Transcript Highlights:

• We discussed a similar proposal last year and I see our witness in opposition. We apologize.
• We wind up at the bottom of the ballot, and there is fatigue.
• So, to the extent that there's a few additional lines on the ballot, it seems infinitesimal.
• Generally, voters have this impression that ballots that they cast in the primary would continue on to
• However, SB 414 proposes no new methods to ensure authorizer accountability to that end.

Committee: House Education

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So, this is a great proposal to resolve some of that.
• </c> currently what is three mills proposed currently what is three mills proposed be<01:31:21.199><c
• give a perspective on my proposal of four mills.
• And when it's put on the ballot, does it say that it's going to sunset in the ballot?
• Um, and ballot would be in two years.

Bills: SF0082

Committee: House Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions

Keywords: registered agents, corporate governance, entity ownership, business regulations, transparency, 916, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> Minnesota have rejected the proposed Minnesota have rejected the proposed constitutional<00:38:08.400
• </c> highlight this proposed highlight this proposed amendment<00:57:02.880><c> um</c><00:57:03.880><
• </c> legislation if this particular proposal legislation if this particular proposal went<01:00:18.079
• </c> adding this to this proposed adding this to this proposed Constitutional<01:08:21.679><c> Amendment
• well as in the Matthews proposal.

Committee: Senate Elections

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I'm hopeful at the end of the day we could put something on the ballot.
• I searched this language in the proposed committee substitute.
• I offered this one as a more moderate proposal.
• There are proposals that, if they get on the ballot, will eliminate property tax for homestead exemption
• But you're proposing now that it goes from $1,000 to $7,000.

Summary: The committee heard and advanced a series of bills and resolutions, many involving taxes, education funding, health policy, and election rules. Representative Newton’s HB 1823, on the Oklahoma Housing Finance Agency’s home-building activities, passed 10-0. Speaker Hilbert’s HB 2425, which would align Oklahoma election dates more closely with Texas and move some elections to March, passed 9-2 after debate about turnout and accountability. HB 4440, requiring Medicaid work requirements to track federal law, passed 10-2 amid discussion of chronic unemployment and the limits of changing Medicaid expansion because it is in the Constitution. HJR 1087, a major proposal to restructure the T-SET tobacco settlement trust and redirect funds toward higher education and related uses, passed 12-0 after extensive debate over venture capital investing, public health spending, and whether the trust should be modernized. The committee also took up several property-tax measures. HJR 1053 would create a revenue-neutral ad valorem framework, requiring local approval for increases beyond prior-year levels; it passed 9-2. HJR 1054 would exempt business inventory from ad valorem taxation, and after questions about scope and possible abuse it passed 9-2. HJR 1044 would lower the annual cap on growth in assessed value for homestead and agricultural property from 3% to 2%; it passed 9-2. HB 4145 would raise the homestead exemption from $1,000 to $7,000 and passed 9-1. HJR 1081 would freeze ad valorem taxes for qualifying seniors and passed 8-1. The committee also advanced HB 3891, a county commissioner pay bill, after title was struck and members discussed its impact on small counties; it passed 9-2. Other measures included HB 1770, directing an elk population study by Oklahoma State University, which passed 11-0; HB 1675, requiring youth camps to complete site-specific hazardous assessments, which passed 11-0; HB 3627, allowing the State Committee of Blind Vendors to meet by video conference due to quorum issues, which passed 11-0; HB 3472, expanding tire-recycling fund eligibility, which passed 10-1; and HB 1225, barring changes to the biological sex designation on birth certificates, which passed 8-2 after debate over medical, legal, and equal-protection concerns. The committee also advanced HJR 1019, a heavily amended proposal concerning party nominations for general elections, after striking title and narrowing the scope to federal, state, and county races; it passed 8-1 with two not voting. HB 3462, updating plumbing licensing law and aligning exam standards with other trades, passed 9-0 after title was struck to accommodate further negotiations.

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:41:36.240><c> this</c> that's going to be on the ballot this that's going to be on the ballot
• You don't need to go do anything at the ballot box. They can do that right now.
• And so I know that didn't specifically answer the question of the ballot, but part of this before we
• Chairman, just a few comments on the administration of this proposal.
• </c> revenue losses that other proposals revenue losses that other proposals would<01:28:53.040><c> impose

Bills: SF0061 , SF0098 , SF0110

Committee: Senate Revenue

Keywords: sales tax, motor vehicle, family transfer, tax exemption, Wyoming legislation, veteran, property tax exemption, Wyoming National Guard, honorable discharge, tax benefits, surviving spouse, military service, property tax, residential real estate, tax assessment, primary residence, tax revenue, 916, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The autonomy of proposed in this bill.
• Requires the notice to be in 32-point font and enclosed as a separate insert with each ballot.
• Requires the notice to be in 32-point font and enclosed as a separate insert with each ballot.
• Requires the notice to be in 32-point font and enclosed as a separate insert with each ballot.
• Requires the notice to be in 32-point font and enclosed as a separate insert with each ballot.

Bills: SB2444 , SB2446 , SB2450 , SB2453 , SB2461 , SB2457 , SB2462 , SB2313 , SB2528 , SB2532 , SB2571 , SB2678 , SB2529

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: real property, exemption, attachment, execution, consumer protection, financial security, inflation adjustment, head of family, senior citizens, Intermediate Court of Appeals, judges, Hawaii judiciary, court membership, legal system, presidential preference primary, elections, political parties, Hawaii voting, 2028 election, voting

Summary: The Judiciary Committee heard testimony on several bills. SB 2444 would raise the real property exemption amount for attachment or execution, which the Attorney General said could create vague retroactivity language and litigation risk; the committee noted the exemption had last been adjusted around 1978. SB 2446 would add a seventh associate judge to the Intermediate Court of Appeals. Judiciary staff testified in opposition, saying recent internal restructuring and a pending vacancy had improved output and that it would be prudent to wait and see the effect before adding another judge. The Public Defender supported the goal of faster appellate resolution but said it would defer to the court’s assessment and had no objection to revisiting the issue later. The committee also discussed current appellate timelines, with staff saying at least 225 days is built into the process before a case reaches a merit panel, and that a two-year delay from panel assignment was realistic under the current structure. The committee then heard SB 2450, which would establish a presidential preference primary for the 2028 cycle. The Chief Election Officer said the election would cost about $4 million, less if combined with the regular primary. Several opponents argued the bill would add bureaucracy, duplicate or undermine party-run processes, and waste taxpayer money; one speaker estimated the total cost could be closer to $6 million when county costs are included. Supporters and committee members discussed that the measure would not require parties to use the results and that Hawaii remains one of the few states still using caucuses. The committee also asked whether counties could staff the election and whether the results would be useful given Hawaii’s current primary timing. SB 2453 would require the Office of Elections to include a notice with each ballot that a digital and printed voter information guide is available, with the notice in 32-point font as a separate insert. The Chief Election Officer said the insert would cost about $90,000 and asked for an effective date of January 1, 2027 because mailing preparations for the primary would already be underway. The Disability and Communications Access Board, League of Women Voters, National Federation of the Blind of Hawaii, and others supported the bill. The committee also began hearing SB 2461, which would have the Office of Elections prepare a questionnaire for candidates and publish responses online and in the voter guide; the Chief Election Officer said the office did not think it should be the agency to shape campaign questions, though he said it could work if the questions were specified in statute. Finally, the committee heard SB 2457, which would require a criminal conviction before seized property could be forfeited. The Attorney General and Honolulu Police Department opposed the bill, arguing it would prolong cases, increase storage costs, and make forfeiture less effective against crime, especially where owners flee, die, or hide assets through shell companies. The Public Defender strongly supported the measure, saying forfeiture should be tied to convictions and that people challenging forfeiture often lack counsel. The Honolulu Prosecutor also opposed the bill, but said it supported transparency, due process, and even a right to counsel; it argued conviction-only forfeiture would fail in cases involving fugitives, deceased suspects, or hidden ownership structures. The committee questioned what would happen to property if an owner could not be found, and the prosecutor said the outcome would depend on the type of property and could involve abandonment or interpleader proceedings.

Transcript Highlights:

• The governor has proposed an income cap on ESAs. Do you agree with that proposal?
• It's exactly what most Arizonans, if we put this on the ballot... ...if we put this on the ballot, this
• The simple fact is that this ballot referral is not about sports.
• And to the ballot from last session, we're expecting about 14.
• And to the ballot from last session, we're expecting about 14.

Committee: House House Education Committee of Reference

Summary: The committee first heard Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horn’s annual State of Education address, which focused on school safety, academic outcomes, school choice, teacher pay, and opposition to DEI/CRT in schools and teacher preparation. Horn said the department has expanded school police officers, promoted Project Momentum and tutoring, supported cell phone restrictions in classrooms, and pushed for more phonics-based reading instruction and stronger university teacher-prep programs. Members questioned him about DEI complaints, cell phone implementation, ESA oversight, school safety funding, reading proficiency, and teacher compensation; Horn said ESA spending is reviewed and recovered when inappropriate, and argued teacher raises should come directly to teachers, not through districts. No formal action was taken on his presentation. The committee then considered HB 2008, which would prohibit public school libraries from using public funds to pay dues to professional library associations. Sponsor Representative Cooper argued the bill would keep school libraries politically neutral and prevent taxpayer money from supporting ideological advocacy, while saying membership itself would still be allowed if paid privately. Opponents, including a former librarian, a school board member, and the ACLU of Arizona, said the bill would undermine professional development, local control, literacy support, and constitutional rights of association and petition. Supporters said associations promote ideological content and that free professional-development alternatives exist. After public testimony and debate, the committee voted to return HB 2008 with a do-pass recommendation.

Transcript Highlights:

• so I will be providing shortly an AHCS that will allow, it prevents the tax from appearing on the ballot
• so I will be providing shortly an AHCS that will allow, it prevents the tax from appearing on the ballot
• When the cut was proposed to services, I call it my ability community in St. Charles City.
• When the cut was proposed to services, When the cut was proposed to services, the gentlewoman, myself
• ballot language... ...board, but the proposed ballot language does not.

Committee: House Local Government

Keywords: 959, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• There are four proposed subs in the EBB.
• drawn to that proposed second substitute.
• drawn to that proposed second substitute.
• That's proposed by Representative Couture.
• I'll begin with the proposed substitute.

Bills: HB2104 , HB1903 , HB1909 , HB1982 , HB2034 , HB2105 , HB2210 , HB2215 , HB2271 , HB2345 , HB2355 , HB2384 , HB2389 , HB2397 , HB2418 , HB2429 , HB2442 , HB2479 , HB2481 , HB2681 , HB2688 , HB2714

Committee: House Appropriations

Keywords: aviation, wildland fires, funding, disaster relief, emergency response, energy assistance, low-income, utility costs, state program, energy affordability, court unification, task force, Washington courts, judicial administration, court reform, access to justice, local court rules, uniformity, centralization, rural courts

Transcript Highlights:

• Because we're not in a tax session and we can't really deal with that, my proposal became to put this
• This is the constitutional amendment that puts this on the ballot for the public.
• This is the constitutional amendment that puts this on the ballot for the public.
• There's a constitutional amendment on the ballot. It's $100,000 today.
• So the people ballot box? Okay, actually require two votes of the people.

Bills: HB214 , HB217 , HB514 , HB593 , HB618 , HB732 , HB908 , HB961 , HB1010

Committee: Senate Revenue & Fiscal Affairs

Keywords: property tax, blighted properties, urban rehabilitation, tax exemption, local government, financial incentives, blighted property, derelict property, property tax exemption, local redevelopment plans, rehabilitation standards, ad valorem tax, community development, senior citizens, homestead exemption, Louisiana Constitution, motor vehicles, local fees, transaction fees, funding

Transcript Highlights:

• Chair, members, HCR 2043, Congressional Term Limits Convention, calls for an Article V Convention to propose
• So prior to that, everybody had sort of assumed ballot measure committees were subject to that federal
• probably from last year, attempt to prohibit the use of contributions from foreign individuals for ballot
• So prior to that, everybody had sort of assumed ballot measure committees were subject to that federal
• This sends a ballot measure to the voters for this general election in November to limit the number of

Summary: The caucus reviewed a long minority calendar covering a wide range of bills, with sponsors giving brief descriptions and members frequently raising concerns about constitutionality, cost, federal preemption, and policy impacts. Topics included medical intervention and vaccination/mask prohibitions, state treasurer investment rules, vacant state positions reporting, shooting range closure limits, congressional term limits, audit penalties, cellphone use while driving, procurement restrictions tied to China, air ambulance regulation, hospital immigration-status reporting, SNAP purchase restrictions, school assessment changes, school contract transparency, religious excusals from school, student contact information, fitness reporting, and several property tax, water, and agriculture measures. Members also discussed bills on AI-generated sexual material consent verification, DEI liability, hate-crime sentencing, commercial driver forfeiture tied to immigration status, speed-limiting devices for repeat speeding offenses, PFAS firefighting foam, name changes for sex offenders, abortion-inducing drugs, prisoner transition services, sexual extortion penalties, solar radiation management bans, and cultivated-cell food labeling and sales bans. Several bills drew explicit opposition or requests to pull them from consent, especially those affecting abortion access, immigration-related hospital reporting, school testing, religious release programs, DEI policies, and cultivated-cell foods. Members noted that some measures appeared duplicative, overly broad, or likely unconstitutional, and in multiple cases referenced prior vetoes or prior-year versions of the same bills. Supportive comments were also made on selected bills, including the PFAS foam prohibition, the assistive technology study committee, the digital goods consumer protection bill, and the prisoner transition services extension. The caucus also considered water and infrastructure measures, including brackish groundwater funding and studies, water augmentation authority bonds, Pima County water rates, groundwater transport rules, and HOA drought watering limits. Toward the end, members reviewed election-related memorials and resolutions, including a proposal to limit voting centers, a memorial urging withdrawal from the United Nations, and another urging defunding the IMF; all three were noted as being on consent and were pulled for further discussion. The meeting closed with announcements, including a note about a local missing-person concern and a caucus recognition program called the Affordable Arizona Award.

Transcript Highlights:

• The House did not propose a sales tax cut because we have a sales tax problem.
• Despite our frustrations, the House has responded to the Senate's breach by proposing multiple pathways
• Unfortunately, the Senate would not even consider the proposal.
• But even on that front, the House has taken the lead, and while we have offered five specific proposals
• Unfortunately, the Senate would not even consider the proposal.

Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a quorum present. The chamber received a Senate message regarding SB 2510, the pre-K through grade 12 education conforming bill. Representative Persons-Mulicka explained that the bill was a Senate conforming measure tied to budget policy, including changes affecting acceleration course weighting and the CAPE program. The House adopted a strike-all amendment to place the bill in the proper posture for conference, then advanced and passed SB 2510 on final passage by a vote of 88 yeas to 10 nays. After SB 2510 passed, the House agreed to accede to the Senate’s request for a budget conference. Speaker Perez then delivered extended remarks criticizing the Senate for breaking the budget framework agreement and arguing that the state budget has grown too large. He said the House remained committed to reducing state spending and revenue, discussed possible budget and tax-cut alternatives, and emphasized that property tax reform and state revenue reduction were separate issues. He also noted the House’s work on property tax relief and said the chamber would continue negotiating. The House then took up HCR 1633, a concurrent resolution extending the 2025 regular session until 11:59 p.m. on June 30, 2025. Representative Garrison explained that it was identical to an earlier extension resolution except for the new end date. The resolution was adopted, and the House then approved a motion to adjourn for committee and subcommittee meetings and other House business, to reconvene upon call of the chair.

Transcript Highlights:

• ACA 18 would put this measure before the voters and would ...propose to double the number of student
• In order to streamline the process to fix signature issues and get ballots processed faster, ...I rise
• To have people verify their identity via text message or to say, yes, I did cast that ballot, when you
• To have people verify their identity via text message or to say, yes, I did cast that ballot, when you
• 120,000 ballots were completely discarded because the individuals did not cure their ballots.

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• County sees this crisis so imminent they have already put a ballot measure on their June ballot because
• ballot for voter approval.
• If passed, this measure... ...on the June 2026 ballot for voter approval.
• Our proposed solution is very narrowly tailored. It would allow a... ...specifically.
• Our proposed solution is very narrowly tailored.

Committee: House Local Government

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Just briefly in closing, this proposal provides a responsible opt-in framework that supports accountability
• referendum, as required by Section 5 of Article 6 of the state constitution, will display on the ballot
• then to draw those districts and would there be a vote on the ballot to approve those districts once
• So just to clarify, would the districts go on ballot to be approved or will the county commission just
• It won't go on a ballot for approval.

Transcript Highlights:

• HB 415, ballot measures. Federalism and affairs and elections.
• HCR 2044, public safety parity; HCR 2048, elected official salary; HCR 2051, ballot circulators; HCR
• Can you give us a sense of what her proposed pay-fors are? Of what her proposed pay-fors are?
• So not only does the governor increase taxes in the budget that was proposed, she also assumes we're
• Governor Hobbs has already proposed a middle-class tax cut that actually helps our seniors and takes

Keywords: 1182, all

Transcript Highlights:

• After many years of debate and deliberation, this proposal largely tracks the changes made to the for-profit
• with that referenda about 20 years ago, voters in South Florida did pass a about initiative and that ballot
• So let me ask you up, and I'm gonna be a little so so so. >> You're you're not the ballot initiative.
• except for these. >> It's my understanding that people wanted love racing and that was part of the ballot
• I don't have that ballot. It in front of me. A copy of it is 20 years old.

Transcript Highlights:

• The House did not propose a sales tax cut because we have a sales tax problem.
• Despite our frustrations, the House has responded to the Senate's breach by proposing multiple pathways
• Unfortunately, the Senate would not even consider the proposal.
• But even on that front, the House has taken the lead, and while we have offered five specific proposals
• But even on that front, the House has taken the lead, and while we have offered five specific proposals

Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a quorum present, then approved the journal and received a Senate message transmitting SB 2510, the pre-K through grade 12 education conforming bill. The House waived rules, read the bill by title, and heard brief explanation that the Senate version contained budget-related funding and policy changes, including adjustments to acceleration course weighting and CAPE funding. Members adopted a blank strike-all amendment to place the bill in the proper posture for conference, then advanced it to third reading and passed SB 2510 on final passage by a vote of 88 yeas to 10 nays. After passage, the House agreed to accede to the Senate’s request for a budget conference. The Speaker then delivered extended remarks criticizing the Senate for breaking a prior budget deal and arguing that state government spending has grown too much. He said the House remained committed to reducing state revenue and spending, discussed possible budget and tax-cut approaches, and emphasized that property tax reform and state revenue reduction were separate issues. He also noted that the House select committee on property taxes would continue its work and rejected the idea of mailing $1,000 checks as a substitute for tax relief. Finally, the House took up HCR 1633, a concurrent resolution extending the 2025 regular session until 11:59 p.m. on June 30, 2025. The resolution was read by title, explained as identical to a prior extension resolution except for the new end date, and adopted. The House then approved a motion to adjourn subject to the call of the chair for committee and subcommittee meetings and other House business.

Transcript Highlights:

• Sullivan. can there he is uh would propose a an can there he is uh would propose a an oral<00:02:34.760
• </c> opportunity to uh support the proposed opportunity to uh support the proposed Constitutional<01:
• We didn't take it to the ballot to let the people have a choice.
• We didn't take it to the ballot to let the people have a choice.
• We didn't take it to the ballot to let the people have a choice.

Bills: HF1837 , HF361 , HF2725 , HF2566 , HF2744 , HF1685 , HF501 , HF1889 , HF1389

Committee: House State Government Finance and Policy

Keywords: state policy, employment, health insurance, fossil designation, public funds, community resources, Capitol Mall, grantmaking, community vitality, livability, funding, healthy aging, aging policy, older adults, seniors, elderly, gerontology, long-term care, assisted living, nursing homes

Transcript Highlights:

• We have the ballots already. See? Exactly who's supposed to be there and who's not.
• We have the ballots already. We do this in Pinal County, and we have had no problems at all.
• I just want to highlight the cost related to this proposal.
• But Arizona's, we love our mail-in ballots for some reason.
• But you're saying they're not being proposed in good faith; you're assuming motive.

Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, approval of the prior journal, and several guest introductions and proclamations, including recognition of Dr. Victoria Tannenbaum as Doctor of the Day, Lutheran Day at the Legislature, a veterans treatment court judge, and Adrian Ace Stubbs Day. Attendance was recorded at 56 present, one absent, and three excused. The chamber then moved through communications, committee reports, and first/second readings before beginning a long third-reading calendar. Members considered and voted on a wide range of bills covering tax administration, groundwater and water rights, licensing timeframes, homicide, school employee transparency, mining, retirement system cleanup, utility regulation, AI and digital privacy, sexual extortion, adult protective services, salvage vehicles, veterinary board changes, geological survey reorganization, court fees, real estate licensing, probation, and several education-related appropriations and policy measures. Many bills passed on largely party-line votes, while others passed overwhelmingly or unanimously. Several members explained votes on issues such as superintendent contract transparency, ESA administration funding, mining reclamation, water supply and drought policy, motorcycle safety, AI and adult-content verification, and abortion-pill coercion. The House also passed multiple concurrent resolutions and memorials, including measures on election administration, Judea and Samaria, Route 66, and a memorial to rename State Route 69. Election-related debate was especially pointed, with supporters arguing for precinct-based voting and opponents warning of cost, reduced access, and logistical burdens. The chamber then moved into Committee of the Whole to begin consideration of measures on Calendar No. 1, starting with HB 2174 and related amendments.