Transcript Highlights:

• the last thing you want as a war fighter to have a little hiccup because we had a little power interruption
• the last thing you want as a war fighter to have a little hiccup because we had a little power interruption
• the last thing you want as a war fighter to have a little hiccup because we had a little power interruption
• little hiccup because we had a little little hiccup because we had a little power<00:21:57.919><c> interruption
• So, if I could power interruption.

Bills: SB341 , SB340 , SB341 , SB354 , SB340

Committee: Senate Transportation and Energy

Keywords: SB341, Alabama, veteran license plate, veteran tag, distinctive license tag, specialty plate, radiation exposure, atomic bomb testing, ionizing radiation, World War II veterans, Vietnam veterans, Korean War veterans, Cold War veterans, Desert Storm, Desert Shield, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Inherent Resolve, Department of Veterans Affairs, probate judge

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• Chairman, at any point you're welcome to interrupt with questions or if you want to reserve questions
• Chairman, at any point you're welcome to interrupt with questions or if you want to reserve questions
• Chairman, at any point you're welcome to interrupt with questions or if you want to reserve questions
• Appreciate the opportunity to come here and let me interrupt you just for a second.
• Appreciate the opportunity to come here and let me interrupt you just for a second.

Summary: The House Budget Review Subcommittee on Transportation met without a quorum at first, then later approved the minutes once quorum was established. The committee heard presentations from Transportation Cabinet officials Mike Hancock, Jeremy Slinker, and Sean McCarnieran on maintenance, vehicle regulation, general administration, highways, and related capital projects. Hancock emphasized that maintenance is the cabinet’s most visible public service, especially for snow and ice removal and routine roadway upkeep, and said rising costs have outpaced funding. He cited a 61% increase in highway construction costs since 2020 and said maintenance spending was $488 million in FY 2024 and $511 million in FY 2025, while the FY 2026 baseline request was $483.3 million. The cabinet’s additional maintenance request would add $23.6 million in FY 2027 and $38.6 million in FY 2028, with expected impacts on litter pickup, mowing, vegetation management, and pothole repair if not funded. The cabinet also outlined five maintenance-related capital projects: additional funding for Ballard County maintenance/salt storage, Hopkins County maintenance/salt storage, Whitley County maintenance/salt structure, and the District 2 office and materials lab, plus reauthorization of the Breckinridge County maintenance and salt facility. Hancock also asked for budget language allowing the cabinet to use unexpected restricted and federal funds more quickly, similar to existing authority for federal earmarks. McCarnieran described the governor’s inclusion of funding for the ASHTOWare system, employee health exams, priority IT projects, and a District 7 office renovation request, noting that some items were not funded because they ranked low among competing projects. He also said the governor’s budget included a $7.5 million annual maintenance pool for the cabinet’s 1,200 facilities and requested additional restricted fund authority for Trimark and the Cumberland Gap Tunnel. Slinker focused on the Department of Vehicle Regulation, saying recent investments in staffing and equipment had reduced wait times and improved customer service in driver licensing offices. He requested $535,600 to keep temporary contract workers in place for the rest of the year, warning that without it regional office operations would have to be reduced. He said the surge in demand was driven by new 15-year-old licensing requirements, vision testing, and Real ID implementation, but believed the volume was beginning to level out. He also outlined FY 2027 and FY 2028 plans totaling $20.38 million and $19.85 million, including six new regional offices and a shift away from temporary workers toward state positions. Additional requests included $106,000 for debt service on the new driver’s license modernization system and operating costs of $5 million in FY 2027 and $2.5 million in FY 2028 to support the transition from the old system. Members asked about the cabinet’s funding sources, and officials said the road fund is the primary source, supported by motor fuels tax, usage tax, driver-related receipts, and some restricted funds; they stressed that the requests were not for additional general fund dollars. Questions also covered employee health exam reimbursements, the annual Trimark/Cumberland Gap contract, and the District 7 renovation request. No votes were taken on the budget items during the meeting, beyond approval of the minutes.

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• I'm interrupting you for just a second.
• I'm interrupt just one moment, Elizabeth. We have a question.
• Let me interrupt just one...
• Let me interrupt just one moment.
• Let me interrupt just one moment.

Summary: The committee received a lengthy Bureau of Legislative Research presentation on Arkansas academic standards, accountability systems, and adequacy requirements. Staff reviewed how state curriculum and standards have evolved from the 1997 Public Education Act through the 2003 Quality Education Act and the 2017 Educational Support and Accountability Act, including required coursework, standards for accreditation, career and technical education, graduation requirements, and recent additions such as computer science, personal finance, firearm safety, and fetal growth and development instruction. Members asked for a chart comparing the major laws and repeals over time, and staff agreed to provide one. The presentation then turned to federal ESSA requirements and Arkansas’s state accountability system. Staff explained Arkansas’s long-term goals for proficiency, English learner progress, and graduation rates, and reported 2025 ATLAS proficiency results, which remained below the 80% goal across student groups. They also reviewed English learner progress, graduation rates, school support and improvement, and equitable access to educators. Data showed gaps by subgroup and by school poverty/minority concentration, with Title I and high-poverty schools more likely to have emergency/provisional teachers and less experienced staff. Members questioned the lack of recent data for some ESSA measures, including equity labs and school index calculations, and asked staff to follow up with the Department of Education. The committee also discussed NAEP results, ACT scores, and teacher quality measures under the state accountability act. Arkansas’s NAEP performance remained below national averages in fourth- and eighth-grade reading and math, and ACT composite scores and benchmark attainment were also reviewed. Members asked for additional information on historical highs and lows, the number of assessments students take by grade, dropout data, and comparisons with other states. No formal votes were taken; the main action was agreement to request additional information from DESE and to schedule department follow-up at a future meeting.

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• The bill and the amendments clearly define what an interruption is.
• It provides for locations where interruption of any worship service or religious ceremony constitutes
• We included his language of what exactly an interruption was to make it specific.
• We included his language of what exactly an interruption was to make it specific.
• Yes, interruption of any worship service at a church.

Bills: HB36 , HB52 , HB56 , HB68 , HB92 , HB119 , HB140 , HB147 , HB160 , HB171 , HB289 , HB351 , HB552 , HB784

Committee: House Administration of Criminal Justice

Keywords: HB 52, Act 192, Louisiana criminal procedure, misdemeanor jury trial, six-person jury, bench trial, trial without jury, Article 779, Code of Criminal Procedure, criminal justice, defendant rights, retroactive application, prospective application, fine threshold, court procedure, misdemeanor prosecution, driving, impaired, fines, legislation

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• I think it's a really interesting position for this group to take because Senator Howell can I interrupt
• I think it's a really interesting position for this group to take because Senator Howell can I interrupt
• I think it's a really interesting position for this group to take because Senator Howell can I interrupt
• I think it's a really interesting position for this group to take because Senator Howell can I interrupt
• </c> take because Senator how can I interrupt take because Senator how can I interrupt you<00:16:48.920

Summary: The Senate State and Local Government Committee met and first considered Senate Bill 4, sponsored by Sen. Bledsoe, which would create a risk-based AI governance framework for state government and address AI-generated misinformation in campaigns and elections. The sponsor said the bill came from the AI task force and is intended to promote transparency, accountability, and responsible use of AI while distinguishing between internal and external systems. The committee took a roll call vote and reported the bill out 7-0. The committee then heard Senate Bill 58, sponsored by Sen. Webb, which would allow Kentucky Retirement System benefits to be designated to a Special Needs Trust for a beneficiary. Webb said the bill would help families of special-needs children preserve benefits for supplemental needs such as adaptive equipment, technology, and medical or dental care not covered by government programs. He said retirement systems had provided no-impact letters, and the bill passed 7-0. Members also approved Senate Bill 117, which would let cities adjust incentive payments for training by appointed and elected city officials and remove the statutory minimum from ordinance requirements, and Senate Bill 121, which would authorize county judges to contract with rescue groups to deal with wild horse herds in rural areas. SB 117 passed 10-0 and SB 121 passed 10-0. The committee then took up Senate Bill 71, as amended by a committee substitute, dealing with local library board appointments. Sen. Boswell said the bill was a compromise but that he preferred removing KDLA from the process entirely; library representatives opposed the committee substitute and said they wanted KDLA out of the selection process. Several senators expressed conditional support but said they wanted further changes, and the committee adopted the substitute and reported the bill out after a roll call vote with 10 yeas and 1 pass, with members noting they expected further floor amendments.

Transcript Highlights:

• No, I wasn't trying to interrupt you, but um I think about my wife. She grew up in retail.
• </c><00:48:44.400><c> you</c><00:48:44.559><c> but</c> &gt;&gt; No I wasn't trying to interrupt you but
• &gt;&gt; No I wasn't trying to interrupt you but um<00:48:46.079><c> I</c><00:48:46.319><c> I</c><00
• </c> &gt;&gt; Representative um let me just interrupt.
• &gt;&gt; Representative um let me just interrupt.

Bills: HB19 , HB170 , HB171 , HB173 , HB174 , HB19 , HB170 , HB171 , HB173 , HB174

Committee: House Children and Senior Advocacy

Keywords: Ebony Alert, missing youth, public safety, law enforcement, racial equity, HB170, supplemental appropriations, Education Trust Fund, Alabama education budget, school funding, K-12 education, local boards of education, textbook adoption, school buses, school safety, charter schools, summer programs, afterschool programs, reading intervention, college and career readiness

Transcript Highlights:

• phone, going to their locker, getting their phone, and the next thing they know, it has really interrupted
• what they were supposed to be... ...touch with what they were supposed to be doing when they're interrupted
• 23 minutes of data, is that... 23 minutes of data is that on average the kids in that class were interrupted

Bills: SB92 , HB9 , HB9

Committee: House Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:

• that that's a really good point on debate, but I'm not sure that it rises to a point of order to interrupt
• that that's a really good point on debate, but I'm not sure that it rises to a point of order to interrupt
• that that's a really good point on debate, but I'm not sure that it rises to a point of order to interrupt
• that that's a really good point on debate, but I'm not sure that it rises to a point of order to interrupt
• that that's a really good point on debate, but I'm not sure that it rises to a point of order to interrupt

Transcript Highlights:

• Like I said, when I was interrupted on the vote, I have to read the transcripts.
• He lets the men go on for a long time and then actually interrupts the female prosecutors.
• of prison, hopefully that won't happen because we have a... ...for a long time and then actually interrupts
• out of prison, hopefully that won't happen because we have a... for a long time and then actually interrupts

Transcript Highlights:

• She knows very well that families were traumatized, thousands of students had their school interrupted
• 49.520><c> school</c> thousands of students had their school thousands of students had their school interrupted
• ,<00:23:50.800><c> businesses</c><00:23:51.320><c> were</c><00:23:51.400><c> devastated,</c> interrupted
• , businesses were devastated, interrupted, businesses were devastated, and<00:23:52.360><c> the</c><00

Transcript Highlights:

• Like I said, this is trying to interrupt that cycle of abuse where you have a domestic violence victim
• And so it's designed to interrupt that cycle to say we can use previous instances when this happened
• It's to interrupt that cycle. Senator Goodwin, you're recognized for a question. Thank you.
• Nothing interrupts him.

Bills: HB2894 , HB3418 , HB3415 , HB3413 , HB3414 , HB3416 , HB3417 , HB3419 , HB3420 , HB1739 , HB1752 , HB1979 , HB2941 , HB2992 , HB3075 , HB3086 , HB3177 , HB3269 , HB3278 , HB3279 , HB3497 , HB3644 , HB4432 , HB3720 , HB3849 , HB3882 , HB3919 , HB3941 , HB4118 , HB4141 , HB4268 , HB4342 , HB4428 , HB4429 , HB4434

Summary: The Senate began with ceremonial recognitions for several student groups and community visitors, including Carl Albert High School’s boys and girls swim teams, the Lady Titans basketball team, and the Choctaw High School speech and debate team. Senators and coaches highlighted the teams’ state championships, academic achievements, and perseverance, and the chamber also welcomed visiting groups from Aline, Owasso, and Tulsa County. After the presentations, the Senate returned to general order and took up a series of House bills. Among the measures considered, House Bill 3720 expanded the Local Food Freedom Act by raising the gross annual sales threshold for local food establishments from under $75,000 to $250,000; it passed 39-4. House Bill 3849 updated the Oklahoma mentoring children of incarcerated parents program and passed 42-1. House Bill 3882 created a revolving fund for industrial and lake access improvement projects and passed 33-9, then also passed the emergency clause 39-4. House Bill 3919 reduced county free fair association boards from nine members to five to address quorum problems and passed 45-0. House Bill 3941 codified a pay raise for a court secretary and passed 45-0, including its emergency clause. House Bill 4118 updated the family caregiver tax credit and passed 44-1. House Bill 4141 removed the sunset on the statewide sexual assault nurse examiner coordinator position and passed 45-0. The chamber also debated several policy bills more extensively. House Bill 4268 created a growth-based teacher compensation program using Oklahoma Teacher Empowerment Funds and restored a $5,000 stipend for national board-certified teachers; it passed 45-0 and its emergency clause also passed 45-0. House Bill 4342 allowed prior instances of domestic violence or abuse to be admitted as propensity evidence in court, with supporters saying it would help interrupt the cycle of abuse and opponents raising due process concerns; it passed after debate. House Bill 4428 required public pension plans to base proxy voting decisions solely on financial considerations, and House Bill 4429 required proxy advisors to disclose when recommendations were not based on financial analysis; both passed after debate, 35-8 and 37-7 respectively. Two Rule 7-9 motions to pull House Bills 4422 and 4423 from committee and place them on general order failed by recorded vote. The Senate then announced Denim Day for domestic violence and sexual assault awareness, noted a few final reminders, and adjourned until April 29, 2026, at 9:00 a.m.

Transcript Highlights:

• necessarily forcing all our residents to be worried about those emergencies and whether or not they'll be interrupted
• So if we're going to interrupt someone's power, obviously the hospitals, the essential operations are
• Lastly, Ecology is concerned that the requirements for interruptible service and demand response programs
• in Section 3... ...that the requirements for interruptible service and demand response programs in Section

Bills: SB6171 , SB5965 , SB5982 , SB6004 , SB6010 , SB5941 , SB6050

Committee: Senate Environment, Energy & Technology

Keywords: energy facilities, large energy consumers, regulation, environment, sustainability, retail bags, pollution, customer impact, consumer-owned utilities, clean energy, port districts, market customers, energy transformation, renewable energy, public entities, electric generation, contracting, SB 6010, Washington energy siting, EFSEC

Transcript Highlights:

• It is not in the good nature of our committee to interrupt a testifier without going through the chair
• I won't do that to you when you're chairing, and I expect no one in the committee should interrupt without
• Representative Cha, I'm sorry to interrupt you, but it's the chair.
• Yes, I hate to interrupt you, but we are running out of time.

Bills: HF2411 , HF2471 , HF1440 , HF1393 , HF1631 , HF1259 , HF280 , HF1281 , HF1459

Committee: House Legacy Finance

Transcript Highlights:

• there along with me sorry I interrupted you.<02:10:57.440><c> Um,</c><02:10:57.840><c> if</c><02:10:
• And none of this interrupts the process by which a child is interviewed by the child advocacy center
• And none of this interrupts the process by which a child is interviewed by the child advocacy center
• DCYF conducting a minimal interrupts DCYF conducting a minimal facts<02:22:57.600><c> interview.
• And none of this interrupts &gt;&gt; Yes you may.

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:

• :35:11.000><c> would</c> under law and which this bill would under law and which this bill would interrupt
• :35:12.160><c> is</c><00:35:12.720><c> that</c><00:35:12.880><c> is</c><00:35:13.040><c> the</c> interrupt
• and that is that is the interrupt and that is that is the relevancy<00:35:14.079><c> here</c><00:35:
• I mean, I just find it really hilarious, a lot of it, especially the whole interrupting.
• I remember many times us standing up here and we're speaking, and we get interrupted.

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• Hatcher I to wait just a second Senator Hatcher I to wait just a second Senator Hatcher I hate to interrupt
• you please forgive I hate to interrupt you please forgive I hate to interrupt you please forgive I hate
• for you to interrupt me yes sir hate for you to interrupt me yes sir hate for you to interrupt me yes
• forgive me for Hatcher and again please forgive me for Hatcher and again please forgive me for the interrupting
• I just want to make the interrupting I just want to make the interrupting I just want to make sure everybody

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

Committee: Senate County and Municipal Government

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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• I'm going to interrupt you.
• I'm going to interrupt you again, ma'am. We're not talking about another bill.
• Representative Weinberger, forgive me for interrupting you.
• Representative Robinson, forgive the interruption.
• Representative Robinson, forgive the interruption.

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• That was an interruption. Point of order. That was an interruption.
• He interrupted some. Yes. Yes. Sally Fourth, thank you. Just what we needed.
• Yeah, he was interrupted. He was rudely interrupted. Well. Oh, please. He was interrupted.
• He was rudely interrupted. Well. Oh, please. I was rudely criticized. We will show polity.

Bills: SB1003 , SB1006 , SB1029 , SB1037 , SB1038 , SB1039 , SB1040 , SB1053 , SB1057 , SB1060 , SB1061 , SB1068 , SB1069

Committee: Senate Judiciary and Elections

Keywords: election, canvass, certification, ballot tabulation, write-in candidates, registration, voting procedures, campaign finance, contribution limits, reporting requirements, political action committees, elections, campaign contributions, candidate committees, posthumous provisions, termination process, Arizona Revised Statutes, voting systems, vote tabulation, election security

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• :38.279><c> long</c> and stock this has led to weeks long and stock this has led to weeks long interruptions
• ><c> service</c><00:14:40.320><c> and</c><00:14:40.440><c> through</c><00:14:40.600><c> my</c> interruptions
• and service and through my interruptions and service and through my interviews<00:14:41.279><c> I</c
• </c><00:14:52.199><c> empty</c><00:14:52.480><c> shelves</c><00:14:53.000><c> and</c> service interruptions
• empty shelves and service interruptions empty shelves and hungry<00:14:53.480><c> students</c><00:14

Committee: Senate Higher Education

Transcript Highlights:

• is not also about non-consensual content creation, albeit technically germane, this in practice interrupts
• is not also about non-consensual content creation, albeit technically germane, this in practice interrupts
• is not also about non-consensual content creation, albeit technically germane, this in practice interrupts
• is not also about non-consensual content creation, albeit technically germane, this in practice interrupts
• is not also about non-consensual content creation, albeit technically germane, this in practice interrupts