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• Under a Trump executive order, the Bureau of Reclamation is releasing too much of Shasta's cold water
• Under a Trump executive order, the Bureau of Reclamation is releasing too much of Shasta's cold water
• Whiteman, Executive Director of California Ocean Science Trust. Dr.
• Last call for the good of the order. All right.
• Last call for the good of the order. All right.

Committee: House Joint Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture

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• order from the governor.
• And that was part of an executive order. Okay. So, I mean, but what does that change?
• I know why you're doing this because we passed laws and the governor issued an executive order, so you
• order, so you have to do it.
• Yes. ...know you see the bottom line there also says ordered in through FINS.

Summary: The Joint Committee on Aging, Children, and Youth first approved the February 11 minutes and then reviewed a DCFS policy manual update from Director Tiffany Wright. The rule changes were described as largely terminology and compliance updates to align with new laws, an executive order, and current practice, including moving internal procedures out of the public manual and into DCFS’s internal procedure manual. Members asked whether the changes altered practice or just wording, and Wright said they were mainly procedural and vernacular updates, such as changing terms like “protection plan” to “immediate safety plan” and “safety factor” to “safety threat.” The committee then reviewed and accepted the rule without objection. Wright also presented DCFS performance data for the third quarter of FY 2026, including hotline reports, investigations, foster care, in-home services, permanency, and adoption measures. She noted staffing shortages in some counties, lower timeliness in completing maltreatment reports, and efforts to support those areas with central office staff and daily calls. Members asked about neglect trends, sexual abuse/exploitation categories, behavioral issues, and workforce recruitment and retention. Wright said DCFS is expanding hiring support, outreach, retention efforts, trauma support through UAMS, and a new staff training model beginning July 1. She also presented the biannual overturned investigations report, which tracks hotline calls, true findings, appeals, and reversals by county, and answered questions about comparing it with prior years. Major Jeff Drew of the Crimes Against Children Division presented the 2025 annual report, saying the hotline received 67,987 calls and 37,986 were accepted for investigation, with 6,539 CACD investigations assigned and a 28% substantiation rate. He described hotline operator training, including a four-week program with policy review, scenarios, recorded calls, live call monitoring, and evidence-chain and decision-making instruction. He said the starting salary for hotline operators is $43,888 plus benefits and would check on comparisons with other states. Elizabeth Pooley of the Children’s Advocacy Centers of Arkansas reported that the state’s 29 CACs and 64 multidisciplinary teams served 13,568 children and families in 2025, up about 3,000 from the prior year, and hosted 259 trainings. Members asked about funding, and she said state funding is the same for each center at roughly $70,000 to $75,000, supplemented by federal and community support, with work underway on Arkansas-specific best practices. The meeting ended after a brief unrelated question about Meals on Wheels and a Project Zero adoption event announcement.

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• Will the Senate please come to order. Madam Clerk, please call the roll. Senator Awana: Here.
• So ordered. Standing Committee Report No. 3852 for adoption. Senator Wakai: Mr.
• So ordered. Further discussion? If not, do we have unanimous consent? Any reservations?
• </c><00:04:18.920><c> So</c><00:04:19.200><c> ordered.</c> Claire Tamamoto. Thank you. So ordered.
• So ordered. Further<00:04:20.160><c> discussion?</c> Further discussion? Further discussion?

Bills: SCR47 , SCR21 , SCR163 , SCR169 , SCR170 , SCR50 , SCR75 , SCR149 , HCR83 , HCR111 , HCR110 , HCR122 , HCR118 , HCR61 , HCR162 , HCR36 , HCR19 , HCR106 , HCR14 , HCR178 , SB3022 , SB3102 , SB3144

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• All right, let's call the meeting to order.
• So we'll call it to order, and we'll do a roll call for the members present. Jeff Anderson.
• It's a Prast, and we will move into executive session. Are we staying here? Back there. Okay.
• I will now entertain a motion to go back into executive session to talk about...
• I'd like to entertain a motion to come out of executive session. A motion and a second.

Summary: The meeting was called to order after the chair announced compliance with the Open Meeting Act and confirmed a quorum. Members then voted to enter executive session under 25 O.S. 307(B)(1) to discuss personnel matters involving salaried positions. After returning to open session, the body voted to accept Kyla’s resignation and end the severance package. The group then went back into executive session to discuss additional agenda items, later returning to open session and voting to withdraw the request for RIFs. Members also discussed re-engaging 9-29 to help sort out next interim steps and develop a long-term plan. It was noted that 9-29 already has a state contract, and a statement of work had been requested. The body voted to approve re-engaging 9-29 and authorized the chair to work with Melissa to finalize the statement of work, with the draft to be shared for feedback before completion. The meeting concluded with expressions of thanks and adjournment.

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• Executive orders to try to protect landscapes that are cherished by New Mexicans.
• Seeing no objection, it is so ordered. Very good.
• Seeing none, then it is so ordered. Order.
• So ordered. Thank you very much for the presentation.
• I really like the way this order is going.

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• </c><01:02:13.839><c> to</c> you can support the bill in order to you can support the bill in order to
• Do I have a motion to leave executive session?
• Oppose on or out of executive... The committee went into executive session and counted to 10.
• We are out of executive session, and we will adjourn for the day. executive session second second all

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

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• [Music] The Senate will come to order. Senator Miller, I impose a call. The Senate is under call.
• We will begin on the Senate agenda today with the second order of business, executive and official communications
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• The next order of business is the fifth order of business, reports of committees.
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• Following President Trump's flurry of executive orders to Secure our domestic energy production, my colleagues
• order.
• This is an assault on every DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION WITH AN EXECUTIVE ORDER.
• We need to rise up and oppose This blatantly unconstitutional executive order.
• The Speaker: The House will come to order. The House will come to order.

Bills: HR776 , HR43 , HR226 , HR42 , HR835

Keywords: Coptic Christians, human rights, Egypt, religious freedom, US-Egypt relations, minority rights, violence prevention, inauguration, Congress, House attendance, ceremony, legislative session, inaugural ceremony, House of Representatives, President, Vice President, adjournment, aviation, transportation, centennial

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• legislative appropriations request for the Commission on State Emergency Communications will come to order
• legislative appropriations request for the Commission on State Emergency Communications will come to order
• At this time, I invite Kate Blifford, Executive Director for the Commission on State Emergency Communications
• I was recently selected by the committee to serve as the executive director of the agency and started
• And finally, on the next slide, the final exceptional item request relates to the executive director

Summary: The joint budget hearing focused on the Commission on State Emergency Communications (CSEC) and its legislative appropriations request for the 2028–2029 biennium. Executive Director Kate Blifford, newly appointed to the role, described CSEC’s responsibilities for administering the statewide 911 program and poison control network, including grant distribution, policy oversight, and coordination with regional planning commissions and poison centers. She noted the agency has 26 FTEs and that its programs support emergency communications across the state, including millions of 911 calls and about 400,000 poison control calls annually. Blifford explained that CSEC’s funding comes largely from fee-based dedicated accounts, but declining fee revenue has made General Revenue support increasingly necessary. She said the legislature’s prior General Revenue appropriation helped stabilize the system and that continued support will likely be needed. CSEC’s baseline request for the biennium was $130.18 million, with two exceptional items: $7.4 million in General Revenue for computer-aided dispatch software to support next-generation 911 capabilities, and $2.4 million for an emergency notification system. The agency also requested moving the executive director salary group to Group 5 in line with a State Auditor recommendation. Members of the panel asked about the effectiveness of General Revenue support, potential rider changes, and whether the agency needed clarifying language on the use of equalization surcharge funds. Blifford said the additional General Revenue had been helpful and agreed to provide more detail on possible rider revisions. No public testimony was offered, and the hearing concluded without any vote or formal action.

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• And for cash, the surplus, their proposal included $269,612,662 obligated in cash in the executive HB
• So we reduced some P1 in some cases from the governor's executive, and we redirected that money.
• From the governor's executive, and we redirected that money.
• So for HB 3, today I'm going to make a motion that we make HB 3 special order number three on Thursday
• So the motion is to make HB 3 special order.

Summary: The House Ways and Means Committee met on April 13, 2026, with a quorum present and began by reviewing House Bill 2, the comprehensive capital outlay budget. The committee adopted amendment set 3575, including a technical correction, and heard the chairman explain how the proposal reallocates limited surplus and bonding capacity by trimming some P1 requests, redirecting dormant projects, and creating project bundles for certain university and DOTD projects to allow funds to move more flexibly between projects. He said the approach was intended to reduce waste, improve efficiency, and allow agencies to manage overruns and underruns within bundled projects. The committee then reported HB 2 favorably as amended without objection. The committee next took up House Bill 3, the Omnibus Bond Act, which was described as the financing measure that implements and funds the capital outlay program authorized in HB 2 by repealing prior bond authorizations and authorizing new general obligation bonds through the State Bond Commission. Members voted to report HB 3 favorably without objection. The committee also adopted a motion to make HB 3 special order number three for Thursday, April 16, 2026, so it could be heard with the other money bills. The meeting concluded with a motion to adjourn.

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• The Committee on Financial Institutions will come to order. Please call the roll. Chair Owen: Here.
• We will now go into executive session. I have moved that House Bill 2116 be voted do pass.
• With that, we will go out of the executive session and into public hearing.
• The act also outlines orders of judgment.
• Provisions of this act relating to the attachment of execution...

Committee: House Financial Institutions

Summary: The committee first met in executive session on House Bill 2116, which drew comments about children’s education and an amendment offered by Representative Hinman. Hinman explained the amendment would phase out the Missouri tax subtraction for contributions to non-Missouri 529 plans for new users beginning January 1, 2027, while allowing existing users to continue. The committee adopted the amendment, rolled it into a substitute, and then voted the House Committee substitute do pass by a vote of 11 yeas, 3 nays, and 1 present. Hinman also noted concerns from the investment community about the absence of an advisor-sold 529 option and urged the department to work toward restoring it. In public hearing, Representative Lane Roberts presented House Bill 1870, a garnishment and exemption update that would modernize long-outdated exemption amounts, tie some amounts to CPI adjustments, increase the homestead exemption, and create new procedures for garnishment of financial institution account funds. The Missouri Bankers Association supported the bill, saying it was the product of extensive work with stakeholders and would improve efficiency and reduce legal risk for banks, while also protecting debtors’ rights. Questions focused on joint accounts, business accounts, and notice to account holders; a private attorney speaking in opposition argued the bill could improperly shift burdens onto non-debtor account holders and raised concerns about tenancy by the entirety, corporate accounts, and equitable garnishment. Representative Castile then presented House Bill 2586, which would lower the minimum credit union membership share from $25 to $1 and allow credit union board and committee meetings and voting by electronic means. The Missouri Credit Union Association supported the bill, saying it would improve access for members who need the $25 and help boards meet despite weather or distance, while also aligning state law more closely with federal practice. Finally, Representative Oehlerking presented House Bill 3107, the “Safe Harbor” bill, which would shield financial institutions from civil liability under state law when they act in good faith reliance on written guidance from regulators, while excluding fraud, intentional misconduct, willful wrongdoing, and gross negligence. Credit union and banking representatives supported the measure as a defense against costly litigation based on compliance with required forms and guidance, while an opposing attorney argued the bill relied on nonpublic agency guidance, raised separation-of-powers concerns, and could leave consumers without recourse; witnesses also discussed possible examples such as overdraft fee litigation and the need for any guidance to be public and reviewable.

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• The Committee on Veterans and Armed Forces has not come to order.
• It's the newest executive department of Missouri.
• order.
• They're agents of the executive.
• But this frees up the process from the governor's office to have to come give a direct executive order

Committee: House Veterans and Armed Forces

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• I'm going to close the executive session for HB 371 and open the executive session for HB 371, relative

Summary: The Solid Waste Subcommittee met to discuss proposed amendments to HB 171 and HB 215. For HB 171, Representative Gerna outlined technical changes to a landfill moratorium bill: DES would be allowed to accept applications only to review them for completeness, a notwithstanding clause would override automatic approval timing rules, the word “fully” would be removed, and an unnecessary reference to perennial water bodies would be deleted. Members raised concern about whether applications deemed complete during the moratorium would still have to comply with later changes in law or rule. Director Mike Whap of DES said applicants would likely need to amend applications if policy changes occurred, and suggested the bill could explicitly state that later changes apply to pending applications. The subcommittee generally supported the revised language and agreed the amended bill could go directly to executive session, though one member said the underlying legislation was ill-advised but preferred the amended version over the original. The committee then turned to HB 215, which would create a two-stage landfill siting review centered on a “net public benefit” determination before full technical review. Representative Gerna explained that the amendment would define net public benefit, require an independent third-party assessment paid for by the applicant, and set up a process for selecting the contractor from a list submitted by the applicant, with DES and the host community involved and the commissioner choosing if no agreement is reached within 60 days. Members asked how “host community” would be defined; DES said it would generally mean the municipal governing body, though that body could appoint others. The amendment also broadened the factors considered in both harms and benefits, including human health, property values, tourism, recreation, wildlife, local economic benefits, and infrastructure improvements. The discussion also added a provision directing DES to consult with the Department of Transportation, the Department of Business and Economic Affairs, and the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources as needed when reviewing the third-party assessment. Director Whap said interdepartmental consultation is normal and that DES would likely adopt rules to guide the process. Members questioned whether the new framework would be too vague or burdensome for applicants, but Whap said it would not be designed to stack the deck against applicants and that the process should provide clearer, more balanced criteria. No votes were taken during the meeting, and the subcommittee appeared to continue refining the amendment language before further action.

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• The Committee on Rules will now come to order. Cindy, please call the roll. Chair Passidomo? Here.
• My remarks will be limited to the executive branch's legal position on redistricting.
• Prada has used liberally, in order to win the theory of your case.
• No court has ordered new maps. No census has been taken.
• an order, and this is the direction that we're going in.

Committee: Senate Rules

Summary: The Committee on Rules met with a quorum and heard a Governor’s Office presentation on a proposed congressional reapportionment map. The governor’s counsel argued that mid-cycle congressional redistricting is legally permissible, that race should not be considered at all in drawing districts, and that the Florida Fair Districts provisions are inconsistent with federal equal protection law and should be treated as non-severable. The presentation also discussed the pending U.S. Supreme Court case Louisiana v. Callais and the Florida Supreme Court’s Black Voters Matter decision as part of the legal rationale for the map. Jason Parada, who said he drew the map alone, described the map as based on 2020 census block data, with county-level population estimates used only as a guide to identify faster-growing areas. He said the plan keeps 48 counties and 382 municipalities whole, has compactness scores similar to the current benchmark map, and uses traditional geographic and political boundaries such as roads, railways, county lines, and municipal lines. He walked through regional changes, emphasizing a race-neutral redesign that significantly altered South Florida, including changes to districts in Palm Beach, Broward, Miami-Dade, and the Everglades, while leaving several northern districts largely unchanged. Members questioned the witnesses extensively about the legal theory, the use of partisan data, the role of race, population growth, and the timing and review of the map. The witnesses said partisan data was considered along with other traditional redistricting criteria, but race was not used. They also said they could not speak to who else reviewed the map beyond EOG staff and counsel. Several senators raised concerns about the map’s compactness, county and city splits, the apparent partisan effects, and the fact that the map was released shortly before the special session. No vote or final action on the map was taken during the portion of the meeting provided.

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• I'll now pass it over to the Executive Analyst, Joshua Martinez.
• I'm the Executive Budget Analyst for our LFC Dean.
• The executive felt that...
• It was actually the executive that recommended to increase fees.
• Stone for any comments on the executive recommendation. **Mr.

Committee: House House Appropriations & Finance

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• Since January, over 100 executive orders have been issued that threaten the arts and humanities, targeting
• I mean, we have some executive orders, but, you know, the language of being patriotic, looking at American
• orders.
• orders.
• orders and current economic pressures.

Summary: The joint informational hearing focused on how recent federal actions are affecting arts, culture, humanities, libraries, museums, and the creative economy in California. Chair Ben Allen and Vice Chair Chris Ward opened by describing the hearing as a response to proposed and ongoing federal cuts to the NEA, NEH, IMLS, and public broadcasting, as well as grant terminations and leadership changes at cultural institutions. Several members emphasized the economic and civic importance of the arts, while one Republican member argued for greater ideological diversity in the arts and noted the loss of music programs in small schools. Testimony from Aaron Harky of Americans for the Arts and Jolie Fisher of SAG-AFTRA described the impact of federal policy on grants, jobs, and production. Harky said executive orders and the FY 2026 budget proposal threaten arts agencies and arts education, and that rescinded grants are causing hiring freezes, shutdowns, and losses for small organizations, especially in rural and underserved communities. Fisher focused on runaway film and television production, outdated tax rules, and the need for federal incentives, intellectual property protections, and action on AI and digital replicas. Members also discussed bipartisan support, the role of business and tourism partners, and the need to include more diverse voices in arts advocacy. The second panel featured Rick Noguchi of California Humanities, Greg Lucas of the State Library, and Danielle Purcell of the California Arts Council. Noguchi said NEH funding was cut immediately, putting California Humanities’ grantmaking and documentary programs at risk and prompting consideration of litigation and possible state support. Lucas reported that IMLS funding for California libraries was briefly canceled but partly restored, though a budget gap remains. Purcell said the California Arts Council is still awaiting federal award language for state partnership funds, but NEA grant terminations and the proposed elimination of federal cultural agencies create major uncertainty; she also said the council is assessing the damage and tracking impacts on grantees. Members asked about measuring outcomes, AI’s threat to creative work, documentary funding losses, and possible state and national strategies to protect cultural institutions and jobs.

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• Since January, over 100 executive orders have been issued that threatened the arts and humanities, targeting
• I mean, we have some executive orders, but, you know, the language of being patriotic, Some executive
• orders.
• orders and current economic pressures.
• I am the executive director of the Stanislaus Arts Council.

Summary: The joint informational hearing focused on how federal actions are affecting arts, culture, humanities, libraries, museums, and creative industries in California. Chair Ben Allen, Vice Chair Chris Ward, and other members described the moment as a crisis, citing proposed or implemented cuts to the NEA, NEH, and IMLS, grant terminations, leadership removals, and budget proposals to zero out major cultural agencies. Members emphasized that arts and humanities are both culturally essential and economically significant, and they framed the hearing as a chance to hear impacts on the ground and consider state and federal responses. Testimony from Aaron Harky of Americans for the Arts and Jolie Fisher of SAG-AFTRA highlighted the scale of the problem. Harky said federal rescissions and policy changes are causing immediate financial harm, forcing hiring freezes, program cancellations, and emergency fundraising, while disproportionately hurting rural, immigrant, elder, and small community organizations. She noted California’s creative economy generates hundreds of billions of dollars and urged support for restoring state arts funding, museum grants, and legislation such as SB 456 and AB 3149, along with federal measures like the Charitable Act and Performing Arts Tax Parity Act. Fisher focused on film and television production, saying runaway production, outdated tax rules, and weak federal IP protections are harming workers and local businesses; she urged federal production incentives, tax parity for performers, and stronger protections against AI misuse of artists’ voices and likenesses. State agency leaders Rick Noguchi of California Humanities, Greg Lucas of the State Library, and Danielle Purcell of the California Arts Council described direct impacts from federal funding disruptions. Noguchi said California Humanities lost NEH support immediately, putting grants and documentary projects at risk and prompting possible litigation and appeals. Lucas said the State Library initially faced a major IMLS funding loss but has since had part of the money restored, though still with a reduced amount that will limit local assistance. Purcell said the California Arts Council is assessing terminated grants and fielding urgent calls from grantees, while continuing to distribute state arts funds and track the damage. Members asked about bipartisan support, business coalition-building, economic measurement, AI threats to creative work, and the implications of federal leadership changes; no votes were taken, but the hearing ended with calls for continued advocacy, legal action, and possible state investment to stabilize the sector.

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• </c><00:55:56.640><c> office</c> to replace it with the executive office to replace it with the executive
• Um, we noted that the president did sign an executive order in December 2025 directing the U.S. attorney
• Um, we noted that the president did sign an executive order in December 2025 directing the U.S. attorney
• </c><01:57:12.880><c> but</c> if I may for the it's out of order but if I may for the it's out of order

Summary: The joint hearing opened with House Bill 1969, which would provide state funding for colorectal cancer screenings for uninsured and underinsured residents. The Department of Human Services said it supports the goal of early screening but would need new administrative capacity, including a program manager and claim pre-screening, to run the program. The Department of Health supported the measure and cited low screening rates in Hawaii, noting an educational campaign to encourage screening. The Insurance Division raised concerns about reliance on federal FAQs, warning that guidance can change and may create state cost exposure. Supporters including the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network and the Hawaii Medical Association argued the bill would close a preventive-care gap, reduce late-stage diagnoses, and save long-term costs; the committee also discussed implementation costs, estimated by DHS at roughly $1.4 million to $2 million annually plus administrative expenses, and a 6-month to 1-year timeline to establish the program. The committee then took up House Bill 1965, which would require health carriers to spend at least 6% of total medical expenditures on primary care providers. The Insurance Division said several provisions raise technical and legal concerns, including the premium freeze, the medical loss ratio language, the lack of an existing external review process for downcoding claims, and a new mandate for medically necessary inter-island transportation that could trigger an ACA defrayal. The Department of Human Services supported the intent but suggested broader language to include primary care supports and services, and noted that QUEST integration plans already invested at least 9% of total medical expenditures in primary care in 2024, with additional spending on supports and low-value care reductions. State health planning officials strongly supported the bill as an investment in primary care, saying it could improve outcomes and lower long-term costs, though they acknowledged a possible temporary premium increase during the transition. Testimony in support emphasized Hawaii’s physician shortage, especially on Maui, the Big Island, and other neighbor islands, and warned that clinics are under financial strain and may close without higher primary care reimbursement. The Hawaii Healthcare Task Force, AARP Hawaii, and other supporters said the bill would help retain providers, improve access for Medicare and Medicaid patients, and prevent downstream costs from emergency room use and avoidable hospitalizations. No votes or final committee action were taken in the portion of the hearing provided.

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• So we're able to make use of that in order to remove the dam.
• So we're able to make use of that in order to remove the dam.
• Buckley, Executive Director, Judicial Council. >> Okay.
• We did part-time executive assistant.
• </c><00:35:45.920><c> director</c> lottery commission is executive director lottery commission is executive

Summary: The Joint Fiscal Committee met on March 20, 2026, approved the minutes, and adopted the consent calendar after removing two items for separate discussion: FIS 26048 from the Department of Safety and FIS 26053 from the Department of Environmental Services. The committee then adopted both of those items after brief questioning. Safety explained that a $2 million transfer would reduce its lapse, though it still expected a lapse of just under $4 million. Members, especially Senator Gray, emphasized concern about lapses and the need to track them closely given prior-year shortfalls. On the Environmental Services item, members discussed the Heavy Falls dam removal. The commissioner said the dam is old, not grounded in bedrock, and does not meet current safety standards, so removal was the practical option because replacement funding was unavailable. He said the aquatic resource mitigation fund and Army Corps of Engineers support made the removal feasible, and that the town had been involved in discussions for years. The committee adopted the item. The committee also adopted a Department of Transportation item, with staff noting high snowfall and a roughly 25% vacancy rate but saying contractors and bonus incentives had allowed plowing operations to continue. A Judicial Council item was then adopted, with the director saying it would likely be his last appearance this fiscal year. The committee next reviewed information materials on YDC claims administration, where DOJ staff said current spending would leave about a $10 million buffer into the next fiscal year and described reduced staffing and ongoing claims work; no action was taken. The committee then heard audit presentations for the Liquor Commission and Lottery Commission. The Liquor Commission audit reported seven findings, including a material weakness on reconciliations, issues with NextGen data/reporting, gift and promotional card controls, procurement and leasing practices, and one nonconcurrence on whether certain purchases were exempt from bidding requirements; members discussed whether attorney general review or legislation might be needed. The commission said it had completed a year-end reconciliation and was about 70% reconciled through February. The Lottery Commission audit reported three internal control comments, all concurred with by the lottery, focused on written procedures, filling the controller position, annual risk assessments, disaster recovery testing, user access controls, and training compliance; the lottery said it was hiring to reduce reliance on one employee and had no unresolved findings. The committee took no vote on the audit materials and adjourned after setting the next meeting for April 17 at 11:00 a.m.

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• All right, the order that we are going to proceed.
• The Committee on Government is called back to order.
• That can only be done by Congress through the way of a treaty or the president under an executive order
• Process and order in the legislature mean a great deal to me.
• The order of the building more than anything.

Committees: House Government , House House Government Committee of Reference