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• I'm speaking in strong support of H. 2618 and S. 1692.
• I support House Bill 2672.
• I am here to support Bill H. 2618 by Rep.
• No such historical tradition supports it.
• Said today, we support the repeal of these bills.

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.

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• The PowerPoint could be supporting if there are particular questions, Mr. Chair.
• And I 1,000% support that.
• And I 1,000% support that.
• I'm proud to support what needs to be accomplished here.
• We strongly support the funding for transit passes in the GGRF.

Summary: The committee first heard a DMV budget presentation on the state-to-state verification system required for Real ID compliance and the Digital Experience Platform (DXP) modernization project. DMV officials said the state-to-state system is a pointer-based exchange used when a person applies for a license in another state, with only limited identifying data shared initially and the full driver history sent only after a qualified request. Members raised concerns about privacy, possible misuse by other states or federal actors, notification to Californians, hacking, and whether California could detect or stop abusive access. DMV said it can monitor requests, see patterns of access, work with AAMVA and legal counsel, and seek to block or challenge misuse; LAO said California is in a difficult position and should consider guardrails rather than opt out. On DXP, DMV said the project is on its revised schedule and budget, occupational licensing is complete, vehicle registration is expected by the end of calendar year 2026, and the full system should be finished by fiscal year 2028-29, with phased rollout and reappropriated funding to keep costs controlled. The committee then heard from the California High-Speed Rail Office of Inspector General on a trailer bill and AB 1608. The Inspector General said current law does not clearly authorize public reports or establish a framework for retaining and disclosing work papers, and the proposed trailer bill would create that framework while also adding authority to hire needed classifications and purchase goods and services. He also said the office needs a clearer statutory definition of “proposed agreements” and notice when the High-Speed Rail Authority is reviewing them, so the office can review contracts and related agreements effectively. LAO raised no concerns with the trailer bill language, and Finance said any amendments would come in the May revision. Members debated the scope of confidentiality in the Inspector General proposal, especially whether reports could be held confidential when they identify weaknesses in fraud controls, security, or other vulnerabilities. The Inspector General said confidentiality would be temporary, tied to articulating the risk, reassessing it every 120 days, and releasing the report once the risk is no longer substantial; he also said the office had already published reports at its discretion and had found at least one procurement violation involving an amendment that added services not in the original contract. Several members pressed for stronger transparency and suggested time limits or broader disclosure, while others argued the bill would improve oversight and make the Inspector General’s authority clearer. No votes were taken during the discussion, and the item was left for further work on the trailer bill and AB 1608 language.

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• Ashley McReynolds, present in support, does not wish to speak.
• Two green cards, present in support, do not wish to speak.
• So by supporting this bill, it really does help.
• So I fully support this.
• Representative Cruz, I think you recall that we did support.

Committee: House Health and Welfare

Summary: The committee first heard and favorably reported SB 255, which expands eligibility for psychosocial rehabilitation services by adding health sciences and therapeutic recreation degrees to the list of acceptable educational backgrounds. Supporters said the change would help address workforce shortages and improve access in rural areas. SB 314 was then reported favorably; it cleans up prior law so a limited scope certified social worker license can still be used for community psychiatric support and treatment services even if the application is filed after the CSW license has expired, rather than being barred by a timing restriction. The committee next took up several bills by Chairman McMath. SB 26, which repeals facility need review requirements for opioid treatment programs, was reported favorably after members and witnesses said Louisiana has too few OTPs and that removing the review would improve access, especially in rural areas. SB 29, requiring review and reporting of a child’s immunization records in certain unexpected death autopsies, was reported favorably despite questions about whether the bill should refer more broadly to medical records; supporters said the data could help evaluate vaccine-related concerns, while opponents raised concerns about singling out immunizations. SB 30, dealing with telehealth for obesity/weight management, was amended and reported favorably; the committee adopted technical amendments and a conceptual amendment replacing “metabolic condition” with “weight management services,” while witnesses debated patient safety, board authority, and whether the bill should limit agencies’ ability to restrict telehealth in the future. The committee also reported favorably SB 219, which creates an Office of Health and Nutrition within LDH. Supporters from the department, the Alzheimer’s Association, and Pennington Biomedical said the office would strengthen coordination on nutrition, physical activity, and brain health, and cited high Alzheimer’s costs and prevalence in Louisiana. SB 222, which streamlines Medicaid behavioral health administrative requirements and expands telehealth for psychosocial rehabilitation, was reported favorably with amendments after supporters described workforce and rural access barriers. SB 195, the “Danny’s Dose EMS Treatment Act,” was reported favorably; it would allow EMS personnel to administer a patient’s own prescribed time-critical medication in emergencies, and testimony from a parent and physician described life-threatening delays under current practice. The committee also adopted SCR 2, updating hospital architectural standards to the most recent Facility Guidelines Institute edition, and SCR 22, requesting a more detailed legislative auditor report on opioid settlement expenditures; members said they wanted clearer outcome data and planned to refine the language before floor debate. Finally, HB 1093 on naturopathic medicine was introduced and heavily amended, with the bill shifted under LSBME oversight and a large set of changes discussed, but no final action was taken in the portion provided.

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• We support 2140 with this striker.
• So with that, we'd love your support.
• Our section of the bill—we are in support of the bill.
• I hope the members will support it.
• Thank you for support. We already moved the bill.

Bills: HB2091 , HB2140 , HB2320 , HB2384 , HB2398 , HB2502 , HB2780 , HB2918 , HB2939 , HB2950 , HB2999 , HB4020 , HB4026 , HB4029

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: insurance, financial surveillance, regulations, assessments, Arizona Revised Statutes, investment, state treasurer, gold bullion, treasury management, financial regulations, school districts, bonds, financial advisors, elections, municipal advisors, cost of borrowing, lease agreements, school property, tax exemptions, impact aid revenue bonds

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• We're here in support of House Bill 2175.
• I am here in support of HB 2364.
• I am strongly in support of this bill.
• That work requires meaningful support.
• I support this amendment convention and definitely the term limits part of it, which I've supported for

Bills: HB2076 , HB2135 , HB2175 , HB2186 , HB2223 , HB2345 , HB2364 , HB2417 , HB2440 , HB2666 , HB2763 , HCR2043

Committee: House Judiciary

Keywords: school safety, employee training, firearm certification, crisis response, school policies, reimbursement fund, local law enforcement, HB2135, Arizona, civil liability, private right of action, DEI, diversity equity and inclusion, critical race theory, anti-racism, race stereotyping, sex stereotyping, race scapegoating, sex scapegoating, gender identity

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• </c> respectfully ask for your support. respectfully ask for your support.
• Many of the organizations supporting S60 have provided direct services or support to farms in times of
• We're encouraged by the support that S60 has earned so far and ask for the House's continued support.
• </c> supporting the people who care for them. supporting the people who care for them.

Keywords: 926, house, all

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• The supports for, in priority two on slide eight, the support. supports for the workforce, the supports
• Continuing on slide 26, P-TECH is an initiative supported by the legislature, and we operationally support
• Way down on the list is lack of family support. Only 8% of respondents said lack of family support.
• Our folks are the ones that provide the professionals that support them.
• These are careers that we need to help support people in.

Committee: House Higher Education

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• </c> support of those vital communities. support of those vital communities.
• We I supporting rural communities.
• </c><03:22:45.920><c> of</c> Speaker, I rise today in support of Speaker, I rise today in support of
• </c> colleagues to support HR6387. colleagues to support HR6387.
• </c> programs that support working families. programs that support working families.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, April 21, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• Green cards are for support.
• Present in support, but does not wish to speak.
• Tom Barrett, Cameron Parish DA, present in support.
• I appreciate your support, Representative.
• And it did put a blue card in, which in support.

Bills: HCR41 , HB11 , HB227 , HB243 , HB278 , HB335 , HB424 , HB454 , HB455 , HB492 , HB623 , HB641 , HB660 , HB708 , HB719 , HB940 , HB1029 , HB1053 , HB1069 , HB1077

Committee: House Judiciary

Keywords: coupons, rebates, alcohol regulation, malt beverages, Louisiana Department of Revenue, remembrance, Charlie Kirk, state recognition, October 14, memorial day, court filings, electronic filing, letter size paper, privacy, legal procedure, recusal, district attorney, substitute attorney, appointment process, legal proceedings

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• for foster families and build out that support.
• They are doing more trainings, they're doing events for them where there's just more support.
• They have been operating in Arizona and they're a support for foster families.
• This is like, we believe in peer support.
• We believe in community support workers, so foster parents supporting foster parents, and they were watching

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• </c><00:35:03.599><c> to</c> welcome having more help and support to welcome having more help and support
• So, I am going to support this either.
• Um, so for the record, I am not supporting the amendment, and I do support the people that testified,
• </c><00:45:39.040><c> the</c> record, I am not supporting the record, I am not supporting the amendment
• I'm going to support the time.

Committee: House Health Finance and Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

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• By supporting House File 3764, you are providing a proven, transparent framework that supports students
• By supporting House File 3764, you are providing a proven, transparent framework that supports students
• We urge you to support this bill.
• It's just we support the mission.
• </c> have had resources to be able to support have had resources to be able to support um<00:36:51.920

Keywords: 1183, house

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• </c><00:13:44.080><c> the</c> exchange for workers not supporting the exchange for workers not supporting
• </c> of their co-workers who supported of their co-workers who supported unions. unions. unions.
• c><00:34:36.200><c> support.
• </c> pressure on workers to um not support pressure on workers to um not support the<00:53:59.880><c>

Committee: Senate Labor

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We support the intent of this measure.
• We our written testimony and support.
• I see um testifying in support.
• I'm just not going to support it.
• they personally don't support it.

Committee: House Public Safety

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The Committee on Public Safety heard several resolutions, including HCR 944/HR 90 to request a gubernatorial proclamation designating Hawaii as a Purple Heart state on August 7, 2025; HCR 205/HR 197 urging Maui County and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to expedite a permanent replacement for the Kulani Hakoi Bridge; and HCR 164/HR 159 urging counties to maintain an electronically accessible list of hurricane refuge shelters. No one testified on the first two measures. On the hurricane shelter resolution, the Hawaii State Council on Developmental Disabilities supported the intent and requested a wording change from “special needs” to “access and functional needs.” The committee then heard HCR 70, which asks the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to expand personal and professional development programs to include community service programs. Director Tommy Johnson said DCR supports the intent and described existing community service work lines at Kulani, the women’s correctional facility, and Wawa, including tasks such as pothole repair, tree trimming, and school grounds work. In response to questions, he said participation depends on inmate eligibility, volunteer status, and whether the work would interfere with programming; inmates must have no serious misconducts in the prior year and no escape attempts. He also explained that some work lines are tied to security classifications and facility type. The committee spent the most time on HCR 153/HR 148, which requests DCR to incrementally reduce the number of inmates housed in private out-of-state facilities. The ACLU of Hawaii strongly supported the resolution, arguing that private prisons are unsafe and that Hawaii should bring incarcerated people home. The ACLU cited federal findings and actions against private prison contractors, conditions at the Saguaro facility in Arizona, and the need for in-state rehabilitation and oversight. Director Johnson also supported the measure in principle but said population levels, security classifications, and available in-state facilities limit how quickly people can be returned. He said DCR provides annual reports on inmates eligible to return and suggested more frequent reporting could be considered. Committee members discussed benchmarks, quarterly reporting, parole, and reintegration services, and the ACLU argued that other states have reduced or phased out private prison use through sentencing reform, parole changes, and reintegration programs. No votes or final actions were taken in the portion provided.

Transcript Highlights:

• So for my district, I do not support. I wanted to point out.
• All those in support, please signify by saying aye.
• And so today I want to say that I do not support this.
• And so today I want to say that I do not support this bill.
• There is very strong corporate support for this bill.

Summary: The Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, roll call, guest introductions, and approval of the journal. The chamber then moved through several Committee of the Whole calendars, considering a large number of bills and resolutions, mostly on second reading or in committee-of-the-whole format. Most measures were advanced with do-pass recommendations, often after adopting committee or floor amendments. Among the early items, SB 1515 (Industrial Commission revisions), SB 1645 (Auditor General performance audit), SB 1678 (health facilities), and SCR 1023 (Independent Redistricting Commission changes) were debated and approved. SCR 1023 drew the most discussion, with supporters arguing it would add geographic diversity, expand the commission to three Democrats, three Republicans, and three independents, and tighten population deviation standards to 5,000 people; opponents warned it could skew the commission and reduce nonpartisanship. The Senate also adopted amendments and advanced SB 1399, SB 1507, SB 1564, SB 1621, SB 1629, and SB 1811, with topics including AHCCCS cost reports, school district consolidation, electronic monitoring in long-term care, obesity prevention, behavioral health network adequacy, and public-school internet/wireless device issues. Later calendars addressed elections, public safety, and criminal justice. The Senate advanced SB 1134 (political signs) with an emergency clause, SB 1489 (ballot measures and circulators) after removing certain paid-circulator disclosure requirements, and SB 1725 and SCR 1048 concerning marijuana smoke as a public/private nuisance, shifting much of the issue into civil law and leaving only substantial, deliberate conduct on the criminal side. In public safety, SB 1416 on missing and kidnapped children reporting was amended to require law-enforcement training every two years and documentation of online information-sharing decisions; senators clarified it did not alter the Turquoise Alert. SB 1751 and SCR 1049, both related to capital punishment, were amended to make firing squad an available option rather than a mandatory method in certain cases, with one senator speaking in opposition to the death penalty. The Senate also advanced SB 1012, SB 1573, SB 1661, SB 1662, SB 1569, SB 1634, SB 1647, SB 1655, and SB 1664, covering concealed weapons notice appeals, judicial determinations and religious secular laws, paternity/genetic testing support, probation conditions, election-related voter registration and signature handling, foreign campaign contributions, election worker summonsing, and nomination petition signatures. Several bills were retained or moved between calendars, and the Committee of the Whole reports were adopted, sending the listed bills forward as amended.

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• </c> this very much and we'd urge support this very much and we'd urge support from<00:04:58.759><c>
• </c> bill we we believe we can uh support bill we we believe we can uh support this<00:10:05.160><c>
• Berg: The association’s support for this compromise was not a staff decision.
• Letters of support in your packets.
• </c><00:59:25.000><c> and</c> 2023 requesting your support and 2023 requesting your support and establishing

Committee: Senate State and Local Government

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I hope you can support the bill.
• I hope you can support the bill.
• I hope you can support the bill.
• I appreciate your support.
• I would ask for your support.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• This is wildly inefficient, so I fully support Chair Robbins. I support your bill.
• This is wildly inefficient, so I fully support Chair Robbins. I support your bill.
• This is wildly inefficient, so I fully support Chair Robbins. I support your bill.
• We support transit.
• c> a</c><01:25:07.760><c> bus</c> way we support Transit we support a bus way we support Transit we support

Keywords: 1183, house

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• </c><00:01:05.119><c> public</c> has a long history of supporting public has a long history of supporting
• </c><00:18:41.840><c> and</c> thank you for the committee support and thank you for the committee support
• </c> adequate funding is available to support adequate funding is available to support the<00:24:48.000
• </c><00:25:26.480><c> the</c> and programs that directly support the and programs that directly support
• </c><01:29:09.639><c> the</c> bber my understanding you support the bber my understanding you support

Bills: HF51 , HF1161 , HF2201 , HF2786 , HF1053

Committee: House Education Finance

Keywords: HF51, Sibley County, State-Aid Highway 21, capital investment, bonding bill, general obligation bonds, transportation infrastructure, road improvements, sanitary sewer, water main, storm sewer, local infrastructure, county grant, Minnesota Department of Transportation, bond proceeds fund, public works, utility infrastructure, education finance, school district funding, tax base adjustment

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• Repowered is seeking funding to support its training, support services, safety improvements, and economic
• Repowered is seeking funding to support its training, support services, safety improvements, and economic
• </c><01:31:43.760><c> services</c> experience training and support services experience training and support
• services</c> support its training support services support its training support services safety<01:32
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Committee: Senate Jobs and Economic Development

Keywords: 1187, senate, all