Transcript Highlights:

• The chair reiterated that the next item was the State Electrical Board presentation, found in packet
• I am the executive director for the State Electrical Board.
• He said it changed some language because of the conveyance addition and removed the word electrical.
• That was an update to the National Electrical Code also, so we were just changing that. 17, that was
• There's another repetitive one that was now addressed in the National Electrical Code so we could get

Committee: Joint Administrative Rules Committee

Summary: The committee approved the March 12, 2026 minutes and granted the Board of Medicine an extension of time to implement rule changes tied to House Bill 1620/1622, which concern North Dakota’s entry into the physician assistant licensure compact. The Board said it is waiting on compact rules, especially fee structures, before finalizing its own rules. The committee then took up extensive Office of Management and Budget personnel rule revisions, covering salary administration, recruitment, leave policies, funeral leave, service awards, appeals, and shared leave. OMB said the changes modernize HR practices and implement recent legislation, including new hire leave and enhanced annual leave for hard-to-fill positions; the committee raised concerns about the subjectivity and fairness of the hard-to-fill leave provisions, but no action was taken against the rules. The North Dakota Lottery presented emergency and regular rule changes, including updates tied to the Millionaire for Life game and miscellaneous clarifications. The Board of Examiners for Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology described rule updates that add speech-language pathology assistants to the rules, ease continuing education requirements for out-of-state applicants, expand temporary licensure, and clarify supervision standards. The State Electrical Board reviewed numerous code updates, including changes to electrical and fire alarm standards, receptacle labeling, countertop receptacles, and a major new conveyance/elevator inspection program added by the Legislature; the board said it is preparing to begin inspections by August 1. The Industrial Commission’s Geological Survey Division presented new rules implementing House Bill 1459 on critical minerals in coal-bearing formations, including permit, reporting, confidentiality, and royalty-related provisions. The committee asked about confidentiality of exploration data and drilling depth. The Public Employees Retirement System outlined rule changes implementing several bills affecting defined benefit, public safety, defined contribution, insurance, deferred compensation, and retiree health credit programs, and noted possible future proposals to add state EMS or create a LOSAP-style plan. The Department of Health and Human Services presented substance use disorder voucher rules implementing House Bill 1012, including allowing individuals to apply directly and setting reimbursement procedures; the rules were expected to have a $250,000 general fund impact already included in the budget. The longest discussion involved the Gaming Commission rules. Members questioned whether the commission had authority to raise poker tournament buy-ins from $300 to $1,500, viewing it as an expansion of gaming rather than a mere clarification. After debate, the committee voted to void that specific rule section for lack of statutory authority. The rest of the gaming rules covered higher raffle limits from House Bill 1192, the change from “bar” to “alcoholic beverage establishment,” veterans’ organization proceeds, credit ticket voucher kiosks, online raffles, and advertising restrictions; the presenter said several public comments led to revisions or withdrawals of proposed language. The meeting ended with discussion of upcoming Ethics Commission travel-reporting rules and scheduling the next committee meeting in September.

Transcript Highlights:

• appropriate for rooftop solar or not. ...to allow Minnesotans to pay for solar energy to meet their electric
• years ago, as part of the flurry of legislation designed to accelerate the transition of Minnesota’s electric
• When our solar buildout is complete, CSGs will only be a small part of Minnesota’s electric system, but
• When our solar buildout is complete, CSGs will only be a small part of Minnesota’s electric system, but
• When our solar buildout is complete, CSGs will only be a small part of Minnesota’s electric system, but

Committee: Senate Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> forms of usable energy like electricity. forms of usable energy like electricity.
• </c> are used as an electric power source. are used as an electric power source.
• </c><01:01:56.000><c> This</c><01:01:56.240><c> is</c> electricity generation mix.
• This is electricity generation mix.
• So it's electricity fuel generation mix.

Committee: Senate Taxes

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Retailers are navigating rapid cost shifts driven by supply chains, global markets, and tariff changes
• To be clear, this is not pricing based on market forces of supply and demand, the cost of value, and
• </c><01:09:30.359><c> and</c><01:09:30.480><c> demand,</c> on market forces of supply and demand, on
• market forces of supply and demand, the<01:09:30.880><c> cost</c><01:09:31.440><c> of</c><01:09:31.640
• and demand and market forces supply and demand and market forces unrelated<01:13:09.800><c> to</c><01

Bills: HF3794 , HF3408

Committee: House Commerce Finance and Policy

Keywords: surveillance, price discrimination, wage discrimination, automated decision systems, consumer protections, data privacy, biometrics, consumer protection, price setting, biometric data, retail, privacy, 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• Okay, Senators, we're now going to go to tab number one, which is CS for Senate Bill 382 on electric
• An operator may not operate an electric bicycle at speeds greater than 10 miles an hour if a pedestrian
• So, Senator Truenow, to me, e-bikes is just a nice little way of saying it's an electric motorcycle.
• And that's basically what you have is an electric motorcycle.
• I also strongly support the electric bicycle safety task force and improved crash reporting.

Bills: S0382 , S0628 , S0654 , S0696 , S0880

Committee: Senate Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development

Keywords: transportation facility designations, road naming, highway designation, honorary designation, memorial highway, memorial boulevard, memorial interchange, airport naming, FDOT markers, Florida Department of Transportation, State Road 80, SR 80, U.S. 90, U.S. 41, A1A, Turnpike interchange, Kissimmee Park Road, Bobby Bowden, Donald Trump Highway, President Donald J. Trump Highway

Transcript Highlights:

• : Paragraph parents to any equipment or fixture, and any line or wire that is within or carries electricity
• of the general public, such as street lights, street lighting systems, special lighting systems, electric
• wire that is within or carries wire that is within or carries electricity<00:06:28.720><c> to</c><00:
• </c> electricity to the equipment or fixture. electricity to the equipment or fixture.
• </c> and special lighting systems, electric and special lighting systems, electric vehicle<00:06:43.520

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• I'm a big thank you for the invite to be here at Joe B is a pilot in for passenger all-electric vehicle
• They put out there as far which is the rules and regulations that will govern electric vehicles like
• kind of one-off projects here and there whether it might be some funding for airports, see some electric
• Haitian grid assessments and upgrades perhaps funding for electric chargers.
• Hey, the power that's needed for all of the different electric transportation is going to be current

Keywords: 999, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• How's the fleet of electric buses working out?
• So we have five electric buses right now. Currently, four of them are operational.
• Representative Lara brought up electric buses, and I think he was reading my mind.
• What is the difference in cost now between a gas or diesel bus versus an electric bus?
• mechanic trained for the electric vehicles?

Transcript Highlights:

• Members, the strike-all amendment creates a sales tax exemption for electricity sold to an owner or operator
• of an electric vehicle charging station and then transferred instantaneously to a consumer.
• Members, the strike-all amendment creates a sales tax exemption for electricity sold to an owner or operator
• of an electric vehicle charging station and then transferred instantaneously to a consumer.
• To qualify for the exception, electricity must be separately metered at the point of delivery from the

Bills: S0530 , S0658 , S0608 , S1708 , S0680 , S0980 , S0204

Committee: Senate Regulated Industries

Keywords: Florida lottery, state lottery, lottery tickets, lottery retailer, Department of the Lottery, Division of Security, ball machine, lottery vending machine, instant tickets, online lottery tickets, major procurement, vendor disclosure, performance bond, retailer bond, security report, counterfeit ticket, altered ticket, false claim, ticket theft, fraud

Summary: The Committee on Regulated Industries considered and reported several bills. SB 530 on state lotteries was presented with two technical amendments adopted, including changes to lottery department contracting language and machine-purchase flexibility; the committee then reported the bill favorably. SB 204, which increases penalties for illegal slot machine operations to a third-degree felony and creates a declaratory-statement process for veteran service organizations to confirm machine legality, drew support from gaming interests and some soft opposition from a veterans group concerned about implementation; it was also reported favorably. The committee then took up a proposed committee substitute combining SB 658 and SB 608 on water safety requirements for rental and vacation properties. The combined bill would require certain rental properties near water bodies or with pools to install specified alarms, locks, fences, covers, or similar safety devices, with enforcement through DBPR and a grace period for correcting some violations. Senators emphasized the bill as a response to child drowning deaths, including those involving autistic children, and the PCS was reported favorably. SB 980, as a delete-everything amendment, would create the Florida Agegate Act to restrict advertising, promotion, and display of non-FDA-approved nicotine devices in areas accessible to those under 21, with penalties and inspection authority; after questions about counterfeit products and enforcement, it was reported favorably. The committee also approved SB 1708, which removes a three-year out-of-state practice requirement for veterinary licensure by endorsement while keeping other competency requirements, and SB 680, as amended, which creates a sales tax exemption for electricity sold to EV charging station operators and transferred to consumers, subject to metering and affidavit requirements. Several members recorded votes after the roll calls, and the meeting ended with an invitation to return later for another bill before adjournment.

Transcript Highlights:

• Uh, poll standards are governed, governed by the National Electric Safety Code, but they are no mand
• commercial and residential consumers as a class in utility proceedings to ensure that rates charged by electric
• So the ERCO grid or the Texas grid is, uh, 90% of the, uh, Texas electric load.
• There is a kind of an overview of the Urquhart electric grid, kind of a comparison if you look above
• it and the levels they're gonna go is is is a big part of this and then you also have things like electric

Committee: House State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:

• And I contrast that with Norway and Sweden, where their electric ferries charge as they load before crossing
• They also use hydropower for electric trains everywhere, and they fully transitioned to electric cars
• If all we do are electric vehicles, we will not nearly meet our climate goals or our needs to reduce
• We also have heavier electric vehicles now.
• Those batteries that go into electric vehicles make those cars heavier, too.

Bills: HB2588 , HB2722 , HB2727

Committee: House Transportation

Keywords: county ferry district, ferry district, passenger-only ferry, passenger ferry, Puget Sound, Vashon, Seattle, Southworth, county transportation, local taxing authority, property tax levy, general obligation bonds, municipal corporation, public transportation benefit area, WTSC, Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission, ferry terminal, wharf, shuttle service, marine transportation

Transcript Highlights:

• Members, this is, uh, Chairman Wally's bill that creates the Electric truck advisory, uh.
• In all the 7 terms I've been here I've never done an electricity bill.
• We also. are not, uh, El Paso Electric is not a municipally owned utility.
• Get rid of all that bureaucracy like the school districts knows the electric company knows they don't
• You're representing El Paso Electric, and you're against the bill. Is that correct? Yes, sir.

Bills: HB 346 , HB 1360 , HB 1510 , HB 1606 , HB 1804 , HB 1805 , HB 2156 , HB 2391 , HB 2767 , HB 3022 , HB 3044 , HB 3272 , HB 3293 , HB 3493 , HB 3809 , HB 3824 , HJR 110 , HB 2463

Committee: House State Affairs

Keywords: expedited service, business records, veteran-owned businesses, franchise tax, fee schedule, Texas Ethics Commission, election reporting, campaign finance, violation categorization, penalties, public disclosure, Texas Utilities Code, electric utility, retail electric provider, municipally owned utility, electric cooperative, vegetation management, tree trimming, line clearance, transmission line

Transcript Highlights:

• No. 3997, which is a resolution authorizing the use of the House to the Association of Missouri Electric
• The resolution authorizes the use of the House to the Association of Missouri Electric Co-ops, which
• I'm Mike Sutherland, Vice President of the Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives, and I'll be
• Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives, and I'll be really quick.
• So just be wary of the electrical components, I guess, around the dais.

Committee: House Consent and Procedure

Keywords: 959, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><01:22:15.120><c> and</c> systems like plumbing and electrical and systems like plumbing and electrical
• , mechanical systems, and some of these barely have electrical.
• , mechanical systems, and some of these barely have electrical.
• , mechanical systems, and some of these barely have electrical.
• They don't even have electricity.

Committee: Senate Executive Departments and Administration

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Ernie Lao, manager and chief engineer for the Honolulu Board of Water Supply.
• Um, I would like to um amend on page 7, line 19, change the word 'conducted energy device' to 'electric
• </c><02:19:45.120><c> gun</c><02:19:46.080><c> because</c> energy device to Electric gun because energy
• device to Electric gun because that's<02:19:46.639><c> defined</c><02:19:47.240><c> already</c><02:19
• We have, um, so today in Honolulu County, the Board of Water Supply, uh, the DHHL customers on Oahu use

Committee: House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee first considered House Bill 1324, which would require the Judiciary to contract for legal services for residential tenants in landlord-tenant disputes and allow attorneys, paralegals, and law students to provide those services, with an appropriation. The Department of the Attorney General recommended removing reference to Hawaii Public Housing Authority tenants because HPHA eviction proceedings are administrative and could conflict with the bill. Hawaii Appleseed and other testifiers strongly supported the measure, citing studies showing much higher tenant retention when counsel is available, and suggested adding notice of the right to counsel at key points such as rent increases, eviction notices, and lease signing. The committee adopted amendments, including the Attorney General’s suggested change and a technical amendment, and passed the bill out with a recommendation to move it forward; members voted aye, with one member voting with reservations and several excused. The committee then heard House Bill 126 on property forfeiture, which would increase transparency and accountability in civil asset forfeiture by clarifying covered property, changing disposition rules, and removing language requiring liberal construction of the forfeiture act. The Attorney General said forfeiture remains an important law enforcement tool and that the bill would not impair its use. The Office of the Public Defender supported the measure but argued civil forfeiture is broadly problematic because many people cannot meaningfully challenge it and are not entitled to counsel. Honolulu Police Department opposed the bill, saying forfeiture is useful in fighting illegal activity and that added procedures would delay enforcement and reduce operational funding from forfeiture proceeds. Community Alliance on Prisons, the Drug Policy Forum of Hawaii, and other supporters urged reform or abolition of civil forfeiture, citing transparency concerns and the risk of abuse. No vote on HB 126 was taken in the portion provided. The final measure discussed was House Bill 166, which would require the state to defend professionally licensed or certified state employees in certain civil actions, allow employees to hire their own counsel at their own expense, and set a process for the Attorney General to transfer or withdraw representation if the state declines to defend. Testimony from the Hawaii Association for Justice and labor representatives was in strong support, describing the bill as a negotiated clarification that balances employee protections with accountability and noting it had passed previously but died in conference. The transcript cuts off before any committee action on HB 166.

Transcript Highlights:

• AB443, Bennett, curtailed electricity assessment. not voting.
• A roll call, AB 286, Gallagher, Electricity Rate Prescription, hold in committee.
• AB 1182, Irwin, Electrical Infrastructure Report, holding committee.
• AB 99 electrical utility rates hold in committee. immigrant care do pass out on an a roll call maybe
• AB 941 Zuber, electrical infrastructure permitting, hold in committee.

Committee: House Appropriations

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I'm a junior at Heritage Hall High School, and for college I'd like to go for electrical engineering.
• At Heritage Hall High School, and for college I'd like to go for electrical engineering.
• Whereas Oklahoma linemen are the true heroes of the electric power industry because they are responsible
• for maintaining and repairing electrical power grids 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
• for maintaining and repairing electrical power grids 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Bills: HB1937 , HB2153 , HB3674 , HB2978 , HB3885 , HB3671 , HB3261 , HB3021 , HB3029 , HB4274 , HB3701 , HB3076 , HB2299 , HB3852 , HB3244 , HB3345 , HB3114 , HB3764 , HB4144 , HB3304 , HB2939 , HB4227 , HB3262 , HB2941 , HB3498 , HB4343 , HB4425 , HB3386 , HB3087 , HB3062 , HB3431 , HB4141 , HB3581 , HB4237 , HB2960 , HB3645 , HB3648 , HB3974 , HB3045 , SCR18 , HCR1024 , SJR39 , SJR49 , HB4486 , SB1130 , SB1131 , SB1132 , SB1133 , SB1134 , SB1142 , HB1823 , HB4476 , HB3378 , HB3880 , HB3031 , HB3369 , HB3429 , HB3657 , HB4215 , HB3624 , HB1170

Keywords: HB1937, Oklahoma schools, student communications, electronic communication, digital communication, parent notification, legal guardian, school personnel, teachers, coaches, administrators, charter schools, public schools, administrative leave, corroborated report, investigation, employee file, discipline, termination, school board

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, offered the daily prayer, and recognized a series of guests and special introductions, including Langston University Day, Moore Public Schools cheer and pom squads, a student shadow, former Senator Connie Johnson, Brazilian missionaries, and a long-serving mental health employee. The chamber also heard introductions from the day’s pages. The Senate adopted Senate Concurrent Resolution 18, recognizing April 21, 2026, as National Lineman Appreciation Day, and House Concurrent Resolution 1024, designating Route 66 Day at the Capitol and honoring the highway’s centennial. Senators then advanced Senate Joint Resolution 49, which revokes a Wildlife Department rule requiring oil and gas companies to post a surety bond, after discussion clarified the measure was intended to eliminate duplicative regulation; the resolution advanced on a 42-3 vote. The Senate also passed House Bill 4486, authorizing the State Capitol Preservation Commission to arrange a privately funded Gold Star Family Monument near the Capitol Square Arch, and approved several appropriations measures tied to ARPA interest or excess funds. These included Senate Bill 1130 for the University of Oklahoma Hospital Trust Authority’s Child Behavioral Health Project, Senate Bill 1131 for the Office of Juvenile Affairs’ Youth Services Program, Senate Bill 1132 for the Rural Hospital Rebuild Program, Senate Bill 1133 for Griffin Memorial Hospital replacement capacity, Senate Bill 1134 for the Human Performance Project and Pharmaceutical Expansion Project, and Senate Bill 1142 for grants to the Boys & Girls Club and YWCA. Most of these bills were adopted with emergency clauses after roll-call votes, with some members changing votes before final emergency passage. The Senate then announced committee meetings and adjourned until the next scheduled session.

Transcript Highlights:

• The water usage that was mentioned by Senator from District 18 and the electric use are big items for
• The electric use are big items for me as well.
• And Trico, which is my electric cooperative, is going to be the electrical company providing work at
• They are my electric co-op.
• Again, electricity, water, and the vote of the people are the most important.

Keywords: 1182, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Throughout June and July of 2025, the Commission worked with electric utilities and pole-attaching entities
• During this process, we learned that the two sides, electric utilities and pole-attaching entities, were
• concept of a hybrid rule that incorporated concepts from the FCC rule on pole attachments and the electric
• After extensive discussions, the pole attachers and electric utilities collaborated to develop a draft
• That group included Idaho's three major investor-owned electric utilities, the Idaho Cable Broadband

Committee: Senate State Affairs

Summary: Senate State Affairs began with a budget update from Senator Groh and Keith Bybee of Legislative Services. They discussed Idaho’s revenue outlook, tax conformity uncertainty, and structural balance concerns, noting that revised revenue forecasts were lower than expected due to softness in sales tax, income tax, and corporate tax collections. Bybee reviewed general fund growth trends, major budget drivers such as Medicaid, public schools, corrections, and other state-directed spending, and said the state still has substantial cash reserves but only a relatively small projected bottom-line cushion. Several senators asked about per-capita spending, population growth, Medicaid growth, and the effect of prior education appropriations. No budget votes were taken during this portion, but members emphasized caution and the need for a larger ending balance. The committee then considered the gubernatorial reappointment of Estella Zamora to the Idaho Commission on Human Rights. Zamora described her background in Idaho, her long service in the courts and on the commission, and her interest in continuing to serve. Senators asked about the commission’s caseload, with Zamora saying disability-related matters are common and that she did not recall immigration cases coming before the commission recently. The committee also unanimously approved the gubernatorial appointment of David Dean to the Idaho Endowment Fund Investment Board. Next, the committee heard and approved a pending rule from the Idaho Public Utilities Commission on pole attachments, implementing House Bill 180A. The administrator explained that the rule was developed through negotiated rulemaking with utilities and attaching entities and sets standardized timelines, non-discriminatory access requirements, make-ready work procedures, and dispute resolution processes to support broadband expansion. After questions about stakeholder input, including landowners, the committee voted to approve the rule docket. Finally, the committee took up three RS requests from Senator Brian Lenney: RS 3-2874 to eliminate the personal voter affidavit process, RS 3-2868 to repeal obsolete code related to the Idaho Women’s Commission, and RS 3-2970 to impose a 12-month moratorium on reappointing a gubernatorial appointee rejected by the Senate. All three RSs were introduced by committee vote, with some members noting possible future questions about the wording and effective date of the appointment moratorium. The meeting adjourned after a brief recognition of visiting county officials from Caribou County.

Transcript Highlights:

• Senator Rodriguez is with us, so we will take up Tab 2, Senate Bill 288, on rural electric cooperatives
• So we will take up Tab 2, Senate Bill 288 on rural electric cooperatives.
• electricity needs with affordability and reliability.
• Waving in support is Drew Love with the Florida Electric Cooperatives Association. Thank you.
• bills, that is the... ...utility bills, on the electricity bills, that is the concern.

Summary: The Committee on Regulated Industries met with a quorum and took up four bills. SB 288 on rural electric cooperatives was presented as a negotiated glitch bill to narrow statutory language so co-ops can choose generation and power purchases based on cost and reliability without exposure to special-interest litigation, while preserving consumer protections. A representative from the Florida Electric Cooperatives Association waived in support, and the bill was reported favorably. The committee then considered SB 364 on public accountancy, which was described as a modernization and efficiency measure to expand CPA licensure pathways without lowering standards. An amendment correcting a drafting error and restoring automatic mobility language was adopted without objection. Jason Harrell of FICPA waived in support, while one speaker appeared to discuss a utility issue unrelated to the bill. CS for SB 364 was reported favorably. Chair Bradley’s SB 200 on utilities addressed utility-scale solar decommissioning and storm protection plans. The bill would authorize counties to adopt solar decommissioning ordinances, direct DEP to develop best practices, and require the PSC to consider whether storm protection plan benefits exceed costs. County and AARP representatives waived in support, and the Small County Coalition spoke favorably, saying the bill was a needed step that did not restrict solar development. SB 200 was considered favorably. The committee also heard SB 126 on the Florida Public Service Commission, a strike-all bill focused on PSC reform and utility affordability. The amendment would add CPA and financial analyst expertise, require stronger PSC order support, tighten intervention standards, set return-on-equity and review criteria, require consideration of executive compensation and affordability, and direct the PSC to weigh risk from storm and cost-recovery mechanisms. PSC staff answered extensive questions about utility hardening, storm recovery, and rate-setting. Supporters said the bill would improve accountability and affordability, while others urged stronger enforceable affordability standards and restoration of the return-on-equity cap. Despite concerns, the bill was reported favorably as CS for SB 126.