Transcript Highlights:

• Madam Chair, I'm actually would like you to write a letter to the federal government cuz the federal
• I did write a letter asking for a full audit by CMS last July and now they are working on it.
• Madam Chair, I'm actually would like you to write a letter to the federal government cuz the federal
• I did write a letter asking for a full audit by CMS last July and now they are working on it.
• I did write a letter asking for a full audit by CMS last July and now they are working on it.

Bills: HF3542

Keywords: data privacy, investigative data, welfare system, public funds, transparency, 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• the interim, we had an issue where, for some reason, it was determined that optometrists couldn't write
• So, in order to make sure this does not get misinterpreted again, we're just writing a clarification.
• It just lets the optometrist write the prescription for the window tint.
• It just lets the optometrist write bill.
• It just lets the optometrist write the<00:02:23.000> prescription<00:02:24.000> for<00:

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• But you don't want us to just write the money, write the check to you?
• operator ensured that the course was adhering to both social studies and English standards through heavy writing
• the course was it was adhering to both social studies and English standards through heavy you know writing
• I mean, I could write probably a book about this in terms of protocols and procedures.
• I mean, I could write probably a book about this in terms of, I don't know.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• So when people are saying things and you know that you might disagree, if you could just write them down
• So when people are saying things and you know that you might disagree, if you could just write them down
• So when people are saying things and you know that you might disagree, if you could just write them down
• So when people are saying things and you know that you might disagree, if you could just write them down
• So when people are saying things and you know that you might disagree, if you could just write them down

Keywords: House streaming session for Thursday, February 12, 2026, 957, house, all

Summary: The House convened with 124 members present, opened with prayer, and approved the previous day’s journal. Members then adopted a congratulatory House resolution honoring the Kent Island High School boys lacrosse team for winning the 2025 Maryland Class 2A state championship. The House also journalized Baltimore City 2026 bond/loan authorization resolutions and moved a series of introductory House bills and bond initiatives through first reading and committee referral without objection. On the special order calendar, House Bill 28, concerning higher education/private career schools advertising, received a favorable report and was ordered printed for third reading. House Bill 226, creating a Department of Disabilities housing programs and affiliated foundations structure, was also reported favorably as amended. Two floor amendments were adopted to that bill: one clarifying that any affiliated foundation may only raise funds or provide support and may not run programs or set policy, and another restoring conflict-of-interest and ethics protections, including limits on family members and public ethics application requirements. A later amendment to HB 226 was rejected by a recorded vote of 95 in the negative, and the bill was ordered printed for third reading. The most extended debate centered on House Bill 229, which increases the Maryland Transportation Authority’s revenue bond limit from $4 billion to $5 billion to help finance the Francis Scott Key Bridge rebuild. One amendment sought to prohibit toll increases without General Assembly approval; its sponsor argued the added borrowing would likely lead to future toll hikes and that elected representatives should vote on them. The floor leader opposed the amendment, saying it would weaken MDTA’s independent rate-setting authority, harm its bond rating, and increase financing costs, while noting the bill is intended to cover bridge reconstruction costs and federal reimbursement timing. After debate, the amendment failed on a recorded vote, and HB 229 was ordered printed for third reading.

Transcript Highlights:

• Helped me kind of get my writing all together and continue.
• Helped me kind of get my writing all together and continue.
• Helped me kind of get my writing all together and continue. meet to have um a good qualifying meet to
• Helped me kind of get my writing all together and continue. >> Sorry.
• Helped me kind of get my writing all together and continue. >> I’ve written short films.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Committee on Economic Development and Tourism heard seven bills on consumer protection, DBEDT-related matters, and tourism/creative industry issues. On SB 2031, DCCA supported aligning state law with the FTC’s 2025 rule on hidden fees and pricing misrepresentations in live event ticketing and short-term lodging; hotel and financial industry witnesses also testified, and senators asked for complaint and enforcement data. On SB 2129, DBEDT and business groups supported a study of minimum wage impacts, with testimony emphasizing effects on hours, employment, prices, and business viability; a senator asked whether the study could also examine the gig economy and business closures, and DBEDT said that may be possible but would require more research and data access. On SB 2259, which would promote dementia-friendly businesses, DBEDT said the measure fit better with another agency and lacked the department’s expertise, while the Executive Office on Aging and the Alzheimer’s Association supported the intent and offered to help with curriculum, branding, and training. Testifiers described dementia as a spectrum and said businesses should be trained to communicate effectively with customers and employees living with the disease; suggested amendments included changing the branding language and requiring at least 85% of employees to complete training rather than all employees. A senator also raised concerns about stigma and whether early-stage dementia should affect a person’s ability to function, and the witness responded that people can often function well in early stages. The committee also heard SB 2577 on sports tourism, which DBEDT and the Retail Merchants of Hawaii supported as a way to better understand which events draw visitors and economic benefits. SB 2578, creating a film commission, drew broad support from DBEDT, Creative Industries, SAG-AFTRA, the Hawaii Film Alliance, the Hawaii Film Office, and others, but several witnesses urged changes to the commission’s composition and authority, including more labor representation and limits on the commission’s ability to adjust the production cap. Senators questioned staffing, costs, and whether current film office employees should transfer to the new commission, and one senator proposed a friendly amendment to add musicians, SAG, IATSE, and Teamsters, though the department cautioned that too many members could make the commission difficult to manage. The transcript ends during discussion of the film bill, with no final votes or committee actions stated for the measures heard.

Transcript Highlights:

• There is one branch of government that can write a budget, and that is our branch.
• Representative Riggs then asked whether there was something in writing. report to see exactly what it
• So do you have something in writing maybe?
• Okay, so do you have something in writing, maybe your policy, whatever, as far as use of AI to tease
• I always said, you know, you see those temp tags, rip them off, write them a ticket, and if they don't

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• You could write it. What just happened? Leach can never have his feet killed.
• They write that up as it's a run-of-the-mill case.
• But yet they have found that writing a bad check or shoplifting is a crime of moral turpitude.
• To writing regarding SB1563 between Representative Charles. Members, you've heard the motion.
• Down to writing in place in the journal. Members, you've heard the motion.

Bills: SB15, SB35, SB290, SB1365, SB2568, SB18, SB427, SB1860, SB1864, SB2675, SB596, SB2858, SB3058, SB816, SB1163, SB1484, SB1898, SB1777, SB1802, SB2692, SB315, SB1585, SB1626, SB2058, SB2050, SB2105, SB2245, SB2764, SB2611, SB2497, SB2452, SB2243, SB1705, SB1244, SB1361, SB438, SB578, SB584, SB2690, SB2521, SB2487, SB2342, SB2063, SB125, SB2041, SB1962, SB1413, SB6, SB2878, SB13, SB30, SJR87, SB7, SB127, SB293, SB441, SB3059, SB57, SB512, SB1718, SB140, SB2055, SB2075, SB2018, SB1534, SB1567, SB785, SB1233, SB1580, SB1663, SB413, SB447, SB519, SB467, SB1579, SB1191, SB1021, SB1838, SB2807, SB2835, SB546, SB2121, SB2167, SB2024, SB1032, SB1049, SB1266, SB1400, SB1302, SB401, SB1596, SB1281, SB1242, SB1343, SB1346, SB2753, SB2221, SB1719, SB2177, SB552, SB646, SJR1, SB15, SB800, SB790, SB748, SB571, SB1957, SB1923, SB1896, SB1760, SB1335, SB2368, SB2477, SB2587, SB2972, SB2986, SB2965, SB1563, SB1467, SB1164, SB1137, SB614, SB705, SB961, SB918, SB955, SB869, SB850, SB863, SB1610, SB1055, SB2206, SB457, SB2337, SB1362, SB926, SB1494, SB251, SB456, SB500, SB1307, SB2615, SB2995, SB2321, SB973, SB974, SB865, SB506, SB781, SB1522, SB1558, SB510, SB667, SB763, SB2073, SB1858, SB1660, SB505, SB2900, SB1433, SB1540, SB1964, SB1300, SB1644, SB2217, SB2373, SB2431, SB1758, SB2480, SB3039, SB3047, SB3073, SB2920, SB2781, SB826, SB766, SB2460, SB527, SB1946, SB2885, SB1243, SB2610, SB2595, SB857, SB2501, SB66, SB268, SB331, SB618, SB414, SB1394, SB2425, SB898, SB993, SB442, SB735, SB784, SB2538, SB1919, SB1013, SB2215, SB2322, SB626, SB570, SB747, SB2183, SB673, SB1015, SB1447, SB1370, SB1784, SB1897, SB2873, SB2891, SB2933, SB2540, SB2681, SB2695, SB1965, SB2203, SB872, SB875, SB1030, SB1277, SB1730, SB1681, SB1152, SB2969, SB2747, SB2705, SB2541, SB1708, SB2080, SB2721, SB1986, SB2392, SB2539, SB2857, SB2799, SB2785, SB2782, SB1531, SB1927, SB1263, SB1098, SB35, SB290, SB1365, SB2568, SB18, SB427, SB1860, SB1864, SB2675, SB596, SB2858, SB3058, SB816, SB1163, SB1484, SB1898, SB1777, SB1802, SB2692, SB315, SB1585, SB1626, SB2058, SB2050, SB2105, SB2245, SB2764, SB2611, SB2497, SB2452, SB2243, SB1705, SB1244, SB1361, SB438, SB578, SB584, SB2690, SB2521, SB2487, SB2342, SB2063, SB125, SB2041, SB1962, SB1413, SCR9, SB21, SB1198, SB1405, SB2601, SB2778, HB5560, HB762, HB1584, HB 107, HB 114, HB138, HB4386, HB2495, HB581, HB3348, HB5323, HB4341, HB6, HB171, HB143, HB449, HB3486, HB4263, HB5246, HB2, HB2011, SB17

Keywords: SB 15, Texas Local Government Code, zoning preemption, housing affordability, small lots, lot size, lot density, single-family zoning, residential subdivision, municipal land use, local control, state preemption, parking requirements, setbacks, infill development, missing middle housing, lot width, lot depth, homebuilders, housing supply

Transcript Highlights:

• bringing a member here, and using an article or a reporter's interpretation of that, and how that writing
• bringing a member here, and using an article or a reporter's interpretation of that, and how that writing
• But the reality is what the media was writing about was a bill that was introduced and not only a bill
• But the reality is what the media was writing about was a bill that was introduced and not only a bill
• issue to the Rules Committee, and it may be something that the Rules Committee, when they look at writing

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• <00:59:34.640> underwrite<00:59:35.280> for uh uh when we could write underwrite for
• uh uh when we could write underwrite for under<00:59:35.839> for<00:59:36.599> uh<00:59
• I did write a book about it. Healthcare in crisis: is the government the solution or the problem?
• I did write a book about it. Healthcare in crisis is the government the solution or the problem?
• I did write a book about it. Healthcare in crisis is the government the solution or the problem?

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I could never write an agenda that I keep to, so we're looking at that.
• , like, um, adding them to session law or having the author of an expenditure kind of put down in writing
• of an expenditure kind of put<00:48:45.920> down<00:48:46.079> in<00:48:46.440> writing
• what it is that the put down in writing what it is that the that<00:48:48.800> the<00:48:48.960
• But she said, “Well, can I write something? Will you read it? Will you tell this lady?”

Bills: HF1833, HF148, HF1127, HF1227, HF1681, HF1974, HF1106, HF1016, HF2197

Keywords: sales tax, education funding, construction, Aitkin Public Schools, tax exemption, refundable credit, HF148, use of force training, deadly force, peace officer training, police training, law enforcement, POST Board, Board of Peace Officer Standards and Training, scenario-based training, de-escalation, defensive tactics, force-on-force training, stress management, officer wellness

Transcript Highlights:

• I am writing to speak in support of the Workforce Development Fund dollars to support union sponsors
• I am writing to speak in support of the Workforce Development Fund dollars to support union sponsors
• <00:30:31.640> Schools<00:30:32.559> I<00:30:32.640> am<00:30:32.760> writing
• <00:30:33.080> to Hopkins Public Schools I am writing to Hopkins Public Schools I am writing
• Did the Department of Labor and Industry write this, or I'm just curious where it came from?

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• This session, the lawmakers of Minnesota have an opportunity to write a new chapter in this story.
• <00:09:44.800> an<00:09:44.920> opportunity<00:09:45.560> to<00:09:45.720> write
• to write a new chapter<00:09:46.800> in<00:09:46.880> this<00:09:47.040> story.
• Minnesota lawmakers can write a new chapter in this story.
• I have given countless testimonies on this topic, and I could write you pages telling all the reasons

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Representative McFarland, could I ask you to write the report, the blurb? I'll be happy to.
• Representative Smith, do you have any view on who should write the minority report?
• not seeing any all right no Report not seeing any all right no minority Representative Perez will write
• 23.520> to<01:22:24.120> so All right, uh, so we still have Representative Smith will write
• Representative Perez will write the minority report. Mr.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 313 and, on motion by Representative Perez, voted to retain the bill because members felt it needed further work and was not ready for final action. The motion passed 18-0, and no further action was taken on the bill. House Bill 391, an anti-SLAPP measure, was then discussed; supporters said it addressed a real problem and should move forward, while opponents raised concerns that it was too broad, could affect criminal cases, and might create procedural complications. The committee voted 18-0 to retain HB 391 as well, and it was placed on consent. The committee next considered House Bill 462, establishing a cause of action for unwarranted video imaging of residential properties. Representative McFarland moved OTP, saying the bill raised First Amendment and property-rights concerns. The motion passed 18-0, and the bill was also placed on consent. The committee then turned to House Bill 509, which would require reporting on forfeitures. Supporters argued the information was useful for future legislation, while opponents said the reporting would be costly, duplicative, and potentially split data across fiscal years. The committee voted 11-7 to recommend OTP, with a minority of members opposed. House Bill 520, authorizing Department of Education hearing officers to issue subpoenas, drew the most extended debate. Supporters argued DOE needed the same tools other agencies have, while opponents said DOE already had access to needed information, the Attorney General could handle subpoenas, and the bill would create an unbalanced process and raise due process and student-record concerns. Representative Tur offered Amendment 0842H to shift subpoena power from DOE hearing officers to the Attorney General; after debate, the amendment failed 10-8. The transcript cuts off as the committee begins the roll call on the underlying bill after rejecting the amendment.

Transcript Highlights:

• The testifiers that are before you today, mostly in writing, come from all walks of life and nearly all
• The testifiers that are before you today, mostly in writing, come from all walks of life and nearly all
• The testifiers that are before you today, mostly in writing, come from all walks of life and nearly all
• c> from<00:13:43.480> all<00:13:43.760> walks<00:13:44.079> of mostly in writing
• come from all walks of mostly in writing come from all walks of life<00:13:45.440> and<00:13:

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Water and Land Committee heard several measures related to DLNR, coastal management, and public lands. SB 561, which appropriates funds for conservation enforcement equipment for the Oʻahu branch of DOCARE, drew broad support from DLNR and multiple organizations, with the chair noting 18 supporters and no opposition. SB 465 would require DLNR to study the carrying capacity of Kīkiʻola Small Boat Harbor on Kauaʻi and report to the Legislature; DLNR supported the intent but suggested the study be timed with an ongoing $41 million capital improvement project. Senator Kouchi explained the bill was meant to close a permit loophole that has allowed operators to increase passenger capacity without additional approval, while one testifier opposed the measure as unnecessary and late. Supporters included county and community representatives, while some written testimony opposed it. The committee also heard SB 1456, which broadens the definition of beach restoration to include work on eroded beaches and degraded dune systems, including sand management, native vegetation, and removal of abandoned materials. DLNR, the University of Hawaiʻi, and other testifiers supported the measure as an administrative update. SB 1460 would require BLNR lease extensions to use updated forms reflecting current leasing practices; DLNR supported it as an administrative bill. SB 1517 would authorize public land leases for recreational residential use by public lottery limited to county residents. DLNR supported the bill, and Chipper Wiman and others testified that it would help preserve Kauaʻi’s historic recreational cabins and create fairness for local families; the committee also heard concerns about older cabins, market-based auction prices, and the need to keep these leases affordable for residents. The committee then heard SB 1511, which would prohibit vessels longer than 75 feet from entering Honoliʻi Bay, with an exemption for government vessels; DLNR and at least one additional testifier supported it. SB 1019 would allow the Ocean Stewardship Special Fund to be used for beach restoration planning and grants to nonprofits for cleanup, but DLNR said that purpose fit better under the separate Beach Restoration Special Fund, and the Ocean Tourism Coalition opposed the bill on that basis. Finally, SB 1457 would authorize DLNR to issue interim rules on commercial and recreational water sports equipment use for up to two years; DLNR described it as an adaptive-management tool for changing conditions, while multiple water-sports operators and residents opposed it, arguing it would reduce public participation, expand agency power, and target the foiling community. The hearing closed with the chair noting heavy opposition to SB 1457, including 88 written testimonies against it and only a few in support.

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• weigh in on it but we shouldn't<00:20:41.960> just<00:20:42.120> be<00:20:42.280> writing
• <00:20:42.559> a<00:20:42.679> bill<00:20:42.880> that shouldn't just be writing
• a bill that shouldn't just be writing a bill that says<00:20:43.320> commissioner<00:20:43.760
• > go<00:20:43.960> write<00:20:44.240> the<00:20:44.480> uh says commissioner
• go write the uh says commissioner go write the uh language<00:20:45.039> and<00:20:45.200>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• I was just going to say, please feel free to submit the remainder in writing. We thank you.
• Ryan hopefully will send us some testimony in writing.
• doing prevention work since the 1990s when I worked in Holyoke at the Board of Health and helped to write
• the first 1990s when I worked in Holyoke at the Board of Health and helped to write the first regulations

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Public Health heard testimony on a wide range of bills focused on children’s health, tobacco control, newborn screening, pediatric cancer, palliative care, and professional licensure. Early testimony highlighted Senate bills to expand newborn screening for pyruvate dehydrogenase complex deficiency, lysosomal storage disorders, and congenital CMV, with families and clinicians describing severe diagnostic delays, missed treatment windows, and the benefits of early detection. Speakers also supported a bill to improve pediatric cancer research through a dedicated trust fund, and a bill to extend pediatric palliative care services to age 22, with parents and providers emphasizing continuity of care for seriously ill young people. Several witnesses gave personal accounts in support of the newborn screening measures. Families described children who endured years of misdiagnosis before receiving diagnoses such as Gaucher disease, Fabry disease, Pompe disease, Niemann-Pick disease, and CMV, often after irreversible damage had already occurred. Medical and advocacy witnesses said Massachusetts already collects some of the relevant screening data and argued that results should be reported to families, while others urged the committee to add conditions to the state panel because effective treatments already exist. The committee also heard support for a bill to establish a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder program and training for providers. On tobacco and youth health, testimony supported bills to ban internet tobacco sales, strengthen youth protections, and reduce lung cancer deaths through point-of-sale information and quit-line access. A student testified about easily purchasing flavored nicotine products online without meaningful age verification, and public health advocates backed measures to keep tobacco out of children’s environments. The committee also heard testimony on a bill to ensure parents have access to their children’s medical records through age 16, with exceptions for sensitive services already protected by law. The committee additionally took testimony on an optometry licensure bill, where ophthalmologists opposed language they said could broaden scope of practice and allow optometrists to use the title “optometric physician,” while optometry educators and students supported the bill as a modernization measure with no scope expansion. No votes were taken during the hearing; the chair repeatedly reminded speakers of time limits and noted that written testimony could be submitted for additional comments.

Transcript Highlights:

• For specifics, I'm going to have to get back to you in writing.
• you guys have that we're unable to answer, we're very happy to go back and provide those to you in writing
• Your comments will have much more impact if they come in writing as well as what you say verbally here
• Your comments will have much more impact if they come in writing as well as what you say verbally here

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• historically had more than half a dozen agencies, part of state government, that analyze education issues and write
• “More than half a dozen agencies, part of state government, that analyze education issues and write reports
• We recruited teachers from districts to write curriculum that met the requirements of the law.
• If you were not able to testify today, please submit your comments or suggestions in writing to the Budget

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• it also adds language that if a license is not renewed, a licensee may request reconsideration in writing
• 19:36.880> in license may request reconsideration in license may request reconsideration in writing
• :38.320> days<01:19:38.760> and<01:19:38.960> receive<01:19:39.360> a writing
• within 15 days and receive a writing within 15 days and receive a response<01:19:40.000> within

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• Because if we write it, it's rigid, and that writes.
• We'll work on some of the uses, and I'll have Alex write some language up so we can have specifics to
• And Alex can write some language up so we can have specifics to discuss next session or next meeting,

Keywords: 908, all