Transcript Highlights:

• In-house, our work is tightly tied to workforce needs at the local state and national levels.
• And so you need to ask the question, what do we need to do now in order to prepare for 5 years down the
• Can we need to do more and we need to do a fast. So it's not just the machine.
• The members that city castle, it is like them are 2 programs need.
• So there shouldn't be a need for anyone to duplicate that.

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> our efforts where they are most needed. our efforts where they are most needed.
• </c> those children needed them the most. those children needed them the most.
• Um, why this bill is needed?
• </c> understand we need to talk about PSO. understand we need to talk about PSO.
• We need that. We need more of that. So, I do support moving this forward.

Bills: HF3714 , HF4399 , HF4176 , HF2544 , HF60 , HF4231 , HF4232

Committee: House Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:

• Eileen, NFIB, opposed, no need to testify. Don't need to testify.
• No need to testify.
• No need to testify. Eric Richard, AFL-CIO, opposed. Opposed? Don't need to testify.
• No need to testify. New Jersey. North Star Strategies opposed. No need to testify.
• It needs to happen.

Committee: Senate Senate Budget and Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> possibly be needed in the future? possibly be needed in the future?
• We need alternatives.
• We need alternatives.
• We need alternatives.
• We funded four." where you need to get 60%. where you need to get 60%.

Committee: House Education Policy and Administration

Transcript Highlights:

• We need data to need the data.
• House<00:54:53.320><c> File</c><00:54:53.760><c> 3466</c> House File 3466 House File 3466 adds<00:54:
• </c> opposed to House File 3466. opposed to House File 3466.
• House<00:57:35.720><c> File</c><00:57:35.920><c> 3466</c> House File 3466 House File 3466 would<00:57
• </c> to House File 3466. to House File 3466.

Bills: HF4211 , HF3426 , HF4819 , HF3466 , HF3793 , HF3339

Committee: House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:

• And then the bill stipulates that if the population dictates the need for a third center, DJJ would assess
• But currently our female youth are housed just at Boyd Detention Center, but we need that facility to
• But currently our female youth are housed just at Boyd Detention Center, but we need that facility to
• But currently our female youth are housed just at Boyd Detention Center, but we need that facility to
• </c> needed the most who needed me the most. needed the most who needed me the most.

Summary: The Juvenile Justice Oversight Council met on February 6, 2026, took roll, approved a motion to convene, and heard agency updates from materials in the packet. The council then took up Senate Bill 125 out of order because Senator Carol was present. The bill was presented as a collaborative effort focused on creating a secure, state-run high-acuity mental health facility for justice-involved youth who need specialized psychiatric care and cannot be appropriately served in detention or by private hospitals. Speakers said the facility would fill a gap in services, improve safety and treatment outcomes, and be designed with trauma-informed, medically equipped spaces rather than a jail-like setting. The presenters also outlined other parts of the bill, including a placement process in which DJJ and CHFS would evaluate youth and provide recommendations before the judge makes the final decision, with certain hospital-declination provisions to be delayed until the new facility is operating. They described payment incentives for hospitals treating high-acuity youth, confidentiality and escape-related disclosure provisions, and contracts with a public teaching university for clinical services. The proposed facility was described as a 24-bed center at Central State, with staffing to include mental health professionals and juvenile detention staff receiving enhanced training. Dr. Clark Lester said staffing needs would vary by youth and could include one-to-one supervision for some patients. The bill also addressed female juvenile detention capacity. Speakers said the number of detained girls has risen sharply since 2024, peaking at 51 in 2025, and that current facilities cannot meet the separation requirements for boys and girls or high- and low-level youth. The proposal would build two female detention centers, with possible locations discussed in central Kentucky and western Kentucky, and a third or fourth center could be added if population data show the need. Members asked about hospital placement authority, staffing, and average length of stay for girls; the presenters said the current court-order process would remain until the new facility is built and that they would provide additional data later. No vote was taken during the portion of the meeting provided.

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• A matter of business: we are holding House Bill 3045. We are holding House Bill 3045.
• House Bill 3831. House Bill 3831. Senator Hayes, you're recognized. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
• It came over from the House this way.
• to go house to house, Neighborhoods because they don't have the specific training you need to go house
• So I assume we have those needs now.

Bills: HB1002 , HB1250 , HB2710 , HB3008 , HB3045 , HB3086 , HB3595 , HB3678 , HB3695 , HB3831 , HB4107 , HB4408

Committee: Senate Public Safety

Summary: The Public Safety Committee met and first held House Bill 3045. It then heard and passed several bills, beginning with HB 1250, which creates a public safety technology revolving fund for Attorney General grants to support the Blue Jay pilot program, a voluntary traffic-stop safety app. Members questioned whether the fund would actually be financed this year and how municipalities would be selected; the author said no funding source was yet identified and the bill was only creating the fund. HB 1250 passed 8-0. The committee also passed HB 2710, creating the Oklahoma Emergency Communications Act and a 15-member board to develop a strategic plan for improving emergency radio communications among state, local, and tribal agencies. The author explained the bill was meant to address communication gaps and interoperability problems, with no fiscal impact. HB 3831, dealing with Oklahoma Task Force One, drew extensive discussion over its funding structure and blank appropriations language. The bill would place the urban search and rescue team in state law and seek a reliable funding source; members discussed the team’s statewide disaster response role, its Tulsa and Oklahoma City bases, and a carve-out excluding wildland firefighting. It passed 8-0. Other measures approved included HB 4408, which sets a protocol for calculating and directing savings from State Questions 780 and 781 into the proper drug diversion account; HB 1002, requiring law enforcement to inform stalking victims about certified domestic violence program advocates; HB 3008, extending the sunset date for the Board of Tests for Alcohol and Drug Influence to 2031; HB 3086, requiring the Department of Corrections director to keep the Board of Corrections informed about budgets and inmate deaths; HB 3595, creating a DPS revolving fund for counties and municipalities to buy vehicle-barrier equipment to prevent crowd-vehicle attacks; HB 3678, expanding electronic-harassment protections for public officials to include municipal officials and school board members; HB 4107, establishing penalties for unauthorized activation or misuse of emergency warning sirens; and HB 3695, revising the definition of great bodily injury in a DUI-related context. HB 3595 passed 6-1 and HB 4107 passed 6-2; the other bills passed unanimously or near-unanimously after brief questioning and debate.

Transcript Highlights:

• Yeah, I think we're going to need to move on.
• </c> record yeah I think we're going to need record yeah I think we're going to need to<00:14:12.160>
• We need to protect families.
• We need to protect families.
• I am. sorry sorry otherwise we need to move on sorry sorry otherwise we need to move on because<00:34

Committee: Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection

Summary: The Senate Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection held decision-making on SB 146, SB 147, and SB 1166. SB 146 and SB 147, both relating to condominiums, were recommended to pass with amendments. The committee adopted amendments based on testimony from Anne Anderson, including mediator/arbitrator qualifications, clarifications about disputes involving managing agents, small claims timing, lien rights, and refund determinations by an early neutral evaluator. For both bills, the effective date was deferred to July 1, 2050 for further discussion. Each measure was adopted with no objections. SB 1166, relating to insurance, was also passed with amendments. The committee removed language that would have required insurers to bring claims and condition rates on doing so, replacing it with encouraging language. The amended bill adds a private cause of action against responsible parties, authorizes insurer actions under certain conditions, defines terms tied to climate-related events and fossil fuel products, and requires HPIA to report to the insurance commissioner on whether it exercised direct action rights. The effective date was likewise deferred to July 1, 2050, and the measure was adopted without objection. The committee then heard SB 985, relating to consumer protection and gift card fraud, and SB 1525, relating to electronic smoking devices and e-liquids. SB 985 drew support from a consumer fraud victim and others who said gift card scams disproportionately harm kupuna, while the Retail Merchants of Hawaii opposed the bill’s packaging/display requirements and suggested stronger penalties instead. The committee voted to pass SB 985 with amendments, deferring its effective date to July 1, 2050, and noted it would move on to Judiciary next. SB 1525 drew significant opposition from the Attorney General’s office, Department of Taxation, Department of Health, and public health groups, who argued it conflicted with federal tobacco law, was hard for Tax to administer, and would not effectively remove unauthorized vape products. After testimony, the committee recommended deferral of SB 1525 without objection.

Transcript Highlights:

• IMPACT AND THE ASSESSMENT OF THESE CROPS SUITABILITY TO FLORIDA CLIMATE.
• TO BUILD HOUSING FOR LEGAL EMPLOYEES ON SITE.
• ON FARM LEGAL WORKER HOUSING.
• IT'S NEEDED TO UPDATE THREE AREAS.
• WE NEED ALL HANDS ON DECK TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND AND KEEP IT MOVING FORWARD.

Transcript Highlights:

• We need to make some really tough decisions.
• We need to make some really tough decisions.
• The legislature is going to need to step in.
• I support this data collection when you need it.
• No new positions are needed to complete the project.

Summary: The Emergency Board approved a series of consent federal grant applications from the Natural Resources and Public Safety subcommittees, along with several budget and position requests. The board approved grant applications for parks, transportation, judicial, emergency management, higher education, school nutrition, and other programs, including retroactive approvals where deadlines had passed. One member objected to the Natural Resources consent grants over concerns about future funding needs, but the motion still passed. The board also approved a one-time increase for Judicial Department court security, including digital privacy protections, circuit court security, and a statewide facilities assessment. A major discussion centered on Southern Oregon University’s financial stability. The Higher Education Coordinating Commission reported on SOU’s structural deficits, declining enrollment, and projected cash shortfall. The subcommittee recommended, and the board approved, allocating $7.5 million from the special appropriation for short-term stability, with a required update at the September 2026 Emergency Board meeting and a future request for the remaining funds. Members debated the broader crisis in higher education, with several saying SOU’s situation reflects systemwide enrollment and funding pressures and that long-term restructuring will be needed. The board also approved an AmeriCorps volunteer generation grant, an apprenticeship expansion grant, and a Department of Education nutrition equipment grant. In public safety, it approved funding for Oregon Military Department readiness facilities, a statewide evacuation planning tool, and a juvenile justice information system modernization report, while requiring a follow-up viability report. The Department of Justice received approval for additional antitrust positions and expenditure limitation, though several members raised concerns about the funding structure and incentives tied to settlement revenues; the motion passed despite objections. In natural resources, the board approved funding for the Water Resources Department’s well abandonment, repair and replacement grants, an assistant water master position in Washington County, groundwater data collection in the Lower Umatilla Basin, a wetlands remote sensing pilot, and parks-related grant applications for operations, maintenance, and capital improvements. Members generally supported the requests but raised concerns about geographic equity, long-term sustainability, and whether some county responsibilities were being shifted to the state. The meeting also included discussion of a Department of Emergency Management evacuation tool as an urgent wildfire preparedness measure, with members emphasizing its potential to save lives.

Transcript Highlights:

• We all heard stories in our communities about the need for affordable housing and workforce housing.
• housing regardless of future occupancy, depending on community need.
• housing regardless of future occupancy, depending on community need.
• housing regardless of future occupancy, depending on community need.
• where and when it is build housing where and when it is needed<01:25:35.280><c> but</c><01:25:35.440

Bills: HF1746 , HF2585 , HF1159 , HF2574 , HF2839 , HF157 , HF158 , HF160 , HF338 , HF512

Committee: House Taxes

Transcript Highlights:

• But so they're already need help with.
• Riley and then we need to move<00:30:32.480><c> on.
• He needs to go back to so-and-so high school in our district.
• He needs not his attendance is not good.
• </c><00:37:00.880><c> and</c> program to design assessments and program to design assessments and curriculum

Summary: The Interim Joint Budget Review Subcommittee on Education met with a quorum, approved the August 20, 2025 minutes, and then heard a discussion tied to Constitution Day and Kentucky’s constitutional duty to provide an efficient system of common schools. Chairman James Tipton reviewed the history of Kentucky’s model laboratory schools, postsecondary academy programs such as Gatton and Craft, magnet schools, virtual learning, and computer science opportunities, arguing that Kentucky has long expanded educational opportunity through different school models. He described model schools and academy programs as hybrid or innovative approaches that serve specialized student needs and noted that some of these programs receive state appropriations and, in some cases, tuition. Senator Steve West then gave a retrospective on school choice in Kentucky, beginning with the 2017 charter school law and explaining that Kentucky’s charter framework was designed as public-only to comply with the state constitution. He said charter schools have remained largely dormant in Kentucky and used that as context for Senate Bill 207, the School Innovation Act, which he said was modeled on a South Carolina approach. Under SB 207, a local school board can contract with a third-party entity to manage an existing school, receive SEEK funding, and seek waivers from certain state regulations in order to innovate, while retaining limits on items such as school safety and attendance rules. Members asked about how the new model differs from charter schools, whether schools could cherry-pick students, and whether teachers would remain district employees. West and Tipton said the bill is intended to keep the school within the public system, with the local district initiating the process and maintaining accountability through a time-limited contract that can be ended if the school fails to perform. They emphasized that the school would serve the existing student population rather than select students, and that teachers would remain district employees with their pensions and related contributions unchanged. Representative Brown raised concerns that exceptions and charters could leave lower-income children behind, while West responded that the bill is meant to expand choice for families who otherwise lack access and cited examples from other states where outside management and parental involvement helped turn around low-performing schools. No additional votes or formal actions were taken beyond approving the minutes.

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• </c> department's administrative assessment. department's administrative assessment.
• </c> phase as a prioritized need. phase as a prioritized need. Okay. Okay. Okay.
• </c> to do whatever is needed. to do whatever is needed.
• This was needed to get a change that was needed in order to get a signature.
• </c> And if I'm wrong, you need to tell me. And if I'm wrong, you need to tell me.

Committee: Senate Finance

Transcript Highlights:

• These issues are completely housing.
• </c><00:20:23.360><c> The</c> single house, affordable or not. The single house, affordable or not.
• </c> back in our fight against the housing back in our fight against the housing crisis.<00:22:15.919
• House Bill 739 creates an actions.
• So I want you to talk to the bill. assessing this tax. It it's levying this assessing this tax.

Committee: Senate Finance

Transcript Highlights:

• I move that House Committee substitute for House Bill 2592, House Bill 2834, and House Bill 2787 be voted
• By your vote of 14 ayes and 0 noes, you have voted House Committee substitute for House Bill 2592, House
• You have voted House Committee substitute for House Bill 2592, House Bill 2834, and House Bill 2787 do
• So they do an assessment.
• I have 21 housed at Montaul County and I have eight housed at Osage County.

Committee: House Corrections and Public Institutions

Transcript Highlights:

• You know, they have system needs too. Have structural needs, so it will identify those elements.
• First off, I need to apologize.
• You need to be fully staffed. You need to be engaged...
• Schools with the highest need.
• No need for a second. No need for a second on the subcommittee. Thank you.

Committee: House Public School Capital Outlay Oversight Task Force

Transcript Highlights:

• We're going to hear House Bill 61. I know a lot of folks are still here to continue House Bill 99.
• I was over in the House chamber. I guess I don't know what time you all got off the House.
• The actuary says you need to assess a certain surcharge, and the surcharge turns out to be inadequate
• The actuary says you need to assess a certain surcharge, and the surcharge turns out to be inadequate
• And we need to tell doctors that.

Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 61, which would raise aggravated battery on a peace officer from a third-degree to a second-degree felony in cases involving great bodily harm or a deadly weapon. The sponsor and supporters said the bill fixes an inconsistency in current law, where aggravated assault on an officer can be punished more severely than aggravated battery causing serious injury. Law enforcement representatives, the Chiefs Association, CBRC, and chamber representatives testified in support, and the New Mexico Sentencing Commission was noted as having endorsed the bill by a 6-3-4 vote. After questions about proportionality and plea bargaining, the committee voted due pass on HB 61 without objection. The committee then returned to House Bill 99, a medical malpractice reform bill, and several members made conflict-of-interest disclosures before debating amendments. The discussion focused heavily on the patient compensation fund, surcharge setting, and whether an advisory board or the superintendent should control rates. Amendments to segregate future fund money, require surcharges no lower than the advisory board’s recommendation, and create a commission with more actuarial and financial expertise were debated at length; the committee rejected the first two amendments. Members and witnesses argued over whether past undercharging of hospitals and doctors led to insolvency and taxpayer bailouts, and whether the bill should require more transparency and oversight. The committee also debated amendments on punitive damages. One proposal would have delayed punitive damage claims until after substantial discovery; opponents said it would conflict with civil procedure, prolong litigation, and likely be struck down. Another would have tied punitive damages to a multiple of compensatory damages or a percentage of net worth; supporters said that would better deter harmful conduct, while opponents said it would create uncertainty and more discovery. That amendment also failed. A final punitive-damages amendment would have removed caps in cases involving sexual assault or intoxication by a health care provider and protected the first $5 million of an independent provider’s personal assets; it too was rejected after members said it would shield egregious misconduct and go beyond the bill’s purpose.

Transcript Highlights:

• We need Assemblymembers Haney, Harabedian, and others in room 126.
• We will assess whether or not we feel charges will be filed.
• We will assess whether or not we feel charges will be filed.
• We need a motion. Oh, sorry, we have the motion and second. My apologies. I. We need a motion.
• Wait, do we need to go over anything? Has anyone missed any votes?

Summary: The Assembly Standing Committee on Public Safety heard several bills, with testimony largely focused on criminal justice, public safety, and detention-related issues. SB 498 by Senator Becker would make electronic messaging free for incarcerated people in CDCR facilities and end 15-minute limits on voice calls; the author and supporters argued it would strengthen family ties and rehabilitation, while no opposition testified. SB 953 by Senator Niello would require two DMV points for misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter cases even when diversion is granted; victims’ family members and law enforcement groups supported it as an accountability measure, while the ACLU and Debt-Free Justice California opposed it, arguing diversion should remain an incentive for rehabilitation and safer roads. The committee also heard SB 1306 by Senator Cortese, which would align state law with federal exemptions for certain GBL-containing chemical mixtures used in semiconductor manufacturing; the author and SEMI said it would reduce unnecessary regulation and protect California’s semiconductor industry, and there was no opposition testimony. Members also considered SB 941 by Senator Padilla, which would cap commissary markups in private immigration detention facilities at 35% above vendor cost. The author and supporters described high prices for basic necessities and poor conditions in private detention centers, while no opposition witnesses appeared. SB 691 by Senator Wahab would require law enforcement body-camera policies to include a process for EMS personnel to request redaction of recordings before public release when patients are receiving medical treatment; supporters said it would protect patient privacy, while the Sheriff’s Association opposed it as duplicative and potentially confusing. SB 562 by Senator Ashby would allow partial refunds of bail bond premiums when charges are not filed or are dropped early; supporters framed it as a fairness measure for low-income families, while bail industry representatives and victims’ advocates warned it could discourage bail agents from posting bonds and could affect domestic violence cases. The committee also took up several additional measures on consent or with no opposition testimony, including AB 2796, SB 891, SB 1012, and SB 1143. After discussion, the committee voted to pass SB 953, SB 1306, and SB 941, and to move SB 498, SB 691, and SB 562 forward as well, with some votes initially held open for absent members. Several bills were pulled by their authors and not heard, including SB 1004, SB 1208, SB 1338, and SB 1401. The meeting concluded with the committee adjourning until the following week.

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• , or we need to be exempted.
• > from the state or it needs to we need to from the state or it needs to we need to be<00:53:56.960><
• and students get what they need.
• Simply put, this entire House File 6 is about empowering educators at the local level to meet their needs

Committee: House Education Policy

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• AB 1890, Aguiar-Curry, farm worker housing, do pass out on an A roll call.
• AB 2162, Brian, housing navigators, do pass out on an A roll call.
• AB 1710, Creo, housing developments, do pass out on an A roll call.
• AB 2176, Fong, housing intersegmental working group, do pass.
• AB 2296, Papan, regional housing needs allocation, do pass as amended to delete the department analysis

Summary: The Assembly Appropriations Committee held a suspense-file hearing on May 14, 2026, reviewing hundreds of Assembly bills and a few committee bills. The chair opened by explaining the committee’s budget constraints and the factors used in suspense decisions, including fiscal impact, return on investment, effects on constituents, and protection of the state’s social safety net. The agenda was organized alphabetically by author, and the committee noted that results would be posted later that day online. The committee then acted on a very large number of measures, sending many bills to the Assembly floor on do pass or do pass as amended motions, while holding many others in committee. Topics covered a broad range of policy areas, including housing, health care, education, labor, public safety, wildfire mitigation, water, energy, transportation, cannabis, immigration, and state governance. Many bills were amended to narrow scope, make implementation contingent on appropriations or existing resources, remove provisions, or clarify agency responsibilities; several bills were held without further action. Among the notable actions, the committee advanced bills on items such as Medi-Cal services, child care, wildfire-related programs, housing financing, school and college issues, public safety and criminal justice, environmental and energy policy, and various consumer and business regulations. Some measures were sent out on A or B roll calls, with Republicans often not voting on amended bills. The hearing concluded after the committee reported that a large number of bills had been moved to the Assembly floor, either as do pass or do pass with amendments, and the committee adjourned.