Transcript Highlights:

• We will not accept disruptive behavior or behavior that incites or threatens violence.
• We will not accept disruptive behavior or behavior that incites or threatens violence.

Summary: The Assembly Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs met for a brief hearing and announced that all four bills on the agenda were on consent. The chair reviewed the bills: SB 54 by Senator Umberg on court fee waivers, SB 55 by Senator Umberg on state park passes for Gold Star family members, SB 67 by Senator Seyarto on student financial aid and Cal Grants, and SB 621 by Senator Grove on voter registration for military and overseas voters. No public testimony was taken, and the chair emphasized orderly proceedings and limits on disruptive conduct. A quorum was present, and the committee moved to approve the consent calendar. The secretary called the roll, and the committee voted to pass the bills. SB 54, SB 55, and SB 67 were approved with a do pass recommendation and re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. SB 621 was also approved and sent to third reading. After the roll was held open briefly for an absent member, the remaining vote was recorded and all consent items were cleared. The hearing concluded immediately after the consent calendar was completed, with no opposition, amendments, or substantive debate recorded.

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• So the Senate accepts the House amendments. There you go. Is that correct? I don't think so.
• Yeah, so we want to accept part of the amendment. We either just received from ours. Just received?

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The conference committee met on House Bill 1053 and took roll with all six members present. The discussion focused on resolving differences between the House and Senate versions, specifically around removing a 7% provision while keeping a 7,700 cap. After some confusion over the proper parliamentary motion, the committee agreed that the Senate would reject its amendments, which would leave the House version in place with the agreed-upon changes. A motion was made and seconded to have the Senate reject its amendments to House Bill 1053. The committee voted by roll call, with all members voting yes, and the motion passed 6-0. Members also identified carriers for both sides to move the bill forward. No testimony was taken. After confirming the carriers, the committee adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• And just making sure you've accepted the amendments? Yes. Thank you. All right.
• We'll be accepting all committee amendments. Help to improve this bill.
• We'll be accepting all committee amendments.
• Oh, and you've accepted the amendments. Yes, I have accepted the amendments. Thank you. Thank you.
• Can you just verify that she accepted the amendment? Absolutely. They've been accepted. Very good.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We finally came to a final agreement, and I accept the floor amendment to the Appropriations Committee
• the root causes of economic insecurity, we're offering a modest tax break while asking Arizona to accept
• fewer public investment. modest tax break while asking a resonance to accept fewer public investment
• The committee respectfully recommends acceptance of the Senate and engrossed measure.
• The committee respectfully recommends acceptance of the conference committee amendments to the Senate

Summary: The House convened, opened with prayer and the Pledge, approved the journal, and welcomed several guests in the gallery, including a high school student and an advocate connected to the domestic violence bill HB 2995. The chamber then moved through multiple Committee of the Whole calendars, first advancing HB 4155, HB 4156, and HB 4157, then HB 4164, HB 4165, and HB 4166, all with do-pass recommendations and no substantive amendments on those calendars. Later, the House also considered SB 1326, a victims’ rights measure, adopted a floor amendment, and reported it out as amended. The House corrected an earlier clerical error regarding HB 4155-4157 being referred to engrossing rather than third reading. The House then took up a long series of final passage votes on Senate bills. SB 2174, SB 2611, SB 1011, SB 1012, SB 1016, SB 1018, SB 1038, SB 1039, SB 1040, SB 1053, SB 1055, SB 1057, SB 1060, SB 1061, SB 1068, SB 1069, SB 1075, SB 1100, SB 1113 on reconsideration, SB 1160, and SB 1170 all passed. SB 2873, SB 1004, SB 1009, SB 1042, SB 1043, SB 1049, SB 1093, and SB 1143 failed. SB 2995, the emergency family-law/domestic-violence bill known as the Alec and Lydia Act, passed with the required two-thirds vote after extensive debate; supporters said it would better protect children and clarify judicial standards, while opponents argued its definitions were overly broad and could harm families. SB 1018 on foreign laws also drew extended debate over Sharia law, with supporters framing it as a defense of American values and opponents calling it unnecessary and discriminatory. Several votes included explanations focused on policy concerns. SB 1004 on sex-offender registration and monitoring drew debate over whether electronic monitoring is effective. SB 1040 on voter registration transparency prompted arguments over public access to voter rolls versus privacy and security. SB 1118 on municipal zoning and historical homes was debated as a property-rights and local-control issue, with supporters saying it could help preserve affordable housing and opponents warning it would override local decisions. The House also adopted motions to reconsider prior actions on SB 1043 and SB 1100, and it requested the Senate return SB 1552 for reconsideration. The session ended with the House still processing additional Committee of the Whole business, including HB 4158, HB 4159, HB 4160, HB 4161, HB 4162, and HB 4163, with HB 4162 and HB 4163 receiving floor amendments and do-pass recommendations.

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• <00:28:55.360> So,<00:28:56.559> I credentials, and just accept them.
• So, I credentials, and just accept them.
• So it was the only person that I could call because no one else would accept my call.
• So it was the only person that I could call because no one else would accept my call.
• if that's acceptable. if that's acceptable.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• And again, even if that, which makes it a discretion with the judge to whether to defer or to accept
• of a guilty I guess defer the acceptance of a guilty plea<00:07:16.560> or<00:07:16.720> a
• judge to whether to defer or to accept judge to whether to defer or to accept uh<00:08:17.919>
• So it's not illegal for a politician to accept a gift.
• So it's not illegal for a politician to accept a gift.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Judiciary Committee heard testimony on several bills related to bribery and public corruption. On SB 2249, which would increase penalties for bribery under certain circumstances, the Honolulu Prosecutor’s Office and Honolulu Police Department supported the measure, arguing that Hawaii’s current class B felony penalty is probationable and too weak to secure cooperation in corruption cases, especially after the U.S. Supreme Court’s Snyder decision narrowed federal bribery prosecutions. The Public Defender opposed the bill, arguing that elevating bribery to a class A felony and making it non-probationable was excessive, overbroad, and would remove judicial discretion. Multiple individuals also testified in support. Committee members questioned the prosecutor about removing deferred acceptance of plea provisions and asked HPD about the $20,000 threshold; the prosecutor said alternative charges could still be used in plea bargaining, and HPD said the threshold aligns with first-degree theft. The committee also discussed how current law tolls the bribery statute of limitations while an official remains in office, with the prosecutor explaining it can extend up to six years total. The committee then heard SB 2494, which would set a nine-year statute of limitations for bribery offenses. The Public Defender opposed the extension, saying the justification based on the length of federal investigations was too broad and that bribery already has a longer limitations period than most felonies. The Honolulu Prosecutor’s Office supported the bill, saying bribery cases often involve coordination with federal investigators, that federal and state evidence-gathering methods may differ, and that a longer period would help ensure admissible evidence and allow state prosecution when federal law no longer applies. Members asked whether there were public examples of cases lost to the current limitations period; the prosecutor said he was not aware of any publicly available examples, but maintained nine years was a reasonable period. The committee also considered SB 2737, which would create a misdemeanor for failure by a state or county elected official to report bribery. The Department of the Attorney General offered comments and suggested changing the term to “public servant” for consistency with existing law. The Honolulu Prosecutor’s Office supported the intent but warned the reporting requirement could create Fifth Amendment issues for witnesses who might otherwise be useful in grand jury proceedings. The bill drew broad public support, with 33 supporters and no opposition noted. Finally, the committee took up SB 3071, which revises sex trafficking and promoting prostitution statutes by redefining “profits from prostitution” and adding an affirmative defense for certain lawful transactions. The Public Defender opposed the measure, saying it still could reach people without the required criminal intent and that the affirmative defense language could be applied unevenly. The Attorney General and Honolulu Prosecutor supported the bill, saying it better addresses concerns raised by the State v. Ibarra decision while closing loopholes that allow traffickers to disguise profits as loans or gifts. The prosecutor emphasized that traffickers are sophisticated and can structure transactions to evade current law.

Transcript Highlights:

• And if I may, and this is, you know, unusual, those are animals that you accept you're dealing with.
• know, unusual, those are animals that know, unusual, those are animals that you<00:29:32.320> accept
• <00:29:33.679> I<00:29:34.240> assume you accept you're dealing with.
• I assume you accept you're dealing with.
• And so maybe what where you put accept.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Any objection to accepting it by a show of hands?
• I will accept that motion.
• I will<00:51:05.280> accept<00:51:05.599> that<00:51:06.119> motion.
• All in favor of will accept that motion.
• I will happily accept my colleague's offer the day he accepts the same standards be imposed on all education

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Finance Committee first took up Senate Bill 63, which Representative Maguire described as a straightforward bill setting funding for the Division of Travel and Tourism. He said it was not controversial. The committee voted to retain the bill by roll call, with one no vote and one member absent, and the motion passed 23-1-1. The committee then considered Senate Bill 74, dealing with annual reporting requirements for state departments that issue permits. Representative Maguire explained Amendment 2282 would shorten the reporting burden by requiring summary data on delayed permits rather than listing every permit, and would delay the first report until 2027 so agencies would not have to reconstruct old data. The amendment was adopted by voice vote, and the bill was then approved as amended by a 24-1 roll call vote. Next, the committee heard Senate Bill 241 on construction of a public pier at Hampton Beach. Representative Sweeney moved inexpedient to legislate, saying the project was ambitious and lacked public support. The motion passed unanimously 25-0, sending the bill to consent. Division Two then took up Senate Bill 145, a replace-all amendment to the education freedom account bill. Supporters said the amendment clarified the bill, kept the policy intact, removed a reimbursement program and an open-ended appropriation, and established a cap of 10,000 students with priority for current students and certain other groups. Opponents argued the measure was still a major expansion, would increase spending after crossover, and that the cap was not meaningful. After discussion, Amendment 2301H was adopted and the bill was approved as amended by a 25-0 vote, with members noting it could go on consent because no money remained in it.

Transcript Highlights:

• So even if I were to accept the idea that it's a legitimate governmental exercise for the state to try
• So even if I were to accept the idea that it's a legitimate governmental exercise for the state to try
• the idea that it's a if I were to accept the idea that it's a legitimate<00:35:55.520> governmental
• We see that as people in society view that as more acceptable, they feel more inclined that they can
• they feel more inclined that acceptable they feel more inclined that they<00:41:07.280> can<00

Bills: HF414, HF768, HF359

Keywords: data practices, filing fee, government transparency, complaints, public access, free speech, human rights, censorship, protected speech, Minnesota Department of Human Rights, real property, partition, eminent domain, transfer on death deeds, property rights, 1183, house

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• We are not accepting amendments to the bill today, but we have a number of testifiers um in a little
• We are not accepting amendments to the bill today, but we have a number of testifiers um in a little
• We are not accepting amendments to the bill today.
• We are not accepting amendments to the bill today.
• > addiction<01:09:35.200> as We cannot accept smartphone addiction as We cannot accept

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We had been given a list of folks and groups that wanted to be accepted from this.
• Um, but I think the idea was we wanted to accept folks who we knew were either working directly with
• Um, you know, we wanted to accept, of course, the public agencies.
• <01:29:23.040> Is<01:29:23.199> that given as an acceptable number.
• Is that given as an acceptable number. Is that correct? correct? correct?

Bills: HF3403, HF2687, HF2381

Keywords: HF3403, emergency rental assistance, rental aid, homelessness prevention, housing crisis, imminent risk of homelessness, eviction prevention, county aid, Tribal governments, local government aids, general fund appropriation, Minnesota revenue commissioner, poverty level, low-income housing, housing stability, family homeless prevention and assistance, emergency housing assistance, HF2687, single-family homes, corporate landlords

Transcript Highlights:

• There's incredible bias possible for like how can any administration, how are we going to accept that
• There's incredible bias possible for like how can any administration, how are we going to accept that
• There's incredible bias possible for like how can any administration, how are we going to accept that
• There's incredible bias possible for like how can any administration, how are we going to accept that
• There's incredible bias possible for like how can any administration, how are we going to accept that

Bills: HF3676, HF3683, HF3395

Keywords: Safe at Home, address confidentiality, domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, harassment, victim privacy, survivor protection, confidential address, protected address, secret address, identity protection, residential confidentiality, program participant, nondiscrimination, court disclosure, protective order, service of process, driver's license, state ID

Summary: The committee first approved minutes from February 19 and February 26, while skipping the February 24 minutes because of a drafting error that would be corrected later. It then took up House File 3676, a Safe at Home program bill described by Rep. Nash as arising from a constituent’s dangerous identity exposure and intended to tighten protections for participants, including allowing emancipated minors to enroll. Testimony from the Secretary of State’s office explained that the bill would clarify who may apply for a minor, require proof of guardianship, strengthen court findings before a participant’s physical address can be disclosed, increase penalties for harmful disclosure, prohibit discrimination based on participation, require state agencies to designate a Safe at Home contact person, allow use of the Safe at Home card as proof of residence for certain ID purposes, and require judge training. Members raised concerns about federal compatibility, constitutionality of court-related provisions, and the need for a fiscal note on the felony penalty. Several sections were noted as being removed or modified in a later engrossment, and the committee voted to re-refer HF 3676 to the Transportation Finance and Policy Committee. The committee then heard House File 3683, which would direct the state budget forecast to include the estimated cost of fraud. Rep. Nash argued that fraud is a significant but unquantified drain on state resources and said the bill would adapt existing forecast language used for inflation to track fraud costs. Minnesota Management and Budget Deputy Commissioner Anna Mingi testified that fraud is unacceptable and that the agency works to prevent and detect it, but said the twice-yearly forecast is not the right tool for this kind of retrospective analysis. She explained that if fraud is identified, the forecast would reflect reduced spending through program integrity actions rather than a separate fraud-cost line item. The bill was moved and referred to the general register after a roll call was requested.

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• Why, as a homeowner, do I want to not accept bids to try and get the best price and the best product
• Why, as a homeowner, do I want to not accept bids to try and get the best price and the best product
• Why, as a homeowner, do I want to not accept bids to try and get the best price and the best product
• Why, as a homeowner, do I want to not accept bids to try and get the best price and the best product
• <01:34:04.719> and event that a lender um accepts and event that a lender um accepts and honors

Bills: SF1750, HF704, HF3479

Keywords: common interest community, CIC, homeowners association, HOA, condominium, planned community, cooperative, unit owner, association board, declarant, declarant control, special declarant rights, assessment lien, foreclosure, late fees, fines, attorney fees, resale disclosure, annual report, maintenance plan

Transcript Highlights:

• Cops accept risk and are very aware that some misguided individuals will blame them, the officer, and
• Public safety officers accept the risks that come with serving our communities.
• What they should not have to accept is that their family safety can be compromised at home while they
• <01:14:17.199> And<01:14:17.360> I'm acceptable place for a protest.
• And I'm acceptable place for a protest.

Bills: HF1567, HF2809, HF3380

Keywords: public safety officer, peace officer, correctional officer, law enforcement, police privacy, officer safety, doxxing, personal information, data privacy, government data practices, private data, internet posting, online disclosure, residential address, phone number, email address, family member protection, child safety, school information, public records

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• It must be an acceptable photo ID.
• So, um, you said that if it's flagged as CID, they must provide an acceptable photo ID.
• must be an acceptable photo ID. must be an acceptable photo ID.
• for registering to vote on acceptable for registering to vote on election<00:27:00.679> day,<
• This hashing process is applied a second time once ERIC accepts the data file, ensuring that the hash

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• I think it would be helpful for us to have a conversation about what would be accepted at that local
• So if a person's injured, you don't take them straight to jail; the jail won't accept them until they've
• Families are just going without lifesaving care, and I think that's… acceptable.
• He said facts are stubborn things, and sometimes those facts are hard to accept.
• Utilizing one facility and a block away from the other facility is not acceptable.

Bills: HB3772, HB1656, HB4504, HB1896, HB4420, HB4421, HB4076, HB3708, HB2806, HB3540, HB1586, HB5459, HB4553, HB4535, HB3811, HB3749, HB4255, HB4051, HB5098, HB3554, HB4539, HB5274

Keywords: e-cigarettes, health and safety, regulations, directory, penalties, regulation, certification, compliance, manufacturers, FDA, nicotine, mental health, emergency detention, paramedic authority, mental illness, healthcare facility, public health, covenants not to compete, health care practitioners, physicians

Transcript Highlights:

• We think it's an acceptable short-term solution for dealing with a serious problem that's in front of
• Um we think it's an acceptable Um we think it's an acceptable short-term<00:19:08.160> solution
• Goldberg, I can't accept the fact that he's speaking for Kentucky ACOG because he has not consulted with
• So, I would ask the members of this committee to consider whether or not you believe it acceptable for
• for those providers to deny acceptable for those providers to deny me<01:20:48.000> that<01:20

Keywords: 00:00:00 Call to Order/Roll Call 00:01:10 Discussion of 25RS HB 414 00:44:26 Roll Call Vote on 25RS HB 414 00:50:25 Discussion of 25RS SB 27 00:53:44 Roll Call Vote on 25RS SB 27 00:55:49 Discussion of 25RS SB 93 00:57:57 Roll Call Vote on 25RS SB 93 00:59:29 Discussion of 25RS SB 132 01:37:39 Roll Call Vote on 25RS SB 132 01:40:55 Discussion of 25RS SB 153 01:42:05 Roll Call Vote on 25RS SB 153 01:43:46 Adjournment, 958, all

Summary: The Health Services Committee met with a quorum and took up House Bill 414 with a committee substitute. The bill, described by sponsors and supporters as a continuation of prior maternal-health legislation, was framed as a clarification of medical standards and an effort to improve care for women and families facing complicated pregnancies. Representative Tate, Representative Nemes, Adair Wushar of Kentucky Right to Life, and Dr. Jeff Goldberg of ACOG Kentucky all testified in support, saying the substitute was developed collaboratively to reduce confusion in the law and help physicians provide evidence-based care without fear of criminal penalties. Supporters said the committee substitute was intended to define what is not an abortion under Kentucky law and to spell out medical treatments for conditions such as miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, molar pregnancy, sepsis, hemorrhage, preeclampsia, premature rupture of membranes, and fetal demise. Dr. Goldberg said current statutes contain significant ambiguity and have created unintended barriers to treating pregnancy complications, including emergency situations, and he gave examples of patients who were delayed or harmed because physicians were uncertain about what the law allowed. Representative Nemes said the measure was the result of unusual cooperation among groups that do not usually agree and described it as a first step toward fixing a discrete problem. Representative Wilner raised concerns that the language could effectively require a patient to be in severe distress before treatment is clearly permitted and that it was too prescriptive about how physicians should manage miscarriages. In response, Dr. Goldberg and the sponsors said the substitute was not perfect, was meant as a short-term solution, and was designed to give doctors more confidence in providing routine, medically necessary care for pregnancy complications. The transcript indicates the committee substitute was adopted, but no final vote on the bill itself is shown in the excerpt.

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• cases of essential curtailed accepting cases of essential use<00:25:39.880> and<00:25:40.039>
• Please do not accept this legislation that pretends Amar's Law is too fast and needs further research
• Please do not accept this legislation that pretends Amar's Law is too fast and needs further research
• Please do not accept this legislation that pretends Amar's Law is too fast and needs further research
• Please do not accept this legislation that pretends Amar's Law is too fast and needs further research

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• This is a good amendment, and it should be accepted. It's just a safeguard.
• It's just a and it should be accepted.
• committee report and ask it be accepted. committee report and ask it be accepted.
• So I ask that<03:15:12.880> it<03:15:13.040> be<03:15:13.200> accepted.
• that it be accepted. that it be accepted. >> Representative<03:15:16.319> Bradley.

Keywords: 981, all

Summary: The House convened with a quorum, approved the journal, and heard several announcements about committee schedules and Capitol events, including Faith and Justice Lobby Day, Agriculture Week activities, and a tribute presentation for Sergeant Benjamin Pennington. The tribute honored Pennington’s Army service, his time at Fort Carson, and his death from injuries sustained in an attack on Prince Sultan Air Base; he was posthumously promoted to Staff Sergeant. A member also offered remarks recognizing the sacrifice of service members, and taps was played. The chamber then took up third reading and final passage on multiple bills. Senate Bill 39, concerning Fire and Police Pension Association disability and survivor benefits, passed 63-1. House Bill 1311, regarding use of a bond in lieu of retainage in construction contracts, passed 55-1 after a brief explanation of support from a member. House Bill 1184, continuing the Colorado Forest Health Council, passed 50-1; House Bill 1305, on inpatient behavioral health access, passed 64-0; and House Bill 1234, on access to child abuse or neglect records, passed 64-0. Senate Bill 50, requiring certain child care center policy disclosures to caregivers, passed 56-8. Senate Bill 84, preserving privileges for certain state entities in connection with information provided to the state auditor and fraud hotline duties, passed 42-12. House Bill 1186, continuing regulation of bail bonding agents by the Division of Insurance, passed 61-13. House Bill 1181, continuing the Barber and Cosmetologist Act, passed 51-13 after a member requested removal of their name as a co-sponsor. The House also moved Senate Bill 21 back to the general orders calendar and set several bills as special orders. In the House Special Committee on Legislative Interim Activities, House Bill 1331 was heard; the appropriations committee report was adopted after members noted a roughly $400,000 general fund reduction and a 3.3 FTE staffing reduction. The bill itself would suspend 10 interim committees, repeal two committees, and limit travel and per diem reimbursements to help address the budget gap. Supporters said the measure was similar to last year’s bill and encouraged continued policy work outside formal interim committees, while opponents argued that some committees, especially those related to water, behavioral health, and youth, should be preserved and questioned the prioritization of the Colorado Youth Advisory Council and related costs.

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• Reveal our common ground, help us to accept our disagreements.
• I think that we've come to accept this happens.
• We've come to accept it happens on days it shouldn't.
• We've come to accept that illegal ones are used on days where usage can occur.

Summary: The Senate received House communications listing numerous House-passed bills, substitutes, amendments, and concurrent resolutions, and then took up committee reports and a consent calendar. Consent Calendar 65 passed unanimously with 20 yes votes and included Senate Resolution 26 recognizing Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, House Concurrent Resolution 131 on apprenticeship programs for school-based mental health professionals, House Concurrent Resolution 137 on mathematics instruction review, and House Concurrent Resolution 148 on a statewide menopause education strategy. Later, Consent Agenda N also passed with the required two-thirds vote and included a large group of bills on evidence and witnesses, Family Court jurisdiction, theft by impersonation, realty transfer tax, auto insurance practices, child services and educational services, STD prevention, agricultural and forestry matters, menstrual disorder materials, a Smyrna charter change, massage/body work, dry needling, and lead poisoning screening. Several substantive bills were debated and passed. Senate Substitute 1 for Senate Bill 314, modernizing Delaware’s rape shield law and clarifying how courts handle evidence of prior false sexual assault allegations, passed 21-0. Senate Bill 347, a cleanup bill to the Medical Debt Protection Act that expands prohibited collection actions and requires disclosure when a collector is a large health care facility, also passed 21-0. House Bill 300, creating a statewide Title IX coordinator in the Department of Education to support compliance and data collection for interscholastic athletics, passed after debate; Senate Amendment 1 to the bill, which would have required athletes to compete according to biological sex, was defeated 6-14 with one absent, and the underlying bill then passed 20-0 with one absent. The Senate also passed House Substitute 1 for House Bill 84, which limits mandatory employee attendance at meetings where employers convey political or religious views, after questions about employer, union, and exemption coverage; House Substitute 1 for House Bill 301, which clarifies criminal penalties for violence, threats, and intimidation at polling places and election-related sites, passed after discussion of what conduct it would cover; House Bill 63, addressing fireworks disclosures and related regulation, passed 19-2 after senators discussed enforcement and impacts on veterans, children, and pets; and House Bill 348, updating the electric vehicle rebate program to give DENREC more flexibility and expand eligibility, passed 16-5. The chamber then recessed until the next day.