Jerry W Stevenson

• H.B. 3 Appropriations Adjustments · Senate floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Presents H.B. 3, describing its appropriations, tax changes, and funding increases for education, higher education, social services, and criminal justice.

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  finds the physical impact of our policy bills as well as some of the last minute funding items. It appropriates a little more than 800 million from various sources. It brings our total budget from all sources to 31.6 billion for fiscal year 2027, slightly less than our, uh, revised budget for, uh, fiscal year 2026. That includes 12.4 billion from the general and income tax funds. And 4.8, uh, 4.8% increase from the last year. This bill combined with our appropriations acts, uh, uh, redirected the, uh, and reinvested more than 3% of our base resources. In the end, we increased public education funding by nearly 300 million or 5% over base budget, higher education by 76 million or …

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• H.B. 3 Appropriations Adjustments · Senate floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Gives a summation thanking colleagues and staff and moves that H.B. 3 pass under suspension of the rules.

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  Thank you. Uh, summation would be that, you know, I appreciate all of you. This is amazing process. You're all appropriators. We all get to work together and, uh, I just thank you very much. It has been a been quite a few years, but I will also tell you that this process doesn't work without Jonathan and, and the LFA, the folks he has working for him. Um, he's mentored me and helped me and I think at times maybe, uh, prodded me to get this process finished. Many of you, we have had opportunity to serve as a ProChair together and, uh, certainly been a enjoyable time working with the leadership team that we have in the, in …

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• S.B. 225 Public Corporation Amendments · Senate floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Says changes added in the House that would have interrupted existing processes, including ones tied to the inland port, were removed, and that the bill is now fine.

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  Uh, we are, um, there was some things added to this that would've, uh, interrupted the processes that we have with mi a and the point or in the, uh, inland port and we took those out and it, it, everything's fine. So Thank you. You have a motion to

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• S.B. 278 Development Authority Modifications · Senate floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Explains a change to the inland port and related authority provisions, saying earlier modifications were not acceptable so the bill was changed back.

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  Yeah, it's a, it's another, uh, it's a change that was made to the inland port or the, I think pointing the Mountain Authority and uh, same issue we had before. They made some modifications to it. Were not acceptable so they changed them back and that's the reason that's where We are. Thank you.

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• S.B. 152 Public and Higher Education Collaboration · Senate floor debate (day 44) · Mar 5, 2026

  Announces that budget changes must go through the EAC chairs or the President, that an EAC meeting is scheduled tonight, and that members should not contact budget staff directly.

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  Yes. I'd just like to make an announcement. We are, uh, the bank is closed. I, I hope you know this. I had on my, uh, di on my, uh, my desk this morning. They bank is closed, signed. I don't know who gave this to me, but I think they must have worked in maybe a bar at one time. So, uh, anyway, uh, any any changes to the budget? We'll now either have to go through EAC chairs or the President. We're not going to, uh, make any changes. And we've got, we've got EAC meeting tonight, which we'll adopt the budget or that the, any changes in the budget. And then tomorrow night, of course the, the …

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• S.B. 152 Public and Higher Education Collaboration · Senate floor debate (day 44) · Mar 5, 2026

  Says budget staff are working hard, with about 15 fiscal note bills still pending, and that the Senate may move directly to them.

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  Our staff is working hard over there, trying to put together their budget. We still have about 15, uh, fiscal note bills. We haven't, we didn't get to last night on our board, so, and we may, we may go directly there, uh, because I know they're trying to put together the budget and they need to know what bills pass, what don't pass. So, uh, we're trying to, we we're trying to, they're trying to do the budget, so I think as they get calls, it's, uh, somewhat challenging for them. So, uh, let's go ahead. Next bill up is Senate Bill 1 67.

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• S.B. 244 Cardiac Emergency Response Plans in Schools · Senate floor debate (day 44) · Mar 5, 2026

  Says the bill's cost was negotiated down from about $600,000 to about $200,000 because most schools already have defibrillators, and moves to concur.

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  We, we ended up negotiating down the, this had a, I think a $600,000, uh, price tag on it. Moved it down to about $200,000 just because, uh, most of the schools already have the, the defi defibrillators and, uh, did not need all that. So I would move for concurrence.

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• H.B. 223 Electronic Signature Collection Amendments · Senate floor debate (day 44) · Mar 5, 2026

  Explains the third substitute, which sets a transition timeline for electronic signature collection and makes it mandatory by about 2032.

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  Yes. The third substitute, what it does is it just makes them, there's a few key policy changes that it makes it, uh, it gives a transition timeline in order of how you collect signatures. Uh, it kind of, it's a mandatory, it turns into mandatory by about 2032. And this is the time that the, uh, third substitute is the timeline that it presents.

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• H.B. 223 Electronic Signature Collection Amendments · Senate floor debate (day 44) · Mar 5, 2026

  Says H.B. 2 from 2022 created electronic signature gathering that has not been implemented; the bill sets a phased requirement of 10% electronic signatures by 2028, 50% by 2030, and 100% by 2032, with security standards, reporting, and a process to halt the transition, and says it lowers costs, improves integrity, and expands access.

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  I do. I have some presentation in, uh, in 2022. We pa uh, we pa in 2022, we passed House Bill two 18, which created an electronic seig signature gathering process for initiatives referendums and candidate nomination on the, on the local and statewide level, which the electronic system already exists in law. It has not yet been implemented. The reason being is because of the, as how complicated it is. So what this change does, and I, you know, we've talked a lot about electronic signature gathering. Uh, I keep thinking of the story of Edison and where he, it, he, he worked really hard to invent a light bulb and, and he failed many, many times until he …

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• H.B. 223 Electronic Signature Collection Amendments · Senate floor debate (day 44) · Mar 5, 2026

  Confirms that candidates have rarely or not chosen electronic gathering and suggests Senator Riebe could explain her experience with it.

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  Senator Stevenson, That is accurate. And I would, uh, you know, it would be very interesting to, to, uh, I think Senator Riebe has a, uh, she actually proposed to substitute this bill. Uh, and, uh, but it would be interesting, but she has actually tried to use the electronic gathering process

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• H.B. 223 Electronic Signature Collection Amendments · Senate floor debate (day 44) · Mar 5, 2026

  Says Senator Riebe can explain why electronic gathering has not worked well, and that the bill gives time to fix problems over the next few years.

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  I think, I think Senator Riebe can explain to us why it hasn't worked well. But I will tell you that, that this possibly, like I mentioned in the beginning, this is, we're going to find out some ways not to build that light bulb as we go through this process over the next few years.

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• H.B. 223 Electronic Signature Collection Amendments · Senate floor debate (day 44) · Mar 5, 2026

  Says the bill may be altered several times and that its phased timeline gives time to get electronic signatures working.

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  Yeah, I, I'm not sure this is the ultimate, uh, fix. I think that there's a possibility that this will be altered several times over the next few years, uh, until we get to a point where electronic signatures can be used. And I, I really, uh, again, I go back to my light bulb story. Sometimes it takes us a while to get things fixed. And right here, the thing I do like about this bill is it gives you time to get things fixed and get them to a position where, where we find something that works. And with that, I conclude my remark.

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• H.B. 223 Electronic Signature Collection Amendments · Senate floor debate (day 44) · Mar 5, 2026

  Stevenson summarized the bill's funding and benefits and asked whether there were any further questions.

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  But they have found the funding that makes this work. And, uh, and with that, um, if you remember the, what we went through before, we talked about really good things like light bulbs and we talked about how lowering costs increasing integrity. So with that, I would, uh, I would, uh, I would, uh, present, do you have any other questions?

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• H.B. 136 Unlicensed Driver Amendments · Senate floor debate (day 44) · Mar 5, 2026

  Asks for a motion to enroll a House bill and notes that the bill number needs to be corrected.

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  Thank you. I have a motion. Do you wanna sign encircle a bill? I need a motion to encircle house Bill. 5 93. Actually I think it's a fourth substitute of house Bill. Uh, 5 93.

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• H.B. 136 Unlicensed Driver Amendments · Senate floor debate (day 44) · Mar 5, 2026

  Identifies the correct bill number as the third substitute on nicotine product amendments and tax amendments and moves to enroll it.

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  Um, I think it's, excuse me, 5 97. I think that's the second time I've done that since yesterday. So I, uh, is the third substitute house bill 3 37. Uh, nicotine product amendment tax amendments. Is that the bill? Yes, That's correct, but that's

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