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CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • It fills a federal gap by adding nondiscrimination chapters to three Financial Code divisions covering
  • It fills a federal gap by adding nondiscrimination chapters to three financial code divisions covering
  • First, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors for the City and County of San Francisco, and also for
  • First, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors for the City and County of San Francisco, and also for
  • or then sending a code.
Summary: The committee heard AB 801, which would require the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation to conduct fair lending examinations of lenders on a regular schedule. The author and supporters, including the Greenlining Institute and several housing and consumer groups, argued the bill was needed because federal fair lending enforcement has weakened and California borrowers of color continue to face lending disparities. Banking and credit union representatives opposed the bill as duplicative and costly, though they acknowledged the author’s amendments and continued negotiations. The bill was approved on a vote and re-referred to Judiciary, with some members voting no or not voting at first and later the measure passing on a fuller roll call. The committee then heard AB 871, which would strengthen elder fraud protections by requiring financial institutions to report suspected financial abuse to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center and notify customers of the report. The author and county and adult protective services supporters said the bill would improve pattern detection and help stop or reverse scams more quickly. Bankers opposed the customer-notification requirement, warning it could alarm seniors and that the reporting process would add operational burden, but the author and supporters said victim information is important for investigations. The bill passed with committee support and was re-referred to Judiciary. AB 1842 and AB 1847, both related to mortgage forbearance after major disasters and the Eaton and Palisades fires, were also heard. AB 1842 would create a statewide framework for forbearance after federally declared major disasters, and AB 1847 would extend relief for wildfire survivors; both bills were amended to narrow triggers, clarify repayment and documentation issues, and remove some reporting requirements. Supporters included local officials, consumer groups, and housing advocates, while mortgage and banking groups remained in opposition on some implementation points but said they were working toward compromise. Both bills were approved and re-referred to Judiciary. Finally, AB 2116, dealing with merchant cash advances and small business financing transparency, was heard with broad support from small business and consumer advocates and partial support from some industry representatives after amendments; opponents still raised concerns about disclosure authority and unconscionability standards. The bill was also approved and sent to Judiciary. The committee additionally adopted a consent calendar of unrelated bills.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Apr 15th, 2026

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And I'm honored to have him represent District 37, the city of Jenks, and taking his time to be Doctor
  • You can really feel the energy and the excitement from Stillwater to Tulsa to Oklahoma City.
  • Code Orange, I think, is what we're calling it.
  • Code Orange, I think, is what we're calling it.
  • Just simply updates the Oklahoma Tax Code related to donations made via tax returns.
Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, opened with prayer, and spent much of the day on recognitions and special presentations, including Capitol Cowboy Day honoring Oklahoma State University, the Doctor and Nurse of the Day, Miss Oklahoma Teen Taylor Meeks, military families for Purple Up for Military Kids Day, and several visiting groups in the galleries. During the OSU presentation, university leaders highlighted OSU’s agricultural research and asked for support for an upcoming agronomy research bill, and Coach Eric Morris was welcomed as the new head football coach. The chamber then took up Senate Resolution 31, designating April 15 as Purple Up for Military Kids Day in Oklahoma, which was presented with remarks about the sacrifices of military children and families and the significance of wearing purple. The Senate also advanced and passed several measures, including bills dealing with duplicate statutory sections and statutory interpretation, a negotiated oil and gas bill, the True Grit Trail, nitric oxide sales to minors, foster care and juvenile transition documents, a paraprofessional certification change, an Indian education council sunset extension, veterans’ tax refund donations, a Route 66 specialty license plate, cell phone restrictions in K-12 classrooms, tire pyrolysis funding, ABLE Commission reporting, scholarship-granting organization tax credits, municipal ordinance publication deadlines, and agency rule authority and review. Most bills were advanced without objection and passed by wide margins, with a few closer votes on House Bill 2398, House Bill 3127, House Bill 3704, and House Bill 1276. House Bill 1276, extending the classroom cell phone prohibition, drew the most debate, with supporters citing improved student focus and classroom interaction and one member raising local control concerns before voting yes. House Bill 3704, concerning participation in a federal tax credit for scholarship-granting organizations, prompted questions about double-dipping on tax benefits and state sovereignty, but it ultimately passed 38-8. The Senate then announced a Technology and Telecommunications meeting for the next morning and adjourned until 9:30 a.m. Thursday, April 16.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/17/2026 - House Natural Resources, Energy & Water

House Natural Resources, Energy & Water Committee of Reference

Transcript Highlights:
  • I am a resident of the City of Maricopa.
  • I am a resident of Tartosa in the City of Maricopa, Pinal County.
  • And would that have changed your decision to live in the City of Maricopa?"
  • It was at the very end of the city.
  • , and seismic codes.
Summary: The committee heard several water and energy-related measures. SB 1200, as amended by a Griffin strike-everything amendment, addressed the Arizona Department of Water Resources’ treatment of certain “conduit lakes” in active management areas. ADWR testified neutral on the bill but opposed the amendment as written, saying it could grandfather in lakes that are currently in violation of the lakes statute and create water-management concerns. HOA and industry witnesses argued the bill would simply clarify and restore a prior interpretation for existing communities that rely on lakes to move groundwater and effluent for irrigation, while avoiding costly redesigns. The committee adopted the strike-everything amendment and then passed SB 1200 with a due pass recommendation by a 6-3 vote. The committee then considered SB 1419, which would tighten consumer protections for residential rooftop solar sales and installations by adding disclosure, inspection, and contractor-responsibility requirements. County and solar-industry witnesses said the bill was the product of a lengthy stakeholder process and was intended to address misleading sales practices and roof-damage concerns, while noting additional floor amendments were still expected. The committee adopted the Griffin amendment and passed SB 1419 with a due pass recommendation by a 6-1 vote, with two members voting present. SB 1447, which extends certain groundwater withdrawal fee exemptions and fund deadlines in the Pinal Active Management Area, was supported by irrigation and municipal water users as a needed bridge for infrastructure and conservation efforts amid Colorado River uncertainty; it passed 7-1. SB 1560, increasing the maximum single loan from the water supply development revolving fund from $3 million to $20 million, was backed by WIFA as necessary to meet larger rural water project needs; it passed 8-1. Finally, the committee heard SCM 1004, a memorial asking Congress to clearly define the EPA’s powers and duties. One speaker opposed it as unnecessary, but the memorial was approved on a 6-2 vote. The meeting then adjourned.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session - part 2 Mar 17th, 2025

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The amendment is coded A-3. Representative Johnson will explain the amendment.
  • The amendment is coded A-5.
  • The amendment is coded A-B-C-D-E.
  • The amendment is coded A-9.
  • Cities, counties, and school districts pick up the slack.
FL

Florida 2026 4th Special Session

February 5, 2026 - 12:30 PM

Transcript Highlights:
  • Next up we have HB 511, public records code inspector body cameras.
  • We have Chair: Sam Wagner, Florida League of Cities, is waiving in support.
  • This bill is required to reflect newly negotiated benefits between the City of West Palm Beach and the
  • We have Carlicia Chair: Collins, City of West Palm Beach, waiving in support.
  • Chair: Carlicia Collins, City of West Palm Beach, waiving in support.
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Courts, Corrections and Justice Jun 30th, 2025

Courts, Corrections & Justice Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • Chair, I did want to let you know that the city of Santa Fe has promised us that the bridge will be done
  • We are City of Santa Fe said that at a public meeting. By the end of the calendar year, Mr. Chair.
  • because I know in our city and county, I think our city is like 30 million something like that operating
  • Juvenile, the juvenile Criminal Code, um, needs to be, needs to be updated.
  • Chair, because otherwise I wouldn't be a good city planner.
VT

Vermont 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Session - 2026-04-24 - 9:30AM

Vermont House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><00:35:01.000><c> and</c> Affairs, Vermont League of Cities and Affairs, Vermont League of Cities
  • ><c> establishing</c><00:38:47.520><c> the</c> Burlington City Charter establishing the Burlington City
  • </c> Belonging as a permanent city office. Belonging as a permanent city office.
  • , and the City Council.
  • attorney for the City of Burlington, and a city councilor from the Burlington City Council.
Keywords: 926, house, all
ID

Idaho 2026 Regular Session

Agenda Feb 10th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • The intent was to follow our rules along with what's in the Code of Federal Regulations.
  • Identified in the statute or in other rule chapters and then referred to those Idaho Code sections or
  • It's already covered in Section 39-108 of Idaho Code.
  • That section in Idaho Code covers investigations, inspections, right of entry violations, enforcement
  • And are they mostly used for smaller cities or larger cities? Mr.
Summary: The Environment, Energy and Technology Committee met to consider a series of Department of Environmental Quality rule dockets, largely involving incorporation by reference of federal rules and zero-based regulation cleanup. DEQ staff explained the concept of program primacy, the timing of federal rule changes versus Idaho adoption, and why some rules are incorporated by reference rather than written out in full. Members asked about how federal changes are tracked, why the state does not simply reproduce the federal text, and how the agency handles timing gaps when federal rules become effective before Idaho updates its rules. The committee approved the hazardous waste docket, the air quality docket, and two drinking water dockets covering Consumer Confidence Reports and Lead and Copper Rule revisions. It also approved a narrow drinking water pressure-standard correction with an early effective date of sine die, and a water quality standards docket that made administrative updates to align Idaho rules with EPA actions. In the cyanidation docket, DEQ described changes required by Senate Bill 1170 and noted that the temporary rule and pending rule were both before the committee; the committee approved the docket to extend the temporary rule and allow the pending rule to proceed. The committee also approved solid waste rules revised under zero-based regulation, wastewater rules that modernized language and clarified that aquaculture facilities are not subject to municipal wastewater requirements, and loan-fund administration rules that reorganized affordability criteria and disadvantaged-community tiers for SRF assistance. Finally, the committee approved the groundwater quality rule with an exception: Representative Bruce moved to approve it except for sections 003 and 200(01A), arguing that unresolved federal PFAS-related standards should not be incorporated before federal finality. The committee adopted that motion, and the meeting adjourned after a brief member introduction of a wastewater treatment project in the audience.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee Jul 1st, 2026

Privacy and Consumer Protection

Transcript Highlights:
  • It will allow three cities in California that are designated as local health jurisdictions—cities of
  • The City of Berkeley has the second-highest homeless population of any city in Alameda County, behind
  • Kira Ross on behalf of the City of Thousand Oaks and the City of Belmont in opposition. Thank you.
  • Kira Ross on behalf of the City of Thousand Oaks and the City of Belmont in opposition.
  • My city is not, but cities near me have.
Keywords: 988, house, all
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

04/21/2026 - Senate Floor Session

Arizona Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • May that overflow spill into our families, our workplaces, our city, and our state, serving as a light
  • It applies to every city and town in Arizona.
  • of my cities, Chandler.
  • Winneger planning to do, or planning to do for a city or to a city that he is trying so hard to stop
  • Section 4-125, relating to the procurement code. Heard a third reading of House Bill 2170.
Keywords: 1182, all
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • Leian Lockwood from the city of Lockwood.
  • I'm old code. QR code. Yeah, a QR code will basically launch them straight to this website.
  • John Love from Oklahoma City had a bunch.
  • City of Ada, Jason Keck is in the room. Uh, Jason, wave your hand up there. There he is.
  • He was the Oklahoma City fire dispatcher that was working during the Mar Uhurrah bombing.
Keywords: 914, all
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Public Safety Committee Apr 21st, 2026

Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • , the Penal Code, and the Government Code.
  • And what it really comes down to, I was a mayor of a city, and I know you were a mayor of a city.
  • I'm proud to represent the city of Oakland.
  • With me here today, we have two experts from the LA City Attorney's Office: Assistant City Attorney Kevin
  • Experts from the LA City Attorney's Office, Assistant City Attorney Kevin James and Deputy City Attorney
Summary: The committee met without a quorum and operated as a subcommittee while hearing several bills on public safety, parole, criminal justice oversight, Proposition 36 implementation, behavioral health, gang database reform, cargo theft, and nonconsensual intimate images. The chair explained hearing procedures and noted that SB 906 was pulled from the agenda. Several measures were heard but not voted on because quorum was lacking. SB 1446, a committee bill, would expand discretion in en banc parole review, make en banc votes public record, and allow CDCR referrals for sexually violent predator evaluation of certain incarcerated people serving determinate or indeterminate terms. Support came from the California District Attorneys Association; opposition came from the Ella Baker Center, Uncommon Law, public defenders, and others who argued it would add confusion, litigation risk, and unnecessary duplication. The author said the bill was intended to clarify review standards and improve transparency. SB 1278 would exclude certain sex offenses and habitual/one-strike offenders from elderly parole eligibility. The San Diego District Attorney’s Office and California District Attorneys Association supported it, citing cases such as Gregory Vogelsang and David Funston; opponents from Uncommon Law, the Ella Baker Center, and others argued elderly parole is already highly restrictive, evidence-based, and cost-effective. Vice Chair Seyarto strongly supported SB 1278, emphasizing victim justice and public safety. SB 1354 would bar out-of-state military personnel not operating under Title 10 from entering California to perform military or law enforcement functions without the governor’s permission; a committee amendment removed a criminal penalty and left enforcement to the Attorney General. SB 926 would provide funding for Proposition 36 implementation, with committee amendments deleting a specific appropriation and shifting funding decisions to the budget process; supporters said counties need resources for treatment, probation, and administration, while opponents criticized the bill as fiscally reckless and duplicative. SB 874 would require background checks and clearer statewide standards for Medi-Cal behavioral health treatment services, especially ABA services for children; supporters said it would improve patient safety and program integrity. SB 1210 would extend CalGang-style oversight, notice, appeal, and DOJ regulation to all gang databases, not just shared ones; supporters described harms from inaccurate, unregulated local databases, while police chiefs opposed applying the CalGang framework to all local investigative files. The committee also heard SB 1019, which would create a DOJ cargo theft task force and add reporting requirements; supporters from BNSF, trucking, shipping, ports, and law enforcement said organized cargo theft is harming supply chains and worker safety, and no opposition was presented. Finally, SB 1217 would create a DOJ clearinghouse to help victims remove nonconsensual intimate images, including AI-generated deepfakes, from covered platforms; amendments narrowed the bill’s scope and clarified law enforcement’s role. The author and survivor witnesses described ongoing trauma from repeated reposting of exploitative images and argued the bill would provide a centralized removal process. The transcript ends during testimony on SB 1217, with no final votes taken on the measures heard.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Education K-16 (Part I) May 22nd, 2025

Education K-16

Transcript Highlights:
  • House Bill 2598 relates to a school psychologist licensed under the Occupations Code.
  • And so currently Texas licenses over 4,000 school psychologists, and ensuring that the legislative code
  • Immunity covering open-enrollment charter schools authorized under Subchapter D of the Education Code
  • Immunity covering open enrollment charter schools authorized under subchapter D of the education code
  • The commission will conduct a comprehensive review of the Education Code.
Bills: HB4, HB20
Summary: The Senate Committee on Education K-16 heard a series of higher education and K-12 bills, initially without a quorum and with several measures left pending subject to the call of the chair. Early bills included HB 1868, which would direct a study on lowering the dual-credit funding threshold for public junior colleges from 15 to 9 semester credit hours; HB 2598, which would replace statutory references to “licensed specialist in school psychology” with “school psychologist”; HB 3629, which would bar registered sex offenders from serving on independent school district boards of trustees; and HB 4361, which would require the Higher Education Coordinating Board to adopt rules for timely emergency notifications at public institutions of higher education. Each received brief sponsor explanations, no opposition testimony, and was left pending. The committee also heard HB 4848, requiring public higher education systems to ensure at least one institution offers affordable competency-based bachelor’s degree programs in high-demand fields, and HB 1211, which would remove the age 25 deadline for former foster youth to use public college tuition waivers. HB 1211 drew extensive supportive testimony from Texas CASA, a former foster youth who benefited from the waiver, and a current student headed to medical school, all arguing the change would better match the realities faced by youth aging out of care. Members discussed the bill’s fiscal uncertainty and the argument that the waiver is an investment in workforce participation; the bill was left pending. Later, the committee heard HB 20, creating an Applied Sciences Pathway Program to let high school students earn certificates in targeted industries such as welding, plumbing, electrical work, manufacturing, and oil and gas while in school. Industry and workforce groups strongly supported the bill as a way to address labor shortages, while Texas 2036 raised concerns about allowing applied versions of core academic courses to substitute for traditional instruction. HB 4687, which would extend governmental immunity protections to certain campus/district charter schools and adult charter high schools, also received support from a charter-school attorney who said it would align statutes with existing case law and not expand charter rights. HB 4236, as substituted, would create a study group to examine the property value study’s effect on school finance and alternative valuation methods; it was adopted as a committee substitute and left pending. The committee also heard HB 824 on civics instruction in high school government courses and HB 2243, which would create a commission on teacher job satisfaction and retention; the latter prompted debate over removing “ethnic diversity” language from the commission’s makeup. After adopting the substitute for HB 2243 by roll call, the committee recessed subject to the call of the chair.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Local Government Committee Apr 22nd, 2026

Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • We also have some cities that are listed, and, as just came up, the League of Cities.
  • of my beloved city of San Mateo.
  • Isha Ayur, on behalf of the City of Foster City, City of Belmont, City of Carlsbad, City of Mountain
  • Sean Stroman, City Council Member, City of Escalon, fully support this bill. Thank you so much.
  • by Mid-City Director of Engagement and former mayor of National City, Alejandra Sotelo Solis.
Keywords: 988, house, all
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

2026 Legislative Session - Day Thirty Seven - Thursday, March 12

Missouri House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Louis City yield to an inquiry from the lady from St. Louis City? Yes. Proceed, representatives.
  • You know, I represent a city, so I'm a dense urban area, eighth largest city in the state.
  • And my city has a pretty sizable senior citizen population. So the mean age of my city is over 55.
  • There's a QR code you can interact with.
  • So shout out to the city of St. Louis.
Keywords: 959, house, all
ID

Idaho 2026 Regular Session

Legislative Session Day 58 Mar 10th, 2026

Idaho House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Amending Chapter 13, Title 39, Idaho Code by the addition of a new section 39, 1360 Idaho Code to establish
  • Amending Chapter 27, Title 67, Idaho Code by the edition of a new section 67-201, Idaho Code, to establish
  • Code to remove obsolete language and providing an effective date.
  • Amending Section 32-1010, Idaho Code, to provide correct code references and to make a technical correction
  • So it is under code, criminal code 18-406, and we put in some legislative intent that strengthens the
Summary: The House convened, approved the journal, and received messages from the Senate, including enrolled Senate bills sent for the Speaker’s signature and Senate Bill 1326 filed for first reading. Committee reports advanced several bills, including House Bill 850 to Health and Welfare and multiple business, health, and state affairs measures to second reading. House Resolution 26, reviewing certain administrative rules, was sent to Judiciary, Rules and Administration for printing. On the floor, the House passed Senate Bill 1314, a budget rescission measure cutting regional behavioral health director positions and regional behavioral health boards; one member opposed it, warning of a disconnect between local communities and the state council. The House also passed House Bills 716, 648, 846, 825, 815, 717 as amended, 668 as amended, 750 as amended, 847, 848, 849, and 681. These bills addressed highway and local road funding, chemotherapy parity coverage, license plate fee changes tied to the Idaho Heritage Trust, school transportation reimbursement for a charter school, vehicle registration penalties, child custody interference enforcement, programmable money protections, judicial and legislative branch maintenance budgets, career ladder movement for CTE and pupil services staff, and elimination of the statute of limitations for certain child sexual abuse crimes. The House also adopted House Joint Memorial 17, which urges the U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider Obergefell v. Hodges; the memorial drew sharp debate over marriage, federalism, and LGBTQ rights and passed 44-26. House Concurrent Resolution 33, creating an interim effort involving education, the attorney general, and the 988 line to address sex torsion and youth protection, also passed by recorded vote. Several bills were held on the third reading calendar, and the House recessed and later reconvened to continue floor action and committee scheduling announcements.
ND

North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Administrative Rules Committee Jun 11th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • Appeal that occurred in North Dakota Administrative Code 407-34-1.
  • It's just reiterated in administrative code because all of our HR stuff is in administrative code.
  • A regulatory analysis was not required by North Dakota Century Code.
  • without the grounds otherwise required under Century Code 28-32-03.
  • We proposed a new chapter of North Dakota Administrative Code.
Summary: The Administrative Rules Committee met on June 11 and first approved the March 12, 2026 minutes by voice vote. It then granted the Board of Medicine an extension of time to implement rules tied to recent legislation, including North Dakota’s participation in the physician assistant licensure compact and a new physician nutrition continuing education requirement. The Board said it was waiting on compact rules and fee information before finalizing its own changes. The committee heard a lengthy presentation from the Office of Management and Budget on broad personnel rule revisions, including salary administration, recruitment, leave, sick leave, funeral leave, service awards, appeals, and shared leave. OMB said the changes modernize HR language and implement recent legislation such as enhanced annual leave for hard-to-fill positions and new hire leave. Members questioned the hard-to-fill leave provisions, but OMB and counsel said those standards come from statute, not the rules. The committee also heard and accepted rule packages from the Lottery, the Board of Examiners for Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology, the State Electrical Board, the Industrial Commission, PERS, and Health and Human Services, with each agency describing mostly technical, clarifying, or statutory-conforming changes and noting the public notice and comment process. The most significant action came during the Gaming Commission rules presentation. After questioning whether the commission had authority to raise the poker tournament buy-in limit from $300 to $1,500, members moved to void Section 99-01.3-09-01 on the ground that the agency lacked statutory authority for that change. The motion passed on a roll call vote. The committee also discussed several gaming-related issues, including online raffles, kiosk use, advertising restrictions, and the broader policy question of whether charities should be allowed to own bars, but took no further formal action on those topics.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Capital Investment Committee 2/18/25

Capital Investment

Transcript Highlights:
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  • That private investment is quite substantial for the city.
  • </c><01:02:50.440><c> from</c> um but also uh on the city from um but also uh on the city from providing
  • </c> needs of uh the business but the city needs of uh the business but the city needed<01:03:30.839>
  • </c><01:05:33.559><c> of</c> is in the city of is in the city of Dayton<01:05:35.359><c> uh</c><01:05
Keywords: 1183, house
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Land Grant May 30th, 2025

House Rural Development, Land Grants And Cultural Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • My district includes some of the more historical areas of Bernalillo County and the city of Albuquerque
  • And so embedded into those early territorial codes were those two things.
  • They added a three-member commission in the territorial water code.
  • But the more dramatic part of the change that happened was the 2007 water code.
  • Cities aren't immune to it either because cities are dependent on watersheds too.
ID

Idaho 2026 Regular Session

Agenda Mar 19th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • I see that the potential fines can be up to $50,000, and I'm concerned about some of my local cities.
  • The city that I live in is only 200 people, and a $50,000 bill would triple the city.
  • That has been removed, and I appreciate the feedback from the cities.
  • Jonathan Wheatley: I'm with the Association of Idaho Cities. Representative Gannon: Thank you, Mr.
  • This legislation amends Idaho Code 18-902 and 9-004.
Summary: The House Judiciary and Rules Committee approved the minutes from March 17, 2026, then took up several bills. House Bill 896, sponsored by Representative Shirts for Speaker Moyle, would create a process for certain state and local leaders to refer alleged law violations to the Attorney General, allow notice and an opportunity to cure, authorize enforcement actions and attorney’s fees, and permit disqualification from public office or employment for uncured violations. Supporters said it was a measured way to ensure laws are followed; opponents argued it lacked a probable-cause threshold, could be weaponized politically, and improperly exempted the legislature. Despite those concerns, the committee sent HB 896 to the floor with a do pass recommendation, with Representative Gannon recorded as opposed. The committee then advanced House Bill 856, which tightens Idaho’s laws on human remains by prohibiting the sale, purchase, or lease of dry human remains and making violations a felony. Representative Scott and testifiers described online and retail sales of human remains, grave-robbery concerns, and the need to close loopholes in current law. The bill drew support from the Idaho Association of Counties, the Idaho State Association of County Coroners, and the Ada County Chief Legal Advisor, and it was sent to the floor with a do pass recommendation. The committee also unanimously advanced Senate Bill 1250, which exempts photos of deceased individuals from public disclosure under the Public Records Act while preserving a family-request exception after proceedings conclude; testimony emphasized privacy, dignity, and avoiding trauma for families, while the press club supported the balance struck in the bill. Later, the committee approved Senate Bill 1260, which clarifies Idaho’s immigration-related law by refining definitions and limiting application to adults, and Senate Bill 1369, which revises venue rules so certain civil cases may be filed where the incident occurred rather than only where the defendant resides. Both were sent to the floor with do pass recommendations, with one recorded no on SB 1260. Finally, the committee heard and passed Senate Bill 1311, which requires ignition interlock vendors to report proof of installation to the Transportation Department and notify prosecutors when a device prevents a vehicle from starting. AAA, MADD-related advocates, and victims’ families supported the bill as a way to close loopholes and improve DUI enforcement; the committee sent it to the floor with a do pass recommendation and no recorded opposition.