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ID

Idaho 2026 Regular Session

Senate Education Committee - 01/26/26

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • So we may need to do a bit of rewording.
  • I've paid off the house. I've done a lot of different things.
  • My house is a house divided.
  • There's been a lot of discussion over time on who's assessing.
  • And we need to continue to talk about that.
Committee: Senate Education
Keywords: 989, all
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Finance (03/04/2025)

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • What are the certain steps that need to be taken: written notification to members of a potential assessment
  • If they determine that they need more money, they have the authority to go and assess the members.
  • There's no need for statutory requirements that require risk management programs to levy assessments
  • There's no need for statutory requirements that require risk management programs to levy assessments
  • There's no need for statutory requirements that require risk management programs to levy assessments
Committee: Senate Finance
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/09/2026 - Senate Finance

Senate Finance Committee of Reference

Transcript Highlights:
  • Right now housing is the big issue of the day. We need housing. Everyone says that.
  • I don't know anyone that doesn't say that we do not need housing.
  • We bought the house for $180,000. That house just sold for $830,000. Okay?
  • Maybe that needs an update, and that could be an appropriate bill to be done, but it absolutely needs
  • Maybe that needs an update, and that could be an appropriate bill to be done, but it absolutely needs
Summary: The committee approved the February 2, 2026 minutes and held Senate Bill 1090. It then took up SB 1503, which would require pension fiduciaries and proxy advisory firms to base voting and advice solely on economic interests, prohibit ESG or ideological considerations except in limited circumstances, and authorize attorney general enforcement. The sponsor said the bill was meant to protect investors and align with federal action; supporters argued proxy advisors lack transparency and can influence votes against shareholders’ financial interests. Arizona retirement system representatives said they were neutral but warned the bill would add major operational costs, create reporting burdens, increase litigation risk, and could narrow the market for proxy advisory services. The committee passed SB 1503 on a 4-3 vote. The committee then considered SB 1293, which would bar GPLET abatements from applying to school-district revenue during the eight-year abatement period. Supporters said the bill would protect school funding and reduce the state aid backfill tied to GPLET projects, while opponents from Phoenix, Mesa, and economic development groups said GPLET is a key redevelopment tool that helps finance downtown and blighted-area projects and that the bill would weaken future investment. The committee adopted the amendment and passed SB 1293 on a 4-3 vote. It also heard and passed SB 1414, which gives insurers 30 days to review and respond to third-party settlement demands; insurers supported the bill as a reasonable commercial timeframe, while trial lawyers opposed it as too slow and urged a 15-day standard, with members indicating they expected a possible friendly amendment. Next, the committee heard SB 1633, which would create an Arizona income tax subtraction for capital gains from the sale of a primary residence, after five years of occupancy. Opponents argued it would mainly benefit wealthy homeowners and could cost the state tens of millions annually, while the sponsor said it could help homeowners move without facing large tax bills and improve housing turnover. The committee passed the bill 4-2. It also adopted an amendment to SB 1429, which would have expanded Arizona Commerce Authority board ex officio membership, then held the bill for further consideration. Finally, the committee passed SB 1536, allowing temporary consolidation of street light improvement districts, and heard SB 1724, which clarifies when property splits or consolidations trigger limited property value recalculation, with county assessors supporting the measure as an anti-gaming reform.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Commerce (02/20/2025)

Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • On the second line of the analysis, it says, 'housing tax credit program shall be assessed.'
  • On the second line of the analysis, it says, 'housing tax credit program shall be assessed.'
  • I think there was a concern in the assessing community that the properties would need to pay their fair
  • Most zoning boards are pretty reasonable and understand that there's a need for housing in this state
  • </c><02:17:28.639><c> need</c> buyers of both types of housing need buyers of both types of housing need
Committee: Senate Commerce
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

WAM-EDU Informational Briefing 01-16-2026

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • assessment.
  • </c> support and also housing. support and also housing.
  • You don't need make don't need buy them.
  • that in-house.
  • ><c> not</c><02:48:27.760><c> an</c> Housing housing maintenance is not an Housing housing maintenance
Keywords: 912, senate, all
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Government, Elections And Indian Affairs Feb 7th, 2026 at 10:15 am

House Government, Elections & Indian Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Texas needs to change that.
  • What do I need to change, or which small group of kids needs to be put into a small group?
  • What do I need to change, or which small group of kids needs to be put into a small group?
  • Our districts need the autonomy to choose assessments that are culturally and linguistically responsive
  • Our districts need the autonomy to choose assessments that are culturally and linguistically responsive
Keywords: 996, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Task Force on Homeowners and Commercial Property Insurance 12/16/25

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> housing uh uh affordable housing housing uh uh affordable housing buildings<00:04:46.160><c> are
  • </c> need insurance to continue to operate. need insurance to continue to operate.
  • um affordable housing move in?
  • </c> need to carry out this program. need to carry out this program.
  • </c> would need to chew up both of those. would need to chew up both of those.
Keywords: 1183, house
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
  • of the statewide assessment.
  • Several years ago, everyone went statewide to online assessment, with the exception of special needs
  • Several years ago, everyone went statewide to online assessment, with the exception of special needs
  • As amended by the House Enru Committee, House Bill 2758 expands the list of eligible entities that are
  • Madam Chair, members, House Bill 2185, Madam Chair, members, House Bill 2185, as amended by the House
Summary: The caucus reviewed a long minority calendar covering a wide range of bills, with sponsors giving brief descriptions and members frequently raising concerns about constitutionality, cost, federal preemption, and policy impacts. Topics included medical intervention and vaccination/mask prohibitions, state treasurer investment rules, vacant state positions reporting, shooting range closure limits, congressional term limits, audit penalties, cellphone use while driving, procurement restrictions tied to China, air ambulance regulation, hospital immigration-status reporting, SNAP purchase restrictions, school assessment changes, school contract transparency, religious excusals from school, student contact information, fitness reporting, and several property tax, water, and agriculture measures. Members also discussed bills on AI-generated sexual material consent verification, DEI liability, hate-crime sentencing, commercial driver forfeiture tied to immigration status, speed-limiting devices for repeat speeding offenses, PFAS firefighting foam, name changes for sex offenders, abortion-inducing drugs, prisoner transition services, sexual extortion penalties, solar radiation management bans, and cultivated-cell food labeling and sales bans. Several bills drew explicit opposition or requests to pull them from consent, especially those affecting abortion access, immigration-related hospital reporting, school testing, religious release programs, DEI policies, and cultivated-cell foods. Members noted that some measures appeared duplicative, overly broad, or likely unconstitutional, and in multiple cases referenced prior vetoes or prior-year versions of the same bills. Supportive comments were also made on selected bills, including the PFAS foam prohibition, the assistive technology study committee, the digital goods consumer protection bill, and the prisoner transition services extension. The caucus also considered water and infrastructure measures, including brackish groundwater funding and studies, water augmentation authority bonds, Pima County water rates, groundwater transport rules, and HOA drought watering limits. Toward the end, members reviewed election-related memorials and resolutions, including a proposal to limit voting centers, a memorial urging withdrawal from the United Nations, and another urging defunding the IMF; all three were noted as being on consent and were pulled for further discussion. The meeting closed with announcements, including a note about a local missing-person concern and a caucus recognition program called the Affordable Arizona Award.
CO

Colorado 2026 Regular Session

Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 086 Part 2 Apr 10th, 2026

Colorado House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • House Bill 1413 passes. Madam Majority Leader. House Bill 1413? Seeing none, the House Bill 1413?
  • </c> House Bill House Bill 1413 passes. House Bill House Bill 1413 passes.
  • . need. need.
  • Speaker Pro tem, I move for a call of the House. >> A call of the House has been requested. >> We need
  • Page 13, House Bill 26-1410. Page 13, House Bill 26-1410.
Keywords: 981, all
WA
Transcript Highlights:
  • So there's a balance needed.
  • Staff need to understand that too, and they need to be written, and there needs to be a process in place
  • We need to have space and staffing. We need to not be crowded.
  • The assessment itself is grounded in risk-need responsivity. We use motivational interviewing.
  • we need to make at that point.
Summary: The committee began with a work session on juvenile rehabilitation institution capacity, services, and staffing. DCYF Assistant Secretary Jennifer Redmond described overcrowding at Green Hill School and Echo Glen, driven by longer adult-style sentences extending past age 25, limited community placements, and small facility sizes. She said Green Hill remains above safe operating capacity, but staffing, injuries, large-scale aggression, and use-of-force incidents have improved over the past year. She also discussed Harbor Heights, a new 46-bed flex facility that had opened with 22 youth and would expand once a medical trailer arrives, as well as community transition services, vocational programming, behavior management reforms, and a request for more resources for mental health-focused facilities and staffing. Members asked about success metrics, developmental disability screening and supports, college access at Echo Glen, Mission Creek planning, and gender-responsive programming; Redmond said JR uses assessments, family involvement, and specialized living units, and that some requested funding had already been secured for returning a girls’ program at Echo Glen. The committee then heard from Team Child and the Youth Action Coalition. Greta Schultz said youth perspectives should guide system reforms and identified key concerns: overuse of sentence extensions, underuse of community transition services, continued criminal referrals from Green Hill to Lewis County, limited family contact, inadequate mental health access, and unequal education opportunities, especially for young women at Echo Glen. Justella Gonzalez, a former system-involved youth, said her time in county and state facilities was harmful, with staff mistreatment, poor education, limited therapy access, and humiliating restraint practices; she also said girls at Echo Glen lacked the same college opportunities as boys at Green Hill. Committee members asked for follow-up on county versus state experiences and on telehealth mental health services. The next presentation covered county-level services for youth involved or at risk of involvement with the justice system, led by juvenile court administrators Christine Simon-Smeyer and Judge Rachel Anderson. They outlined the juvenile court continuum from prevention and truancy work through diversion, detention alternatives, community supervision, and disposition alternatives, emphasizing evidence-based, trauma-informed, and restorative practices. Clark County was used as an example of a court that partners closely with schools and community providers, uses risk assessments and wraparound behavioral health probation, and offers detention alternatives without electronic home monitoring. They said most courts do not use detention for status offenses, but instead use court involvement to connect youth to services. They also described funding, noting that courts rely on a mix of state block grant and local dollars, and that recent cuts to early intervention funding reduced programming and staff hours. Members asked about detention for truancy, developmental disability identification, restorative justice practices, and the juvenile block grant. Finally, DCYF Assistant Secretary Nicole Rose and Katie Warren of the Washington State Association of Head Start and ECAP discussed child care and early learning impacts from recent policy and budget changes. Rose said Fair Start for Kids investments had increased child care access, provider participation, and kindergarten readiness, with more than 60,000 children in Working Connections care and rising ECAP enrollment and provider capacity. She said recent reductions will raise most family copays in 2026, delay eligibility expansions, eliminate some expanded eligibility categories, reduce ECAP slots by about 3,000, delay entitlement timelines, and cut provider supports such as rate increases for centers, complex-needs grants, trauma-informed and dual-language incentives, and infant/early childhood mental health consultation. Warren emphasized ECAP’s role in family stability, workforce participation, and reducing poverty, and noted its two-generation approach to supporting both children and parents.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • On page R43, House-only section 34 is a revisor instruction to update substance use disorder assessment
  • On page R43, House-only section 34 is a revisor instruction to update substance use disorder assessment
  • On page R43, House-only section 34 is a revisor instruction to update substance use disorder assessment
  • On page R43, House-only section 34 is a revisor instruction to update substance use disorder assessment
  • c><01:11:09.920><c> setting</c><01:11:10.640><c> so</c> assessed need not on living setting so assessed
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/03/2026 - Senate Natural Resources

Senate Natural Resources Committee of Reference

Transcript Highlights:
  • The public needs to have transparency on the full chemical list, and we need to know who, what, where
  • Public awareness and safety protocols need to be in place.
  • Eventually, we need to do so.
  • It's House Mirror counterpart, HB 2125.
  • The industry realized it's no longer needed.
Summary: The Natural Resources Committee approved the minutes from January 20 and January 27, 2026, and then heard several bills dealing with water policy, environmental regulation, wildlife management, and cosmetics testing. SB 1278 would ban intentional solar radiation management activities in Arizona and bar public entities and recipients of public funds from supporting such technologies; supporters argued it was needed to stop geoengineering, while opponents said it would block research and distract from real pollution problems. The committee voted 5-2 to give SB 1278 a do pass recommendation. The committee then considered SB 1279, which updates Arizona’s weather modification/cloud seeding permitting process by adding ADWR and ADEQ review, public notice and meetings, and a licensing database. A nine-page amendment shifted complaint enforcement to ADWR, added cease-and-desist and fine authority, and changed rulemaking timelines; the amendment was adopted, and the bill passed 5-2. Testimony was mixed: supporters emphasized transparency and safety, Salt River Project was neutral after stakeholder work, and ADEQ said it was neutral but warned it lacked standards, resources, and time to develop the required chemical limits and rules. SB 1005, which would prohibit the sale of cosmetics developed with animal testing beginning in 2027, received a do pass recommendation 4-2 after supporters cited cruelty concerns and the availability of non-animal testing methods. SB 1202, requiring ADWR to include outline data in five-year groundwater supply-and-demand assessments, also passed 4-2 despite agency concerns that the bill would require extensive hydrologic modeling, significant resources, and could produce misleading conclusions about available water. SB 1280, barring state transport or use of public resources to move Mexican gray wolf pups into Arizona, passed 4-2 after testimony split between conservation advocates, who said it would hinder recovery, and supporters concerned about livestock impacts; Game and Fish was neutral. Finally, SB 1287, with a conforming amendment, passed 5-1 to extend a groundwater-use provision for irrigation grandfathered rights from initial AMAs to subsequent AMAs, which ADWR said would reduce burden and create parity across management areas.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Ways & Means Jan 20th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • An important need today, and schools realize that.
  • They need health care for themselves and their families.
  • Participants use an annual budget based on assessment to purchase the types of services that they need
  • will be assessed on Apple Health employers.
  • Employers should not be assessed for these cases.
Summary: The Ways and Means Committee met on January 20, 2026, hearing several bills related to retirement systems, school employee health coverage, port district pensions, environmental fee accounts, developmental disability services, legislative budget transparency, and a new Apple Health employer assessment. Early in the meeting, the committee heard SB 5834, which would make permanent a temporary expansion allowing certain retirement trust fund earnings to pay broader administrative expenses, and SB 5835, which would raise the lump-sum retirement allowance threshold for Plan 2 members from $50 to $250. Both bills were presented by Department of Retirement Systems staff and supported by the department, with questions focused on the scope of the administrative-expense language in SB 5834 and the technical nature of SB 5835. The committee then entered executive session and moved three bills without recommendation to the Rules Committee: Substitute SB 5249, allowing kit homes as emergency housing; Substitute SB 5053, allowing certain counties to include school district boundaries when forming a public facilities district; and Substitute SB 5203, directing state agencies to develop a wildlife habitat connectivity strategy and creating related accounts. After returning to public hearing, members heard SB 5883 on SEBB eligibility for school employees in their second school year of employment. Supporters, including labor representatives and individual school workers, said the bill would reduce coverage gaps and improve recruitment and retention, while school district officials and administrators argued it would create an unfunded mandate, increase costs, and add administrative burden. No action was taken on the bill. The committee also heard SB 5905, which would exclude certain port district employees from PERS if they are covered by the federal Railroad Retirement Plan or a collectively bargained defined benefit pension plan. Port representatives, labor stakeholders, and the Department of Retirement Systems described it as a narrow technical fix to avoid duplicate pension coverage and retroactive liabilities, and the bill drew support. SB 6151 would create dedicated accounts for Ecology fee revenue tied to laboratory accreditation and landfill methane work; Ecology and county representatives supported the measure as a way to reinvest fees in the programs that generate them. SB 6163 would require the Individual and Family Services waiver for developmental disability services to be budgeted at maintenance level; advocates said it would stabilize services and prevent waitlists, and no opposition was heard. The final two bills were SB 6177, which would require LEAP’s budget website to display additional budget detail such as carry-forward data, program and subprogram expenditures, and balance sheets for all public accounts, and SB 6173, which would create an Apple Health employer assessment on larger private employers with workers enrolled in Medicaid expansion coverage. SB 6177 was framed as a transparency measure, while SB 6173 drew extensive testimony both in support and opposition: supporters said it would help offset expected Medicaid losses after federal work requirements take effect and stabilize the health safety net, while opponents argued it would be an unfunded tax, create administrative and legal complications, and could discourage hiring or reduce hours. The committee heard no final votes on the public hearing bills, and staff reminded members that signature sheets would be held for 24 hours under Senate rules.
DE

Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Health & Human Development Committee Meeting Jun 18th, 2026

Health & Human Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • The House Health and Human Development Committee is called to order.
  • The public can participate, House Health Committee is called to order.
  • The outcome of an assessment can determine whether and at what level someone needs assistance with daily
  • I think it’s a great step forward and very much so needed.
  • Chukwuocha and members of the House Committee.
Bills: SB313 , SB296
Summary: The House Health and Human Development Committee met and considered a series of health, human services, and related bills. The committee heard and advanced House Substitute 1 for Senate Bill 13, which standardizes hospital charity care and financial assistance statewide, and Senate Bill 296 with Senate Amendment 1, which restructures the Delaware Health Fund grant process with a more formal, transparent competitive rubric. Both measures received supportive testimony from DHSS, the Delaware Healthcare Association, and the Delaware Nurses Association, and both were released by committee on roll-call votes. The committee also released Senate Bill 313 with Senate Amendment 1, which places a temporary moratorium on acquisitions of nonprofit acute care hospitals by for-profit entities and expands notice/review requirements for sales of hospital real estate; Senate Bill 340 with Senate Amendment 1, which requires long-term care facilities to carry specified liability insurance, with questions raised about the exemption for state-owned facilities; Senate Joint Resolution 20, which directs DHSS to study independent assessment tools for Medicaid home- and community-based services; and Senate Bill 341, which updates Delaware Health Information Network law and formally recognizes DIN as the state’s health data utility. Testimony on these bills was generally supportive, with some discussion on constitutional concerns, insurance coverage, and the rationale for the state exemption in SB 340. Later, the committee advanced Senate Bill 257, which requires new animal shelters to be licensed and inspected before operating and removes a prior exception for certain rescue organizations; and Senate Substitute 1 for Senate Bill 278 with House Amendment 1, which allows earlier pre-authorization for summer child care enrollment and lowers copays for half-day care. Public testimony on these measures came from animal welfare advocates, YMCA representatives, and other stakeholders, all largely in support. Each bill was released by committee, with several votes walked for absent members, and the meeting adjourned after all agenda items were addressed.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources Committee, February 17, 2026

Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • The industry needs some tools.
  • </c> don't need to go through the bill. don't need to go through the bill.
  • . assessing. assessing.
  • We need some help.
  • We need some help.
Bills: SF0050 , SF0084 , HB0133 , HB0116 , HB0011 , HB0044
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Other - PSCOC Apr 22nd, 2026

Public School Capital Outlay Oversight Task Force

Transcript Highlights:
  • has been assessed.
  • never needed before.
  • As we've talked about before, the assessed need for APS is 6 billion.
  • Chair, members, this is house cycle item 6D is for teacher housing in Hatch.
  • And so As long as they had gone with other modular options, they don't need full site-built housing.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
  • > of</c><00:34:57.119><c> the</c> needs assessment work group of the needs assessment work group of the
  • So then the needs assessments minutes are at the very back of the report.
  • > whether</c><00:49:56.319><c> someone</c><00:49:56.559><c> needs</c> an assessment of whether someone
  • needs an assessment of whether someone needs to<00:49:56.960><c> go</c><00:49:57.040><c> to</c><00:49
  • be</c><01:30:29.920><c> over</c><01:30:30.159><c> and</c> needs assessment, um, will be over and needs
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The committee first handled routine business, approving the prior meeting minutes with one abstention from a member who had been absent. It then received an update from DHHS Commissioner Lori Weaver on the department’s rural health transformation grant submission. Weaver said the grant was submitted ahead of the deadline, reflected input from communities and providers statewide, and would now enter a CMS review and negotiation phase. She explained that the governor’s office will oversee the grant with DHHS, that some proposals may be limited by federal parameters, and that the department may need to hire some staff to administer the grant, within the grant’s administrative cap. Members also discussed DHHS budget pressures and staffing. The department’s CFO, Nathan White, reviewed the agency’s budget mix, noting that DHHS accounts for a large share of the state’s operating and general fund budgets, and explained projected general fund lapse estimates, which he said are currently just under $20 million for the department. He also described why lapse projections are difficult to predict in DHHS because many costs are driven by utilization and because some funds are statutorily non-lapsing. White reported that vacancy rates have risen, citing about 400 unfunded positions in the current biennium and the department’s hiring freeze, while emphasizing that direct-care positions are being prioritized. Committee members raised concerns that back-of-the-budget cuts and weak revenue collections could affect the department’s ability to manage lapse projections. The committee then heard from Division of Public Health Director Ian Watt on vaccine policy and federal changes. Watt said New Hampshire continues to support access to safe and effective vaccines, including through the universal purchase program and seasonal respiratory virus guidance. He explained a recent CDC change regarding the MMRV vaccine, which now discourages the combined shot for the first dose in children under four because of febrile seizure risk, while still allowing it for the second dose. Watt said New Hampshire’s school and child care vaccine mandates remain stable, with nine vaccines required for schoolchildren and 10 for child care, and that the state continues to review federal recommendations cautiously. He also said there have been no supply or funding disruptions affecting vaccine access, and that childhood vaccine funding through commercial insurers remains intact. Finally, the Permanent Subcommittee on Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Related Dementias presented its annual report. The subcommittee said it met about six times, heard presentations on state services, silver alerts, brain health awareness, and palliative/hospice care, and began work on updating the state’s Alzheimer’s plan, which had last been updated in 2015-2016. To gather more direct input, the subcommittee formed a needs-assessment work group to develop a survey for people living with dementia, caregivers, and service providers. It recommended integrating Alzheimer’s and dementia materials into chronic disease, aging, and public health outreach; embedding cognitive health into systems of care and the state health improvement plan; adding cognitive health measures to BRFSS; and continuing partnerships with aging and advocacy organizations. Members praised the report and suggested it should clearly identify the subcommittee and include page numbers in future versions.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Science, Technology and Energy (01/29/2026)

Science, Technology and Energy

Transcript Highlights:
  • So the purpose of House Bill 1567 is to establish a statutory formula to assess the value of telecommunication
  • </c> that same piece of assessment. that same piece of assessment.
  • </c> motion of ITL on House Bill 1475. motion of ITL on House Bill 1475.
  • </c> session on House Bill 1475. session on House Bill 1475.
  • You need a shortstop, you need a first base person, etc.
Keywords: 1189, house, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Human Services - 04/13/26

Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> services meet their needs. services meet their needs.
  • </c> assessment backlogs. assessment backlogs.
  • if we don’t have an assessment that can accurately measure people’s needs, no matter what the setting
  • Wolford continued: “If we don’t have an assessment that can accurately measure people’s needs, no matter
  • We needed help. We needed tools, and we needed hope.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
  • You need to wonder what happened there. Is that it? Okay.
  • And so I'm just asking members to vote no, because we need fair and equitable tax, we need a fair and
  • The bill was held awaiting House third read and did receive a 6-3 vote in the House Judiciary Committee
  • The bill was held awaiting House third read and did receive a 6-3 vote in the House Judiciary Committee
  • Madam Chair, members, as amended by the House Enru Committee, House Bill 253 requires the Department
Summary: The caucus meeting began with introductions from pages and interns, followed by a procedural reminder from Rhonda about caucus consent and third-read consent calendars. She explained that bills coming out of rules can be placed on consent if they are not amended, and that pulling a bill from consent means members should be prepared to speak to it on the floor. The meeting then moved through a long Minority Caucus calendar of bills, with staff giving brief descriptions and members frequently noting bills for no further comment, pulling several from consent, or stating opposition. The bills discussed covered a wide range of topics, including appropriations and federal monies (HB 2148), a Buffalo Soldiers memorial (HB 2062), school library funding restrictions (HB 2008), prayer at public school governing body meetings (HB 2110), school safety administration (HB 2142), parental rights and social transitioning notifications (HB 2249), insurer assessments (HB 2091), agricultural property classification and inspection rules (HB 2104 and HB 2105), firefighters’ workers’ compensation status (HB 2138), truth-in-taxation bond notices (HB 2289), tax filing penalties (HB 2016), engineer and architect reciprocity (HB 2122), felony murder involving an unborn child (HB 2043), body concealment and related felony classifications (HB 2044), domestic violence order-of-protection service rules (HB 2048), mandatory reporting for partial-birth abortions (HB 2074), unlawful flight sentencing enhancements (HB 2108), weapons trafficking penalties (HB 2131), fentanyl sentencing thresholds (HB 2132), drive-by shooting definitions and forfeiture (HB 2045), probation review notices for sex offender hearings (HB 2046), venue changes in superior court when judicial employees are parties (HB 2126), and child support for pre-born children (HB 2144). Water-related bills included snowpack augmentation funding (HB 2024), WIFA grant disclosures (HB 2029), removing water conservation education as an eligible use (HB 2030), stormwater recharge mapping with an appropriation (HB 253), cesspool remediation assistance (HB 2096), groundwater pumping limits in INAs (HB 2097), Colorado River litigation funding (HB 2116), and natural resource board changes and education funding (HB 2117). Election-related measures included moving the primary date and adjusting cure periods and observer rules (HB 2022), and a proposed constitutional amendment on citizenship, ID, foreign contributions, early voting, and mail voting (HCR 2001). The committee also heard two memorials urging federal terrorist designations for the Muslim Brotherhood and CARE (HCM 2001 and HCM 2002). Members and staff offered substantive objections to many bills, often arguing they were anti-student, anti-abortion, overly punitive, unfunded mandates, or unfair tax policy. Several bills were pulled from consent for further discussion, including HB 2008, HB 2110, HB 2142, HB 2249, HB 2043, HB 2074, HB 2108, and HB 2144. Supportive remarks were also made for some measures, such as the cesspool remediation bill, which was noted as having unanimous support, while other bills were flagged for stakeholder meetings or future amendments. The meeting ended with announcements recognizing members’ birthdays and noting Muslim Day at the Capitol, followed by adjournment.