Transcript Highlights:

• Committee, are there any questions? Do pass recommendation. Committee, are there any questions?
• Chairman, members of the committee. Okay, committee, we have one more rule before us. Mr.
• Page 169, Rule 259.03, the St.
• And with that, I'd respectfully ask the committee to approve this pending rule as final, and I stand
• Okay, committee.

Summary: The committee first considered RS 33025, a concurrent resolution supporting consolidation of the Soil and Water Conservation Commission with the Idaho Department of Water Resources as part of broader executive-branch efficiency efforts. Senator Harris said the resolution explains the rationale and process for the proposed realignment, and noted a letter of support from commission leadership. Senator Guthrie asked how the estimated savings would be achieved. The committee voted to send the resolution to print. The main policy item was Senate Bill 1222, a trailer bill to last year’s domestic well legislation. Senator Anthony said it clarifies the definition of subdivision for IDWR purposes, ties it to a five-lot threshold, and makes clear the new rules apply only to subdivisions initiated on or after July 1, 2025. Supporters, including Paul Arrington and other stakeholders, said the bill fixes unintended effects on existing or partially built subdivisions and preserves the original intent of the law, while still limiting future domestic-exempt well use. Bruce Smith testified in opposition to immediate action, urging the committee to table the bill and hear more from IDWR about implementation. After questions about domestic use, fire suppression, subdivision definitions, and irrigation impacts, the committee voted to send SB 1222 to the Senate floor with a due pass recommendation. The committee also heard gubernatorial appointments to the Idaho Outfitters and Guides Licensing Board from Kenneth Long and Carl Ray. Both described their backgrounds in outfitting, guiding, outdoor recreation, and public service, and members asked about board responsibilities, geographic representation, and challenges facing the industry, including access and tag allocation. The committee then took up Docket No. 24-3501-2-250, a set of eight rule changes for the Outfitters and Guides Licensing Board. John Price said the changes were part of zero-based regulation and were developed through public meetings and stakeholder input; they removed duplicative definitions, clarified overlap predator and tag designation rules, refined river boundary descriptions, and corrected a typo. The committee voted to adopt the docket. At the end of the meeting, the committee hosted an American Falls FFA Ag Issues team presentation on the federal roadless rule rescission. The students presented arguments on both sides of the issue, focusing on forest health, wildfire risk, tribal concerns, recreation, and economic development. Senators praised the students’ preparation and leadership, but no committee action was taken on the presentation.

Transcript Highlights:

• This rule docket is simply the removal of rules governing A big mouthful there.
• More rules. Department of Commerce, grant program rules. Thank you.
• Rules, Department of Commerce, grant program rules. Good afternoon. How are you today?
• Book for pending rules.
• In closing, Chairman Holtzclan, members of the committee, this pending rule represents a housekeeping

Summary: The committee first approved the minutes from Wednesday, February 11, by voice vote. It then heard House Bill 543 from Representative Ben Furman, which would update Percy Choice language to comply with the federal SECURE Act 2.0 by allowing after-tax Roth contributions in the 401(k)-type plan. The bill was described as a conformity update, and the committee moved it to the floor with a due pass recommendation by voice vote. Next, the Idaho Division of Veterans Services presented a pending rule docket removing obsolete rules related to domiciliary care, which the agency no longer provides. The administrator explained that assisted-living-type care is available elsewhere, but not through the division. The committee approved the rule docket by voice vote. Finally, the Department of Commerce presented its grant program rules under the governor’s zero-based regulation initiative, describing the rewrite as non-substantive housekeeping to remove redundant or outdated language, align with statute, and clarify definitions and funding limits. Members asked about a change allowing the department to require matching funds, and staff explained that the language gives flexibility to reduce or waive match requirements in hardship or disaster situations, or potentially require more in some cases. The committee approved the docket by voice vote.

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• The committee on rules of the two branches, acting concurrently, to whom were referred several Senate
• The rules are suspended, and the matters will be referred to their respective committees.
• The committee on rules of the two branches, acting concurrently, to whom was referred the Senate order
• The committee on rules, acting concurrently, to whom was referred the Senate order granting the committee
• Lovely for the committee. It's suspended rules first. What?

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Senate took up several local and committee matters on third reading and passed them to be engrossed, including House 3916 authorizing Westfield to set an age limit for original appointment as a police officer, House 4233 amending the Malden charter, and House 4401 concerning special revolving funds in Athol. The Malden and Athol bills were amended on the floor before passage, with substitute text inserted from Senate documents. The chamber also suspended rules and Joint Rule 12 as needed to handle committee reports and referred a House petition on condominium owners’ rights to the Judiciary Committee. A substantial portion of the session focused on extension orders for committee reporting deadlines. The Senate adopted extension orders for the committees on election laws, cannabis, and revenue, after brief procedural discussion about suspending the rules to consider them forthwith. The Revenue Committee order was amended to remove two bills, leaving four bills in the extension order and setting the new deadline at March 6; the other extension orders set deadlines of January 30 for election laws and January 27 for cannabis. Senators discussed the importance of moving these matters forward efficiently, particularly those involving tax relief and cannabis policy. The Senate also adopted an order for adjournment, setting the next meeting for Thursday at 11 a.m., and then adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• So I looked at these committees, and what I did was abolish certain committees.
• After I was asked to be the chair of the committee, I considered how best to lay out the rules and collect
• Where I disagree with you is we haven't passed the final rules. We're under temporary rules.
• So we're not under those rules.
• It would go from the standing committee, whether they voted or not, to the full committee.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Committee, do you have any questions? Awesome. Committee, do you have any questions? Mr. Chairman?
• Chairman, members of the committee. Okay, committee, we have one more rule before us. Mr.
• As a result, I stand before you to present eight pending rules which modify existing rules.
• Page 169, Rule 259.03, the St.
• And with that, I'd respectfully ask the committee to approve this pending rule as final, and I stand

Committee: Senate Resources and Environment

Keywords: 989, all

Transcript Highlights:

• "The department will write the rules. And the rules will be subject to JLCAR hearings.
• </c> It takes time to draft the rule itself. It takes time to draft the rule itself.
• </c> a particular law rule very difficult. a particular law rule very difficult.
• </c> rules. Correct. rules. Correct. &gt;&gt; Correct. &gt;&gt; Correct. &gt;&gt; Correct.
• </c> smart in the committee. Thank you. smart in the committee. Thank you.

Committee: House Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The House agrees to Joint Rule 12. Next question is on the Committee on Judiciary.
• Rule 7A is suspended.
• Rule 7A is suspended.
• Rule 7A is suspended.
• Report of committee.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The House took up several Senate and House bills, mostly under suspension of the rules, and advanced a number of measures to third reading or engrossment. Early in the session, the House dealt with a Senate bill on student learning and mental health by insisting on its position and appointing a committee of conference. It also referred a Senate petition on alleviating poverty to the Committee on Children and Families after the House declined to concur with a Judiciary referral. The chamber then considered and advanced multiple Ways and Means bills, including legislation on police interactions with people with autism spectrum disorder, honoring Blue Star families, land conveyance in Bolton, newborn screening for congenital cytomegalovirus, affordable housing and cultural space in Brighton, increasing access to epinephrine, and civil rights and technology. Several bills drew extended floor debate. Supporters of the epinephrine bill emphasized its life-saving purpose and described the death of Michael Brown as a catalyst for the measure; the House adopted the bill after a roll call vote of 149-0. The newborn CMV screening bill also prompted substantial testimony in favor from public health advocates and parents, who argued that universal screening would enable earlier treatment and reduce long-term harm; an amendment to add other rare diseases was withdrawn, and a later amendment creating a broad opt-out was defeated 1-153 before the bill passed 154-1. The civil rights and technology bill focused on banning weaponized drones and robotic devices, restricting misuse, and preserving law enforcement and civil liberties; it passed 154-1. The Blue Star families bill, creating commemorative plates for families of fallen law enforcement officers, passed 156-0 after emotional remarks from members and supporters. The House also passed without recorded opposition a bill facilitating better interactions between police and people with autism, and it approved a Bolton land conveyance bill and the Brighton affordable housing/cultural space bill. The chamber observed moments of silence for former Congressman Barney Frank and State Trooper Kevin Traynor, welcomed several guest groups, and concluded by adopting an order to meet the next day at 11 a.m. before adjourning.

Transcript Highlights:

• It is referred to a committee, in this case the Special Joint Committee on Initiative Petitions, where
• Meeting minutes pursuant to Joint Rule 1B are joint pursuant to House Rule 17.
• Under Rule 5 of our committee rules, the witness is going to confine themselves to the questions under
• Under Rule 5 of our committee rules, the witness...
• And I think somebody had referenced, we want to change the law because rules are rules.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The hearing opened with committee chairs explaining the Special Joint Committee on Initiative Petitions’ role under Article 48 and outlining the process for initiative petition 25-14, H5-004, an act to improve access to public records. The first panel consisted of subject-matter experts. William Clark of the National Conference of State Legislatures gave an overview of public records laws across states, noting that all states have some form of open-records law but that exemptions for legislatures vary widely. He discussed common legislative exemptions, legislative privilege, and court cases showing that outcomes often turn on specific constitutional and statutory language. Rebecca Murray, General Counsel for the Secretary of the Commonwealth, described Massachusetts public records trends, saying state agency requests and appeals have risen sharply since the 2017 law update, with 2025 setting a record for appeals. She said the initiative would extend the public records law to the General Court and the Governor’s Office and add exemptions specific to those offices, while also noting resource concerns from the growing volume of requests and appeals.

Transcript Highlights:

• The Committee on Rules, to whom was referred the order filed by Representatives McMurtry of Dedham and
• The Committee on Rules reports that the same ought to be adopted. Mr.
• The Committee on Rules and the committees on rules of the two branches acting concurrently report recommending
• The committees on rules of the two branches acting concurrently report recommending that Joint Rule 12
• Joint Rule 12 is suspended. Report of committee.

Keywords: 1212, all

Transcript Highlights:

• It also stated that the Commission shall establish rules.
• With that in mind, I'll go over the rule specifically.
• We wrapped up the final rule in December.
• Based on feedback from this very committee last year, we drafted these pending rules.
• The way that the rule was written, it required that liquor be sold on a weekly basis, which, The rule

Committee: House State Affairs

Summary: The committee first adopted the minutes from February 9 and 10, then heard and approved rules for the Idaho Public Utilities Commission implementing House Bill 180A on pole attachments and broadband deployment. Taylor Thomas said the rule was developed through months of stakeholder negotiation with electric utilities, cable/broadband entities, and others, and was narrowed to focus on permitting timelines, non-discriminatory access, make-ready work, and dispute resolution. He said major sticking points included uncured violations, unauthorized attachments, fee structures, and enforcement, and that several provisions were removed or tightened to better match legislative intent. The committee asked about who owns the poles and how long the process took, then voted to approve the docket. The committee then heard and approved Idaho State Police Alcohol Beverage Control rules. Lieutenant Colonel Russ Wheatley said the changes responded to prior committee feedback and public comments, especially clarifying the “actual use” requirement for liquor licenses so they cannot be held unused as investments. He also explained that the rules remove duplicative statutory language and simplify multipurpose arena requirements by reducing restrictions on food preparation, security staffing ratios, drink limits, service-area diagrams, and monthly event schedules for private rental venues. Members asked about server age requirements, license speculation, and whether unused licenses can be reclaimed; Wheatley said the state monitors usage and can pursue administrative violations if a license is not being used. During discussion on the alcohol rules, Wheatley also addressed the fiscal impact of changes to liquor license transfers. He said the loss of transfer-fee revenue has created about a $900,000 shortfall for ABC, which supports 11 detectives statewide, and warned that reduced funding could affect enforcement and license processing times. The committee then voted to approve the alcohol control docket and adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• Report of a committee: The Committee on Rules of the two branches, acting concurrently, to whom was referred
• Report of a committee: The Committee on Rules of the two branches, acting concurrently, to whom was referred
• The committee on rules in the two branching acts concurrently to whom was referred to the Senate order
• Rules suspended. Petitions will be referred to their respective committees.
• The rules are suspended. The matter will be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Senate convened on February 19, 2006, with a Pledge of Allegiance and remarks noting the Commonwealth’s observance of Iwo Jima Day. The chamber also adopted a congratulatory resolution for Elizabeth Beth Renaud on her retirement from public service to the city of Salem. Members then acted on several local and procedural matters. House Bill 4272, authorizing Hudson to grant one additional off-premises wine and malt beverages license, was ordered to a third reading and then passed to be engrossed. The Senate also adopted orders extending committee reporting deadlines for the Environment and Natural Resources and Agriculture Committee and the Transportation Committee, and suspended Joint Rule 12 to refer several House petitions to committees. Later, the Senate passed to enact House Bills 3977 and 4438, concerning alternate members for Beckett’s Conservation Commission and a fall annual town meeting in Swampscott. The chamber also adopted an order placing House Bill 4769, the “build resilient infrastructure to generate higher-ed transformation” bill, on the Orders of the Day for immediate second reading with Ways and Means text as the amendment. Another petition, filed by Senator Brownsberger and others regarding violations of the U.S. Constitution under cover of law, was referred to the Judiciary Committee after suspension of the necessary rules. The Senate concluded with an order to adjourn until the following Monday at 11 a.m. and a motion to adjourn in memory of Phyllis Chapman of Hingham, followed by a moment of silence. The motion prevailed and the Senate adjourned in her memory.

Transcript Highlights:

• Welcome to the Senate Health and Welfare Committee. Thank you, Madam Chair.
• Welcome to the Senate Health and Welfare Committee. Welcome, committee.
• We did all of the other provisions that are now in this rule.
• The policy that they are pointing out is unchanged in this rule docket.
• The Senate Health and Welfare Committee will be adjourned.

Summary: The Senate Health and Welfare Committee considered two Medicaid rule dockets from the Department of Health and Welfare. The first docket repealed the consumer-directed services chapter that had been inadvertently omitted from last session’s House Bill 345 Medicaid rule consolidation, with the understanding that the same material would be incorporated into the consolidated Medicaid rules. The committee asked for confirmation that no substantive policy changes were being made in the repeal-and-replace process, and the docket was adopted on a voice vote. The second docket, Medicaid plan benefits, consolidated Medicaid provisions into a single chapter and updated the rules by removing duplicative or outdated language, aligning case management and personal care provisions with appropriations and other services, reverting one definition to federal guidance, removing references to programs now supported in the provider handbook or state plan, and adding speech-language pathology assistants as providers. Senators noted the document was lengthy and discussed the need for transparency and stakeholder input in rulemaking. The department said the docket contained no new policies beyond the consumer-directed services material and the listed cleanup changes. Senator Wintrow raised a stakeholder concern about psychological evaluation timelines affecting payment for providers serving individuals with disabilities. A provider testified that psychologist shortages and long wait times, sometimes four to seven months, delay eligibility determinations and reimbursement, and asked the department to work on a solution. The department said the policy itself was unchanged but was willing to continue discussions during the interim. The committee then approved the Medicaid plan benefits docket, including the temporary and pending rule, by voice vote and adjourned after a brief announcement about a future rule-process presentation.

Transcript Highlights:

• Okay, committee, we'll go ahead and get started.
• And we will go over rules.
• And we will go over rules.
• So I would request that the committee reject Rule 075.
• So 176 kind of starts with the rules, with the rule numbers where I talked first about Rule 075, and

Committee: Senate Resources and Environment

Keywords: 989, all

Transcript Highlights:

• management rules.
• The first rule is the rules for control of ionizing radiation.
• These rules are the rules for mobile home and recreational parks.
• the rules?
• the rules?

Committee: All ALC-ADMINISTRATIVE RULES

Summary: The Administrative Rules Subcommittee met to review a long agenda of agency rule changes, beginning with housekeeping on the order of business and then taking up rules from multiple state agencies. Early items included Department of Energy and Environment rules on landfill post-closure trust fund spending thresholds and liquefied petroleum gas standards, DFA’s odometer disclosure rule allowing electronic signatures and disclosures, and several Department of Health rules covering ionizing radiation, mobile home and recreational parks, lead-based paint, counseling licensure, hearing instrument dispensers, athletic training, dental specialties and compacts, nursing, pharmacy, physician assistants, medical compacts, speech-language pathology and audiology, radiologic technology, massage therapy, community health workers, doula certification, and cosmetology/body art. Most of these were described as technical updates, conformity with recent acts, federal standards, or compact participation, and nearly all were approved without objection after brief questions and, in many cases, no public comment. The committee also reviewed Department of Labor and Licensing rules on minimum wage/independent contractor standards, boiler rules, motor vehicle commission requirements for ATV/LSV dealers, professional wrestling regulation, appraiser qualifications, and military recruiting and retention programs. Testimony generally emphasized that the rules implemented recent legislation, updated fees or licensing standards, or streamlined existing processes. Members asked a few questions about fee structures, the rationale for regulating professional wrestling, and how the National Guard’s public-private partnership and incentive programs would work; the department said the recruiting incentives would be funded from existing appropriations and were intended to improve retention and force strength. These rules were also approved without objection. The most extensive discussion came on the Department of Education’s Arkansas Children’s Educational Freedom Account Program rule. The department said the revisions, based on Act 920 of 2025, were intended to add guardrails, clarify allowable expenses, and speed approval of core educational purchases. Changes included defining core educational expenses, limiting certain sports-related spending, adding an intentional misuse standard, restricting phone purchases except for disability-related needs, setting a $1,000 threshold for additional review of technology purchases, capping carryover funds at $8,500, and creating a reconsideration process for denied expenses. Members raised concerns about safeguards, appeals, sports equipment, provider credentialing, rural vendor access, and whether the department would be flexible or overly restrictive. The department said it would review every request, provide written explanations for denials, allow appeals up to the State Board, and refer suspected fraud to prosecutors if necessary. After hearing from 13 members of the public, the committee continued to discuss the rule, but the transcript ends before any final vote on the EFA rule is shown.

Transcript Highlights:

• This committee is probably the one least affected by all of the budget process as far as a committee,
• Members of the committee, my name is Keith Bybee.
• Zamora, for being in committee today.
• Any questions from the committee?
• Senator Lennie, welcome to the committee.

Committee: Senate State Affairs

Keywords: 989, all

Transcript Highlights:

• However, there will be a Committee on Rules meeting immediately following recess of the floor.
• I wish to announce that the Committee on Rules will be meeting in House Hearing Room 4 immediately upon
• The bills from the Committee on Rules will be placed on the active calendar.
• Speaker, I move pursuant to House Rule 12-P that Senate Bill 1431 be referred to the Committee of the
• I move that pursuant to House Rule 12-P, Senate Bill 1552 be referred to an Additional Committee of the

Keywords: 1182, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The Joint Committee on Administrative Rules will now go into session. We'll please call the roll.
• So the one thing is I want to thank you, the committee, for reviewing the proposed rule, Title I, CSR
• With public testimony concluded, now we are on to discussion on the committee on PDMP rule 1 CSR...
• Now we are on to discussion on the committee on PDMP rule 1 CSR 60-1.010.
• With no further business before the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules, we are now adjourned.

Committee: House Joint Committee on Administrative Rules

Summary: The Joint Committee on Administrative Rules met with a quorum and approved the minutes from the prior meeting. Members announced that two Department of Natural Resources rules had been withdrawn, leaving only the Missouri Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) rule proposal for consideration. Public testimony focused on a proposed expansion of PDMP access to additional licensed behavioral health professionals, including licensed clinical social workers, licensed master social workers, marriage and family therapists, professional counselors, and psychologists, along with related clarifications to delegate access categories such as medical assistants and clinical nurse specialists. Testimony from the PDMP director and supporters from Compass Health and the Department of Mental Health argued the changes would improve care coordination, medication reconciliation, and overdose prevention within multidisciplinary behavioral health teams, especially in CCBHC settings. They said access would remain limited to licensed Missouri professionals working under supervision or collaboration with a prescriber or dispenser, and that the system is intended for treatment-related, view-only use. Opponents and skeptical committee members raised concerns that the rule would expand access beyond the original statutory framework without legislative change, could create privacy risks or misuse in non-treatment contexts such as custody disputes, and might exceed the committee’s rulemaking authority. One public witness opposed the rule, warning it could deter patients from seeking counseling and arguing the change should be made, if at all, by statute. After testimony, committee members debated whether the proposal was a permissible clarification or an impermissible substantive expansion of the law. Supporters of disapproval said the issue was legality, not the merits of PDMP access, and urged the department to seek a bill sponsor if it wanted the change enacted. A motion was made and seconded to disapprove Rule 1 CSR 60-1.010 on the grounds of lack of statutory authority, conflict with state law, and arbitrariness/capriciousness. The committee then took a roll-call vote and approved the motion by 7 ayes to 1 no, disapproving the rule and adjourning with no further business.

Transcript Highlights:

• That's in the rules, so what Representative Baham is trying to do is suspend the rules to bring it up
• That's in the rules, so what Rebham is trying to do is suspend the rules to bring it up for a third time
• Representative Bacala has been granted suspension of the rules for the purpose of allowing that committee
• Committee report from Labor.
• Speaker Pro Tem, the Transportation Committee will meet at 9 a.m. on Tuesday in Committee Room 3 to hear

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• Rule 7A is suspended.
• Rule 7A is suspended.
• Rule 7A is suspended.
• Rule 7A is suspended.
• The reporter committee, Mr. Michael of Boston, moves suspension of the rules.

Keywords: 1212, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The Committee on Rules will now come to order. Cindy, please call the roll. Chair Passidomo? Here.
• Senators, welcome to the Rules Committee.
• Senators, welcome to the Rules Committee.
• Since most of the Senate actually sits on this committee, we will mostly be taking up committee member
• For proposed rules that are filed as a successor to an underlying emergency rule, the proposed rule must

Committee: Senate Rules

Summary: The Senate Committee on Rules met with a quorum present and took up a series of bills, beginning with SB 108 on administrative procedures. That bill, as amended, would require agencies to review all rules on a five-year cycle, submit regulatory plans and annual reports, publish intended agency action within 90 days of new rulemaking authority, improve public access to incorporated materials, and streamline rule publication and correction procedures. After brief testimony from the Florida Bar’s Administrative Law Section and support from Americans for Prosperity and the James Madison Institute, the committee adopted two amendments and reported CS for SB 108 favorably. The committee then approved several other measures, including the Senate veterans package (CS for CS for SB 116), which made technical changes and was supported by veterans and advocacy groups; SB 118 on presidential libraries, which preempts local barriers while preserving state and federal law and building codes; CS for SB 126 allowing mail distribution of prescription hearing aids after a Florida-licensed professional examination; CS for SB 150, “Trooper’s Law,” making it a third-degree felony to abandon restrained animals during declared disasters; SB 294 limiting collaborative pharmacy practice expansion for complex cardiac conditions; SM 314 urging Congress to increase Florida National Guard force structure; CS for SB 322 creating a nonjudicial process to remove unauthorized persons from commercial property; CS for SB 348 on ethics, addressing false military rank claims and delinquent ethics fines; SB 356 designating January 27 as Holocaust Remembrance Day; CS for SB 160 expanding CPA licensure pathways and clarifying administrative outsourcing; and CS for SB 50 promoting nature-based coastal resilience measures. Most of these bills received supportive testimony and were reported favorably. The committee also considered and reported favorably the annual reviser bills SB 36, SB 38, SB 40, and SB 42, which adopt the 2025 Florida Statutes, conform statutory names, remove expired provisions, and clean up obsolete language and cross-references. Throughout the meeting, members asked questions on a few bills, but no roll-call votes were recorded as opposed; each measure was approved and reported favorably. At the end of the meeting, senators requested that a few missed affirmative votes be recorded, and the committee adjourned without objection.