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• As I said, three transfers annually.
• . transfer. transfer.
• No, it’s $1,000 per transfer.
• So, this is three transfers per year.
• </c> per transfer per transfer because<03:18:04.720><c> what's</c><03:18:05.040><c> what's</c><03:18:

Keywords: 920, all

Summary: The Alabama Senate convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, confirmed a quorum, excused absent senators, and adopted the previous day’s journal. The chamber also recognized guests, including members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority and employees of the Central Alabama Electric Cooperative. A senator then delivered a Black History Month-style presentation highlighting James Weldon Johnson, A. Philip Randolph, Jan E. Matzeliger, and Percy Lavon Julian for their contributions to civil rights, labor, industry, and science. The Senate received House messages referring two Archives and History board appointments to the Committee on Confirmations, then took up numerous committee reports. Several bills from Finance and Taxation, Judiciary, Education Policy, Agriculture, Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development, Healthcare, Tourism, Veterans and Military Affairs, State Government Affairs, and Local Legislation received favorable reports, some with amendments or substitutes, and were advanced to second reading and placement on the next legislative day’s calendar. The chamber also recommitted Senate Bill 266 to the Tourism Committee. The Senate confirmed multiple appointments, including Llaya McNair to the Alabama Trust Fund Board, several members to the Credit Union Administration Board, and Elizabeth Smithart, Leslie Sanders, and Wayne Sers to the Alabama State Board of Human Resources. It then adopted several resolutions, including commendations and memorials, such as resolutions honoring Mary Francis Holland, the Stanhope Elmore boys bowling team, and Alicia Cannon for more than 50 years of service to the Alabama judicial system. The Senate also adopted a resolution creating the Study Commission on Artificial Intelligence and Children’s Internet Safety, after discussion about its purpose, membership, and duties; an amendment to the commission resolution was adopted before the resolution itself was adopted.

Transcript Highlights:

• We are hoping, planning on our ECAP expansion with licensed child care providers and ensure that those
• These licensing and certifying responsibilities were transferred to the Department of Health from the
• In addition to being licensed and certified by the department, these programs are also required to be
• The department licenses and regulates behavioral health agencies, including opioid treatment programs
• These licensing and certifying responsibilities were transferred to the Department of Health from the

Bills: SB5872 , SB5879 , SB6047 , SB5988 , SB5923 , SB5832 , SB5970 , SB5994 , SB5949

Committee: Senate Ways & Means

Keywords: preK promise account, early childhood education, child care, preschool, pre-kindergarten, DCYF, Department of Children, Youth, and Families, state treasury, trust fund, investment earnings, gift grants donations, dedicated account, general fund, nonreverting balance, appropriation, treasurer, Washington early learning, school readiness, education assistance program, legislative audit

Transcript Highlights:

• "And pull those licenses.
• And whoever was speaking, there's a lot of license for mobile vending: city license, county license,
• Yeah, so I'm confused about the license. Is the state and then... ...confused about the license.
• They're transferred through a variety of other means, and they need a real estate license person to assist
• in those transfers.

Bills: HB2118 , HB2181 , HB2308 , HB2309 , HB2402 , HB2476 , HB2682 , HB2698 , HB2875 , HB2877 , HB2903 , HB2910

Committee: House Commerce

Keywords: mobile food vendors, licensure, food safety, statewide regulations, health standards, zoning, temporary vendors, HB2181, death certificate, death certificates, vital records, funeral establishment, funeral home, human remains, medical certification of death, death registration, state registrar, local registrar, county medical examiner, alternate medical examiner

Transcript Highlights:

• It's a specific license we give.
• </c><00:12:32.440><c> we</c><00:12:32.639><c> give</c> license it's a specific license we give license
• There's a 32 license, there's a wine and beer license, there's the hard liquor license.
• , their liquor license permits.
• ><c> and</c> there's a 32 license there's a wine and there's a 32 license there's a wine and beer<00:

Committee: House Commerce Finance and Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• You do licensing. How could one visits. You do licensing.
• They go through the licensing process, and then we try to facilitate the transfer so that it doesn't
• the licensing process.
• the licensing process.
• </c> licensing process. licensing process. Thank<01:16:23.520><c> you.

Committee: House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• So that would be a transfer? Yes. Intra-agency transfer? Yes, that's correct.
• It looks like moving forward, there is no TANF transfer.
• So that was just a transfer from the trust fund account."
• It was a transfer in to pay the bills." "Okay. Thank you.
• This is the first cycle of the three-year license.

Committee: All JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE

Summary: The committee heard budget presentations and took executive recommendations on several Department of Human Services divisions, including Aging, Adult and Behavioral Health Services; Children and Family Services; County Operations; Developmental Disability Services; and Medical Services, with most divisions showing little or no significant change in total appropriations. Staff and agency witnesses repeatedly explained that many large appropriations are maintained for flexibility, federal matching requirements, or contingency needs, even when actual spending is much lower than the authorized amount. Members also raised concerns about staffing vacancies, long-vacant budgeted positions, and the use of excess appropriation authority across DHS. In Aging, Adult and Behavioral Health, members questioned federal funding levels for mental health and substance abuse grants, the status of senior centers and Meals on Wheels, the Medicaid tobacco settlement program, community alcohol safety grants, and the veterans mental health grant. Agency officials said federal block grants are largely committed, that senior center funding had been delayed by shutdown timing but was now back on track, that the tobacco settlement program had been moved internally within DHS, and that the veterans mental health appropriation remains unfunded. Senators also criticized the adequacy of support for seniors and asked for more detail on how transportation, meal services, and local contributions are funded. In Children and Family Services, members asked about rising appropriation levels, foster care and adoption subsidies, professional fees, the number of children in foster care, and the Children’s Trust Fund. DHS said increases reflect added flexibility for residential treatment, adoption subsidies, and prevention services, while the foster care population has remained fairly steady at about 3,400 children. The Children’s Trust Fund was described as supporting primary prevention programs such as Baby and Me and community schools, and members asked whether it could be administratively combined with other efforts. Questions also covered TANF subgrants, with DHS explaining that it had reduced outside subgrants after discovering over-obligation and was rebuilding reserves. In County Operations, members focused on the summer EBT program, SNAP employment and training, the farmer’s market program, and the state’s TANF reserve position. DHS said summer EBT is still being funded through temporary appropriations because it is a newer program, SNAP employment and training is largely federally funded and may expand under a pending policy change, and TANF reserves were drawn down after prior over-obligation but are now being stabilized. In Developmental Disability Services, members asked about vacancies, human development center staffing, facility construction funds, and the Booneville work program, and DHS said the program has reopened and staffing recruitment continues. In Medical Services, members asked about FMAP, the Our Kids B CHIP program, school-based Medicaid reimbursements, nursing home distress funds, and several large appropriation lines that far exceed actual spending; DHS said these are maintained for claims payment, nursing home receivership contingencies, and other flexibility needs. Each division reviewed was adopted by executive recommendation after questions concluded.

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> transferred to the special revenue fund. transferred to the special revenue fund.
• </c><00:13:53.839><c> and</c> professional educator licensing and professional educator licensing and
• </c><00:27:00.559><c> to</c> appropriations are all transferred to appropriations are all transferred
• Section 7 is another part of that same bill and same program transfer.
• </c> 1462 and relates to the um uh transfer 1462 and relates to the um uh transfer for<00:47:58.560><

Committee: Senate Education Finance

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

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• Issued licenses </font> <font color="aaaaaa">from the offices, Office of </font> <font color="aaaaaa"
• Issued licenses </font> <font color="aaaaaa">from the offices, Office of </font> <font color="aaaaaa"
• </font> <font color="aaaaaa">And service warranty licenses.
• </font> <font color="aaaaaa">And service warranty licenses.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• For example, while there is licensing visits every year, they said, "Well, the licensing visit isn't
• So, right now, a license, the most likely situation is a licenser notices a fraud situation when they
• If the licensed provider and dates.
• </c> facie evidence that the licensed facie evidence that the licensed provider<00:31:12.760><c> cared
• </c> investigation unit were not transferred investigation unit were not transferred to<00:47:33.480>

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• Legacy 911 systems do not provide location routing, resulting in lost or transferred calls.
• Automatic 911 call transfers can be set up so that the receiving PSAP receives all of the information
• And so what this essentially does is, through the local licensing agencies and the Idaho State Police
• , ABC, currently a caterer is not able... does is it essentially creates a new licensing procedure for
• And so what this essentially does is through the local licensing agencies and the Idaho State Police,

Committee: Senate State Affairs

Keywords: 989, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Specifically, these are relating to title certificates, motor vehicle licenses, driver's licenses and
• PCS for HB 4057 looks to transfer ownership of 7.1 acres in the City of DeFuniak from the state to the
• Transfer would allow the city to seek federal and state grants that they are not eligible for because
• House Bill 4035 is a simple fix to Construction License Board essentially will require applicants to
• pass the licensing exam before they submit an application to the Construction Board for a certificate

Transcript Highlights:

• The Senate bill regulating the issuance of licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages in the town of
• House No. 5358, local approval received, and the House bill authorizing the transfer of a certain parcel
• Second reading of the bills: An act authorizing the town of Berkley to grant additional licenses for
• An act regulating the issuance of licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages in the town of Bolton,
• House No. 5358 and an act authorizing the transfer of a certain parcel of land in the town of Marion

Summary: The House opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and welcomed a fourth grade class from Howard Manning School in Middleton, along with other guests. The chamber then adopted several congratulatory resolutions, including honors for Girl Scouts and Eagle Scout Gold Award recipients and the Worcester Chapter of the Appalachian Mountain Club on its 150th anniversary. The House also concurred in a Senate petition concerning fines for motorboat operators engaged in wake surfing near shorelines, referring it to the Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security. Members suspended rules to advance several local matters, including a petition by Representative Fiola to authorize municipalities to opt into a temporary pilot program extending liquor license hours and allowing public consumption in designated districts; that matter was referred to the Committee on Equity. The Steering, Policy and Scheduling Committee recommended and the House ordered to third reading several local bills involving additional alcohol licenses in Berkley and Bolton, municipal charge liens in Newton, and a land transfer in Marion. The House then adopted the emergency preamble and passed House No. 5375, financing long-term improvements to municipal roads and bridges. It also passed to be engrossed House No. 3929, which changes the minimum age requirement for original appointment as a police officer in Worcester. The chamber adopted an order to adjourn until Thursday at 11 a.m., observed a moment of silent tribute for Charles “Charlie” Van Dini of Plymouth, and then adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> be transferred to the energy authority. be transferred to the energy authority.
• </c><00:09:44.399><c> to</c> program. um that would be transferred to program. um that would be transferred
• </c><00:09:50.640><c> that</c> eliminated or otherwise transferred that eliminated or otherwise transferred
• </c> transferred or repealed by this act. transferred or repealed by this act.
• c> those</c><00:24:48.159><c> specified</c> upon the transfer those specified upon the transfer those

Committee: Joint Appropriations

Keywords: 916, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Is there any licensing? No, they're not required to be licensed. They're not regulated by HHSC.
• medical licenses are dictating that, a Texas licensee is going to lose his license if he doesn't do
• But the other is licensed investigation.
• It had a license a year before, did not.
• Yes, I'm only licensed in Texas.

Committee: Senate Health & Human Services

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Previously, the Bureau are transferred.
• This transfer is transparent.
• Transfer of straightforward solution.
• This transfer is transparent.
• The transfer Services Administration.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, June 2, 2026, 1012, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• <00:11:28.920><c> to</c><00:11:29.040><c> DCYF</c> transferred to DCYF transferred to DCYF um, um, um
• Articles 6 and 7 are part of the licensing, the child care licensing modernization project.
• </c> licensing actions. licensing actions.
• </c> the severity of licensing violations. the severity of licensing violations.
• Licensers should be able to licensing.

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Licenses, and the Executive Officer for the Outfitters and Guides Licensing Board.
• With me here today is Brad Compton, the Board Chair for the Outfitters and Guides Licensing Board.
• In compliance with Executive Order 2020-01 base regulation, the Outfitters and Guides Licensing Board
• and this is gonna be a Um... the division of occupational licenses.
• We are currently transferring all licenses to a two-year renewal cycle to save administrative cost, as

Committee: House Resources and Conservation

Keywords: 989, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So aren't we allowing a fixed transfer versus a percentage transfer of fees collected?
• The district courts can still suspend driver's licenses, and there will be a driver's license reinstatement
• You can't drive to work without a driver's license, right?
• You can't drive to work without a driver's license, right?
• We, the driver's license, reinstatement fee. driver's license, right?

Committee: All JBC-SPECIAL LANGUAGE

Keywords: 1204, all

Transcript Highlights:

• This is SB 1174, would basically it's simple. 5, the foster home license transfer process, ensuring foster
• This amendment clarifies that SB 1174, allows foster parents to transfer their license when moving within
• Prioritizing amended licenses, reducing delays for relocating families while maintaining proper oversight
• This bill updates the licensing requirements for small residential group homes by not requiring them
• One of the challenges that we have across the state related to license scene of childcare facilities

Keywords: 999, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The original language had said that they needed to have a specific kind of license, an M license, and
• So when we just made it be that they must be registered owners of a motorcycle to be licensed legally
• House Bill 2957, amending Section 28-1081 and 28-338... statute, relating to driver's licenses.
• It increases the appropriated FTEs to the Department of Liquor Licenses and Control by 4.5 FTEs.
• It increases the appropriated FTEs to the Department of Liquor Licenses and Control by 4.5 FTEs.

Summary: The meeting began with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, attendance, and a guest introduction for Deputy Frank Sloop. The Senate then moved through multiple Committee of the Whole calendars, with most measures receiving do-pass recommendations after brief explanations and, in several cases, floor amendments. Topics included public records, capital outlay review, local government, taxation, state budget implementation, higher education appropriations, utility regulation, towing regulation, homeowners association disclosures, nursing board regulation, veteran services, criminal justice, human services, K-12 education, state property management, and the continuation of the Arizona State Board of Nursing. Several bills were amended on the floor before receiving favorable recommendations. House Bill 2114 on motorcycle-related provisions was amended to require that at least one registered owner be legally licensed to operate a motorcycle in Arizona. House Bill 2397 on HOA/condominium disclosures was amended to change disclosure timing and fee rules and make other conforming changes. House Bill 2408 on nursing board regulatory action was amended to remove a clear-and-convincing-evidence burden in disciplinary matters and clarify complaint-sharing procedures. House Bill 2957 on driver’s license/handheld provisions, House Bill 2305 on towing regulation, and House Bill 2321 on DCS-related reporting also received amendments before do-pass recommendations. The largest item was Senate Bill 1847, the 2026-2027 General Appropriations Act. Senators offered extensive floor amendments affecting agriculture, corrections, criminal justice, school safety, law enforcement equipment, vehicle theft task force funding, liquor licensing, and other budget items. During third reading and debate on the budget, Democratic senators praised negotiated gains such as funding for aging services, food assistance, civil legal aid, school meals, heat relief, and a three-year moratorium on new data center tax incentives, while criticizing border-related funding, ESA/voucher policy, and cuts to higher education and adult education. One member’s remarks were ruled dilatory after repeated off-topic comments, and the ruling of the chair was sustained by a 16-12 vote. The transcript ends with additional budget-related explanation of votes continuing after the budget’s third reading.