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• Higher education, please welcome Lupe Gallegos Díaz.
• our children's education.
• So we must redouble our efforts to educate, to train.
• But clearly we need that education. Folks need and deserve that education.
• Physical education is far more than exercise.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• kind of just started working with my union and through the process of working on and getting paid parental
• </c><00:20:45.960><c> leave</c><00:20:46.120><c> for</c><00:20:46.200><c> state</c> getting paid parental
• leave for state getting paid parental leave for state employees<00:20:46.880><c> passed.
• We want to make sure that we have good education for everybody.
• We want to make sure that we have good education for everybody.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Yes, so it should offset our education.
• And my parents are my neighbors. They don't want to be forced out either.
• And my parents are my neighbors. They don't want to be forced out either.
• My parents used to live in St... ...use. So that happens even in vacation-themed places.
• My parents used to live in St. Louis in a neighborhood that doesn't allow any kind of rentals.

Committee: House Special Committee on Property Tax Reform

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• are a nurse, whether you are a teacher, whether you are a state employee, or whether you are an education
• They are people that matter to our students, to our teachers, to our staff, to the parents, to our communities
• to our staff, students, to our teachers, to our staff, to<00:13:18.399><c> the</c> to the to the parents
• ,<00:13:20.240><c> to</c><00:13:20.480><c> our</c> parents, to our parents, to our communities.<00:13
• It's my understanding that a signed spreadsheet agreement was reached last night on the higher education

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Title IX and California state law prohibit local education agencies from gender-based discrimination
• However, no existing California law ensures that local education agencies that rent out their spaces
• in peril of losing much-needed federal dollars by requiring educational institutions to pay tuition
• To the same position in areas of education and sports.
• OK, these types of community events, such as sports and educational outlets, placed me in a position

Committee: House Arts, Entertainment, Sports, and Tourism

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• The Assembly Committee on Higher Education welcomes everybody.
• I’m an Assemblymember of the Assembly Committee on Higher Education.
• Education is one of the most consequential contexts for AI.
• I think fundamentally many of us in education, I think education in general needs to move away from a
• Mitch Steiger with CFT, a union of educators and classified professionals.

Summary: The Assembly Committee on Higher Education and the Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee held an oversight hearing on the California State University’s AI-empowered initiative, including the systemwide rollout of ChatGPT EDU and broader AI integration across CSU campuses. Opening remarks emphasized both the promise of AI for student success, workforce preparation, and access, and the need to address risks such as bias, privacy, misinformation, environmental impacts, and mental health harms. CSU representatives said the initiative grew out of Academic Senate recommendations and a systemwide generative AI committee, and that the goal was to provide equitable access, training, governance, and workforce alignment across the 23-campus system. CSU officials described systemwide contracts for AI tools, the AI Commons training hub, and faculty grant programs supporting AI-related curriculum innovation. They said more than 93,000 ChatGPT EDU accounts had been activated, over 4,300 faculty had taken voluntary training, and $3 million had been awarded to 63 faculty-led projects from more than 400 submissions. San Jose State University highlighted its own AI-focused programs, courses, orientation training, faculty fellows, student ambassadors, and interdisciplinary efforts to build AI literacy and responsible use into instruction and co-curricular programs. CSU also said it was tracking metrics on adoption, academic outcomes, workforce outcomes, and environmental impacts. Faculty, staff, and student representatives welcomed the educational potential of AI but raised concerns about the rollout, saying it had moved quickly and without enough consultation or consistent systemwide policy. They urged stronger protections for academic freedom, intellectual property, privacy, equity, and worker input, and warned about bias, surveillance, job displacement, and the environmental cost of AI. Legislators pressed CSU and OpenAI representatives on training requirements, data privacy, bias reporting, discipline for misuse, liability, sycophancy, and safeguards against harmful uses such as non-consensual imagery or self-harm-related interactions. CSU said interactions in the licensed tool are private, data are not used to train models, and campuses retain their own conduct processes; members also asked CSU to follow up on systemwide training, policy consistency, and additional safeguards.

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• would have to know or should know that that person uh is of that class or group, police officers, educational
• </c><00:08:01.920><c> Uh,</c><00:08:02.360><c> this</c><00:08:02.640><c> bill</c> educational workers
• Uh, this bill educational workers, etc.
• Thank you, and thank you for educating us on that.
• parents parents or<00:50:41.240><c> their</c><00:50:41.400><c> caregivers</c><00:50:42.000><c> make<

Committee: House Human Services & Homelessness

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on HB 963, which would make crimes against elders age 60 and over strict liability offenses by removing the requirement that the perpetrator knew or should have known the victim’s age. The Office of the Public Defender opposed the bill, arguing that removing the state-of-mind element would create unfair and subjective results and suggesting sentencing enhancements or broader vulnerability-based language instead. Supporters, including Sandy Wong and another testifier with elder-abuse experience, said the current knowledge requirement creates a loophole that lets offenders avoid the elder enhancement even when they target vulnerable older adults. No vote was taken on the measure in the portion provided. The committee also heard HB 384, which increases penalties for promoting minor-produced sexual images, extends probation terms for felony obscenity offenses, tolls the statute of limitations during a victim’s minority, and requires sex offender registration for certain felony obscenity offenses involving minors. The Public Defender opposed the bill as overly broad and warned of absurd results, while the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney supported it, saying the bill addresses sextortion and other exploitation cases where adults solicit images from minors and that the 3-year age-gap threshold preserves ordinary teen relationships. Committee members questioned whether the bill was aimed at adults only and whether the age-gap carveout was narrow enough; the prosecutor said it was intended to cover adult predators and not consensual peer conduct. No final action was reported. HB 1100, which renames the Neighbor Islands Blind and Visually Impaired Service Pilot Program to use “low vision” instead of “visually impaired,” was supported by the Department of Human Services and disability advocates, who said the current term is derogatory and that the change responds to the blind community. The department said it was beginning work on administrative rules and expected to seek an appropriation, with implementation hoped for in 2026. The committee then heard HB 1283, exempting paternity proceedings from mediation when domestic abuse is alleged; the Hawaii State Coalition Against Domestic Violence and others supported it as consistent with divorce law and important for survivor safety. HB 689, creating safe harbor protections for survivors of sexual exploitation who seek medical or law enforcement help, drew support from HPD, Emua Alliance, the Judiciary, and others, who said it would prevent traffickers from using prostitution charges to silence victims. Finally, HB 383, reinstating mandatory minimum jail terms for successive violations of protective orders and removing the court’s ability to suspend those minimums, drew opposition from the Public Defender, who said some repeat violations stem from mental health or substance use issues, and support from the Prosecuting Attorney, who argued the bill treats protective orders like temporary restraining orders and preserves judicial discretion within a misdemeanor framework.

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• Corps. extend to the team, coaches, parents, extend to the team, coaches, parents, and<00:17:41.280>
• </c><02:45:08.200><c> He</c><02:45:09.040><c> goes</c> the parent for a period of time.
• He goes the parent for a period of time.
• We’re getting into the parents’ care or the grandparents’ care of the children.
• House Bill 562, Mississippi Career and Technical Education Employability Mississippi Program.

Keywords: MS Senate Floor - 31 March, 2026; 10:00 AM, 925, all

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• the March meeting. 103 education audits were included on the committee's agenda for review.
• This program is administered by the Department of Education.
• All right, I believe the last item to be discussed is from Education.
• “Greg Rogers, Department of Education.” “And if you don’t mind, stand to be sworn in.
• “Greg Rogers, Department of Education. And if you don’t mind, stand to be sworn in.

Committee: All LEGISLATIVE JOINT AUDITING

Summary: The committee met to adopt prior minutes and reports from its executive and standing committees, including counties and municipalities, educational institutions, and state agencies. Those reports covered routine audit activity, delinquent private water and sewer audits, municipal accounting compliance issues, education audit findings, and several state agency audit items. The committee also reviewed and adopted the State of Arkansas annual comprehensive financial report for fiscal year 2025 and the related single audit report, both presented by Legislative Audit staff. The state financial report showed unmodified opinions on the state’s financial statements and described total assets of about $41.9 billion and liabilities of about $11.1 billion, along with retirement system assets of $39.9 billion and a net pension liability of $9 billion. Two material weaknesses were identified: insufficient internal controls at the Office of State Technology to monitor threats and unauthorized access, and a Division of Workforce Services methodology change for unemployment-related estimates that was not properly documented or approved. The single audit covered $12.4 billion in federal awards across 469 programs, with 16 major programs reviewed; it resulted in 33 findings, 14 with questioned costs totaling $16.6 million, and qualified opinions for the Summer EBT program, the Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund, and the Child Care Development Fund cluster. Members questioned agency officials in detail about the Summer EBT questioned costs, DHS unresolved findings, broadband grant documentation, cyber security controls, workers’ compensation liabilities, and child care funding and reporting. DHS explained that the Summer EBT issue involved drawing federal funds in advance rather than as benefits were redeemed, and said the process has been corrected. Broadband officials said the questioned $6.6 million reflected documentation-detail disagreements across many invoices rather than missing payments. OST officials described new logging, endpoint detection, and phishing-training efforts, and DFA and Education officials addressed specific audit findings and corrective actions. The committee ultimately moved to hold the two large statewide reports over until the August meeting for further review, with discussion continuing on whether to release some agency staff in the meantime.

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• </c><00:12:49.519><c> relating</c><00:12:49.839><c> to</c> >> House Bill 416, an act relating to educators
• And it does not remove authority from the Education Professional Standards Board.
• To Postsecondary Education, House Bill 457.
• To Primary and Secondary Education, House Bills 461 and 463.
• House Bills 457 to Primary and Secondary Education, House Bills 461 and 463.

Keywords: Convene 00:00 Senate Message 04:45 Calendar/2nd Readings 05:20 Report of Committees 07:05 Orders of the Day 08:23 HB 214 08:33 HB 416 12:26 HB 281 16:20 HB 134 18:13 Motions, Petitions, and Communications 21:08 Introduction of New Bills and Resolutions 37:01 Recess for ConC/Rules Meeting 39:15 ConC/Rules Report 42:29 Floor Amendments 44:27 Correction to Introduction of New Bills and Resolutions 46:14 Adjournment 46:40, 958, all

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• innovation, we know the sector still faces some challenges, especially in reaching and properly educating
• We know that for students to feel successful and to want to continue in their education, feeling the
• And so if in any way you can facilitate any innovation in the education sector, I don't know.
• Facilitate any innovation in the education sector.
• any innovation in the education sector.

Summary: The Select Committee on Alternative Protein Innovation held its second informational hearing at UCLA, focusing on California’s alternative protein sector and the role of public institutions in expanding plant-based, fermentation, and cultivated protein options. Chair Ash Kalra opened by highlighting prior state investments in UC research centers, the importance of student engagement, and the hearing’s three panels: reducing the carbon footprint of institutional meals, addressing market challenges to scaling alternative proteins, and advancing future food research and workforce development. Assemblymember Isaac Bryan also briefly praised the committee’s work and its relevance to climate and health goals. The first panel featured Friends of the Earth, UCLA Dining, and the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. Megan Jones described California school food efforts, including technical assistance and microgrants that helped districts expand plant-based meals, reduce water and carbon footprints, and improve student satisfaction. Pete Angelese explained how UCLA Dining uses concept-driven venues, sustainable purchasing, and marketing nudges to increase plant-forward choices, while Dr. Michelle Wood outlined Los Angeles County’s 2024–2025 board motions to expand plant-based options in county food venues and programs, including joining the World Resources Institute’s Cool Food Pledge. Committee members asked about costs, procurement, and how student and consumer behavior can be influenced. The second panel addressed market barriers to scaling alternative proteins. Zach Weston and Daniel Gertner emphasized that the sector faces a cost-and-scale trap, high capital needs, and financing gaps, and they recommended grants, tax credits, loan guarantees, procurement commitments, and workforce development. T.K. Pillen of Beyond Meat argued that the category has faced a recent downturn due to consumer skepticism, industry attacks on “fake meat,” and pricing pressures, and said the key to renewed growth is increasing demand through better taste, health, pricing, and messaging around “plant protein.” Panelists also discussed hidden subsidies and structural advantages for conventional animal agriculture, and committee members raised questions about iBank loan guarantees and supply chain challenges. The final panel highlighted UCLA’s research and training efforts. Dr. Amy Roet described the Future Food Fellows program, which trains students across disciplines in science, communication, leadership, and community-building, and supports research on scalable, safe, and nutritious alternative proteins. Corinne Smith shared her cultivated meat research and student leadership in the Alternative Proteins Project at UCLA. Dr. Janet Tomiyama presented consumer psychology findings showing that disgust, gender norms, and terminology strongly affect acceptance, with “plant protein” and “complementary proteins” testing better than “fake meat.” The hearing concluded with support for continued public investment, clearer messaging, and expanded education and workforce pipelines to help California remain a leader in alternative protein innovation.

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• Care, education, transportation, and finance all rely on the communications infrastructure.
• Well, a significant factor is the lack of provider education.
• We need to not only help educate the trainees, but we really need to educate the workplace as it is required
• Strengthening education during the early stages of medical training is key. They are right.
• Continuing education is critical.

Committee: House Business and Professions

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Of NDI and a dear friend, the NDI New Mexico board members, parents, and supporters in the gallery, and
• NDI New Mexico is a unique blend of performing arts, physical education, and youth development.
• We believe that an engaged youth that is healthy in body, mind, and spirit is critical for educational
• issues. ...on higher education issues.
• have the Executive Director from the Education Commission of the States there.

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• Uh, this is your Committee on Education.
• </c> public education system. public education system.
• Education? Education?
• Department of Education.
• </c> Department of Education, for example. Department of Education, for example.

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• We have an educated workforce.
• We have an educated workforce.
• We have an educated workforce.
• We have an educated workforce.
• </c> education. I understand that. education. I understand that.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Neither of us had parental leave.
• Neither of us had parental leave.
• </c> parent is with the young child. parent is with the young child.
• If you're in a certain stage of life, you may not think you need parental leave.
• </c><01:02:16.600><c> But</c> you need parental leave. But you need parental leave.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Next are transfers without consideration between siblings, stepchildren, step-parents, great-grandchildren
• Finally,... ...step-parents, great-grandchildren, great-grandparents, and great-grandchildren.
• Right now, like, it's online educational training for executors.
• with the West Virginia State Bar for, when you look at the committee substitute, just to provide education
• materials. ...to provide education materials concerning the administration of wills and estates, duties

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: 994, senate, all

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• protection and peace, strengthen their marriages, guard their hearts and minds, and grant wisdom to the parents
• recognizing the solemn anniversary, reaffirming Florida's enduring commitment to space exploration, education
• I'm so tired of hearing from parents who thank me for Grayson's law, but tell me that they're still afraid
• We know there's a lot that goes into education. ...the state that are here with us.
• We know there's a lot that goes into education policy and funding, and just know that we're doing our

Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several introductions recognizing guests and visiting groups, including the Challenger Learning Center, the Florida Dental Hygienists Association, school students, and other local officials and organizations. Members also offered remarks about President Allbritton’s recovery and upcoming events, including State of Black Florida Week and a future executive appointments calendar. The main floor debate centered on Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 156, which revises criminal penalties involving law enforcement officers. The bill clarifies that resistance to an officer with violence is not justified when the officer is performing official duties, removes language stating an officer is not justified in using force if the arrest or duty is unlawful and known to be unlawful, and adds mandatory life imprisonment for manslaughter of a law enforcement officer. Senators offered competing views: supporters said the bill corrects a verdict-form and charging problem exposed in the Officer Jason Rainer case and honors his family, while opponents argued it removes civilian protections, expands police authority, and imposes disproportionate mandatory sentencing. Two amendments were offered and withdrawn, and the bill passed 31-4. The Senate then passed a series of bills, mostly on public records and regulatory topics. SB 168 expanded public nuisance law to include gambling establishments and increased penalties; SB 288 narrowed statutory ambiguity affecting rural electric cooperatives; SB 292 and SB 298 created or extended public-records protections for appellate court clerks and victims of dating violence in the Address Confidentiality Program; SB 296 created the HAVEN initiative to study a secure alert system for domestic violence victims and expanded confidentiality protections; SB 364 modernized CPA licensure pathways; SB 386 created protections for farm equipment purchasers; and several Open Government Sunset Review bills preserved exemptions for emergency shelter information, Department of Military Affairs records, conviction integrity unit records, Public Service Commission and Gaming Commission proceedings, Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles investigatory records, social media platform investigations, and certain economic development loan-program financial records. Most of these bills passed with little or no opposition, and the Senate waived rules so all bills passed that day could be immediately certified to the House.

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• protection and peace, strengthen their marriages, guard their hearts and minds, and grant wisdom to the parents
• , and the legacy commitment to the space exploration, education, and the legacy of the Challenger crew
• Tallahassee, who is with us today and who carries forward the Challenger legacy through hands-on STEM education
• I'm so tired of hearing from parents who thank me for Grayson's Law, but tell me that they're still afraid
• We know there's a lot that goes into education policy and funding, and just know that we're doing our

Keywords: 999, senate, all

Summary: The Florida Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several introductions recognizing guests and groups in the gallery, including Challenger Learning Center representatives, the Florida Dental Hygienists Association, Zeta Phi Beta, Pine Forest High School students, and others. Senators also offered remarks honoring the anniversary of the Challenger disaster and welcoming visitors. The chamber then moved to the special order calendar. The main floor debate centered on Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 156, which would increase penalties for crimes against law enforcement officers and other personnel, including mandatory life imprisonment for manslaughter of a law enforcement officer engaged in official duties. The bill drew extensive debate over self-defense, excessive force, prosecutorial discretion, jury instructions, and whether the measure was a proper response to the Jason Rayner case. Two amendments were offered and withdrawn. After debate, the Senate passed the bill 31-4. Senators Bracy Davis, Smith, Polsky, and others spoke in opposition, while Leek, Trumbull, and Hooper supported the measure as a needed correction and tribute to Officer Rayner. The Senate then passed a series of other bills, mostly unanimously or by wide margins. SB 168 expanded public nuisance law to include gambling establishments; SB 288 clarified rural electric cooperative authority; SB 292 created a public records exemption for appellate court clerks and their families; SB 296 and SB 298 advanced the HAVEN initiative and a related public records exemption for domestic violence victims; SB 364 modernized CPA licensure; SB 386 created protections for farm equipment purchasers; and several Open Government Sunset Review bills preserved or extended public records and meeting exemptions for emergency shelter addresses, Department of Military Affairs records, conviction integrity unit records, Public Service Commission and Gaming Commission proceedings, DHSMV investigatory records, social media investigation records, and certain economic development loan records. Most of these bills passed 32-35 votes, with SB 292 passing 34-1 and SB 7000, SB 7002, SB 706, SB 708, SB 7012, SB 7014, and SB 7016 all approved. At the end of the session, the Senate adopted a motion to immediately certify all bills passed that day to the House, heard announcements about upcoming executive appointments and State of Black Florida Week events, and then adjourned until the next scheduled meeting.

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• They are vibrant hubs for commerce, culture, and education.
• funding sources, as surrounding landowners can only take so much of that tax burden to support educational
• a location that will never generate tax revenue for the city to fund municipal services, to fund education
• I was just trying to get educated here.
• I've helped my parents pay for it, and all of a sudden I just inherited it, and I found out that I can't

Bills: HB447 , HB897 , HB993 , HB2673 , HB3671 , HB3680 , HB3897 , HB4506 , HB4753 , HB4812 , HB4894 , HB5148 , HB5437 , HB5650 , HB5652 , HB5654 , HB5656 , HB5661 , HB5665

Committee: House Land & Resource Management

Keywords: traffic impact studies, municipal utility district, bonds, road projects, eminent domain, HB 897, Texas land sale, state property, Austin real estate, Travis County, General Land Office, Texas State Library and Archives Commission, HHSC, Health and Human Services Commission, state records facility, archives building, library funding, capital improvements, lease of state land, public land disposition

Summary: The committee heard testimony on a series of land use, housing, and local government bills. House Bill 447, relating to TIA requirements for certain MUD bond issuances, drew opposition from a witness who argued it would duplicate work already done, strain agency resources, and delay development; after the author’s closing, the committee substitute was withdrawn and the bill was left pending. The committee then voted out Senate Bill 1202 (third-party review of home backup power installations), House Bill 2494 (disannexation for failure to provide services), House Bill 1835 (removing barriers to HUD co-manufactured homes), and Senate Bill 15 (lot size and density limits in certain municipalities), with House Bill 1835 receiving one no vote and the others passing unanimously. House Bill 897, authorizing sale or lease of two state-owned Austin properties, was laid out and left pending after brief questions and no public testimony. The committee also heard and left pending several MUD creation bills for Montgomery and Fort Bend counties, including House Bills 5652, 5654, 5661, and 5656, each presented as template district bills with local support and no opposition recorded at the table. A major portion of the meeting focused on House Bill 2673, which would restore prior restrictions on new cemeteries near growing urban areas by repealing changes made last session. Representative Lujan and supporters argued the current law created unintended consequences, including loss of developable land, tax-exempt property in urban cores, and conflicts with infrastructure planning; they said cities already have authority to establish their own cemeteries if needed. Opponents, including a funeral services industry representative, argued the 2023 change was intended to let communities decide and that the bill would take local decision-making backward. After extensive testimony from both sides, the bill was left pending. The committee also heard House Bill 3680, which would create a Cameron County-specific process allowing local discretion under the model subdivision rules. Supporters said the bill would preserve colonia protections while reducing costly platting and replatting burdens on families trying to sell or pass down land; county officials and realtors testified in favor. The bill was left pending after closing. House Bill 4812, a clarification to the Texas Uniform Condominium Act to prevent counties from imposing subdivision platting requirements on condominiums, received support from builders and a condominium attorney who said current county practices create duplicative hurdles and higher costs; it too was left pending. Finally, House Bill 5148, which would allow certain single-stair apartment buildings up to six stories, generated the most detailed policy debate. Supporters, including housing advocates and architects, said the bill would lower costs, improve unit design, and expand affordable, family-friendly housing while maintaining safety through sprinklers and other safeguards. Fire officials from Corpus Christi opposed the bill, warning that a single stairwell could hinder firefighting and occupant evacuation, especially if sprinklers fail or smoke spreads. The author said the bill was aimed at new construction only and was part of a broader effort to reduce outdated housing regulations; the committee substitute was withdrawn and the bill was left pending at adjournment.