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• can just contract with to get off the ground to do this, that already have the expertise and the facilities
• <01:20:03.480><c> the</c> already have the expertise and the already have the expertise and the facilities
• And in defense of the insurance division, I believe that they have been working with the AG to get the
• c><01:32:57.760><c> working</c><01:32:58.119><c> with</c><01:32:58.239><c> the</c><01:32:58.360><c> AG
• </c><01:32:58.840><c> to</c> they have been working with the AG to they have been working with the AG

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• </c><00:29:42.559><c> It's</c> ownership age of 39 years old. It's ownership age of 39 years old.
• So in this bill their retirement age.
• </c><00:52:43.440><c> for</c> So we're able to reduce their age for So we're able to reduce their age
• Abortion facilities not licensed.
• ,</c> At 24 years of age, At 24 years of age, I<03:21:22.800><c> had</c><03:21:22.960><c> become</c><

Keywords: 1183, house

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• </c><00:40:22.760><c> and</c> and serve more um facilities and and serve more um facilities and agencies
• </c> with the actual usage of the facility with the actual usage of the facility one<01:57:49.040><c>
• Once the facility is built, you know, as a state-of-the-art facility in Hawaiʻi, we could also rent the
• But they built those facilities for—so, yes.
• </c><02:08:22.199><c> at</c> legislature funded the ACF facilities at legislature funded the ACF facilities

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• The chair recognized Representative Krosa. age and younger consider the same report age and younger consider
• No, we provided testing facilities for you to know.
• So, it doesn't take testing facility.
• There are no age restrictions, no labeling requirements, no safety standards, nothing.
• </c> age restrictions, no labeling age restrictions, no labeling requirements,<06:15:50.160><c> no</c

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Our tribe built a $12 million facility on our reservation that's 100% from the tribe, and they spent
• Our tribe built a $12 million facility on our reservation that's 100% from the tribe, and they spent
• Our tribe built a $12 million facility on our reservation that's 100% from the tribe, and they spent
• </c><00:13:33.560><c> but</c><00:13:33.720><c> it's</c> being a $16 million facility but it's being a
• </c> dream is to open a health care facility dream is to open a health care facility on<01:02:21.760>

Committee: House Higher Education Finance and Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• The Mass Wildlife Youth Hunt Program targets young men and women ages 12 to 17.
• Hunters ages 12 to 14, inclusive, are exempt by statute from the FID requirements.
• When a participant reaches age 15, they must attain an FID and a hunting license.
• So we lack the infrastructure or the range facilities to accomplish this.

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The hearing focused heavily on firearms legislation, especially bills to repeal Chapter 135 of the Acts of 2024 (including H. 2618/S. 1671 and related repeal measures) and bills on firearm industry accountability (H. 2672/S. 1653). Supporters of repeal, including Senator Peter Durant, Rep. Ken Sweezey, gun owners, instructors, sportsmen, and women’s gun-rights advocates, argued that Chapter 135 overreaches, creates confusion in licensing and training requirements, burdens lawful gun owners, restricts pepper spray and semi-automatic firearms, and is being enforced in ways they said criminalize responsible conduct. Committee members defending the law said it was the product of years of work, public listening sessions, and multiple drafts, and argued that Massachusetts remains the safest state for gun violence and that implementation issues, such as live-fire training, had been delayed to allow time for regulations and infrastructure. Several witnesses also testified on H. 2672/S. 1653, which would create firearm industry standards of conduct and allow civil actions against manufacturers, distributors, and dealers that engage in unsafe or unlawful practices. Supporters from the Massachusetts Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence, Everytown, Brady, Giffords, and survivors described the bill as a way to hold the industry accountable, reduce the flow of crime guns, and give victims and the Attorney General a path to sue bad actors. They cited data on crime-gun traces, disproportionate impacts on communities of color, and examples from other states that have enacted similar laws. Opponents, including gun dealers and industry representatives, argued that existing law already punishes illegal sales, that most crime guns are stolen or diverted after lawful sale, and that the bill would improperly target manufacturers for the actions of others. The committee also heard testimony on a bill to remove the non-resident ban on semi-automatic firearms for hunting (H. 2710/S. 1676), with Backcountry Hunters and Anglers supporting the change as a way to restore access for returning residents, veterans, and hunting programs that had been displaced. Later testimony returned to repeal and related gun-law bills, with sportsmen’s groups arguing Chapter 135 was rushed, confusing, and harmful to youth hunting and lawful ownership. No votes or final committee actions were taken during the hearing; it was a public testimony session with extensive questioning by committee members.

Transcript Highlights:

• Have you found any incentives that seem to work best with that age group when you're trying to motivate
• What incentives may you be using for that age group? I use a card punch.
• Like when you look at the centralized dashboards that the Hope Hub kind of facilities partnership provides
• identify potentially students that may have some gaps or need some more intervention at an earlier age

Summary: The committee first approved the March 9 and 10 minutes, then heard a presentation from the Arkansas Excellence in Teaching Fellowship Program featuring three third-grade teachers from Poyen, Drew Central, and Cabot, along with Department of Education Secretary Jacob Oliva. The teachers described the fellowship as a year-long collaboration among 23 merit-pay recipients from across the state, focused on sharing classroom strategies, data use, and professional support. Members asked about teacher experience, how the fellowship information is shared locally, the role of merit pay, and how teachers are addressing third-grade reading and retention concerns under the ATLAS assessment system. The teachers emphasized early intervention, relationships with students, small-group instruction, progress monitoring, and communication with families; they also described community supports such as churches, food backpacks, and local donations. Several members raised broader questions about poverty, trauma, social services, DHS involvement, and whether similar professional learning should be expanded to more teachers. Secretary Oliva said the fellowship is a small subset of a larger merit-pay program, that participation was voluntary, and that the state is working to improve literacy supports, clarity, and alignment across grades. He also said ATLAS results are now available to schools and families much faster than in the past, often within 24 to 72 hours, and that the state is using the data to identify at-risk students earlier and support intervention before retention decisions are made. The committee then moved to the adequacy/resource allocation presentation from the Bureau of Legislative Research. Staff explained that the report is part of the statutory adequacy review and focuses on state funding sources beyond foundation aid, including categorical and supplemental funds. They noted that districts and charters spent more than $7 billion in the 2025 school year, with roughly 49% from foundation funding and 51% from other sources over the last three years. The presentation outlined the four categorical funds—Alternative Learning Environment, English Learners, Enhanced Student Achievement, and Professional Development—describing their restricted uses, student-based funding formulas, and the ability of districts to transfer some money among categoricals while keeping it within allowable purposes. Staff said categorical funds account for about 4% of total spending, or less than $300 million, and reviewed superintendent feedback on whether those funds met district needs, with responses varying by category and district.

Transcript Highlights:

• One last question: Have you found any incentives that seem to work best with that age group when you're
• What incentives may you be using for that age group? I use a card punch.
• Like, when you look at the centralized dashboards that the Hope Hub kind of facilities partnership provides
• identify potentially students that may have some gaps or need some more intervention at an earlier age

Keywords: 1204, all

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• I'm also a gun owner and the father of a college-age student.
• So the only students who could legally carry are those 21 years of age or older.
• This just allows a CCW holder, 21 years of age or older, somebody who's gone through the background check
• permitting firearms would also require significant financial investments in security upgrades, storage facilities

Summary: The committee began with lengthy testimony and affidavits criticizing the Arizona State Bar, with speakers alleging selective discipline, due process problems, and retaliation against attorneys who take controversial cases. Committee members questioned the witnesses and discussed whether the bar and court system properly oversee attorney discipline, but no action was taken on that testimony. The committee then considered several election-related bills. SB 1037 would impose stricter security requirements on voting and tabulating equipment, including no internet access, tamper-proof seals, chain-of-custody documentation, nonstop video at accounting centers, and criminal penalties for violations; it passed 4-2 with one not voting. SB 1038 would require rapid public release of cast vote records, but an amendment changed the timing and transmission process; the amended bill passed 4-2 with one not voting. SB 1040 would expand public access to voter registration rolls through an internet portal and a read-only format; it also passed 4-2 with one not voting. The committee next approved SB 1039, which would allow attorneys who prevail in bar discipline matters to seek damages for reputational harm and lost earnings; it passed 4-2 with one not voting after extensive discussion about bar procedures, interim suspension, and whether attorneys can practice while under investigation. SB 1053, reducing concealed carry permit fees for Arizona residents, passed 4-2 with one not voting. SB 1057, requiring ballot paper fraud-countermeasure features, also passed 4-2 with one not voting. SB 1060, removing a voting exemption for U.S. citizens who have never resided in the United States, passed 3-2 with two not voting. The committee then heard SB 1061, which would lower the fentanyl threshold for enhanced sentencing from 200 grams to 9 grams; testimony focused on whether the bill would sweep in users as well as dealers, but the transcript ends before a vote is taken.

Transcript Highlights:

• I'm also a gun owner and the father of a college-aged student.
• So the only students who could legally carry are those 21 years of age or older.
• This just allows a CCW holder, 21 years of age or older, somebody who's gone through the background check
• permitting firearms would also require significant financial investments in security upgrades, storage facilities

Bills: SB1003 , SB1006 , SB1029 , SB1037 , SB1038 , SB1039 , SB1040 , SB1053 , SB1057 , SB1060 , SB1061 , SB1068 , SB1069

Committee: Senate Judiciary and Elections

Keywords: election, canvass, certification, ballot tabulation, write-in candidates, registration, voting procedures, campaign finance, contribution limits, reporting requirements, political action committees, elections, campaign contributions, candidate committees, posthumous provisions, termination process, Arizona Revised Statutes, voting systems, vote tabulation, election security

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• the number of times you're limited to regarding the number of rocket launches you could do at a facility
• homes in that case, if it's never been zoned, if it's an empty field, or if it's not, if it's got an ag
• Members, with the passage of this bill, thousands of Texans under the age of 65 who are suffering from
• I raised the age to 21 on keeping it away from the kids.

Bills: HCR158 , HCR159 , HCR160 , HCR161 , HCR162 , HCR163 , HCR164 , HR174 , HR427 , HR790 , HR810 , HR857 , HR866 , HR882 , HR883 , HR962 , HR966 , HR1001 , HR1045 , HR1085 , HR1097 , HR1127 , HR1138 , HR1141 , HR1150 , HR1152 , HR1292 , HR1296 , HR1304 , HR1305 , HR1306 , HR1308 , HR1309 , HR1310 , HR1311 , HR1312 , HR1313 , HR1315 , HR1317 , HR1318 , HR1320 , HR1321 , HR1322 , HR1323 , HR1324 , HR1325 , HR1327 , HR1328 , HR1329 , HR1330 , HR1331 , HR1332 , HR1333 , HR1334 , HR1335 , HR1338 , HR1340 , HR1341 , HR1342 , HR1343 , HR1344 , HR1345 , HR1346 , HR1347 , HR1348 , HR1349 , HR1352 , HR1353 , HR1354 , HR1355 , HR1358 , HR1359 , HR1360 , HR1361 , HR1362 , HR1363 , HR1364 , HR1365 , HR1366 , HR1368 , HR1369 , HR1370 , HR1380 , HR1383 , HR1384 , HR1385 , HR1386 , HR1387 , HR1388 , HR1389 , HR1390 , HR1392 , HR1393 , HR1396 , HR1397 , HR1398 , HR1399 , HR1400 , HR1402 , HR1403 , HR1404 , HR1405 , HR1406 , HR1407 , HR1408 , HR1409 , HR1410 , HR1411 , HR1412 , HR1413 , HR1414 , HR1415 , HR1417 , HR1418 , HR1419 , HR1420 , HR1421 , HR1422 , HR1424 , HR1425 , HR1426 , HR1427 , HR1428 , HR1429 , HR1430 , HR1431 , HR1432 , HR1433 , HR1434 , HR1435 , HR1436 , HR1437 , HR1438 , HR1440 , HR1441 , HR1442 , HR1443 , HR1444 , HR1445 , HR1447 , HR1448 , HR1449 , HR1450 , HR1452 , HR1453 , HR1454 , HR1455 , HR1456 , HR1458 , HR1459 , HR1460 , HR1461 , HR1462 , HR1463 , HR1464 , HR1465 , HR1466 , HR1467 , HR1469 , HR1470 , HR1471 , HR1472 , HR1473 , HR1475 , HR1477 , HCR132 , HCR154 , HR17 , HR49 , HR170 , HR275 , HR355 , HR356 , HR364 , HR369 , HR672 , HR690 , HR755 , HR756 , HR759 , HR762 , HR763 , HR781 , HR785 , HR848 , HR1240 , HR1265 , HR1303 , HR1307 , HR1314 , HR1316 , HR1319 , HR1326 , HR1336 , HR1337 , HR1350 , HR1351 , HR1367 , HR1371 , HR1372 , HR1373 , HR1374 , HR1375 , HR1376 , HR1377 , HR1378 , HR1379 , HR1382 , HR1391 , HR1395 , HR1451 , HR1457 , HR1468 , HR1474 , HR1476 , SB1637 , SB2878 , HB2885 , HB2017 , HB5246 , SB8 , SB2308 , SB1405 , HB 119 , SB3059 , SB15 , SB568 , SB2900 , HB3642 , HB3909 , SB268 , HB493 , SB2217 , HB2516 , SB650 , HB2963 , SB1610 , HB705 , SB2972 , SB1540 , HB40 , SB2753 , SB1660 , SB2024 , HB1545 , HB46

Keywords: World War II, V-J Day, Victory over Japan Day, Japan surrender, atomic bomb, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, USS Missouri, Douglas MacArthur, Harry S. Truman, Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin, Potsdam Conference, Pacific Theater, Greatest Generation, veterans, military history, commemoration, concurrent resolution, Texas Legislature

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• The definition of elector, according to Nevada law, is a citizen of the United States of the age of 18
• and upwards, who shall have actually resided in... ...of the age of 18 and upwards, who shall have actually
• following the law, and responsibly marketed and sold to adults who use nicotine and not to those under the age
• which will continue to allow products with American-made liquids manufactured in FDA-registered facilities

Bills: AB568 , SB90 , SB133 , SB147 , SB229 , SB233 , SB240 , SB245 , SB280 , SB378 , SB393 , SB417 , SB434 , SB494 , SB495 , AB62 , SB104 , SB119 , SB132 , SB193 , SB262 , SB422 , SB431 , SB435 , SB468 , SB503

Committee: Assembly Ways and Means

Keywords: higher education, Nevada System of Higher Education, operational expenses, instructional expenses, public funding, education funding, teacher grants, classroom supplies, instructional support, specialized personnel, civics education, Nevada Center for Civic Engagement, funding, youth programs, civic involvement, Southern Nevada, Clark County, Las Vegas Valley, regional planning, economic resiliency

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• . facilities. facilities.
• I'd also like to note that this bill has been endorsed by the Minnesota Leadership Council on Aging.
• I'd also like to note that this bill has been endorsed by the Minnesota Leadership Council on Aging.
• I'd also like to note that this bill has been endorsed by the Minnesota Leadership Council on Aging.
• I'd also like to note that this bill has been endorsed by the Minnesota Leadership Council on Aging.

Committee: Senate Human Services

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• the kind of higher overall rate of the current surcharge, with a declining element based on vehicle age
• the kind of higher overall rate of the current surcharge, with a declining element based on vehicle age
• And it is multiplied by a percentage that is determined by the age of the vehicle.
• So every additional year on the age of the vehicle will decrease kind of the percentage in which it is
• So every additional year on the age of the vehicle will decrease kind of the percentage in which it is

Keywords: 1183, house

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• If you look at 2020 and 2021, and this is age-adjusted data, if you average out those states and then
• allowed a state inventory of critical care supplies to ensure our hospitals and long-term care facilities
• allowed a state inventory of critical care supplies to ensure our hospitals and long-term care facilities
• allowed a state inventory of critical care supplies to ensure our hospitals and long-term care facilities
• allowed a state inventory of critical care supplies to ensure our hospitals and long-term care facilities

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> the resources to have Building the resources to have Building Maintenance<00:27:07.080><c> facilities
• </c><00:27:07.760><c> you</c><00:27:07.880><c> know</c><00:27:08.080><c> on</c> Maintenance facilities
• you know on Maintenance facilities you know on property<00:27:08.880><c> management</c><00:27:09.760
• an encampment within 100 feet of the property line of a K-12 public or private school or school facility
• Do we have to wait till the age of majority?

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The hearing began with HB 1113, which would create an intensive mobile team pilot program in the Department of Health for chronically houseless individuals with serious brain disorders such as schizophrenia. The Department of Health Adult Mental Health Division strongly supported the bill, and written support was also submitted by several health and harm-reduction organizations. Members asked about the program’s size and coordination with existing services; the testifier said the team would use a low-caseload, 24/7 mobile model, coordinate with police, ERs, hospitals, housing, dual-diagnosis treatment, and other case-management resources, and continue serving participants even if they cycle through jail or hospital. The committee amended the bill to change the participant language from a maximum of 40 to “at least 40,” blanked out the appropriations section, deferred the effective date to July 1, 3000, and then adopted the chair’s recommendation to pass with amendments by unanimous vote in both committees. The next measure, HB 1140, would appropriate funds for DLNR to clean up homeless encampments on department lands. DLNR testified in support, saying it conducts about 22 to 24 cleanups per year and the bill would help it address homelessness statewide. Members asked whether the funds would be used to sweep people out of areas; DLNR said its practice is to give notice, allow time to leave, and then clean up what remains, with storage procedures for personal property. The department also said people still present are told to move to the county area across the road. DLNR confirmed the bill is not in the governor’s budget, though it is in the governor’s legislative package. The committee then heard HB 1486, which would make it disorderly conduct to remain or loiter within 20 feet of a bus stop without intent to use bus services. The Office of the Public Defender opposed the bill, arguing that criminal enforcement is not the right tool, could lead to arrests of people who are simply tired or unhoused, and could create a cycle of repeated low-level cases and constitutional issues around questioning and intent. HPD supported the bill, saying officers would generally try to get people to move first, but could also use field questioning, citations, or arrests depending on the circumstances; HPD said such incidents can be documented and later used in ACT or other mental-health interventions. A private resident testified in support, describing bus stops near her home as occupied overnight and burdening nearby residents and small businesses. Written support came from the City and County of Honolulu Mayor’s Office, and one individual opposed the bill. Members also asked about neighbor-island impacts, property handling, and whether the bill could help connect people to services; HPD said it had not consulted other counties and would follow up. Finally, the committee began hearing HB 877, which would prohibit encampments within 100 feet of the property line of a K-12 public or private school or school facility. DLNR stood on its written testimony, and the Department of the Attorney General raised concerns that the bill did not specify how violators would be removed, what would happen to property or the encampment, or whether the buffer zone applies only to public spaces. The AG suggested making violations petty misdemeanors and adding clearer definitions and due-process guidance. Members asked whether charter schools are included and whether private-property situations within the buffer zone should be clarified; the AG said public schools include charter schools and indicated the bill may need more specificity about private property and trespass situations.

Transcript Highlights:

• And finally, the amendment, alongside hospitals and nursing facilities, allows federally qualified health
• facilities allows federally qualified<00:41:21.280><c> health</c><00:41:21.520><c> centers,</c><00:41
• Attestation basically, uh, what we are trying to do, uh, when it comes to attesting to the income, the age
• Attestation basically, uh, what we are trying to do, uh, when it comes to attesting to the income, the age
• Attestation basically, uh, what we are trying to do, uh, when it comes to attesting to the income, the age

Keywords: 958, all

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• artistry that includes songwriting, producing, composing, and education, empowering songs for all ages
• </c> conditions or aging infrastructure. conditions or aging infrastructure.
• The Route 50 bridge is aging. Um, it has a history of getting stuck in the up position.
• House Bill 811, aging in bill, please.
• House Bill 804, Department of Aging Resilience Fund establishment.

Keywords: House streaming session for Wednesday, March 11, 2026, 957, house, all

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• </c> of measles for children between the ages of measles for children between the ages of<00:56:49.680
• And so, I just see a as they age.
• </c> for ages 2 and up. for ages 2 and up.
• </c><01:37:12.480><c> range</c> teams to deliver care to the age range teams to deliver care to the age
• Cloud until I aged out at 18.

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• maybe some arterial roads or whatever in the reserve area, but not utilities and not, you know, facilities
• Every single facility and infrastructure to serve the development area must be, should be, in the development
• there is a 20% shortage of medical lab technologists and technicians in Florida, exacerbated by an aging
• So they were training at our, near our airport, at a facility.
• If detected early, before age five, treatment can be highly effective.

Summary: The Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several recognitions before taking up a special order calendar of bills. Early measures included a claims bill for relief to L.E. through the Department of Children and Families, which passed 34-0 after substitution from the House version, and a claims bill for the estate of Mark Legata, which passed 35-0 after the amount was reduced in the substitute. The chamber then approved CS for CS for SB 42 on child protective investigations and specific medical diagnoses, requiring investigators to consider certain medical conditions that can mimic abuse; the sponsor described it as a fix for cases where medical evidence is overlooked, and it passed 34-0. A bill on autism education for teachers was also substituted with the House version, amended to replace the Senate language, and passed 35-0 after supportive remarks from members. The Senate next passed a land-use bill, SB 218, adjusting hurricane-related development restrictions so they continue in storm-damaged counties but expire in unaffected counties in 2026, with debate focused on local control and recovery needs; it passed 36-0. The chamber then approved several other measures with little or no opposition: a probate bill modernizing curators of estates (36-0), a Blue Ribbon Projects bill creating a framework for large planned developments with conservation set-asides, which drew extensive debate over local control, growth management, and the bill’s breadth before being temporarily postponed, a state lotteries update (36-0), a diploma requirements bill allowing Special Olympics participation to substitute for PE and clarifying marching band credit (36-0), and a naturopathic medicine licensure/regulation bill that reestablishes a licensing framework and board, which passed 33-3. The Justice Administrative Commission bill was amended to broaden membership to include a judge or senior judge and passed 37-0. The Senate also passed a public records exemption for certain local administrators and their families (31-5), a clinical laboratory personnel bill easing staffing requirements by aligning more closely with federal CLIA standards (37-0), a dry needling bill clarifying occupational therapists may perform the practice (37-0), a financial disclosures bill revising gift/honoraria reporting and restoring a percentage-based reporting option via amendment (36-0), and a child welfare bill expanding when parental drug abuse can be treated as harm or neglect and allowing earlier court intervention and services (37-0). Later, the chamber took up a bill on ideologies inconsistent with American principles and terrorist organizations. The sponsor said it would prevent enforcement of foreign or religious law over the Constitution, create a due-process process for domestic terrorist designations, and bar public funds from supporting terrorism. Senators raised questions about the lack of a time limit on conduct used for designation and whether conviction is required; an amendment was then offered to remove specific references to Sharia law and the bill’s findings, with the sponsor of the amendment arguing the language stigmatized Muslim constituents and singled out Islam. The transcript cuts off during that amendment debate, so no final action on the bill is shown in the provided text.