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• The conditions are not good.
• implement a more fair and rational redistricting policy by putting forward a joint resolution for a ballot
• Folks who paid poll taxes, were chased from ballot boxes, and lived in poverty through Jim Crow.
• So my point is that even under normal conditions, Texas maps are typically motivated to crack and pack
• us in the room during your backroom deals, I promise you, you're sure as hell gonna hear us at the ballot

Keywords: 997, house, all

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• And they might say you have this condition, but you have other conditions, so we'd like for you to be
• What it does is list out the conditions that are in what I'm told is the Bible of mental illness conditions
• no definition for chronic health conditions.
• Chronic conditions change over time.
• We have firefighters responding To dangerous and unpredictable conditions.

Bills: SB20, SB53, SB86, SB96, SB129

Keywords: prior authorization, pharmacy benefits manager, PBM, health insurer, prescription drugs, step therapy, formulary, auto-adjudication, electronic portal, appeals, medical necessity, serious mental illness, mental health, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depression, substance use disorder, addiction treatment, cancer, autoimmune disorder

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• newspaper that has been purchased or newly established by another newspaper that satisfies these conditions
• Missouri to allow people whose identity is not clear on election day to be able to vote a provisional ballot
• Now, everything else on the ballot counts. They just won't have to do those write-ins.
• It prohibits tax dollars from being used to campaign for the political subdivisions' ballot measures.

Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and approval of the previous day’s journal by a 129-0 vote. Members then spent considerable time on points of personal privilege and introductions, including remarks recognizing law enforcement wellness, personal health updates, legislative service and family sacrifices, interns, visiting students, and special guests such as a St. Louis entrepreneur honored with a House resolution and a visiting governor from Samarkand, Uzbekistan. The chamber then received Senate messages and committee reports before moving to conference requests on Senate Bills 835 and 1111 and Senate Bill 1020, both of which were approved for conference committees. The House also passed Senate Bills 977 and 1011, a measure barring international organizations or foreign law from exercising authority in Missouri or being used to deny “fundamental rights,” after debate over its scope and concerns about foreign-law venue rules and its practical effect; the final vote was 99-45. Senate Bill 1470, dealing with legislative research and statutory publication procedures, was amended and passed 148-1 after debate over reducing committee size, shifting publication to a primarily web-based format, and preserving printed archival copies. The House then adopted and finally passed Senate Bill 1940, the public notices/newspaper bill, by 142-1, with discussion focused on modernizing notice publication rules and election-related deadlines. It also took up Senate Bill 1871, which included county clerk and election administration provisions and a Senate amendment incorporating campaign finance language; debate emphasized ballot testing timelines and election transparency. The transcript ends during discussion of that bill, before a final vote is shown.

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• Chapter 178 to include the same procedures for orders requiring the surrender of a firearm as a condition
• To me, it's again, if I were to... ...assault someone working at a Macy's, a condition is very likely
• And I will tell you the order-out would just be a condition that any justice of the peace would be along
• We hear daily from incarcerated people about deeply concerning conditions, widespread medical neglect
• you that the community that held the lines on the phone last week and today will remember at the ballot

Bills: AB275, SB371, SB457

Keywords: criminal procedure, wiretap, law enforcement, child protection, sexual offenses, SB371, Nevada, trespass, criminal trespass, NRS 207.200, property rights, misdemeanor, warning period, 24 months, 36 months, no trespassing, posted signs, fencing, private property, public property

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• Otherwise, you would have condition.
• despite significant change in condition. despite significant change in condition.
• Your condition is unconditional. Condition is unconditional. It is nothing to do.
• We're already violating our constitution that based on your conditional map if it is lifted, the condition
• Equal access to the ballot matters.

Keywords: 920, all

Summary: The Senate convened with prayer, the pledge, and a roll call establishing a quorum of 35 senators. The journal was adopted without objection, absent senators were excused, and there were no house messages, committee reports, motions, or resolutions before the first bill was called. The main item of business was House Bill 1, described as a conditional measure to set a process for electing U.S. House candidates in Alabama’s congressional districts 1, 2, 6, and 7 if a federal court order lifts current injunctions. The sponsor said the bill would only take effect if the court order is issued and would allow quick compliance with federal rulings. Debate centered on whether the bill was truly responsive to the court or instead an attempt at mid-decade redistricting; opponents argued it would violate Alabama’s constitutional limits on elections and ignore the court’s redistricting orders, while supporters said they were trying to comply with the court and that the issue was partisan rather than personal. Much of the discussion focused on Allen v. Milligan, the Voting Rights Act, and the meaning of the court’s injunctions. One senator argued the bill would dilute Black voting strength and was being driven by national Republican politics, while the sponsor and others insisted the legislature was acting only conditionally and that the court had not ordered the specific action being debated. The exchange became lengthy and contentious, but no final vote or other action on HB1 was taken in the portion provided.

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• Prior to early voting starting on May 2, 2026, 131,346 absentee ballots had been requested and sent out
• , with 123,409 of those being voters who are enrolled in a program to receive absentee ballots as part
• Prior to the start of early voting, 41,475 absentee ballots had been received according to our standard
• Once early voting started, the number of absentee ballots received each day was included in the early
• You can't open up any ballots as of right now. So I'm right. Okay.

Summary: The Senate and Governmental Affairs Committee met on May 12, 2026, and focused primarily on Senate Bill 407, a congressional redistricting proposal, with Senate Bill 121 also scheduled for later. The chair explained the committee would first take up SB 407, consider amendments, then hear public testimony, and would not take up SB 116 or SB 130. Two amendment sets were adopted on SB 407: one technical set adjusting dates to align with the upcoming election cycle, and another updating the map in the bill. Committee members and the bill sponsor described the proposal as a 4-2 congressional map intended to comply with the Supreme Court’s CalA ruling, preserve traditional redistricting criteria, and avoid using race as the basis for district lines. Supporters of SB 407 argued the map was compact, contiguous, kept parishes and cities together, and created two opportunity districts without racial predominance. Several senators said the map better reflected Louisiana’s political and demographic realities and could withstand legal challenge under the Equal Protection Clause and First Amendment. Testimony in support also emphasized fairness, representation, and the idea that the state should not move to a 5-1 map. Some speakers, including former legislators and community advocates, said the state should maintain or preserve two districts where Black voters and Democratic voters could elect candidates of choice. Opponents of the broader redistricting effort criticized the process as rushed and confusing, especially because early voting had already begun and the Secretary of State was not present to answer questions. Some speakers said the legislature had not been properly involved in the election suspension process and raised concerns about whether votes already cast would count if maps changed. Others argued the proposed changes were an attempt to dilute political power and disenfranchise voters, particularly Black, poor, and queer communities. The committee heard extensive public testimony on both sides, but no final vote on the bill was taken in the portion of the meeting provided.

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• completed the process for renewing or replacing the new millage referendums... ...on the November 2026 ballot
• is, would you be amenable to continue... ...in this practice in making it effective for the 2028 ballot
• rather than for the 2026 ballot?
• that... ...you've got some of these school districts that's already in the works for going for these ballot
• counties or our school districts and the decisions that they are giving them time to put this on the ballot

Summary: The Finance and Tax Committee met with a quorum and considered two Senate proposed bills. The first, SPB 7046, was the Senate tax package. It included changes to Live Local property tax exemptions, charter school distributions from voter-approved property tax levies, limits on special assessments for RV parks, revisions to fiscally constrained county funding and eligibility, a permanent sales tax exemption for small propane tanks, a hunting/fishing/camping sales tax holiday, restrictions on governmental net zero policies, and new voting thresholds for certain local millage actions. Staff estimated the bill would reduce general revenue by about $77 million in FY 2026-27 and about $50 million recurring. An amendment making the charter-school distribution change prospective starting July 1, 2026, was adopted. A late-filed amendment by Senator Gaetz on disability tax exemptions was withdrawn for lack of a fiscal analysis. The charter school provision drew the most debate. Senator Jones and Senator Bernard raised concerns that expanding eligibility to charter schools authorized through alternate authorizers could reduce funding available to traditional neighborhood public schools and that the effective date did not give districts enough time to plan. Senator Avila argued the change corrected an omission from earlier legislation and ensured public schools, including charter schools, were treated equally. Several speakers supported the fiscally constrained county provisions, while the Florida Association of Counties urged grandfathering for counties that could currently opt out of the Live Local exemption and asked the committee to review language on millage thresholds and net zero provisions. SPB 7046 was ultimately reported favorably as a committee bill by a roll call vote. The committee then took up SPB 7048, which updates Florida’s conformity to the Internal Revenue Code as of January 1, 2026, and partially decouples from federal changes in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The bill addresses federal changes to bonus depreciation, Section 179 expensing, research and experimental expenses, business meals, and business interest deductions, with some provisions phased in or adjusted over time. The Florida Chamber testified in support of continued conformity but expressed concerns about administrative burdens and the bill’s partial decoupling structure. After brief debate, the bill was reported favorably as a committee bill by roll call vote, and the committee then adjourned.

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• The living conditions were less than desirable but didn't meet Chapter 272.
• In comparison, we've encountered cases where chickens have been left in deplorable condition.
• . ...12 days ago where we had eight puppies left in a car in unsanitary conditions.
• Requiring disabled people to disclose health conditions is a stigmatizing invasion of privacy.
• I can't produce a doctor's note for proof of a medical condition that puts me at special risk.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The committee held a lengthy hybrid hearing of the Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government, with testimony spanning local board training, animal welfare and enforcement, municipal charters, water district dissolution, and other home rule matters. Chairs Rausch and Lewis set strict time limits because of the large number of speakers and explained that written testimony would also be accepted. Members heard from local officials, advocates, municipal employees, and residents, with many bills receiving broad support from municipal and advocacy witnesses. Several speakers supported bills requiring or expanding training for local boards and commissions, including pre-service training for planning, zoning, and other land use boards. Supporters said training would help volunteers understand complex laws, improve consistency, reduce legal challenges, and speed up housing and development decisions. Related testimony also backed a bill to modernize historic district commissions and another to allow associate planning board members to serve more broadly when needed to maintain quorums. A major portion of the hearing focused on animal legislation. Witnesses supported bills to expand citations for cruel conditions beyond dogs, update dangerous dog procedures, improve animal health inspections and breeder oversight, strengthen tethering rules, and protect pet consumers. Animal control officers, humane organizations, and some victims of dog attacks described enforcement gaps and the need for clearer standards, while several dog trainers and the American Kennel Club opposed parts of the dangerous dog bill and tethering restrictions, arguing they would limit humane training tools and professional discretion. The committee also heard strong support for a bill to create a statewide pet shop and consumer protection framework. The committee also heard testimony on several local home rule petitions. Medford officials and residents strongly supported a new city charter that would replace the current at-large council with ward-based representation and periodic charter review. Wayland representatives supported a bill to preserve the library’s Millennium Fund as intended, Cambridge officials backed creation of an employment and job training trust, and Carver officials supported dissolving the North Carver Water District due to compliance and financial problems. No votes were taken during the hearing, and the chair repeatedly invited written testimony and follow-up materials.

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• Department of Education tells us, hey, you have to test every student as a condition of these federal
• , sorry, on the ballot.
• , sorry, on the the warrant on the ballot, sorry, on the ballot.<01:58:05.840> Um<01:58:06.719
• Um what kinds of scores I don't ballot.
• What kinds of scores are we going to be asking school districts to put on the ballots?

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first approved corrected minutes from October 6 after members noted and fixed several transcription and spelling errors, including a clarification that a comment about SAU numbers came from former Senator Jim Rubin. The vote to approve the corrected minutes was moved, seconded, and adopted with one abstention. The main presentation came from Chuck Bates of the New Hampshire Association of School Business Officials (ASBO), who described the organization, its certification program, and the role of school business administrators. He explained that ASBO members handle accounting and financial management, facilities, food service, HR, information systems, transportation, and risk management. He also outlined the certification program, which includes 21 courses, most online, plus four in-person workshops unique to New Hampshire, and noted that many members are not certified because the state licensure requirement was removed. Bates then addressed the committee’s interest in SAU consolidation and county-wide restructuring. He said business administrators often manage multiple budgets, attend school board meetings, and serve as a visible point of contact for the community. He argued that consolidation would create operational and financial challenges, including staff and facility relocation, differing accounting systems, lack of a standardized chart of accounts, and uncertain return on investment. He said the biggest obstacle would be local control, especially in small towns that do not want outside decisions affecting school closures, class sizes, or student transportation. Committee members questioned him about the distinction between administrative and academic control, the size of district offices in larger cities, and what might reduce administrative costs; Bates responded that many administrative costs stem from legislation and that consolidation would be difficult to implement without local support.

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• grammatical tweaks, and language clarifying that the new deadline for submitting online absentee ballot
• grammatical tweaks, and language clarifying that the new deadline for submitting online absentee ballot
• In an even year, yeah, you may get higher turnout, but does that actually go down the ballot, and do
• <00:46:21.119> So,<00:46:21.359> Madam to their name on the ballot.
• So, Madam to their name on the ballot.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• ability for dissenters to be able to dissent, instead of just voting as is with whatever it is that the ballot
• This amends the conditions and procedures of alternate dispute resolution for condo-related disputes.
• We'll clarify subsection I, so only the court may impose sanction or financial conditions under section
• We'll clarify subsection I, so only the court may impose sanction or financial conditions under section
• We'll clarify subsection I, so only the court may impose sanction or financial conditions under section

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Judiciary Committee took up a large decision-making agenda and adopted most measures, often with technical or clarifying amendments. Bills addressed wildlife habitat conservation plans, civil identification cards for 16- and 17-year-olds, electronic and mail voting for associations, remedies for unauthorized disclosure of intimate images, traffic safety around stationary vehicles and pickup truck passengers, expedited permitting for housing for people with disabilities, rainwater catchment systems, EMS advisory committee membership, social media account deletion, limits on immigration-enforcement cooperation, prompt payment rules for professional solicitors, fetal death vital statistics, protections for gender-affirming care, passenger ropeways, law-enforcement facial coverings and immigration-related detention, domestic violence, health care facility access, guardianship record sealing, child protective proceedings, remote driver’s license hearings, disposable vaping products, dog attacks, insurance premium increase explanations, the DOE harm-to-student registry, Hawaiian Homes lease succession, EMS law modernization, hoisting machine regulation, release on recognizance, language interpretation rules, civil asset forfeiture for fireworks offenses, and assisted community treatment. Several bills were deferred, including HB 1897, HB 1957, HB 2121, and HB 2324, while HB 1957 was deferred indefinitely. Most measures were adopted without recorded opposition, though HB 1875 and HB 1961 drew no votes from Vice Chair Gabbard, and HB 2413 was adopted with reservations. A number of bills received substantive amendment instructions. HB 1682 was amended with committee report language noting concerns about departing from the model act. HB 1768 and HB 1886 were revised to narrow or clarify immigration-enforcement restrictions and law-enforcement identification and facial-covering provisions, including plainclothes and undercover exceptions, a narrower civil immigration arrest/detention offense, and savings clauses. HB 2540 received extensive amendments to convert policy language into mandatory terms, refine facial-covering and identification rules, align criminal and policy exemptions, narrow immigration-related offenses, and clarify the definition of law enforcement agency. HB 2413 was amended to define violent offenses, change written findings to oral findings on the record, limit reconsideration of bail, and restrict who may request sanctions or financial conditions. Other amendments included technical fixes, bad-date corrections, severability clauses, and chapter-consistency changes. The committee also heard a joint Education/Judiciary item, SCR 105 and SR 99, urging the Department of Education to provide students information on pre-registering to vote before reaching voting age. Testimony was reported in support from the Department of Education, Office of Elections, Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women, and the League of Women Voters. With no opposition or further discussion, the committee voted to pass both resolutions with technical, non-substantive amendments (SD1).

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• solicitation is referred to only by the non-solicitation zones at polling locations in precincts and ballot
• That's probable cause regardless of immigration status and the condition of the individual and the state
• Line 639-1 is preponderance of evidence and the other one is preponderance of the appropriate conditions
• Preponderance of evidence that appropriate conditions of release is two. They are separate things.
• Subsection F, pretrial condition release, these things the court must consider, but the entirety of that

Keywords: 998, house, all

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• <00:37:23.680> and<00:37:23.839> then<00:37:24.079> under majority by ballot
• and then under majority by ballot and then under Section<00:37:24.800> Roman<00:37:25.240>
• The way we also read this bill is it would require votes by ballot at traditional town meeting, which
• We've proposed it; it's on our ballot next week to adopt phase development, where we can phase things
• <01:33:39.280> this town's voters by official ballot this town's voters by official ballot

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Currently school bond questions are excluded from being placed on the general election ballot.
• support to allow school bond and/or mill levy elections to be included in the general elections voting ballot
• only place these bond levy elections on a regular local election in odd number years and in mail ballots
• are significantly increasing, and this change will help districts to place these questions on the ballot

Keywords: 996, all

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• 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.

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• Back in, like, 1995, the constitutional reformation ballot was held within the counties.
• care professionals, and I can attest to that, as well as a higher prevalence of adverse health conditions
• You don't understand how hard it is to prepare and study for a final under these conditions. when you

Bills: HB2476, HB2893, HB4848, HB5062, SB37, SB60, HB2860, HB4930, SB646, SB 37

Keywords: living expenses, higher education, student support, homeless students, financial aid, grant program, baccalaureate degrees, junior colleges, workforce development, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, competency-based education, baccalaureate degree, cost of attendance, dual credit, computer science, course credit, foreign language requirement, curriculum review, governing board, faculty council

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• need to gather roughly 32,000... ...700 signatures within 60 days to simply place the issue on a ballot
• not limit liability in cases where there are any injuries caused by any negligence or hazardous conditions
• Conditions, failure to train employees, or intentional acts. Mr.

Bills: SB2101, SB2334, SB2633, SB2637, SB2713, SB2781, SB2782, SB3059, HB1130, HB256, HCR19

Keywords: minors, sexually explicit materials, public libraries, age verification, civil penalties, library collection review, alcohol storage, airline permits, beverage regulations, airport, commercial flights, alcoholic beverages, local option election, zoning regulations, municipality control, land use, state law, social media, bot accounts, misinformation

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• evidence-based strategies to support a safe school environment including the effects of mental health conditions
• filed House Bill 1178, which is a refile from House Bill 4650. from last session by Representative Condit-Timmons
• makes it unnecessarily difficult for certified out-of-state teachers, individuals who already hold ballot

Bills: HB 1178, HB1411, HB1441, HB1773, HB1813, HB2107, HB2598, HB2911, HB2967, HB3672, HB5263, HB3797

Keywords: education, temporary certification, out-of-state educators, teacher shortage, military spouses, personal leave, school holidays, employee compensation, overtime provisions, school safety, peace officers, mental health, de-escalation techniques, trauma-informed care, student trustee, school board, student representation, education policy, nonvoting position, school governance

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• agenda items, California was the first state to legalize cannabis for medical use through a 1996 ballot
• The department recently published a legislatively requested report on the condition and health of in
• And within that, you've got individual businesses that are dealing with other conditions, and I'll highlight

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• because everyone up at the national level is concerned about the loss of rural hospitals and the conditions
• for grandma, and they're not certified interpreters, but they can, they can interpret from what the ballot
• It's the condition of the property is the nuisance that's covered and that's what I'm assuming, but I

Bills: HB113

Keywords: HB 113, Texas, Government Code Chapter 1253, general obligation bonds, bond election, voter approval, political subdivision, local government, city bonds, county bonds, school district bonds, capital projects, public finance, bond referendum, ballot measure, five-year waiting period, rejected proposition, election law, municipal finance