Transcript Highlights:

• We will not permit conduct that disrupts, disturbs, or otherwise impedes the orderly conduct of legislative
• Maybe I would have been able to access a permitted defense or a different sentence.
• While federal law prohibits the duplication or removal of CSAM from secure locations, state law still permits
• instance, disclosing to the defendant, a member of the defendant's family, or anyone else unless permitted
• instance, by disclosing to the defendant, a member of the defendant's family, or anyone else unless permitted

Summary: The committee heard several public safety and criminal justice bills. AB 837 by Assemblymember Davies would add ketamine transportation to existing drug trafficking law; supporters, including district attorneys and peace officer groups, said it would address a growing and dangerous drug trend, while opponents argued increased penalties do not reduce drug supply and can worsen health harms. The bill was approved on a due-pass-as-amended vote and sent to Appropriations. AB 352 by Assemblymember Pacheco would make threats against judges and court commissioners an aggravating factor in sentencing; judicial and law enforcement groups supported it as a response to rising threats, while ACLU and criminal justice advocates said existing law already covers threats and the bill is unnecessary. It also passed to Appropriations. The committee then took up AB 938 by Assemblymember Bonta, which expands vacatur and affirmative-defense relief for survivors of human trafficking, intimate partner violence, and sexual violence, including for some violent offenses. Survivors and advocates testified that the bill would allow people coerced into crimes to tell their full stories and seek relief, while district attorneys and sheriffs warned it could sweep too broadly and affect public safety. The chair and several members strongly supported the measure, and it passed as amended to Appropriations. AB 475 by Assemblymember Wilson would make prison work assignments voluntary and is tied to a broader effort to remove involuntary servitude language from the state constitution; supporters framed it as a rehabilitation and dignity issue, while one member objected to the premise and cited the defeat of a related ballot measure. The bill was voted out to Appropriations but left on call pending additional votes. Assemblymember Lowenthal presented AB 704, which would allow people convicted of low-level offenses before age 26 to petition to seal and destroy records after a waiting period. Supporters said the bill addresses the limits of expungement in the digital age and recognizes young adult brain development; prosecutors and police groups raised Brady/disclosure concerns and objected to treating 18- to 25-year-olds like children. The committee debated those issues at length before sending the bill to Appropriations. Lowenthal also presented AB 812, which would expand resentencing opportunities for incarcerated firefighters who serve on conservation fire crews; supporters emphasized rehabilitation, wildfire response, and reduced recidivism, and the hearing continued with support testimony and the start of opposition testimony as the transcript ended.

Transcript Highlights:

• If disconnected while presenting testimony, you may be allowed to continue if time permits.
• <00:12:53.720> continue<00:12:54.120> if<00:12:54.320> time<00:12:54.560> permits
• <00:12:55.240> please<00:12:55.440> note to continue if time permits please note to
• continue if time permits please note that<00:12:55.800> the<00:12:55.959> house<00:12:
• If disconnected while presenting testimony, you may be allowed to continue if time permits.

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The joint hearing of the House Committees on Tourism and Water and Land was held on March 20, 2025, on SB 1396 SD3 HD1, which would raise transient accommodations tax revenues beginning in 2027, impose a $20 per-night tax on stays booked through loyalty or rewards points, and dedicate funds to DLNR for natural resource protection, management, and restoration. The Office of the Governor, DLNR, DBEDT, the Hawaii State Energy Office, Tax Department, Hawaiian Home Lands, HI-EMA, the Climate Advisory Team, Hawaii Green Infrastructure Authority, HCDA, the Hawaii Ocean Legislative Task Force, Resource Legacy Fund, KUA, and the Hawaii Tourism Authority all testified in support or with comments, generally emphasizing the need for dedicated funding for environmental stewardship, resilience, wildfire and climate preparedness, and community-based projects. Several supporters cited polling showing broad visitor willingness to pay additional fees to protect Hawaiʻi’s resources, and DLNR and the Attorney General noted the bill aligns with broader state land-management and fire-safety priorities. Opposition came from the Tax Foundation of Hawaiʻi and the Maui Chamber of Commerce, which argued the bill unnecessarily raises the TAT, places more burden on visitors and visitor-dependent businesses, and could harm Maui’s still-recovering economy. The Activities and Attractions Association of Hawaiʻi initially marked opposition but then said it had misunderstood the bill’s relationship to another measure and asked to resend testimony. Expedia Group did not oppose the TAT increase itself but raised operational concerns about the new tax on loyalty-point redemptions, calling it novel and difficult to administer. The American Hotel Lodging Association and Hawaiʻi Hotel Alliance were listed as having no comments present. Testifiers also suggested amendments, including dedicating the revenues to a special fund, ensuring community grants, and clarifying administrative provisions. One testifier urged the bill be used to fund hurricane shelters and stronger building standards, while another emphasized that the measure should support people and disaster resilience as well as environmental protection. During questions, members asked for the polling methodology and for a breakdown of current TAT allocations; staff indicated they could share the survey memo and began identifying existing statutory remittances. No vote or final committee action was taken during the excerpted portion of the hearing.

Transcript Highlights:

• If attempted while presenting testimony, you may be allowed to continue if time permits.
• you may be allowed to<00:15:37.040> continuous<00:15:37.560> time<00:15:37.920> permits
• /c><00:15:38.920> uh<00:15:39.040> in<00:15:39.160> event to continuous time permits
• uh in event to continuous time permits uh in event of<00:15:39.639> a<00:15:39.759> network
• federal regulations and allow the state to issue a limited-term non-domiciled commercial learner's permit

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The House Committee on Transportation held a hearing on several traffic safety and transportation bills. HB 1163 would update commercial driver licensing rules to meet federal requirements and allow limited-term non-domiciled commercial learner’s permits and licenses; the Department of Transportation supported it as a fix to an FMCSA-identified issue, while Frank Schultz testified in opposition. HB 1166 would appropriate funds for the automated speed enforcement program; the Department of Law Enforcement, Oahu Metropolitan Planning Organization, and Edgardo Diaz Vega supported it, while Chad Taniguchi opposed and Frank Schultz offered support. The committee then heard HB 1231, which would prioritize photo red light cameras in school zones and direct related fine revenue to the Safe Routes to School fund; DOT supported the intent but cautioned against limiting placement decisions, Judiciary raised concerns about added court workload, and several advocacy groups and individuals supported the bill as a pedestrian and school safety measure. The committee spent substantial time on HB 1471, which would fund traffic-actuated signals, including leading pedestrian intervals and accessible pedestrian signals, and add a $5 vehicle registration fee for the Safe Routes to School special fund. DOT supported the bill with comments, saying its older signal controllers make LPIs harder to implement but that statewide upgrades are underway; the Department of Health also supported the safety and Vision Zero goals and said it is working with counties on public education. Testimony in support came from Hawaii Appleseed, Hawaii Bicycling League, Ulupono Initiative, Hawaii Public Health Institute, Path People for Active Transportation Hawaii, the Hawaii Self-Advocacy Advisory Council, and others, with one opposition noted among many supporters. Members asked questions about whether LPIs would address “beg buttons,” how red-light and speed-camera programs interact with county roads, and whether speed humps might be more effective in school zones. DOT explained that LPIs improve visibility but do not solve every signal issue, that newer adaptive signals use camera-based sensing, and that the department coordinates with counties and communities on crash mitigation and enforcement priorities. Officials also discussed the status of Safe Routes to School programs, noting that the federal program remains but is difficult to use and that the state program had been moved out of DOT; county coordinators and related coalitions were said to still be active. No votes or final committee actions were taken in the portion provided.

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• Senate and House of Representatives: Whereas Article 3, Section 3(c)(1) of the Florida Constitution permits

Summary: The House convened in special session after opening with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and the reading of Governor DeSantis’s proclamation calling the Legislature into special session from June 1 to June 3, 2026. A quorum was established with 96 members voting. No bills, resolutions, messages, or committee reports were on the desk at the time of the floor session. The Speaker announced the schedule for the special session, saying the State Affairs Committee would meet later that afternoon to consider the property tax bill and related policy, followed by the Rules and Ethics Committee that evening. The House then adopted a motion to receive reports, adjourn for committee and other House business, and reconvene Tuesday, June 2, 2026, at 9 a.m. or upon call of the Chair.

Transcript Highlights:

• President, if the rules permit, I defer to the senator from Lexington 33.13.
• The governor says in his veto message that this part he’s vetoing is not permitted under federal law.
• <04:25:22.080> under because it is not permitted under because it is not permitted under federal
• concealed carry to 18, expanding access to deadly weapons to individuals who are not yet legally permitted
• to purchase handguns and at a permitted to purchase handguns and at a time<04:58:25.840> when

Keywords: 958, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Senate Bill 655 provides some flexibility by permitting either the PEO or the client business to secure
• Senate Bill 655 provides some flexibility by permitting either the PEO or the client business to secure
• provides some flexibility by permitting provides some flexibility by permitting either<01:33:52.320
• And what better way to encourage strong political participation than permitting farmers to exchange their
• political participation than permitting political participation than permitting farmers<02:38:03.840

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Senator, well, the examples you gave came from jurisdictions where the local law enforcement is not permitted
• >> The example you gave out of Minnesota, they're not permitted in Minneapolis to actually assist in
• The example you gave out of Minnesota, they're not permitted in Minneapolis to actually assist in any
• c><02:45:20.160> law<02:45:20.319> still<02:45:20.560> only<02:45:20.880> permit
• still would the law still only permit still would the law still only permit seven<02:45:22.479><

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The bill as it stands requires an ordinary 110-volt plug. 3700 does not permit that.
• 23:03.120> to<01:23:03.360> be<01:23:03.520> used<01:23:04.000> while permit
• /c><01:24:39.679> 3700<01:24:40.480> does<01:24:40.719> not<01:24:40.880> permit
• <01:24:42.080> So volt plug. 3700 does not permit that.
• So volt plug. 3700 does not permit that.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• process for permit decisions. process for permit decisions.
• It's sort of a technical change, but it moves a permit decision into a department permitting decision
• And again, permitting decisions are currently appealable, but they're called enforcement decisions.
• And New Hampshire already permits the highest number of pet transfers in New England.
• <00:55:13.520> the And New Hampshire already permits the And New Hampshire already permits

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We're going to go through those, and I'll be real quick, permitting the area agencies on aging to give
• the area agencies on aging to permitting the area agencies on aging to give<01:09:16.080> them
• <02:50:33.680> this federal whe whether the feds permit this federal whe whether the feds
• permit this to<02:50:34.319> happen.
• Chair, if you'll permit me, I don't know that this isn't exactly responsive, but this is the program

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• committee asked Representative Kush from the Department of Health how many wastewater individual permits
• that work, and the response was that there are five or six engineers reviewing plans and building permits
• <03:22:56.080> does individual Wastewater permits does individual Wastewater permits does
• are like in the 500s building permits are like in the 5,000 5,000 5,000 but<03:23:48.520> I<03
• that are associated with those permits that are associated with those plans<03:24:13.359> um<

Keywords: 910, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• the agricultural or animal husbandry laws which Senator Pearl just referred to; conduct that is permitted
• And under number three, you have conduct that is permitted under the laws, customs, or practices of this
• <00:51:37.960> under animal conduct which is permitted under animal conduct which is permitted
• that is permitted under the laws<00:51:44.640> custom<00:51:45.040> or<00:51:45.240>
• three you have conduct that is permitted three you have conduct that is permitted under<00:54:11.200

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• It is hearing number SP 268, permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex under certain
• In essence, this bill permits the classification of individuals based on biological sex in laboratory
• The legislature finds also that permitting the classifications of persons based on biological sex serves
• of permits the classification of individuals<00:20:16.679> based<00:20:16.919> on<00:20
• also that permitting the classifications of<00:21:19.880> persons<00:21:20.360> based<

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• comprehensive infection control guidelines. 201 KAR 8:550 amends to change continuing education for permit
• continuing 201 KAR 8550 amends to change continuing education<00:04:03.560> for<00:04:03.760> permit
• <00:04:04.160> renewal<00:04:05.040> that education for permit renewal that education
• for permit renewal that requires<00:04:06.040> completion<00:04:06.640> of<00:04:06.720

Keywords: 0:06 - Roll Call 0:30 - Approval of Minutes 0:45 - OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL 2:08 - FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION CABINET - OFFICE OF THE CONTROLLER 2:55 - BOARD OF DENTISTRY 5:30 - BOARD OF OPHTHALMIC DISPENSERS 7:30 - BOARD OF NURSING 8:32 - BOARD OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES 9:30 - EDUCATION AND LABOR CABINET - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, OFFICE OF DISTRICT SUPPORT SERVICES 15:35 - CABINET FOR HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES, DEPARTMENT FOR PUBLIC HEALTH 18:44 - CABINET FOR HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES, OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL, HEALTH SERVICES AND FACILITIES 23:39 - CABINET FOR HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES, DEPARTMENT FOR MEDICAID SERVICES 1:01:46 - CABINET FOR HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES, DEPARTMENT FOR PUBLIC HEALTH, OFFICE FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS 1:03:46 - Next meeting/adjournment, 958, all

Summary: The committee first approved the minutes and then took up a series of administrative regulations from several agencies. Early items included Attorney General consumer protection rules on removal sales, health spas, liquidation sales, and nonresident sellers of visual aid glasses; Finance and Administration Controller rules on clearinghouse validation and fraud prevention; and Board of Dentistry rules updating exam requirements, controlled substance prescribing, training for neuromodulators and dermal fillers, infection control, sedation/anesthesia continuing education, and required education on pediatric abusive head trauma and controlled substance ingestion prevention. The committee also approved staff amendments on these items, generally to conform to KRS Chapter 13A, and members asked a brief question about the dentistry controlled-substances changes, which was answered as an alignment with statute. The committee next approved regulations for the Board of Ophthalmic Dispensers, Board of Nursing, and Board of Emergency Medical Services. The ophthalmic dispensers package would revise meeting and recordkeeping language, raise renewal fees, set reinstatement and apprentice-license rules, add complaint and hearing procedures, and repeal a duplicative regulation. The nursing regulations would streamline approval of training programs and require notice and documentation of site visits and deficiencies. EMS rules would create five EMS medical director certifications, set expiration and renewal requirements, require publication of disciplinary sanctions, and exempt currently approved directors before October 1, 2026. Staff amendments were adopted without objection on each set. The Education and Labor Cabinet’s school transportation regulation drew extended discussion. The agency explained the changes were intended to implement Senate Bill 46 and update references affected by later legislation, including an oral amendment to delete a subsection reference tied to KRS 160.380. The committee adopted both the agency and oral amendments without objection after brief questions about the scope of the bill changes and van transportation for students. The committee then heard a lengthy package from the Department for Public Health on WIC and related nutrition program regulations, including updates to infant and child certification periods, documentation requirements, vendor criteria, sanctions, hearing procedures, and high-risk vendor standards. Staff amendments were adopted without objection. Finally, the committee considered the Inspector General’s regulation for freestanding birthing centers, which included both staff and agency amendments. The agency changes would require two neonatal resuscitation program-certified staff, set rules for medical director vacancies and appeals, revise facility and staffing terminology, adjust transfer-agreement requirements, and allow waivers when agreements cannot be secured. Mary Katherine DeLodder of the Kentucky Birth Coalition testified in support, saying the parties had worked through concerns and were ready to move forward. The committee then moved on to Medicaid’s 1915C child waiver regulations, where staff amendments were adopted, but Lucy Heskins of Kentucky Protection and Advocacy testified against the package because it did not include person-directed services, which she said are required by Kentucky law and important for families using the waiver.

Transcript Highlights:

• regulation regulating the sale, purchase, ownership, use, possession, transportation, licensing, permitting
• regulation regulating the sale, purchase, ownership, use, possession, transportation, licensing, permitting
• purchase, ownership, use, possession, transportation,<00:14:37.040> licensing,<00:14:37.680> permitting
• regulation regulating the sale, purchase, ownership, use, possession, transportation, licensing, permitting

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The continued conference on House Bill 609 focused on reconciling House and Senate drafts dealing with firearms and other personal defense tools, local government preemption, and agency rulemaking. Representative Leyon walked through amendment 21107H, explaining that it narrows undefined terms, clarifies that the General Court has supremacy over local regulation, allows damages actions for violations of preemption law, and adds language limiting agency rules unless specifically authorized by statute. She also described a three-year sunset and a delayed effective date for new rules so existing rules could continue temporarily while the legislature considers any needed statutory carveouts. Members then debated the practical effect of the language, especially whether it would bar agencies from adopting internal employment rules or instead require those rules to come through JCAR and be tied to express statutory authority. Several examples were discussed, including state plow drivers, corrections employees, and other workers who may need to carry personal defense tools in the field. The committee also discussed a provision making a plaintiff a prevailing party if a municipality changes a challenged policy after suit is filed, and a clause stating that good faith or advice of counsel is not a defense, though it may be considered in mitigation. The discussion narrowed to the difference between the House approach, which some members read as an absolute prohibition on agency rules in these areas, and the Senate approach, which some members said would allow rules only when an agency can point to express enabling authority and JCAR can review them. Members agreed that the goal was to prevent agencies from adopting rules that conflict with the statute while still allowing legitimate safety-related regulations where the legislature has authorized them. The conference took a recess and later resumed with the chair stating the parties had reached an agreement in principle based on the latest Senate language, and Representative Leyon was asked to continue reviewing the draft line by line for remaining concerns.

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• Section seven permits the Commissioner of Commerce to obtain data from other state agencies that the
• Section<00:18:33.120> seven<00:18:33.520> permits<00:18:33.960> the<00:18:34.240
• > Commissioner Section seven permits the Commissioner Section seven permits the Commissioner of

Keywords: 918, senate, all

Summary: The committee met to walk through nonpartisan side-by-side comparisons of House File 4188, focusing on differences between House and Senate language across consumer protection, insurance, financial services, health, and technical provisions. Staff highlighted numerous Senate-only items, including rules for financial providers communicating through trusted contacts, virtual currency requirements for banks and credit unions, a prohibition on virtual currency kiosks beginning in 2026, mortgage servicing and student loan servicing changes, the Rental Home Marketplace Guarantees Act, insurance and travel-related provisions, scrap metal licensing changes, protections related to minors accessing chatbots and AI companions, and several technical or conforming repealers. Staff also noted that some provisions were identical or substantially similar between the chambers, including mortgage originator standards, student loan borrower protections, securities-related changes, unclaimed property provisions, and technical updates in the bill’s miscellaneous articles. The Senate-only health-related articles were also summarized, including repeal of the prescription drug affordability advisory council, technical changes to the reinsurance program, and a series of health insurance provisions on enrollment-growth notices, limits on officer and director salary increases under certain capital conditions, guaranteed issue rights for certain Medicare supplement enrollees, data-sharing between Commerce and Health, restrictions on using artificial intelligence alone to deny claims, reimbursement for clinical trainees, home care nursing coverage, and PBM transparency. The Senate’s telecommunications article was described as largely technical and conforming, with repeals of obsolete statutes. Staff also noted that some standalone bills had already passed and would be removed from the comparison report. Public testimony followed. Thomas Elness of AARP Minnesota supported inclusion of the cryptocurrency kiosk bill, expressed support for guaranteed issue protections for a narrow group of consumers affected by discontinued plans, and urged adoption of changes to the consumer protection restitution account, including raising the cap to $10 million per fiscal year. Representative Lee testified that the restitution account proposal should be treated as policy rather than finance because it has a zero fiscal note, and said the House would accept the Senate’s $10 million cap. Robin Rowan, representing the Minnesota Insurance and Financial Services Council and the U.S. Travel Insurance Association, urged adoption of Senate travel insurance language, requested a House-style change to lead-generation recordkeeping language, and supported a Senate provision allowing employers and insurers to coordinate notice to employees when group policies are cancelled. The Department of Commerce then responded to questions, explaining that the prescription drug affordability council would be sunset because the board already has other avenues for public input, that the reinsurance changes were technical and did not alter the prior agreement, and that the abandoned cryptocurrency provisions rely on statutory definitions of inactivity and known examples such as keys stored in safes or deposit boxes.

Transcript Highlights:

• The funding proposed in the governor's budget recommendations also permit the use of that funding to
• governor's budget<00:39:32.840> recommendations<00:39:33.800> also<00:39:34.120> permit
• <00:39:34.480> the budget recommendations also permit the budget recommendations also permit

Bills: HF4074

Keywords: retirement, pension, public employees, MSRS, PERA, TRA, St. Paul Teachers Retirement Fund Association, police and fire, correctional employees, probation officers, telecommunicators, dispatchers, 911 operators, public safety answering point, PSAP, firefighters, volunteer firefighters, paid on-call firefighters, fire relief association, state aid

Transcript Highlights:

• valid birth certificate, valid passport, valid photo ID issued by a government agency, valid work permit
• This bill authorizes a program to permit an election official trainee to be appointed as an election
• The strike-and-insert amendment makes technical changes only. ...program to permit an election official
• It essentially would permit a guardianship with the placement in lieu of a court finding that the parent

Keywords: 994, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• employee shall not knowingly sell, give away, or deliver any alcoholic beverage or knowingly procure or permit
• alcoholic beverage or knowingly procure alcoholic beverage or knowingly procure or<00:37:13.760> permit
• c> alcoholic<00:37:14.880> beverage<00:37:15.200> to<00:37:15.359> be or permit
• any alcoholic beverage to be or permit any alcoholic beverage to be sold,<00:37:16.560> given

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee first considered House Bill 774, the Cost, Fines, and Fees Reporting Act, which would require data collection and reporting on criminal and traffic-related costs, fines, fees, interest, and late fees in Kentucky. Vice Chair Decker said the bill is intended to improve transparency and accountability, not to change collection policy. A representative from Reason Foundation supported the measure, saying policymakers need reliable data on legal financial obligations. Representative Marzian asked whether the bill would help enforce collection, and Decker replied that it is only a study/data bill. During roll call, some members raised concerns about funding, but Decker said Kentucky Stats already has the staff and systems in place. The bill passed favorably with 18 yes votes, no no votes, and two pass votes. The committee then took up House Bill 542, relating to eminent domain and declared an emergency, and adopted a committee substitute before hearing testimony. The sponsor described the bill as the product of extensive revisions and said it was aimed at improving notice, communication, transparency, and fairness in condemnation proceedings. He said property owners would have to be notified by certified mail or hand delivery, with sworn proof if delivery failed, and that condemning authorities could not make false or misleading statements during negotiations. A guest, Stephanie Barnett, described problems in her own eminent domain experience, including notices going to the wrong address and learning after the fact that people had been on her property. Members generally supported the bill as a fairness measure. It passed the committee substitute unanimously, 20-0. Finally, Representatives Flannery and Whitaker presented House Bill 563, a DUI-related measure intended to reduce deaths and injuries caused by repeat drunk drivers. They said the bill would apply to a fourth DUI offense within 10 years and would place a two-year restriction on alcohol sales, marked on the person’s license or ID, with the goal of both public safety and encouraging treatment. Flannery cited the death of his mother by a repeat drunk driver and shared statistics on fatal crashes and the economic costs of drunk driving. The committee began discussion on the bill, but the transcript cuts off before any vote or final action is shown.

Transcript Highlights:

• A community solar garden cannot advance unless they have the permit and the land first and foremost.
• unless<00:51:27.160> they<00:51:27.320> have<00:51:27.800> the<00:51:27.920> permit
• <00:51:28.560> and<00:51:28.720> the<00:51:28.840> land unless they have the permit
• and the land unless they have the permit and the land first<00:51:29.560> and<00:51:29.680>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all