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• It's also adding language regarding the notification to the Department of State, ...elections.
• It's also adding language regarding the notification to the Department of State when a state central
• It requires the state central committees to notify the Department of State at least 180 days prior to
• They would change the bylaws within 180 days of the election and notify the Secretary of State.
• You know, they notified the Secretary of State of their decision, and that's how the election proceeds

Bills: HB398 , HB906 , HB1201 , SB41 , SB47 , SB106 , SB210 , SB218 , SB220 , SB248 , SB289 , SB397

Committee: House House and Governmental Affairs

Keywords: nominating petitions, unaffiliated voters, party primaries, political participation, elections, public meeting minutes, transparency, government accountability, publication deadlines, open meetings, boards and commissions, public records, contact information, email addresses, phone numbers, website disclosure, official journal, Louisiana public bodies, parish board of election supervisors, Department of State elections hotline

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• of the State speech at the opening of session.
• So that's why I'm asking about having a little bit of oversight of that state department that has control
• Sherry Wharton Hatsky, Commissioner of Elections for the Secretary of State.
• We want to have an election in the spring, so this would take care of their election, perhaps?
• It provides for the office and duties of the Office of the State Inspector General.

Bills: HB1011 , SCR11 , SB41 , SB49 , SB107 , SB123 , SB224 , SB292 , SB425 , SB479

Committee: House House and Governmental Affairs

Keywords: tax credits, higher education, workforce development, brain drain, economic incentives, public meeting minutes, transparency, government accountability, publication deadlines, open meetings, SB49, Louisiana elections, party primary, primary elections, BESE, State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, school board elections, election law, candidate qualification, ballot access

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• with the annual standards the Department of Defense, or the Department of War, requires of all of us
• steps saying you are entering a United States Department of Defense website.
• We also know there's a lawsuit pending against the Secretary of State from the Department of Justice.
• working with any State Department of Veterans Services across the country?
• We just had the Secretary of State over the summer have a breach of his election software from purportedly

Bills: HB2006 , HB2165 , HB2245 , HB2348 , HB2806 , HB2901 , HB2902 , HCR2016

Committees: House Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections , House House Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections Committee of Reference

Keywords: sample ballots, elections, primary election, general election, mailing deadline, ballot mailing, county election officials, board of supervisors, secretary of state, early voting list, election administration, voter information, postal service, USPS processing center, city elections, town elections, special district elections, Arizona election law, ballot proofing, party chair

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• The current Office of Receivership is a nonprofit entity separate from the Insurance Department, though
• Only one other state, we're one of two states that do this.
• So is this kind of the equivalent of a pinky swear, pinky promise kind of thing?
• of the bill.
• the state to give us a better overview of what business, firefighters, and the community need.

Bills: SB1265 , SB2154 , SB1286 , SB1365 , SB1491 , SB1525 , SB1581 , SB1775 , SB1810 , SB1884 , SB2118 , SB2174 , SB1771 , SB1805 , SB1916

Committee: House Government Oversight

Keywords: municipal ordinances, local government, ordinance publication, posting requirement, public notice, municipal law, city ordinances, town ordinances, county government, newspaper publication, effective date, Oklahoma statutes, 11 O.S. 14-106, ordinance notice, government oversight, municipalities, city government, town government, property maintenance, nuisance abatement

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• Let's go to recreation, the Department of State first.
• We're going to go with the recreation of the Secretary of State Department of State bill, which is House
• It recreates the Department of State and the statutory entities made a part of the department by law.
• The Department of State consists of the election services operations, outreach, and division of election
• the Department of State.

Bills: HB117 , HB228 , HB250 , HB260 , HB393 , HB400 , HB446 , HB534 , HB551 , HB576 , HB842

Committee: House House and Governmental Affairs

Keywords: Department of State, statutory entities, re-creation, termination, Louisiana laws, Department of State Civil Service, Louisiana legislation, government re-creation, authority termination, financial disclosure, public servants, ethics, immediate family, transparency, legislators, transportation, foreign travel, cultural exchange, public service, HB393

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• the state of intent.
• The Department of Revenue indicates that the early state to implement this bill is for a state of dissidents
• The Department of State Parks also estimates needing ongoing funding of $192,000 beginning in fiscal
• The Secretary of State is required to publish notices prescribed prior to the next election.
• The Secretary of State is required to publish notices prescribed prior to the next election.

Bills: SB6346 , SB6347 , SB6147 , SB6246 , SB5940 , SB5882 , SB6223 , SJR8206 , SB5762 , SB5828

Committee: Senate Ways & Means

Keywords: millionaires tax, wealth tax, income tax, state revenue, tax reform, Washington estate tax, estate tax, inheritance tax, death tax, probate, decedent, gross estate, taxable estate, exclusion amount, tax rate, estate planning, heirs, beneficiaries, RCW 83.100, Department of Revenue

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• In West Oakland, one of the most environmentally overburdened communities in the state of California,
• of California and doing so in a way... ...bulk coal terminals throughout the state of California and
• the State Council of Laborers.
• Chair, Scott Wedge on behalf of the State Association of Electrical Workers, California State Pipe Trades
• California State Pipe Trades Council and the Western States Council of Sheet Metal Workers.

Bills: AB40 , AB2674 , SB328 , SB344

Committee: House Natural Resources

Keywords: emergency services, reproductive health, abortion, healthcare regulation, redistricting, California legislature, AB 2674, financial abuse, financial deception, elder financial abuse, bank fraud, scam prevention, consumer protection, depository institution, bank, credit union, suspicious transaction, fraud hotline, trusted third party, power of attorney

Summary: The Assembly Natural Resources Committee heard several measures, led by AB 40, which would require a full CEQA environmental impact report before approval of any new or expanded large coal terminal and require updated review if the project changes significantly. The author and supporters, including West Oakland community advocates and environmental groups, argued the bill was needed because an outdated environmental review did not analyze coal at the scale now proposed for the Oakland terminal and because West Oakland already bears heavy pollution burdens. Opponents, including business and terminal representatives, argued the project had already undergone extensive review and litigation and warned the bill would set a precedent for reopening settled approvals. Members questioned whether the air district had already approved the project and whether the bill was targeting a single facility. The author responded that the air district still had to issue a discretionary permit and that the bill was narrowly tailored to large coal terminals. The committee ultimately concurred in the Senate amendments to AB 40 on a recorded vote, with the bill passing out of committee. The committee also heard SB 344, which creates a project-specific pathway for San Diego’s Midway Rising redevelopment, a large mixed-use project with thousands of housing units, including affordable housing, parks, and a new arena. Support came from labor, the city, and business groups, while members raised questions about whether the bill was effectively insulating the project from CEQA litigation. The author said the bill does not exempt the project from CEQA but confirms the final EIR’s sufficiency once certified. SB 344 received a due pass recommendation and passed the committee. Finally, the committee heard SB 328 for the Concord Reuse Project Area, which would streamline implementation of the former Concord Naval Weapons Station reuse plan by creating an exemption within the Surplus Land Act and related disposition process for qualifying projects. The author and supporters emphasized decades of planning, extensive environmental review, a project labor agreement, and commitments to 25% affordable housing and open space. After questions about enforcement of affordability and tribal consultation, the bill received a due pass recommendation and passed. The committee also adopted a consent resolution and passed AB 2674, a transparency measure requiring CARB to post landfill temperature and monitoring data it already receives.

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• of Homeland Security, CISA within that department, and the United States Election Assistance Commission
• As background, the Department of Health collects and stores all reports of vital life events in the state
• Department of Justice if the Secretary of State does not comply with the request.
• Department of Justice to maintain our voter rolls or administer our election.
• Department of Justice to maintain our voter roles or administer our election.

Bills: SB6084 , SB6137 , SCR8406 , SB5892 , SB5863

Committee: House State Government & Tribal Relations

Keywords: elections, double voting, voting twice, multiple voting, same-day election, primary election, general election, special election, cross-state voting, ballot fraud, election fraud, voter misconduct, RCW 29A.84.660, State v. Padilla, civil infraction, class C felony, Secretary of State, Washington elections, election law, voter eligibility

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• Department of Defense.
• I have also utilized the Secretary of State's Elections Department hotline to receive interpretations
• . of the election code from our state's top election officers.
• Not a state one, just a non-profit one, but I've been on both sides of it. the hotline process. for being
• We have an opportunity here to put the state of Texas at the front of every other state when it comes

Bills: HB3146 , HB3719 , HB3895 , HB3923 , HB4748 , HB4751 , HB4936 , HB4952 , HB4990 , HB4991 , HB5061 , HB5196 , HB5238 , HB5246 , HB5487

Committee: House Delivery of Government Efficiency

Keywords: State Office of Administrative Hearings, SOAH, administrative hearings, contested case, contested case hearing, administrative law judge, ALJ, final decision, proposed decision, agency hearing, hearing continuance, rescheduling, Texas administrative law, Government Code Chapter 2001, workers' compensation, Department of Human Resources, Texas Labor Code, Transportation Code, Agriculture Code, Insurance Code

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• I thought we did this already, but through loft instead of through the secretary of state.
• But at this point in time, this one does, as you mentioned, take it to the secretary of state.
• So that is the current state of it, and that's what we're shooting for.
• Senate Bill 2174 changes who appoints and the makeup of the board of the state fire marshal. commission
• are one of only two states that operate the receivership office in this way.

Bills: SB2063 , SB1877 , SB1884 , SB2174 , SB1525 , SB1771 , SB1805 , SB1916 , SB1365 , SB1810

Committee: House General Government

Keywords: unclaimed property, abandoned property, state treasurer, unclaimed property fund, public website, claimant, hearing, administrative procedures act, sales tax exemption, income tax subtraction, youth entrepreneurs, teen business, minor-owned business, sole proprietorship, business license exemption, entrepreneurship, youth vendor, Oklahoma Tax Commission, Title 60, Title 68

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• Cade Brumley with the Department of Education.
• All of Louisiana state employees do, based on what we did a couple of years ago.
• part of the state law.
• It requires the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Department of Education, in
• Ken Bradford, Chief of Staff, Department of Education.

Bills: HR249 , HR251 , HB395 , HB902 , SB83 , SB132 , SB157 , SB338 , SB450 , SB484 , SB501 , SB507

Committee: House Education

Keywords: artificial intelligence, AI, BESE, State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, content standards, K-12 education, public schools, curriculum, digital literacy, computer science, STEM, technology education, student privacy, ethical AI, workforce development, future-ready workforce, instructional resources, education policy, school standards, Louisiana education

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• So that's my goal with this study commission: to bring the Corps of Engineers, Department of Natural
• I know a lot of people that pay a lot of money for river silt. Yep.
• This bill also changes the definition of participation in elections to a person who makes expenditures
• Senator Fessi attended a state dinner at a conference last summer, and the waiter spilled a glass of
• And then it adds the second party primary as an election so it falls within the line of campaign finance

Bills: HCR74 , HCR95 , HB705 , HB1048 , SCR23 , SCR31 , SCR38 , SB49 , SB233 , SB307 , SB326 , SB387 , SB401 , SB435 , SB495

Committee: House House and Governmental Affairs

Keywords: trade commission, international relations, Louisiana, United Kingdom, economic exchange, cultural exchange, infrastructure investment, sales tax, exemptions, credits, rebates, uniformity, legislative rules, fiscal report, contempt, legislature, disorderly conduct, bribery, arrest, legislative privilege

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• Welcome to the January 27th, 2026, meeting of the State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections Committee
• the state of Washington.
• States of America.
• the rest of the state.
• Thank you. 6 million of the State Government, Tribal Affairs and Elections Committee. Thank you.

Bills: SB6084 , SB6044 , SB5950 , SB6046 , SB5763 , SB5784

Committee: Senate State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections

Keywords: elections, double voting, voting twice, multiple voting, same-day election, primary election, general election, special election, cross-state voting, ballot fraud, election fraud, voter misconduct, RCW 29A.84.660, State v. Padilla, civil infraction, class C felony, Secretary of State, Washington elections, election law, voter eligibility

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• Department of Justice, and Department of Education.
• government at the Departments of Commerce, State, Treasury, and the White House National Security Council
• local elections is a matter of local concern that should be decided at the local level, not by the state
• If you are a resident of the state of Arizona and you are out of the state on military active duty or
• In the state of Arizona.

Bills: SB1003 , SB1060 , SB1134 , SB1275 , SB1327 , SB1429 , SB1618 , SB1634 , SB1654 , SB1803 , SCR1002 , SCR1005 , SCR1023 , SCR1027

Committees: House Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections , House House Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections Committee of Reference

Keywords: election, canvass, certification, ballot tabulation, write-in candidates, registration, voting procedures, voter registration, temporary absence, absentee voting, residency, military voters, overseas voters, election law, Arizona Revised Statutes, political signs, campaign materials, public safety, municipal regulation, veterans

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• like our Department of Health comes in and investigates.
• Thank you. ...million square feet of state government space.
• number of state psychiatric hospital beds per 100,000 population in the United States overall.
• Madam Chair, Member, Senate Bill 1233 prohibits the Department of Health Services, Department of Economic
• the Department of Health Services.

Bills: SB1051 , SB1114 , SB1115 , SB1122 , SB1132 , SB1162 , SB1169 , SB1171 , SB1172 , SB1173 , SB1174 , SB1175 , SB1179 , SB1188 , SB1233 , SB1236 , SB1242 , SB1316 , SB1368

Committees: Senate Health and Human Services , Senate Senate Health and Human Services COR

Keywords: SB1051, Arizona hospitals, immigration status, patient intake, admission forms, registration forms, health care reporting, uncompensated care, emergency department, lawfully present, undocumented immigrants, noncitizen patients, hospital funding, Arizona Department of Health Services, ADHS, border security, health care institutions, patient privacy, medical access, immigration policy

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• Bruce Greenstein, Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health.
• It provides relative to the Louisiana Department of Health to create the Office of State Healthcare Facilities
• , to provide for the authority and duties of the Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health, to
• Because of the length of time of the pandemic, state regulations, many were out of jobs and had serious
• of Louisiana or the Department of Justice does.

Bills: HB414 , HB786 , HB1041 , HB1052 , HB1118 , HB1139 , HB1182 , HB1185 , HB1214 , HB1217 , HB1231 , SR63 , SCR27 , SB5 , SB194 , SB415 , SB433 , SB451 , SB462 , SB516

Committee: House Health and Welfare

Keywords: healthcare, criminal convictions, employment, background checks, prohibited offenses, Medicaid, claim payments, extrapolation, provider audits, medical freedom, discrimination, access, medical intervention, child protection, confidentiality, multidisciplinary teams, child advocacy centers, public records, investigations, hospital

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• House Bill 1770 strengthens the accuracy of Texas voter rolls by authorizing the Secretary of State to
• The DPS and Secretary of State should be required to check voter data against other states and legislation
• This is an illusion of choice. It happens all over the state. These are not elections.
• Our money just goes into the general fund of the state of Texas.
• If they had primaries and we were part of it, and there are parts of other states where Libertarians

Bills: HB2139 , HB2253 , HB3632 , HB4171 , HB4309 , HB4508 , SB760 , SB1470

Committee: House Elections

Keywords: voting access, polling place, disability, caretaker provisions, ballot delivery, election code, HB 2253, Texas Election Code, bond election, bond issuance, local government, election cancellation, disaster declaration, natural disaster, emergency election, county election officer, polling place notice, open meeting, election workers, voter safety

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• There's a general enforcement mechanism with the Secretary of State over election administration, correct
• Elections for a county of 1,400 registered voters.
• The ruling held that federal election statutes per... ...state laws which permitted the receipt of ballots
• The law states that if we're going to have an Election Day, the ballots have to be in by the close of
• I think you have the conclusion of the election on Election Day.

Bills: HB2139 , HB2253 , HB3632 , HB4171 , HB4309 , HB4508 , SB760 , SB1470

Committee: House Elections

Keywords: voting access, polling place, disability, caretaker provisions, ballot delivery, election code, HB 2253, Texas Election Code, bond election, bond issuance, local government, election cancellation, disaster declaration, natural disaster, emergency election, county election officer, polling place notice, open meeting, election workers, voter safety

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• the Department of Commerce to conduct a study on the feasibility of establishing a state homeowner assistance
• At least 90% of the money in the account is to be used by the Department of Commerce to provide grants
• Stone testifying on behalf of both the Department of Commerce and the Governor’s Office in support of
• Curtis Steinhauer, Washington State Association of Counties, testifying today in strong support of Senate
• Under the bill, the Department of Commerce is directed to contract with the Washington State Housing

Bills: SB6018 , SB6026 , SB6027 , SB6028 , SB5937 , SB5938

Committee: Senate Housing

Keywords: housing, finance, commission, state funding, affordable housing, residential development, zoning reform, mixed-use zoning, commercial zones, Growth Management Act, GMA, state preemption, local land use, development regulations, ground-floor retail, ground-floor commercial, permit waiver, waiver process, density, urban growth area

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• This is a Secretary of State request bill.
• of State.
• Preservation, the Secretary of State, and the Department of Archives, we are able to pull them all together
• , Secretary of State, Department of Archives, we are able to pull them all together to look at what records
• So working with the Secretary of State Department of Archives has really been helpful.

Bills: SCR8406 , SB5892 , SB5863

Committee: House State Government & Tribal Relations

Keywords: civic health, community engagement, committee reestablishment, public participation, governance, voter registration database, election security, public records exemption, Secretary of State, county elections office, election infrastructure, cybersecurity, ballot signatures, ballot return envelopes, signature correction forms, voter privacy, personal identifying information, Social Security number, driver's license number, state ID number