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• for increased funding for acequias, particularly in light of the damage caused by forest fires and flooding
• We think this fund is critical for us to prevent massive fires and flooding in the future.

Bills: SB193

Committee: House House Agriculture, Acequias And Water Resources

Keywords: SB193, acequia, community ditch, irrigation works construction fund, water infrastructure, ditch infrastructure, irrigation, New Mexico water law, agricultural water, farmers, Rio Grande, acequia association, forest land protection revolving fund, state fund transfer, irrigation projects, 996, all

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• Guard consistently answers the state's call in response to emergency efforts, including the recent flood
• banks and levees gave way across western Washington, the Guard launched one of its largest and fastest flood

Bills: HB1160 , HB1289 , HB1339 , HB1604 , HB1798 , HB1002 , HB1065 , HB1155 , HB1269 , HB1916 , HB2120 , HB2123 , HB2158 , HB2178 , HB2264 , HB2309 , HB2411 , HJM4004

Keywords: design review, local government, land use, zoning, project permits, housing density, middle housing, affordable housing, parking minimums, single-family zoning, infill development, growth management, comprehensive plan, permit streamlining, objective development regulations, architectural review, administrative review, transit-oriented development, accessory dwelling units, ADU

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• Guard consistently answers the state's call in response to emergency efforts, including the recent flood
• banks and levees gave way across western Washington, the Guard launched one of its largest and fastest flood

Bills: HB1160 , HB1289 , HB1339 , HB1604 , HB1798 , HB1002 , HB1065 , HB1155 , HB1269 , HB1916 , HB2120 , HB2123 , HB2158 , HB2178 , HB2264 , HB2309 , HB2411 , HJM4004

Keywords: design review, local government, land use, zoning, project permits, housing density, middle housing, affordable housing, parking minimums, single-family zoning, infill development, growth management, comprehensive plan, permit streamlining, objective development regulations, architectural review, administrative review, transit-oriented development, accessory dwelling units, ADU

Summary: The House convened with a quorum, opened with the Pledge of Allegiance, a National Anthem performance, and a prayer offered by Washington Army National Guard Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Cole. The chamber then adopted House Resolution 4675, honoring the Washington National Guard for its service in emergencies, search and rescue, disaster response, and military readiness. Members spoke in support, highlighting the Guard’s history, its role in recent flood and landslide responses, and the sacrifices of service members and their families. The resolution passed by voice vote, and Guard leadership and members present in the galleries were recognized. The House also recognized Congressman Dan Newhouse in a point of personal privilege, with remarks praising his service in state and federal office and his ties to agriculture. The chamber then moved to the Fourth Order of Business and debated a motion to suspend House rules to send two initiatives to the Education Committee for prompt public hearings. Supporters argued the Constitution requires precedence for initiatives and that the House should hear them promptly; opponents argued the Constitution allows the Legislature to take no action and that the motion was unnecessary. The motion to suspend the rules failed on a recorded vote, 38 yeas and 57 nays, with three excused. Next, members debated the routine motion to refer the bills, memorials, measures, and resolutions on the introduction sheet to committee. Some members again argued the two initiatives should be given priority and public hearings before other business, while others supported normal referral of the day’s measures. The motion passed on a recorded vote, 57 yeas and 38 nays, with three excused. Committee reports were then accepted and referred as designated, and the House adjourned until Thursday, January 29 at 10:30 a.m.

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• This time it's not just water itself, but it's the soil in order to basically minimize flooding and and
• impact on campus operations can often be of a similar scope to what you might see if you had a large flood

Committee: House Science, Technology & Telecommunications Committee

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• for account numbers for any person or public body or account with a public utility for mandatory disclosure
• department from disclosing information about individual winners and exempt the information from disclosure
• under FOIA unless the winner consents to such disclosure.
• kind of comprehensively gives them access, but simultaneously gives them protection from further disclosure
• It wouldn't work as affirmative disclosure.

Keywords: Freedom of Information Advisory Council, 976, house, all

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• cell information, is of such a level of importance to enough people that we should mandate the disclosure
• cell information, is of such a level of importance to enough people that we should mandate the disclosure
• Senator Nichols said she wanted to add that states routinely require additional disclosures for a wide
• Senator Nichols said she wanted to add that states routinely require additional disclosures for a wide
• But states routinely require additional disclosures for like food ingredients and country of origin,

Committee: Senate Commerce and Human Resources

Keywords: 989, all

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• commission as part of an ongoing investigation; and subsection F, a law enforcement agency if the disclosure
• bill states, a department file maintained under this section is confidential and not subject to disclosure
• And this also is disclosure under the Sandra Bland Act as well. Thank you. Thank you. Ms.
• It's now a permanent record for personnel and full public disclosure.
• However, in this job, we're Public disclosure.

Bills: SB7 , SB14

Committee: Senate State Affairs

Keywords: gender designation, civil penalties, private civil rights, multiple-occupancy spaces, Texas Women's Privacy Act, law enforcement, confidentiality, personnel files, employee records, misconduct

Summary: The Committee on State Affairs took up Senate Bill 14, which would create a confidential department file for law enforcement officers and jailers and limit public access to records involving unsubstantiated misconduct, while preserving access for hiring agencies, TCOLE, and certain criminal justice uses. TCOLE’s Gretchen Grigsby explained the current rollout of law enforcement recordkeeping reforms, including the distinction between the public personnel file and the confidential G-file, and answered questions about when TCOLE would request files during investigations. Senator Perry and other members focused on how the bill would interact with existing personnel-file rules, public transparency, and criminal discovery obligations. Public testimony was largely opposed. Critics argued the bill was drafted too broadly, could sweep in records beyond misconduct files, and would reduce transparency for the public, journalists, oversight bodies, and families seeking answers in cases such as Uvalde and jail deaths in Tarrant County. Several witnesses said the bill could allow small or single-officer agencies, including elected constables, to shield their own records, and some warned it could chill reporting and oversight. Supporters, including law enforcement representatives, said the bill would protect officers from false or unsubstantiated allegations, align agencies without civil-service protections with those that already have G-files, and preserve confidentiality for records that should not be public. Dallas County prosecutors and Harris County deputies supported the general policy but asked for clarifying amendments, especially to separate language they said could affect the Michael Morton Act and to preserve existing protections through in-camera review or protective orders. Committee members spent significant time questioning witnesses about how substantiated versus unsubstantiated allegations would be handled, whether body camera footage and case files would remain public, and how the bill would affect discovery in criminal cases. After hearing all registered witnesses, the chair closed public testimony. Senate Bill 14 was left pending, and the committee recessed.

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• released, the Commission will address the claims via a resolution or other Commission order prior to disclosure
• So the requirements for public disclosure of data is not specific to TNCs.
• And the general policy at the Commission is that we favor disclosure unless the interest in preserving
• autonomous vehicle passenger services, they have adopted similar reporting requirements and public disclosure
• The lack of timely and complete disclosure leaves us and the public unclear about how to analyze the

Committee: House Communications and Conveyance

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• water body that goes into an area, and it collects into that area and is held temporarily during a flood
• event, either backwater flood or front-door flooding.
• created several lakes throughout the state of Missouri in order to store water ostensibly to prevent flooding
• It was no longer just the area of flood walls and levees and built infrastructure, pipes and pumps.
• So what if there's not enough room in the reservoir because we have had flooding or something like that

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• Managed wetlands also improve local water quality, aid in flood protection, provide recreation, and offer
• amount of groundwater historically required to support small community water systems or to annually flood
• Sutter County is an area that's prone to high storms and flooding, and this flooding often leaves roads
• , bridges, and culverts damaged after those flood events.
• complete and submit the LSAA in late 2024, and the unfixed culverts and bridges led to localized flooding

Summary: The committee heard a long agenda of water, parks, transportation, species protection, and fisheries bills. AB 430 would require the State Water Resources Control Board to publish an economic and environmental impact study when emergency water regulations are extended over multiple years; the author and supporters from agricultural and water groups said it would add transparency without limiting emergency authority. AB 1139 would expand a CEQA exemption to let county park agencies open existing roads and trails for non-motorized recreation, with supporters emphasizing access to nature and opponents warning about impacts to sensitive habitat, tribal resources, and fire risk. AB 929 would temporarily exempt small community water systems and managed wetlands from certain SGMA pumping reductions and fines; supporters said it would protect vulnerable communities and wetlands, while farm and water coalition opponents argued it would undermine basin-wide groundwater management and shift burdens to other users. AB 1225, creating an Accessibility Advisory Committee for State Parks, drew broad support and passed unanimously. The committee also heard AB 514, which would encourage local water suppliers to develop emergency water supplies for drought and service interruptions; it passed with broad support, though one member cautioned against using scientific research as a loophole. AB 550 would let developers seek incidental take permits for species under consideration for listing, aimed at reducing delays for clean energy projects; environmental groups supported the goal but asked for clearer standards, limits on using research as mitigation, and a fee provision, and the bill passed as amended. AB 697 would authorize an incidental take permit for the State Route 37 interim project in Solano and Marin counties, balancing congestion relief and habitat restoration; supporters stressed long commutes and urgent restoration deadlines, while opponents raised climate, sea-level-rise, and tribal concerns. The bill passed, with some members noting they would continue to work on the measure. Other measures discussed included AB 975, which would give Sutter County a narrow, temporary exemption from streambed alteration agreements for certain damaged small bridges and culverts; county officials described repeated flood damage and long permitting delays, and the bill passed as amended. AB 1056 would phase out transferability of set gillnet permits after 2027, allowing only a final family transfer; supporters framed it as a gradual response to bycatch concerns, while fishing industry opponents said it would unfairly target an existing fishery and set a bad precedent. The committee also took up AB 1146, described by the author as a response to politically motivated water releases; supporters from conservation and water organizations backed the bill. Several bills were voted out to Appropriations, some were left open for later action or add-ons, and the committee repeatedly noted it was working through the agenda without a quorum early in the hearing.

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• </c><05:12:39.400><c> Lot</c> and definitely there was flooding.
• Lot and definitely there was flooding.
• </c> or for the Wailua flooding or for the Wailua flooding is<05:14:11.400><c> ridiculous.
• We incur about a billion dollars in flood damages.
• </c> incur about a billion dollars in flood incur about a billion dollars in flood damages.<05:50:48.400

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• Currently, many partners impersonate the DMV website and use fine-print disclosures to clarify their
• So the question relates to the disclosure requirements.
• So the question relates to the disclosure requirements.
• And then there's a second provision related to the disclosure... ...with, but you can be cited.
• There is a penalty provision, and so the manufacturers—yes—are required to have a disclosure.

Summary: The Assembly Transportation Committee met as a subcommittee until quorum was established, then heard several transportation-related bills. AB 1614 would extend existing anti-piggybacking rules to Class 1 bikeways, prohibiting multiple riders on a single bike or e-bike; supporters emphasized rising e-bike injuries and trauma cases, while People for Bikes argued it could create unnecessary barriers and enforcement issues. The committee also heard AB 2193, which would make autonomous vehicle manufacturers responsible for traffic citations when no human driver is present; Teamsters and transit labor supported the bill as an accountability measure, and there was no formal opposition on file. AB 2629 would cap fees charged by DMV business partners for online vehicle registration services at 5% above DMV fees. The sponsor and consumer advocates said the bill would curb spoofed websites and hidden upcharges, while DMV business partners and related companies argued the cap would make the program economically unworkable and reduce service options. Members questioned how the 5% figure was chosen, and the bill advanced on a due pass recommendation to Appropriations after a roll call. The committee also heard AB 2046, which would allow EPA-approved E85 conversion kits in California to expand access to lower-cost, lower-carbon fuel; supporters cited consumer savings and emissions reductions, and the bill passed to Appropriations. Finally, AB 2346 proposed broader e-bike safety rules, including speedometers, lighting, age-based speed limits, local authority to set path limits, and consumer disclosures; supporters framed it as a response to serious injuries and illegal e-motos, while opponents raised concerns about overbreadth, enforcement, and potential profiling. The committee approved AB 2346, sending it to Judiciary, and later completed roll calls showing the consent calendar and the other heard bills advancing out of committee.

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• Currently, many partners impersonate the DMV website and use fine print disclosures to clarify their
• So the question relates to the disclosure requirements.
• And when do you anticipate that to take effect, the requiring of the disclosures?
• And then there's a second provision related to the disclosure that Assembly Member Papan was asking about
• And so they are required to have a disclosure.

Committee: House Transportation

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• In some cases, individuals have been able to move between schools without full disclosure or prior investigations
• In subsection 4, that has to do with the applicant disclosure, so applicants must submit sworn disclosures
• reinforces compliance and removes ambiguity in subsection four that has to do with the applicant disclosure
• so applicants must submit sworn disclosures of investigations resignations during investigations and
• Non-certified staff are still covered by the disclosure and reporting requirements elsewhere in the bill

Committee: Senate Education

Summary: The committee first approved minutes from March 9, 10, and 11, 2026. It then took up Senate Bill 1336, a proposal to codify civics and American founding content in Idaho social studies standards. Sponsor Senator Anthon said the bill was a work in progress and asked that it be sent to the 14th order for amendment, citing concerns about flexibility, local control, and implementation. Testimony from school groups was generally supportive of the goal but raised concerns about codifying standards in statute, the Western civilization requirement, staffing and scheduling impacts, and funding for curriculum changes. The committee voted to send SB 1336 to the 14th order. Next, the committee heard Senate Bill 1412, a school hiring and reporting bill combining earlier proposals on educator misconduct disclosure, mandatory reporting, employer verification, Professional Standards Commission reporting, and whistleblower protections for private school employees. Senator Nichols said the bill was intended to create uniform statewide protections and transparency. Testimony strongly supported the bill from several educators and advocates who described failures to report abuse, retaliation against whistleblowers, and cases where alleged offenders remained employed. The committee voted to send SB 1412 to the Senate floor with a due pass recommendation. The committee then considered House Bill 832, which would change career technical education hiring rules by replacing a fixed 6,000-hour industry experience requirement with standards set by the State Board of Career Technical Education. The bill was presented as a way to improve recruitment and retention of industry professionals, and it passed with a due pass recommendation. The committee also heard House Bill 711, creating alternative authorization pathways for school principals and superintendents through either a grow-your-own route or an executive leadership route. Supporters argued it would help districts, especially rural ones, recruit leaders and that it was optional; opponents said it lowered standards, did not solve retention problems, and could weaken preparation in school law, finance, and instructional leadership. Despite objections, the committee voted to send HB 711 to the floor with a due pass recommendation. Finally, the committee revisited House Bill 516, which would restrict classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity and had an amendment clarifying that incidental references in certain subjects would not be prohibited. Testimony was sharply divided, with supporters framing it as a parent-rights and transparency measure and opponents warning it would chill instruction and invite litigation; discussion focused on the meaning of “incidental reference” and the bill’s private right of action, but no final action was taken in the portion provided.

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• Rojas cited in regard to the chemicals that you use, and are there full disclosure in regards to all
• So it sounds like we do not have full disclosure of all the ingredients amongst the public.
• So it is disclosed, full disclosure on your website. Yes. Okay.
• You're fine. ...full disclosure on your website. Mr. Lunders, okay. And you're fine. Go ahead.
• And full disclosure, I do work with the And full disclosure, I do work with the East Idaho District.

Committee: House Local Government

Keywords: 989, all

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• Plus, non-disclosure agreements are being tied to data center development plans, leaving residents in
• Plus, non-disclosure agreements are being tied to data center development plans, leaving residents in
• Senate File 4296 requires municipalities to hold public hearings and make certain disclosures before
• </c><00:26:01.760><c> agreements,</c><00:26:02.480><c> or</c> about how non-disclosure agreements, or
• </c> hearings and make certain disclosures hearings and make certain disclosures before<00:26:49.160>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• And for that reason, this bill weakens longstanding land disclosure requirements.
• And for that reason, this bill weakens longstanding land disclosure requirements.
• Chairman and members, this is full disclosure. Mr.
• Chairman and members, this is full disclosure of the condition of a property.
• If there's any conditions of the property that the buyer knows, it requires full disclosure.

Committee: House House Land, Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee of Reference

Summary: The committee heard and acted on several wildlife-related bills. HB 2197, concerning camping near watering facilities, was amended to change the distance standard and remove language tied to domestic stock access; supporters said it would help protect ranch and wildlife water sources, while one member opposed it over expanded criminal penalties. The committee adopted the amendment and then gave the bill a do pass recommendation by a 6-1 vote. HB 2497 would establish a statutory right to lawfully hunt, fish, and harvest wildlife and limit restrictions on those activities. Supporters described it as an affirmation of existing rights and wildlife heritage, while opponents argued it would weaken Game and Fish authority and conflict with the 2010 voter rejection of similar language. After a technical amendment, the committee approved the bill 5-3. The committee also advanced HB 2147, which requires landowner deer permits under certain conditions to address crop damage and wildlife conflicts; Game and Fish said population management hunts are already being used, while opponents warned against privatizing wildlife. HB 2158, which would classify bears, cougars, mountain lions, and wolves as predatory animals, drew strong opposition from Game and Fish and conservation groups over science-based management and endangered species concerns, but was still recommended do pass 5-3. HB 2159, allowing landowner permits for Mexican gray wolves and a compensated trapping program, was likewise opposed as conflicting with federal law and the Endangered Species Act, but was approved 5-3. The committee then began HB 2162, which would require at least one Game and Fish commissioner to be a cattleman or rancher; Game and Fish opposed it, saying ranchers already have representation through the appointment process, and testimony continued as the transcript ended.

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• responsibility to safeguard them from malicious actors and prevent the unauthorized access to or disclosure
• responsibility to safeguard them from malicious actors and prevent the unauthorized access to or disclosure
• RESPONSIBILITY TO SAFEGUARD THEM FROM MALICIOUS ACTORS AND PREVENT THE UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR DISCLOSURE
• Security to develop a policy and process to safeguard research and development from unauthorized disclosure
• SECURITY TO DEVELOP A POLICY AND PROCESS TO SAFEGUARD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FROM UNTHORSED TO OR DISCLOSURE

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, March 10, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• urge and request the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to conduct a study on the impact of flooded
• Members, this urges the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to study the impact of flooded corn on
• Members, this urges the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to study the impact of flooded corn on

Bills: SCR12 , HB221 , HB509 , HCR58 , HB75 , HB1222 , SB121 , SB312 , SB348 , SB485 , SCR9 , SCR58 , SB65 , SB215 , SB249 , SB269 , SB282 , SB296 , SB323 , SB363 , SB369 , SB474 , SB490 , SB492 , SB500 , SB514 , HCR54 , HCR79 , HCR87 , HCR94 , HCR104 , HCR32 , HB944 , HB17 , HB41 , HB73 , HB223 , HB244 , HB410 , HB750 , HB759 , HB906 , HB966 , HB1006 , HB1009 , HB1086 , HB1107 , HB1112 , HB1215 , HB1242 , SB208 , SB217 , SB283 , SB387 , SB389 , SB401 , SB408 , SB469 , HB74 , HB119 , HB368 , HB414 , HB552 , HB732 , HB776 , HB848 , HB870 , HB953 , HB956 , HB1236 , SB29 , SB42 , SB43 , SB78 , SB149 , SB274 , SB300 , SB341 , SB382 , SB441 , SB449 , HB134 , HB210 , HB258 , HB359 , HB468 , HB784 , HB1117

Keywords: logging, recognition, John Keith, environment, safety, Mississippi River bridge, Trump Expressway, transportation, federal funding, Louisiana highways, injection wells, public hearing, geologic sequestration, environmental impact, public comment, Ascension Parish, state capitol, economic development, community partnership, celebration day

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, received a prayer and pledge, adopted the journal, and heard messages from the House reporting final passage of several Senate bills and concurrence in SCR 86 and 87. The chamber also observed personal privileges honoring the lives of Edith K. Kirkpatrick and Susan Ann Traylor Bidick, with family members present and a moment of silence held for Bidick. The House later refused concurrence on Senate amendments to HB 42 and HB 159. The Senate then took up a series of resolutions, most of which were adopted without objection. These included studies on energy infrastructure and modernization (SR 174, amended to add an alternative energy industry representative and a consumer advocate), breast pump Medicaid reimbursement (SR 175), digital student IDs (SR 176), lethality assessment protocols in domestic violence cases (SR 177), problem gambling prevention (SR 178), community water system grading (SR 179), condolences for Sharon Courtney (SR 180), and expansion of the Louisiana Tumor Registry (SR 181). The chamber also adopted SCR 85 honoring the Sam Houston High School Broncos baseball team after a recorded vote of 36 yeas and 8 nays. On bills returned from the House, HB 1222 on grocery initiative grants failed on final passage by a vote of 18 yeas and 19 nays. SB 312 had House amendments rejected, SB 348 and SB 485 had House amendments concurred in, and SB 121 on congressional redistricting was the subject of extensive debate over racial gerrymandering, district configuration, and expected litigation before the Senate concurred in the House amendments by 28 yeas and 10 nays. The Senate also concurred in several House concurrent resolutions, including studies or reports on flooded corn and migratory waterfowl, deer hunting with dogs in Kisatchie National Forest, support for a Senator Kennedy letter to the Fish and Wildlife Service, boating safety reporting, and subsurface data review. Finally, HB 944 creating a Women’s Health Consortium within the Department of Health was amended to address funding concerns and convert it into a more task-force-like structure, then passed 37-0 with nine coauthors. The Senate then recessed until 1:30 p.m. to continue work, including conference committee reports.

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• Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, and I was also activated to serve on state emergency duty during the flood
• So when our National Guard members are called to duty to fill sandbags during... ...a flood or assist
• Such as flooding, earthquake, trees disrupting, anything that would be of a natural cause.

Committee: House Veterans and Armed Forces

Keywords: 959, house, all