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• city realizes that later on it needs to go back and change zoning for public safety-type issues, traffic

Bills: SB1290, SB1530, SB1847, HR1050, SB169, SB1377, SB1990, SB1991, SB1778, SB1579, SB1992, SB3, SB2028, SB1928, SB2127, SB2117, SB1439, SB1930, SB330, SB1191, SB2110, SB2134, SB2069, SB2095, SB1613, SB1246, SB1976, SB1346, SB1509, SB2071, SB259, SB1314

Keywords: 2-1-1 services, revolving fund, Department of Human Services, crisis pregnancy, abortion, legal funding, research funding, development rebate, Oklahoma Department of Commerce, tax incentives, higher education partnerships, Medicaid, ADvantage Waiver, home-based services, eligibility criteria, healthcare, senior services, Taiwan, Oklahoma, sister-state relationship

Bills: SB1290, SB1530, SB1847, HR1050, SB169, SB1377, SB1990, SB1991, SB1778, SB1579, SB1992, SB3, SB2028, SB1928, SB2127, SB2117, SB1439, SB1930, SB330, SB1191, SB2110, SB2134, SB2069, SB2095, SB1613, SB1246, SB1976, SB1346, SB1509, SB2071, SB259, SB1314

Keywords: 2-1-1 services, revolving fund, Department of Human Services, crisis pregnancy, abortion, legal funding, research funding, development rebate, Oklahoma Department of Commerce, tax incentives, higher education partnerships, Medicaid, ADvantage Waiver, home-based services, eligibility criteria, healthcare, senior services, Taiwan, Oklahoma, sister-state relationship

Bills: SB1290, SB1530, SB1847, HR1050, SB169, SB1377, SB1990, SB1991, SB1778, SB1579, SB1992, SB3, SB2028, SB1928, SB2127, SB2117, SB1439, SB1930, SB330, SB1191, SB2110, SB2134, SB2069, SB2095, SB1613, SB1246, SB1976, SB1346, SB1509, SB2071, SB259, SB1314

Keywords: 2-1-1 services, revolving fund, Department of Human Services, crisis pregnancy, abortion, legal funding, research funding, development rebate, Oklahoma Department of Commerce, tax incentives, higher education partnerships, Medicaid, ADvantage Waiver, home-based services, eligibility criteria, healthcare, senior services, Taiwan, Oklahoma, sister-state relationship

Summary: The House convened, completed the roll call, and heard an invocation, a Veteran of the Week recognition for Colonel William S. Hartzell, and several guest introductions and special presentations, including the Coeta Tigers wrestling team, the Murray State College shotgun team, and visitors from Taiwan. The chamber also recognized the Psychologist of the Day, Nurse of the Day, Doctor of the Day, and Pages of the Week, along with committee meeting announcements and a motion to adjourn at the end of business. Members then considered and passed a series of bills. Senate Bill 1290 on 211 services passed 82-0 and its emergency clause also passed. Senate Bill 1530 on state government and innovation/research funding passed 58-27. Senate Bill 1847 on Medicaid home and community-based services passed 78-10 with its emergency clause. Senate Bill 169 increasing longevity pay for state employees passed 85-4 with emergency. Senate Bill 1377 requiring DHS to provide duffel bags and hygiene items for foster children passed 88-4 with emergency. Senate Bill 1990 on the Incentive Evaluation Commission passed 88-4. Senate Bill 1991, a cleanup measure redirecting certain lease and land-sale revenues to O-CAMP, passed and its emergency clause also passed. The House also adopted H.R. 1050 reaffirming Oklahoma’s sister-state relationship with Taiwan, followed by remarks from Taiwanese officials. Senate Bill 1778, the Strong Readers Act, passed 87-5 with emergency after discussion about reading screeners, funding tiers, and an optional second-grade assessment. Senate Bill 1579, described as a taxpayer bill of rights related to ad valorem tax, drew extended debate over property taxes and state savings before passing 85-0. Senate Bill 1992, defining strategic financial partners for an income tax credit, passed 65-24. The House then moved to adjourn until Tuesday, April 14, 2026, at 9:30 a.m.

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• So at that time, there was about a million dollars in back traffic fines.
• kind of give everybody a scope, and that's just the unpaid traffic infractions.
• There's a carve-out that non-traffic infractions are not an issue.
• There's a carve out that non-traffic infractions are not there's a carve-out there that non-traffic infractions
• They don't pay their traffic...

Keywords: 989, all

Summary: The committee heard House Bill 927 from Representative Mark Sauter, who described it as a public safety and accountability measure aimed at unpaid traffic infractions. He said the bill responds to a growing backlog of unpaid traffic fines, estimated at about $23 million and roughly 125,000 cases, and would reinstate driver’s license suspension for unpaid traffic infractions after a delayed effective date. He emphasized that the bill was developed with input from courts, law enforcement, ITD, and DMV, and includes protections such as payment plans, limited driving privileges for work and medical emergencies, and a carve-out for non-traffic matters like parking tickets. Committee members asked about interstate enforcement, probation/payment plan practices, and whether the bill covered fines, fees, or parking violations. Sauter clarified that the bill applies only to traffic infraction costs and does not address parking tickets or other non-traffic infractions. Matthew Condi of AAA testified in support, saying the bill balances mercy with accountability and supports traffic safety by encouraging payment of citations. Representative Nicholson moved to send House Bill 927 to the floor with a do pass recommendation. The motion carried without opposition, and the committee adjourned after noting a future meeting would be scheduled when a Senate bill arrives.

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• An act to amend the Vehicle and Traffic Law in relation to requiring an official inspection station to
• An act to amend the Vehicle and Traffic Law in relation to the acceptance of electronic signature on
• An act to amend the Vehicle and Traffic Law in relation to requiring... S 5672 by Senator Hinchey.
• An act to amend the Vehicle and Traffic Law in relation to requiring transportation network companies
• And I can amend the vehicle and traffic law in relation to equipment bicycles with electricists.

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Transportation Committee held its final meeting of the 2026 session, with Chair Jeremy Cooney noting quorum and thanking staff and members. The committee considered a large agenda of transportation-related bills, including measures on school construction notice from NYC DOT, inspection station disclosures, electronic signatures for vehicle registration forms, sex trafficking awareness and prevention, passenger notification after sexual assault incidents involving transportation network companies, hazardous materials rail notifications, ATV seasonal use, highway dedications, disabled-person license plates, a DMV study of inspection stations and fees, lighting requirements for e-bikes and e-scooters, school speed zone cameras in New Rochelle, work zone safety instruction for new drivers, removal of registration stickers in favor of electronic certificates, complete streets considerations, hands-free device rules for bus/taxi/livery drivers, bans on virtual reality headsets while driving, early registration renewal for deployed service members, and road salt distribution requirements. Most bills were reported from committee by voice vote, often with bipartisan support. Several members offered brief comments supporting bills aimed at public safety, worker protection, distracted driving prevention, and trafficking awareness. Senator Gallivan opposed the bill eliminating registration stickers, citing concerns that the stickers help law enforcement quickly identify registered vehicles; that bill was referred to Finance. The committee also referred the road salt bill and the supplemental rail-worker protection bill to Finance, while some other measures were referred onward to Codes or Consumer Protection. The meeting closed after the supplemental rail-worker protection bill was added at the end of the agenda and reported with bipartisan support. Overall, the session emphasized transportation safety, worker protections, and administrative updates to vehicle and highway law.

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• We know... ...accident. And we know who's responsible. We know who supplied the poison.
• Eighteen months prior, she'd had a rollover accident.
• She was in a lot of pain, still healing from that rollover accident, a broken hip, broken collarbone.
• .. ...still healing from that rollover accident, a broken hip, broken collarbone, pubic bone, wrist.
• They put us off for three months and closed the case on us and called it an accident.

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• The first is Section 702 with the automatic traffic safety camera program.
• Cities are required to use this revenue to make traffic safety improvements.
• And that's going to be traffic or speed-reducing, traffic calming infrastructure improvements, complete
• And that's going to be, you know, traffic or speed reducing, traffic calming infrastructure improvements
• I am also a member of the Washington State Traffic Safety Commission.

Summary: The Senate Transportation Committee met for a work session and public hearing on February 19, 2026. In the work session, Switch Maritime presented a proposal for hydrogen fuel cell ferries for Washington State, including a budget proviso directing the Joint Transportation Committee to study hydrogen propulsion and a lease model for future Washington State Ferries procurement. The company described its Sea Change vessel, said the design could be adapted for Washington routes such as San Juan Islands–Anacortes, and emphasized that hydrogen fueling could be delivered through a mobile supply chain without new charging infrastructure. Senators asked about vessel flexibility, size, hydrogen availability, and terminal compatibility. The committee also received an update from WSDOT on the new public-private partnership program authorized in 2025. Staff said the agency is developing a four-phase implementation process, including consultant selection, a steering committee, a program manual, stakeholder engagement, and candidate project identification, with a report due to the transportation committees on September 1, 2026 and program launch targeted for January 1, 2027. The presentation stressed that the program manual will provide flexibility within the statute and that legislative input is being sought on engagement and project timing. The public hearing was on Senate Bill 6352, an omnibus transportation resources bill that revises and expands provisions from last year’s ESSB 5801. Staff outlined sections covering a mobile driver’s license and ID card program, a reduced-fee ID card for older drivers, changes to alternative fuel and aviation taxes and fees, revised sales tax distributions for ferry and multimodal funding, transit and bicycle education grants, fish passage permitting, clean energy siting on WSDOT right-of-way, toll notice procedures, older driver safety outreach, traffic safety camera revenue sharing, and a delay to the tow-truck indigent impound reimbursement program. The prime sponsor highlighted two priorities: digital driver’s licenses and dedicated ferry funding. Testimony was mixed. Supporters included airlines and aviation groups backing mobile ID and repeal of the luxury aircraft tax, transit and bicycle safety advocates supporting grant flexibility and continued bike education funding, and ferry advocates supporting dedicated ferry revenue. Local governments, including Bellevue, Kenmore, and Tacoma, raised concerns about the traffic camera revenue change, saying the shift from net to gross revenue would reduce local safety funding and could discourage new camera programs. The Association of Washington Cities also warned about unintended consequences in the fish passage and traffic camera provisions. RV dealers sought a delay to the luxury vehicle tax, and peer-to-peer car-sharing platform Turo asked for clarification on documentation requirements. The committee took no final vote and announced it would consider executive action the following week.

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• And without C Street ramps, we route traffic to Mill Plain that increased traffic volumes on some local
• For traffic and revenue, for the purposes of tolling, we focus on annual traffic and revenue projections
• DOT facilities, as one of traffic data.
• The dotted line on the graph is the traffic anticipated from the Level 3 traffic and revenue analysis
• About three traffic lanes' worth to light rail, then more for buses, and a couple of traffic lanes to

Keywords: 904, all

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• This will allow and holding traffic up really bad.
• You're holding up traffic, and you're screwing up the flow.
• Traffic is being clogged up. Our roads are more crowded.
• It translates to a lot of people weaving in and out of traffic.
• In rush-hour traffic, we need every lane moving as much traffic as possible.

Summary: The committee first approved the March 10 minutes without objection. It then heard Senate Bill 1340, as amended, from Senator Harris, which would clarify and enforce rules requiring drivers on multi-lane highways to keep right except when passing, turning left, or when traffic conditions require otherwise. The sponsor said the bill is intended to improve traffic flow, reduce road rage, and give law enforcement clearer authority to address left-lane camping, with a $75 fine for impeding traffic and educational signage funded by the Idaho Transportation Department. Members asked about how the bill would apply in congested rush-hour traffic and at interchanges, and the sponsor repeatedly said drivers would not be ticketed for normal use of the left lane in heavy traffic or when moving with the flow. AAA Idaho testified in support, citing survey data showing increases in aggressive driving behaviors and saying the bill would add clarity and encourage courtesy on the roads. The committee voted to send SB 1340 to the House floor with a due-pass recommendation. The committee then heard Senate Bill 1325, a specialty license plate bill sponsored by Senator Hartog. The bill would create a white Idaho plate with black lettering, with proceeds directed to the Idaho State Police Project Choice Fund for state police salaries, while a small portion would cover ITD administration costs. The sponsor said the bill is meant to help address state police pay and noted the recent success of another specialty plate program. After brief questions and no public testimony, the committee voted to send SB 1325 to the floor with a due-pass recommendation, and the meeting adjourned.

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• The first is Section 702 with the automatic traffic safety camera program.
• Cities are required to use this revenue to make traffic safety improvements.
• And that's going to be traffic or speed-reducing, traffic calming infrastructure improvements, complete
• So because administrating traffic safety cameras involve significant and call.
• I am also a member of the Washington State Traffic Safety Commission.

Bills: SB6352

Keywords: transportation, infrastructure, resources, funding, state law, 904, all

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• So this bill is to address traffic flow and safety.
• This will allow and holding traffic up really bad.
• You're holding up traffic, and you're screwing up the flow.
• Traffic is being clogged up. Our roads are more crowded.
• In rush-hour traffic, we need every lane moving as much traffic as possible.

Keywords: 989, all

Summary: The committee first approved the March 10 minutes without objection. It then heard Senate Bill 1340, as amended, which would clarify and enforce left-lane driving rules on multi-lane highways. Senator Harris said the bill is intended to reduce congestion, road rage, and unsafe passing by requiring drivers to use the right lane except when passing, turning left, or when traffic conditions justify use of the left lane. Members asked about how the bill would apply in congested rush-hour traffic and whether it would affect normal lane use; Harris and others said law enforcement would have discretion and that the bill was not meant to ticket drivers simply for being in the left lane during heavy traffic. AAA Idaho testified in support, citing survey data showing increases in aggressive driving behaviors and saying the bill adds clarity and promotes courtesy. The committee voted to send SB 1340 to the House floor with a due-pass recommendation. The committee then took up Senate Bill 1325, a specialty license plate bill sponsored by Senator Lori Den Hartog. She explained that the plate would be a plain white Idaho plate with black lettering, and that proceeds would go to the Idaho State Police Project Choice Fund for state police salaries, with a small amount retained by ITD for administration. She said the bill is intended as part of broader efforts to address state police pay and noted the success of a previous specialty plate. There was no public testimony, and the committee voted unanimously to send SB 1325 to the floor with a due-pass recommendation.

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• As Ramona said, the bill does not alter our $1 million liability coverage, which addresses accidents
• The bill does not alter our $1 million liability coverage, which addresses accidents in which our driver
• Unlike UIM, the occupational accident insurance provided under Proposition 22 excludes compensation..
• Occupational accident insurance is not the same coverage.
• The 50/100 being compared to accidents for personal drivers, individually, not TNCs, would cover 96%

Summary: The committee heard several insurance-related bills. SB 371 by Senator Cabaldon would lower uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage requirements for rideshare companies from the current $1 million level to $100,000 per person and $300,000 per incident, with added transparency and data-reporting provisions. Uber, Lyft, and several business groups supported the bill as a way to reduce fares and improve affordability, while consumer attorneys, labor groups, and others opposed it as a major cut in protection for injured passengers and drivers. Committee members raised concerns about whether savings would actually reach riders and drivers, but the bill was approved on a do-pass vote to the next committee, with one member not voting. SB 487 by Senator Grayson would change how settlement or judgment proceeds are distributed when peace officers or firefighters are injured by a third party, ensuring they receive at least two-thirds of the at-fault party’s liability insurance limits in certain cases. Supporters, including public safety unions and an injured deputy sheriff, said current law can leave injured first responders with little or no recovery after employer reimbursement, while opponents representing cities, counties, and public agencies argued the bill would reduce recovery of taxpayer-funded workers’ compensation costs and lacked sufficient data. The committee members who spoke largely supported the bill, and it passed on a do-pass vote to Appropriations, with one member not voting. SB 616 by Senator Rubio would create an independent community hardening commission within the Department of Insurance to develop statewide wildfire mitigation recommendations and a post-catastrophe reporting process. The Department of Insurance, local governments, consumer groups, and fire-related organizations supported the measure as a way to improve wildfire resilience and insurance availability, while water agencies opposed provisions touching water infrastructure and warned of litigation and ratepayer impacts. The bill advanced on a do-pass vote to Appropriations, with some members not voting and one member voting no. The committee also heard SB 547 by Senator Perez, coauthored by Senator Rubio, which would extend wildfire-related insurance cancellation/nonrenewal moratoriums to commercial properties; insurers removed their opposition after amendments, and the bill passed to Appropriations on a do-pass vote.

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• And all the person had to do was pay a $5 traffic ticket.
• Only the county's and city's can only do stacking and trafficking or traffic.
• is looking to make sure that traffic will be impede upon.
• control device or if there's environmental traffic conditions in traffic conditions.
• There's 3 or 4 lanes of traffic that has come to a stop.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• ATV tourism supports jobs and sustains businesses that rely on steady outdoor traffic.
• </c> that rely on steady outdoor traffic that rely on steady outdoor traffic Recreation<00:03:54.599>
• traffic events like ATV Recreation traffic events like ATV jamborees<00:03:57.319><c> and</c><00:03:
• of Traffic Engineering, testified.
• </c> Office of traffic Office of traffic engineering<00:07:52.840><c> thank</c><00:07:53.000><c> you<

Keywords: 1183, house

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• And some of them had some very serious traffic accidents.
• Some of them have been cited for automobile accidents, especially 18-wheelers.
• </c><04:01:38.280><c> laws,</c> uh learn traffic laws, uh learn traffic laws, and<04:01:39.960><c> have
• So, if you have a license, that means you passed a test, learned the traffic laws.
• Wouldn't you learned the traffic laws.

Keywords: MS House Floor - 31 March, 2026; 10:00 AM, 925, all

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• safety, safe traffic stops.
• </c><01:12:54.239><c> stop</c> enforcement right now traffic stop enforcement right now traffic stop
• um talked about traffic safety you know<01:15:43.840><c> safe</c><01:15:44.199><c> traffic</c><01:15:
• A portion of that is typically directed towards traffic stops, so traffic stops is not something that
• A portion of that is typically directed towards traffic stops, so traffic stops is not something that

Keywords: 1183, house

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• By staging a homicide as an accident or suicide, By staging a homicide as an accident or suicide, perpetrators
• adequate sensors that can detect when something is trapped in the bus door and can lead to dragging accidents
• He staged the scene to look like an accident.
• He staged the scene to look like an accident.
• we wanted to provide some information on anti-pinch technology that could have prevented Summer's accident

Bills: S2743, S2861, S3021

Keywords: domestic violence, police training, suspicious deaths, homicide investigation, victim support, school bus safety, commission, student safety, operator training, safety standards, Legislative oversight, public health, student transportation, school bus, school pupil transportation, pupil transport, child passenger safety, school van, transportation contractor, motor vehicle safety

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• THEY ARE VERY GOOD WHEN YOU HAVE A LOT OF TRAFFIC AND LEFT TURNING TRAFFIC ESPECIALLY GOING ONTO THE
• PLAN TO SWITCH THE TRAFFIC OVER TO THE OTHER SIDE.
• AND GET A GOOD TRAFFIC PLAN TO SWITCH THE TRAFFIC OVER TO THE OTHER SIDE.
• HAVE TO TINKER WITH IT BASED ON TRAFFIC PATTERNS HAS THERE BEEN PILOTING OR TECHNOLOGIES WITH SMART TRAFFIC
• ACTUALLY ADAPTIVE TRAFFIC IS ONE TYPE.

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• Senate Bill 1638 provides that a claim based on continuous, repeated, or ongoing accident, event, or
• exposure shall not be deemed to have accrued until such accident, event, or exposure has ceased or been
• I mean, yes. shall not be deemed to have accrued until such accident, event, or exposure has ceased or
• Well, and so is the prospect of future floods part of an ongoing accident or condition that prevents
• Would it start when the accident begins or when the accident ends?

Bills: SB1638, SB504, SB2072, SB1283, SB1216, SB1655, SB2011, SB1643, SB1446, SB1256, SB1258, SB1441, SB1224, SB1448, SB1496, SB1597, SB1621, SB1827, SB2066, SB2104

Keywords: Governmental Tort Claims Act, liability limits, claims, medical negligence, tort reform, state liability, public health, claims adjustment, compensation limits, SB504, marriage, child marriage, minor marriage, age of consent, minimum marriage age, underage marriage, teen marriage, parental consent, judicial approval, marriage license

Summary: The Senate Judiciary Committee heard and advanced a long slate of bills covering tort claims, marriage age, probate, drug court eligibility, child welfare, juvenile facility employee protections, transfer-on-death deed paperwork, sex trafficking sentencing, DUI ignition interlocks, open carry on vessels, drone restrictions near critical infrastructure, victim notification for clemency hearings, consumer protection enforcement, OSBI reporting and records, CASA standards, county legal defense obligations, OU Health liability coverage, recordable instrument margins, and trust code updates. Several measures were described as constituent requests or technical cleanups, while others were framed as public safety or child protection bills. The committee also laid over Senate Bill 2072 and noted that future Judiciary meetings would likely be longer and more contentious. Members asked a number of clarifying questions on several bills. Senate Bill 1638, dealing with accrual of claims under the Government Tort Claims Act for ongoing accidents or exposures, drew questions about when the statute of limitations would begin; the author said the intent was to prevent people from being priced out of justice and to allow claims after the condition ends. Senate Bill 1446 would change child sex trafficking sentencing from a maximum of 10 years to a minimum of 10 years, and the author said the goal was to ensure stronger punishment for crimes that leave lifelong harm to children. Senate Bill 1256, requiring ignition interlocks for certain DUI defendants as a bail condition, was amended to make the requirement discretionary with written findings if a judge declines to impose it. Other bills advanced with little or no opposition, including raising the marriage age to 18 in Senate Bill 504, updating probate agent residency rules in Senate Bill 1283, restoring district attorney discretion for drug court eligibility in Senate Bill 1216, creating the Children’s Specialty Program under Sooner Select in Senate Bill 1655, and extending protections to detention contracted employees in county juvenile facilities in Senate Bill 2011. Senate Bill 1224 was amended so victim clemency notices would be sent by both email and first-class mail rather than email alone. Senate Bill 1597, which removes mandatory adherence to national standards for Oklahoma CASA, prompted discussion about federal funding and compliance; an Oklahoma CASA representative said some funding flows through national CASA, but the author said state standards would remain similar and the bill would provide more flexibility. Most bills passed the committee by unanimous or near-unanimous votes, with Senate Bill 1446 passing 7-1 and Senate Bill 1597 passing 7-1.

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• He immediately said it would be my fault, with a rationale that if I wasn't in the country, the accident
• We were talking about traffic<02:19:38.000><c> accidents</c><02:19:38.960><c> which</c><02:19:39.280>
• <c> wereite</c><02:19:39.840><c> quite</c> traffic accidents which wereite quite traffic accidents which
• </c><02:19:53.680><c> wouldn't</c><02:19:54.000><c> have</c> country the accident wouldn't have country
• the accident wouldn't have happened.<02:19:55.680><c> a</c><02:19:56.000><c> very</c><02:19:56.240><

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first continued its hearing on HB 1287, which concerns the definition of “veteran.” Representative Manion explained that the amendment would adopt the federal-style definition by including a general discharge under honorable conditions, while restoring documentation requirements such as a DD214 and removing a problematic reference to World War II allied veterans. The chair said the committee would close the hearing and take the bill up later in executive session. The committee then moved to HCR 13, a resolution calling for an Article V convention limited to proposing a constitutional amendment imposing term limits on members of Congress. Representative Joe Alexander, the prime sponsor, said the measure is narrowly focused on congressional term limits, that 12 states have already passed similar resolutions, and that broad public support in New Hampshire justifies action. Members asked whether the effort would prompt Congress to act on its own, whether the resolution should also cover Supreme Court justices, and how many states are needed; Alexander said the goal is to pressure Congress, that the Constitution already treats Supreme Court justices differently, and that 34 states are required. Testimony in support came from former Representative Linda Masamela, who gave a history-based argument for Article V conventions as a constitutional check, and from Deborah Childs and Aaron Ducet of U.S. Term Limits. Childs said New Hampshire voters strongly support term limits and argued they would open seats to younger, more diverse candidates. Ducet said the application is single-topic and would allow only one amendment, described Article V applications as historically common, and argued that state pressure can force Congress to act. No vote was taken in the portion provided; the chair continued hearing testimony on HCR 13.