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• Pledge: I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which
• They deserve to have their rights protected, free from violence and harm, as everyone does in America
• And I think that's what America is looking for.
• America wants common sense conversations and solutions. So with that, thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Summary: The Assembly met on March 6, 2025, after a quorum call and prayer, then proceeded through routine floor business and several ceremonial resolutions. Early procedural motions included a failed attempt to suspend the rules to withdraw AB 844 from committee and bring it directly to the floor; that motion received 16 ayes and 45 noes. The body also unanimously approved a request to re-refer AB 341. Members then adopted several resolutions by voice vote after adding coauthors: ACR 35 recognizing Greek Independence Day, ACR 17 honoring women in carpentry and the BOOTS apprenticeship program, ACR 50 designating March 24, 2025 as Special Olympics Day, and H.R. 21 proclaiming Transgender Week of Visibility and March 31 as Transgender Day of Visibility. Each resolution drew supportive remarks from multiple members, while H.R. 21 also prompted extended debate, including opposition centered on girls’ sports, locker rooms, and claims about state policy affecting transgender Californians. In each case, the resolutions were adopted after the coauthor roll and voice vote. The session concluded with adjournment in memory of San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Deputy Hector Cuevas, Jr., who died in the line of duty on March 17. Several members spoke in tribute to his service, his work with youth football, and his family. The Assembly then announced upcoming committee meetings and adjourned until Friday, March 28, 2025 at 9 a.m.

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• HS with the port at Beaumont being the largest military export port in America.
• America, certainly overall in top five in tonnage.
• Technology and what the higher education and the Golden Triangle does for all of Texas and all of America
• forefront of social. and political change, and are the epitome, I'm sorry, of black. excellence here in America

Bills: SJR3, SB5, SJR36, SJR3, SB616, SB565, SB384, SB5, SB21, SB72, SB140, SB262, SB370, SB372, SB495, SB627, SB703, SB764, SB842, SB971, SB790, SB767, SB480, SB1066

Keywords: dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, research funding, state budget, prevention, healthcare, medical research, Dementia Prevention and Research Institute, research institute, funding, grants, state health initiatives, aquifer, water management, Edwards Aquifer, sustainability, regulatory framework, SB 565, Texas Water Code

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• syrup, and other ingredients coming from China through trans shipments through Vietnam and South America
• through trans shipments through Vietnam through trans shipments through Vietnam South<00:15:31.160> America
• > it's<00:15:32.519> a<00:15:32.680> huge<00:15:33.079> problem South America
• and it's a huge problem South America and it's a huge problem for<00:15:33.680> us<00:15:34.040

Keywords: 00:00 – Introduction 00:45 – Attendance Roll Call 02:09 – House Bill 216 03:15 – Roll Call Vote 04:06 – Senate Bill 122 05:42 – Roll Call Vote 08:43 – House Bill 391 17:25 – Roll Call Vote, 958, all

Summary: The Senate Standing Committee on Agriculture met with a quorum and opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and roll call. The committee first considered House Bill 216, which would correct a conflict created when an office was moved into the Department of Agriculture by restoring grant and loan eligibility for Department of Agriculture employees while keeping the prohibition in place for employees of the office of policy. The bill was approved unanimously and sent on to the Senate floor. The committee then revisited Senate Bill 122 after concerns from the prior meeting. Members adopted a committee substitute that clarified local governments may regulate the covered businesses but not ban them outright, and that fines and fees go back to the local authorities doing the regulating. During final consideration, Senator Deneen, Senator Reed, and Senator Richardson voted no, citing concerns about enforcement, inspection, and potential bad actors, while Senator Webb supported the bill as a needed regulatory scheme. The motion passed and the bill advanced. House Bill 391, dealing with Kentucky honey production, was also approved. Representative Jason Nemes and industry witnesses said the bill would raise the threshold for requiring a certified honey house from 150 gallons to 500 gallons, add language requiring “pure and unadulterated” Kentucky-produced honey, and support local beekeepers without creating additional public health risk. Members discussed whether the limit should be removed entirely, the cost of honey houses, and concerns about imported or adulterated honey. The committee passed the bill to the Senate floor. Senator Yates later registered a no vote on Senate Bill 122 and yes votes on House Bill 216 and Senate Bill 171, though Senate Bill 171 was passed over for further work and not heard that day.

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• . >> GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA. >> Chair Martin: NO APPEARANCE CARDS, ANY DEBATE ON THIS AMENDMENT?
• GERALD CAROL, GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA SPEAKING AGAINST. >> WAIVE IN OPPOSITION. >> Chair Martin: WAIVE
• >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, SENATOR COLLINS, GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA IS AGAINST THE BILL.
• FOR GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA, I THINK WE ALL AGREE MY STANCE ON SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS IS CLEAR HERE GETS

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• In an America where we have the Save Act, where if you Google what does the Save Act do, AI will not
• What does the Save America Act have to do with House File 2685?
• In an America where we have about that.
• In an America where we have the<00:54:02.760> Save<00:54:03.160> Act,<00:54:03.960>
• What does the Save America Act >> Speaker.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• First information to share with you is that not a single DOTD in America uses this method of awarding
• This method is not used anywhere in America.
• But in what we found, because no DOTD in America uses it, there was no data to pull from it to see.

Summary: The House Transportation Committee met on May 26 and considered several resolutions and one Senate bill dealing with transportation project delivery, vehicle safety, school-zone safety, flooding, and highway signage. The committee first took up SCR 64, which creates a task force to study construction management at risk (CMAR) for public works. An amendment added representatives from Louisiana Associated General Contractors and Associated Builders and Contractors to the task force, and the resolution was reported with amendments. The committee also heard HR 282, which creates a task force to study utility terrain vehicles with Louisiana State Police and other stakeholders; an amendment added the State Fire Marshal, and the resolution was reported with amendments. The most extensive discussion centered on SB 513, which addressed public works project delivery methods and included a proposal for an average-bid award method as well as design-build authority for airports and vertiports. Testimony from a Reason Foundation policy analyst and a Louisiana Associated General Contractors representative opposed the average-bid concept, arguing it lacked U.S. precedent, could encourage collusion, and could raise costs, while airport-related design-build provisions were supported. The committee adopted an amendment in concept to remove the average-bid language, then reported SB 513 with amendments by a vote of 11 yeas and 4 nays. The committee also reported SCR 62 favorably, which urges DOTD to evaluate all school zones on state highways in response to safety concerns and near misses involving crossing guards and distracted driving. In addition, HCR 112 was reported favorably to study flooding on Louisiana Highway 1 in Shreveport, and HR 275 was reported favorably to study an interstate highway signage maintenance and reporting program. The meeting concluded after all items were acted on and the committee adjourned.

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• or incompatible with, the constitution of the state of Oklahoma, constitutes the United States of America
• Not a hypothetical necessarily when you consider the United States of America.
• would need that because we're part of the, thank you, and because we're part of the United States of America

Keywords: 914, all

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• I pledge allegiance to the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation
• Senate Concurrent Memorial 1003, a concurrent memorial urging the Congress of the United States of America
• Poor People's Campaign and called this nation to confront poverty with courage, whereas he reminded America

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, attendance, and routine business, including guest introductions and committee announcements. The President Pro Tem also reported several temporary committee substitutions and a referral change for Senate Bill 1267. The chamber then moved through third-reading votes on a consent calendar of bills and one memorial, with several measures relating to mental health services, special license plates, optometrists, private postsecondary education institutions, Department of Revenue matters, attorney general authority, and a technical cleanup bill on conflicting legislative text. On the consent calendar, Senate Bill 1112 failed, while Senate Bills 1153, 1242, 1023, 1097, 1210, 1401, 1430, 1452, and 1613 all passed. Senate Concurrent Memorial 1003, urging Congress to amend the Constitution to allow states to regulate and limit campaign finance, also passed after brief remarks supporting campaign finance reform and criticizing the influence of money in politics. The chamber then received House Concurrent Resolution 2060, a death resolution for former lawmaker and University of Arizona administrator George Cunningham, adopted it unanimously, and observed a moment of silence. After recess, senators and family members offered tributes to Cunningham, highlighting his public service, budget expertise, work at the University of Arizona, role in state government, and co-founding of the Grand Canyon Institute. The Senate also heard a legislative proclamation honoring Reverend Jesse Jackson Sr. Finally, the body announced upcoming committee meetings, noted that some committees would not meet Monday, and adjourned until Monday, February 23, 2026, at 11 a.m.

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• Um, America has become too dependent on technology from companies from communist China because ultimately
• America must wean itself off of Chinese products, companies, and components associated with its critical
• as Hamas, Hezbollah, and al-Shabaab, human smuggling activities are both a means of infiltrating America

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• I'm going to I'm going to of America.
• say that today, the Gulf of America. say that today, the Gulf of America. Okay? Okay? Okay?
• Gulf of America was in the seat. Mr.
• the Gulf of America. the Gulf of America.
• America. America.

Keywords: 920, all

Summary: The Alabama Senate convened with prayer, the pledge, and a quorum present, then quickly handled routine business including excusing absent senators, adopting the prior journal, and recognizing several guests in the gallery. The chamber also paused to honor Dr. Mark Sullivan, superintendent of Birmingham City Schools, with a Senate resolution commending him as the Alabama Education Association’s 2025-26 outstanding superintendent of the year. Senator Smitherman and Dr. Sullivan both spoke, with Sullivan highlighting Birmingham’s academic gains, reduced failing schools, and lower chronic absenteeism. The Senate then processed a series of House messages and confirmations. It concurred in SB 288 on agriculture authorities and SB 317 on the Alabama Commission on the Evaluation of Services, but non-concurred and sent SB 174 on natural resources and SB 32 on solid waste collection fees to conference. The chamber confirmed numerous appointments, including Rex Jones, William Donahue, Jim Massey, Jason Windham, Alexander Atwater, Charles Dean, Steve McKinnon, Bonnie Temple, Shaniqua Johnson-Enam, Dwayne Jenkins, Troy Skipworth, Gloria Watts, Tracy Doughty, Kevin Ball, Joe D. Briggs, Josh Bryant, Dylan Turk, David R. Pruitt III, and Carol Smitherman, with most confirmations passing on near-unanimous rolls. Committee reports advanced several House bills, including favorable reports on HB 224, 591, 614, 609, 444, 248, 611, 622, 92, and 556, with HB 248 amended. The Senate also adopted a resolution honoring the University of Alabama women’s wheelchair basketball team for winning the 2026 national championship, and another resolution recognizing the seriousness of the national debt and urging Congress to establish regular budget order. A resolution honoring retired Brigadier General Vandiver H. Carter as the 2026 Marion Military Institute Alumnus of the Year and a resolution commending John R. Cooper were also adopted. In local legislation, the Senate passed HB 635 for Choctaw County, HB 639 for Escambia County, SB 10 for Tuscaloosa County, HB 315 for class one municipalities after adopting a committee substitute and a friendly amendment, and HB 404 for class one municipalities. Finally, the Committee on Rules reported and the Senate adopted a special order calendar for the next legislative day, listing a wide range of bills for priority consideration, including measures on solar power facilities, homestead exemptions, education, guardianships, tax increment districts, legal tender, college tuition, crime victims compensation, motor vehicles, entertainment industry issues, campus chaplains, tax abatements, alcoholic beverage producers, data privacy, constables, insurance, municipal audits, income tax, public high schools, taxation, state health planning, and University of Alabama matters.

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• young men and boys were recruited by the United States Department as proxy soldiers fighting for America
• . and young girls as fighting for America. and young girls as nurses.<00:15:02.320> That<00:15
• We stood for America when America needed them most. Now it's time for us to stand by them.
• <00:36:48.880> So<00:36:49.040> we America failed to acknowledge us.
• So we America failed to acknowledge us.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• You pointed out the Help America Vote Act of 2020? Can you explain what that program is? Sure.
• in support of this bill. of my client America votes um here today of my client America votes um here
• And Senator, just to update you a little bit, in 2002 Congress passed the Help America Vote Act, which
• vote act and New Hampshire help America vote act and New Hampshire has<00:28:19.000> done<00:
• <01:40:08.000> when what happens to people in America when what happens to people in America

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Hello, my name is Renahicki, from the Sierra Nevada, and I'm here on behalf of Green America, Optimist
• Drinks, Sayha... ...from the Sierra Nevada, and I'm here on behalf of Green America, Optimist Drinks
• Support, Americans for Financial Reform, Consumer Attorneys of California, Consumer Federation of America
• of Rise Economy, the American Policyholder Association, United Survivor's Disaster Relief, Green America
• of Rise Economy, the American Policyholder Association, United Survivor's Disaster Relief, Green America

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Summary: The committee first heard SB 1209, which would give the Insurance Commissioner new authority to require insurers to carry out corrective actions identified in market conduct and financial examinations, and to impose penalties when companies fail to comply. Supporters, including Commissioner Ricardo Lara and his deputies, said the bill would close an enforcement gap that lets harmful practices continue and would help ensure insurers provide requested financial records and fix violations. Industry opponents argued the bill expands CDI authority too far, could duplicate existing penalties, and should be limited to legal violations rather than recommendations; members and the author discussed amendments to narrow the bill to legal violations, apply penalties per exam rather than per policy, and clarify other language. The committee then voted the bill out on a due pass motion to Appropriations, with some no votes and the item placed on call. The committee next took up SB 1301, which would require more detailed and earlier notice before a homeowner, condo owner, or renter policy is non-renewed, give policyholders an opportunity to fix correctable property issues, and prohibit certain non-renewal reasons such as claims below deductible or claims not covered by the policy. The author and supporters, including a consumer who described spending thousands on roof repairs before being dropped anyway, said the bill would improve transparency and give families a real chance to keep coverage. Opponents said California already has long notice periods, that the bill could force insurers to make decisions too early, and that some underwriting factors are not property-specific; they also raised concerns about roof-age standards and reporting burdens. The author indicated willingness to reduce the notice period to three months and work on a bifurcated process for mitigation, and the committee passed the bill on a due pass motion to Appropriations, with the item placed on call. The committee then heard SB 1026, a bill to reform regulation of bail fugitive recovery agents by allowing the Department of Insurance to suspend or revoke licenses without waiting for a criminal conviction, tightening conduct rules, and requiring continuous liability coverage and proper notice of appointment. The author and Commissioner Lara said the measure responds to complaints about bounty hunters breaking into the wrong homes, impersonating law enforcement, and operating without adequate oversight. Opponents from the bail industry and related groups said the bill is not workable as written, especially provisions requiring insurance for willful acts, use of admitted carriers, and a residency requirement they said is unconstitutional; they also warned it could reduce the availability of recovery agents and delay justice for crime victims. The department said it was still working on language changes, and the committee passed the bill to Appropriations on a due pass motion, with the item placed on call. Finally, the committee began hearing SB 982, which would authorize the Attorney General to seek recovery from fossil fuel companies for climate-related costs affecting the FAIR Plan and private policyholders, with the author framing it as a way to shift some wildfire and flood costs from Californians to the industry that helped drive climate change. Supporters, including flood and wildfire survivors, climate advocates, and an economist, said Californians are bearing rising insurance and disaster costs and that the bill would help fund recovery and resilience. Opponents argued the bill imposes unfair strict liability, raises due process and preemption concerns, and could harm the broader business climate and energy sector. The transcript cuts off before the committee completed action on SB 982.

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• We went to San Antonio, and we visited what is now the Towers of America.
• They work in America, and some are just here for those opportunities and they live them. leave.
• Number two, if we want to be competitive with the world, what we're now doing is saying that America
• , give them the benefit of what we have here in America, and try to get everyone else.
• Thank you and God bless America.

Bills: SB1798, SB1835, SB1319, SB2942, SB2928, SB784, SB1049

Keywords: higher education, tuition rates, financial support, immigration status, Texas law, SB 1835, resident tuition, nonresident students, scholarship students, public higher education, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Education Code Section 54.213, tuition waiver, in-state tuition, out-of-state students, higher education finance, enrollment cap, capacity limit, workforce development area, nonimmigrant visa

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• With the drastic nature of this shutdown and just the state of steelmaking and mining in America, let
• laying off 300 people, and with the nature of the industry and just the state of the company and where America
• With the drastic nature of this shutdown and just the state of steelmaking and mining in America, let
• With the drastic nature of this shutdown and just the state of steelmaking and mining in America, let
• With the drastic nature of this shutdown and just the state of steelmaking and mining in America, let

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: House File 3030 was taken up for discussion and amended with the A1 author’s amendment before moving forward. The bill was presented as an Iron Range package with three parts: a 26-week unemployment insurance extension for workers laid off by Cleveland-Cliffs, and two mining-related provisions dealing with safe storage of reactive mine waste and a site-specific sulfite standard. The authors said the bill was intended both to help laid-off workers immediately and to support the long-term future of mining jobs in the region. Testimony was overwhelmingly supportive of the unemployment extension and the broader goal of preserving Iron Range jobs and communities. Representatives of affected workers, union leaders, a county commissioner, a tribal elder, and RAMS all described the layoffs as potentially long-term and warned of broader economic harm to families, local businesses, schools, and the region if mining jobs continue to decline. Several testifiers emphasized that mining is central to the Iron Range economy and argued that the bill would give workers time and hope while also helping keep people in the region. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency testified that it generally supported the bill’s intent but raised concerns about the environmental rulemaking language in Article 2, Section 2. MPCA said the provision would amount to a new major rulemaking, would require significant time and resources, and should be reviewed by the Environment, Natural Resources, Finance and Policy Committee. During member questions, one legislator said there was strong support for the UI extension in Article 1 but expressed concern about the environmental issues in Article 2 and asked why those provisions were not being reviewed by the environment committee. The meeting ended with public testimony closed and member questions beginning; no final vote was taken in the portion provided.

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• for self-regulation nitrous oxide has for self-regulation nitrous oxide has been a problem um in America
• for a long been a problem um in America for a long been a problem um in America for a long time it's
• internationally most of them are are internationally most of them are are going to um South and Central America
• so going to um South and Central America so going to um South and Central America so if so if we have
• database we're already putting America database we're already putting America Americans in we already

Bills: SB82, SB78, SB4, SB6, SB62, SB66, SB77, SB63, SB79, SB53, SB55, HB14

Keywords: SB82, warrant recall, outstanding warrants, stale warrants, misdemeanor warrants, Class B misdemeanor, Class C misdemeanor, municipal magistrate, circuit court clerk, criminal procedure, court administration, docket cleanup, warrant audit, law enforcement notification, domestic violence, sex offense, weapons offense, deadly weapon, dangerous instrument, felony-related charges

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• Please remain standing for the Pledge of Allegiance to the United States of America. >> I pledge allegiance
• to the flag of the United States of America. >> We'll take the roll.

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: The House convened briefly, opened with a moment of silent reflection in place of a chaplain, and then recited the Pledge of Allegiance. After the roll was taken, the clerk pro tem closed the roll. No quorum was present under the Minnesota Constitution, so no legislative business was conducted. The House adjourned until 3:30 p.m. on Monday, February 3, 2025.

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• Members, please remain standing for the Pledge of Allegiance to the United States of America. >> I pledge
• allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: The House briefly convened, opened with a moment of silent reflection, and members recited the Pledge of Allegiance. The clerk pro tem took the roll, and the clerk then closed the roll. No bills, testimony, debate, votes, or other substantive legislative actions were taken before adjournment. The House adjourned until 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, January 29, 2025.

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• Members, please remain standing for the Pledge of Allegiance to the United States of America.
• I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands

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• I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands
• States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The joint session briefly convened, with the Senate admitted and members, guests, and staff asked to rise for the Pledge of Allegiance. No legislation or substantive policy matters were discussed. Senator Eldridge of Essex and Middlesex moved that the joint session stand in recess until Wednesday, October 28 at 12:00 noon. The motion was put to a voice vote and approved, and the session recessed. The Sergeant-at-Arms was directed to escort the senators from the chamber.