Transcript Highlights:

• We just put 30 million dollars in the appropriation contingency fund, all sort of a way to say maybe
• I'm happy about every problem you have because I don't know how many hours we spent at Senate Judiciary
• The bulk of the request, $1 million, will convert a non-recurring appropriation for Sexual Assault Services
• just sexual assault victims, but all victims of crime, have access to both state and federal appropriations

Transcript Highlights:

• This would be a tool for the judiciary, yes.
• wake-up call to the voting public to closely. those judges who don't implement this tool when it is appropriate
• because many times it's very obvious when it would be appropriately necessary to protect the public.
• Bettencourt, that this is an opportunity for a common-sense solution. that if judges had made the appropriate

Bills: SJR5 , SJR36 , SJR5 , SJR5 , SR105 , SR121 , SB17 , SB19 , SB25 , SB28 , SB17 , SB19 , SB25 , SB28

Keywords: bail, felony offenses, criminal justice reform, public safety, constitutional amendment, school safety, mental health, emergency response, education policy, law enforcement, SR 121, Senate Resolution 121, Pete Alfaro, Pedro Cuellar Alfaro, Pedro Alfaro, Baytown, Texas Senate tribute, in memory, memorial resolution, condolence resolution

Transcript Highlights:

• But it is an appropriate thing, I think, for us to look at.
• SB 279, McNerney, motion is due pass to Appropriations. Chair voting aye.
• SB 279, McNerney, motion is due pass to Appropriations. Chair voting aye.
• Motion is due pass to Appropriations. Chair voting aye.
• Motion is due pass to Appropriations. Chair, vote... Senate Bill 279, McNerney.

Committee: House Natural Resources

Summary: The committee first heard SB 14, which would direct state agencies to reduce single-use plastics and improve recycling and composting practices in state facilities. The author described the bill as a way for California to lead on waste reduction, with goals such as more reusable foodware, less paper purchasing, better employee education on sorting waste, and stronger recycled-content requirements for state purchases of plastic bottles. Support came from composting and waste-management representatives, while manufacturers and bottled-water interests removed their opposition after amendments narrowed the bill; the measure received a due pass recommendation to Governmental Organization on a unanimous roll call of members voting. The committee then took up SB 326, a wildfire-risk bill that would create a framework for Cal Fire to evaluate wildfire mitigation investments and accelerate implementation of Zone Zero building standards in very high fire hazard areas. The author and a Stanford wildfire policy expert argued the bill would help prioritize the most effective fuels-management and defensible-space actions, while local government and insurance representatives voiced support. With no opposition, the bill was passed as amended to Appropriations on a unanimous vote. Next, the committee considered SB 34, dealing with the South Coast Air Quality Management District and the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. The author said the bill was narrowed by amendments to preserve port competitiveness while requiring the district to account for factors outside the ports’ control, avoid cargo-throughput caps, and focus on stakeholder collaboration and electrification planning. Supporters included labor, business, and port-related groups, while environmental organizations, community advocates, and the AQMD opposed it, arguing it would weaken local air-quality efforts and set a bad precedent. After extensive debate over precedent, automation, cargo limits, and federal preemption, the bill passed as amended to Transportation on a roll call with some members voting no and others not voting. The committee also heard SB 279, which would expand composting flexibility for agricultural operations and small community composters. The author and supporters said the bill would help farmers manage orchard and vineyard removals after the agricultural burning ban, increase local composting capacity, and keep more organic material out of landfills. Commercial composting interests opposed the measure, warning it could create permitting inequities, undercut existing facilities, and allow too much food waste at small sites. Despite those concerns, the bill passed to Appropriations on a roll call vote. The transcript ended as the committee began discussion of SB 613 on upstream methane emissions and data collection for imported oil and gas, with the author noting there was no opposition to that bill.

Transcript Highlights:

• All right, welcome everyone to the joint committees of the Judiciary and the Senate and Judiciary and
• even though you're not running again, that you're continuing your hard work as chair of the Senate Judiciary
• Judiciary Committee and I appreciate Judiciary Committee and I appreciate that.<00:01:16.320><c> And<
• When those county clerks came in front of us in the Judiciary this past session and they all said, “We
• </c><00:47:45.440><c> this</c> in front of us in the judiciary this in front of us in the judiciary this

Transcript Highlights:

• Judiciary<01:52:05.320><c> item</c><01:52:05.640><c> 63.</c> Judiciary item 63. Judiciary item 63.
• </c> other recipients of appropriation other recipients of appropriation project<02:25:32.760><c> fund
• In terms<02:58:59.720><c> of</c><02:58:59.840><c> appropriation,</c> terms of appropriation, terms of
• </c> annually we're going to appropriate. annually we're going to appropriate.
• </c> talk about in the appropriations talk about in the appropriations process. process. process.

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• We'll call the Judiciary Committee back to order, and for the purpose of discussing House Bill 1489.
• And so your opportunities for carrying a judiciary bill to the floor are very limited.

Bills: HB1455

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Summary: The Judiciary Committee took up House Bill 1489, and Victoria Christian from Legislative Council reviewed the latest 3003 version. She explained that the bill was revised to clarify language about individuals who are or were in a dating relationship, to incorporate provisions from related Senate bills, and to narrow confidentiality and hearing provisions to domestic violence and sexual assault protection order cases. She also noted a clarification on page 12 regarding certification of certain individuals under Supreme Court rules rather than by the Supreme Court itself. Members discussed the consolidation of multiple related bills into one measure. Senator Myrdal moved Amendment 3.03 to engross House Bill 1489, and the motion passed. Senator Myrdal then moved a do pass recommendation on House Bill 1489 as amended, seconded by Senator Luick. The committee voted in favor of the amended bill by roll call, with all members present voting yes, and the motion carried. Chair Larson then asked for a member to carry the bill to the floor, and it was agreed that the bill would be carried. The committee also discussed its remaining workload and planned to clear the rest of its calendar the following week.

Transcript Highlights:

• Our association is requesting that this committee study whether it would be appropriate to increase the
• And we are proposing that this committee study whether it would be appropriate for Wyoming to adopt a
• state at appropriation of state general funds<00:43:18.520><c> at</c><00:43:18.680><c> all.
• </c><01:27:54.000><c> and</c> believe it should be with judiciary and believe it should be with judiciary
• for this committee might be appropriate for this committee in<01:33:23.680><c> the</c><01:33:23.760>

Summary: The committee opened by explaining it would work through a long list of interim topics one at a time and asked members to complete a selection form at the end. The first topic, long-term care, drew testimony from AARP Wyoming and the Wyoming Long-Term Care Association. AARP emphasized Wyoming’s aging population, the state’s roughly $200 million annual Medicaid spending on long-term care, and the need to examine whether more support for home-based care could reduce nursing home use and costs. The association agreed with supporting people at home as long as possible, but asked that any study also consider increased support for nursing homes and assisted living when home care is no longer feasible. Committee discussion also touched on adult day care and PACE-like services, with Mr. Laycock noting prior Department of Health discussion and limited adult day availability due to reimbursement concerns. The committee then heard proposals for neonatal intensive care unit family leave, expanded midwifery scope, and a modification to workers’ compensation law. The NICU leave idea, presented by the Wyoming Women’s Foundation, would explore leave options for families with premature infants in intensive care, potentially paid or unpaid, while considering business size and the burden on families who may need out-of-state care. The midwifery topic was framed as a way to address rural maternity and women’s health gaps by allowing midwives to practice to the full extent of their training. On workers’ compensation, the Wyoming Association of Municipalities sought to classify dispatch personnel as first responders so they could receive mental health coverage under workers’ compensation; the Department of Workforce Services explained that current law covers dispatchers under workers’ compensation generally, but the first responder mental health provision added in 2018 applies to law enforcement and firefighters and does not currently include dispatchers. Other topics included problematic gaming and program funding, breast cancer diagnostic and supplemental exams, prescription drug coverage for advanced metastatic cancer, SNAP education, behavioral health workforce clinical training site shortages, CPR in schools, and broader midwifery oversight. The behavioral health workforce proposal, brought by a WICHE commissioner, focused on increasing psychology internship slots in Wyoming, noting that the state currently has only three and that expanding placements could improve recruitment and retention. The CPR in schools topic drew strong support from the American Heart Association, which argued that CPR training in high school could improve bystander response in a rural state with long EMS response times; committee members asked about cost and curriculum fit, and the witnesses said hands-only CPR could be taught by school staff rather than requiring expensive certification. The midwifery discussion later broadened into concerns about oversight and standards after a representative described a constituent’s pregnancy loss and said complaints involving midwifery practice and staffing delays in investigations warranted a deeper review. No votes were taken during the portion provided, and most topics were simply introduced, discussed, and left open for further testimony or later committee selection.

Transcript Highlights:

• It's a million-dollar appropriation.
• It's a $73,100 appropriation.
• 54.239><c> looked</c> So the appropriations committee looked So the appropriations committee looked at
• appropriation appropriation that<01:42:30.000><c> this</c><01:42:30.239><c> is</c><01:42:30.480><c>
• 03:11:40.080><c> tomorrow</c> Appropriations will be meeting tomorrow Appropriations will be meeting

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• The Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget was called to order.
• Members, this is an one-time appropriation for the remediation-assistant revolving fund.
• Senate Bill 1156 appropriates $65,333 to the Pardon and Parole Board for member compensation.
• Senate Bill 1158 appropriates $2,000 to OJA for medication prescribed for juveniles.
• The Senate Bill 1158 appropriates $2,000 to OJA for medication prescribed for juveniles.

Bills: HB4030 , HB4031 , HB4032 , HB4033 , HB4034 , HB4035 , HB4036 , HB4037 , HB4038 , HB4039 , HB4040 , HB4041 , HB4042 , HB4043 , HB4044 , HB4045 , HB4046 , HB4047 , HB4048 , HB4049 , HB4050 , HB4051 , HB4052 , HB4053 , HB4054 , HB4056 , HB4057 , HB4065 , HB4067 , HB4071 , HB4072 , SB1144 , SB1145 , SB1146 , SB1147 , SB1148 , SB1149 , SB1156 , SB1157 , SB1158 , SB1159 , SB1161 , SB1162 , SB1163 , SB1164 , SB1165 , SB1166 , SB1167 , SB1174 , SB1175 , SB1176

Committee: House Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget

Summary: The Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget met to consider a long agenda of appropriations, retirement COLAs, revolving funds, and limits bills. Early actions included Senate Bill 1144 and Senate Bill 1145, which provided cost-of-living adjustments for retired teachers and OPRS retirees, respectively, and Senate Bill 1146, 1147, 1148, and 1149, which extended similar retirement benefit increases or a one-time stipend for law enforcement, firefighters, judges, and certain retired police and firefighters. The committee also advanced bills funding the Pardon and Parole Board, OSBI cybercrimes and fraud work, juvenile medication, and several agency limits bills for Health Care Authority, Health Department, Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, and DHS. Members also heard and passed a series of education, public safety, and economic development measures, including funding for school security at the School for Science and Math and the Schools for the Blind and Deaf, support for National Board certified teachers, and appropriations for the Rural Health Transformation Program, the Decennial Census Revolving Fund, Task Force One, and the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation forensic center. Several bills created or expanded revolving funds and financing tools, including military readiness and aviation funds, a taxpayer endowment trust fund, water infrastructure loan and REAP-related measures, and a revised non-coal mining fee structure. The committee also approved a bill increasing court reporter pay and another reducing employer contributions to the retirement system after it reached over 100% funding. There was notable discussion on a $5 million film-related pilot program for sitcom production, with questions about the amount and certification requirements, and on a rural economic development package that included money for the state fairgrounds and a university energy plant, which drew objections over whether those projects fit the intended purpose of rural prep funds. Other debated items included a bill directing funds to the Oklahoma Dream Act/Trump accounts, a bill rejecting judicial pay increases recommended by the Board of Judicial Compensation, and a proposal to move $200 million from the stabilization fund into a new Taxpayer Endowment Trust Fund. Most measures were reported out with due pass votes, though several drew dissenting votes, including the film bill, the fairgrounds/economic development bill, the water projects bill, and the trust fund and judicial pay measures. The committee adjourned after completing the agenda.

Transcript Highlights:

• Kilcoyne relative to the condominium owner's rights, to the Committee on the Judiciary. Megan K.
• Kilcoyne, relative to the condominium owner's rights, to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr.

Summary: The House received a gubernatorial message returning House No. 3912, a bill to increase the Marblehead Board of Health from three to five members, with recommendation of amendment, and referred it to the Committee on Bills in the Third Reading. The House also suspended Joint Rule 12 on a petition from Megan K. Kilcoyne concerning condominium owners’ rights, sending it to the Committee on the Judiciary, and suspended Rule 7A to take up several bills reported by Steering, Policy and Scheduling. Those bills were read a second time and ordered to a third reading: House No. 138 on the definition of livestock; House No. 4437 on nutrient management and fertilizer regulation in Nantucket; House No. 4673 protecting first responders and enhancing access to behavioral health centers; House No. 4676 on tort actions for latent diseases; and House No. 4694 on increasing affordable and public housing options. The House then adopted an emergency preamble for House No. 4587, establishing a sick leave bank for a Department of Correction employee, David A. Russell. Several engrossed bills were passed to be enacted, including House No. 4149 revising the Lynn city charter, House No. 4286 authorizing an additional wine and malt beverage license in Somerset, and House No. 4439 simplifying subdivision road layout and acceptance in Marlborough. House No. 4587 was also passed to be enacted after the emergency preamble vote. The House observed a moment of silent tribute for Representative Anne Margaret Ferrante, who died after a battle with pancreatic cancer, and adopted an order to adjourn until Thursday at 10 a.m., with adjournment in her memory.

Transcript Highlights:

• record reflect that this is the time and place, pursuant to notice, for the meeting of the Idaho Judiciary
• House Judiciary Rules and Administration Committee.
• So now that child can be cared for appropriately even if she is afraid to take it.
• Now that child can be cared for appropriately, even if she is afraid to tell her parents.
• Okay, then let's move to—I think a voice vote's appropriate. We do have a motion.

Committee: House Judiciary, Rules and Administration

Transcript Highlights:

• you so much for having us, for having me, and for having the other members of my court and of the judiciary
• Oftentimes some people will look at our judiciary and say well that that should be their lodestar.
• follow the Constitution and laws of the United States and of this state, and it's not just up to the judiciary

Bills: SCR7

Transcript Highlights:

• Both bills passed out of the Judiciary and Public Safety Committee unanimously and move on to their next
• Both bills passed out of the Judiciary and Public Safety Committee unanimously and move on to their next
• Both bills passed out of the Judiciary<00:03:23.840><c> and</c><00:03:24.080><c> Public</c><00:03:24.400
• ><c> Safety</c><00:03:24.879><c> Committee</c> Judiciary and Public Safety Committee Judiciary and Public

Transcript Highlights:

• Yeah, welcome everyone to the Judiciary Committee. This is our 9:30 agenda.
• It's not up to the judiciary to be formulating policy or making those kinds of policy decisions on its
• It's not up<00:16:11.680><c> to</c><00:16:11.760><c> the</c><00:16:11.880><c> judiciary</c><00:16:12.400
• ><c> to</c><00:16:12.480><c> be</c><00:16:12.600><c> formulating</c> up to the judiciary to be formulating
• up to the judiciary to be formulating policy<00:16:13.720><c> or</c><00:16:14.079><c> making</c><00:

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Summary: The Judiciary Committee heard testimony on Governor’s Message 725, the nomination of Daniel M. Gluck to serve as associate judge of the Intermediate Court of Appeals for a 10-year term. The chair announced a two-minute testimony limit, said the committee would not vote that day, and scheduled decision-making for the next day at 10:45 a.m. in Room 016. Testimony in support came from the Governor’s Office, judges and legal professionals, the Hawaii State Bar Association, and members of the public, including a child who described Gluck’s kindness and help in Girl Scouts. The committee reported 72 supporters, zero opposition, and one comment from the West Side Bar Association. Gluck thanked the committee and outlined his background in private practice, nonprofit work, and government service, including work in the executive, legislative, and judicial branches. He emphasized access to justice, pro bono representation, and his commitment to reducing the ICA backlog. In response to questions, he said he would focus on fuller staffing, shorter and more concise opinions, possible use of AI for limited administrative tasks, and process improvements to speed appeals. He also discussed appellate timelines, briefing schedules, and the value of oral argument for transparency and clarification. Members questioned him about impartiality, especially in cases involving tension between Hawaii and federal precedent. Gluck said judges must follow controlling law, including U.S. Supreme Court precedent on federal questions and Hawaii Supreme Court precedent on state-law issues, and that the judiciary should not make policy. He also described his current work as deputy corporation counsel, including HART, firearms licensing after Bruen, appeals, and pending state cases. No vote was taken, and the hearing was adjourned after questions concluded.

Transcript Highlights:

• I asked that question of the Senate Appropriations Chair.
• And one important way that we do that is through appropriation.
• And it isn’t just about appropriating. It’s about funding.
• But like a serious appropriation, if you will. Okay.
• And so it would be my hope, maybe next year, maybe next fiscal year, that we could appropriate the appropriate

Summary: The House convened with prayer, approved the House Journal by a 107-1 vote, and then spent much of the day on introductions of guests, family members, interns, and public servants. Members recognized visitors including family of legislators, a park ranger honored for life-saving work, substance-use treatment advocates, nonprofit and apprenticeship program representatives, students, and staff. The chamber also received committee reports and Senate messages, including a conference committee appointment on House Bill 2818 and fiscal review reports recommending passage of Senate Bill 1020 and Senate Bill 1062. The main floor action centered on the state budget, especially House Bill 2 on public education. The budget chair explained the conference report as providing $8.4 billion for K-12 and the Office of Childhood, with disputes over funding sources and the foundation formula. Several members argued the bill underfunded schools by about $190 million and objected to using blind pension and projected ARPA/lottery-related funds; others defended the budget as record-level funding and emphasized that the total education dollars were unchanged, only the funding mix differed. A substitute motion to reject the conference report and send the bill back to conference failed 62-89, and the conference report on House Bill 2 was then adopted 83-68; the bill was third read and passed 83-68. The House then adopted and passed House Bill 3 on higher education, after debate over a proposed performance-based funding model and language directing the department to develop a new formula by the end of the year. Members generally supported keeping funding flat this year while studying a longer-term model. House Bill 4, covering Revenue and Transportation, was adopted 128-21 and passed 127-27, with discussion of rural roads funding and transportation investments. The House also took up House Bill 5 on the Office of Administration and IT consolidation/accountability, with the sponsor describing it as the central state-government operations bill; debate on that measure began before the transcript ended.

Transcript Highlights:

• Livingstone relative to the concealment of death of a child born out of wedlock to the Committee on the Judiciary
• petition relative to the concealment of death of a child born out of wedlock to the Committee on the Judiciary

Summary: The House opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and then took up several procedural matters. On motions to suspend the rules, it adopted an order extending until March 18, 2026, the reporting deadline for the Committee on Community Development and Small Business, and it also suspended Joint Rule 12 to allow referral of two petitions: one on medication administration in rest homes to the Committee on Aging and Independence, and one on concealment of the death of a child born out of wedlock to the Judiciary Committee. The House also suspended Rule 7A to proceed with scheduling and consideration of bills. The Committee on Steering, Policy and Scheduling recommended several bills for House consideration, including measures designating Building Trades Recovery Week, providing accidental death benefits for the surviving spouse of a former Boston firefighter, recess requirements for elementary and middle school students, reporting of satisfaction of money judgments, age-waiver legislation for police applicants in Boston and Haverhill, and a bill on advertising for justices of the peace. The House ordered these bills to a third reading after second reading, and separately passed House No. 4502, amending the Town Manager Act of Arlington, to be enacted. The House then took up third-reading bills and passed House No. 4740, waiving the maximum age requirement for a Boston police officer applicant, and House No. 4817, authorizing Pembroke to grant an additional off-premises alcohol license, both to be engrossed. It also considered House No. 5014, establishing a sick leave bank for Sonia Felix of the Department of Transitional Assistance; an amendment was adopted to revise the bill’s language and add an emergency preamble, and the bill was then passed to be engrossed as amended. The session concluded with adoption of an order to adjourn and the House adjourning to meet the following Monday at 11 a.m. in informal session.

Transcript Highlights:

• Livingstone relative to the concealment of death of a child born out of wedlock to the Committee on the Judiciary
• Relative to the concealment of death of a child born out of wedlock to the Committee on the Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:

• I have to go to Judiciary. I do apologize. Thank you. Thank you for being here. Absolutely.
• I have to go to Judiciary. I do apologize. Thank you. Thank you for being here. All right.

Committee: House Special Committee on Tourism

Transcript Highlights:

• January 16, 2006, the Judiciary and Rules Committee reports that the Senate Journal, the proceedings
• January 16, 2026, the Judiciary and Rules Committee reports that Senate Bills 1221, 1222, and 1223 have

Transcript Highlights:

• Welcome to Senate Judiciary. We're going to hear Senate Bill 2. Senator Dewey is going to present.
• Chairman, Senator, the judiciary doesn't move with that speed, but we would be prepared, if necessary

Committee: Senate Senate Judiciary