Transcript Highlights:

• We do have two operations that are looking to permit in the eastern part.
• The permits have been held, and if you look at the... ...I don't know which page this is; they don't
• The permits have been held, and if you look at the... ...I don't know which page this is; they don't
• I know the permits and stuff are supposedly only good for a year, but once they get started, it seems
• I know the permits and stuff are supposedly only good for a year, but once they get started, it seems

Summary: The meeting began with approval of the prior minutes and opening remarks from NDSU President David Stewart, who emphasized NDSU’s land-grant mission of statewide service through teaching, research, and extension. He highlighted the university’s role in agriculture, water, soil health, and community outreach, and pointed to examples of research commercialization such as Lilac Agriculture’s work on nitrogen-fixing microbes for crops. He also said he is still early in his tenure and intends to spend time listening and learning across the state. The committee then received a detailed presentation on a state irrigation and drainage study from Tom Bodine on behalf of Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring. The study estimated that North Dakota could develop about 1.3 million additional irrigated acres, with major potential in counties such as McLean, Williams, Sargent, Burleigh, Mountrail, McKenzie, McIntosh, Dunn, and Bottineau. Testimony stressed the economic benefits of irrigation for crop yields, value-added processing, dairy, and potato production, while members also discussed water availability, aquifers, downstream water use, and the need for more flexible permitting. The drainage portion of the study found significant economic benefits from legal drains, and staff explained that the impacts were calculated through increased productivity and related input purchases. Greg Lardy then gave NDSU’s required agriculture update, saying agriculture accounts for more than $41 billion in annual economic activity, one in five jobs, and about 25 percent of state GDP. He reviewed the role of SBAR, the statewide research-extension network, new crop varieties, virtual fencing, AI and weather-network tools, and Extension’s county partnerships and youth programs. He also outlined NDSU’s priorities for the next session: restoring proposed budget cuts, increasing operating support, and addressing deferred maintenance. Members asked about storage shed construction, NDSU’s relationship with Grand Farm, and whether NDSU could help with water-related research tied to drainage and aquifers. The committee also heard from the North Dakota Water Resources Research Institute and a professor on water and data centers, who described graduate fellowships, a water workforce certificate program, and research on data center cooling, water use, and “Legendary Harvest” concepts that would reuse waste heat for greenhouse or aquaculture production. Questions focused on whether the cooling systems were closed-loop, who would own any related production facilities, and whether the project was still only a feasibility study. Finally, North Dakota AgTech described its NSF-funded “engine” project, saying it has brought millions in federal investment to the state, supported startups and on-farm trials, and is focused on commercialization, workforce development, and helping producers lower input costs and improve profitability.

Transcript Highlights:

• If disconnected while presenting testimony, you may be allowed to continue if time permits.
• 40.720> time you may be allowed to continue if time you may be allowed to continue if time permits
• Please note that the House is permits.
• Get our people trained up as permits and get their time counted.
• <00:30:11.640> and Get our people trained up as permits and Get our people trained up as permits

Bills: SB2580, SB2578, SB2259, SB3084, SB2816, SB2928, SB2075, SB3322, SB2377, SB2436, SB2835, SB3248

Keywords: SB2580, Hawaii film tax credit, motion picture tax credit, digital media credit, film production incentive, income tax credit, general excise tax exemption, DBEDT, DOTAX, local hires, local workforce, film industry, movie production, television production, streaming platform, streaming series, loan-out companies, motion picture project employer, qualified production, qualified production costs

Summary: The committee opened by reviewing hearing procedures and then took up SB 2580, which concerns Hawaii’s film production tax credit and related incentives. Testimony was strongly supportive overall, with witnesses saying the measure would help attract productions, extend the sunset date, include streaming platforms, and strengthen the state’s competitiveness. Several supporters asked for cleanup language on grant administration, tax credit management, local-hire uplifts, and limits on third-party audit requirements for smaller productions. The state film office said the bill was generally strong but suggested clarifying language and noted that DBEDT and DOTAX already provide oversight of the current credit. No vote was taken in the transcript, but the bill drew broad support with a few comments and one opposition noted later in the hearing. The committee then heard SB 2578 SD1, a measure to create a film commission and related grant structure. Testifiers said the proposal would formalize industry input, improve accountability, and help the state compete globally, but they also raised concerns about how a new grant program would interact with the existing tax credit system. The film office said the grant program and tax credit should be separated operationally, that the advisory structure should include industry voices and possibly union representation, and that county film commissioner language may need technical adjustment. A testifier also suggested a Hawaii film museum and related tourism opportunities. The measure was described as having 42 supporters, one opposition, and five comments, with no final action shown. The committee next considered SB 2259, a dementia training measure. Supporters, including the bill’s drafter and the Alzheimer’s Association, described personal caregiving experiences and said free dementia training could help workers and families. Suggested amendments focused on clarifying the relationship between EOA and DBED and allowing retraining every two years because of workforce turnover. DBED said the bill is worthwhile but is not really an economic development initiative, and it should align with existing dementia programs and be easy for businesses to use, preferably online. The committee then moved to SB 3084 SD1, which HTDC said would expand its R&D matching program beyond SBIR to other federal research grants because of uncertainty at the federal level; the transcript ends as testimony begins, with no vote or final action recorded.

Transcript Highlights:

• More specifically, we will not permit conduct that disrupts, disturbs, or otherwise impedes the orderly
• Third, regarding the provision that permits the Secretary of State To be present.
• Third, regarding the provision that permits the Secretary of State or Attorney General to object to such
• Just to be clear, our opposition is not based on a desire to alter election outcomes or to permit federal

Summary: The Assembly Standing Committee on Public Safety heard one item, Senate Bill 73 by Senator Cervantes, and took up committee and Elections Committee amendments. The bill was described as strengthening protections against interference in elections by extending restrictions to military personnel at polling places, protecting the chain of custody of voted ballots, and limiting law enforcement access to voting machines and voter rosters without a court order. The chair explained that the committee amendments would remove certain criminal penalties for peace officers, restore a uniform requirement for some polling-place personnel, and clarify the effect of objections by the Secretary of State or Attorney General. The author and supporters, including API Force and CHIRLA, argued the bill was needed to respond to threats of intimidation and election interference, citing concerns about armed personnel at polling places and the Riverside County sheriff’s seizure of ballots. Supporters said the measure would protect voters, especially immigrant communities and in-person voters, and preserve confidence in election administration. Opposition from the California State Sheriffs’ Association and CALA argued the bill was vague, could hinder lawful criminal investigations, and improperly restrict law enforcement and federal election oversight. After closing remarks, the committee voted to pass SB 73 as amended to the Assembly Appropriations Committee. The vote was 6-1, with one member not voting. The chair and another member recommended an aye, while one member voted no.

Transcript Highlights:

• Therefore, it was actually corporation counsel that suggested that as long as you have a permit in process
• as<00:17:04.919> you<00:17:05.160> have<00:17:05.280> a<00:17:05.480> permit
• <00:17:05.959> in<00:17:06.280> process as long as you have a permit in process as
• long as you have a permit in process with<00:17:06.880> the<00:17:07.039> county<00:17:

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The Housing Committee met on March 19 for a brief public hearing on two bills. SB 79 SD1, relating to historic preservation reviews, drew support from HHFDC, DLNR/SHIPY, and NAOP Hawaiʻi, with NAOP recommending a technical amendment to ensure applications submitted to the department are complete and accurate. No opposition or questions were raised during the hearing. The committee also heard SB 170 SD2 HD1, relating to the expeditious redevelopment and development of affordable rental housing. Testimony was generally supportive, including from HHFDC, Hal Māhu, Pacific Commercial Realty, KCOM Corporation, the Green Party of Hawaiʻi, the Maui Chamber of Commerce, and several individuals, with one person testifying in opposition. Supporters emphasized the need to speed affordable housing redevelopment, especially for Lahaina fire victims, displaced residents, workers, and people experiencing homelessness. A KCOM representative described proposed technical amendments to avoid special-law concerns and to clarify that a permit in process with the county should be sufficient if an emergency proclamation expires before completion. In decision-making, the committee voted to pass SB 79 SD1 with amendments and to pass SB 170 SD2 HD1 with substantial amendments. For SB 170, the chair described amendments to incorporate Pacific Commercial Realty’s proposed changes, clarify application-completeness requirements, exclude shoreline- and erosion-impacted parcels, remove references to flooding and tsunami, clarify an exemption from HRS 343 for certain permanently affordable multifamily projects in the SMA on historic properties, and move the bill’s provisions into statute. Representatives Cochran, Kagawa, and Peric were excused on the vote. The hearing then adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• Senate Bill 1911 by Eckhardt relating to a restriction on permits authorizing direct discharges of waste
• Hidalgo relating to the dedication of revenue received from certain oversized or overweight vehicle permits
• Senate Bill 1959 by Hagerty relating to permit considerations for the North Texas Groundwater Conservation
• Senate Bill 2037 by Sparks relating to permit application review, review and contested case procedures

Transcript Highlights:

• ,<01:53:11.360> commercial which are permitting, commercial which are permitting, commercial
• then uh once we get automated permitting then uh once we get automated permitting in<01:56:31.199
• <01:56:47.679> uh that that can have automated permits uh that that can have automated permits
• ,<01:57:16.239> and that enable these automated permits, and that enable these automated permits
• Is there a motion permanent uh permits.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• And so that's a sense in which getting data on permit applications and using permit applications instead
• of final permits.
• Uh, but that data is harder to come up with. >> And that data related to permit data is based on permit
• Additional questions. data on permit applications and using data on permit applications and using permit
• applications instead of final permit applications instead of final permits.<01:52:38.320> Uh<

Keywords: 910, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• , a 22% decrease in construction permits, a 22% decrease in construction permits, while<00:25:33.120
• committee if the House rules permit it. committee if the House rules permit it.
• Permitting for wind and solar has been effectively paused.
• Permitting for wind and been rescended.
• c> blocking<03:39:51.680> our permitting problem that's blocking our permitting problem that's

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

Transcript Highlights:

• and makes the permit valid for two years.
• and makes the permit valid for two years.
• for fully automated vehicle of a permit for fully automated vehicle operation.<01:48:24.480> Uh
• transportation on issuance of a permit transportation on issuance of a permit and<01:48:43.199><
• > for<01:48:44.960> two and makes the permit valid for two and makes the permit valid for

Bills: HF3676, HF3593, HF3785, HF3774, HF4111, HF3513

Keywords: Safe at Home, address confidentiality, domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, harassment, victim privacy, survivor protection, confidential address, protected address, secret address, identity protection, residential confidentiality, program participant, nondiscrimination, court disclosure, protective order, service of process, driver's license, state ID

Transcript Highlights:

• And so when you have a situation where private interests are permitted to operate in the shadows, shielded
• By increasing permitting complexity and uncertainty in those areas, SB 1075 makes them less competitive
• We are opposed to having them be part of the permitting process.
• So this bill would make them a mandatory part of the permitting process.
• In 2023 alone, more than 28,000 ADU permits were approved in California.

Summary: The committee heard several bills focused on wildfire resilience, land use, and local government transparency. SB 911 by Senator Becker would require notification to fire enforcement agencies when a home in a high fire severity zone is sold with an agreement for the buyer to bring the property into defensible-space compliance; the California Association of Realtors said it would drop opposition if the bill is amended to use the preliminary change of ownership report, and the bill passed 4-0 to Appropriations. SB 994 by Senator Cabaldon would bar local officials from signing nondisclosure agreements that prevent them from sharing information with the elected decision-makers of their jurisdiction; supporters framed it as a transparency measure, and it also passed 4-0 to Appropriations. SB 1041 by Senator Riggins would expand PACE financing for wildfire home-hardening improvements and add consumer protections, but it drew strong opposition from homeowner advocates, county treasurers, bankers, and others over predatory lending and lien concerns; it passed 3-2 and remained on call. The committee also considered SB 1075 by Senator Reyes, which would require local governments in AB 617 communities to consider air-quality reduction measures in land-use approvals for industrial and commercial projects. Environmental justice groups supported the bill as a way to implement community air plans, while counties, cities, business groups, builders, trucking interests, and others opposed it as duplicative of CEQA and a barrier to investment and jobs. After debate over local control and environmental justice, the bill passed 3-2 and remained on call. SB 958 by Senator Cabaldon would advance the Midway Rising redevelopment project in San Diego, replacing a former arena and parking lots with housing, affordable units, parks, and a new entertainment venue; with no opposition voiced, it passed 3-0 to Appropriations. Another wildfire-related measure, SB 1182 by Senator Allen, would require local governments to consider insurance availability in safety planning for development in high fire hazard areas and direct state technical guidance on the issue. Supporters said insurance access is now a key indicator of risk, while some members questioned whether the bill would add useful information or burden local governments; the bill received a 1-1 vote and remained on call. The committee then began hearing SB 1116 by Senator Caballero, a starter-home/infill housing bill creating a streamlined ministerial path for small projects up to 10 units, but the transcript cuts off before testimony or a vote on that measure.

Transcript Highlights:

• The Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred House Bill 53, an act permitting qualifying patients
• patients and permitting qualifying patients and designated<00:28:01.840> caregivers<00:28:02.400
• The bill also ends lifetime crossbow permits for disabled hunters, requiring re-verification after seven
• The bill also ends lifetime crossbow permits for disabled hunters, requiring re-verification after seven
• being permitted to administer local<01:02:10.840> anesthesia.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The southern portion side with this bill permit and estranged father. >> To sue. >> The mother who failed
• that were aggressive and physical an active resulting in the loss of the child. >> With this bill permit
• because wrongful death is statutory in nature and not a creature of common law, we don't explicitly permit
• The bill requires owners of dangerous dogs to provide permit identification of dog via a tattoo on the
• process, a local government permitting process any of that council.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Section two relates to proofs of residence that are permitted for students.
• On page nine, section eight permits off-reservation tribal lands to be used for pop-up absentee voting
• Section 8 uh permits um off-reservation tribal<00:03:20.799> lands<00:03:21.400> uh<00
• <00:04:50.840> them a filing period that doesn't permit them a filing period that doesn't
• permit them to<00:04:51.280> file<00:04:52.280> um<00:04:52.520> in<00:04:52.759

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• If disconnected while presenting testimony, we will try to allow you to continue if time permits.
• If disconnected while presenting testimony, we will try to allow you to continue if time permits.
• If disconnected while presenting testimony, we will try to allow you to continue if time permits.
• <00:34:25.040> an commit to continue of time permits an commit to continue of time permits
• <00:45:41.760> for<00:45:41.920> an<00:45:42.040> official renewal of permit

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The meeting included a joint public hearing of the House Housing and Transportation committees, followed by a Transportation Committee hearing. In the joint hearing, members considered SB 662 SD1, which concerned transportation and included two parts: transferring certain streets to the city and clarifying police authority on state streets. The chair recommended moving the bill out as an HD1 with Part One removed, explaining that the street-transfer issue should be worked out by the county and state and that removing it would improve the bill’s chances. The committees voted to pass the measure with amendments, and the recommendation was adopted. The Transportation Committee then heard several bills. SB 1095, relating to license plates, would increase decal size restrictions for special number plates; the Department of Transportation offered written comments, with testimony split between two individuals in opposition and one in support, and no questions were raised. SB 344 would require skateboard users under 16 to wear helmets; DOT supported the bill, as did TRIAA Hawaii, the Injury Prevention Coalition, and other individuals, while two individuals opposed it. SB 30 would require all moped riders to wear helmets regardless of age; DOT supported it, but Moped Doctors and Hawaiian Style Rentals and Sales opposed it, arguing the bill was overreaching, could be hard to enforce, and should be more narrowly targeted or replaced with education efforts. The committee also heard SB 1216, which would tighten noisy muffler and exhaust enforcement by conditioning inspection certificates, adding inspection-station penalties, increasing fines, and prohibiting repair or installation of noisy systems. DOT supported the measure, and Waiʻanae Neighborhood Board testified in support, while Moped Doctors and the Motorcycle Industry Council opposed it, saying the bill would burden inspection stations, create liability concerns, and raise questions about insurance-related language as applied to mopeds. The hearing included discussion of enforcement, inspection burdens, and whether the bill’s insurance references applied to mopeds. No final vote was taken on the Transportation Committee bills in the portion provided, and the hearing adjourned after testimony and discussion.

Transcript Highlights:

• AB 305, Arambula, air district permit mapping: hold in committee.
• AB 1294, Haney, standardized housing permit application: do pass out on an A roll call.
• AB 1313, Papan, water quality permits: do pass out on a B roll call.
• AB 660, Wilson, Post-Entitlement Phase Permits: do pass on an A roll call.
• AB 941, Zbur, Electrical Infrastructure Permitting: holding committee.

Summary: The Assembly Appropriations Committee held its May 23, 2025 suspense hearing and opened by emphasizing the difficult budget environment, rising costs for constituents, and the need to make tough choices. The chair said many bills would be held, amended to reduce costs, or made two-year bills because the state could not afford broad program expansions this year. The committee also noted the agenda was organized alphabetically by author and that results would be posted later that day. The committee then acted on a large suspense file, taking up hundreds of Assembly bills across topics including housing, health care, education, labor, public safety, climate, water, transportation, elections, and technology. Many bills were held in committee, while many others were approved with cost-saving, clarifying, or author’s amendments. Examples included measures on CalABLE, Covered California enrollment, wildfire and insurance issues, reproductive health, school and college programs, prison and juvenile justice matters, AI and data privacy, and local government and utility regulation. Several bills were converted to two-year bills to continue discussion. Throughout the hearing, the committee repeatedly voted on bills by A roll call or B roll call, often with Republicans not voting on amended measures. Some bills were advanced with notable amendments, such as narrowing scope, removing appropriations, delaying implementation, or striking costly provisions. The committee also approved a number of committee bills and omnibus measures, including emergency management, judiciary, insurance, and water-related bills. At the end of the hearing, the chair stated that the committee had moved 435 bills to the Assembly floor, either as do pass or do pass as amended, and adjourned the meeting.

Transcript Highlights:

• House Bill 391 permits certified batterers intervention programs to incorporate faith-based components
• While the original bill broadly permits the inclusion of faith-based content, the amendment adds clear
• 391 restores fairness and choice by explicitly recognizing that faith-based content is allowed and permitted
• , By explicitly recognizing that faith-based content is allowed and permitted in the batterers intervention
• If faith-based programs are not permitted now in batterers intervention programs, which they're not,

Summary: The Human Services Subcommittee met with a full agenda and reported all measures favorably. The committee first heard HB 1327, which would codify the Hope Florida program in state law, and HB 1329, the related public-records exemption for Hope Florida participants; both bills drew questions about oversight, duplication of services, staffing, and data privacy, and both passed 17-0 after an amendment to HB 1329. The committee then approved HB 391, allowing certified batterers intervention programs to include optional faith-based content while remaining grounded in required therapeutic models; an amendment clarified that participation in faith-based components must be strictly voluntary. Supporters argued the bill restores choice and access, while opponents raised concerns about church-state separation and uneven availability of secular alternatives; the bill passed 17-0. Members also advanced HB 1065, creating an Alzheimer’s disease awareness initiative through the Department of Elder Affairs, with broad support from members who shared personal experiences and emphasized early detection and public education. HB 1163, dealing with recovery residences, passed 12-5 after debate over local zoning authority, home rule, and whether the bill would help or hinder placement of level four recovery homes near urban cores. Several members said they supported recovery housing in principle but wanted more clarity on task force findings and local impacts before fully backing the measure. The committee next approved HB 969, which shifts evaluation of school district mental health assistance programs to OPAGA and requires reports on outcomes and effectiveness; members stressed the need to know whether substantial mental health funding is improving student outcomes. HB 1191, which decriminalizes allowing children to travel to school, play outdoors, or stay home for reasonable periods and codifies current DCF policy, passed 16-0 with support framed around parental rights and child development. Finally, HB 1207, the Tristan Murphy Act, passed 15-0 and would expand mental health diversion and treatment options, including training for first responders, a forensic hospital diversion pilot, a behavioral health data repository, and additional evaluation requirements before inmate work assignments. The meeting adjourned after all agenda bills were reported favorably.

Transcript Highlights:

• We have permit to carry. The permit to carry course is a six-hour training course.
• We have permit to carry. The Minnesota. We have permit to carry.
• permit to carry course is a six-hour training<02:13:08.560> course.
• <02:15:29.840> to they had already obtained a permit to they had already obtained a permit
• person is permitted. person is permitted.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Signs are not permitted in the hearing room.
• Verbal outbursts, shouting, or disruptive behavior are not permitted in the hearing room.
• > technology<00:10:16.959> is finally, if permitted, the technology is finally, if permitted
• <00:10:29.040> in technology should not be permitted in technology should not be permitted
• Criminally, already it's there for permit carriers, but we're going to put a civil penalty in place.

Bills: HF3661, HF2380, HF3468, HF3483

Keywords: facial recognition, privacy, government surveillance, public safety, data protection, civil liberties, disability rights, discrimination, accommodations, employment, housing, public services, education, civil action, failure to render aid, damages, Minnesota Statutes, legal liability, trespass, civil immigration enforcement

Summary: The committee approved the minutes from February 24 and February 26. It then took up House File 3661, a bill originally authored by Representative Gomez and presented by Representative Feist, which would ban government use of facial recognition technology and be re-referred to the Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee. The committee adopted the A1 amendment, described as a technical amendment based on House Research recommendations, before hearing testimony on the bill. Representative Feist said the bill is aimed at preventing serious privacy and civil-liberties harms, including secretive surveillance, racial and gender bias, and the lack of statewide rules governing government use of facial recognition. Supportive testimony came from Chad Marlo of the ACLU, who argued the issue is bipartisan, the technology has accuracy problems, and government use is expanding against vulnerable groups. Chris Wayland of Restore the Fourth Minnesota also supported a ban, emphasizing the inability to opt out of facial recognition and the lack of standards, disclosure, and community input. Rich Newmeister urged stronger transparency measures, including agency policies and public notice in buildings using the technology. Major Spencer Baky of the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office opposed an outright ban, saying facial recognition is used only as an investigative lead, not for positive identification or real-time surveillance, and that results are corroborated before use. He said the office has used the tool in hundreds of investigations and supports a statutory framework with safeguards instead of a ban. In member discussion, Representative Hudson argued a blanket ban was too broad and suggested a more targeted evidentiary approach, while Representative Moller and Representative Kurr expressed concern about misuse and the federal government's use of the technology. Representative Durant asked whether there was a current Minnesota problem and whether stakeholders and law enforcement had been involved in drafting the bill. No final vote on the bill was taken in the portion provided, beyond adoption of the amendment and the committee’s continued consideration of HF 3661.

Transcript Highlights:

• <00:45:20.960> to Is it violates their their the permit to Is it violates their their the
• permit to operate<00:45:21.599> that<00:45:21.760> violates<00:45:22.160> the<00
• to sell alcoholic beverage or malt beverages for consumption in the licensed, permitted... it's the
• <01:20:37.199> to days, I had to get a catering permit to days, I had to get a catering permit
• Consumption in the licensed, permitted premise.

Bills: SF0044, SF0046

Keywords: gambling, lotteries, raffles, social relationships, charitable gaming, gaming, liquor establishments, skill based amusement games, regulations, age restrictions, 916, all

Transcript Highlights:

• evidence of compliance with compensation evidence of compliance with environmental<00:04:06.799> permits
• <00:04:08.080> Um<00:04:08.400> the environmental permits.
• Um the environmental permits.
• penalties and enforcements to Minnesota Statute 18J to align with other plant protection programs, and permits
• penalties and enforcements to Minnesota Statute 18J to align with other plant protection programs, and permits

Bills: HF858, HF2577, HF2576

Keywords: bioincentive payments, agriculture, job creation, environmental compliance, financial reporting, waste handling, sewage sludge, PFAS regulation, environment, record retention, fertilizer disposal, pesticide disposal, environmental impact, safety regulations, burning prohibition, 1183, house