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• <00:02:22.000> testimony we ask you to keep your test testimony we ask you to keep your test
• year.
• They work under a a test for flu.
• <01:10:45.040> One acquisition cost for the year. One acquisition cost for the year.
• 500,000 claims a year or about 30%. 500,000 claims a year or about 30%.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• every year if you're not eligible, you have a sort of grace year.
• every year if you're not eligible, you have a sort of grace year.
• is this only once a year?
• So then the cap would then move to the next year. Move to the next year. Sorry, Mr.
• And I'm looking for how that incremental year-over-year is reset.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• We have 100 year anniversary this year in December will be 100 years.
• and a 6 year cycle.
• So what I was saying was we will test without stress test those.
• Every year we meet with area sees face-to-face meeting for years prior storm season.
• years.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• He has spent his whole legal career in Phoenix, 25 years as a practicing attorney and the last 10 years
• Then the next one, testing.
• Then the next one, testing.
• Ten years and 20 years and 30 years from now, when this is being abused to the hilt, when there is a
• For two years, he molested her. Two years.

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, attendance, journal approval, and numerous guest introductions, including several judges shadowing senators, Chief Justice Ann Timmer, mining industry representatives, a doctor of the day, and student and youth visitors. The chamber then moved into Committee of the Whole to consider a calendar of bills, with several measures receiving committee amendments and do-pass recommendations, including SB 1272 on Douglas port of entry funding, SB 1327 on Arizona Board of Regents restrictions involving foreign countries, SB 1400 on public safety employee information, SB 1519 on off-highway vehicles, SB 1627 on unmanned aircraft, SB 1630 on AHCCCS home- and community-based services and mental illness, HB 1720 on parenting time, SB 1763 on school district finances, SB 1826 on rural wayfinding signs, and SB 1827 on vertiports. Members offered brief explanations on some bills, especially SB 1519 and SB 1720, which addressed off-road vehicle use and equal parenting time standards, respectively. On third reading, the Senate passed SB 1272, SB 1327, SB 1400, SB 1519, SB 1627, SB 1630, SB 1720, SB 1763, and SB 1826. SB 1827 failed on third reading by a 15-15 vote. Senators gave explanations on several measures, including concerns about confidentiality in SB 1400, environmental and trail impacts in SB 1519, and the parenting-time standards in SB 1720. SB 1763 passed overwhelmingly, while SB 1630 passed 28-2. The chamber then moved to a second Committee of the Whole for additional bills. In the second COW, SB 1111 on automatic license plate readers drew the most extensive debate. Senator Payne described guardrails such as case-number access, training, and penalties for misuse, while Senator Hoffman offered a sweeping hostile amendment to sharply limit use and impose civil penalties and a private right of action, arguing the bill enabled mass surveillance. The Hoffman amendment failed 13-17, and the Payne-backed amendment was adopted; the bill was then advanced as amended. Senators also considered SB 1214 on stem-cell/regenerative therapy, SB 1683 on foreign land ownership advisory prohibitions, SB 1686 on a memorial at Wesley Bolin Plaza, and SB 1745 on local excise tax rate limits, all of which received do-pass recommendations after amendments where applicable. The Committee of the Whole report was adopted, with further floor debate continuing on SB 1111 over privacy, public records access, and surveillance concerns.

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• Um, I certainly am sorry, uh, Mayor Carter, that your city happened to be the test case for this.
• happened to be the test case for this. happened to be the test case for this.
• National Guard, I bring crisis tested National Guard, I bring crisis tested leadership<00:28:45.520
• The city has adopted and used CISA cyber defense services for several years.
• The city has adopted and used CISA cyber defense services for several years.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• A test alone cannot make up for years of interrupted learning, and for many that simply isn't a realistic
• A test alone cannot make up for years of interrupted learning.
• A test alone cannot make up for years of interrupted learning, and for many, it's simply not a realistic
• So they covered two years of funding in one year in FY24.
• prior year.

Summary: The House and Senate Education Committee first approved minutes from February 2 and 3, then took up an interim study proposal on adult education and the Excel Center model. Representatives from Goodwill Industries of Arkansas, the Excel Center network, and the University of Notre Dame’s Lab for Economic Opportunities testified that roughly 300,000 Arkansans over age 19 lack a high school diploma or GED, and argued that the Excel Center provides a supported diploma pathway for adults who struggle with GED testing. Witnesses highlighted wraparound services such as free child care, transportation assistance, tutoring, life coaching, and career services, and cited outcomes including high retention, growing enrollment, and research showing higher employment and earnings and lower criminal justice involvement for graduates. Committee members raised questions about the state’s role, existing adult education programs, and how the study would be structured; the motion to adopt the ISP passed, though there was some procedural disagreement about when questions should have been taken. The committee then heard a detailed adequacy funding overview from BLR staff Katie Walden and Adrian Beck on Arkansas K-12 education finance. They reviewed national funding principles and explained Arkansas’s system, including state and local revenue sources, the Public School Fund, the Educational Excellence Trust Fund, the Educational Adequacy Fund, and the Facilities Partnership Program. Staff said K-12 state and local revenues totaled $6.6 billion in 2025, with foundation funding making up the largest share of district and charter funding, followed by additional, categorical, and supplemental funds. They also explained the matrix-based foundation formula, the role of the uniform rate of tax, and how categorical and supplemental funds support areas such as alternative learning, English learners, special education high-cost cases, teacher salary equalization, declining enrollment, and student growth. Members asked several follow-up questions about how specific funding categories are defined and used, including student support staff, instructional aides, special education high-cost occurrences, ALE funding, teacher salary equalization, and the inclusion of Excel Center amounts in state-local funding totals. Staff said some of those details would be addressed in a later presentation and offered to provide additional records, including district lists and historical information. The meeting ended after the funding overview, with no additional votes or actions beyond the ISP adoption and adjournment.

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• <00:04:31.520> of after a year and a half to two years of after a year and a half to two years
• I have been for about 11 years, just over 11 years.
• We’ve had this program going on for over 10 years now. I started AAS about 10 years ago.

• year ago yesterday with Burnsville we year ago yesterday with Burnsville we offered<00:26:57.440
• next for the rest of this calendar year next for the rest of this calendar year in<00:32:01.279>

Keywords: 1183, house

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• in people increasing by 2% per year in people increasing by 2% per year in people younger than 50 years
• year and this year and this year and the girls team was a club basketball the girls team was a club
• off behind 400 400 400 years and any opportunity and we've years and any opportunity and we've years
• 60 years ago 60 years ago and we 35 60 years ago 60 years ago and we 35 60 years ago 60 years ago and
• 124 years ago years 124 years ago years 124 years ago suppose that you suppose that you suppose that

Bills: SB 26, SB 28, SJR 36, SB 616, SB 565, SB 384, SB 28, SB 28, SR 131, SR 168, SR 174, SR 175

Keywords: teacher compensation, education funding, public school educators, teacher retention, teacher designation, lottery, gambling, internet gaming, mobile application, criminal offenses, aquifer, water management, Edwards Aquifer, sustainability, regulatory framework, SB 565, Texas Water Code, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, compliance agreement

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• in each year over a five-year<00:53:02.079> rotation<00:53:03.119> and<00:53:03.359>
• > then<00:53:03.680> supplement five-year rotation and then supplement five-year rotation
• years ago. It's been very successful. years ago. It's been very successful.
• Thank you. $200,000 per year. Um speaking offline $200,000 per year.
• the first year. the first year.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• A test alone cannot make up for years of interrupted learning, and for many that simply isn't a realistic
• A test alone cannot make up for years of interrupted learning.
• A test alone cannot make up for years of interrupted learning, and for many, it's simply not a realistic
• So they covered two years of funding in one year in FY24.
• all a prior year.

Summary: The House and Senate Education Committee first approved minutes from February 2 and 3, then heard an interim study proposal on Arkansas adult education and the Excel Center model, presented by Goodwill Industries of Arkansas and the University of Notre Dame’s Lab for Economic Opportunities. Witnesses argued that about 300,000 Arkansas adults lack a high school diploma or GED and described the Excel Center as a diploma-granting public charter option for adults 19 and older, with wraparound supports such as child care, transportation, tutoring, life coaching, and career services. They said the Arkansas campuses are not state-funded, highlighted growth in enrollment and graduation outcomes, and cited research showing improved employment, earnings, and reduced criminal justice involvement for graduates. Committee members discussed the role of Goodwill’s nonprofit mission, the need for multiple adult education pathways, and the relationship between adult education challenges and broader state efforts such as LEARNS and ACCESS. The committee then debated the interim study proposal procedure, including whether questions should have been taken before the vote. The motion to adopt the ISP passed, and members noted that the study would broadly examine adult education, GED testing, high school diplomas, charter schools, in-person adult education, and funding allocation. Several members asked for follow-up information on current adult education funding, the availability of Excel Centers, and the criminal justice study results. After that, staff from the Bureau of Legislative Research gave a detailed adequacy funding overview for Arkansas K-12 education. They reviewed national funding principles and then explained Arkansas’s revenue streams and distribution system, including general revenue, the Educational Excellence Trust Fund, the Educational Adequacy Fund, local property-tax revenues, and facilities partnership funding. They also walked through the state’s foundation formula, categorical aid, supplemental aid, and additional funding, including the per-student matrix amount of $7,771 for 2025 and how funds are allocated to districts and charters. Members asked about student support staff, special education high-cost occurrences, ALE funding, teacher salary equalization, and the Excel Center’s treatment in funding totals; staff said some of those questions would be addressed in a later spending presentation. The meeting ended after the committee was told the department was present mainly to answer questions and no further business remained.

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• I've never seen a silent co-author in seven years, but that was the first, because that was a Rogers
• OU ran nearly half a million speed tests at over 15,000 locations across Oakland.
• We found that over 75% of internet connections we tested never reached the. the speed threshold to be
• You'll see many of them this year.
• Unless we start thinking now about what the next three years, the next five years, the next ten years

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• <00:04:58.840> have that our three and four year-olds have that our three and four year-olds
• uh four years alone four year<00:06:19.199> olds<00:06:19.400> alone<00:06:19.800>
• development within their first 5 years development within their first 5 years with<00:07:32.080>
• Paul, for 27 years.
• teacher for nine years.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• <00:08:49.760> And test, the national comparator test.
• And test, the national comparator test.
• And the sixth grader has stressed for years about the WyTOPP test.
• It's it's a test of our education system, it's not a test of you.
• WyTOPP test.

Keywords: 916, all

Summary: The committee heard from Superintendent Megan Degenfelder on several interim topics centered on student-centered learning. She highlighted work-based learning and dual/concurrent enrollment, saying the state is updating accountability measures and should examine whether these programs are helping students progress, avoid duplicative costs, and reduce the need for remedial college coursework. She also discussed broader life-skills education, including financial literacy and soft skills, and said districts vary widely in what they offer. On gifted and talented programs, she noted that districts are statutorily required to provide them but the state does not have a clear picture of how consistently they are implemented, and she suggested the committee may want to study that area further. Members asked follow-up questions about whether dual enrollment should be evaluated only by time-to-degree, and Degenfelder said the analysis should also consider additional credentials and remedial coursework. Senator Schuler and others raised the idea of making financial literacy or other life-skills content more common, though Degenfelder said she did not favor a statewide mandate and instead preferred incentives and district-level implementation. The committee also discussed artificial intelligence in schools as an information-sharing topic, with Degenfelder saying the department is beginning a landscape analysis with districts and teachers. She then reviewed NAEP results, noting Wyoming performs strongly in fourth grade but drops sharply by eighth grade, and said the state wants to understand where students are falling off. Members also raised concerns about international comparisons and the need to improve literacy and math outcomes. The committee then moved to member-submitted topics. Representative Strock proposed reviewing the governance structure of state education, arguing that the current split among the Department of Education, State Board of Education, and other boards creates inefficiency and confusion, especially for licensure and programs like CTE. Senator Scott noted that turnover in the superintendent’s office could be a practical issue in any restructuring, and Strock responded that administrative staff could handle day-to-day operations. Representative Williams then introduced a discussion of common core standards and literacy, arguing that standards may be too broad and not specific enough, especially in early grades, and that Wyoming should emphasize phonics, basic reading, math, and civics more directly. Representative Guggenmos agreed that narrowing early-grade focus to math and literacy could improve outcomes. Finally, Representative Williams raised virtual education, saying it is growing quickly and the committee should study funding, accountability, and student support more closely; the chair opened that topic for further discussion.

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• metro pulled over two 16-year-old metro pulled over two 16-year-old students<00:09:06.720> on
• without firing a arrests last year without firing a single<00:21:39.280> shot.
• on top of the 12,000 new hires they rushed into service last year.
• <00:30:40.000> In rushed into service last year. In rushed into service last year.
• This is a test of our represented here.

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The meeting was a multi-state press event and hearing focused on alleged federal immigration enforcement abuses in Minnesota and other states. Minnesota lawmakers and invited legislators from Montana, Illinois, North Dakota, Tennessee, and elsewhere described ICE and Border Patrol activity as warrantless, masked, and violent, citing detentions of residents and U.S. citizens, school lockdowns, hospital disruptions, chemical munitions, and the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Brady. Speakers said the actions were terrorizing immigrant communities, communities of color, Native Americans, and families, and argued that the federal government was using Minnesota as a testing ground for broader authoritarian overreach. Several lawmakers tied the situation to constitutional and civil-rights concerns, saying the conduct violated protections related to due process, free speech, and equal treatment. They urged state and federal officials to resist cooperation with ICE, protect schools, hospitals, churches, and courthouses as safe spaces, and support sanctuary policies. One speaker said Minnesota had never before needed a select committee on federal impacts, but that the current situation justified it; another said a coalition of 27 states was coordinating 85 bills to require coordination with local law enforcement, increase transparency, protect against warrantless arrests and racial profiling, and impose consequences for federal misconduct. During the press question period, lawmakers from North Dakota and Tennessee said similar enforcement activity was spreading beyond Minnesota, including reported abductions in Fargo and a large federal presence in Memphis that had led to deportations and business closures. Illinois lawmakers said their state had already passed sanctuary laws and would continue pushing back. The event ended with calls for continued organizing, state-level legislation, and collective resistance to federal immigration enforcement practices described by speakers as unlawful and abusive.

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• I heard that last year. Thank you.
• One example is toxicity testing; whole effluent toxicity testing is designed for exactly that situation
• We'll be testing that later this year on a 15-acre plot to show what's possible there.
• and years ago.
• Twenty-five, twenty-eight years ago, I remember my first year of law school.

Bills: HB48, HB49, HB 1169, HB1971, HB2584, HB2663, HB2890, HB48, HB49

Keywords: HB 48, oilfield theft, organized theft, petroleum products, oil and gas equipment, DPS, Department of Public Safety, Texas, Railroad Commission, criminal justice, energy resources, theft prevention, organized crime, border region, El Paso, law enforcement task force, asset recovery, pipeline theft, drilling equipment, equipment theft

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• sometime around this time last year. sometime around this time last year.
• And for over 50 years, the EPA has found in its studies and testing that glyphosate is not carcinogenic
• They've been for over 50 years.
• are done or these independent tests are done or these tests<00:37:19.080> are<00:37:19.160>
• go and and require independent testing go and and require independent testing for<00:37:46.560><

Keywords: Meeting Start: 00:00 Attendance Roll Call: 00:15 HB 195 Discussion: 05:22 HB 195 Roll Call Vote: 16:33 SB 199 Discussion: 18:34 SB 199 Roll Call Vote: 41:25 SB 5 Discussion: 43:50 SB 5 Roll Call Vote: 46:35 HB 687 Discussion: 48:10 HB 687 Roll Call Vote: 50:15, 958, all

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• We produce over 6 billion eggs in a year.
• All of our flocks have to be salmonella tested. They have to be avian influenza tested.
• So, we're talking about the difference of about $50 per year. Yes. Right. OK.
• Well, let's just say it's 1 buck an egg, and if it's 500 dozen a year, that'd be about 6000 bucks a year
• so that they don't have to test their flocks for salmonella enters.

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• that has been the law for several years that has been the law for several years now<00:12:41.680
• So, have you all given any thought couple years ago uh during that November couple years ago uh during
• <01:19:17.360> that SLI, the independent lab testing that SLI, the independent lab testing
• Every year we go through extensive Every year we go through extensive cyber<01:20:21.920> security
• > it's<01:33:31.360> locked test each database before it's locked test each database before

Keywords: Discussion of BR 25 (2026 RS) 04:15 Presentation on voting systems by ES&S 48:14 Presentation on voting systems by Hart InterCivic and Harp Enterprises 01:13:07, 958, all

Summary: The committee met to approve the October 21 minutes and then took up BR 25 for the 2026 regular session, a proposal relating to prohibited uses of tax dollars and public resources. The sponsors said the bill is intended to strengthen existing law by adding civil and criminal penalties for taxpayer-funded advocacy on ballot questions, especially in light of controversies during the 2024 election over school officials and districts using public resources to oppose a constitutional amendment. They also described related concerns about school districts hiring third-party lobbyists and public relations firms, particularly in Fayette County, and said the proposal was meant to keep tax dollars focused on public services rather than political persuasion. Committee members raised several concerns about scope and drafting. Some asked whether the bill should specifically mention schools, school boards, and school employees, and the sponsors said they would add that language. Others questioned whether the measure would also affect local government lobbying through groups like KLC and KCO, and the sponsors said they intended to focus narrowly on schools while exempting certain advocacy organizations and internal government lobbyists. Members also asked whether public employees could still speak as private individuals, and the sponsors said yes. Several members suggested splitting the lobbying and ballot-advocacy issues into separate bills, and the sponsors said they would consider that. Members also pressed for clarification on how the bill would apply in practice, including whether it would cover legal challenges to petition drives or only advocacy after a question is on the ballot. Counsel for the sponsors said the bill would not cover some petition-related litigation as drafted, though they believed it should. The sponsors and supporters argued the proposal was needed to give the existing prohibition real enforcement, while some members warned that the language could unintentionally limit legitimate public representation or be too broad if not carefully drafted. No final vote was taken during the discussion.

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• this amendment seeks to narrow the authority of boards to choose written tests to younger children.
• There are people in this room who were not here when this bill was passed not too many years ago.
• We recognized for nine years every single class in our local high school had lost.
• Every single class in our local high school had lost a friend to suicide for nine years.
• Years of classmates who lost a friend to suicide, and now you want to say you do not care.

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The Senate convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, recorded attendance, approved the journal, and announced a recess at 11:30 a.m. for a proclamation honoring the University of Arizona men’s basketball team. The chamber then moved into Committee of the Whole to consider several bills, mostly on education and finance topics, including school assessment accountability, mental health instruction, public education, accumulated sick leave payments, tax administration, depository state money, dental board regulation, environmental quality, and competitive bidding. On the education calendar, HB 2032 and HB 2033 dealt with school assessment accountability. An Angius amendment to HB 2032 changed a testing timeline from four to six weeks and was adopted; HB 2032 later passed 26-0. A Diaz amendment to HB 2033 would have limited written statewide assessments to grades 3-8, but after debate over testing uniformity and local control it failed 15-10, and HB 2033 passed without it. HB 293, relating to mental health instruction requirements, drew extended floor debate, with senators arguing it was important for student well-being and social-emotional learning; the bill passed 16-10. HB 4033, relating to education bond elections, also passed. On the finance and regulatory calendar, HB 2812 on accumulated sick leave payments was amended and recommended do pass in committee, but later failed final passage on the floor 15-11 after concerns were raised about a provision affecting Attorney General representation. HB 2016 and HB 2140 were amended and recommended do pass in Committee of the Whole, HB 2308 and HB 2439 also received do-pass recommendations, and HB 2320 was retained on the calendar. HB 2873, a competitive bidding bill, became the subject of extensive debate over an emergency clause and a strike-everything amendment tied by opponents to a Marana data-center referendum; supporters argued it restored the ability to withdraw referendum petitions. The amended bill ultimately received a do-pass recommendation. The Senate then adopted the Committee of the Whole report, heard the University of Arizona proclamation, and adjourned until Monday, April 13, 2026.

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• <00:14:56.240> over<00:14:56.520> year, that changes year over year, that changes year
• . years. years.
• > year.
• over year. over year.
• <00:59:24.200> uh from last year, but in fiscal year uh from last year, but in fiscal year

Keywords: 1187, senate, all