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• property cost-based and expense; SB 2105, agricultural property inspection notice; SB 2111, driver license
• property cost-based and expense; SB 2105, agricultural property inspection notice; SB 2111, driver license
• So I know I'm throwing a lot of statistics at you, but we know that speed cameras So I know I'm throwing
• a lot of statistics at you, but we know that speed cameras are verified to deter speeding and its impact
• One good statistic is about reduced repeat offenders.

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• The Agriculture Committee has met and reports House Bill 111 should pass with House Committee Substitute
• &gt;&gt; The<00:06:22.160><c> Agriculture</c><00:06:22.720><c> Committee</c><00:06:22.960><c> has</c>
• <00:06:23.199><c> met</c><00:06:23.360><c> and</c> &gt;&gt; The Agriculture Committee has met and &gt
• ;&gt; The Agriculture Committee has met and reports<00:06:24.000><c> House</c><00:06:24.240><c> Bill<
• After moving to Washington, D.C. in the 1940s, she took night courses in statistics and economics while

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• President Pro Tempore Brodeur, Chair of the Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and
• Other items within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services include over $132.2 million for
• It adds a certain compost derived entirely from agricultural activity and regulated by the Department
• of Environmental Protection to the list of qualifying agricultural purposes eligible for agricultural
• So I find that that is encouraging, considering these statistics lately.

Summary: The Senate convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, then moved to the conference report on House Bill 501E, the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2026-27. Budget chairs presented the major spending areas, describing a $114.5 billion overall budget that they said was fiscally responsible and below the prior year’s spending. Highlights included pay increases and retirement adjustments for public safety employees, education funding for K-12, higher education, health and human services, criminal justice, transportation, environmental programs, and agriculture/regulatory agencies. Members then questioned chairs on several items. In education, senators discussed K-12 declining enrollment funding, teacher salary set-asides, private school scholarship spending, mental health funding, preeminence funding for universities, the Hamilton Center at UF, and charter school PICO funding. In health and human services, questions focused on the iBudget waiver waitlist, provider rates, ADAP/HIV funding and the return of Biktarvy to the formulary, KidCare, rural health funding, SNAP-related IT and error reduction efforts, and the IDD managed care program. In criminal justice, senators asked about correctional officer pay, prison staffing and infrastructure, air conditioning in prisons, juvenile justice facilities, law enforcement recruitment, and court system funding. Environmental and transportation questions covered Florida Forever, water quality, state parks, water projects, housing, elections funding, and emergency management. Several specific actions and explanations were given during debate: the budget includes $8.8 million for state attorney competitive area differentials but no funding for public defender CAD requests; assistant state attorneys will start at $70,000 and assistant public defenders at $65,000; the battery disposal issue was described as a temporary study/preemption approach; and the Senate said the budget does not fund Medicaid expansion, preeminence funding, or the SunBucks Summer EBT state share. Senators also noted that some proposals discussed in committee did not make it into the final budget. The transcript ends with debate statements from members praising the budget process and Chair Hooper, while also expressing concerns about public schools, health care access, affordability, and the lack of funding for certain priorities.

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• Department of Agriculture coordinates that in each state.
• industry, agriculture, utilities, industry, agriculture, utilities, emergency<01:27:04.640><c> services
• And then slide 13, just some statistics from our system.
• </c> &gt;&gt; And then slide 13, just some statistics &gt;&gt; And then slide 13, just some statistics
• ,</c><03:04:09.000><c> some</c> some statistical, some some statistical, some statutory<03:04:11.280>

Committee: Joint Transportation, Highways & Military Affairs

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• It also adds statistical analysis of the case processing times of the judge.
• Statistically, only about 15% of lithium batteries are collected.
• The Environment and Agriculture Committee knows this.
• </c> environment and agriculture committee. environment and agriculture committee.
• </c> just a statistic or set of numbers. just a statistic or set of numbers.

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• This is work done in tandem with the Department of Agriculture.
• Item eight is the agricultural water. Conservation fund or AWCF.
• Not only the state's $22 million animal agriculture industry, but also the health of 30 million Texans
• The next item is the Agricultural Conservation Fund and the program that is funded through that fund.
• That's according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Thank you. Thank you.

Bills: SB1 , SB 1

Committee: Senate Finance

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• President, your Committee on Finance, having had under consideration SB 1290, relating to agricultural
• President, your Committee on Finance, having had under consideration SB 1290, relating to agricultural
• SB 1291: An act amending Section 42-12155, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to agricultural property
• So in this case, this is about agricultural properties.
• In the time from October 24 to October 25, here are some statistics to consider.

Summary: The Senate convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, then approved the journal and received House messages and first-read bills. The chamber moved through multiple Committee of the Whole calendars, considering a range of measures on solar energy, public safety, insurance, health care, agriculture, gaming, education, child welfare, and real property. Several bills were retained on calendar, while many others were advanced with committee amendments and floor amendments. On Calendar 2, SB 1419 on solar energy inspection contractors drew the most debate. A floor amendment by Sen. Sundareshan sought to require utilities to protect ratepayers from costs associated with large energy users such as data centers; supporters argued it would help keep electricity affordable, while opponents called it a hostile amendment. After a division vote, the amendment failed 12-15, and SB 1419 was reported do pass as amended. SB 1498 (DPS appropriation) and SB 1502 (unlawful flight/reckless endangerment) also advanced. The Committee of the Whole report was adopted, but a later attempt to add the failed Sundareshan amendment to the report on SB 1419 was defeated 13-14. On Calendar 1, the Senate advanced SB 1165, SB 1206, SB 1212, SB 1215, SB 1290, SB 1291, and SB 1347, mostly with committee amendments. SB 1178 on naturopathic physicians and prescription drug pricing saw a contested Sears floor amendment aimed at stopping price gouging on essential generic drugs; supporters said it would lower drug costs, while the sponsor objected that it was not germane. The amendment failed, and the bill passed as amended. SB 1186 on document retention and donations also drew a Sundareshan amendment on transparency and implementation; it failed, and the bill passed as amended. SB 1286 on veterinary visits and electronic prescriptions advanced after a proposed Kavanagh floor amendment was defeated on division. The Senate then adopted the Committee of the Whole reports and moved on to additional calendars. On Calendar 4, the chamber passed SB 1004 on ESA students and interscholastic activities, SB 1116 on AHCCCS access/behavioral health, SB 1162 on health care institution licensing complaints, SB 1179 on developmental disability/health monitoring, SB 1475 on school district governing boards and eligibility, SB 1821 on DCS training and child placement, and SCR 1012. A request to hold SB 1475 for a reinstatement process was rejected. The Senate also took up an additional Committee of the Whole for SB 1077, SB 1479, and SB 1566; SB 1077 advanced with a Payne floor amendment, SB 1479 advanced with a Carroll amendment classifying certain forged real-property recordings as a class five felony, and SB 1566 began consideration with a Petersen amendment to remove part of a prior amendment. Throughout, the chamber repeatedly adopted committee reports and advanced the bills for further action.

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• career technical side, if you have 20 years welding or 20 years of some industry experience in the agricultural
• That seems to kind of be a little bit of an absurd statistic, almost impossible.

Committee: House Education

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• worked alongside teachers to review school-wide curriculum through a culturally relevant lens and agricultural
• So it's real easy whenever we see a horrific crime or see a... horrific circumstance or statistic, the

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• , but also lead with purpose. agriculture, but also lead with purpose. agriculture, but also lead with
• Okay. 191 192. of workforce statistics. Okay. 191 192. of workforce statistics. Okay. 191 192.
• and with Department of Agriculture and with Department of Agriculture and public health as well as some
• if it's imported and then of Agriculture if it's imported and then of Agriculture if it's imported and
• You were talking about agriculture. about agriculture. about agriculture.

Bills: HJR 4 , HJR 6 , HB 195 , HB 13 , HB 143 , HB 135

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• Today, as Executive Vice President of Agriculture and Research, my primary area of responsibility is
• focused upon the research and production aspects of the agricultural arena.
• These statistics<00:42:29.119><c> are</c><00:42:29.359><c> highly</c><00:42:29.680><c> encouraging</c
• ><00:42:30.000><c> and</c> statistics are highly encouraging and statistics are highly encouraging and
• , agriculture, aviation, and advanced<00:56:59.200><c> mobility</c><00:56:59.760><c> systems.

Bills: HF3553 , HF3513 , HF3576

Committee: House Transportation Finance and Policy

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• There are statistics that are available to everyone to look at that are on the website for DHS, and I
• The statistics have not improved.
• But I mean, let's just look at some of the statistics, some of the health statistics.
• Members, this is a statistic that we do not want to have. According to the Minneapolis St.
• This is a terrible statistic for us to have, and many people are questioning expanding their families

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• I just came from water, agriculture, and rural affairs. where we have before us SCR 13 talking about
• And tries to do trend analysis and treatments and statistical research and stuff.
• Yes, my statistic comes from Interact, it's an intersex advocacy organization.
• That's just statistically impossible. So I think this is a very good bill.
• The evidence shows suicide rates. statistically unchanged or even slightly increased.

Bills: SB29 , SB406 , SB447 , SB875 , SB893 , SB1033 , SB1346 , SB1362 , SB1539 , SCR22 , SB 29

Committee: Senate State Affairs

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• Speaker, I move to commit the bill to the Agriculture Committee. Mr.
• Voting on the board to table, I mean, commit the bill to Agriculture Committee.
• By a vote of 58 to 37, the House commits this bill to the Agriculture Committee.
• Referred to the Agriculture Committee.
• Referred to the Agriculture Committee. Is that it? All right, Mr.

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• Our congressional district is one of the top agriculture-producing districts in the country.
• Those of us in agriculture understand full well that Mother Nature is not a reliable business partner
• </c> district is one of the top agriculture district is one of the top agriculture producing<00:31:54.720
• Today I rise to graduating with a degree in agriculture graduating with a degree in agriculture education
• </c><01:08:24.880><c> May</c> again the national statistics May again the national statistics May highlight

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• You've heard that 30% really belong at the hospital, and that is true, so that's even in our statistics
• I've got some statistics from some independent reporting agencies that have looked into PBM reform in
• </c> uh regardless of the national statistics uh regardless of the national statistics across<01:37:42.360
• <01:37:59.400><c> from</c><01:37:59.599><c> some</c><01:37:59.760><c> independent</c> statistics from
• some independent statistics from some independent reporting<01:38:00.679><c> agencies</c><01:38:01.159

Committee: House Health

Summary: The committee first took up SB 1494 on hearing aids. Testimony was generally supportive of expanding hearing-aid coverage, with the Insurance Division raising concern about possible federal defrayment issues, SHPDA supporting the goal of hearing augmentation, DCAB strongly supporting the bill as an important access issue, and health plans and insurers asking for amendments. Kaiser Permanente and the Hawaii Association of Health Plans requested changes to add a medical-necessity standard and clarify annual notice language, while HMSA suggested the proposal should be studied by the auditor. The chair noted concerns about federal preemption and the lack of an audit, and deferred the bill in favor of a related resolution calling for a study. The committee then heard SB 1448, an emergency appropriation for the Hawaii State Hospital. DAGS and the Department of Health supported the measure, with the hospital administrator saying the funding would improve the environment of care, support cleaning, and allow a third-party review of the building. Committee members questioned the size of the request and the status of litigation against the design-builder. Administration witnesses said they were pursuing a comprehensive study involving destructive testing, had made a demand on the design-builder to fund the study, and were using different processes than before. They also said the roof work would be handled through a separate CIP request. No final action was taken in the portion provided. The committee next heard SB 1432, relating to the future responsibilities of the Department of Health and land issues at Kalaupapa after the last patient dies. DOH supported the bill in part but said its long-term role would be limited mainly to environmental cleanup, with operations expected to continue under the National Park Service and land-use decisions left to DHHL and beneficiary consultation. DHHL asked that the measure reflect that any land-use or zoning changes on homeland lands require commission approval and beneficiary consultation. Testifiers from Kalaupapa and Maui County, including Degra Vanderbilt-Papa and Council Member Keani Rollins-Fernandez, supported deferring the bill, saying there had been no meaningful community discussion about provisions affecting Kalaupapa’s future management and possible transfer of responsibilities to Maui County. The committee also read into the record written testimony from Gloria Marks emphasizing that Kalaupapa stakeholders must be included in future discussions. Finally, the committee heard SB 955 on fitness-to-proceed examinations. The Judiciary and the Public Defender’s Office both supported raising pay and standardizing expectations for private examiners, but opposed reducing felony fitness evaluations from three examiners to one and opposed expanding use of expedited reports. They argued that a single examiner would reduce reliability, create a more adversarial process, and likely increase costs and contested hearings, while expedited reports do not contain enough information for a proper fitness determination. The Department of Health also supported the bill’s intent but asked to preserve a three-examiner framework and said the goal was to reduce the number of people sent to the State Hospital, where admissions have reportedly risen about 20% year over year since Act 26. The bill remained under discussion in the excerpt, with no final vote shown.

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• </c><00:14:47.519><c> and</c> university does in agriculture and university does in agriculture and somehow
• </c> California has the biggest agricultural California has the biggest agricultural sector<02:50:01.200
• These are not statistics.
• c><07:39:41.760><c> people</c><07:39:42.320><c> and</c> statistics.
• These are real people and statistics.

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• We use use rates; we use statistics from national health and drug surveys and so forth.
• Statistics... Nope. Gavel. We got a gavel, so we can clear the room if there's continued outbursts.
• To answer a question posed earlier by the gentleman, according to the Texas Department of Agriculture
• Texas Department of Agriculture, TDA. So, I guess, again, in fairness.
• As a farmer, the bill has drastically helped us in agriculture.

Bills: HB28 , SB3 , SB 3

Committee: House State Affairs

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• Just looking up some statistics because this isn't about immigration or immigrants; it's about asylum
• These walls protect our cattle, our people, our agriculture, our landowners, citizens of Arizona that
• Agriculture, our landowners, citizens of Arizona that feed the people in this room.

Bills: SB1152 , SB1156 , SB1157 , SB1213 , SB1232 , SB1268

Committee: Senate Military Affairs and Border Security

Keywords: immigration, public benefits, asylum, verification, Arizona Revised Statutes, appropriation, public safety, detention, unauthorized aliens, local government funding, border security, fencing, appropriations, southern border, local government, immigration enforcement, probation, law enforcement, court notification, civil rights

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• I noticed earlier on a slide that I think agriculture fields a prize of like 88% of how we're keeping
• I'm definitely aware of some of the agriculture programs that you have here at NDSCS.
• aware of the impact that NDSCS is having in preparing students to actually be in the precision agriculture
• We do work for companies around the world in the medical, agricultural, and industrial space. 3M is our
• But they could sure take their statistics courses. They could take their math courses.

Committee: Joint Higher Education Institutions Committee