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• going to limit no more than two hours of discussion on any one bill, and we're going to close registration
• I'll show you your registration.
• And I'll show you your registration.
• Twice in here to have your permission to take one of the registrations out.
• I show you registration. You're self-testifying against the bill, is that correct? Yes. All right.

Bills: HB1325, HB1655, HB3312, HB5526, SB13, SB57, SB207, HB441, HB591, HB5019, SB27, SB843, SB 13, SB 27, SB 57

Keywords: student transfer, public servants, education code, peace officer, servicemember, judicial officer, school security, volunteer program, retired law enforcement, veterans, public safety, school safety, criminal background check, school libraries, library advisory councils, parental rights, library materials, educational content, challenging materials, emergency operations plan

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• You can update your registration online. You can submit tax returns. You can register to vote.
• You can update your registration online.
• same consistent testimony as the last time we heard a bill about uploading signatures for voter registration
• So if we're going to be supporting it for voter registration, I'm going to be supporting this bill today
• initiatives and referenda that would increase processing times and is not supported by current registration

Summary: The Assembly Elections Committee met on April 30, 2025, beginning as a subcommittee until a quorum was established. The committee first approved six bills on consent, including AB 950, AB 953, AB 1214, and three committee bills. It then heard several measures dealing with election administration, ballot transparency, and campaign finance, with most authors accepting committee amendments and several bills being held on call for absent members. AB 930 by Assembly Member Ward would extend the deadline for counting timely postmarked vote-by-mail ballots from three to seven days after Election Day and update recount procedures, including online posting of recount results and clearer rules for recount requests. The bill was supported by county election officials and passed out of committee with a due-pass recommendation, though it was initially held on call. AB 459 by Assembly Member DeMaio proposed allowing electronic signatures for initiatives, referenda, and recalls; the Secretary of State and labor groups opposed it over security, implementation, and cost concerns, and the committee ultimately rejected the bill after reconsideration. AB 699 by Assembly Member Stephanie would change how local tiered tax and bond measures are described on ballots by allowing more detail to be placed in the voter guide; housing, school, and local government groups supported it, while taxpayer and realtor groups opposed it as reducing ballot transparency. AB 1188, presented on behalf of Assembly Member Ortega, would list the top three funders supporting and opposing statewide initiatives and referenda directly on the ballot; transparency advocates and labor supported it, while county election officials and business groups raised concerns about ballot length and processing costs. Both AB 699 and AB 1188 passed out of committee with amendments and were held on call. The committee also heard AB 827 by Assembly Member Berman, which would standardize and extend the deadline for curing vote-by-mail signature problems, add a link to cure forms in ballot-tracking notifications, and make other changes to improve ballot curing. It drew no opposition in the hearing and passed with a due-pass recommendation. AB 351 by Assembly Member McKenna would raise the Levine Act contribution threshold for local officials to $1,500 and add CPI adjustments; supporters said it would reduce administrative burdens and reflect modern campaign finance realities, while good-government groups and the League of Women Voters opposed it as weakening anti-corruption protections. The committee initially failed AB 351, then granted reconsideration, but the transcript ends before a final disposition is clearly completed. Finally, AB 1079 by Assembly Member Farías would eliminate the automatic appellate stay in California Voting Rights Act and Fair Maps Act cases; it was supported as a way to prevent delayed remedies in voting rights cases, opposed by the City of Santa Monica over impacts on ongoing litigation, and passed with amendments. After taking up the held items, the committee recorded final votes on the bills, including passage of AB 930, AB 699, AB 1188, AB 827, and AB 1079, and rejection of AB 459.

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• Consumers League, is sponsored in Hawaii by the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs Business Registration
• Consumers League, is sponsored in Hawaii by the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs Business Registration
• <c> Business</c> Commerce and Consumer Affairs Business Commerce and Consumer Affairs Business Registration
• > and</c><00:02:46.720><c> Insurance</c><00:02:47.200><c> Division</c><00:02:48.000><c> in</c> Registration
• and Insurance Division in Registration and Insurance Division in partnership<00:02:48.879><c> with</

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Senate convened, took roll, approved the previous day’s journal, and spent much of the first portion of the meeting recognizing Education Week honorees. Senators introduced students and coaches from the LifeSmarts Consumer Education Competition, including first-place Iolani School, second-place Kahalani High School, and Oahu teams placing third and fourth. The Senate also recognized 2025 Senate Youth Delegate Wilson Chow and thanked staff and community partners for supporting Education Week 2025. The chamber then moved to executive business, adopting standing committee reports 1210 through 1349 and confirming Governor’s Message No. 644, Steven Logan, as Adjutant General of the Department of Defense by unanimous consent. Senators spoke in support of Logan’s military and public safety experience, and he was confirmed with 23 ayes. The Senate also confirmed Governor’s Message No. 645, Mike Lambert, as Director of the Department of Law Enforcement, with senators citing his HPD background, work on homelessness, vice, agricultural crimes, and school enforcement; the confirmation passed with 22 ayes. After the confirmations, the Senate recognized the newly appointed officials and their families and guests. The body then passed House Bill 991, Senate Draft 1, relating to criminal history record checks, on third reading by unanimous consent with 22 ayes. The session concluded with announcements, including a YWCA clothing drive, a personal letter from Representative Gene Ward announcing his resignation from the House effective at the end of the month due to health issues, and a motion to adjourn until Monday, March 24th at 11:30 a.m., which was adopted without objection.

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• There was a drafting error in the House bill, which provided liability protection for the entity that
• Custodians are entities that would be newly regulated, relating to custodians of gold and silver.
• That is, the law prevents those listed entities from mandating that people must receive an mRNA-based
• It also lists five entities. A public employer for the purposes of collective bargaining.
• It also lists five entities. Only one of which FHP meets the 60% threshold.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• We're one of the few states that audits public entities every single year.
• We've helped 267 entities. We've provided 828 financial certifications.
• We also have others that are smaller entities that don't have a lot of money.
• We also have others that are smaller entities that don't have a lot of money. Um, the last.
• Also have others that are smaller entities that don't have a lot of money.

Summary: The committee heard budget presentations from the Secretary of State, the State Land Office, the Attorney General, and the State Auditor. The Secretary of State said its requested general fund budget of $15.88 million was intended to maintain baseline operations, replace lost federal cyber and election support, and address a 12% vacancy rate. Officials warned that the House recommendation still left major gaps for election security, tabulator replacement, campaign finance system upgrades, overseas and military ballot services, ballot tracking, and a new tax lien filing system. Senators pressed about the election fund, county burdens, and the risk of underfunding election administration; the office said the House had provided $15 million for the election fund for the primary and another $15 million for the general election, but not enough for operations or all capital needs. The State Land Office said it was satisfied with the House budget action and had no additional request. Staff described the office’s record revenues, low vacancy rate, clean audits, and proposed new positions tied to forestry, economic development, petroleum, geothermal, and royalty compliance work. Senators asked about long-term revenue trends, forest thinning and biomass opportunities, and bookkeeping around the land maintenance fund; the office said the new positions were intended to generate revenue and support land management, including fire mitigation. The Attorney General’s office presented a budget built around a 0% general fund increase, greater use of the Consumer Settlement Fund, and $4.5 million in special/extraordinary litigation funding. The AG emphasized active litigation and investigations involving consumer fraud, Medicaid fraud, federal funding cuts, Meta and other technology platforms, AI and child safety, gaming compacts, tobacco, and possible litigation over abandoned uranium mine cleanup. Senators asked about scam enforcement, the structure of settlement funds, and whether the office could take on uranium-related litigation; the AG said the office could prepare a litigation budget but warned such efforts would require sustained funding. The State Auditor said the House budget added only modest increases while the office faced about a 40% vacancy rate, difficulty recruiting auditors, and a shrinking pool of public accounting firms, creating risks for constitutional audit responsibilities.

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• /c><03:43:12.920><c> one</c><03:43:13.040><c> of</c><03:43:13.199><c> those</c><03:43:13.600><c> entities
• </c><03:43:14.600><c> Reach</c> attorney for one of those entities Reach attorney for one of those entities
• <04:19:40.600><c> even</c><04:19:41.040><c> same</c><04:19:41.399><c> day</c><04:19:41.640><c> registration
• </c><04:19:42.800><c> who</c> offer even same day registration who offer even same day registration who
• same<04:19:44.000><c> day</c><04:19:44.359><c> registration</c><04:19:45.199><c> same</c><04:19:46.040

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Page 97-9-302 is the sex offender registration statute.
• </c> is the sex offender registration is the sex offender registration &gt;&gt; [clears throat] &gt;&
• So uh with that I avoid registration.
• House Bill 9 also requires sexual offender registration, which limits an offender's access to working
• 37:54.960><c> which</c> sexual offender registration which sexual offender registration which limits<

Bills: HB0008, HB0009, HB0028

Keywords: stalking, minors, felony, protection orders, criminal penalties, grooming, sexual offenses, child protection, sexual exploitation, law amendment, explicit conduct, sex crimes, 916, all

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• And so, with this, is there any kind of registration process that you have to do for each jail and each
• There's going to be conversations between the three entities before it would go to an actual lawsuit.
• So how can an entity that might be managing investments themselves be the ones to hold the CLO accountable
• I would think 0 because it's a government entity, and the government entity is usually does not pay another
• government entity.

Bills: SB65, SB248, SB330, SB378, SB844, SB1330, SB1410, SB1475, SB1476, SB1565, SB1618, SB1623, SJR39, SJR47, SB2084, SB1655, SB1679, SB2174, SB1775, SB1873, SB1204, SB1884, SB1916, SB1937, SB1447, SB1500, SB2007, SB2074, SB1944, SB2018, SB1984, SB2026, SB2045, SB2049, SB2062, SB2112, SB2118, SB2127, SB2134, SB2135, SB2139, SB2154, SB1195

Keywords: SB65, naloxone, Narcan, opioid overdose, overdose reversal, opioid antagonist, emergency opioid antagonist, substance abuse services, harm reduction, public health, overdose prevention, good samaritan, civil immunity, criminal immunity, controlled substances, addiction treatment, fentanyl, opioid crisis, school overdose response, first aid

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• 54-2808, Idaho Code, to revise provisions regarding the powers and duties of the State Board of Registration
• And already, Idaho entities, state entities, local entities, have spent millions of dollars protecting
• For government entities, it's pretty clear what we're asking them to do.
• in order to fulfill the requirements of what is written in this bill, how a government agency or entity
• You got to take a picture of someone in the restroom or the business or governmental entity has to have

Keywords: 989, all

Summary: The House convened with 59 members present, approved the journal, and then held a memorial program honoring former legislators and public servants, including Frank Brunel, Jeannie Givens, Carl Shirtleff, Wendy Ungrich Kachetti, Ron Vieselmeyer, and Anne Wilde. The tributes highlighted their legislative service, community involvement, family lives, and personal legacies, and the chamber observed a moment of remembrance with music before returning to business. During announcements, the House also welcomed several student and civic groups in the gallery, including participants in 4-H Know Your Government, AAUW members, and students from CUNA High School. After the memorial, the House received messages from the Senate and governor, and committee reports were read. Several bills were referred for printing or to committees, including measures on state budget logos, elections, telecom service discontinuance, broadband, geothermal water, trapping, self-defense and public assemblies on roads, child abuse interview recording, criminal procedure, parental rights, sex offender residency, sheriff reimbursement, masks during crimes, bribery and nepotism, AI procurement, airbags, administrative subpoenas, Attorney General duties, unauthorized workers, rental applications, land use, homeowners associations, programmable money, school start dates, administrator authorization, civics programming, and health insurance cost-sharing. Senate bills 1240, 1248, 1249, and 1251 were also received and referred. On second reading, House Bills 639, 635, 594, and 610 were advanced to the third-reading calendar. On third reading, House Bill 576, concerning the Idaho Consumer Asset Recovery Fund and limiting reimbursements to Idaho residents, passed 53-14; House Bill 577, removing the requirement to replace license plates every 10 years if still legible, passed 66-1; and House Bill 632, expanding whistleblower protections and setting timelines for legislative records requests, passed 68-0. The chamber then debated House Bill 607 at length; the bill would require separate restroom, shower, and locker room facilities by biological sex in government buildings and public accommodations, with enforcement provisions and civil penalties. Supporters argued it would protect privacy and safety and impose only reasonable steps, while opponents said it was vague, costly for small businesses and cities, and could create liability and enforcement problems. The debate continued without a final vote in the excerpt provided.

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• provide for legislative intent, prohibit conditioning access to certain businesses and governmental entities
• Senate Bill 291 by Senator Abraham, relative to architects, licensing of entities, composition of the
• by Representative Geymann to recreate the Department of Environmental Quality and the statutory entities
• It removes an outdated state registration requirement that aligns Louisiana law with the federal system
• sells, offers for sale, or distributes such vehicles at retail, regardless of whether that person or entity

Bills: HR72, HR73, HR74, HR75, HR76, HR77, HR78, HR79, HR80, HR81, HR82, HR83, HCR36, HCR37, HCR38, HCR39, HCR40, HCR41, HB368, HB433, HB1017, HB1018, HB1019, HB1020, HB1021, HB1022, HB1023, HB1024, HB1025, HB1026, HB1027, HB1028, HB1029, HB1030, HB1031, HB1032, HB1033, HB1034, HB1035, HB1036, HB1037, HB1038, HB1039, HB1040, HB1041, HB1042, HB1043, HB1044, HB1045, HB1046, HB1047, HB1048, HB1049, HB1050, HB1051, HB1052, HB1053, HB1054, HB1055, HB1056, HB1057, HB1058, HB1059, HB1060, HB1061, HB1062, HB1063, HB1064, HB1065, HB1066, HB1067, HB1068, HB1069, HB1070, HB1071, HB1072, HB1073, HB1074, HB1075, HB1076, HB1077, HB1078, HB1079, HB1080, HB1081, HB1082, HB1083, HB1084, HR70, HR71, HCR35, HB31, HB326, HB1013, HB1014, HB1015, HB1016, SB192, SB196, SB198, SB203, SB204, SB214, SB216, SB257, SB291, SB383, HB13, HB23, HB25, HB32, HB41, HB42, HB90, HB120, HB121, HB122, HB127, HB138, HB139, HB141, HB179, HB187, HB213, HB247, HB286, HB332, HB344, HB357, HB367, HB370, HB462, HB505, HB527, HB537, HB605, HB680, HB681, HB725, HB780, HB782, HB847, HB892, HB911, HB916, HB1012, HR15, HR20, HCR14, HB53, HB57, HB64, HB102, HB106, HB111, HB137, HB152, HB155, HB177, HB238, HB256, HB258, HB337, HB359, HB363, HB386, HB434, HB546, HB557, HB584, HB661, HB697, HB726, HB727, HB747, HB756, HB758, HB759, HB765, HB767, HB825, HB858, HB930, HB941, HB957, HB964, HB58, HB69, HB93, HB166, HB199, HB201, HB202, HB218, HB223, HB224, HB231, HB235, HB246, HB338, HB349, HB352, HB379, HB405, HB429, HB535, HB547, HB577, HB588, HB626, HB636, HB652, HB653, HB669, HB688, HB691, HB721, HB738, HB806, HB851, HB857, HB861, HB889, HB904, HB907, HB908, HB929, HB1009, HB868, HB119, HB140, HB739, HB842, HB875, HB919, HB61, HB185, HB233, HB613, HB848, HB52, HB228, HB289, HB735, HB796, HB722, HB284, HB301, HB827, HB953, HB901, HB9, HB46, HB193, HB400, HB436, HB468, HB570, HB582, HB733, HB746, HB923, HB952

Keywords: HR72, House Resolution 72, Sophia Patout, Layla Porter, St. Amant High School, Future Farmers of America, FFA, Coastal Restoration Heroes, coastal restoration, Louisiana coast, coastal land loss, wetlands, saltmarsh, barrier island, West Grand Terre Island, Restore or Retreat Inc., smooth cordgrass, Spartina alterniflora, black mangrove, Avicennia germinans

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• The strike-and-insert amendment changes the party registration deadline for general election candidates
• This bill prohibits state and local government entities from publicly disclosing the home address and

Keywords: 994, senate, all

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• That group comprises over 70 persons and entities from a wide cross-section of Idaho: attorneys, trust
• any felony crime, the attempt to commit any felony crime, any crime that requires sex offender registration

Keywords: 989, all

Summary: The House Judiciary and Rules Administration Committee approved the minutes from March 3, 2026, then heard House Bill 691, a parental-rights bill that would narrow Idaho’s definition of child neglect to align more closely with federal language. The sponsors argued the current definition is too broad, leads to many unnecessary CPS referrals and investigations, and can harm families; opponents said the change would raise the intervention threshold and could delay protection for children facing chronic neglect or medical risk. After debate over the bill’s medical-treatment language and concerns about faith-healing implications, the motion to send H 691 to the floor with a due-pass recommendation failed 8-7 on a roll call vote. The committee then heard Senate Bill 1240, a comprehensive rewrite of Idaho’s guardianship and conservatorship statutes. Sponsors said the bill modernizes outdated law, improves clarity and procedures, and adds alternatives and protections for vulnerable adults; AARP supported the measure, saying it better balances protection with independence. There was no opposition testimony, and the committee voted to send SB 1240 to the floor with a due-pass recommendation. Next, the committee considered Senate Bill 1226, which adds misdemeanor sexual battery and domestic violence to the list of offenses requiring DNA samples and thumbprint impressions. Sponsors said the change would help identify repeat offenders and close gaps where serious conduct is pleaded down to misdemeanors; Idaho State Police testified that the bill would improve the DNA database system and help solve crimes. The committee approved the bill and sent SB 1226 to the floor with a due-pass recommendation. Finally, the committee heard Senate Bill 1239, which clarifies that the 500-foot residency restriction for registered sex offenders applies to daycares that are licensed, zoned, permitted, or approved by a city or county. Sponsors said the bill closes a loophole and does not affect home daycares or create new licensing requirements. The committee voted to send SB 1239 to the floor with a due-pass recommendation and then adjourned.

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• apply to motorcycles, including requirements related to helmet use, driver's licensing, vehicle registration
• By way of background, the Legislature is the only entity with the authority to authorize tolls on an

Bills: HB2307, HB2374, HB2379, HB1823, HB2111

Keywords: commute trip reduction, definitions, transportation, environmental impact, urban planning, electric bicycles, electric motorcycles, regulation, vehicle classification, tolling, emergency suspension, public access, state highways, transportation improvement board, TIB, transportation improvement account, motor vehicle fund, arterial streets, local match, private match

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• and taxes for working families, which could take the form of new sales taxes or higher forms of registration
• We have no commercial entities in the Town of Jupiter Inlet Colony, nor do we have any condominiums.

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• Breaking news, Assemblymember Aarons has changed party registration. He's now a Republican.
• Medical Board of California and Osteopath Medical Board of California and state higher education entities

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• We will move on and and recognize his registration against the bill. The chair now calls Timothy A.
• basic objectives would be for, uh, to find ways to improve, uh, coordination among law enforcement entities

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• So, it's important that we get the Handshake correct between the public and private entities.
• Will you show your registration as Charles Miller?

Bills: HB 117, HB2196, HB2689, HCR64, HB117

Keywords: early childhood education, task force, governance, Texas Education Agency, child care, education policy, virtual education, hybrid learning, school funding, average daily attendance, education technology, remote learning, education legislation, workforce development, adult education, high school diploma, industry certification, pilot program, gifted education, education support

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• engrossment: House Bill Number 151 by Representatives Travis and Others regarding motor vehicle registration
• These... the way our corporate vehicles operate these days, as most entities operate under a limited

Bills: SJR 3, SB 5, SJR 36, SJR 3, SB 616, SB 565, SB 384, SB 5, SB 21, SB 72, SB 140, SB 262, SB 370, SB 372, SB 495, SB 627, SB 703, SB 764, SB 842, SB 971, SB 790, SB 767, SB 480, SB 1066, SR 44, SR 135, SR 171, SR 180, SR 185, SR 187, SR 188, SR 191, SR 197, SR 198, SR 199, SR 200

Keywords: dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, research funding, state budget, prevention, healthcare, medical research, Dementia Prevention and Research Institute, research institute, funding, grants, state health initiatives, aquifer, water management, Edwards Aquifer, sustainability, regulatory framework, SB 565, Texas Water Code

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• </c> registration database on election days. registration database on election days.
• Uh, we have a brand new statewide voter registration system that we've set up.
• </c><00:07:21.840><c> system</c> voter registration system voter registration system uh<00:07:23.680>
• The goal is to have access to the statewide voter registration database.
• </c> statewide voter registration database. statewide voter registration database.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The committee began a work session on House Bill 1600, concerning access to the centralized voter registration database on election days. Secretary of State David Scanlan testified that the state already has a new statewide voter registration system connected to town clerks and supervisors of the checklist, and that the bill was probably unnecessary but acceptable if the legislature wanted it. He raised concern about language that could require direct electronic access in every polling place, noting that some polling locations lack reliable internet or cell service and that municipalities can change polling locations, which could make a rigid requirement expensive and impractical. Members discussed whether the bill should be clarified to allow direct or indirect access, including use of a phone-based workaround, and the secretary said that would address his concern. The committee then voted on HB 1600. Representative Maguire moved ought to pass with an amendment adding “direct or indirect access” on page one, line seven, and the motion was seconded. The amendment was adopted 9-0 by voice vote, and the committee then voted 9-0 to OTP the bill. The chair stated that HB 1600 would be placed on consent. The committee next took up House Bill 1197F FN, a technical correction to insurance laws. Members noted it had already passed the House with amendment and that the fiscal note was effectively indeterminate but would not affect the general fund because the insurance agency is self-funded. The committee voted 9-0 to OTP the bill; the chair said consent calendar placement would be decided by the full committee. Finally, the committee opened a work session on House Bill 11:30 FN regarding judicial performance evaluations. Representative Lynn, the bill’s sponsor, argued that the fiscal note overstated the immediate cost and said the judicial branch could likely manage through the current biennium while implementing the new system. He also supported making judges’ names public and said the bill’s anonymity provisions were aimed at protecting the identities of questionnaire respondents, not the judges being evaluated. Members asked about public disclosure, internal access to evaluation materials, and the removal of language allowing the governor and executive council to receive evaluations on request; discussion continued on those points, but no final vote on HB 11:30 FN was taken in the portion provided.

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• nine establishes and permits an individual to use electronic attestation for certain aircraft registration
• , basically allows for electronic or online registration for aircraft.
• , basically allowing for electronic or online registration for aircraft.
• </c><00:43:27.680><c> basically</c> aircraft Reg registration basically aircraft Reg registration basically
• for aircraft and then um registration for aircraft and then um section<00:43:34.880><c> 10</c><00:43

Keywords: 1187, senate, all