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• An image surfaces on the internet, a deepfake of you doing something highly embarrassing or something
• <04:05:17.800> on<04:05:18.000> the re-election an image surfaces on the re-election
• an image surfaces on the internet<04:05:19.319> a<04:05:19.520> deep<04:05:19.800>
• This bill gives New Hampshire families an estate planning tool that allows them to reduce their federal
• This is about estate planning and allowing people to set up their property in a way to minimize their

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The House opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, the national anthem, leaves of absence, guest introductions, and memorial remarks honoring former Representative Carolyn Gargas of Hollis, who was remembered for her long House service, work on child and family issues, and community involvement. The House then adopted a consent calendar and approved a motion to withdraw House Bill 431, which would have created a commission to review draft rules on minimum standards for public school approval and state academic standards; the motion failed after a roll call vote, so the bill remained in play. The House next took up House Bill 109-FN, relative to false reports to law enforcement. The majority supported the bill as a way to add penalties for knowingly false reports about law enforcement officers, arguing officers deserve protection from false accusations and that the knowingly standard is a high bar. The minority opposed it as duplicative of existing law and warned it could chill legitimate complaints against police. After debate and a division vote, the majority committee report of ought to pass was adopted, 198-173. The House also considered House Bill 218-FN, which would provide victims of crime a free police report. The committee amendment changed the bill so victims would receive a written confirmation that a crime occurred rather than the initial police report, to avoid conflicts with right-to-know law and active-investigation confidentiality. Supporters said the change was a small but important clarification agreed to by law enforcement and domestic violence advocates, while opponents argued the original language was already workable and that the floor amendment was unnecessary. A division vote was requested on the amendment, and the transcript ends during that debate before the final outcome on HB 218 is shown.

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• a lot of issues I think in she surfaced a lot of issues I think in her<00:29:24.039> testimony
• Representative Gomez said that some issues were surfaced that, to her thinking, have not really been
• <00:37:33.880> questions<00:37:34.880> that program and just surfaced questions that
• program and just surfaced questions that you<00:37:35.160> know<00:37:35.319> I<00:37:
• <00:37:45.880> that<00:37:46.000> to issues were surfaced that to issues were surfaced

Keywords: 1183, house

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• And I off and to go into surface water.
• Thank you for the question. groundwater and surface water. I hope groundwater and surface water.
• Does that mean like a paved surface, for example, a mall, a grocery store, whatever is a paved surface
• surface and it prevents the ice bond. surface and it prevents the ice bond.
• into a catch basin or adjacent surface into a catch basin or adjacent surface water<01:09:49.839

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• It is located close to Carlsbad in the Salado Formation, at a depth of 2,150 feet below the surface,
• In surface water and drinking water, we've never detected any americium or plutonium, which is a good
• Oil and gas or produced water is at the surface, or at least I should say under a lease.
• Now you have oil and gas at the surface, or you have produced water at the surface.
• Untreated produced water could not be released to ground or surface waters. 2.

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• of PAS has just as much risk, if not more, in Minnesota because we have releases whether it's to surface
• Chair and members, uh, we consulted with the Department of Administration, Real Estate and Construction
• 17:41.600> Real uh Department of Administration, Real uh Department of Administration, Real Estate
• > Construction<01:17:42.640> for<01:17:42.880> those<01:17:43.440> uh Estate
• and Construction for those uh Estate and Construction for those uh numbers<01:17:44.480> uh<01

Bills: HF3220

Keywords: school safety, school security, emergency access, law enforcement access, master key box, secure key box, entry device, school grants, education finance, Department of Education, charter schools, school districts, cooperative units, appropriation cancellation, one-time appropriation, school safety plan, emergency preparedness, public safety, school building security, 1183

Bills: SB1365, SB2139, SB1595, SB1303, SB2180, SB2072, SB1772, SB1209, SB137, SB1944, SB372, SB1636, SB1256, SB1827, SB2104, SB1226, SB1876, SB1966, SB80, SB1148, SB1147, SB1149, SB1161, SB1162, SB1164, SB1159, SB1165, SB1174, SB1156, SB1158, SB1163, SB1175, SB1176, SB1166, SB1167, SB1157, SB1146, SB1481, SB1144, SB1145, SCR20

Keywords: SB1365, Oklahoma Central Purchasing Act, procurement exemption, competitive bidding, state purchasing, Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department, tourism department, merchandise for resale, gift shops, lodges, golf pro shops, state parks, restaurant contracting, retail outlets, public procurement, purchasing flexibility, Title 74, emergency clause, restrictive covenants, discriminatory covenants

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• for a guardian, conservator, attorney, or guardian ad litem who is seeking compensation from the estate
• and requires the court to approve the projected cost levied against a ward or protected person's estate
• for a guardian, conservator, attorney, or guardian ad litem who is seeking compensation from the estate
• And they have the right to devise their estate, and they could do it according to religious tenets.
• And they have the right to devise their estate, and they could do it according to religious tenets.

Bills: SB1067, SB1234, SB1285, SB1295, SB1392, SB1413, SB1436, SB1470, SB1476, SB1489, SB1512, SB1535, SB1540, SB1556, SB1568, SB1569, SB1570, SB1573, SB1585, SB1609, SB1627, SB1634, SB1635, SB1644, SB1647, SB1648, SB1650, SB1653, SB1654, SB1655, SB1656, SB1657, SB1658, SB1661, SB1662, SB1664, SB1666, SB1667, SB1669, SB1709, SB1720, SB1723, SB1725, SB1743, SB1746, SB1748, SB1755, SB1786, SB1820, SB1822, SB1829, SCR1027, SCR1040, SCR1048

Keywords: tax lien, property tax lien, real property tax lien, foreclosure, right of redemption, redeem, excess proceeds, county abatement lien, abatement lien, lien priority, assessment lien, easement, county treasurer, certificate of purchase, tax delinquency, delinquent property taxes, property owner equity, judgment foreclosure, title report, Arizona Revised Statutes

Summary: The committee approved the minutes and then took up a long agenda of election, criminal justice, corrections, and county-government bills. Early election measures included SB 1436, requiring ballot language for certain school override and bond elections to estimate the secondary property tax impact; SB 1568, requiring election systems’ internal clocks to stay within 60 seconds of official time and making violations a misdemeanor; SB 1569, limiting special election board members from collecting or processing voter registration while assisting confined voters; and SB 1746, requiring voting centers to supplement rather than replace precinct polling places, requiring public offices and schools to provide polling space, and closing schools on primary and general election days for in-service training. SB 1436 and SB 1568 were eventually given do-pass recommendations, SB 1569 also passed committee, and SB 1746 passed despite concerns raised about school safety and access. Some bills were held earlier in the meeting and voted on later after testimony concluded. The committee also heard SB 1295, which would allow the Department of Corrections to release certain seriously ill inmates to contracted medical institutions if they qualify for ALTCS, with an amendment replacing disability language with illness-based criteria; the sponsor described it as a cost-saving measure that could shift care costs to federal programs. SB 1067, the so-called Gila County blight bill, would let counties place abatement costs for rubbish, debris, and dilapidated buildings on property tax bills and liens; county officials testified that it would help recover cleanup costs for blighted properties and heirs’ property, and it passed unanimously. SB 1413 would remove the $100,000 cap on restitution for serious injury or death caused by moving violations and passed after the sponsor said the cap had already been found unconstitutional. SB 1476 would make child neglect a class six felony when a custodian exposes a newborn to dangerous or narcotic drugs or causes fetal alcohol syndrome; supporters framed it as accountability and child protection, while opponents warned it could deter treatment and worsen family separation. The bill passed on a split vote. Later, the committee considered several criminal-justice and public-safety bills. SB 1512 would expand the definition of vulnerable adult and broaden “position of trust and confidence” for theft cases involving seniors and other vulnerable adults; testimony highlighted scams and exploitation of grieving or isolated elders, and the bill passed. SB 1585 would regulate sex-offender-specific evaluations, treatment, and polygraph services through the Sex Offender Management Board, add a surcharge fund and assessment on sexual-offense convictions, and appropriate funds to DPS; supporters said it would create uniform standards, while opponents questioned the need for additional fees, and it passed. SB 1662 would require probation conditions to be the least restrictive necessary and tailored to a defendant’s risk and needs; supporters from the Justice Action Network and criminal-defense advocates said it would improve rehabilitation and public safety, and it passed. The committee also began SB 1664, which would change constable petition-signature requirements in Maricopa and Pima counties, but the transcript cuts off before the full discussion and vote on that bill.

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• Yeah, surface water is more expensive to treat than groundwater. Right.
• So surface water fees collected for surface water can't be used to maintain sewer plants or water plants
• They can only be used for maintaining surface water-related assets.
• The brown or black squiggly line at the top is the land surface.
• Oysters make it a solid surface. They provide places for fish to hide.

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• which it was repeated in Finance Committee several times, and this is in the part of law about real estate
• The Navy followed with surface ships, USS Long Beach, CGN-9, the first nuclear-powered surface cruiser

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The Senate convened, recorded attendance, dispensed with reading the journal, and recognized several guest groups, including landscape architects and FFA representatives who delivered plants to senators. The chamber then moved through multiple Committee of the Whole calendars, considering a large number of bills and resolutions, with most measures receiving do-pass recommendations, often after committee or floor amendments. Topics included public monies and cryptocurrency/stablecoin use by the state (SB 1042, SB 1043, SB 1044, SB 1045, SCR 1003, SCR 1033), attorney discipline and family court matters (SB 1039, SB 1139, SB 1147, SB 1148, SB 1328), public records, scholarship organizations, HOA flag rules, deed conveyances, environmental restrictions on solar radiation management, federal land acquisition consent, small modular reactors, water quality testing, and state revenue-related constitutional changes (SCR 1028). One notable procedural dispute occurred when an Epstein amendment to SB 1043 was ruled not germane; the chair’s ruling was upheld on a 14-10 division vote, and the bill later advanced without that amendment. The Senate also retained SB 1419 on the calendar. On later calendars, the Senate advanced health and human services measures focused on Arizona’s Access program and DCS, including SB 1052, SB 1115, SB 1149, SB 1193, SB 1233, SB 1345, SB 1346, and SB 1631. Testimony on SB 1115 centered on whether Access employees should be barred from remote work, with supporters arguing in-person work was needed and critics warning of staffing and service disruptions without a new facility or appropriation. SB 1233 drew discussion about a short cure period for administrative deficiencies; supporters said the bill addressed retaliatory enforcement practices, while opponents said the timeframe was too short. SB 1345 and SB 1346 also drew Access-related debate, including a floor amendment removing Access from SB 1345 and an objection that the bill could conflict with federal Medicaid law. The committee reports for these bills were adopted, and the measures were sent forward with do-pass recommendations. The Senate also advanced regulatory and utility-related bills on another calendar, including SB 1137, SB 1144, and SB 1205. SB 1137 dealt with underground facilities excavation notification and passed with a Kavanaugh floor amendment described as stakeholder-driven technical detail. SB 1144 addressed veterinary technician certification and education alternatives and passed with committee amendment. SB 1205, concerning motor vehicle booting fees regulation, was amended to require an appeals process for private parking lots using booting services after a senator described a personal experience of paying a boot fee and receiving no response to an appeal. The calendar was still in progress at the end of the transcript, with SB 1286 just beginning to be read.

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• unpermitted or willing to lease. or sell to the state for surface water, as well as we do have some
• Roughly there's 800-900 thousand acre feet of surface water that we believe is in excess and that we
• believe can be contracted so that's about say say you know eight or nine hundred thousand a surface.
• We only have roughly. 800, 900,000 feet of surface water. We need six.
• The easy water, the surface water that's regional within that area that's needed, or the groundwater

Bills: SJR 12, SCR 39, SB 7, SB 8, SB 27, SB 29, SB 125, SB 241, SB 371, SB 396, SB 406, SB 464, SB 568, SB 578, SB 608, SB 617, SB 660, SB 689, SB 693, SB 707, SB 731, SB 732, SB 763, SB 779, SB 836, SB 854, SB 857, SB 875, SB 878, SB 879, SB 906, SB 920, SB 921, SB 922, SB 942, SB 965, SB 985, SB 996, SB 1029, SB 1035, SB 1036, SB 1059, SB 1084, SB 1098, SB 1101, SB 1185, SB 1188, SB 1321, SB 1332, SB 1366, SB 1388, SB 1396, SB 1453, SB 1484, SB 1494, SB 1536, SB 1563, SB 1596, SB 1610, SB 1619, SB 1737, SB 1738, SB 1741, SB 1816, SB 1822, SB 1841, SB 1939, SB 2155, SB 2188, SB 2230

Keywords: parental rights, education, constitutional amendment, school choice, child education, border security, southern border, federal immigration policy, illegal immigration, cartels, transnational cartels, fentanyl, drug trafficking, human trafficking, Operation Lone Star, Texas border, National Guard, state guard, border wall, border barriers

Summary: In this meeting, significant discussions revolved around the passage and modification of various Senate Bills, including SB1388, which pertains to family support services under the Health and Human Services Commission. Senator Kolkhorst advocated for the bill, emphasizing its focus on pro-life, family-centered care. The committee passed the bill after thorough examination, showcasing a collaborative effort among the members to ensure its alignment with successful past initiatives. In another session, Senator Hughes presented SB942, aimed at retroactive child support linked to prenatal care, which sparked a constructive dialogue reflecting bipartisan support for maternal and child welfare.

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• This bill seems to prevent landowners and surface right owners from being able to get full recovery for
• I'm curious to know how landowners or surface right owners currently have the opportunity to request
• If the surface owner makes a complaint and sees scarring or other defects on the land after a well is
• Does the landowner or surface owner have the ability to request remediation, or is it a conversation
• If a landowner or surface owner says, 'Hey, thanks for plugging the well, but there's a problem here,

Bills: SB1191, SB1314, SB1319, SB1333, SB1346, SB1439, SB1509, SB1510, SB1613

Keywords: SB1191, Oklahoma Energy Initiative Act, Oklahoma Low Carbon Energy Initiative Board, low carbon energy, clean energy, energy policy, renewable energy, board repeal, statutory repeal, administrative board, energy committee, natural resources, Oklahoma statutes, 17 O.S. 802.3, groundwater, indemnity fund, well drilling, pollution prevention, regulatory compliance, SB1319

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• And we know in North Dakota, it is our number one resource for surface water.
• And we know in North Dakota, it is our number one resource for surface water.
• So there's been a 17-foot increase in the water surface in this lake system.
• And the surface drainage portion is off to the west.
• And the surface drainage portion is off to the west.

Summary: The Water Topics Overview Committee met to receive interim status updates on several water-related studies and Department of Water Resources projects. The committee approved the March 26, 2026 minutes, observed a moment of silence for the late Representative Conmy, and then heard updates on the watershed management study and the stormwater/wastewater study. Staff reported that the committee had already received the testimony contemplated in the study plans, including input from state agencies, local governments, and out-of-state entities, and that any further action would be at the committee’s discretion. The Department of Water Resources then provided project and budget updates on NAWS and the Southwest Pipeline Project. Reese reported NAWS is expected to serve about 81,000 users, with a total projected cost of about $571 million and about $96 million remaining, while the Southwest Pipeline Project is estimated at $1.06 billion total with about $409 million remaining. Members asked about funding sources, capacity needs, and whether current and future construction is being designed for increased demand; department staff said current work is designed for ultimate capacity, but some future components may need redesign based on new requests. The committee also discussed local cost shares, Minot’s role in NAWS funding, and whether the system is adequate for peak demand. A major portion of the meeting focused on the department’s cash management, carryover, and long-term water funding outlook. The department said Resources Trust Fund revenues are tied to oil extraction taxes and are affected by stripper well exemptions and future oil price declines. Members expressed concern about large carryover balances and whether the state is obligating more money than can realistically be spent in a biennium. The department reported about $340.6 million in remaining carryover and said it is trying to reduce that through a two-tier pre-construction/construction process and closer project vetting. The department also summarized the Deloitte studies on regional governance and finance and on cost-share policy. Stakeholders generally favored keeping the current governance structures for NAWS and Southwest with improvements, while Red River stakeholders leaned toward a different option; the department said it will bring an implementation plan back in September. On cost share, Deloitte’s recommendations would reduce some percentages, prioritize projects differently, and use other measures to close a projected long-term funding gap. Members debated affordability, local burden, deferred maintenance, and whether statutory changes may be needed to allow the commission more flexibility in prioritizing and funding projects. No formal votes or final actions were taken beyond approving the minutes and receiving the updates.

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• answers to their concerns and remain deeply uneasy about the potential risk of injecting treated surface
• types of things we need to understand about the water they plan to move into an aquifer, usually surface
• This clarifies what applies to surface water, but then also creates a separate process for groundwater
• They've got other districts in the same GMAs that are permitting out 10 times as much water per surface
• And frequently, those dam authorizations are not for impounding surface water; therefore, impounding

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• Well, and uh, I told them to be ducks and look calm above the surface with your legs going furiously
• c><00:04:47.840> Calm<00:04:48.280> above<00:04:48.639> the<00:04:48.840> surface
• <00:04:49.360> with and look Calm above the surface with and look Calm above the surface with

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• Some of the communities in that area are on surface water, some are on a blend of surface water, and
• Some of the communities in that area are on surface water, some are on a blend of surface water, and
• and the DNR is in charge of issuing permits for groundwater and surface water.
• and the DNR is in charge of issuing permits for groundwater and surface water.
• <00:49:02.200> water was wondering if surface water was wondering if surface water Appropriations

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Patrol and the caller had a steady, controlled voice, but I could feel his adrenaline right under the surface
• Patrol and the caller had a steady, controlled voice, but I could feel his adrenaline right under the surface
• :04.159> our someone the companies come come to our someone the companies come come to our estate
• :20:06.320> pass<01:20:06.640> to<01:20:06.960> try<01:20:07.520> out estate
• to want to free pass to try out estate to want to free pass to try out this<01:20:08.000> new

Bills: HF3553, HF3513, HF3576

Keywords: vehicle platooning, transportation, public safety, pilot project, Wilkin County, Grant County, autonomous vehicles, transportation regulations, driverless cars, safety standards, first responder interaction, school bus, third-party testing, driver certification, transportation regulation, 1183, house

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• perennial crop seed production systems produced in Minnesota and the effect they have on soil erosion, surface
• perennial crop seed production systems produced in Minnesota and the effect they have on soil erosion, surface
• sector sector by partnering<01:33:55.400> with<01:33:55.920> industry<01:33:56.600> estate
• <01:33:57.000> agencies partnering with industry estate agencies partnering with industry
• estate agencies and<01:33:58.119> community<01:33:58.600> colleges<01:33:59.520> we<

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• This company does a lot for the community, and it's not just surface. It's Fourth of July parades.
• but I'll definitely stick within the three minutes of testimony, just to kind of get at a couple surface
• But everything is a cost, whether it's a cost of real estate, whether it's a cost of labor, whether it's
• Each carve-out tries to preserve the surface of a practice while stripping out the personalization that

Keywords: 1146, all

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• And so I got home and I opened it, and it was all about how this young man was able to get his real estate
• housing crisis laid bare so many of the structural inequities that had been simmering underneath the surface
• They had just been simmering underneath the surface for so many Coloradans who either felt taken for
• The measure defines road transportation to include construction, surface repairs, maintenance, and operation

Keywords: 981, all

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• sentiments that have been expressed and and I'm happy to consider any floor amendments that might surface
• sentiments that have been expressed and and I'm happy to consider any floor amendments that might surface
• sentiments that have been expressed and and I'm happy to consider any floor amendments that might surface
• sentiments that have been expressed and and I'm happy to consider any floor amendments that might surface
• any floor amendments that might surface any floor amendments that might surface between<00:38:59.280

Keywords: 1189, house, all