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• But you have other issues with integrity.
• But you have other issues with integrity.
• <02:29:07.840> of maintain the competitive Integrity of maintain the competitive Integrity
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Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• We want the integrity of our identification of our driver's licenses to be absolutely correct.
• Graham: The fourth request is for $3 million to integrate support and technology solutions.
• The information has to be secured to protect the privacy and integrity of the data shared across all
• The focus of our conversation today is first the need to integrate state and national development.
• The focus of our conversation today is first the need to integrate state and national development.

Bills: SB 1

Keywords: campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• an example of... ...strengthened our state's institutions and serves as an example of excellence, integrity
• And whereas throughout his 38 years of public service, Richard McGrath became known for his integrity
• ... ...38 years of public service, Richard McGrath became known for his integrity, professionalism, and
• To our staffs, who are so integral and critical to this process, thank you.
• President, for the sake of transparency, for the sake of integrity, I ask you, as these $358 million

Keywords: 1146, all

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• And they integrate with the Department of Social Services and the Beyond Barriers program to ensure that
• the DSS programs are effectively integrated.
• Programs are effectively integrated.
• I think it's several hundreds. programs are effectively integrated.
• His leadership, integrity, and passion...

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• note that the approach I think that is most powerful in this work is that it's really a matter of integrating
• note that the approach I think that is most powerful in this work is that it's really a matter of integrating
• note that the approach I think that is most powerful in this work is that it's really a matter of integrating
• really<00:10:29.640> a<00:10:29.680> matter<00:10:29.960> of<00:10:30.360> integrating
• <00:10:30.960> with really a matter of integrating with really a matter of integrating with

Keywords: 1183, house

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• However, despite this progress, many still experience barriers to integration, employment, health care
• However, despite this progress, many still experience barriers to integration, employment, health care
• However, despite this progress, many still experience barriers to integration, employment, health care
• ,<00:35:28.440> employment,<00:35:29.120> health<00:35:29.360> care, integration
• , employment, health care, integration, employment, health care, education,<00:35:30.560> housing,

Keywords: 981, all

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, suspended Rule 1B to allow a non-senator to lead the Pledge of Allegiance, and heard a special guest introduction before approving the March 2, 2026 journal. The chamber then received committee reports and messages from the House and revisor, including action on several bills and appointments, and briefly moved out of order for personal privileges recognizing people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and the challenges facing that community amid budget pressures. The Senate adopted House Joint Resolution 1018, designating State Highway 86 through Elbert County as the Plains to Pines Scenic Corridor, after lengthy remarks describing the route, local communities, and scenic and historic features. The resolution passed 35-0, and the current roll call was added as co-sponsors. The Senate also passed the consent-calendar bills on third reading: SB 59, SB 50, SB 51, SB 110, SB 61, and SB 26, with several senators recording no votes on SB 59, SB 50, and SB 51. SB 21, concerning the clean fleet enterprise and replacement of high-emitting trucks and fleets, also passed 33-2. The Senate confirmed governor’s appointments to the Colorado Tourism Office Board of Directors on the consent calendar, including Lisa Augustin, Carolyn Glover, Megan Letham, George Keriannac, and Lisa Boyer, all by a 35-0 vote. It also laid over general orders, second reading of bills, until March 4, 2026. The meeting ended with announcements about committee meetings, Read Across America Week, and a Colorado Optometrist Association reception, followed by a motion to recess until 11:00 a.m., which was adopted.

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• described, I don't know that we would be able to continue with our case management program and our integration
• described, I don't know that we would be able to continue with our case management program and our integration
• described, I don't know that we would be able to continue with our case management program and our integration
• described, I don't know that we would be able to continue with our case management program and our integration
• described, I don't know that we would be able to continue with our case management program and our integration

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Commonwealth’s Attorneys, County Attorneys, Prosecutor’s Advisory Council 00:00:18 Approval of Minutes 00:20:09 State Treasurer 00:20:33, 958, all

Summary: The meeting began with testimony from representatives of the Prosecutor’s Advisory Council, including county and commonwealth attorneys, on their proposed budget. They described the scope of their work in district and circuit court, juvenile and dependency cases, specialty courts, guardianship, involuntary hospitalization, and the Rocket Docket program. The witnesses emphasized that their budgets are overwhelmingly personnel costs and warned that proposed cuts could lead to layoffs, reduced retention, and loss of recently added positions. They also said the General Assembly’s recent salary classification plan had improved recruitment and retention, and that underfunding could reverse those gains. A major topic was the Rocket Docket program, which they said speeds lower-level cases through the system, reduces jail costs, and saves money for both counties and the state. They reported that in one circuit, average jail time for certain cases dropped from about 50 days to about 6 days. They also raised concerns that the Rocket Docket line item may not be clearly included in the committee substitute and asked for clarification on how the budget would treat it. In response, the chair said the intent was to move some of those items into the base budget, though the exact structure was still uncertain. The presenters also discussed a 2022 subsidy for county attorney employees tied to retirement contributions, saying it totals about $1.3 million and should not be reduced because the obligation remains. They said the budget would need to support the salary classification plan extensions, House Bill 8 subsidies, and a new case management system that they described as essential to modernizing operations and improving communication with victims and law enforcement. The chair thanked them for the testimony and indicated the committee would continue reviewing the budget. The committee then heard from Deputy State Treasurer Russell Weber, who reported that the treasury has now returned more than $90 million in unclaimed property to Kentuckians. He said the office faces ongoing fraud issues and requested funding for a dedicated legal counsel and a fraud investigator, along with outreach money to educate the public about unclaimed property. He also outlined several capital requests, including the final year of a printer-system lease and replacement of HVAC equipment in the treasury building. Members briefly joked with him about a mineral-rights bill and coal, but no votes or formal actions were taken beyond approving the minutes and adjourning the meeting.

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• I grew up in segregated Florida and came of age during integration.
• I was the first African-American student to integrate a Lottery County school system and graduate from
• I'm deeply committed to justice, truth, and preserving the integrity of our shared history.
• Beach County, and I also stand as a man who still has faith in Florida, not in its image, in its integrity
• add to what Senator Bracey Davis said, or to the eloquent words of those who came to testify with integrity

Summary: The committee first took up SB 694, which would compensate the descendants of the Groveland Four—Charles Greenlee, Walter Irvin, Samuel Shepard, and Ernest Thomas—for the wrongful convictions, incarceration, and death tied to the 1949 case. Senator Bracey Davis described the bill as a final step after prior state apologies, pardons, and exonerations. The committee adopted a $4 million amendment that divided compensation equally among the four families and updated the recipient for Ernest Thomas’s share. Multiple family members and advocates testified in support, emphasizing the decades of trauma and the need for full justice. Senators in debate largely supported the bill, and it was reported favorably. The committee then approved SB 330, which clarifies disability provisions for firefighters, law enforcement officers, and correctional officers by refining the definition of heart disease and allowing certain officers who transfer agencies to rely on a prior physical under specified conditions. SB 474 also passed, expanding military leave protections to include public officials and employees who serve in the Coast Guard or Florida State Guard, adjusting pay eligibility for federal service, and updating related retirement and assistance provisions. SB 96, the Veterans Dental Care Grant Program bill, was amended to expand eligibility to veterans with incomes up to 400% of the federal poverty level and to move funding into the General Appropriations Act; members debated whether the broader eligibility could increase demand, but the bill was reported favorably. The committee also advanced SB 7018 on child welfare, making the Step Into Success pilot program permanent statewide, adjusting visitor/background-check rules for out-of-home placements, and creating a best-practices program through the Florida Institute for Child Welfare. CS/SB 480 on state IT governance was reported favorably after amendments that strengthened vendor performance metrics and restored state data center security provisions; it creates a new central IT governance structure under the Governor’s office and aims to improve oversight of procurement, spending, and technical debt. SB 1066, addressing partial restoration of the Ocklawaha River and Kirkpatrick Dam, passed after a late-file amendment and extensive testimony from environmental, recreation, and local economic interests. SB 1216, which gives school districts more flexibility in educator compensation, and SB 1120, which increases oversight and reporting for water management district spending, were also reported favorably. Finally, the committee considered SB 1366 on claims against the government, which raises sovereign immunity caps, ties future adjustments to CPI, shortens claim deadlines, and changes attorney-fee provisions. The bill drew support from local government and public-hospital groups as a compromise, but also significant concern from some senators about the impact on self-insured agencies and whether the fee changes would discourage attorneys from taking cases. The discussion remained ongoing, and the bill was still moving forward as the meeting continued.

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• The more you keep adding data and data accuracy and data integrity into this model, the more accurate
• show it, we are thinking outside the box to try to find other ways to get at acuity to add some integrity
• “To get out of acuity, to add some integrity or some enhancements to this model as well.
• But you had mentioned also that acuity wasn't one of the things that necessarily the formula integrates
• It integrates it. If you're paying for high acuity now, it is capturing the high acuity.

Bills: S0042, S0578, S0624, S7018

Keywords: child protection, medical records, investigation, abuse, neglect, healthcare, Child Protection Team, diagnosis, Alzheimer's disease, Alzheimers, dementia, related dementias, brain health, early detection, caregiver support, elderly affairs, Department of Elderly Affairs, Department of Health, public health outreach, memory loss

Summary: The committee met with a quorum and first heard SB 624, which would codify DCF’s current practice of allowing batterers intervention programs to offer supplemental faith-based activities so long as participation is voluntary. The bill drew support from faith-based and family organizations, which argued it would restore access to effective rehabilitation options and remove discriminatory barriers. SB 624 was reported favorably after a roll call vote. The committee then heard SB 42, which would require child protective investigators and child protection teams to rely on qualified medical professionals when a child has a documented pre-existing diagnosis or when a parent requests an exam, and would require clearer notice to parents and custodians at the start of an investigation. Testimony overwhelmingly came from parents, advocates, and disability rights representatives describing cases in which medically complex children were allegedly misdiagnosed as abuse victims and families were separated unnecessarily. Members expressed sympathy and support, and SB 42 was reported favorably. Next, the committee considered CS/SB 578, creating an Alzheimer’s disease awareness initiative within the Department of Elder Affairs to promote early detection, brain health education, research updates, and clinical trial awareness, with outreach focused on older adults and at-risk populations. An amendment was adopted to place the campaign within the Alzheimer’s Disease Initiative. A caregiver testified about the need for public education and early diagnosis, and the bill was reported favorably. The committee also took up SPB 7018, a committee bill on child welfare that would extend the definition of “visitor” for foster homes to reduce repeated background checks, make the Step Into Success foster youth workforce pilot permanent and statewide, and create a program through the Florida Institute for Child Welfare to catalog best practices among community-based care lead agencies. The bill was approved as a committee bill and reported favorably. Finally, the Department of Children and Families presented its 2025-26 final funding methodology and rates report for community-based care. Members questioned the proposed tiered model, including insurance costs, risk corridors, prevention funding, performance measures, and regional funding disparities. No vote was taken on the presentation, but members discussed the possible need for follow-up legislation and additional stakeholder input.

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• But we really pay attention to the MTCA capital, which supports remedial action grants and integrated
• This last session, integrated planning grants did not get funded because of budget constraints.
• But we really pay attention to the MOTCA Capital, which supports remedial action grants and integrated
• This last session, integrated planning grants, did. remedial action grants and integrated planning grants
• This last session, integrated planning grants did not get funded because of budget constraints.

Summary: The committee first heard updates on the Model Toxics Control Act (MTCA) and related funding. Department of Ecology staff explained how MTCA and the hazardous substance tax support cleanup, prevention, stormwater, and local assistance programs, but said forecasted revenues have declined while appropriations and transfers have outpaced incoming funds. Ecology said the operating account will require underspending to stay balanced this biennium and that the problem is ongoing, with further reductions possible if forecasts worsen. Ecology also reviewed the state cleanup program, noting there are more than 14,500 cleanup sites in Washington and that new sites continue to be discovered faster than they are cleaned up. A question from Representative Lee raised the long-term issue of declining fossil-fuel-based revenue, and Ecology agreed that this is a future structural concern even though the current shortfall is driven more by forecasts and transfers than by fuel-use decline. The Pollution Liability Insurance Agency described its underground storage tank and heating oil programs, saying it has modernized from a reinsurance model to a financial assurance model with stronger state oversight and cleanup milestones. Russ Olson said the agency’s dedicated petroleum tax account is in strong financial condition, but emphasized the importance of preserving that funding source. He also discussed the loan and grant program for historic commercial releases and a new heating oil loan/grant program, while noting the agency is working on equity concerns where liens can be disproportionate to property values in smaller communities. Practitioners and advocates then offered differing views on MTCA’s performance: one attorney urged a collaborative review process to make cleanups faster, less expensive, and more certain, while another consultant argued the program is too conservative and process-heavy and should focus more narrowly on actual exposure and realistic cleanup standards. Environmental and community groups countered that MTCA is essential for cleanup, pollution prevention, stormwater control, and public participation, and that it is especially important for environmental justice communities such as the Duwamish Valley. Port and city representatives stressed that MTCA grants and cleanup funding are critical for large redevelopment projects, but said long timelines, permitting delays, and funding uncertainty can slow projects and jeopardize commitments. The committee then shifted to utility wildfire risk. Staff summarized recent legislation, including requirements for utility wildfire mitigation plans, creation of a wildfire mitigation standards work group, authorization for captive insurance by local governments and PUDs, securitization authority for disaster costs, and the existing wildfire response and resilience account. Chelan County PUD and Puget Sound Energy described extensive mitigation efforts such as vegetation management, grid hardening, undergrounding, AI smoke cameras, weather stations, enhanced operating settings, public safety power shutoffs, and community outreach. Both said wildfire risk is rising and insurance costs are increasing, and Chelan PUD asked the Legislature to restore funding to the wildfire response and resilience account. The Office of the Insurance Commissioner said a 2022 utility liability market study found insurance availability is tightening as perceived risk rises, and reported that a 2025 work group recommended restoring community resilience funding, requiring insurers to share wildfire risk scores and mitigation steps with property owners, and creating a grant program based on insurance industry wildfire standards. A PNNL scientist added that wildfire probability is increasing in parts of Washington and that mitigation requires long-term, landscape-scale coordination. The final speaker began describing California’s approach to wildfire risk, but the transcript cuts off before that presentation concluded.

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• It is a self-reporting system, so part of the problem with that is that it's not truly integrated into
• And those enhancements would include the development of APIs and services so that integration can be
• We have to integrate them into our system.
• of that, and the reason for the longer implementation cycle, is exactly what we need to do: the integration
• point of sale... ...of various systems from point of sale and lab systems and production systems to integrate

Summary: The committee met on December 3, 2025, with a quorum present and approved the September 17 minutes. Members first voted to suspend the 2026 JLARC lodging tax expenditure report for one year, based on staff’s explanation that the report is self-reported, not verified, and less useful than State Auditor accountability audits; the motion passed. The committee also approved renaming the JLARC I-900 subcommittee to the “Committee to Hear SAO Performance Audits,” while keeping the opening script noting that the performance audit process exists under Initiative 900. The committee then heard follow-up updates on two prior performance audits. The Department of Health presented a draft strategic management plan in response to findings on hospital inspections, complaints, adverse event review, and hospital data access. JLARC staff reiterated that 72% of hospital inspections were late, that DOH did not verify third-party inspection standards or review adverse event reports, and that complaint data suggested possible language-access barriers. DOH said it concurred with the recommendations, had improved on-time inspection compliance to about 49%, planned annual updates starting in July 2026, and would work on accreditation oversight, complaint-language access, and data accessibility, though members pressed for firmer deadlines and questioned the three-year timeline for language access improvements. The Liquor and Cannabis Board also reported on its cannabis market study recommendation. JLARC staff said the agency’s data were incomplete and unreliable, limiting oversight of production, recalls, tax collection, and diversion. LCB said it had improved its current CCRS system but still relied on self-reported data, and it presented a decision package for a new traceability system estimated at about $9 million over three fiscal years. LCB described a plant-tagging and serialization approach tied to production, processing, testing, and retail, but acknowledged it did not currently have sufficient staff to fully implement the system without additional funding. The committee also received briefings on JLARC’s recommendation-tracking tools and the 2024 public records reporting summary, including a high-level review of agency response rates, request volumes, costs, and litigation. Finally, JLARC presented the proposed final report on the Office of Privacy and Data Protection, concluding that OPDP meets its statutory responsibilities and has high user satisfaction, but that its mandate should be updated to better match its current capacity and focus; the committee adopted the report for distribution. The meeting then moved into the 2025 tax preference performance reviews, where JLARC staff summarized nine reviews and noted that the Citizens Commission on Tax Preference and Performance Measurement endorsed all 17 legislative auditor recommendations, with comments on seven. Early reviews discussed included natural gas transportation fuel preferences, travel agent and tour operator B&O rates, nonprofit low-income housing development, multipurpose senior centers, disabled veteran adaptive housing, and trade convention attendance, with staff and commissioners generally recommending continuation of some preferences, modification of others, and improved objectives or performance measures where needed.

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• We think that the Health Councils probably play an integral role at the regional level in sort of convening
• In the immediate, for the planning and foundational level, we see them as an integral partner at the
• I would just be interested in how the overlay of what the regions that they have developed integrate
• How do you integrate those funds if that's what you choose to do?
• identify those government entities sooner rather than later, because we think they're going to be integral

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• government will have a key role in guiding local municipalities, raising public awareness, and integrating
• The campaign is designed to ensure that states are ready to integrate AAM technology safely and efficiently
• bill, you're establishing a model for the rest of the world in how to thoughtfully and proactively integrate
• Aeronautics, technical guidance and subject matter expertise, a clear framework for infrastructure integration
• Development remains a significant barrier to the complete integration of high-speed rail.

Summary: The committee heard and advanced several transportation-related bills, beginning with AB 431 on advanced air mobility. The author and supporters from AUVSI, Joby Aviation, United Airlines, Wisk Aero, the City of Long Beach, and Archer said the bill would create a statewide plan and technical framework for eVTOL/advanced air mobility infrastructure, public outreach, and local implementation. No opposition testified, and the bill passed the committee as amended to Appropriations on a unanimous roll call. Members then took up AB 630 on abandoned or hazardous RVs. The author and supporters, including Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass’s office, argued the bill would curb a cycle in which inoperable RVs are towed, auctioned cheaply, and returned to the streets by predatory buyers, while adding notice, recovery, and reporting requirements. Opponents from Western Center on Law and Poverty and ACLU California Action warned the bill would destroy RVs that serve as shelter for unhoused residents and could worsen homelessness. After discussion about the bill’s focus on dismantling rather than towing, the committee passed AB 630 as amended to Appropriations. The committee also approved AB 314, which would support transit-oriented development around planned and existing high-speed rail stations; AB 1223, which gives Sacramento County communities more flexibility to use local transportation revenues for related infrastructure supporting infill development; AB 1111, which adds flexibility to the zero-emission school bus transition for rural and disadvantaged districts; AB 1190, which caps fees charged by DMV business partners and requires clearer disclosure of the official DMV site; AB 987, which limits unreasonable towing fees and related charges; and AB 911, which creates a narrow exemption from Advanced Clean Fleets rules for telecommunications bucket trucks and sail-on-wheels used in emergencies. Most bills drew support from local governments, industry, or consumer groups, while AB 1111 and AB 911 drew opposition from clean transportation and environmental advocates concerned about weakening emissions goals. All of the bills were reported out as amended to the Committee on Appropriations, with recorded roll-call votes and several members adding their names as co-authors or supporters.

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• that the provisions we put forward this year demonstrate our agency responsibility to statutory integrity
• our agency responsibility<00:15:28.800> to<00:15:29.040> statutory<00:15:29.680> integrity
• responsibility to statutory integrity responsibility to statutory integrity and<00:15:30.800>
• to enhance and clarify authority in this continued partnership is critical to upholding program integrity
• Authority in this continued partnership is critical to upholding program integrity and preventing fraud

Bills: HF1306

Keywords: education, school policy, teacher training, student health, emergency response, 1183, house

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• Chair, the capital outlay integrated data system is that the system through which municipalities request
• Chair, as I understand it, the original request or the original intent really was to integrate the LCS's
• And so, the end result will still allow for some sort of data flow and integration or at least data flow

Bills: HB1

Keywords: feed bill, legislative appropriations, legislative branch, New Mexico Legislature, general fund, legislative council service, legislative finance committee, legislative education study committee, house chief clerk, senate chief clerk, per diem, mileage, session expenses, interim committees, district staff, capitol complex, capital outlay data system, legislative processing system, redistricting, census redistricting

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• Chair, the capital outlay integrated data system is that the system through which municipalities request
• Chair, as I understand it, the original request or the original intent really was to integrate the LCS's
• And so, the end result will, though, still allow for some sort of data flow and integration or at least

Bills: HB1

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• ORDER RESTORE AMERICA'S GREATNESS, THE AREA FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE GULF OF MEXICO HAS LONG BEEN AN INTEGRAL
• AMENDMENT REQUIRES THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A CENTRALIZED SYSTEM THAT INTEGRATES
• BECAUSE THIS IS IMPORTANT AND THERE WILL BE COSTS GOING FORWARD TO ENSURE A CENTRALIZED SYSTEM AND INTEGRATE

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• Emergency Alert— we love our acronyms— and IPAWS, the Integrated Public Alert Warning System.
• The study aimed to integrate multiple sources of data relevant to flood emergencies and also improve
• Are we missing that on an integrated solution?
• And then also they're integrating weather.
• We'll talk about how the NOAA and all those other systems integrate and where that data comes from.

Keywords: flooding, emergency response, communication systems, first responders, disaster management, Texas Water Development Board, regional planning, public safety

Summary: The meeting primarily focused on discussions around the recent floods in Texas, specifically addressing emergency preparedness, response coordination, and recovery efforts. Officials from various agencies provided testimonies on the challenges faced during the emergency, including issues with communication systems among first responders. Notably, the need for improved inter-agency communication and technology integration was emphasized, with recommendations for establishing regional communications units for better coordination during disasters. The audience included local government representatives and emergency management partners, who shared insights and experiences from the recent flooding events.

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• And IPAWS, the Integrated Public Alert Warning System, and that's how your phone, regardless of which
• Have we done a thorough analysis or a recommendation, if you will, on what a communication integration
• There's an integrated real-time weather feature, radar, and alerts.
• However, you have ongoing data collection that could be integrated into these models.
• Are we missing that on an integrated solution?

Keywords: 997, house, all

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• One of the most concerning threats to the integrity and confidence of our legislative process is the
• of the legislative process the Integrity of the legislative process some<01:13:06.480> of<01:
• A cooling-off period helps restore integrity to our public offices.
• A cooling-off period helps restore integrity to our public offices.
• A cooling-off period helps restore integrity to our public offices.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all