of discrimination, bias
• :18.159> kinds<01:32:18.440> of<01:32:18.800> discrimination<01:32:19.520> bias
• <01:32:20.040> and<01:32:20.400> uh same kinds of discrimination bias and uh same kinds
• of discrimination bias and uh challenges<01:32:21.719> uh<01:32:22.159> as<01:32:22.719

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• The really only bias that we have is good government.
• we are um the important part of who we are um the really<00:08:42.479> only<00:08:42.760> bias
• we<00:08:43.560> have<00:08:43.760> is<00:08:43.959> good really only bias
• that we have is good really only bias that we have is good government<00:08:44.680> we<00:08:

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Summary: The committee first heard Senate File 563, a bill to change the board makeup of the Northern Koochiching Area Sanitary District. Senator Hild said the proposal had been heard the previous year and had broad support from local officials and stakeholders. Cali Briggs, the district’s executive director, explained that the board structure no longer reflected current populations and sewer service patterns: International Falls now holds six of eight seats after earlier consolidations, while East Koochiching has grown through sewer expansions and should receive additional representation. The bill would reduce the board to seven members, with International Falls having three seats, East Koochiching two, Rainier one, and one at-large member chosen by the board. The committee raised no substantive objections, and Senator Gustafson moved the bill to pass and go to general orders; the motion prevailed. Members then briefly joked about the topic and moved on to an overview from the Office of the Legislative Auditor. Legislative Auditor Judy Randall described the office as a nonpartisan legislative branch agency serving both chambers, with a mission of strengthening oversight, promoting accountability, and producing objective, useful reports. She outlined the office’s structure, including financial audits, program evaluations, and a growing special reviews unit, and explained the Legislative Audit Commission’s role in appointing the auditor and selecting program evaluation topics. Randall also emphasized the office’s broad access to records and data, its independence, and its responsibility to protect nonpublic information. Randall answered questions about the office’s authority over entities such as the University of Minnesota, explaining that OLA has audit authority there but often relies on the university’s internal audit function and can also conduct special reviews and program evaluations. She noted that public employees are required to cooperate and that subpoenas are available if needed, though the office prefers to maintain cooperative relationships. Special Reviews Director Katherine Tyson then described how her unit handles complaints and allegations involving misuse of public funds, data, or noncompliance with law, including preliminary assessments, communications with complainants and agencies, and deeper reviews when warranted. She said allegations and reports have increased steadily, with 481 received from 2020 through 2024 and nearly 10 per week on average last year, contributing to a heavier workload for her small team.

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• I appreciate that, and uh, I should reveal that I have a pretty big bias.
• I appreciate that, and uh, I should reveal that I have a pretty big bias.
• a<00:47:20.240> a<00:47:20.319> pretty<00:47:20.559> big<00:47:20.720> bias
• that I have a I have a a pretty big bias that I have a I have a a pretty big bias you're<00:47:21.800

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• Nate Grace for the BIA, the statewide chamber of commerce. We oppose this legislation.
• N Grace for the BIA. Again, uh we support this legislation.
• N Grace<02:22:30.319> for<02:22:30.399> the<02:22:30.560> BIA.
• Again, uh we support Grace for the BIA. Again, uh we support this<02:22:32.720> legislation.
• c><02:22:43.840> uh<02:22:44.080> regulating<02:22:44.640> one N Grace for the BIA

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• Then you just gave a personal bias against something which you're here representing the city.
• And so, your personal bias should not be part of this because that's a ...
• Then you just gave a personal bias Then you just gave a personal bias against<02:05:54.120> something
• And so,<02:05:59.720> your<02:05:59.880> personal<02:06:00.280> bias<02:06:00.760
• > should<02:06:00.960> not<02:06:01.240> be so, your personal bias should not be

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