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OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Apr 15th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We're asking to use legacy Capital fund for interest-free loan.
- And we're funded.
- Seeing none, I declare House Bill 2893 to have passed as an emergency measure. Mr.
- I declare House Bill 306 to have passed as an emergency measure. Mr.
- Seeing none, I declare House Bill 1276 to have passed as an emergency measure.
Bills:
SR31 , SB2060 , SB2184 , HB1371 , HB1411 , HB1933 , HB2361 , HB2398 , HB2893 , HB3006 , HB3044 , HB3127 , HB3322 , HB3147 , HB1276 , HB3472 , HB3522 , HB3704 , HB4303 , HB4319
Keywords:
military, children, resilience, Purple Up!, military families, master development district, improvement district, public improvements, infrastructure financing, special assessments, statutory revision, consolidation, law amendment, emergency legislation, legal clarity, oil and gas, mineral rights, proceeds, royalties, escrow account
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Apr 15th, 2026
Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We're asking to use legacy capital fund for an interest-free loan.
- Limited NIL funds for Oklahoma State right after that.
- Seeing none, I declare Senate Bill 2184 to have passed as an emergency.
- Seeing none, I declare House Bill 2893 to have passed as an emergency measure. Mr. Leader.
- Seeing none, I declare House Bill 3147 to have passed as an emergency measure. Mr. Leader.
Bills:
SR31 , SB2060 , SB2184 , HB1371 , HB1411 , HB1933 , HB2361 , HB2398 , HB2893 , HB3006 , HB3044 , HB3127 , HB3322 , HB3147 , HB1276 , HB3472 , HB3522 , HB3704 , HB4303 , HB4319
Keywords:
military, children, resilience, Purple Up!, military families, master development district, improvement district, public improvements, infrastructure financing, special assessments, statutory revision, consolidation, law amendment, emergency legislation, legal clarity, oil and gas, mineral rights, proceeds, royalties, escrow account
Summary:
The Senate convened with a quorum, opened with prayer, and spent much of the day on recognitions and special presentations, including Capitol Cowboy Day honoring Oklahoma State University, the Doctor and Nurse of the Day, Miss Oklahoma Teen Taylor Meeks, military families for Purple Up for Military Kids Day, and several visiting groups in the galleries. During the OSU presentation, university leaders highlighted OSU’s agricultural research and asked for support for an upcoming agronomy research bill, and Coach Eric Morris was welcomed as the new head football coach.
The chamber then took up Senate Resolution 31, designating April 15 as Purple Up for Military Kids Day in Oklahoma, which was presented with remarks about the sacrifices of military children and families and the significance of wearing purple. The Senate also advanced and passed several measures, including bills dealing with duplicate statutory sections and statutory interpretation, a negotiated oil and gas bill, the True Grit Trail, nitric oxide sales to minors, foster care and juvenile transition documents, a paraprofessional certification change, an Indian education council sunset extension, veterans’ tax refund donations, a Route 66 specialty license plate, cell phone restrictions in K-12 classrooms, tire pyrolysis funding, ABLE Commission reporting, scholarship-granting organization tax credits, municipal ordinance publication deadlines, and agency rule authority and review.
Most bills were advanced without objection and passed by wide margins, with a few closer votes on House Bill 2398, House Bill 3127, House Bill 3704, and House Bill 1276. House Bill 1276, extending the classroom cell phone prohibition, drew the most debate, with supporters citing improved student focus and classroom interaction and one member raising local control concerns before voting yes. House Bill 3704, concerning participation in a federal tax credit for scholarship-granting organizations, prompted questions about double-dipping on tax benefits and state sovereignty, but it ultimately passed 38-8. The Senate then announced a Technology and Telecommunications meeting for the next morning and adjourned until 9:30 a.m. Thursday, April 16.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Agriculture REVISED: SB722 - Link added Apr 6th, 2026 at 03:00 pm
Agriculture
Transcript Highlights:
- It's just setting up the revolving fund and so that it will, as money's available, then it will do.
- That is why there is an emergency and why it is important that we pass this. Any other questions?
- When you talked about emergency management, are you talking about they'll notify the State emergency
- management or the county emergency management?
- >> Um, the way it says, I would assume it's going to probably be reaching out to the local emergency
Committee:
House Agriculture
Keywords:
water infrastructure, wastewater, investment program, loans, local government, SB1509, groundwater, water wells, well spacing, water rights, Oklahoma Water Resources Board, OWRB, basin, subbasin, maximum annual yield, aquifer management, water allocation, water permits, temporary permits, irrigation
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- Right now, it's just setting up the revolving fund and so that it will, as money's available, then it
- That is why there is an emergency and why it is important that we pass this. Any other questions?
- When you talked about emergency management, are you talking about they'll notify the state emergency
- management or the county emergency management?
- The way it says, I would assume it's going to probably reach out to the local emergency management.
Committee:
House Agriculture
Keywords:
water infrastructure, wastewater, investment program, loans, local government, SB1509, groundwater, water wells, well spacing, water rights, Oklahoma Water Resources Board, OWRB, basin, subbasin, maximum annual yield, aquifer management, water allocation, water permits, temporary permits, irrigation
Summary:
The committee began by introducing new member Rep. Dylan Travis, who was elected in a special election and will represent District 35. The first measures taken up focused on water policy. HB 1346, as amended, would create a revolving fund for water and wastewater infrastructure loans through the Oklahoma Water Resources Board, with the amendment removing population-based language so infrastructure needs can be considered more broadly; it passed 9-0. SB 1509 would make well-spacing standards apply uniformly across the state by aquifer rather than waiting on maximum annual yield studies, and OWRB staff explained that domestic wells are not affected and existing rules still protect landowners; it passed 6-3. SB 1928 would establish a five-year flex allocation for groundwater use, allowing producers to shift unused water from one year to another, and it passed 7-2.
The committee also considered several agriculture and food-related bills. SB 2028 would authorize the sale of raw milk products without consumer notification or container labeling beyond indicating the product is unpasteurized; it passed 8-0. SB 2071 would align Oklahoma’s Grade A milk regulations with federal standards and increase the dairy inspection fee from 1 cent to 2 cents per hundred pounds, but after concerns from members and testimony from ODAF about the fee burden, the committee adopted an amendment restoring the 1-cent rate; the bill then passed 8-1. SB 2110 would allow sale of ungraded eggs off-farm at farmers’ markets or directly to consumers, including unwashed eggs, and passed 9-0. SB 2117 would clarify that the Department of Agriculture can stop the sale of contaminated grain and direct remediation or destruction in a current contamination event involving sewer leakage into a field; it passed 9-0.
Other measures addressed livestock transport, crop protection, hemp, and a proposed reimbursement scheme. SB 2134 would create procedures for wreck services and emergency management to handle livestock involved in transportation accidents, with the Department of Agriculture setting humane handling policies; members discussed whether the bill should explicitly address state or county emergency management and rail incidents, and it passed 8-0. SB 2127 was described as a work in progress to address crop protection and nontraditional producer practices, especially amid difficult conditions for row-crop producers, and it passed 8-1. SB 722, after the committee rescinded a prior referral, was presented as a new section requiring ODAF to reimburse agricultural operations for economic losses caused by agency actions enforcing court-ordered rules from an attorney general suit; after extensive questioning about scope, valuation, and legal effects, the author laid the bill over for further work. Finally, SB 3, on a newly adopted PCS, was reframed from a biosolids bill into a hemp-definition bill intended to align state law with the new federal definition and reduce youth access to marijuana-like hemp products; it passed 8-0. The meeting then adjourned.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Business REVISED: SB1873 - Link added Mar 31st, 2026 at 10:30 am
Business
Transcript Highlights:
- It helps guard against misuse and abuse of funds and promotes responsible self-governance by charitable
- But I would tell you that some of the things that I, you know, more broad examples are misuse of funds
- where the funds are not being used in the way that the donors are intending.
Committee:
House Business
Keywords:
roofing, contractor registration, continuing education, endorsement, construction industry, fireworks, consumer safety, local governance, emergency declaration, public safety, dentist, dental hygienist, dentistry, dental hygiene, licensure compact, interstate compact, professional licensing, license portability, health workforce, workforce shortage
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- the AG's office to strengthen protections for donor intent, help guard against misuse and abuse of funds
- bad actors difficult. ...and protections for donor intent to help guard against misuse and abuse of funds
- I would tell you that some of the things that I have, you know, more broad examples, is misuse of funds
- where the funds are not being used in the way that the donors are intending primarily.
Committee:
House Business
Keywords:
roofing, contractor registration, continuing education, endorsement, construction industry, fireworks, consumer safety, local governance, emergency declaration, public safety, dentist, dental hygienist, dentistry, dental hygiene, licensure compact, interstate compact, professional licensing, license portability, health workforce, workforce shortage
Summary:
The committee heard several Senate bills, most of them described as cleanup or compact-related measures. Senate Bill 1061 was presented as a cleanup bill adding defining language, supported by the Department of Consumer Credit and correcting a typo, and it passed 11-0. Senate Bill 1534, a charity enforcement act worked on with the Attorney General’s office, was described as strengthening protections for donor intent, preventing misuse of charitable funds, and closing enforcement loopholes; after a brief question about examples of bad actors, it also passed 11-0. Senate Bill 1873 was another cleanup bill requested by roofers and passed 11-0.
The committee also considered interstate licensure compacts. Senate Bill 540 would create Oklahoma’s participation in a dentist and dental hygienist compact; one question focused on why the Oklahoma Dental Association opposed it while the American Dental Association supported it, and the bill passed 9-2. Senate Bill 1653 would join a compact for occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants, with the sponsor noting 31 states already participate; it passed 11-0.
Finally, Senate Bill 1948 would allow year-round fireworks sales in Oklahoma. Members questioned how the bill would interact with city and county authority, whether it would affect dense neighborhoods, and concerns about veterans with PTSD. The sponsor said the bill would not override city ordinances and argued counties should not restrict private property owners, while also saying current law already allows fireworks use year-round but limits in-state purchasing windows, sending consumers to other states. The bill passed 10-1. The chair then announced this was the last bill for the day and that about 12 bills remained for the following week.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 3/25/26
Transportation Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- And the funding that is set aside, the local funding that's set aside for this is not funding that's
- And the funding that is set aside, the local funding that’s set aside for this, is not funding that’s
- </c> full federal funding. full federal funding.
- ,</c> prepared to fund all the local funding, prepared to fund all the local funding, all<01:10:44.560
- </c> >> in our general fund. >> in our general fund.
Committee:
House Transportation Finance and Policy
Keywords:
transportation, tow trucks, variable message signs, road safety, emergency service, optometrist, window glazing, motor vehicle regulations, medical prescriptions, transportation safety, infrastructure, construction, appropriation, state project, motorized bicycles, motorcycles, electric vehicles, transportation regulations, safety standards, dealer license
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama House County and Municipal Government Committee Mar 18th, 2026
County and Municipal Government
Transcript Highlights:
- It had to the the initial setup funded.
- </c><00:49:44.120><c> You</c> trust fund for many, many years. You trust fund for many, many years.
- also be philanthropic funds, and they will be city funds that can be contributed to this.
- , but they're also be philanthropic funds, but they're also be philanthropic funds,<00:51:35.320><c>
- </c><00:51:37.000><c> can</c> funds, and they will be city funds can funds, and they will be city funds
Committee:
House County and Municipal Government
Keywords:
machinegun, enhanced sentencing, homicide, manslaughter, assault, public safety, HB404, Alabama Board of Cosmetology and Barbering, cosmetology, barbering, makeup artist, makeup application, lash artist, brow artist, lash/brow permit, esthetician, salon licensing, studio licensing, mobile salon, mobile studio
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama House Military and Veterans Affairs Committee Mar 4th, 2026
Military and Veterans Affairs
Committee:
House Military and Veterans Affairs
Keywords:
retired law enforcement, retirement benefits, employment, firemedics, salary cap, released time, religious instruction, elective credit, public schools, K-12 education, school board policy, church-state separation, parochial education, Bible class, faith-based instruction, student release, attendance credit, State Board of Education, local school board, parental consent
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
CPC Public Hearing - Thu Feb 26, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST
Consumer Protection & Commerce
Transcript Highlights:
- The funds that um we also have goods.
- ><c> from</c> pods and the funds that we generate from pods and the funds that we generate from the<00
- ><c> to</c><00:53:29.280><c> do</c> uh they already have the funds to do uh they already have the funds
- </c> of Human Services would have the funds of Human Services would have the funds and<01:13:00.080><
- And because we are specially funded, we do not rely on any general funds in order to be able to pay for
Bills:
HB1946 , HB1515 , HB1514 , HB1648 , HB1644 , HB1619 , HB1571 , HB1810 , HB2475 , HB1645 , HB2301 , HB1889 , HB1840
Committee:
House Consumer Protection & Commerce
Keywords:
time shares, registration, renewal, real estate, Hawaii, Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, workers' compensation, functional capacity examination, occupational therapy, physical therapy, employer responsibilities, injured workers, medical stabilization, vocational rehabilitation, injury recovery, employment services, return to work, nonprescription drugs, over-the-counter medications, healthcare providers
Summary:
The committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce met on February 26, 2026, and heard several bills, mostly in the areas of workers’ compensation and consumer protection. HB 1946 HD1 on timeshare registration renewal drew support from DCCA’s timeshare program and major industry groups including Hilton Grand Vacations, the American Resort Development Association, and Marriott Vacations Worldwide, with no opposition noted. HB 1515 HD1, which would allow an attending physician to request a functional capacity examination without employer permission, was supported by DLIR and the Department of Human Resources Development and had no other in-person testimony; the bill was then moved on without questions.
The committee spent substantial time on HB 1514 HD1, which would streamline workers’ compensation vocational rehabilitation by clarifying provider selection and requiring vocational plans within 90 days. DLIR supported the intent but asked for amendments, saying the 90-day deadline was too rigid given case-by-case complexity, limited staffing, and the need for coordination among injured workers, employers, and counselors; members discussed possible extensions and whether a 120-day timeline or other flexibility would be better. Testimony on the bill included one individual in support and seven in opposition.
HB 1648 HD1, concerning workers’ compensation and physician dispensing of non-prescription drugs, drew support from DHRD and comments from DLIR and industry witnesses. DLIR said the bill should be narrowed so it does not restrict medically necessary over-the-counter medications or oral guidance from providers, while Aloha Billing Company and Solera Integrated Medical Solutions urged tighter limits on physician dispensing and raised concerns about pricing abuse through average wholesale price. Members discussed clarifying the bill’s language so it targets written prescriptions rather than oral advice. HB 1644 HD1, requiring a standardized disclosure form for residential solar contracts, received support from the Hawaii Solar Energy Association and Kauaʻi Island Utility Cooperative, while DCCA’s Office of Consumer Protection supported the consumer-protection goal but proposed stronger remedies, including a three-day cancellation right, voidability for missing disclosures, and possible lender liability; members questioned how those remedies should apply to lenders, and no vote was taken on the measures in the portion provided.
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- to another district fund.
- The Senate budget funds this bill at $6,000 general fund-state to OSPI.
- the other fund?
- Vehicle Fund or the Capital Projects Fund.
- Fund State to the new accounts.
Committee:
House Appropriations
Keywords:
Working Connections Child Care, child care subsidy, subsidized child care, Washington DCYF, Department of Children, Youth, and Families, low-income families, child care providers, licensed child care centers, family child care, market rate survey, subsidy rates, income eligibility, state median income, SNAP, Basic Food, collective bargaining, provider reimbursement, daily payment, half-day care, partial-day care
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- the federal pretrial release system in the probation officer offices are tremendously more better funded
- I would suggest it's a good idea that this bill have an emergency clause with that so as you move forward
- it would be my opinion that this is important enough to consider adding an emergency clause to this.
Committee:
Senate Public Safety
Keywords:
cold case, unsolved homicide, violent crime, case file review, law enforcement, police records, victim family, immediate family member, designated person, forensic testing, witness reinterview, investigative leads, cold case unit, unsolved murder, public safety, Title 21, Oklahoma statutes, sexual assault, evidence kits, DNA testing
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- agree that the federal pretrial release system and the probation officers are tremendously better funded
- I would suggest that it's a good idea that this be, have an emergency clause with that.
- forward, Senator, it would be my, this is important enough to me that we maybe consider adding an emergency
- I would suggest it's a good idea that this be, have an emergency clause with that.
- forward, Senator, it would be my, this is important enough to me that we maybe consider adding an emergency
Committee:
Senate Public Safety
Keywords:
cold case, unsolved homicide, violent crime, case file review, law enforcement, police records, victim family, immediate family member, designated person, forensic testing, witness reinterview, investigative leads, cold case unit, unsolved murder, public safety, Title 21, Oklahoma statutes, sexual assault, evidence kits, DNA testing
Summary:
The Public Safety Committee took up a series of bills dealing with cold cases, sexual assault investigations, parole, criminal code cleanup, jail backlog relief, private prison oversight, and human trafficking. SB 1636, by Sen. Hicks, would let an immediate family member or similar person request an OSBI investigation in a cold case; it passed 8-0. SB 1584, by Sen. Burns, shortened the deadline for submitting sexual assault evidence kits for forensic testing and required kits received after the effective date to be processed within 30 days; it passed 8-0. SB 1730, by Sen. Thompson, required law enforcement to forward sexual assault reports to OSBI to help identify repeat offenders, with testimony that the reports would remain confidential and could still be expunged where applicable; it passed 8-0.
The committee also approved SB 1255, by Sen. Yack, which shifts the authority to request medical parole from the DOC director to the DOC medical director while leaving parole board and gubernatorial discretion intact; it passed 8-1. SB 1627, by Pro Tem Paxton, was a request bill to consolidate redundant and obsolete criminal statutes into a cleaner code, and it passed 9-0 after questions about underlined language in the committee substitute. SB 137, by Vice Chair Hamilton, would remove DUI causing great bodily injury from eligibility for DOC’s electronic monitoring program after a case highlighted what sponsors described as a loophole; it passed 9-0.
SB 2062, by Sen. Pugh, sought to reduce county jail and LARC backlog by allowing certain low-level, nonviolent offenders to bypass county jail waiting periods and report directly to their assigned facility after screening; members raised concerns about flight risk, logistics, transportation, and county impacts. Pugh agreed to continue working on the measure and requested a struck title, and the bill passed 7-1. SB 1470, by Sen. Brooks, as amended, would allow elected officials and religious leaders to conduct informal inspections of private prisons operated for out-of-state interests, with a three-day notice requirement and definitions added to narrow the scope; it passed 8-0.
Finally, SB 1284, by Vice Chair Hamilton, aimed at combating human trafficking in exotic entertainment venues by creating licensing and inspection requirements and penalties for unlicensed operation or knowingly hiring unlicensed performers. The bill drew extensive debate over whether it was too punitive or could sweep in lawful businesses, but supporters said it would help identify trafficking victims and improve oversight; it passed 7-1. The committee adjourned after the final vote.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- A dedicated veterans treatment court fund, funded by legislative appropriations, will provide grants
- He said the funding in this bill would help programs that need funding now, whether they are already
- operating or need funding to start.
- Fund and support pregnancy resource centers that help promote and grow ...fund and support pregnancy
- And to pick and choose how we fund.
Bills:
HB2211 , HB2229 , HB2389 , HB2403 , HB2445 , HB2502 , HB2620 , HB2813 , HB2872 , HB2889 , HB2960 , HB4028 , HCR2007
Committee:
House Appropriations
Keywords:
contractors, subcontractors, resident preference, public contracts, materials supply, Arizona Revised Statutes, local businesses, pregnancy resource center, pregnancy center, crisis pregnancy center, DHS, Arizona Department of Health Services, state appropriation, general fund, nonprofit grant, women's health, maternal health, reproductive health, abortion funding, pro-life
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama Senate County and Municipal Government Committee Feb 17th, 2026
County and Municipal Government
Transcript Highlights:
- As far as supplemental funding is really what we need, but now the mayor and the chief of police has
- find out exactly what they needed specifically, but each one of us, when it comes down to general fund
- one of those requests that you made as far as the district that you represent, that supplemental funding
Committee:
Senate County and Municipal Government
Keywords:
lottery winnings, lottery prize, state lottery, income tax exemption, tax exemption, gambling, games of chance, prize proceeds, Alabama Department of Revenue, state income tax, tax relief, winnings, jackpot, lotto, Alabama State House, Montgomery, Legislative Council, demolition, state capitol, state capitol building
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- It makes various technical changes and also includes an emergency clause.
- these important services, but our general fund is there to do just that: funding health care, education
- fund, even if it goes to a dedicated account, that account can be raided and put into the general fund
- shift is going to be how it's funded.
- be how it's funded.
Bills:
HB2713 , HB2730 , HB2297 , HB2487 , HB2382 , HB2089 , HB2431 , HB2451 , HB2590 , HB2325 , HB2278 , HB2224 , HB2322
Committee:
House Finance
Keywords:
private detention facilities, business tax, occupation tax, financial impact, state revenue, aerospace, tax preferences, effectiveness, economic impact, grocery stores, underserved communities, food access, incentives, economic development, insurance tax, state regulation, insurers, taxation, budget impact, excise tax
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- Contractors use those funds as a rainy-day fund for payroll, materials, new equipment, bonding, insurance
- The governor's budget proposes $150,000 in funding from existing Commerce OEDC funding for this plan.
- source of funding.
- fund, these expenditures result in a general fund revenue reduction of a corresponding amount.
- The Harbor Heights facility, which was funded last session and funded this biennium, was funded for 46
Committee:
Senate Ways & Means
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Common Education REVISION 2: Link added - HB4359 Feb 4th, 2026 at 03:00 pm
Common Education
Transcript Highlights:
- You're simply saying that they're not going to get it from our taxpayer-funded public.
- This form is used as a data point for funding from state and federal, as well as private grants, and
- providing needed funding for our local district.
Committee:
House Common Education
Keywords:
statewide assessments, student testing, testing window, end-of-year testing, Oklahoma Academic Standards, Oklahoma School Testing Program, State Board of Education, grade 3-8, alternate assessment, students with disabilities, special education, cognitive disabilities, assessment calendar, school year calendar, education accountability, academic standards, math intervention, advanced mathematics, course placement, college and career readiness
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- This is an ask we're hearing from communities throughout the state for improved acquisition funds, a
- This is a ask we're hearing from communities throughout the state for improved acquisition funds, a state-run
- The Department of Revenue estimates operating expenditures of $88,000 from the general fund to implement
- Small and emerging mission-driven developers are ready to build but often lack the capacity to compete
- estimated $13,000, while the Human Rights Commission estimated $1.9 million in costs from the general fund
Committee:
Senate Housing
Keywords:
rental payments, landlords, tenants, eviction, legal procedures, housing stability, land banking, property authority, housing development, urban planning, real estate management, SB 6237, Washington landlord-tenant law, Residential Landlord-Tenant Act, rental property disclosure, flood risk, flood hazard area, special flood hazard area, potential flooding, tenant notice
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Community Safety Jan 22nd, 2026 at 08:00 am
Community Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- As a reminder, House Bill 2203 creates the offense of reckless interference with emergency operations
- The amendment reduces the classification of the base offense of reckless interference with emergency
- I don't think there's any emergency on this.
- The amendment adjusts the sanction for reckless interference with emergency operations.
- Washington State does not fully fund our courts. We are in a crisis right now.
Committee:
House Community Safety
Keywords:
DUI, driving under the influence, impaired driving, toxicology, forensic toxicology, breath test, blood test, THC, marijuana, cannabis, alcohol concentration, state toxicologist, implied consent, evidence admissibility, venous blood draw, forensic phlebotomist, certified laboratory, accredited laboratory, law enforcement, DWI