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• Senator Reid and Senate Bill 122, an act relating to alternative sentences. Senator Rocky Adams.
• Senator Reid and Senate Bill 122, an act relating to alternative sentences.
• Senate Bill 68 is a simple bill to enhance safety at the Kentucky Horse Park by giving park leadership

Keywords: 958, all

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• PORNOGRAPHY CONSUMPTION AND CONFLICTING EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCES AS WELL AS IDENTITY PROBLEMS SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCE
• THE FACT WE HAVE DONE THIS CONVENING TALK ABOUT TWO WORDS IN THE SAME SENTENCE MAKES ME NAUSEOUS AS A
• STOP USING SEX AND CHILDREN IN SOME SENTENCE AND THINK IT'S ARTISTIC.

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• please, uh, do your editing to your testimony yourself, uh, so that we do not have to stop you mid-sentence
• Members, the purpose of Senate Bill 2487 is to enhance the procedures and infrastructure for providing
• Sentences because they've been victims of murder and and at least for me in my situation and I'll end

Committee: House Public Health

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• The idea about expanding freestanding emergency departments was to enhance access to medical care.
• will read it, the The burden of proof in the proceedings that the bill articulates in the first sentence
• action would be violative of what I'm talking about here, but what I'm, because it says in the last sentence

Committee: House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

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• It's actually two or three sentences, so you have to pay attention that long, and tell me if you don't
• This legislation adds enhanced protections to sensitive data, which includes data that reveals personal
• Enhanced protections for sensitive data include, if you're collecting somebody's sensitive data, you
• Enhanced protections for sensitive data include, if you're collecting somebody's sensitive data, you

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The House first adopted several resolutions from the Committee on Rules, including congratulations to four Eagle Scouts and recognition of Sturbridge on the 250th anniversary of the United States. The chamber then took up a series of bills reported by Ways and Means and other committees, repeatedly suspending the rules to move them forward. These included the Massachusetts Consumer Data Privacy Act, a Fall River land conveyance bill, a Belmont alcohol licensing bill, a Reading senior property tax exemption bill, and a Linfield funding transfer bill, with each measure advancing by amendment or being passed to a third reading or engrossment. A major portion of the session focused on the Massachusetts Consumer Data Privacy Act, with multiple members speaking in support. Supporters described the bill as a broad consumer privacy framework that would limit data collection, require consent for sensitive data, ban the sale of precise location data, restrict targeted advertising to minors, create consumer rights to access, correct, delete, and opt out of data uses, and provide enforcement tools for the Attorney General and, in limited cases, a private right of action. Several members emphasized protections for reproductive health, immigrant communities, and neural data, while others argued the bill would not burden small businesses and would instead hold large data holders accountable. The House adopted the Ways and Means amendment and ordered the bill to a third reading, then later passed the bill to be engrossed and enacted. The House also considered and enacted Senate 2563, a bill updating language in the laws concerning individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Members described the measure as removing outdated and offensive terminology and replacing it with person-first language without changing substantive law. After debate, the House adopted an amendment, passed the bill to be engrossed, and then enacted it by roll call. In addition, the House enacted the fiscal year 2026 supplemental appropriations bill, House 5470, and approved a bill extending deadlines for Middleton and Milton, both by roll call votes with no opposition. Later, the House took up a temporary summer 2026 local-option pilot allowing municipalities to extend liquor license hours and permit public consumption in designated districts. Supporters framed it as an economic development and tourism measure tied to major upcoming events, and the House adopted an amendment, passed the bill to be engrossed, and then concurred with the Senate version. The session ended with the House adopting an adjournment order and adjourning to meet again the following Monday in informal session.

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• So we'll start by opening the public hearing on Substitute Senate Bill 6309, providing for enhanced municipal
• As Chair Dewar said, the bill before us, Substitute Senate Bill 6309, provides for enhanced municipal
• That being said, we are working on bus rapid transit and other transit enhancements to make sure that
• the bill for the six-year transportation program does have some language around, I think there's a sentence

Bills: SB6132

Committee: House Local Government

Keywords: indebtedness limits, inland port districts, federal funding, infrastructure improvements, economic development, 904, all

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• Terrazas and Senator Ramos, an act relating to schools amending the Attendance for Success Act, enhancing
• Terrazas and Senator Ramos, an act relating to schools amending the Attendance for Success Act, enhancing
• Terrazas and Senator Ramos, an act relating to schools amending the Attendance for Success Act, enhancing
• House Bill 234, introduced by Representatives Reeb and Murphy, an act relating to criminal sentencing

Bills: HM3 , HM11 , HM14 , HM15 , HM21

Keywords: nurses, health care workers, healthcare workers, frontline workers, hospital staff, clinicians, allied health professionals, support staff, public health, workforce shortage, nursing shortage, safe staffing, patient safety, rural health care, frontier communities, behavioral health, mental health, substance use disorder, substance abuse, health care memorial

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• our findings and any recommendations for potential legislative or administrative actions that may enhance
• perspective on advanced nuclear implementation and as well as the federal funding opportunities in the sentence
• We included several recommendations for potential legislative and administrative actions that may enhance
• It also established programs to enhance stakeholder engagement, education, concerning advancements in

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• DERs to ensure that DERs remain a tool to enhance grid reliability and resiliency.
• Requiring organizations to collect their own dues enhances their accountability. to their members.
• Finish your last sentence. It's not allowed.
• committee are working on other teacher-friendly proposals such as strengthening teacher rights and enhancing

Bills: SB75 , SB715 , SB776 , SB1299 , SB1405 , SB1968 , SB2021 , SB2077 , SB2148 , SB2321 , SB2330 , SB2411

Committee: Senate Business & Commerce

Keywords: electric generation, reliability, ERCOT, Public Utility Commission, penalties, performance requirements, energy policy, construction contracts, compensatory damages, government delays, contractor, legislation, nonprofit donor privacy, membership lists, supporter confidentiality, volunteer privacy, association rights, public records exemption, Texas Public Information Act, government transparency

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• We do have an enhancement budget process.
• We do have an enhancement budget process.
• And then we're going to take a look at some different things in enhancements.
• Then we will obviously get to work on the enhancement ones after these ones go out. Great.
• And I don't see the political will to do an enhancement later.

Summary: The committee received an LSO update on the latest green sheet, including the fiscal effects of House Bill 559, recent cash transfers, and the Idaho Budget Rescissions Act for FY 2026. Staff then walked through FY 2027 maintenance budgets, explaining how statewide decisions, benefit costs, contract inflation, and cost allocation were built into the numbers. Members also discussed clarifications to the health insurance calculation language and the treatment of certain agency plans, including graduate medical education and the Secretary of State’s cash balance approach. The committee considered and approved maintenance budgets for the legislative branch, public safety, natural resources, health and human services, economic development, the judicial branch, constitutional officers, and general government. Several members objected to the across-the-board reductions, arguing they would create long-term costs, harm staffing and services, and shift expenses to other parts of government or to the public. Supporters said the committee needed a target, that the maintenance budgets were structurally balanced, and that further changes could be addressed in the enhancement process. Most budget motions passed on divided votes, and the committee also adopted standard language for each packet. The committee debated several pieces of nonstandard language, including provisions related to budget integrity, reporting requirements for large Health and Welfare acquisitions, a cash transfer for livestock depredation prevention, public defender parking, insurance reimbursement limits, and a proposal to use reserve funds to hold state employee health insurance premiums flat. Some language was adopted by unanimous consent, while the employee premium language prompted extended discussion over which reserve funds could be used and whether the proposal should apply differently to elected officials and other employees. The meeting ended while that issue was still being worked through, with the committee having advanced multiple budget packets and accompanying language to do-pass recommendations.

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• And, you know, making sure that biosecurity is going to be enhanced moving forward to prevent those pests
• And I think that there's no question that a lot of the activities that we do can be enhanced to increase
• And I think that there's no question that a lot of the activities that we do can be enhanced to increase
• to to increase biosecurity for enhanced to to increase biosecurity for the<00:14:59.240><c> state.
• </c> statutory authority, the last sentence statutory authority, the last sentence concludes concludes

Bills: HB389 , HB1166 , HB1510 , HB1541 , HB1605 , HB1661 , HB1663 , HB1678 , HB1769 , HB1785 , HB1801 , HB1802 , HB1815 , HB1824 , HB1838 , HB1840 , HB1853 , HB1860 , HB1891 , HB1952 , HB1960 , HB1969 , HB1970 , HB1972 , HB1976 , HB2050 , HB2094 , HB2104 , HB2158 , HB2165 , HB2171 , HB2208 , HB2246 , HB2271 , HB2300 , HB2310 , HB2315 , HB2319 , HB2338 , HB2339 , HB2343 , HB2443 , HB2498 , HB2551 , HB2599 , HB2606 , SB17 , SB83 , SB99 , SB148 , SB411 , SB709 , SB847 , SB874 , SB888 , SB1032 , SB1166 , SB2001 , SB2014 , SB2031 , SB2041 , SB2050 , SB2057 , SB2061 , SB2074 , SB2075 , SB2089 , SB2095 , SB2101 , SB2102 , SB2108 , SB2109 , SB2110 , SB2125 , SB2135 , SB2138 , SB2140 , SB2146 , SB2151 , SB2152 , SB2175 , SB2203 , SB2239 , SB2246 , SB2247 , SB2253 , SB2261 , SB2268 , SB2271 , SB2272 , SB2320 , SB2340 , SB2347 , SB2353 , SB2363 , SB2367 , SB2372 , SB2376 , SB2386

Keywords: HB389, uncrewed aircraft, drone, drones, UAS, unmanned aerial vehicle, misuse of uncrewed aircraft, criminal offense, felony enhancement, drone crime, public safety, police, deputy sheriff, fire department, intoxicated operation, registration number tampering, property damage, bodily injury, Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Package, Hawaii Revised Statutes

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• In other words, the from enhanced federal matching funds, which cover more than half the cost.
• That will mean enhanced training, quality assurance, and data verification within the agency.
• That will mean enhanced training, quality assurance, and data verification within the agency.
• This is actually a five-sentence amendment, but it's an extremely impactful, important amendment.
• This is our third enhancement of the Live Local Act.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• </c><00:18:59.000><c> tax</c> lead to lower Medicaid enhancement tax lead to lower Medicaid enhancement
• You could restrict the Medicaid enhancement tax to inpatient services.
• You could restrict the Medicaid enhancement tax to inpatient services.
• <00:28:08.159><c> tax</c><00:28:08.679><c> is</c> enhancement tax is enhancement tax is unconstitutional
• </c> could extend the Medicaid enhancement could extend the Medicaid enhancement tax<00:29:34.640><c>

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• The amendment is to section 3, Romanet I, and in there the last sentence talks about rare earths.
• The amendment is to section 3, Romanet I, and in there the last sentence talks about rare earths.
• The amendment is to section 3, Romanet I, and in there the last sentence talks about rare earths.
• The amendment is to section 3, Romanet I, and in there the last sentence talks about rare earths.
• In there, the last sentence talks about rare earths.

Bills: SF0102 , SF0123 , SF0021 , SF0099

Committee: House Minerals, Business & Economic Development

Keywords: energy transmission, load growth, Wyoming energy authority, transmission planning study, public utilities, regional cooperation, energy, funding, grants, loans, coal, natural gas, mineral processing, economic development, stable token, liquidity, trust account, Wyoming, fund distribution, financial regulation

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• 00:35:24.760><c> to</c> quite a bit of money specifically to quite a bit of money specifically to enhance
• Public Safety on the campus enhance Public Safety on the campus because<00:35:27.920><c> we</c><00:35
• That was specifically the number I had in my head of $10 million, specifically to enhance public safety
• And that's what she decided to do after her prison sentence.
• again using inflammatory names sentence again using inflammatory names towards<01:12:37.159><c> law<

Committee: House Higher Education Finance and Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

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• But what the language in the bill does is it strikes a sentence: “All school elections shall be held
• The language in the bill, what it does is it strikes a sentence: “All school elections shall be held
• That's the sentence that you're striking in this bill.
• By taking out that sentence, you say school board elections can be partisan.
• This sentence was added in, and now we have a problem with the bond question.

Summary: The Senate met with a quorum, opened with an invocation, pledges, and a series of announcements recognizing West Side Day, School Board Appreciation Day, Sierra Club Climate Solutions Day, Gallup-McKinley County Day, and New Mexico Athlete Trainer Day. Members also agreed to allow cameras on the floor and a relaxed dress code for guests. Numerous student and community groups were introduced, including West Side Day students, ABC Prep basketball students, Bernalillo High School AP students, MANA del Norte Hermanitas, honorary lieutenant governors, Taos Municipal Schools leaders, Classical Conversations homeschool students, Bloomfield school board members, and others. A major portion of the session was devoted to honoring Bueno Foods with a Senate certificate recognizing February 5, 2026, as Bueno Foods Day in the Senate and celebrating the company’s 75th anniversary. Senators praised the Baca family’s multigenerational business, its role in New Mexico’s chile industry, its jobs and community support, and its national reach. Several members spoke in support, sharing personal stories about Bueno products and the company’s help during COVID and over decades of family and community life. The Senate also adopted a condolence certificate for Kayla Reagan Van Landingham, a 19-year-old bicyclist killed in Albuquerque, with remarks emphasizing her life, advocacy, and the need for stronger pedestrian and bicycle safety. Her mother and family were recognized, and members observed a moment of silence. Senators spoke about the importance of traffic safety reforms and the local ordinance changes already pursued in her memory. On legislation, the chamber received House and governor messages and adopted several committee reports. The main floor debate was on Senate Bill 38, concerning the spay and neuter program funding stream. Senator Block offered a floor substitute to restore a sunset clause for review and transparency; supporters argued the program should be periodically evaluated and that the funding functions like a tax rather than a fee. Opponents argued the program is important and should continue without a sunset. The floor substitute failed by roll call, 15 in favor and 22 against, and the Senate returned to the underlying bill for further debate.

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• But Justice Scalia had a little sentence in there that really piqued my interest, and it was a sentence
• </c><03:28:18.760><c> in</c> Justice Scalia had a little sentence in Justice Scalia had a little sentence
• Can I have one more sentence? I'm sorry, I'm not going to allow that.
• Please allow me, because it's really just one more sentence.
• She can't take questions. sentence I'm sorry I'm not going to sentence I'm sorry I'm not going to allow

Committee: House Election Law

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• implement trauma-informed methods, and it respects the dignity of survivors who are often, and it enhances
• judges that had come up through the DA's office to give them a break and not implement a mandatory sentence
• that would require state prison for a 17-year-old case. a mandatory sentence that would require state
• measure would only create more delay, more congestion, more hardship, and longer periods of pre-sentence
• However, there are many problems with this bill that relegate an individual to a lifelong sentence after

Summary: The Senate Public Safety Committee heard several bills, beginning with AB 647, which would clarify last year’s RV disposal pilot program for Los Angeles and Alameda counties so local agencies can remove abandoned, inoperable RVs more efficiently. Supporters, including a representative for Mayor Karen Bass, said the bill is needed to address public health, fire, sewage, and neighborhood safety hazards. Opponents argued the measure would be used to remove occupied RVs without adequate housing or service referrals and would harm vehicle residents. The committee later approved AB 647 on a do-pass motion to the Appropriations Committee. The committee also considered AB 1656, which would give judges discretion to delay human trafficking cases when the assigned prosecutor has another trial, preliminary hearing, or motion to suppress, with amendments limiting the continuance to one time and no more than 10 days. Supporters said the bill would help preserve vertical prosecution and trauma-informed continuity for survivors; opponents raised speedy-trial and due process concerns. After discussion about balancing victim continuity and constitutional rights, the committee passed AB 1656 as amended to the floor. AB 1917, a bill to require prosecutors to file a motion before reinstating charges dismissed at preliminary hearing, also drew support from public defenders and defense groups and opposition from district attorneys, who argued the bill used the wrong procedural mechanism. The author agreed to explore moving the process into the existing 995 framework, and the committee passed AB 1917 as amended to Appropriations. AB 2636 would require courts to consider possession of a loaded firearm when deciding whether a juvenile qualifies for deferred entry of judgment. Supporters, including probation and police chiefs, said the bill would add accountability for serious gun-related conduct while preserving rehabilitation options; opponents said it would reduce access to effective youth diversion and disproportionately affect Black and brown youth. The committee passed the bill to the floor. AB 1632, which would replace notarization with a penalty-of-perjury statement for 602 trespass authorization letters, was supported by cities and law enforcement as a way to reduce bureaucracy and help address trespass and vacant-property hazards, while opponents warned of abuse and Fourth Amendment concerns. The committee adopted the amendment and passed the bill to the floor. The hearing then moved on to AB 1974, a voluntary firearm safe-storage bill, with the author introducing the measure and witnesses from Pierce’s Pledge expected to testify.

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• that cisgender people who commit crimes should just go to jail, but trans women like me must be sentenced
• So I'd like to firstly reiterate that sentence.
• The reports that people made about their own experiences often align with and can enhance findings from
• That's why you give a life sentence to an individual who has that.
• But they rarely say the next part of that sentence, right? A few bad apples spoil the whole bunch.

Bills: SB6 , SB7 , SB8 , SB11 , SB12 , SB13 , SB15 , SB 6 , SB 7 , SB 8 , SB 11 , SB 12 , SB 13 , SB 15 , SB 17

Committee: Senate State Affairs

Keywords: SB 6, Woman and Child Protection Act, abortion, abortion-inducing drugs, medication abortion, mifepristone, misoprostol, pro-life, pro-choice, Texas abortion law, civil liability, qui tam, private enforcement, bounty hunter law, attorney general, parens patriae, abortion litigation, anti-SLAPP, Texas Citizens Participation Act, fee shifting

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• Law enforcement reporting of accidents is enhanced so that now the law enforcement officer must report
• As a result of yet another plea bargain in this matter, the defendant was sentenced to community service
• As a result of yet another plea bargain in this matter, the defendant was sentenced to community service
• a $700 fine, defendant was sentenced to community service a $700 fine, and he had to complete a safe

Summary: The committee began by waiving the five-day notice rule for engrossed substitute House Bill 2095 so it could be heard that day. It then took public testimony on House Bill 2248, a technical cleanup bill affecting Secretary of State corporate and nonprofit filings, trademarks, foreign entities, and apostille procedures. The prime sponsor said the bill makes no policy changes or fee increases, while the Secretary of State’s office supported it as a clarification measure. One testifier raised concerns about multiple LLCs and transparency in manufactured home communities, asking for stronger oversight and verification. The committee then heard engrossed substitute House Bill 2508, which expands the Office of Independent Investigations’ jurisdiction over deadly-force and related non-deadly-force incidents, broadens notification and records access requirements, and exempts certain records from disclosure. The sponsor and OII testified in support, emphasizing that the bill clarifies authority and procedures; members asked about how far back investigations could go, and staff confirmed there was no time limit for deadly-force cases under the bill. The committee also heard Substitute House Bill 2203, creating the offense of reckless interference with emergency operations for driving around closures on hazardous roadways. The sponsor described it as a response to flood and disaster rescues, and fire chiefs supported it as a safety and accountability measure. Defense attorneys opposed it as unnecessary and disproportionate, warning of criminal penalties, license suspensions, restitution, and fiscal costs for conduct they viewed as more appropriately handled civilly. Next, Second Substitute House Bill 1909 proposed a Court Unification Task Force to study inefficiencies and inequities in Washington’s fragmented court system; the sponsor and a legal aid attorney supported it as an access-to-justice reform, while the committee noted a large number of signed-in opponents. Finally, engrossed substitute House Bill 2095 would create a rebuttable presumption of negligence for drivers who injure or kill vulnerable road users in designated areas, along with education requirements and damages provisions. Supporters, including a widow, bicycling advocates, and a bike commuter, said it would improve accountability and help injured people who cannot easily prove fault; opponents from cities, trucking, and defense groups argued it would expand litigation, create liability and fee-shifting problems, and go beyond existing negligence law. After public hearings, the committee moved into executive session and advanced several bills. Substitute House Bill 2158 received a do pass recommendation. Substitute House Bill 2239, concerning family burial grounds on private property, was amended to increase a setback from public rights-of-way and easements and then received a do pass recommendation as amended. Substitute House Bill 2178 on court rules and procedures also received a do pass recommendation. House Bill 2543 on county clerk fees was advanced despite concerns about fee increases. Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2165 on false identification as a peace officer was amended to clarify intent and then passed out of committee. The committee also adopted an amendment to Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2320 on firearm manufacturing, including a change allowing certain digital code and manufacturing activity for repair purposes, and discussed another amendment removing some possession prohibitions for personal use.