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• The members will vote. Vote locked. Recorded vote: 2 ayes, 0 nays. Vote locked.
• All those in favor, so vote. All those in favor, so vote. All those in favor, so vote.
• Currently, this includes mail voting, mail-in voting. ...mail voting, mail-in voting.
• The members will vote. Clerk, lock machine. Record the votes. Vote. Clerk, lock the machine.
• Vote clerk, lock the machine. Court to votes.

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• Have all members voted? The clerk Have all members voted? Have all members voted?
• the members will proceed to vote. Have all members voted? Have all members voted?
• Members will proceed to vote. Have all members voted? Have all members voted?
• Have all members voted. Have all members voted. Have all members voted?
• Members will proceed to vote. Have all members voted? Have all members voted?

Summary: The House opened with prayer, a moment of silence for former member Chester Clem, the Pledge of Allegiance, and quorum confirmation. Members then adopted the special order report for the day and approved a Rules and Ethics Committee report amending House Rule 15.3 to allow fundraising under certain circumstances during extended or special sessions. The chamber then took up several bills. HB 1405 on a statewide project for missing persons with special needs passed unanimously. CS/CS/CS/SB 290, the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services bill, passed 94-10 after debate focused on conservation land surplus procedures and agricultural use of state lands. CS/CS/CS/HB 905, the “Fire Act” on foreign influence, foreign gifts, critical infrastructure, sister city agreements, and related restrictions, passed 80-20 after the House adopted an amendment adding a prohibition on certain surrogacy contracts involving citizens or residents of foreign countries of concern. CS/CS/HB 1197, dealing with information technology procurement and contracting, passed 109-0. HB 1103 on local administration of vessel restrictions passed unanimously. The House also debated CS/CS/CS/HB 399 on land use and development regulations. Supporters said it would limit development fees, standardize compatibility rules, allow manufactured homes in RV parks, and lower voting thresholds for comprehensive plan changes to address housing affordability; opponents argued it would preempt local control, weaken voter-approved urban boundary protections, and risk conservation lands. An amendment to preserve Orange County’s boundary rules failed, while a technical amendment on manufactured homes passed. The bill then passed 71-38. The House also passed several local bills, including measures for the Pace Fire Rescue District, Avalon Beach/Mulat Fire Protection District, East Point Water and Sewer District, Fellsmere Water Control District, and Headwaters Water Control District, with votes ranging from 83-27 to unanimous approval. The transcript also included farewell remarks from Representative Angie Nixon before the House returned to remaining business.

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• Senators will proceed to vote. All members voted.
• Senators will proceed to vote. ...proceed to vote. Have all senators voted?
• Senators will proceed to vote. All senators voted.
• Members will proceed to vote. All senators voted.
• Senators will proceed to vote. All senators voted. All senators voted.

Summary: The Senate convened with opening prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several recognitions and introductions, including guests from Miami Northwestern Senior High School, Clay County, and a moment of silence for Pope Francis. The chamber then took up a motion to reconsider the prior day’s failed vote on CS for SB 1080 (local government land regulation), which was adopted without objection, and moved into the special order calendar. A series of bills were debated and mostly passed, often after substituting House companions. Measures approved included funding for expedited DNA testing grants, additional aggravating factors in capital cases, fertility preservation coverage for cancer patients, commuter rail indemnification, migrant vessel disposition, specialty license plates, an Alzheimer’s and dementia awareness campaign, relocation of the Council on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys to Florida Memorial University, charter school changes, sexual offender registration updates, utility worker assault/battery penalties, juvenile justice revisions, student mental health outcome reporting, foster home licensure transfers, water access facilities, Florida Virtual School changes, school readiness resources for children with disabilities, sexual images/child exploitation penalties, tampering with electronic monitoring devices, certified recovery residences, the FSU Election Law Center, the Office of Faith and Community, and bonuses for county tax collector/property appraiser employees. Several bills were temporarily postponed, including measures on social media use by minors, veterans’ nursing homes, Parkinson’s disease, mental health and substance use disorders, education, educator preparation, benefits for certain officers injured in the line of duty, school social workers, and brownfields. Debate centered on public safety, health care access, education, recovery housing, and government administration. Some of the most substantive discussion came on the Office of Faith and Community bill, where an amendment to bar political activity by office staff was offered and defeated after extended debate over election-related communications and the proper scope of existing ethics laws. The certified recovery residences bill also drew extensive support and testimony about addiction recovery and housing stability. Most bills passed on strong bipartisan votes, with a few receiving notable opposition, including the charter schools bill, the aggravating factors bill, and the Office of Faith and Community bill.

Transcript Highlights:

• All those vote who desire to vote, all those vote who desire to vote.
• All those vote who desire to vote, all those vote who desire to vote.
• All those vote who desire to vote, all those vote who desire to vote.
• All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote.
• All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• The motion to vote to >> Chair votes yes.
• The motion of vote to >> Chair votes yes.
• The vote of inexpeding >> chair votes yes.
• vote?
• Representative Wary voted yes. Representative Wood voted yes. Representative C voted yes.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Senator Abeler votes I. Senator Lang votes I. Senator Miller votes I. And Senator Johnson votes I.
• Senator Carlson votes I. Senator Port votes I.
• Senator Abeler votes<00:17:20.720> I. votes I. votes I.
• Senator Carlson votes I. Senator Carlson votes I.
• Senator Abeler votes I. >> Senator Johnson votes I. >> Senator Lang votes I. >> And thank you, Mr.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Carlson votes aye, Sen. Fateh votes aye, and Sen. Murphy votes aye.
• Carlson votes aye, Sen. Rest votes aye, Sen. Hoffman votes aye. Thank you. SEN.
• Carlson votes aye, Sen. Rest votes aye, Sen. Port votes aye. Aye.
• All members having voted who desire to vote, All members having voted who desire to vote, Mr.
• President, you want to vote? DESIRE TO VOTE, MR. PRES. YOU WANT TO VOTE?

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Have received 34 aye votes and 10 nay votes.
• Those which vote, change vote.
• Those wishing to vote, change the vote. Those which vote, change vote.
• Those wishing to vote, change the vote. Chairs, close. Al, Ahar, you care to vote?
• Jett, you care to vote? Goes, Ro. I received 47 aye votes and zero nay votes.

Bills: SB1778, SB1570, SB134, SB1966, SB1636, SB1725, SB1726, SB259, SB504, SB592, SB2030, SB1572, SB843, SB1242, SB1255, SB1262, SB1264, SB1286, SB1581, SB1290, SB1316, SB1319, SB1369, SB1379, SB1381, SB1400, SB1427, SB1436, SB1461, SB1496, SB1509, SB1534, SB1553, SB904, SB1592, SB1645, SB1684, SB1767, SB1772, SB1813, SB1894, SB1928, SB1946, SB1980, SB2040, SB2060, SB2061

Keywords: reading instruction, literacy, educational equity, intervention services, third grade retention, Strong Readers Act, child welfare, child safety, administrative transition, Department of Child Safety and Well-being, Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth, juvenile justice, foster care, retirement, public employees, reemployment, benefit adjustment, Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System, memorial highways, bridge designations

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• No vote. 1681. Representative Perrick. No vote.
• No vote. So Representative Alos. No vote.
• Representative Alcos: No vote. vote. So ordered. Representative Garcia. vote. So ordered.
• No vote. So 1714. Representative Souza. No vote.
• and Shimizu vote no. and Shimizu vote no.

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The House met with 47 members present and 4 excused, approved deferral of the journal reading, and received no messages from the governor. In Senate communications, the chamber received a Senate concurrent resolution and several House bills returned from the Senate with amendments; Representative Todd moved to disagree with the Senate amendments, and that motion carried by voice vote. The main business was adoption of large groups of standing committee reports. The House adopted reports 1662 through 1696, then 1697 through 1714, and later report 1715, with several members noting “no vote” or “with reservations” on specific measures. One extended floor exchange centered on a measure concerning emergency access in West Oahu, where Representative Souza argued for a second access point for Makakilo residents and referenced wildfire evacuation concerns; other members raised points of order under Rule 287, and the Speaker ruled on the debate. The House also suspended the rules to consider certain Senate bills on third reading by consent calendar. On third reading, the House passed Senate bills listed on page 18, including SB 100 and SB 112, with recorded no votes from several members and support with reservations from Representative Iwamoto, who said SB 100 was a home rule issue better handled at the county level. The chamber then heard announcements, including Representative Takayama’s request for donations of new or gently used women’s business attire for the YWCA Dress for Success program. The House adjourned until 12:00 noon Monday.

Transcript Highlights:

• Senators will proceed to vote. Have all senators voted?
• Senators will proceed to vote. Senators will proceed to vote. Have all senators voted?
• Senators will proceed to vote. Have all senators voted?
• Senators will proceed to vote. Have all senators voted?
• Senators will proceed to vote. All senators voted.

Summary: The Senate convened with an opening prayer, pledge, and a series of introductions recognizing guests, visiting groups, and special honorees in the galleries. The chamber then took up committee and executive appointment business, adopting a report confirming 42 gubernatorial appointments by a vote of 36-0. The Senate next considered a long special-order calendar of bills, most of them passing with little or no opposition. Measures included public-records sunset reviews and trade secret/cybersecurity exemptions; a child-abuse reporting statute of limitations bill; commercial driving school oversight; human trafficking training for nurses; a new injunction for protection against serious violence and its related public-records exemption; nature-based coastal resiliency and mangrove protection; a chiropractic trust-funds cap repeal; specialty license plates; a waiver of late financial disclosure fines; public school personnel compensation; the Florida Farm Bill with multiple agriculture, biosolids, and enforcement provisions; homestead exemption clarification for long-term leases; disability presumption clarifications for first responders; reinsurance intermediary manager conformity; patriotic displays in public schools; ADS-B aviation fee restrictions; autism-related law enforcement training and the Blue Envelope program; campus safety reporting procedures for public postsecondary institutions; and veterinary prescription disclosure. Several bills were temporarily postponed, including local vessel restrictions, temporary critical-need practice certificates, and domestic animals. The floor debate featured the most discussion on the farm bill, the HCSM/nonprofit religious organizations bill, the autism law-enforcement bill, and the school athletics bill. The HCSM bill drew extended debate over whether licensed insurance agents should be allowed to market faith-based health care sharing ministries, with supporters emphasizing consumer choice, free speech, and religious liberty, and opponents warning about unregulated products and commissions; it passed 32-5. The athletics bill, prompted by the Teddy Bridgewater/Miami Northwestern situation, would let coaches provide good-faith support to student-athletes while requiring reporting and FHSAA oversight; it passed 38-0. Most other measures passed overwhelmingly, including the autism bill 38-0, the campus safety bill 37-0, the public school patriotic displays bill 36-2, and the farm bill 38-0 after amendments addressing Everglades lands and biosolids timing were adopted.

Transcript Highlights:

• Senator Mohammed votes I. Senator Muhammad votes I. Senator Jung votes I. Senator Young votes I.
• Senator Rest votes I. Senator Rest votes I. Senator Rest votes I. Senator Port votes I.
• Senator Port votes I. Senator Rest votes I. Senator Jeang votes I. And Senator Muhammad votes I.
• Senator How votes<04:01:18.640> I. votes I. votes I.
• Senator UK votes<04:01:28.479> I. votes I. votes I.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• The vote was 119 voting aye, 225 voting the amendment.
• The vote was 351 voting yea, 15 voting nay.
• > a<06:10:48.160> committee vote 197 voting a 156 voting a committee vote 197 voting a
• c> 129<06:20:30.280> voting<06:20:30.600> a vote 277 227 voting a 2 129 voting a vote
• 190 voting a 156 voting a committee vote 190 voting a 156 voting a committee report<06:38:00.760>

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Senators will proceed to vote. If all senators voted.
• Senators will proceed to vote. ...proceed to vote. Have all senators voted?
• Senators will proceed to vote. All senators voted.
• Members will proceed to vote. All senators voted.
• to vote.

Summary: The Senate convened with opening prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several recognitions, including guests from Miami Northwestern Senior High School, Clay County, and others. Senators also observed a moment of silence for Pope Francis. After routine announcements, the chamber moved to the special order calendar and took up a long series of bills, often substituting House companions for Senate bills before final passage. Among the measures approved were bills creating an expedited DNA testing grant program for local law enforcement, adding aggravating factors in capital cases involving gatherings for religious, school, or government activities, requiring state health coverage for fertility preservation services for cancer patients, authorizing indemnification for commuter rail providers, prohibiting abandonment of migrant vessels in Florida waters, and creating new specialty license plates. The Senate also passed bills on Alzheimer’s awareness, relocating the Council on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys to Florida Memorial University, charter schools, sex offender registration, utility worker protections, juvenile justice, student mental health reporting, foster home licensure transfers, water access facilities, Florida Virtual School, school readiness, sexual images involving children, tampering with electronic monitoring devices, certified recovery residences, the FSU Election Law Center, the Office of Faith and Community, and bonuses for county property appraiser employees. Several other bills were temporarily postponed, including measures on social media use by minors, veterans’ nursing homes, Parkinson’s disease, mental health and substance use disorders, education, educator preparation, officers injured in the line of duty, school social workers, and Brownfields. Debate was especially extensive on the Office of Faith and Community bill, where an amendment to bar political activity by office staff was offered but failed 13-23 after arguments over election-related communications and the scope of existing law. The certified recovery residences bill also drew notable debate, with supporters emphasizing housing as essential to recovery and opponents raising concerns about implementation and local control. Most other bills passed with little or no opposition, though a few drew dissenting votes, including the capital aggravating factors bill, charter schools, and the Office of Faith and Community measure.

Transcript Highlights:

• The House will attend a state of the vote. 169 voting nay, 133 voting nay. The motion passes.
• The House will tend to stay to the vote. 184 voting a 140 voting nay. The motion passes.
• House will attend a state of the vote. 173 voting yea, 171 voting nay. The motion passes.
• to vote. to vote.
• House will attend to state of the vote. 186 voting yea, 158 voting nay. The motion passes.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Current vote is 2 to 1, with the chair voting aye and the vice chair voting no.
• The current vote is 2 to 1, with the chair voting aye and the vice chair voting no.
• The current vote is 2 to 1, with the chair voting aye and the vice chair voting no.
• The current vote is 2 to 1, with the chair voting aye and the vice chair voting no.
• The current vote is 2 to 1, with the chair voting aye and the vice chair voting no.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• Senator DeKay voting yes. Senator Glenn Meyer voting yes. Senator Armendariz voting yes.
• Senator Ballard, voting yes. Senator Bosn, voting yes. Senator Bostar, voting yes.
• Senator Conrad, voting yes. Senator DeBoer, not voting. Senator DeKay, voting yes.
• Senator Hunt, voting no. Senator Ibach, voting yes. Senator Jacobson, not voting.
• Senator Merman, voting yes. Senator Quick, not voting. Senator Riepe, not voting.

Bills: LB878, LB958, LB958A, LB762, LB1187, LB966, LB929, LB962, LB1209, LB937A, LB962A, LB1050, LB1050A, LB965, LB1022, LB753, LB788, LB913, LB1055, LB1195, LB429, LB721, LB722, LB727, LB745, LB749, LB778, LR293, LR296, LR422, LR495, LR496, LR497, LR498, LR499, LR500, LR501, LR502, LR503, LR504

Keywords: paid parental leave, state employees, workplace benefits, family support, economic impact, Medicaid, Medical Assistance Act, home and community-based services waiver, HCBS waiver, waiver participant, assessment tool, clinical interviewing, service tier, retroactive coverage, doula, doula reimbursement, maternal health, prenatal care, pregnancy, birth outcomes

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• Clerk, unlock the machine; the members will vote. vote.
• The members will vote. Clerk, lock the machine. Record vote: 97 ayes... vote.
• to vote, but can I vote?"
• Roster to vote, but can I vote provisional?
• county that should not be voting where they vote.

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• The vote will now occur. This will be a voice vote.
• He waives the vote. We will now proceed to a vote. Favor the measure, vote 'aye'.
• We should vote or change the vote. Those who should vote, change the vote.
• Are there those wishing to vote or change their vote? The chair is preparing to close the vote.
• Are there those wishing to vote or change their vote? The chair is preparing to close the vote.

Bills: HCR1006, SB1226, SB1239, SB1309, SB2132, SB1189, SB1344, SB1295, SB1355, SB1998, SB1330, SB1297, SB1338, SB1546, SB1378, SB1859, SB1333, SB1341, SB1377, SB1990

Keywords: campaign finance, election spending, political spending, money in politics, constitutional amendment, Citizens United, free speech, ballot measures, elections, corruption, dark money, outside spending, foreign influence, special interests, corporations, unions, federalism, self-government, political equality, term limits

Transcript Highlights:

• No vote. So ordered. Representative Ryssdal. No vote. So ordered. Representative Pierick. No vote.
• No vote. So 1331? Representative Garcia. No vote.
• No vote. So Representative Pierick. No vote. So ordered. Ordered. Ordered.
• No vote. So Representative Garcia. No vote. So ordered. ordered. ordered.
• No vote. So Representative Pierick. No vote. So ordered. 1388? 1388? 1388?

Bills: HR207, SB2595, SB3199, SB3132, SB2591, SB2089, SB2108, SB2970, SB2530, SB2442, SB3076, SB2532, SB2721, SB2055, SB2312, SB2152, SB2438, SB2982, SB2528, SB2919, SB2446, SB2315, SB2544, SB2060, SB2069, SB3011, SB2342, SB2075, SB2578, SB2580, SB2835, SB3084, SB3322, SB3053, SB888, SB709

Keywords: Dr. David Lassner, higher education, community engagement, university leadership, innovation, Hawaii education system, agribusiness, leasing, agriculture, Hawaii, food innovation, Department of Education, mental health, emerging therapies, psychedelic treatment, task force, clinical trials, trauma recovery, MDMA, psilocybin

Transcript Highlights:

• With that, I vote aye. I vote aye. I vote aye. I vote aye. Where are we at?
• She voted yes.
• Those in favor, vote aye. Opposed, vote no. Close vote. No, no, no. Okay, you've heard that motion.
• Vote aye. Four aye. Three nays, one out voting.
• Vote no. Yeah, okay, I explain my vote, so I... Okay, I explain my vote.

Bills: HB2014, HB2055, HB2145, HB2150, HB2696, HB2755, HB2763, HB2781, HB2782, HB2787, HB2795, HB2889, HB2975, HB2985, HB2986, HCM2009, HCR2020, HCR2038

Keywords: air emissions, fuel blends, environmental quality, feasibility study, Arizona Department of Agriculture, brackish groundwater, water supply development, desalination, Arizona Revised Statutes, water infrastructure, financial assistance, environmental reviews, fuel reformulation, gasoline standards, environmental regulations, ethanol supply, Air Quality, state land department, mineral lease, renewals

Summary: The Natural Resources Committee approved the March 17 minutes and then took up a long calendar of bills, holding HCR 2038. HB 2787, which would bar the state and its political subdivisions from using personnel or financial resources to enforce, administer, or cooperate with the Mexican wolf reintroduction program, drew opposition from Sierra Club and Humane World for Animals/Animal Defense League of Arizona, who argued it would hinder wolf recovery and undercut science-based wildlife management. The committee nevertheless gave HB 2787 a do-pass recommendation by a 4-3 vote. The committee then considered HB 2055 on a Brackish Groundwater Recovery Program Fund and HB 2782 on disclosure requirements for regulatory assets in utility rates. Testimony on HB 2055 raised concerns that brackish groundwater is still groundwater and that pumping it could cause localized impacts, but the bill initially received a do-pass recommendation before a later vote failed on reconsideration. HB 2782 prompted discussion about Corporation Commission authority and utility regulation, but it ultimately received a do-pass recommendation. The committee also heard HB 2781, a solar energy decommissioning and financial assurance bill, with testimony from environmental groups, industry representatives, and a local official; an amendment by Senator Sundareshan to strengthen financial assurance and remove the remediation fund failed, and the underlying bill also failed on a tied 4-4 vote. Later, the committee approved HB 2975, which would suspend use of solar scoring maps on state trust lands and require new mining and housing scoring maps, despite opposition from environmental groups and neutral comments from the State Land Department that the solar map is only a guidance tool. HB 2696, as amended, passed after the committee adopted amendments shifting the Arizona Commerce Authority’s fuel-price mandate and creating a fuel resiliency task force; testimony focused on fuel supply, pipeline capacity, refinery access, and whether the ACA was the right agency to lead the effort. The committee also passed HCM 2009 urging Congress to require legislative approval for new national monuments and to streamline mining and land-swap processes, and HB 2889, which funds ADEQ monitoring of uranium contamination and creates a statewide registry and tribal partnership program. Finally, the committee approved HB 2763, which would require legislative approval before the Arizona Game and Fish Commission could close a shooting range. Supporters said it was meant to protect facilities like Ben Avery and preserve safe shooting locations, while opponents argued the bill was unnecessary because existing review steps already exist and there was no imminent closure threat. The committee also heard testimony on the bill from Game and Fish, which said the measure would add another layer to an already extensive closure process and that the department was neutral on the proposal.