Transcript Highlights:

• S-2509A, an act to amend the Correction Law in relation to the transfer of incarcerated individuals from
• If you did do something wrong, if you were violent, if you were caught with illegal drugs or things like
• then commit another crime within, whether you assault a CO or another prisoner or you're found with illegal

Committee: Senate Crime Victims, Crime And Correction

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Standing Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and Correction met with a quorum of members present and considered 10 bills. The committee held a lengthy debate on S.2656, a bill to repeal provisions related to solitary confinement, with supporters arguing the current law is not fully implemented and that solitary confinement is harmful and ineffective, while opponents said the law has made facilities less safe and removed needed disciplinary tools. After discussion, the bill failed to advance, with five negative votes and no report to the floor. The committee also considered several correctional administration and health-related measures. S.394, the Clemency Justice Act, and S.2509A, concerning transfers of incarcerated individuals from county jails to state facilities, were both reported to finance. S.5134, creating a uniform electronic medical records system for correctional facilities, was reported, as was S.9126A. S.8492, establishing a digital legal mail program, drew concerns about privileged communications and was defeated in committee. S.9467, setting radiation standards for employees and visitors at correctional facilities, was reported to the Health Committee. Two additional bills, S.9916 on employee mental health services and S.9928 on rights of sexual assault survivors during the investigative process, were reported after brief discussion and expressions of support. One bill on the agenda was laid aside at the sponsor’s request. Overall, the meeting featured a mix of correctional policy, facility operations, health, and survivor-rights legislation, with several bills advancing and one major reform measure on solitary confinement failing to move forward.

Transcript Highlights:

• Ma'am, I want to go back to that transfer of $22 million on the TANF grant.
• We can transfer 30% of that to the Child Care Assistance Program.
• We can transfer 30% of that to the Child Care Assistance Program.
• And I hate to tell you this, guys, we estimate over 10,000 illegal students in our schools.
• And I guarantee you if they're illegal, they're getting every program there is.

Summary: The committee met to receive a series of audit presentations, beginning with the statewide Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) for fiscal year 2025. The State Auditor’s Office and OMB reported a clean, unmodified opinion for the state, with strong financial results including a $40.6 billion net position, $30.99 billion in assets, $1.81 billion in liabilities, and continued Legacy Fund growth. OMB also explained the new GASB 101 compensated-absences reporting change and discussed pension-liability fluctuations tied to discount-rate assumptions and investment performance. Members asked about how the state compares to others and about the effect of short-term commodity price swings, and OMB said the report reflects actual fiscal-year results rather than forecasts. The committee then heard the University System audit, which also received a clean opinion but included four findings: misreporting of Strategic Investment and Improvements Fund revenue, insufficient monitoring of service organizations at CTS, NDSU, and UND, improper bank reconciliations at Dakota College of Bottineau, Dickinson State, and Williston State, and investment/cash reconciliation problems at Bismarck State College related to bond proceeds. University officials agreed with the findings and said corrective actions were underway, including internal review of bank reconciliations. Members raised questions about NDSU’s use of certificates of deposit, and university staff explained that CDs are used to earn interest on funds being accumulated for future projects. Several other audits were presented, most with clean opinions and no findings, including the State Auditor’s Office, Workforce Safety and Insurance, Housing Finance Agency, Housing Incentive Fund, Job Service North Dakota, the Retirement and Investment Office, PERS, the Center for Distance Education, the Commission on Legal Counsel for Indigents, the Ethics Commission, and the Office of Administrative Hearings. Notable exceptions included a State Fair Association audit with an adverse opinion on the foundation component unit because its financial statements were not available for audit, and a Securities Department performance audit finding that performance-based pay increases and bonuses were issued without required evaluations. The committee also discussed the State Auditor’s future needs, including more staff capacity, data analytics, cybersecurity reviews, possible subpoena authority, independent legal counsel, and whether some audits—such as the Ethics Commission and State Fair—should be handled by independent third parties or under different statutory arrangements.

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• ,</c> lot of other products illegal, lot of other products illegal, especially<00:14:49.680><c> the</
• We also extended a provision transferring money from the closed landfill incentive fund to the MPCA by
• We also extended a provision transferring money from the closed landfill incentive fund to the MPCA by
• It makes clear that state funds transferred under this section of law are not subject to those federal
• Out because 87 counties can have millions transferred to them.

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• what you suggest and that becomes what actually happens, is that then going to be a little bit of a transfer
• If the dealer is buying it, suspecting that it's illegal, that he's purchasing an illegal product, yes
• But if they knowingly purchase an illegal spool or whatever of wire, ...purchase an illegal, you know
• That's a legal possession of the wire, but it could look like an illegal possession as well.
• Then you're not on the hook; the person who took it is, if they got it legally or illegally. Right.

Committee: House Utilities

Keywords: 959, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• After July 1, 2033, any funds remaining in the account must be transferred to the Capital Furnishings
• Any funds remaining in the account must be transferred to the Capital Furnishings Preservation Committee
• international volunteers, Palestinians, and Israeli activists, to peacefully demonstrate against the illegal
• contact and media contact when she volunteered to stand with Palestinian farmers whose land was being illegally
• To travel and advocate on behalf of Palestinian people displaced by illegal Israeli settlements, the

Bills: SB5000 , SB5325 , SB6044 , SB6313 , SB6084 , SB6137

Committee: House State Government & Tribal Relations

Keywords: state nickname, evergreen state, identity, cultural heritage, tourism, state cactus, symbolic designation, ecological significance, state symbols, SB 6044, Diwali, Bandi Chhor Divas, Washington state holidays, RCW 1.16.050, state holiday recognition, religious observance, Hindu holiday, Sikh holiday, cultural recognition, paid holiday

Transcript Highlights:

• That bill created the Hepatitis C Fund and transferred $12 million from the general fund into the Hepatitis
• The main ways that that is transferred is through tattooing, illegal tattooing material, so people share
• Speaking about the Senator's capacity issues, are we working, have we looked at the amount of illegal
• I believe you stated there's 250-ish illegal immigrants incarcerated within the Department of Corrections

Summary: The joint Senate Finance and House Appropriations committee reviewed the Idaho Department of Correction budget, beginning with an agency-wide overview and then moving through management services, state prisons, county and out-of-state placement, community corrections, community-based substance use disorder treatment, and medical services. Analysts and the director explained that the department’s budget is heavily driven by personnel, contracts, medical costs, and population pressures, with dedicated funds such as inmate labor and probation/parole receipts declining in cash balance. Members asked about vacancies, overtime, holdback impacts, software licensing, hepatitis C funding, and the department’s use of contracts and technology. The committee also heard that some planned reductions tied to the governor’s holdback remain in place despite the agency being exempted, including cuts to Recidivis, GEO-related services, and some technology purchases, while body-worn cameras were kept in place because of safety and accountability benefits. A major portion of the discussion focused on rising incarceration and housing costs. The director said the department is near capacity, with more people coming in than leaving, and that county jail and out-of-state placements are increasing because state facilities are full. Analysts described the county jail and out-of-state placement budget as highly volatile and based on updated population forecasts, with supplemental and ongoing requests increasing significantly. Members also asked about mandatory minimums, criminal aliens in custody, and the cost of housing inmates in state versus out-of-state facilities. The director said Idaho’s per-day direct prison cost is about $85, or about $95 with administrative costs, while the Arizona contract rate is about $85 per day. The committee also discussed rehabilitation and recidivism-reduction programs, including education, work programs, community reentry centers, and the Bridge 8 tablet system. The director said the tablets are funded through inmate phone-related charges and are used for educational and rehabilitative purposes, not because the state is required to provide them. She said community reentry centers have shown an 11% lower recidivism rate for participants, and that the department has previously eliminated ineffective programs after evaluation. Members asked for more information on inmate labor contracts, hepatitis C treatment funding, and the cost and effectiveness of various programs. The meeting ended before all questions were resolved, and the committee adjourned to continue work groups the next morning.

Transcript Highlights:

• to be a cabinet level when it transfers to be a cabinet level inter<00:20:12.640><c> agency</c><00:20
• And as Pat was kind of alluding to, we're really hoping that as HISC administration transfers that we
• And as Pat was kind of alluding to, we're really hoping that as HISC administration transfers that we
• [snorts] Um, how does Plant Pono get transferred to the public other than this website?
• </c><01:47:34.480><c> on</c><01:47:34.719><c> property</c> illegal dumping of material on property illegal

Keywords: 910, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I think this is in line with historical transfers from trust funds when we've had record GR balances,
• It will be transferred from the DVPR trust fund of the Division of Condos, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes
• Health care, enrichment, record keeping, and how dogs are sold or transferred.
• disabilities is require them to trade their hard-fought civil right to access for a free pass to park illegally
• We need to address the lack of ticket and tow enforcement for people that illegally park in disabled

Transcript Highlights:

• An act relating to transportation vehicle fund transfers and amending RCW 28A.160.
• And so what this bill will allow them to do, if they do not need a bus for the future, they may transfer
• can see why, when you're hearing all of these messages from the national level telling you, you are illegal
• We don't see you as illegal. We see you as a Husky. We see you as a Husky.
• heart for serving your community, and you're at a community college right now, and you're going to transfer

Keywords: 904, all

Summary: The Senate considered and passed several bills, many of them after moving substitutes and suspending the rules to advance them directly to final passage. Second Substitute Senate Bill 6035, dealing with access to voting services for military, overseas, Native American, and disabled voters, was described as a civic engagement measure that would require county auditors and the Secretary of State to work with federally recognized tribes and explore a secure voting portal. Supporters emphasized outreach, access, and helping overseas and disabled voters; opponents raised concerns about online voting security, paper ballot integrity, and emerging technologies. The bill passed 38-19. Substitute Senate Bill 6034, which statutorily establishes the Governor’s Office on Indian Affairs, passed unanimously 49-0 after supporters said it would formally anchor an office that has existed for decades and better reflect the state’s government-to-government relationship with tribes. Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 6247, on school district financial management and training, also passed 49-0 after an amendment was adopted to delay implementation and clarify funding for training. Supporters said the bill would help school boards, superintendents, and ESDs identify districts sliding toward financial distress and improve fiscal oversight. The Senate also passed Senate Bill 5922, giving school districts more flexibility to transfer unused school bus depreciation funds when declining enrollment means replacement buses may not be needed, and Senate Bill 6278, requiring ongoing review of teacher and principal preparation programs so training better matches classroom needs; both passed with broad support. Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 6246, concerning emissions-intensive, trade-exposed facilities under the Climate Commitment Act, drew the most extended debate and passed 27-22 after a striking amendment was adopted and a proposed reporting amendment was rejected. Supporters said it creates a framework for future emissions allowance reductions while protecting jobs and competitiveness; opponents warned it would drive mills and other industrial employers out of Washington. The Senate also passed Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5906, the SAFE Act limiting ICE access to non-public areas of schools, colleges, health care facilities, daycares, and similar sites without a warrant, after adopting amendments related to model policies and union notification; supporters framed it as a safety and due process measure, while opponents called it an attempt to obstruct federal law enforcement. Finally, Substitute Senate Bill 5905, addressing PERS membership for certain port workers in federal railroad retirement plans, passed 49-0 as a technical pension fix.

Transcript Highlights:

• In both cases, the individuals had prior convictions for crimes of violence with a firearm, and those
• </c><00:47:11.240><c> are</c><00:47:11.520><c> important</c> involv involving a firearm are important
• involv involving a firearm are important and<00:47:12.599><c> that</c><00:47:12.960><c> someone</c><
• To that point, we had a record number of cases involving an offense with a firearm, and that was 1,885
• and that was 1885 but only 30% firearm and that was 1885 but only 30% ended<00:52:54.040><c> with</c

Bills: HF7

Committee: House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Keywords: public safety, criminal justice, sentencing guidelines, Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission, public sentencing database, felony dismissals, prosecutor reporting, bail notice, bond posting, law enforcement data, arrest data, public records, sex trafficking, human trafficking, mandatory minimum sentence, peace officer assault, police assault, fleeing police, vehicular flight, stolen motor vehicle

Transcript Highlights:

• Violations occur when individuals illegally record and take photographs of victims in dressing rooms,

Bills: SB128 , SB203 , SB317 , SB393 , SB397 , SB731 , SB781 , SB801 , SB867 , SB1071 , SB1086 , SB1087 , SB1232 , SB1262 , SB1444 , SB1483 , SB1782 , SB1798 , SB1861 , SB1897 , SB1944 , SB2023 , SB2082 , SB2215 , SB2309 , SB2497 , SB2549 , SB2566 , SB2603 , SB2607 , SB2617 , SB2688 , SB2797 , SB2799 , SB2841 , SB2891 , SB2919 , SB2928 , SB2969 , SB2994 , SB3070 , HB11 , HB12 , HB26 , HB33 , HB34 , HB45 , HB48 , HB130 , HB148 , HB198 , HB210 , HB303 , HB647 , HB668 , HB677 , HB762 , HB791 , HB1022 , HB1041 , HB1188 , HB1240 , HB1242 , HB1261 , HB1318 , HB1397 , HB1465 , HB1520 , HB1535 , HB1729 , HB1778 , HB1950 , HB2003 , HB2027 , HB2029 , HB2559 , HB2596 , HB2607 , HB2692 , HB2712 , HB2742 , HB2768 , HB2775 , HB2788 , HB2802 , HB2894 , HB3474 , HB3594 , HB3611 , HB3698 , HB3699 , HB3700 , HB4187 , HB4753 , HB4804 , HB4850 , HB4885 , HB5061 , HB5238 , HB5560 , HCR90 , SJR34 , SB529 , SB541 , SB693 , SB963 , SB1173 , SB1646 , SB1734 , SB1833 , SB1968 , SB2544 , SB1 , SB17 , SB260 , SB509 , SB1506 , SB1637 , SB2308 , SJR36 , SJR50 , SJR63 , SCR12 , SCR39 , SB2023 , SB128 , SB2309 , SB1861 , SB2617 , SB62 , SB666 , SB847 , SB284 , SB854 , SB810 , SB1505 , SB583 , SB507 , SB1434 , SB1772 , SB2016 , SB1122 , SB731 , SB397 , SB508 , SB1436 , SB287 , SB1882 , SB393 , SB1791 , SB209 , SB2429 , SB511 , SB1085 , SB1975 , SB2717 , SB1262 , SB636 , SB2056 , SB884 , SB1200 , SB1845 , SB2458 , SB801 , SB3014 , SB3013 , SB758 , SB2797 , SB2076 , SB2876 , SB1640 , SB1449 , SB1181 , SB1234 , SB2926 , SB2841 , SB1528 , SB2891 , SB1854 , SB317 , SB1250 , SB2082 , SB1237 , SB2819 , SB629 , SB2608 , SB1602 , SB2009 , SB867 , SB640 , SB1698 , SB2680 , SB913 , SB1071 , SB1086 , SB1087 , SB1483 , SB1444 , SB1553 , SB1556 , SB1703 , SB2133 , SB2297 , SB2298 , SB2622 , SB2955 , SB2334 , SB1367 , SB2044 , SB2363 , SB2565 , SB1888 , SB3036 , SB3057 , SB3043 , SB3063 , SB3035 , SB203 , SB2799 , SB2688 , SB2522 , SB2459 , SB2655 , SB2251 , SB1884 , SB2928 , SB2566 , SB1749 , SB2549 , SB2553 , SB2919 , SB1782 , SB1944 , SB1232 , SB2969 , SB2497 , SB1798 , SB2603 , SB2607 , SB781 , SB524 , SB2233 , SB2683 , HB1393 , HB2559 , HB26 , HB2607 , HB3810 , HB388 , HB12 , HB2712 , HB2692 , HB1633 , HB1318 , HB685 , HB4753 , HB2742 , HB303 , HB198 , HB1535 , HB762 , HB148 , HB1520 , HB5061 , HB2286 , HB1606 , HB1041 , HB132 , HB11 , HB45 , HB48 , HB1261 , HB1465 , HB1778 , HB2596 , HB5238 , HB33 , HB1188 , HB210 , HB1022 , HB1458 , HB5560 , HB1240 , HB1950 , HB2027 , HB2768 , HB2788 , HB2791 , HB3146 , HB3698 , HB3699 , HB1893 , HB3700 , HB4850 , HB4187 , HB1397 , HB4885 , HB4804 , HB3751 , HB3611 , HB2775 , HB2061 , HB2003 , HB1729 , HB1242 , HB791 , HB2029 , HB647 , HB2522 , HB4738 , HB3033 , HB3594 , HB3474 , HB2563 , HB2802 , HB34 , HB128 , HB130 , HB581 , HB668 , HB677 , HB766 , HB2259 , HB2960 , HB2358 , HB2894 , HB4384 , HB2663 , HB748 , HB793 , HB1193 , HB1734 , HB2340 , HB2350 , HB3104 , HB5180 , HB4739 , HB1584 , HB4344 , HB4238 , HB4219 , HB3806 , HB3805 , HB3804 , HB3803 , HB3229 , HB3228 , HB1922 , HB1522 , HB431 , HB3597 , HB1612 , HB4224 , HB754 , HB1314 , HB2254 , HB2789 , HB3560 , HB4643 , HB1237 , HCR90 , HCR98 , SJR60 , SB1319 , SB1978 , SB3038 , SB3045 , SB1633 , HB3126 , HB2856 , HB3114 , HB3041 , HB3505 , HB4205 , HB5652 , HB3687 , HB5424 , HB4506 , HB3370 , HB2025 , HB4273

Keywords: hospital reporting, child abuse, neglect, administrative penalty, medical ethics, child protection, student privacy, numerical class rank, education policy, academic programs, high school, monuments, memorials, public property, historical significance, civil penalties, local governance, SB 393, Sparks, Middleton

Transcript Highlights:

• People can still access this building with firearms as they should.
• People can still access this building with firearms as they should.
• People can still access this building with firearms as they should.
• But I think it's also very concerning that we have members who may be carrying firearms.
• </c> who may be carrying firearms. who may be carrying firearms.

Committee: House Ways and Means

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• Those two bills are House Bill 606, firearms procedures, and House Bill 642, youthful offender proceedings
• <00:07:59.440><c> House</c><00:07:59.720><c> bill</c><00:07:59.920><c> 606,</c><00:08:01.000><c> firearms
• </c> bills are House bill 606, firearms bills are House bill 606, firearms protect-<00:08:02.640><c>
• officer's<00:16:46.240><c> use</c><00:16:46.720><c> of</c><00:16:47.000><c> a</c><00:16:47.120><c> firearm
• </c><00:16:47.880><c> Please</c> officer's use of a firearm. Please officer's use of a firearm.

Keywords: 926, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• functions, and these transfers are often described as general fund transfers, payments in lieu of taxes
• And then as far as being able to challenge those transfers, case law is allowed so that citizens, Transfers
• So to clarify, you can do a general fund transfer.
• With one year of GFT, one year transfers, you could fix your problem if you didn’t transfer at one time
• “This is transfer to the general?

Committee: Senate Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The only thing I fear is that if an ORV and illegal street vehicle collide, the ORV will lose.
• </c><00:22:51.039><c> street</c> is that if an OV and illegal street is that if an OV and illegal street
• </c><01:45:46.480><c> between</c> and funds can't be transferred between and funds can't be transferred
• </c><01:48:58.719><c> that</c> complete, we now need to transfer that complete, we now need to transfer
• </c><02:17:36.960><c> of</c> and it authorizes the transfer of and it authorizes the transfer of certain

Committee: Senate Transportation

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• <00:44:17.800><c> choose</c><00:44:18.080><c> to</c> illegal immigrant and you choose to illegal immigrant
• This is illegal betting under Minnesota law.
• c> under</c><01:26:36.280><c> Minnesota</c> This is illegal betting under Minnesota This is illegal betting
• The beneficial ownership of which is evidenced by transferable shares or by transferable certificates
• shares or by evidenced by transferable shares or by transferable transferable transferable certificates

Committee: Senate Judiciary and Public Safety

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I'm concerned that we are providing benefits to illegals, period.
• immigrants that are here, you know, illegally.
• They go in the store and they make an illegal purchase?
• They go in the store and they make an illegal purchase?
• purchases are already part of the illegal purposes.

Committee: House General Laws

Keywords: 959, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• At the time, ground zero for illegal migration was in the RGV, the Rio Grande Valley.
• At that point in time in 2021. 70% of all the illegal migration in the United States on the southern
• What's not talked about often. is the 114,000 illegal immigrants who were booked into Texas jails over
• To assist, we developed a top 10 criminal illegal immigrant list to offer rewards for citizen tips.
• There's been a 94% reduction in illegal crossings since the same time of last year.

Committee: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

Transcript Highlights:

• sure that they do not come back into our system, and, of course, make sure that they don't even transfer
• unsupervised access to bodies of water, mainly swimming pools, unsupervised access to unsecured firearms
• We've had a higher than average number of children who have access to unsecured firearms.

Summary: The committee first approved the May 20 minutes and then advanced HCR 95, which would create a more uniform tax base for future state and local tax exemptions and credits, requiring a two-thirds vote of both chambers to deviate from that uniformity. HB 648 was deferred by the author. HB 1049, dealing with public meeting procedures and notice requirements, was amended after discussion with the Police Jury Association, school boards, and local government groups; the amendments removed a requirement for a lawyer at every meeting and clarified notice and posting language, and the bill was reported with amendments despite opposition from local government associations and the City of Baker. The committee then heard HB 615, which would expand livestreaming and two-year archiving requirements to more public bodies, including non-elected boards and commissions with taxing or rulemaking authority. Supporters framed it as a transparency measure, while local government and association witnesses argued it would impose an unfunded mandate, especially on small volunteer boards, and raised concerns about costs, staffing, record retention, and reliance on social media platforms. The bill was not advanced. HB 1201, as amended, would provide legislators reimbursement for travel and limited out-of-session expenses, including housing and mileage, beginning with the next term; members discussed the need to make public service more financially feasible and to broaden who can afford to serve. The committee reported HB 1201 with amendments. The committee also considered two constitutional convention-related bills. HB 244 would set guardrails for any future convention by capping delegates at 144, specifying delegate selection, requiring a two-thirds delegate vote to send proposals to voters, and requiring both a majority of voters and approval by three-fourths of the parishes for ratification; after debate over whether the parish threshold was too high, the bill was reported favorably on a roll call vote. HB 4, as amended, was narrowed to require the Senate and House Governmental Affairs committees to meet in the off-season to discuss the mechanics of a possible convention, but members viewed it as more of a study resolution than binding legislation, and the committee voted to keep it in committee. The meeting then moved to confirmation hearings. Courtney Myers, nominated for Deputy Secretary for the Office of Juvenile Justice, and Ernest Jacob Reade Jr., nominated as Assistant Secretary, testified about their backgrounds and priorities, emphasizing juvenile rehabilitation, education and vocational programming, mental health services, credible messengers, family contact, and better communication with legislators and families. Nathan McBride, nominated as Deputy Secretary of the Department of Environmental Quality, testified about his engineering and government affairs background and said he would focus on legislative work, waste tire management, permitting modernization, and constituent service.

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> protect American citizens, not illegal protect American citizens, not illegal aliens.<02:26:16.800
• </c> illegal aliens over our own citizens. illegal aliens over our own citizens.
• ICE is somewhat important. 10 million people enter this country illegally.
• They are choosing again and again illegal aliens over American citizens.
• </c> apprehend and deport illegal immigrants. apprehend and deport illegal immigrants. redirect<04:26

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, March 25, 2026, 1012, house, all