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• Only can use the mic.
• Representative Lan, will you give us our Ash Wednesday message? >> Thank you.
• Help us always to think with love and act with care. We pray as always in Jesus' name.
• Help us always to the world each day.
• Many of us have learned how to braid since we were about 5 years old.

Bills: SB183 , SB160 , SB183 , SB160

Committee: House Boards, Agencies and Commissions

Keywords: tribal police, law enforcement, reservation safety, Ma-Chis Lower Creek Indian Tribe, indigenous rights, sales tax, use tax, sales and use tax, local tax exemption, county tax, municipal tax, county commission, municipal ordinance, resolution, Alabama Department of Revenue, tax administration, fiscal year, September 1 effective date, local government, tax exemption

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• And also told us we needed to have more large animal vets.
• You guys are the ones that really got it to us, gave us the money, and to set up to build this new vet
• Revoked for commercial breeders. This is only applicable to commercial pet breeders.
• We use those too often.
• People will use the law to.

Bills: HB3239 , HB3391 , HB3557 , HB4128

Committee: Senate Agriculture and Wildlife

Keywords: veterinary medicine, definitions, animal husbandry, board of veterinary examiners, telemedicine, veterinarian-client relationship, animal welfare, commercial pet breeders, licensing, advertising, animal cruelty, Oklahoma Agricultural Extension, local funding, financial institutions, county extension services, state funds, wildlife conservation, hunting regulations, mountain lions, black bears

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• So we're going to ask our staff to begin briefing the bills on the amendments before us, beginning with
• Moving on, 2274, modifying the Washington Commercial Electronic Mail Act.
• Modifying the Washington Commercial Electronic Mail Act.
• nature of the commercial email.
• remotely perfect I believe Representative Clova, yep, there she is, joining us remotely.

Bills: HB2483 , HB2477 , HB2274 , HB2394 , HB2624 , HB2240

Committee: House Consumer Protection & Business

Keywords: data broker, registry, consumer protection, privacy, data regulation, real estate, appraisal, business operations, regulatory compliance, email regulation, commercial communications, data privacy, electronic mail, public safety, insurance fraud, law enforcement, crime, penalties, real estate transactions, nonprofit

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• I believe both are—excuse me, Diana is joining us remotely and Angela is, I believe, joining us in person
• And there are costs for us to do it: IT costs.
• Karen will be joining us remotely after Bill. And Karen will be joining us remotely after Bill.
• Schrader, can you hear us? Yeah. Ms. Schrader, can you hear us? Oh, sorry, a momento.
• Give us the right to bring us to defend our rights. Thank you. Yes, please translate for us.

Bills: HB2355 , HB2151 , HB2372 , HB2472 , HB2409

Committee: House Labor & Workplace Standards

Keywords: labor protections, domestic workers, wage standards, employment rights, worker safety, factory built housing, commercial structures, national standards, construction regulation, building safety, workers' compensation, benefits, employment, injury claims, insurance, liability, fire protection, sprinkler systems, licensed contractors, certified fitters

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• Senate bill 1772 clarifies exactly when lights must be used, which is it moves it to sunset to sunrise
• It's a busy day at the capital for all of us, but that's a good thing, right?

Bills: SB1213 , SB1221 , SB1636 , SB1687 , SB1772 , SB1932 , SB2062

Committee: House Public Safety

Keywords: SB1213, earned credits, inmate credits, good time, sentence reduction, Department of Corrections, DOC, prison reform, corrections policy, inmate classification, class levels, rehabilitation credits, achievement credits, vocational training, educational credits, prison programs, public safety, violent offenders, violent crime exclusions, sex offense exclusions

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• Fire Marshal, if you want to tell us about House Bill 799. Yes, so good afternoon, Mr.
• And you did use half of the surplus cash, and you've left half the surplus cash for us to use as well
• Do you have something else you’d like to use money for if that’s truly dormant?”
• That’s the only way to release that money to be used somewhere else.
• Is that something we need to do that would behoove us to do that? Yeah, possibly so.

Bills: HB2 , HB3 , HB799 , HB1039

Committee: Senate Revenue & Fiscal Affairs

Keywords: capital outlay, budget, infrastructure, appropriation, general obligation bonds, bond authorization, capital improvement, financial management, state treasury, boiler safety, inspection, licensing, state fire marshal, operating certificate, regulations, local sales tax, local use tax, sales and use tax, tax audit, local collector

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• It also changes the allowable uses.
• It also changes the allowable uses.
• There are a couple new allowable uses.
• It has worked very well for us.
• That has allowed us to compete.

Bills: HB1069 , HB2091 , SB6355 , HB2104 , SB6003 , HB2441 , HB2124 , HB2610 , HB2338

Committee: Senate Ways & Means

Keywords: collective bargaining, retirement benefits, employee rights, public sector, supplemental benefits, public employers, employee information, bargaining representatives, labor relations, union representation, electric transmission, energy policies, infrastructure, regulatory framework, transmission systems, aviation, wildland fires, funding, disaster relief, emergency response

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• The state sales and use tax rate is 6.5%.
• I'm here to talk about us talking again about property taxes.
• These uses, pre-uses, triggered the loss of the exemption.
• These uses, pre-uses, triggered the loss of the exemption.
• These uses, pre-uses, triggered the loss of the exemption.

Bills: HB2376 , HB2584 , HB2610 , HB2615 , HB2089 , HB2194 , HB2257 , HB2528 , HB2175 , HB2334

Committee: House Finance

Keywords: property tax, reform, local government, taxpayer, funding, agriculture, tax exemption, farm machinery, equipment, sales tax, HB 2610, property tax exemption, nonprofit housing, affordable housing, low-income housing, community use, temporary use, charitable property, Washington property tax, Department of Revenue

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• In Your righteousness, rescue and deliver us. Turn Your ear to us and save us.
• Do not cast us away when we are old. Do not forsake us when our strength is gone.
• So, thank you guys for letting us come down here and showing us some love. So, thank you. Mr.
• When we use bond funds locally We, when we use redbud funds on our public school districts, those assets
• Please bear with us.

Bills: HB3327 , HB3711 , HB4104 , HJR1077 , HB3329 , HB4322 , HB4202 , HB4203 , HB4457 , HB3983 , HB3660 , HB3802 , HB2933 , HB2955 , HB2956 , HB3781 , HB3521 , HB3794 , HB3796 , HB3800 , HB3183 , HB4316 , HB4484 , HB3469 , HB3464 , HB3173 , HB3989 , HB3016 , HB2979 , HB2988 , HB2288 , HB3062 , HB3315 , HB3372 , HB3530 , HB3622 , HB3755 , HB4266

Keywords: State Board of Education, Oklahoma education board, board appointments, school governance, education reform, governor appointments, legislative appointments, speaker of the house, president pro tempore, senate confirmation, board vacancies, removal for cause, public education, state superintendent, school board training, board member qualifications, emergency clause, Oklahoma statutes 70 O.S. 3-101, school funding, transparency

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• The tasks before us often require more time, energy, and capacity and even exceed personal ability, and
• Right, and in front of us, we have Hailey Artney, Jayden Fletcher, Royce Phife, Amber Richards, Caitlin
• Piccola, we've got with us today, uh, Jeremy Jackson, stand up. Jeremy, where are you at?
• Any money over 5 million dollars that we haven't used goes to general revenue.
• House Bill 3882 House Bill 3882 creates the Lake and Industrial Revolving Fund to be used by ODOT to

Bills: HB4358 , HB2398 , HB3557 , HB3129 , HB3312 , HB2210 , HB1937 , HB3021 , HB4246 , HB4230 , HB3617 , HB3657 , HB2976 , HB3391 , HB4459 , HB4128 , HB3989 , HB2989 , HB4060 , HB3145 , HB2992 , HB3464 , HB3552 , HB2984 , HB4124 , HB3934 , HB3448 , HB3131 , HB4200 , HB4201 , HB3011 , HB1912 , HB3380 , HB3881 , HB3538 , HB3851 , HB3907 , HB4430 , HB4431 , HB4457 , HB2947 , HB2951 , HB2980 , HB3082 , HB3519 , HB3644 , HB3882 , HB3661 , HB3996 , HB4335

Keywords: screen time, education, public schools, child development, digital learning, youth health, academic performance, credential of value, workforce development, labor market, government reporting, Oklahoma Agricultural Extension, local funding, financial institutions, county extension services, state funds, free expression, colleges, security fees, public forums

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• Please tell us about the bill. Thank you, Chair Walen.
• the bill she's brought forward for us this afternoon.
• This, I hope, is a tool that, while maybe not used excessively, but used in a way that is well regulated
• So this is a public safety issue for us.
• We are used to replace all forms of animal testing.

Bills: HB2361 , HB2542 , HB2629 , HB2394 , HB2274 , HB1078 , HB2294

Committee: House Consumer Protection & Business

Keywords: small loans, consumer protection, financial regulation, lending limits, credit access, animal testing, alternatives, ethical research, animal welfare, scientific methods, infrastructure, protection, safety, security, state regulations, public safety, insurance fraud, law enforcement, crime, penalties

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• Thank you all for being with us. I'm glad you're here.
• That's fine, just tell us who you are. Good afternoon, my name is Russell.
• This could clog up our systems and make us... ...could clog up our systems and make us wave through trucks
• , costing us time and effort.
• Maybe they were using that for public access to get. ...were using that for public access to get to their

Bills: SB110 , SB64 , SB42

Committee: Senate Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry

Keywords: weight limits, trucking regulations, transportation, enforcement authority, portable scales, SB64, Alabama, state waters, public waters, aquatic plants, aquatic vegetation, lake management, waterway maintenance, environmental regulation, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, DCNR, commercial contractors, vegetation removal, mowing aquatic plants, uprooting plants

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• Thank you for joining us this morning.
• Thank you all again for joining us this morning.
• He could tell us every day what he did this weekend. Thank you.
• She's watching us. Thank you. Chair recognizes Vice-Chair Dorazio.
• Thank you for inviting us on this. Thank you.

Bills: HCR92 , HB 114 , HB561 , HB 1171 , HB1894 , HB2026 , HB2143 , HB2337 , HB2564 , HB114

Committee: House S/C on Defense & Veterans' Affairs

Keywords: Tuskegee Airmen, commemoration, African American history, civil rights, military recognition, veterans, mental health, Texas Veterans Commission, peer support, suicide prevention, community mental health, grant program, defense, grants, local government, economic support, community development, health and wellness, outdoor recreation, state land use

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• The assets of the fund were to be used; it was a 75% rural, 25% urban split.
• So I would like to pursue this housing needs assessment tool to give us better ends...
• House Bill 4484, this legislation will allow the OCC workers to use...
• Could you give us some ideas of what requirements Thank you for bringing forward the bill.
• Could you give us some ideas of what requirements we're going to put on HOA boards?

Bills: HB4409 , HB4414 , HB4484 , HB4486 , HB3057 , HB2588 , HB4434

Committee: House General Government

Keywords: housing, legislative committee, affordable housing, Oklahoma Housing Finance Agency, policy improvement, HB4414, Oklahoma Homebuilder Program, OHFA, single-family housing, homebuilder loans, 0% interest loan, housing finance, workforce housing, Legislative Workforce Housing Committee, housing needs assessment, community housing assessment, disaster recovery housing, federally declared natural disaster, rural housing, urban housing

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• be used in Washington as well.
• Beginning January 1, 2027, each planning county and city must approve land use applications that use
• We have a number of bills before us today. Staff, could you please brief us on the bills?
• We have Senate Bill 6028 before us.
• We have Senate Bill 6028 before us.

Bills: SB6001 , SB6015 , SB6054 , SB5470 , SB5884 , SB6018 , SB6027 , SB6028

Committee: Senate Housing

Keywords: building code, scissor stairs, safety regulations, construction standards, statebuilding regulations, residential building, construction permits, housing development, planning efficiency, state regulations, wildfire, home hardening, fire-resistant materials, fire-hardened building materials, common interest communities, homeowners association, HOA, condominium, condo association, wildland urban interface

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• Hi, okay, this bill is important to us.
• told just to use the bathroom, but there is no bathroom to use.
• That to see if those even exist and get back with us.
• That's talking about changing how they're going to send us funds.
• It's all 35 of us plus our house colleagues.

Bills: SB1 , SB83 , SB159 , SB160 , SB1

Committee: Senate Finance and Taxation Education

Keywords: workers' compensation, public education, employee injury, insurance trust fund, on-the-job injury, administrative procedures, adult-size changing table, changing station, accessible restroom, public bathroom, public building, public entity, ADA, Americans with Disabilities Act, accessibility, restroom renovation, new construction, grant program, state grant, local government facilities

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• Jim, since you're also new to us, why don't you go ahead and introduce yourself, just as you kick off
• septic system, and there was ambiguity whether or not that was allowed given the language that we used
• the original bill. ...there was ambiguity whether or not that was allowed given the language that we used

Bills: HB2269

Committee: House Housing

Keywords: middle housing, zoning, unincorporated areas, affordable housing, land use, density

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• We also have with us Lucas Boomlawn.
• So he is not here with us. He's doing official other duties.
• So he is not here with us. He's doing official other duties.
• So please use the Artesia recyclable bag and go grocery shopping.
• House Bill 170, have been read to us by title.

Bills: HM19

Keywords: New Mexico Aviation and Aerospace Day, aviation, aerospace, space industry, missile programs, Spaceport America, White Sands Missile Range, White Sands Test Facility, Kirtland Air Force Base, drone, unmanned aircraft systems, commercial space transportation, NASA, aircraft, STEM education, research laboratories, Sandia National Laboratories, Los Alamos National Laboratory, flight testing, medical evacuation

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• So, I just appreciate Senator being willing to work with us.
• For us?
• Tell me a little bit about that and what that money is going to be used for.
• And we just ask that you allow us to serve the Alabama customers.
• Use previous. First. Okay. All right. Use previous role. No objection. Or you want to be a no? No?

Bills: HB1

Committee: Senate Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development

Keywords: DUI, driving under the influence, ignition interlock, interlock device, driver license suspension, restricted license, motor vehicle, alcohol offense, first offense, repeat offender, blood alcohol concentration, BAC, license revocation, Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, ALEA, public safety, traffic safety, chemical dependency, substance abuse, court referral program

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• Prudent in employing the opportunities you have entrusted to us.
• Give us strength under stress, peace under pressure, fill us with your insight and divine perspective
• , give us good judgment in the decisions we make.
• We have with us today, members of the Broken Arrow Chamber.
• And I don't want us to confuse that with this bill.

Bills: SB2102 , SB1940 , SB1625 , SB1442 , SB1623 , SB1242 , SB1949 , SB1592 , SB1913 , SB592 , SB992 , SB1241 , SB259 , SB1928 , SB1426 , SB1531 , SB1561 , SB1122

Keywords: credit card fees, merchant discounts, payment card network, interchange fees, transparency in fees, Oklahoma law, payment card, rebate, merchant, tax compliance, health insurance, mandate, impact analysis, insurance department, public health, access to healthcare, SB1442, alcoholic beverage control, ABLE Commission, liquor license fees