Mar 27, 2025 Legislative Session

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MORNING, EVERYBODY. I CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER MEETING NUMBER SIX OF THE ERIE COUNTY LEGISLATURE MARCH 27TH, 2025.

CLERK, PLEASE TAKE THE ROLL.

[ ROLL CALL]

SILENCE, PLEASE.

THANK YOU. PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE WILL BE LED BY LEGISLATOR DUPRE.

THANK YOU. CONTINUING ON WITH OUR AGENDA, TABLED ITEMS. THERE ARE NONE. ITEMS FOR RECONSIDERATION FOR THE PREVIOUS MEETING.

THERE ARE NONE. MINUTES FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING. MAJORITY LEADER, MOVE FOR IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION.

[ MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING: Meeting No. 5]

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? 10 TO 0. MOTION CARRIES.

THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED. PUBLIC HEARINGS. THERE ARE NONE.

MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTIONS ON PAGE ONE AND CONTINUE ON TO PAGE THREE.

[ MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTIONS:]

WE HAVE A MOTION TO CONSIDER BY THE MAJORITY LEADER. SECOND, BY LEGISLATOR VINAL ON THE QUESTION.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? 10 TO 0. OKAY. MOTION CARRIES.

THE MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTIONS ARE NOW BEFORE THE LEGISLATURE.

MAJORITY LEADER MOVE TO AMEND TO INCLUDE ET AL.

SPONSORSHIP. SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION TO INCLUDE AT ALL BY THE MAJORITY LEADER, SECOND BY LEGISLATOR.

VINAL ON THE QUESTION. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? 10 TO 0. OKAY. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. THE MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTIONS ARE APPROVED UNDER MAJORITY LEADER.

MOVE TO APPROVE, AS AMENDED. SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE, AS AMENDED BY THE MAJORITY LEADER.

SECOND, BY LEGISLATOR VINAL ON THE QUESTION. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? 10 TO 0. OKAY. CARRY UNANIMOUSLY.

WE WILL NOW HAVE THREE PRESENTATIONS. WE'RE GOING TO START WITH LEGISLATOR DUPRE.

THANK YOU, CHAIR. SORRY.

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TODAY AS WE CELEBRATE THE INTERNATIONAL TRANSGENDER DAY OF VISIBILITY.

THIS IMPORTANT DAY IS OBSERVED EVERY YEAR ON MARCH 31ST TO HONOR THE COURAGE, RESILIENCE, AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF TRANSGENDER AND GENDER NON-CONFORMING INDIVIDUALS.

IT SERVES AS A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE THOSE WHO HAVE PAVED THE WAY AND CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR INCLUSION, DIGNITY AND EQUITY FOR ALL PEOPLE. TODAY, I HAVE THE DISTINCT HONOR OF PRESENTING A PROCLAMATION TO A REMARKABLE INDIVIDUAL, ARI MOORE, WHOSE LIFE AND WORK HAVE TRULY EMBODIED THE VALUES THIS DAY REPRESENTS.

ARI IS A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF BUFFALO, AND SHE HAS CONTRIBUTED MUCH AS AN ARTIST, EDUCATOR, POLICE OFFICER, AND AN ACTIVIST. SHE HAS DEDICATED HER LIFE TO UPLIFTING THE MOST MARGINALIZED AND EMPOWERING OTHERS TO BE THEIR TRUE SELVES. YOU HAVE BEEN A PASSIONATE EDUCATOR. YOU'VE USED YOUR ARTISTIC TALENTS TO INSPIRE AND EMPOWER OTHERS, ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE BLACK AND LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITIES.

FROM YOUR TIME STUDYING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BUFFALO AND ROSARY HILL COLLEGE, NOW DAEMEN COLLEGE, TO TEACHING AT INSTITUTIONS LIKE THE BUFFALO AKG ART MUSEUM.

HUMANITY OF MARGINALIZED PEOPLE. IN ADDITION TO HER CREATIVE ENDEAVORS, YOUR JOURNEY HAS ALSO TAKEN YOU THROUGH THE BUFFALO POLICE DEPARTMENT,

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YOU WERE A PROTECTOR. YOU OFFERED EMPATHY, AND YOU STOOD UP FOR THOSE WHO OFTEN WERE LEFT BEHIND.

YOUR ROLE AS A POLICE OFFICER SHOWED DEDICATION, AND YOUR DEDICATION AND SERVICE TO CAN TRANSCEND ALL ASPECTS OF LIFE.

UPON YOUR RETIREMENT FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, YOU BECAME A VISIBLE, VERY VISIBLE LEADER WITHIN THE TRANSGENDER AND QUEER COMMUNITIES.

YOU CO-FOUNDED THE SPECTRUM TRANSGENDER SUPPORT GROUP OF WESTERN NEW YORK, WHERE YOU MENTORED AND SUPPORTED COUNTLESS YOUNG PEOPLE.

OFFERING THEM GUIDANCE AND THE SPACE TO BE SEEN AND HEARD.

YOUR ADVOCATE EXTENDS BEYOND YOUR DIRECT COMMUNITY WORK.

YOU'VE TIRELESSLY PUSHED FOR THE GENDER EXPRESSION NONDISCRIMINATION ACT IN NEW YORK STATE, ADVOCATING FOR EQUAL RIGHTS PROTECTION AND RESPECT FOR THE TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY.

YOUR IMPACT IS NOT JUST CONFINED TO YOUR ARTISTIC CREATIONS, POLICE WORK, OR ADVOCACY WORK.

YOU CONTINUE TO BE A FORCE FOR GOOD, PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES OF WHAT'S POSSIBLE AND MENTORING THE NEXT GENERATION OF CHANGEMAKERS.

YOUR WORK STANDS AS A BEACON OF HOPE, REMINDING US ALL THE POWER OF RESILIENCY AND THE IMPORTANCE OF PROTECTING AND UPLIFTING THE TRANSGENDER AND GENDER NON-CONFORMING COMMUNITIES. TODAY, I JUST WANT TO HONOR YOU AND THIS BODY WANTS TO HONOR YOU FOR YOUR TIRELESS CONTRIBUTIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND YOUR CONTINUED WORK TO ENSURE THE DIGNITY, VISIBILITY, AND THE RIGHTS OF TRANSGENDER AND GENDER NON-CONFORMING INDIVIDUALS.

YOUR EXAMPLE WILL CONTINUE TO FLOW THROUGH GENERATIONS TO COME, AND FOR THAT WE ARE GRATEFUL.

ON BEHALF OF THE ERIE COUNTY LEGISLATURE, IT IS MY PLEASURE TO PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION TO YOU, ARI, IN RECOGNITION OF YOUR OUTSTANDING LEGACY, YOUR LEADERSHIP, AND INCREDIBLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO WESTERN NEW YORK AND BEYOND.

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE AND CONTINUE TO DO.

YOU ARE A TRUE INSPIRATION AND WE ARE PROUD TO RECOGNIZE YOU HERE TODAY.

YOU WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS? [INAUDIBLE].

PROVIDED US AND WEALTH CLASSIFIED US. THANK YOU AGAIN AND HAVE A BLESSED DAY.

[INAUDIBLE].

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DOCTOR NYLAND, SHE IS MARRIED TO BRIAN DEWITT, WHO'S AN ESTEEMED ATTORNEY AS WELL.

SHE HERSELF IS AN ATTORNEY. WORKED AT THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT.

LONG, BEAUTIFUL, STRONG MARRIAGE AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT MAKES IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE LIKE HER AND ME AND OTHERS AND, AND WILLIE ROBERTSON, TO BE ABLE TO DO THE THINGS WE HAVE IS A STRONG MARRIAGE.

SHE IS A PERSON OF FAITH. SHE LIVES HER FAITH IN ALL HER CHOICES.

MY FATHER USED TO SAY, THE BIGGEST SIN YOU CAN COMMIT IS NOT USING YOUR TALENTS AND THAT SHE DOES THAT COMPLETELY.

SHE USES ALL OF THE TALENTS THAT GOD GAVE HER.

SHE'S MARRIED. SHE HAS FIVE CHILDREN, NOT JUST FOUR CHILDREN LIKE YOU AND ME, BUT FIVE CHILDREN.

AND SHE HAS THEY'RE ALL EACH OF THE CHILDREN IS SUCH A WONDERFUL HUMAN BEING AND SUCH JUST RAISED IN LOVE AND RAISED IN A WAY TO MAKE THEMSELVES BE ALL THEY CAN BE. AND SHE WAS A WILLIAMSVILLE TRACK STAR IN SCHOOL AS WELL AS ACADEMIC.

SHE WAS SCHOLAR, ATHLETE AND WON ALL KINDS OF AWARDS THERE.

SHE WENT ON TO BECOME A LAWYER, WORKED AT THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, AND THEN DECIDED TO GO A DIFFERENT ROUTE AND WENT TO DAMON.

SHE BECAME THE FIRST. SHE WAS AN ATHLETIC DIRECTOR FOR DAMON DAMON UNIVERSITY, FORMERLY ROSARY HILL, AND SHE WAS A SHE DID THAT. AND I WAS SO PROUD THAT AT A BIG LIKE A SCHOOL LIKE THAT, THAT THEY WOULD HAVE A WOMAN ATHLETIC DIRECTOR.

AND THEN SHE WENT ON FROM THAT TO RALPH WILSON HAS A YOUTH FUND FOR THAT, AND SHE WENT ON TO LEAD THAT AND BE IN CHARGE OF THAT.

AND SHE GOT HER MASTER'S IN EDUCATION AT DAME, AND SHE ALSO TAUGHT AND THEN AFTER THAT SHE WENT FURTHER AND WHILE SHE WAS GETTING THAT, SHE ENDED UP GETTING A PHD. SO SHE'S NOW DOCTOR BRIDGET NYLAND.

SO SHE HAS A LAW DEGREE, MASTER'S OF EDUCATION AND A PHD AND THEN SHE WENT ON TO NIAGARA UNIVERSITY TO RUN ONE OF THEIR PROGRAMS AND THEN ENDED.

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DON'T LET THE WORLD STEAL YOUR SPARKLE. WE NEED IT.

AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND MY EFFORT TO JUST SHARE HOW I FEEL ABOUT THIS AWARD, EVEN THOUGH I'M EXTREMELY GRATEFUL FOR IT.

THANK YOU.

I THINK WE CAN AGREE THAT SHE PROVES MY POINT.

DOES SHE NOT? AND I WOULD LIKE TO JUST AS A POINT OF NOTE THERE IS A RALLY ON THE 31ST AT 01:00 AT BIDWELL PARKWAY STANDING IN SOLIDARITY WITH TRANSGENDER. IF PEOPLE WANT TO GO THE NEXT PRESENTATION.

OKAY. THE NEXT PRESENTATION IS FOR VIETNAM VETERAN RECOGNIZING FOR NATIONAL VIETNAM VETERANS DAY.

AND FOR THAT, I WOULD ASK TO HAVE WILLIE C ROBERTSON AND HIS WIFE, DOCTOR NORMA ROBERTSON, COME UP.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS A MARRIED COUPLE THAT IS STRONG FOR EACH OTHER.

DOCTOR NORMA ROBERTSON IS A ROCK STAR IN HER OWN RIGHT.

AND WHEN I THINK OF WILLIE C ROBERTSON, WHOM I'VE KNOWN SINCE, I THINK APPROXIMATELY 1994 HE IS WELL, HE IS A MAN TO HIM. IT'S TO ME, I SEE COMMITMENT, COMMUNITY AND COMMERCE THAT HE IS A MAN OF COMMITMENT IN HIS FAITH AND HIS FAMILY AND IN OUR COMMUNITY. I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU, LIKE, THEY'RE BOTH TEXANS, BUT THEY WERE BORN THAT WAY.

YOU KNOW, THEY THEY SO HE SERVED DURING THE VIETNAM ERA FROM 62 TO 68 AND WHEN HE CAME BACK, HE WAS DECIDING WHAT SHOULD HE DO? WHAT DIRECTION SHOULD HE HAVE? AND I THINK A LOT OF VETERANS FEEL THAT WAY, THAT WHAT SHOULD I DO NOW? WHAT'S NEXT AFTER GOING THROUGH THIS? HE SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN AREA, BUT HE SO HE WENT TO CHURCH BECAUSE HIS FATHER WAS A MINISTER, CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST.

AND HE PRAYED THERE REAL HARD AND, YOU KNOW, PRAYED TO GOD TO GIVE HIM DIRECTION.

AND THERE CAME IN NORMA, THIS IS A TRUE STORY AND MY FACTS MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT.

BUT THIS IS HOW THEY MET. SHE WAS THERE AND HE SAW HER, AND HE DECIDED THIS WHAT HE TOLD ME, THAT HE DECIDED THAT THIS WOULD BE HIS WIFE. AND SHE'S SUCH A WONDERFUL WOMAN.

SHE GREW UP IN TEXAS. HER GRANDFATHER OWNED MORE LAND IN TEXAS THAN ANY OTHER PERSON IN ANY OTHER BLACK PERSON IN THAT WHOLE STATE.

SO SHE DIDN'T GROW UP JUST LIKE DOCTOR NYLAND.

SHE DIDN'T GROW UP ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED, BUT SHE GREW UP THERE, AND THEY'RE BOTH VERY POWERFUL PEOPLE OF FAITH.

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HE WAS IN THE AIR FORCE AND HE WAS IN PLUMBING, HEATING AND COOLING AND WHEN HE CAME BACK, HE MOVED TO BUFFALO AND BECAME A PLUMBING CONTRACTOR.

AND HE WORKED AS A UNDER A BIG PLUMBING OPERATION.

AND THE GUY THAT OWNED IT SAW IN WILLIE ROBERTSON, A MAN THAT, YOU KNOW, KNOWS NO BOUNDS AS FAR AS LEADERSHIP, HARD WORK, BRAINS, EVERYTHING. SO HE SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? WHEN THE WNBA CAME IN, HE SAID YOU SHOULD START YOUR OWN BUSINESS.

HE DID. HE STARTED HIS OWN BUSINESS AND HE LET IT GROW AND GROW AND GROW TO THE POINT WHERE HE WAS.

HE WAS NOT ONLY STATE CERTIFIED AND LOCALLY CERTIFIED, BUT ALSO FEDERALLY CERTIFIED AND WITH THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION.

HE DID SO MUCH ON THE TWO [INAUDIBLE] THAT BUSINESS FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND HE.

[INAUDIBLE] HANDS WAY BACK WHEN, RIGHT? AND JUST DID SO MUCH AND WRITTEN SO MANY BOOKS.

BUT THE TWO OF THEM, THEY'RE VERY ACTIVE IN THEIR CHURCH AND LEADERS OF THE CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST FOR THE WHOLE REGION AND IN ADDITION TO US SAINTS HOME IN WINSPEAR NEAR OUR HOUSE. BUT THE TWO OF THEM, THEY HAVE TWO WONDERFUL DAUGHTERS.

ONE'S A LAWYER, ONE IS IN BUSINESS, AND FOLLOWING THE FOOTSTEPS.

AND JUST HE NURTURED HER TO FOLLOW IN THEIR FOOTSTEPS AND I REMEMBER THE DAY WHEN HE GOT AT THE EIGHT A IS ONLY SO MANY YEARS, I THINK 9 YEARS AND THE LAST DAY OF THE EIGHT A, HE GOT A CONTRACT FROM MHA AND HIS DAUGHTER GOT A CONTRACT.

RIGHT. REMEMBER THAT DAY? AND IT WAS JUST LIKE TWO GENERATIONS OF PEOPLE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS THING.

SO HE IS JUST A PERSON WHO'S USED HIS MILITARY SERVICE IN A WAY FOR LEADERSHIP, FOR THE ACTUAL THINGS HE LEARNED AND JUST DONE.

SO MUCH FOR OUR COMMUNITY. THERE'S A LONG LIST OF THAT. SO FOR THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO HONOR MR. ROBERSON AS FOR VIETNAM VETERANS DAY AS OUR REPRESENTATIVE [INAUDIBLE] HAVE SOME WORDS. DO YOU HAVE SOME WORDS? [INAUDIBLE]. I JUST HAVE A COUPLE.

I JUST WANT TO THANK GOD, YOU KNOW, FOR ALL OF HIS BENEFITS AND FOR ALL THAT HE HAS DONE IN MY LIFE, FOR MY FAMILY, ESPECIALLY MY WIFE. SHE'S A JEWEL.

AND THEN ALL OF MY FRIENDS. AND THANK GOD FOR JEANNE VINAL.

SHE REMINDED ME WHEN SHE CALLED ME THE OTHER DAY.

I USED TO TELL HER, DON'T TREAT ME LIKE A REDHEADED STEPCHILD.

AND SHE SAID THE SAME THING TO ME. YOU HAVEN'T CALLED ME IN A LONG TIME.

YOU'RE TREATING ME LIKE A STEPCHILD. BUT I APPRECIATE THE TIME OF SERVICE FROM 62 TO 68. AND DURING THE TIME I WAS IN THE CUBAN CRISIS SERVED IN NORTH DAKOTA IN THE NORTH DEFENSE WORKED ON MISSILE SITES STAYED UP IN THAT AREA OF NORTH DAKOTA FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS AND THEN WENT OVER TO FRANCE TO HOME AIR FORCE BASE, FRANCE AND SPAIN UNTIL CHARLES DE GAULLE KICKED THE AMERICANS OUT. AND SO I LEFT FRANCE.

AND BECAUSE I LEARNED TO SPEAK FRENCH, I WAS THE LAST ONE TO LEAVE THE BASE TO TAKE THE SIGN OFF OF THE BASE AND DROVE DOWN TO SPAIN, A PLACE CALLED ZARAGOZA, SARAGOSSA, SPAIN, WHICH WAS THE FIRST OPERATIONAL BASE THAT WE JUST KEPT GOING IN CASE THE MILITARY NEEDED IT AND SO I WAS THERE FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS, A TOTAL OF SIX YEARS IN THE MILITARY AND IT AFFORDED ME A GREAT LIFE. AS JEANNE SAID, AFTER I COME OUT, I DIDN'T WANT TO BE A PLUMBER OR A HEATING SPECIALIST.

I WANTED TO BE A JET ENGINE MECHANIC. BUT THEY PUT ME IN THE PLUMBING AND HEATING.

BUT IT TURNED OUT GOOD. AND I THANK GOD FOR THAT.

SO YOU KNOW, AND I REMEMBER YOU KNOW, BEING JUST THOUGHT ABOUT MY TIME IN THE SERVICE, THOUGHT ABOUT SERVED ON WHEN KENNEDY WAS THERE,

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AND THAT'S WAS MY PURPOSE. AND I LEARNED TO HAVE THAT BELIEF THAT, YOU KNOW, WE SERVE THE GREAT COUNTRY.

AND MY DAD TOLD ME, HE SAID, SON, YOU KNOW, BELIEVE IN WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO BELIEVE IN.

HE SAID, NEVER MAKE THE MISTAKES OF BELIEVING YOUR DOUBTS AND DOUBTING YOUR BELIEFS.

SO THANK YOU, JEANNE, FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

OKAY.

THANK YOU EVERYBODY. CONTINUING ON WITH OUR AGENDA.

LOCAL LAWS. INTRO TWO ONE AS INDICATED. LOCAL LAW.

[ LOCAL LAWS:]

LOCAL LAW 5-2 AND 7-1 AS INDICATED. AND LOCAL LAW 3-2.

MAJORITY LEADER. MOVE TO TAKE THE LOCAL LAW FROM THE TABLE.

OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM THE MAJORITY LEADER, SECOND BY LEGISLATOR RODRIGO ON THE QUESTION.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? 10 TO 0. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.

LOCAL LAW 3-2 IS NOW BEFORE THE LEGISLATURE. MAJORITY LEADER MOVED TO APPROVE THE LOCAL LAW.

SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY THE MAJORITY LEADER.

SECOND, BY LEGISLATOR LORIGO ON THE QUESTION.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED. MOTION TO ZERO. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.

COMMITTEE REPORTS. COMMITTEE REPORT NUMBER ONE FROM THE MINORITY AND WOMEN'S BUSINESS ENTERPRISE COMMITTEE.

[ COMMITTEE REPORTS:]

WE HAVE A MOTION FOR CONSIDERATION. APPROVAL BY LEGISLATOR DUPREE, SECONDED BY THE MAJORITY LEADER.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? 10 TO 0. OKAY. THE REPORT IS APPROVED.

REPORT NUMBER FOUR FROM THE ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE. LEGISLATOR BARGNESI CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL.

SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY LEGISLATOR BARGNESI.

SECOND, BY LEGISLATOR GILMOUR ON THE QUESTION.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? 10 TO 0. THE REPORT IS APPROVED.

REPORT NUMBER THREE FROM THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE.

LEGISLATOR DUPREE. THANK YOU. CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO SEPARATE ITEM NUMBER SIX AND APPROVED THE BALANCE OF THE REPORT.

SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM LEGISLATOR DUPREE TO SEPARATE ITEM NUMBER SIX AND APPROVE THE BALANCE OF THE REPORT.

LEGISLATOR RIEGER, DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK? OKAY.

SO WE'RE GOING TO APPROVE THE BALANCE OF THE REPORT ON THE QUESTION.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? 10 TO 0. MOTION CARRIES.

OKAY. AND WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THE ITEM. MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER SIX.

OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER SIX.

SECOND. WE HAVE A SECOND BY LEGISLATOR VINAL ON THE QUESTION.

ROLL CALL. VOTE, PLEASE. ON THE MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER SIX FROM THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE.

REPORT.

THE VOTE IS 7 TO 3. THANK YOU. REPORT NUMBER FOUR FROM THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE.

THE LEGISLATOR SAINT JEANNE TARD. MOVE FOR IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL.

OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY LEGISLATOR SAINT JEANNE TARD, SECONDED BY THE MAJORITY LEADER ON THE QUESTION. ALL IN FAVOR? ALL IN FAVOR. OPPOSED. 10 TO 0. OKAY. REPORT IS APPROVED.

REPORT NUMBER THREE FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. MAJORITY LEADER APPROVAL.

OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY THE MAJORITY LEADER. WE HAVE A SECOND BY LEGISLATOR VINAL ON THE QUESTION.

ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? 10 TO 0. OKAY. THE REPORT IS APPROVED.

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[ LEGISLATOR RESOLUTIONS:]

OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY THE MAJORITY LEADER, SECOND BY A LEGISLATOR VINAL ON THE QUESTION.

ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? 10 TO 0. OKAY. THE MOTION CARRIES.

THE RESOLUTION IS APPROVED. INTRO 6-6. MAJORITY LEADER.[INAUDIBLE] 6-4.

I'M MOVE FOR MEETING CONSIDERATION, APPROVAL.

OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY THE MAJORITY LEADER, SECOND BY LEGISLATOR VINAL ON THE QUESTION.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? 10 TO 0. OKAY. THE RESOLUTION CARRIES.

THE RESOLUTION IS APPROVED. INTRO 6-5 WILL BE SENT TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE UNDER MY AUTHORITY AS CHAIR.

INTRO 6-6 WILL BE SENT TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE UNDER MY AUTHORITY AS CHAIR.

INTRO 6-7 WILL BE SENT TO HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE UNDER MY AUTHORITY AS CHAIR AND INTRO 6-8 WILL BE SENT TO THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE UNDER MY AUTHORITY AS CHAIRMAN.

COMMUNICATIONS DISCHARGED FROM COMMITTEE. THERE ARE NONE.

SUSPENSIONS OF THE RULES. MAJORITY. ONE SUSPENSION FROM GREENE, A LETTER OF ABSENCE FOR SESSION NUMBER SIX.

[ SUSPENSION OF THE RULES:]

[ COMMUNICATIONS FROM ELECTED OFFICIALS:]

APPROVAL. SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY THE MAJORITY LEADER.

SECOND, BY LEGISLATOR VINAL ON THE QUESTION. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? 10 TO 0. OKAY. THE MOTION CARRIES.

THE ITEM IS APPROVED. CONTINUING ON WITH OUR COMMUNICATION.

6E-13 THROUGH AND INCLUDING 6E- 24, AS INDICATED.

COMMUNICATIONS FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS 61 AS INDICATED.

[ COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE DEPARTMENTS:]

[ COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PEOPLE AND OTHER AGENCIES:]

I CAN'T TALK TODAY AS INDICATED. ANNOUNCEMENTS.

THE LEGISLATURE WILL CONDUCT MEETINGS, COMMITTEE MEETINGS ON THURSDAY, APRIL 3RD.

[ ANNOUNCEMENTS:]

A GREAT PANELIST AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY COLLEAGUE IN GOVERNMENT COUNCILWOMAN EVERHART, FOR CO-HOSTING THIS WITH ME IN THE BASKIN DISTRICT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. PLEASE RISE.

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