Video & Transcript Research : 'interjurisdictional compact'
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KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Standing Committee on Licensing, Occupations, and Administrative Regulations.(2-25-26)
Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, on, as the chairman said, on this compact and the two other compacts that we've taken up today, I
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The compacts. Ours is no different. The compacts. Ours is no different. - <00:09:41.360>
that compact and the two other compacts that compact and the two other compacts - This is her compact.
- Let's do our third compact. >> Thank you. Let's do our third compact.
Keywords:
0:02 ROLL CALL
1:44 SB 145 DISCUSSION
5:15 SB 145 VOTE
6:50 HB 36 DISCUSSION
9:15 HB 36 VOTE
10:45 HB 92 DISCUSSION
13:22 HB 92 VOTE
14:30 HB 628 DISCUSSION
16:30 HB 628 VOTE
17:50 HB 245 DISCUSSION
19:20 HB 245 VOTE
20:45 HB 584 DISCUSSION
25:23 HB 584 VOTE
27:55 ADJOURNMENT, 958, all
Summary:
The committee met with a quorum and first took up Senate Bill 145, which updates Kentucky’s laws governing caterers’ licenses and related ABC regulations. Senator Julie Rocky Adams explained that the bill clarifies where and how licensed caterers may sell and serve alcohol, standardizes food-to-alcohol revenue requirements, and removes administrative barriers. A committee substitute was adopted that also changes a tobacco-related license deadline from January 1, 2026 to July 1, 2026. Members discussed ABC staffing concerns, but the sponsor said those costs had not been specifically addressed. The committee substitute and then the bill as amended both passed unanimously and were sent to the House floor.
The committee then considered three interstate compact bills. House Bill 36, the respiratory care compact, was presented as a straightforward compact aimed at helping military families, protecting the public, and improving real-time disciplinary data sharing; a committee substitute correcting immunity language was adopted, and the bill passed unanimously. House Bill 92, the dietitians compact, was described as improving portability of licensure, reducing burdens on licensees and states, supporting military families, and enhancing investigative and disciplinary information sharing; the committee substitute added background checks, and the bill passed unanimously. House Bill 628, the athletic trainer compact, was presented as a new compact with enough states moving forward to meet the threshold for establishment; members noted it had become a Department of Defense priority, and it also passed unanimously after a committee substitute.
House Bill 254 was then taken up as a bill to exempt certain temporary emergency housing structures from plumbing code enforcement, based on experience during disaster sheltering when new trailers could not be used quickly because of inspection delays. A committee substitute corrected a drafting issue that had unintentionally affected temporary structures, and the bill passed unanimously. Finally, House Bill 584, which removes a permanent ban on a physician reapplying for DEA prescribing authority after rehabilitation and restoration of their medical license, was debated more extensively. The sponsor said the bill preserves DEA discretion while allowing a second chance after a lengthy rehabilitation process; KMA had not taken a position. Several members explained their votes, and the bill ultimately passed. The committee then recorded votes on the day’s bills and adjourned.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
JT Business, Financial Services & Trade w/State Government & Tribal Relations Dec 19th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- If we can go to the next slide about the compacting process.
- During compact negotiations, our ex officio members are voting members per the statute for compact amendments
- So you'll note that there are compact amendment, a compact section 2 and 3A.
- Compact amendment, compact section two and three A—those things are just there to carry into effect Appendix
- This is our last slide on the summary of the compact.
Summary:
The joint House and Senate committee meeting heard public testimony on tentative tribal-state gaming compact amendments for the Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe and the Upper Skagit Indian Tribe. Staff from the Washington State Gambling Commission explained the compacting process, the role of ex officio legislative members, and that the amendments would next go to the Gambling Commission for a January 8, 2026 vote before possible governor review. The Port Gamble S'Klallam presentation emphasized how gaming revenue supports tribal government services, health care, housing, education, language revitalization, natural resources work, and community investment projects in Kitsap County.
For Port Gamble S'Klallam, the proposed changes include expanded credit and wager limits, more gaming stations and player terminals, language for a second facility, and adoption of an electronic table games appendix similar to other tribes. Members asked about pre-screening for high-limit tables, including how the tribe would define problem gambling and self-exclusion; tribal counsel said internal minimum control standards were still being developed and more detail would follow. A question about green crab removal in Port Gamble Bay was deferred for follow-up because the natural resources director was not present.
The Upper Skagit Indian Tribe described its history, sovereignty, gaming operations, and how gaming revenue supports member programs such as nutrition assistance, education aid, homeownership down payment help, and charitable giving in Skagit County. Its amendment would allow electronic table games after the tribe removed traditional table games due to staffing and cost pressures, with the goal of remaining competitive. Committee members also asked about air quality and smoking-related provisions in the compact; the tribe said it maintains separate smoking and non-smoking areas and supports smoking cessation efforts. Chairs from both chambers closed by thanking the tribes for their contributions to members, local communities, and natural resource protection.
WV
West Virginia 2026 Regular Session
WV Senate Health and Human Resources Committee in Session Mar 10th, 2026 at 01:10 pm
Transcript Highlights:
- For example, the medical licensure compact, the physician assistant compact, the nurse licensure compact
- The compact is similar to other occupational licensing compact the West Virginia has already enacted.
- For example, the medical licensure compact, the physician assistant compact, the nurse licensure compact
- , the nurse licensure compact, For example, the medical licensure compact, the physician assistant compact
- Enacting this compact will allow the Board of Respiratory Care licensees to obtain compact privileges
Summary:
The committee met, approved the March 5, 2026 minutes, and then took up several health- and human-services-related bills. House Bill 5086, concerning peer support programs for covered caregivers, was explained as creating training and testimonial privilege protections; the committee adopted an amendment clarifying that boards may still require participation in a board-designated professional health program, and then reported the bill to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass. House Bill 5004, an educational bill on PANS and PANDAS, was supported by the sponsor, who described his family’s experience and the importance of earlier diagnosis; it was reported to the Senate without amendment. House Bill 5327, which would require the Department of Human Services to create an ALS services program, also received supportive testimony from the sponsor and members, but the transcript reflects the bill being reported as House Bill 537; it was moved forward without amendment.
The committee then considered House Bill 5096, which would remove personal care and intellectual/developmental disability waiver services from certificate-of-need review. The sponsor argued the change would reduce regulatory burden and expand access, while a county aging-program director testified that certificate-of-need revenues help fund senior meals and services and that eliminating the requirement would reduce important support for aging providers. After a division vote, the motion to report the bill failed 3-9. House Bill 4695, allowing PEIA patients to switch to an alternative medically appropriate covered treatment without new prior authorization if it costs no more than the original treatment, was explained as carrying an estimated $13 million annual cost to PEIA and was reported to the Senate.
The committee also advanced House Bill 5582, enacting the Respiratory Care Interstate Compact, after discussion of a committee amendment removing a new-background-check-at-initial-licensure provision; the amendment was adopted and the bill was reported. Another House Bill 5582, concerning the TANF drug screening program, was described as removing the sunset date and allowing oral fluid testing in addition to urine samples; it too was reported. Finally, House Bill 5466 renamed the batterer intervention program as an abuse intervention program and allowed live synchronous virtual delivery with an in-person option; the sponsor said the change would expand access statewide, and the bill was reported to the Senate. The committee then adjourned.
WV
West Virginia 2026 Regular Session
WV Senate Health and Human Resources Committee in Session Mar 10th, 2026 at 01:10 pm
Health and Human Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- For example, the medical licensure compact, the physician assistant compact, the nurse licensure compact
- The compact is similar to other occupational licensing compact the West Virginia has already enacted.
- For example, the medical licensure compact, the physician assistant compact, the nurse licensure compact
- , the nurse licensure compact, For example, the medical licensure compact, the physician assistant compact
- Enacting this compact will allow the Board of Respiratory Care licensees to obtain compact privileges
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
October 14, 2025 - 03:30 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- IT KEPT THE STATE IN THE COMPACT. REALLY THAT IS WHAT THIS ALIGNMENT IS.
- DO ALL STATES PARTICIPATE IN THE MILITARY COMPACT OR HAVE ANY OFF THE OUT?
- THAT IS THE REAL POINT OF THE COMPACT IS TRYING TO KEEP KIDS ON TRACK.
- IT IS AN ABSOLUTE HONOR TO BE HERE WITH OUR COMPACT COMMISSIONER.
- AS COMPACT COMMISSIONER MCCAFFREY SHARED FOR IS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL 11 STATES WHO ADOPTED THE COMPACT
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 3 on Education Finance Mar 17th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- The compact-based budget increases were intended to accomplish three things.
- Predictable tuition is dependent on the fulfillment of the compact.
- met the 2026-27 compact goal for California undergraduate enrollment growth.
- Native American student enrollment increased by 50% during the compact.
- This enrollment level would exceed the compact enrollment goal.
Summary:
The Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Education Finance, chaired by Assemblymember Alvarez, held a hearing focused on University of California budget issues. The committee reviewed UC core operations funding, enrollment trends, federal funding threats, Title IX implementation, and basic needs support. Major themes included the end of the Governor’s multi-year UC compact, the state’s fiscal outlook, UC’s enrollment growth, and the potential impacts of federal policy changes on research, health care, and student aid.
On core funding, the Department of Finance described the Governor’s proposal to continue compact-related support, defer some payments, and authorize a cash-flow loan. The LAO recommended a smaller or no base increase, earmarking some funds for capital renewal, retiring deferrals when possible, avoiding new compact commitments, and funding UC annually rather than through compacts. UC argued that the compact has supported enrollment growth, student services, and operating costs, but said campuses face rising expenses, structural deficits, and limited reserves. Members questioned the effects of deferrals on students and discussed the need to prioritize less harmful reductions if cuts become necessary.
The enrollment panel focused on UC’s growth in California resident enrollment and the nonresident replacement plan at Berkeley, UCLA, and UC San Diego. The LAO recommended maintaining the current enrollment target, funding enrollment separately from base increases, pausing the nonresident replacement plan, and holding enrollment flat in 2027-28. UC said it has already met compact enrollment goals, grown California undergraduate enrollment by about 18,800 students, and that further growth depends on ongoing state support. The committee also discussed the cost of enrollment growth, possible differential nonresident tuition, and a reporting request for UC to analyze the nonresident replacement approach; the motion to adopt supplemental reporting language passed.
The hearing also covered federal funding risks, with the LAO and UC warning that federal changes could affect research grants, medical center reimbursement, and student financial aid. UC said research cancellations and suspensions are disrupting labs and graduate student support, while federal health policy changes could increase uncompensated care at UC hospitals. In the Title IX update, UC described its systemwide civil rights structure, annual student training, and campus support offices, and members praised the work while asking about ongoing concerns and intersegmental collaboration. The final basic-needs item began with Finance stating the Governor’s budget does not change ongoing support, but the transcript cuts off before further discussion or action.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Governmental Organization Committee May 4th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- The compact extension does not change the terms of the tribe's existing compact.
- AB 1389 is the ratification bill for the compact extension.
- The compact extension does not change the terms of the tribe's existing compact.
- AB 1389 is the ratification bill for the compact extension.
- This compact extension simply preserves the status quo by extending...
Summary:
The Assembly Governmental Organization Committee held an informational hearing on the Tribal-State Gaming Compact extension between the State of California and the Yurok Tribe. Chair Blanca Rubio explained that the hearing was for briefing only, with no formal vote, and that the Legislature cannot amend the compact; AB 1389 is the ratification bill that will later come before the Assembly floor. The extension preserves the existing compact’s terms and extends it through December 31, 2026, to maintain the tribe’s economic stability while a new compact is negotiated.
Governor Newsom’s senior advisor for tribal negotiations, Matthew Lee, said the extension simply preserves the status quo while negotiations continue on a new compact expected to come before the Legislature later this year. Yurok Tribe Chairman Joseph James testified that the amendment does not change any substantive terms, but gives the tribe time to negotiate a new agreement and continue operating its existing gaming and hospitality operations under the current framework.
Chris Lundstrom of the California Tribal Business Alliance spoke in support. There was no opposition, no member questions, and no vote taken. The chair then adjourned the meeting.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- Compact, but also in the compacts for psychologists, counselors, physical therapists.
- By the way, no state has ever left the compact.
- the medical compact.
- The access comes through having compacts.
- We have been working on these compacts for a while.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
01/13/2026 - Senate Regulatory Affairs & Government Efficiency Committee of Reference
Senate Regulatory Affairs & Government Efficiency Committee of Reference
Transcript Highlights:
- Compact negotiations.
- The changes in the 2021 compact also included the establishment of the compact trust fund.
- Madam Chair, I guess if it's in the compact, is it in the compact or is it just being discussed?
- Senator Leach, the tribes have all signed the compact and the state has signed the compact.
- The description of how you The compact and the state has signed the compact.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
JT Business, Trade & Economic Development w/State Government & Tribal Relations Jul 22nd, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Tulalip tribes of Washington, as well as the amended compact for the Cowlitz Indian tribe.
- IGRA outlines what the tribes and states can negotiate into compacts.
- The tribal-state compacts address these shared public protection interests to ensure that...
- This is the Gaming Compact Amendment approval process.
- We have done with the Tulalip Tribes' proposed restated compact.
Summary:
The joint hearing of the Senate Business, Trade, and Economic Development Committee and the House State Government and Tribal Relations Committee focused on proposed amendments to the tribal-state gaming compacts for the Tulalip Tribes and the Cowlitz Indian Tribe. Washington State Gambling Commission staff explained the compact approval process under IGRA and said the parties had reached tentative agreement; the commission and ex officio members will take public comment and vote at an August 28 special meeting on whether to forward the compacts to the governor or return them for further negotiation.
Tulalip Chairman Hazen Chappell described the tribe’s long history of gaming in Washington and emphasized that gaming revenues support governmental services, jobs, charitable giving, and community support. Commission advisor Johnny Bray said the Tulalip restated compact consolidates 12 prior amendments, reorganizes and updates appendices, removes some outdated provisions, and includes higher wager limits, jackpot sharing, and the option to increase player terminal allocation in stages. Chappell also noted the tribe’s ongoing responsible gaming efforts and community support, including aid for wildfire-affected families.
For the Cowlitz Tribe, Chairman William Ayala and Ilani Casino President Kara Fox LaRose described the tribe’s history, community programs, and the resort’s growth. The proposed sixth amendment would raise gaming station wager limits up to $1,000, create a special higher-limit player process with financial suitability and anti-money-laundering checks, strengthen responsible gaming signage and marketing requirements, allow temporary gaming areas, and adjust TLS ticket pricing through the most favored nation process. Committee members asked about self-exclusion and credit practices; Cowlitz gaming officials said hundreds of people have used the self-exclusion program and that higher-limit play is tied to substantial credit/front-money requirements. No votes were taken at the hearing, and the meeting ended with closing remarks and adjournment.
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
FL House Floor Session - 2026-04-29 (10:00AM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I believe the lack of compactness, there was a lack of compactness. That would be a reason.
- I believe the lack of compactness. There was a lack of compactness.
- I believe the lack of compactness, there was a lack of compactness. That would be a reason.
- I believe the lack of compactness. There was a lack of compactness.
- It's less compact.
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
FL House Floor Session - 2026-04-29 (10:00AM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I believe the lack of compactness, there was a lack of compactness. That would be a reason.
- I believe the lack of compactness. There was a lack of compactness.
- I believe the lack of compactness, there was a lack of compactness. That would be a reason.
- I believe the lack of compactness. There was a lack of compactness.
- It's less compact.
Summary:
The Senate convened in special session with an opening prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, then moved to the special order calendar to consider congressional redistricting legislation, beginning with Senate Bill 8D and then substituting the identical House Bill 1D. The bill would establish Florida’s congressional districts. Senator Gaetz, presenting the measure, said the Governor had proposed the map to address population growth and to draw race-neutral districts, and argued that mid-decade redistricting is legally permissible and has occurred before in Florida and other states. He repeatedly said the Legislature could accept, reject, or amend the proposal, but that the Governor had the prerogative to propose it.
The floor debate focused heavily on the legality and timing of the map, especially after the U.S. Supreme Court’s Louisiana redistricting decision was announced during the session. Several senators, including Rouson, Sharief, Smith, Polsky, Arrington, Bracy Davis, Bernard, Nathan, and Berman, questioned whether the map complied with the Florida Constitution’s Fair Districts Amendment, the Voting Rights Act, and equal protection principles. They raised concerns about the short notice, lack of statewide public hearings, the use of partisan data, the absence of sworn testimony from the Governor’s representatives, the claimed severability of the Fair Districts Amendment, and the impact on minority communities and communities of interest. Gaetz generally declined to offer legal opinions, saying those issues would ultimately be for the courts, but he relayed the Governor’s position that race-based provisions in the Fair Districts Amendment are unconstitutional and that the proposed map is race-neutral and compact.
Members also debated whether the map’s population data and compactness scores justified the district lines, with critics arguing that the plan cracked and split communities in places such as Central Florida, Tampa Bay, and South Florida. Gaetz said the Governor’s office relied on 2020 census data plus updated population estimates from the Office of Economic and Demographic Research and the American Community Survey, and that the mapmaker said he drew the map himself without outside consultants. After questions concluded, the Senate adopted a motion to substitute HB 1D for SB 8D, read the bill a third time, and proceeded to debate the House bill. The transcript ends during debate, with no final vote on passage shown.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Elementary and Secondary Education Jan 15th, 2026
Elementary and Secondary Education
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- I didn't want to get onto the compact. Here we go.
- How many states have joined this compact? Mr. Chair and Senator 43.
- compact, not the way we're setting it out because the compact that we've adopted right now already has
- How many, how many times did New Mexico in isolation from the compact?
- Who would pay it under this compact? Who pays the levy? Mr.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Senate Executive Departments and Administration (02/12/2025)
Executive Departments and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- The compact would allow that portability to travel within the compact states.
- we're going to have to pick a compact we're going to have to pick a compact and<02:02:02.760>
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to <02:02:34.599>be compact to be compact to be recognized<02:02:36.679> - <02:03:25.400>
had language that the compact had language that the compact had established - So the compact license requirements would apply to someone getting a compact license.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Once the compact is in place, Texas OTs and OTAs. could choose to have a compact, could choose to have
- compacts, including the nurse licensure compact and the physical therapy uh compact.
- As with other existing licensure compacts, the OT compact has no impact on the state's scope of practice
- The compact, the Occupational Therapy Compact Commission, um, has already established reports that the
- So it, because there's no compact.
Keywords:
judicial liability, personal bond, felony offenses, judges, criminal justice reform, voter registration, election procedures, change of address, residence requirements, Texas Election Code, Texas election law, residence address, precinct voting, county move, same-county move, Election Code, registrar, statement of residence, polling place, local elections
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Governmental Organization Committee May 4th, 2026
Governmental Organization
Transcript Highlights:
- This compact extension does not change the terms of the tribe's existing compact.
- AB 1389 is the ratification bill for the compact extension.
- This compact extension simply preserves the status quo by extending...
- It does not change any of the substantive terms of the current compact.
- It simply gives us time to negotiate a new compact with the Governor's office.
Summary:
The Assembly Governmental Organization Committee held an informational hearing on the Tribal-State gaming compact extension between the State of California and the Yurok Tribe. Chair Blanca Rubio explained that the hearing was for briefing only, with no formal vote, and that AB 1389 would later serve as the ratification bill on the Assembly floor. She said the extension does not change the existing compact’s terms, but preserves them through December 31, 2026 to support the tribe’s economic stability and self-sufficiency.
Matthew Lee, senior advisor for tribal negotiations for Governor Newsom, said the extension simply maintains the status quo while negotiations continue on a new compact expected to come before the Legislature later this year. Yurok Tribe Chairman Joseph James said the amendment extends the compact for one year without changing substantive terms, allowing the tribe to continue operating its gaming and related facilities under the current framework while a new agreement is negotiated.
A representative of the California Tribal Business Alliance testified in support. There was no opposition and no questions from committee members. The chair thanked the witnesses and adjourned the hearing.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on Licensing and Occupations. (3-3-26)
Licensing & Occupations
Transcript Highlights:
- So, we're instrumental that compact.
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So first of all um with the compact. So first of all um with the compact. - Um, our organization is very compact.
- didn't communicate with the compact didn't communicate with the compact ahead<00:25:50.559>
of - been working closely with the compact. been working closely with the compact.
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00:00 Call to Order
0:22 Roll Call
1:05 SB 65 Discussion
9:30 SB 65 Vote
11:55 SB 177 Discussion
26:34 SB 177 Vote
30:05 SB 245 Discussion
33:07 SB 245 Vote
33:48 Adjournment, 958, all
Summary:
The Senate Standing Committee on Licensing and Occupations met on March 3, 2026, with a quorum present and first took up Senate Bill 65, sponsored by Senator Steve West. The bill would nullify administrative regulations found deficient by the Administrative Regulations Review Subcommittee. West said the committee had found three deficient regulations this year, including one related to vaping rollout problems and one involving GLP-1 coverage expansion for Medicaid. Senator Berg raised concerns that striking the GLP-1 regulation could limit Kentucky’s ability to use these drugs for weight loss and other health benefits, but the sponsor and others said the action would only block the specific regulation and that doctors could still prescribe GLP-1s under existing Medicaid authority. The committee passed SB 65 with favorable expression, 8-2.
The committee then considered Senate Bill 177, sponsored by Senator Rick Girdler, and first adopted a substitute. The bill concerns speech-language pathologist licensure. Testimony from Kate Wood Hall and Ann Blandford of the Kentucky Speech-Language-Hearing Association explained that the substitute would remove the mandatory post-professional graduate experience as a requirement for full licensure, while keeping an interim pathway and preserving an optional compact-related pathway. They said the change responds to updated graduate training standards and federal billing issues, including CMS guidance that had temporarily disrupted reimbursement and access, especially in rural areas. Members asked whether the change would weaken standards or affect compact participation; witnesses said it would not, and that the compact option remained available. The committee also noted that pages two and three of the substitute were missing and staff would restore them.
Several senators spoke in favor while explaining reservations. Senator Berg supported the bill and shared a personal story about speech therapy in her family. Senator Douglas also voted aye but expressed concern about reducing requirements for trained professionals and about incentives in professional education. Senator Chambers Armstrong asked whether the opt-in structure would create barriers or affect compact participation, and witnesses said it would not increase costs and that other states, including Virginia and Oregon, were pursuing similar approaches. SB 177, as amended by the substitute, passed with favorable expression.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on State and Local Government - 03/10/26
State and Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
- The Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact is simply an occupational compact that increases flexibility
- used throughout the compact. used throughout the compact.
- the requirements of the compact.
- requirements of the compact. requirements of the compact.
- Teacher Mobility Compact Commission. Teacher Mobility Compact Commission.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on Licensing and Occupations. (3-24-26)
Licensing & Occupations
Transcript Highlights:
- . >> So, House Bill 36, um, the sub adds on the athletic trainers and dietitians to this compact.
- We're working with Interstate Compact.
- Athletic trainers are vital compact.
- compacts? Okay. Senator Hickden. compacts? Okay. Senator Hickden.
- compact bill. compact bill.