House State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs
The House State Affairs committee advanced all six bills before it, but three drew dissent — a CBI background-check hours bill and a plain-language ballot measure both split the panel 8-3 amid Second Amendment and framing fears, and a bill barring lawmakers from holding multiple elected offices drew a lone, pointed no from Democrat Michael Carter over its impact on the pathway that got him elected.
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“By renaming this day as Farm Workers Day, we are honoring the movement, the thousands who fought and continue to fight for fair practices for farm workers. We are not honoring a man.”
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Sign in to subscribeThe committee will come back to order. Let me call roll again just for the record. Okay. Ms. King, can you please call the roll? Representative Bottoms. Here. Bradley. Here. Carter. Present. Espinoza. Here. For a. Here. Frolick. Rep. Frolick. Oh, she's mad at you. Excused. Luck. Here. Wynn. Present. Ricks. Present. Clifford. Here. Madam Chair. Here. We have six bills on the agenda for today. We'll start with House Bill 1339. Majority Leader Duran, why don't you kick us off? Thank you, Madam Chair and members of the committee, I want to begin by acknowledging that this is not an easy bill and it was not an easy discussion with my family. When we talk about removing a name from statue, we are not just talking about policy. We are talking about history. We are talking about identity, and we are talking about people's lived experiences. But this conversation doesn't start here. It started with survivors. It started with members of our communities who came forward with painful stories of sexual abuse and rape and who asked something very simple of us to listen and to not look away when serious allegations of sexual assault and abuse are raised,…
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