Video & Transcript Research : 'memorialization'

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TX

Texas 89th Regular

Pensions, Investments & Financial Services Mar 3rd, 2025

Pensions, Investments & Financial Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Related to cybersecurity, actually, I don't have those. numbers in memory.
  • Actually, I just don't have it in my memory.
  • But I don't have that in memory, but it has increased. Members, other questions?
Keywords: 1184, house, all
NM
Transcript Highlights:
  • House Memorial 83 dictated that this task force be created.
  • talked about this, Madam Chair, and we couldn't come to an agreement, and so we deferred to the memorial
  • I refer to the memorial that we heard that created the task force.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Session (02/19/2026)

New Hampshire House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Speaker, House Resolution 48, memorializing Harry H. Bean of Guilford. Mr.
  • Speaker, House Resolution 48, memorializing Harry H. Bean of Guilford.
  • <00:27:24.159> I One [snorts] of the greatest memories I One [snorts] of the greatest memories
  • day, and even went to the memorial day, and even went to the memorial afterwards. afterwards. afterwards
  • >> I move that the remarks, memorial >> I move that the remarks, memorial remarks<00
Keywords: 1189, house, all
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, May 7, 2025)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Here's to many more years<02:19:18.000> of<02:19:18.240> sweet<02:19:18.559> memories
  • of sweet memories and continued success<02:19:20.319> for<02:19:20.639> one<02:19:20.800
  • To join us in a moment of silence in memory of Lance Corporal Aguilera and Lance Corporal Gamino.
  • Her memory and impact will be woman. Her memory and impact will be felt<07:54:43.840> forever.
  • <08:34:27.360> The this body by Memorial Day. The this body by Memorial Day.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Education K-16 Apr 22nd, 2025

Education K-16

Transcript Highlights:
  • We went to the Kennedy Memorial. That was a memory that my sisters and I still talk about.
  • That was a memory that my sisters and I still talk about, a great time that we had with our family.
  • That was a memory that my sisters and I still talk about, a great time that we had with our family.
  • And today, I especially hold with me the memory of this one brilliant student who gave me a different
  • At the time, and I'm going from memory, I think it was like 125,000. I could be wrong.
Summary: The committee heard several education bills, with most of the discussion focused on Senate Bill 1835, Senate Bill 784, Senate Bill 1049, Senate Bill 2942, and Senate Bill 2928. SB 1835 would raise from 5% to 20% the cap on nonresident students who can receive resident tuition and fees through competitive scholarships at certain regional universities in slower-growing workforce development areas, provided the schools have capacity as determined by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Supporters, including West Texas A&M University, said the bill would help fill underused capacity, attract students who may stay and work in Texas, and support regional workforce needs. SB 784 would strengthen a prior law allowing peace officers’ children to transfer between public school districts for safety reasons by requiring both districts’ approval, making clear that districts of innovation are not exempt, and prohibiting tuition charges. SB 1049 would require districts and open-enrollment charters to excuse students, at a parent’s request, for religious release-time instruction for up to one hour per day and five hours per week; witnesses said the program is constitutional, voluntary, and already operating in other states and some Texas districts. Each of these bills was left pending after testimony, with no public witnesses opposing them. SB 2942 would expand and adjust the state’s adult charter high school pilot program. Senator Creighton said the bill is intended to help the estimated 7 million Texas adults without a high school diploma by removing barriers to expansion, aligning legal protections with ISDs, changing TEA’s disapproval window for expansion amendments to a 30-day period after receipt, and updating funding to reflect part-year attendance. A committee substitute kept the upper enrollment age at 50 and removed a proposed testing change. Testimony from New Heights students and leadership described the program as life-changing, emphasizing that it combines diplomas with career credentials, childcare, transportation, and other supports to help adults stabilize their families and enter better-paying work. TEA witnesses explained the expansion process and said adult charter schools are overseen by the commissioner rather than the SBOE. The committee substitute was adopted, public testimony closed, and the bill was left pending. SB 2928 would set a uniform school start date for public school districts at the third Wednesday in August, while preserving existing district-of-innovation flexibility for current DOI districts and allowing year-round systems to continue. Senator Creighton argued the bill would reduce the patchwork created by DOI exemptions, support students and families, and preserve summer employment and tourism revenue. A committee substitute was adopted. Testimony came largely from tourism, hospitality, and recreation interests, including hotel, water park, zoo, chamber of commerce, and camp representatives, who said later start dates would extend the summer travel season, improve staffing and revenue, and give students more opportunities for summer jobs and camps. Several witnesses cited large economic impacts from tourism and said early school starts reduce August business. Some senators raised concerns about charter schools being excluded and about year-round calendars, but the bill was left pending after testimony.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Health Finance and Policy Committee 3/24/25

Health Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • He said it brought back a memory of the gymnastics team in the U.S.
  • <00:13:18.560> draws<00:13:18.959> back<00:13:19.160> a<00:13:19.320> memory
  • ><00:13:19.639> of<00:13:19.800> mine<00:13:20.040> to do um it draws back a memory
  • of mine to do um it draws back a memory of mine to the<00:13:20.639> to<00:13:20.839> the<
  • care like to add say beds to a memory care unit<00:57:58.440> or<00:57:58.599> they<00
NH
Transcript Highlights:
  • Next, the other one is the Guy Thompson Memorial Trust Fund.
  • <00:24:17.440> trust we call the Guy Thompson memorial trust we call the Guy Thompson memorial
  • The last one I don't have any laws on, but I will tell you it is the public employee memorial, and the
  • And it pays for their names to be added to the memorial, etc.
  • to be to be added to the memorial etc. to be to be added to the memorial etc.
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The Joint Committee on Dedicated Funds met to review the House budget provision that would impose a 5% administrative charge on a broad list of dedicated funds, with some exemptions. Members discussed the House approach versus the Senate’s more general approach of leaving the governor discretion over which funds could be charged. The chair explained the committee was hearing from agencies about any legal, contractual, or practical reasons their funds should be exempt, and the agenda was expanded to include several departments and written submissions from others. The Department of Education testified first, identifying several funds it said should be exempt: a printing revolving fund that is funded by transfers rather than fees; teacher certification, which is self-funded by educator licensing fees and would require an immediate fee increase if charged; a vending stand set-aside tied to the federal Randolph-Sheppard program and subject to federal approval and vendor committee procedures; and a public school infrastructure/safety account, where most revenue is transferred from the education trust fund or general fund rather than generated by fees. Members questioned the department about the effect on school safety projects and whether the fee would simply reduce the number of projects completed each year. The Veterans Home asked for exemptions for three funds: a donation benefit account used for recreational activities and quality-of-life expenses for residents, a small memorial trust fund whose interest supports veteran activities, and a resident member account that holds veterans’ personal income such as Social Security and pensions. The department argued the charge would reduce donations, cut services, and effectively function like an income tax on vulnerable veterans. The Banking Department also requested exemption for its consumer credit administration license fund, saying it is used to keep exam fees low and is expressly intended by statute to reduce costs on regulated businesses; it said the 5% charge would undermine that framework and could eventually force higher fees. The Department of Justice began testimony on its dedicated funds, starting with the medical legal investigative fund, which pays for death investigations and related services under statute and without general fund support. No votes or final actions were taken in the portion of the meeting provided; the committee mainly heard testimony and asked questions about the practical and legal effects of applying the administrative charge.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 4/3/25

Higher Education Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • One of my memories of Senator Thomason, when he wanted to be brief, he would always get up and just say
  • Just really quickly, if it's my memory, Representative Hill, the only money that's gone anywhere was
  • 50.360> my chair just really quickly so if it's my chair just really quickly so if it's my memory
  • > representative<00:08:52.080> Hill<00:08:52.399> that<00:08:52.880> the memory
  • uh representative Hill that the memory uh representative Hill that the only<00:08:53.200> money
Keywords: 1183, house
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • ward, and um her preference to die when she still had her memory intact.
  • ward, and um her preference to die when she still had her memory intact.
  • <01:03:43.680> ward, a memory ward, a memory ward, and<01:03:45.360> um<01:03:46.000
  • to die when she she she still<01:03:49.440> had<01:03:49.600> her<01:03:49.720> memory
  • still had her memory intact. still had her memory intact.
Summary: The Health Services Committee met with a quorum and took up House Bill 414 with a committee substitute. The bill, described by sponsors and supporters as a continuation of prior maternal-health legislation, was framed as a clarification of medical standards and an effort to improve care for women and families facing complicated pregnancies. Representative Tate, Representative Nemes, Adair Wushar of Kentucky Right to Life, and Dr. Jeff Goldberg of ACOG Kentucky all testified in support, saying the substitute was developed collaboratively to reduce confusion in the law and help physicians provide evidence-based care without fear of criminal penalties. Supporters said the committee substitute was intended to define what is not an abortion under Kentucky law and to spell out medical treatments for conditions such as miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, molar pregnancy, sepsis, hemorrhage, preeclampsia, premature rupture of membranes, and fetal demise. Dr. Goldberg said current statutes contain significant ambiguity and have created unintended barriers to treating pregnancy complications, including emergency situations, and he gave examples of patients who were delayed or harmed because physicians were uncertain about what the law allowed. Representative Nemes said the measure was the result of unusual cooperation among groups that do not usually agree and described it as a first step toward fixing a discrete problem. Representative Wilner raised concerns that the language could effectively require a patient to be in severe distress before treatment is clearly permitted and that it was too prescriptive about how physicians should manage miscarriages. In response, Dr. Goldberg and the sponsors said the substitute was not perfect, was meant as a short-term solution, and was designed to give doctors more confidence in providing routine, medically necessary care for pregnancy complications. The transcript indicates the committee substitute was adopted, but no final vote on the bill itself is shown in the excerpt.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Judiciary (03/11/2025)

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • And since the therapeutic cannabis has been, um, none in recent memory.
  • And since the therapeutic cannabis has been, um, none in recent memory.
  • And since the therapeutic cannabis has been, um, none in recent memory.
  • And since the therapeutic cannabis has been, um, none in recent memory.
  • And since the therapeutic cannabis has been, um, none in recent memory.
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Election Laws Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Joint Committee on Election Laws

Transcript Highlights:
  • If memory serves, then please do correct me if I'm wrong.
  • If memory serves, then please do correct me if I'm wrong.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The Committee on Election Laws held a hearing on election security bills, focusing first on S. 517 and H. 876, which would strengthen Massachusetts’ post-election audit process. Testimony from the Brennan Center, Common Cause Massachusetts, Verified Voting, and the League of Women Voters supported expanding audits to include all ballot types, increasing audit frequency from every four years to every two years, requiring statewide audit reports to be posted within 30 days and kept online for six years, and allowing municipalities to conduct audits under state standards. Witnesses also praised the bill’s creation of a work group to study risk-limiting audits and other improvements, emphasizing public confidence, transparency, and the ability of audits to detect errors or deter fraud. Committee members asked detailed questions about how Massachusetts compares with other states, how risk-limiting audits differ from current tabulation audits, how audits are selected and expanded if discrepancies appear, and what the costs and mechanics of different audit methods would be. Witnesses explained that current audits are typically random, hand-count-based checks of selected contests and batches of ballots, that risk-limiting audits use statistical sampling and can escalate to a full recount if needed, and that Massachusetts’ local-control structure makes a collaborative work group useful. They also noted that audits generally confirm results but can uncover errors that do not change outcomes, and occasionally more serious problems. The committee then heard testimony on H. 832, which would authorize the Secretary of the Commonwealth to take emergency actions affecting elections during declared emergencies. Supporters said the bill would create a clear statutory process for rescheduling or adjusting elections during severe weather or other crises, including allowing emergency absentee ballot accommodations for civilian responders, and would reduce the need for court intervention. No votes were taken on the bills during the hearing, and the meeting ended with adjournment after no additional testimony was offered.
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, April 28, 2026)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • by the people of the United Kingdom to symbolize our shared resolve, in support of liberty and in memory
  • by the people of the United Kingdom to symbolize our shared resolve, in support of liberty and in memory
AR

Arkansas 2026 1st Special Session

HOUSE CONVENES Apr 23rd, 2026

Arkansas All Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • They defeated their opponent 31 to 14 at War Memorial Stadium.
  • They defeated their opponent 31 to 14 at War Memorial Stadium, and one interesting fact about that: they
Summary: The House convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, established a quorum, and approved leave requests and the previous day’s journal. The chamber received a governor’s communication listing several fiscal-session measures that had been signed into law, and members recognized a number of guests, including law enforcement officers, medical staff, and several championship athletic teams and Special Olympics participant Justin Tate. Representative Dolly Henley also made a personal explanation regarding her request to vote no on House Bill 1098, apologizing for any confusion. On the red and yellow calendars, the House passed Senate Bill 1, the Arkansas Senate appropriation for fiscal year 2026-2027, by a large margin and then considered a series of appropriation and reappropriation bills in batches. Amendment 1 to House Bill 1034, concerning the Treasury Office of State Appropriation and a 10% salary increase for the Secretary of State, was rejected. Several bills passed, including House Bill 1020, House Bill 1041, House Bill 1098, Senate Bills 2, 14, 26, 68, 69, 72, and 74, along with multiple batched general appropriation and reappropriation measures. House Bill 1023 and House Bill 1053 failed on final passage. Members also discussed the scope of certain appropriations, including questions about whether funds allowed disproportionate staff raises and whether a workforce-services reappropriation would centralize services in Little Rock; the sponsor said the bills did not do those things. After completing the calendar, Representative Meeks moved to adjourn until 3:00 p.m. Monday, and the motion carried. The House announced that House Management would meet 15 minutes after adjournment on Monday and that the deadline for submitting resolutions was that day.
AR

Arkansas 2026 1st Special Session

HOUSE CONVENES Apr 23rd, 2026

Arkansas All Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • They defeated their opponent 31 to 14 at War Memorial Stadium. Championship.
  • They defeated their opponent 31 to 14 at War Memorial Stadium, and one interesting fact about that, they
Keywords: 1204, all
AR

Arkansas 2026 Regular Session

HOUSE CONVENES Apr 23rd, 2026

Arkansas All Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • They defeated their opponent 31 to 14 at War Memorial Stadium.
  • They defeated their opponent 31 to 14 at War Memorial Stadium, and one interesting fact about that: they
Summary: The House convened with a prayer and pledge, established a quorum, approved leave requests, dispensed with the prior journal, and received a governor’s communication listing several fiscal-session bills that had been signed into law. The chamber also adopted a consent calendar of resolutions and recognized multiple guests, including law enforcement officers, a doctor and nurse, a House staff member celebrating her 80th birthday, and several student athletic teams and Special Olympics participants. During the floor session, members heard a personal privilege statement from Representative Dolly Henley apologizing for any confusion about her request to vote no on House Bill 1098. The House then took up appropriations and related budget measures. Senate Bill 1, the Arkansas Senate appropriation, passed 90-1 with the emergency clause. An amendment to House Bill 1034 concerning the Secretary of State’s appropriation was rejected. The House passed a batch of general appropriation bills, then separately passed House Bill 1020, House Bill 1041, House Bill 1098, Senate Bill 2, Senate Bill 14, Senate Bill 26, Senate Bill 68, Senate Bill 69, and Senate Bill 72. House Bill 1023 and House Bill 1053 failed. Several bills were pulled from batches for separate votes at members’ requests, and the chamber repeatedly noted that some measures contained no appropriation increase while others reflected pay-plan, security, performance-fund, or capital-project adjustments. Senate Bill 69 was described as a supplemental for a University of Arkansas food science building without drawing on general revenue. Most measures passed with strong margins, though House Bill 1023 and House Bill 1053 failed. The House then adopted a motion to adjourn until 3 p.m. Monday, and committee announcements noted House Management would meet 15 minutes after adjournment and that the deadline for submitting resolutions was that day.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
  • Madam Witt, members, House Bill 2079 authorizes a memorial for Arizona journalist Don Bolles to be placed
  • Madam Witt members, House Bill 279 authorizes a memorial for Arizona journalist Don Bowles to be placed
Keywords: 1182, all
Summary: The meeting was a caucus-style review of two packets of bills, with staff reading summaries and members briefly explaining several measures. Topics included appropriations for pregnancy resource centers, home- and community-based services for the elderly and people with disabilities, veteran specialty courts, child care grants and infrastructure, language acquisition services for deaf or hard-of-hearing infants and toddlers, ambulance service regulation, short-term rental rules, tourism improvement areas, manufactured home installer licensure, CPR/AED training in schools, veterans’ park fee exemptions, and multiple child welfare and family-court bills. Several Senate bills were also reviewed, including optometry standards, behavior analyst licensure transfer, virtual mental health hearings, and assisted-living residency rules. Members speaking for bills emphasized themes such as supporting aging in place, improving rural ambulance access and reporting, protecting children in DCS cases, preventing poverty alone from being treated as neglect, and expanding access to health screenings and services. Other sponsors described measures to help veterans, strengthen school safety, and create local funding or improvement mechanisms for tourism and child care. Some bills were described as technical or administrative changes, such as post-nuptial agreement rules, tax lien procedures, and local government contract posting requirements. No formal votes were taken in the transcript excerpt, but many bills were noted as being on the consent calendar or third-read consent calendar, while a few had been removed from consent or were not yet on a calendar. The meeting concluded after the final bill on the second packet, HB 4025, was summarized as creating a study committee on gasoline and petroleum refinery feasibility.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/11/2026 - Senate Judiciary and Elections

Judiciary and Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • July to the Tuesday before the last Monday in May, which in plain English is the Tuesday before Memorial
  • The way that it is right now, which is the Tuesday before Memorial Day, your filing window in 20 is going
Summary: The Judiciary and Elections Committee met with a hard stop at 4:30 and approved the February 4, 2026 minutes. The chair announced several bills would be held for a later supplemental meeting, then took up SB 1426, the “squatter” bill. The bill was described as changing forcible detainer rules for unauthorized occupants and requiring immediate writs of restitution after judgment. Testimony from the Arizona Association of Chiefs of Police and the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office supported the measure as a practical, collaborative response to unlawful occupancy. SB 1426 received a do-pass recommendation on a 7-0 vote. The committee next considered SB 1687, a strike-everything amendment moving the primary election date from late July to the Tuesday before Memorial Day starting in 2027. The sponsor said the goal was to give more time between the primary and general elections and align Arizona more closely with other states. County election officials testified in neutral, saying they generally supported more time but flagged several issues, including filing deadlines, consolidated election dates, polling place availability, redistricting timelines, signature calculations, and possible conflicts with presidential preference elections. The amended bill passed 4-3, with concerns raised about clean elections qualification periods and state versus local control over elections. The committee then approved SB 1110, which creates a home confinement program for certain nonviolent inmates, with GPS monitoring, eligibility limits, and a 50-to-1 inmate-to-officer ratio. Supporters said it would help families, reduce recidivism, and save money; an opponent criticized the retroactive effective date and questioned funding and monitoring capacity. SB 1110 received a do-pass recommendation on a 5-1 vote. SB 1275, which allows courts to consider PTSD and related service-connected conditions when sentencing certain veterans and first responders, drew support from the sponsor and advocates but opposition from county officials who argued it would undermine mandatory sentencing and victims’ rights; it passed 7-0. Finally, the committee heard SB 1140, as amended, which allows expungement of eligible misdemeanor records after a waiting period, with exclusions for serious offenses and special rules for shoplifting and peace officer employment. Supporters, including a formerly incarcerated advocate and a retired police chief working on anti-trafficking issues, said expungement would improve employment and stability and give people a real second chance. The committee adopted the amendment and then passed SB 1140 as amended on a 7-0 vote before adjourning.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security Dec 2nd, 2025

Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security

Transcript Highlights:
  • I wonder if a Florida legislature having a memorial going to Congress would be something that you could
  • Yeah, we can do a memorial. We do it every year for our National Guard.
Summary: The committee heard two presentations on domestic security. Deputy Commissioner David Binder of FDLE described the state’s domestic security structure, including FDLE’s coordination role, the fusion center system, regional task forces, and private-sector infrastructure partnerships. He emphasized the Domestic Security Oversight Council’s grant-ranking process and warned that federal homeland security funding has dropped sharply over time, with possible future cuts threatening fusion center analysts and other capabilities. Binder also focused on emerging threats, especially drones and counter-UAS issues, noting current legal limits on mitigation authority, concerns about tethered drones and drone use near correctional facilities and military sites, and the need for a turnkey solution if state or federal authority expands. He also highlighted FDLE’s cataloging of critical infrastructure sites through Florida Kicker and the growth of trusted private partners. Director Dave Kerner of the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles then outlined the Florida Highway Patrol’s role in domestic security. He paid tribute to a fallen sergeant and discussed FHP’s structure, criminal interdiction work, border integrity and trafficking enforcement, dispatch and communications, aviation and drone use, and immigration enforcement under 287(g). Kerner said troopers have seized large amounts of narcotics and currency this year and have arrested thousands of unlawful immigrants. He also described FHP’s involvement in operations such as Lone Star, Vigilant Sentry, and Faithful Service, and said the agency is working toward expanded counter-UAS authority through federal discussions and Sergeant Dooley’s testimony. Members expressed support for both agencies, discussed the dangers and potential benefits of drones, and the committee adjourned without objection after no public testimony was offered.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Feb 12th, 2025

Alabama Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Whereas she is left to cherish her John, and whereas left to cherish her memory are her brother, Ronnie
  • Her memory will remain a source of inspiration and a reminder of her warmth, dedication, and enduring
MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • Not just in memory, but as a reminder of what Melissa would always say: to put our heads down and do
  • memories, when talked about on the House floor, were going to be traumatizing to him. in the corner
  • And many of you have also attended the yearly memorial right out on the Capitol lawn to honor them.
  • as a child was these feelings memories as a child was these feelings and<03:36:39.760> hearing
  • She practices active shooter drills, hiding from danger as her memory relays past gun threats on that
Keywords: 919, house, all
Summary: The House took up a motion to suspend the rules so House File 5140 could be recalled from committee, given second and third readings, and placed on passage. Representative Long and Representative Greenman argued the bill was an urgent, comprehensive gun violence prevention package that had already passed the Senate and should be acted on immediately in response to recent shootings, including Annunciation School, Burnsville, and Accent Signage. They said families, students, survivors, doctors, and community members had been pressing legislators to act, and Greenman described the bill as including mental health, intervention, anonymous threat reporting, bans on weapons of war, ghost guns, and binary triggers. Representative Heintzeman opposed the urgency motion and focused on specific bill language, arguing that parts of the proposal were unclear or overly broad. He questioned whether the language on protruding grips would effectively ban all handguns, whether the penalties section could turn lawful gun owners into felons for possessing multiple noncompliant items, and whether the firearms assembly language could criminalize routine cleaning and reassembly of guns. He said these issues should have been addressed in committee and argued members needed clearer answers before voting on urgency. Greenman responded that the language was intended to target additional protruding grips, not ordinary handgun grips, and said she was willing to adopt an amendment to clarify that point. On the penalties and assembly questions, she said the bill was aimed at certifying existing weapons, banning ghost guns, and preventing harm, and repeatedly urged members to vote for the urgency motion so the full bill could be considered. The exchange remained focused on the motion to suspend the rules and on the substance of the gun violence prevention package; no final vote or other action is shown in the transcript excerpt.