Transcript Highlights:

• So today we will start with House Bill 2620. And this is with Liv.
• Madam Chair and members, House Bill 2620, appropriation.
• Let's move to House Bill 2079 with Becca.
• Madam Chair, members, House Bill 2229 appropriate.
• House Bill 2726, Access mild obstructive sleep apnea.

Summary: The meeting was a caucus review of a large slate of House and Senate bills, with staff giving short descriptions and members flagging a few concerns. Topics included veterans’ services and courts, child care grants, midwife medication authority, home- and community-based services funding, EMS reciprocity, prescription monitoring, electronic monitoring in care facilities, pregnancy resource center funding, mental health transportation, Access coverage for mild obstructive sleep apnea, school spending requirements, mobile home park training, local government investment pools, task order contract posting, tourism improvement areas, child welfare and kinship placement, neglect standards, family court evidence, prostate cancer cost sharing, assisted living hearings, manufactured home installer licensing, supervised parenting time, vulnerable adult trespass penalties, uranium contamination monitoring, a gas and petroleum refinery study committee, and state park fee exemptions for veterans. Several bills were described as unanimous or on consent, while others drew objections or were noted as controversial. Members raised privacy concerns about electronic monitoring in nursing homes, due process and rural capacity concerns about restricting police transport for mental health patients, opposition to pregnancy resource center appropriations, concerns about environmental review for power plant replacement, and questions about the Access sleep apnea mandate as potentially favoring vendors. Some bills were noted as having committee amendments, including changes to appropriations, eligibility criteria, reporting requirements, and definitions. No floor votes were taken in the transcript itself; instead, the chair repeatedly noted whether bills were unanimous, on consent, or had split votes in committee. The caucus also heard brief announcements about an upcoming breakfast with the CAP director, a Latino Caucus meeting, and an Affordability Award presented to Representative Volk, after which the caucus adjourned.

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• House Bill 2467 relates to fifth wheels.
• I'm here today in strong support of House Bill 2467.
• I'm here today in support of House Bill 2467.
• 2467 to the full House.
• 2467 to the full House.

Bills: HB2467 , HB2495 , HB2552

Committee: House Transportation

Keywords: HB 2467, fifth-wheel travel trailer, fifth wheel trailer, travel trailer, RV, recreational vehicle, trailer length, vehicle length limits, oversize vehicle, truck and trailer, tractor-semitrailer, semi-trailer, kingpin, Washington RCW, Department of Transportation, WSDOT, highway safety, commercial trucking, towing, motor home

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• Last House one. We've got HB 850 HD1 SD1, relating to condominiums.
• The Senate is prepared to adopt the House position, except we found a typo in the House position, so
• Then we can vote once we fix the typo from the House.
• So, just a green House position. Effective date upon approval.
• First on the agenda is Senate Bill 1365, House Draft 1.

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• No, it's House Bill 98. Bagley's bill. All right, Senate Bill 988. It's House Bill 98.
• I bring you House Bill 1032 by Representative Wally.
• The next bill is House Bill 989. Representative Boyer.
• Yes, House Bill 730. Representative Cruz couldn't be here.
• Is this House Bill? Is this House Bill 1244? House Bill 1244. Good morning, Mr. Chairman.

Summary: The committee met with four members present and approved the May 7, 2026 minutes. It then considered a series of transportation, motor vehicle, aviation, port, and memorial designation bills. Several measures were reported favorably, including HB 1086 on electronic titling and digital title transfers, HB 745 extending special tandem load permits, HB 1175 updating the definition of aerospace, HB 1108 creating a Homeschool Proud license plate, HB 722 changing reinstatement procedures so certain suspended licenses are restored once fees are paid, HB 1024 creating a Louisiana Democratic Party license plate, HB 1173 giving drivers on reinstatement payment plans a three-month grace period before late fees apply, and HB 98 imposing a $25 annual royalty fee on a retired legislators’ plate to help restore the Pentagon Barracks. HB 487, dealing with red-light overtaking and an added fine, and HB 1032, a technical cleanup bill aligning DWI/drug-impairment language, were also reported favorably. HB 1050, a CDL cleanup bill that adjusts age and testing provisions and removes outdated vision-waiver language, and HB 1192, creating a Louisiana Dental Hygienist Association plate, were approved as well. HB 989, which would have raised public license tag agent convenience fees, was supported by private tag agents but drew questions about fee parity and business impacts; it was reported favorably. A separate bill on driving school pricing and refunds was deferred and turned into a study resolution after the sponsor said more stakeholder discussion was needed. The committee also advanced several memorial and infrastructure measures. HB 401 designated the Lance Corporal Justin McLeese Memorial Bridge, with members speaking about his military service and sacrifice. HB 1081 moved the Louisiana Ports and Waterways Investment Commission under the Office of Multimodal Commerce for administrative support while leaving port boards independent. HCR 63 created a task force to study whether certain active-duty military personnel could operate federally owned vehicles on state highways without a civilian license. HCR 69 urged priority improvements to the Interstate 12 corridor, especially the bottleneck and interchange areas near I-55, citing safety and evacuation concerns. SCR 58 asked DOTD to review public-private partnership practices, using the Belle Chasse Toll Bridge as a case study and focusing on lessons learned for future projects. HB 1001 designated a portion of U.S. 190 as the Jesse Jackson Memorial Highway. HB 1218 named Highway 1090 the Lewis Pett Miramon Memorial Highway, with family members and supporters describing Miramon’s wartime service and role in building Slidell. HB 1172 designated a highway segment in memory of a 14-year-old hit-and-run victim, Kulin Carrier. One major policy bill, SB 514, was amended and reported favorably. It updates Louisiana’s aeronautics statutes, transfers responsibility for aeronautics activities and facilities from the DOTD secretary to the Office of Multimodal Commerce commissioner, and modernizes the law to align with federal aviation rules and new technologies, including advanced aviation and electric vertical takeoff and landing programs. Members asked about the lengthy amendments, fuel tax language, airport development reporting, and the Transportation Trust Fund, and the sponsor and DOTD explained that the changes were largely technical and intended to keep Louisiana eligible for federal aviation funding and compliant with current standards. The committee also heard extensive testimony on HB 1244, which would add a brain-injury designation to driver’s licenses and require law-enforcement training. The sponsor and advocates described how the designation could help de-escalate encounters and improve safety for people with brain injuries; the bill was reported favorably, with members noting it could also cover broader brain-injury conditions if medically certified. After that testimony, the committee adjourned without objection.

Transcript Highlights:

• I guess my question for you is, as being a former House member, do you like the House or the Senate better
• This is a companion to House Bill 2230, and this matches the version that passed out of the House.
• housing.
• I only see a former House member, always a House member in my heart, Senator Orwell.
• Families facing housing instability...

Summary: The committee held public hearings on five Senate bills focused on child welfare, homelessness, and developmental disability services. SB 5911 would stop DCYF from using benefits or funds of youth in extended foster care as reimbursement for care, require help obtaining and managing SSI/Social Security benefits, and raise the threshold for depositing conserved funds into protected accounts. Supporters said the bill would help young adults build financial stability and transition to adulthood; questions focused on payees, financial literacy, and housing uses of the funds. SB 5977 would require DCYF to publish reports on near-fatality reviews within 180 days, with confidential information redacted, and make them available to the legislature and public. Supporters emphasized transparency and accountability, while some testimony urged broader reporting windows, retroactivity, and clearer inclusion of overdose-related cases. The committee also heard SB 6024, which would streamline oversight of community residential service providers by limiting DSHS to one annual routine review in specified areas, combining review activities where possible, and reducing duplicate document requests. The sponsor and providers said the bill would reduce administrative burden and let caregivers focus more on direct care. SB 6184 would update Office of Homeless Youth statutes by aligning parental-notification rules for crisis residential centers, making the Housing Stability for Youth in Courts program permanent and statewide, expanding community support team eligibility, and revising Independent Youth Housing Program rules to allow transitional housing and direct flexible assistance. Testimony described the bill as a no-cost technical update that would improve access and clarify language. Finally, SB 5957 would expand the Homeless Youth Advisory Committee by adding members over age 25 with lived experience and representatives of disproportionately homeless populations, and would allow youth members who turn 25 during a term to finish serving. Supporters said the changes would strengthen lived-experience input and continuity. At the end of the meeting, the chair announced Friday committee was canceled, the bills heard that day would be eligible for executive session the following week, and amendment requests for Tuesday’s bills were due by 10 a.m. Monday, with posting by 4 p.m. Monday.

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• House file.
• </c> uh for House File 234 for Hutchinson. uh for House File 234 for Hutchinson.
• House File 874. thoughts on that bill? House File 874.
• </c> we're going to go to House File 1155. we're going to go to House File 1155.
• Um, House File 2344. time. Um, House File 2344.

Bills: HF604 , HF1972 , HF578 , HF1951 , HF629 , HF864 , HF874 , HF1155 , HF884 , HF2365 , HF643 , HF234 , HF2655 , HF2637 , HF2535 , HF2530 , HF2344 , HF584 , HF524

Committee: House Capital Investment

Transcript Highlights:

• The House will come to order.
• Speaker, of how House Republicans are working to lower housing prices.
• Speaker, of how House Republicans are working to lower housing prices.
• House calendar number 52, House House calendar number 52, House Resolution<07:07:03.760><c> 977.
• House.

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• The hour to which the House adjourned having arrived, the House will be in order.
• be scheduled for consideration by the House: the House bill amending the charter of the town of North
• Attleboro, House No. 5426, local approval received; and the House bill providing for the appointment
• House No. 5426, local approval received in the House bill providing for the appointment of associate
• : House 4231, an act relative to parking and parking...

Summary: The House took up several routine committee reports and local bills. The Committee on Rules recommended, and the House adopted, House Order 55-59 extending until Friday, July 17, 2026, the reporting deadline for the Committee on Education on House Order 55-59. The Committee on Steering, Policy and Scheduling also recommended two local bills for House consideration: House No. 5426, amending the charter of the town of North Attleboro, and House No. 5434, allowing associate members of the Tisbury planning board to fill vacancies on the board. The House suspended Rule 7A, gave both local bills second reading, and ordered them to a third reading. It then considered House 4231, an engrossed bill relative to parking enforcement in the city of Cambridge, and passed it to be enacted. The House also adopted an order to meet again Wednesday at 11:00 a.m. before adjourning. A Democratic caucus was announced for noon in Room A1.

Transcript Highlights:

• We have here House Bill 4454. House Bill 4454 addresses patient brokering.
• Now, I present to you House Bill 4638. House Bill 4638 by Dr.
• House Bill 2851 requires...
• House Bill 2844 fixes this.
• Yes, House Bill 1586.

Bills: HB 1106 , HB3284 , HB541 , HB713 , HB1403 , HB1586 , HB1942 , HB2070 , HB2844 , HB2851 , HB3151 , HB3749 , HB3940 , HB3963 , HB4454 , HB4466 , HB4795 , HB5154 , HB5394 , SB1357 , HB 1052 , HB4099 , HB4638 , HB5147

Committee: Senate Health & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:

• That's the time set for the hearing on the House Revenue and Taxation Committee, and House Revenue Tax
• First up today, we have House Bill 842.
• We do support House Bill 842. As Mr.
• Seeing none, the motion is to hold House Bill 842.
• It is to send House Bill 842 to the House floor with a due pass recommendation.

Committee: House Revenue and Taxation

Transcript Highlights:

• So that was in the uh the house bill.
• The Senate is agreeing with the House because the House has had a consistent reduction in the filing
• contested bill in the House.
• When you say we rejected an House.
• by other House committees and it has been heard by the House.

Summary: The meeting began with unanimous committee approval of amendment 2026-2021S to HB 2. Senator Lang explained the amendment corrected a drafting error so that $2.5 million in state funds, matched with federal money for a total of $5 million, could be spent during the biennium rather than lapse at the end of the fiscal year. The money is intended to stabilize Medicaid per diem rates for county nursing homes, and members agreed without objection to adopt the amendment and continue working from the bill as amended by the Senate. The committee then discussed HB 155 and a proposed amendment, 2026-201H, dealing with the business enterprise tax. The House side described the proposal as a compromise that would raise the filing threshold from $250,000 to $375,000 and create a trigger that would reduce the BET rate by 0.05% for each $100 million in combined business tax surplus, down to a floor of 0.25%. Senate members opposed lowering the rate at this time, arguing that tax relief should focus on the filing threshold, which they said would remove filing burdens for about 3,500 small businesses, and that rate cuts should be considered in a budget cycle rather than an off-year. Concerns were raised that one-time revenues, such as tax amnesty receipts or federal repatriation-related surpluses, could unintentionally trigger reductions. Representative Sweeney later offered a revised approach by moving the effective date of the trigger mechanism to January 1, 2028, and said he was also willing to carve out tax amnesty revenues or adjust the effective date to avoid using one-time funds. The Senate remained unwilling to agree to a rate reduction, though it expressed openness to raising the filing threshold further. The committee ultimately did not resolve the business tax issue and recessed to continue discussions at a later time. The final item discussed was HB 1102, concerning an increase in the research and development tax credit paired with changes to state park fees. House members supported the R&D credit increase but opposed tying it to higher park fees, citing concerns about tourism, especially at border parks, and noting that the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources had said it did not need the increase. Senate members defended the park fee changes as a fairness issue, arguing that New Hampshire residents should pay less than out-of-state visitors and that the department had not raised rates in many years. No vote was taken on this item during the discussion captured here.

Transcript Highlights:

• Question for the House. The question before the House is passage of House Bill 1002.
• Question before the House. The question before the House is passage of House Bill 1003.
• The question before the house is passage of House House Bill 1004. Okay. Prepare the machine, Mr.
• Clerk, please read House Bill 1. Mr. Clerk, please read House Bill 1008.
• The question before the House is passage of House Bill 1008.

Committee: All GIRLS STATE

Summary: The meeting was a Girl State House session in which members received procedural guidance on chamber rules, recognition, voting, and decorum, then moved through a series of bills. The first bill, House Bill 1001, would have prohibited over-the-counter diet pills from being sold or transferred to minors; supporters argued it would protect teens from eating disorders and misuse, while opponents raised concerns about medical exceptions and the age cutoff. It failed 42-55. House Bill 1002, allowing lottery winners to keep their identities confidential for a period of time, was amended during discussion to a three-year confidentiality period and passed 79-17 after a motion for immediate consideration. House Bill 1003, requiring schools to provide resources and courses on child labor/workplace laws and readiness, drew debate over whether it should be mandatory, what age group it should cover, and whether schools could support it; it failed 22-73. House Bill 1004, the Arkansas Head Injury Act requiring helmets and protective gear for motorized cycle riders, passed 94-4 after testimony focused on safety for riders, other drivers, and first responders. Members then considered House Bill 1005, which would require a year-long personal finance course before graduation to teach budgeting, taxes, credit, and related life skills. Supporters said it would better prepare students for adulthood, while opponents argued the material is already covered in existing classes and raised concerns about scheduling and implementation; it failed 35-60. House Bill 1006 increased the teacher classroom investment income tax deduction from $500 to $1,000, with supporters emphasizing teachers’ out-of-pocket spending on classroom supplies and student needs; it passed 97-0. House Bill 1008 sought to limit the number of national franchise businesses in an economic zone to encourage local entrepreneurship and protect small businesses, but opponents argued it could hurt jobs, limit consumer options, and was unclear in scope; it failed 23-69. The House then passed House Bill 1009, creating a voluntary blue envelope program for people with intellectual disabilities to help law enforcement interactions, after supporters said it could reduce confusion and improve safety; it passed 87-5. The final bill introduced before the transcript ended was House Bill 2010, which would increase the income tax credit for Arkansas families supporting a child with special needs; the sponsor began by sharing a personal story about her brother with Down syndrome and the costs families face, but the discussion was cut off before debate or a vote.

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> welcome them to the House. welcome them to the House.
• House stand in recess till 2:00 p.m. Let the House please come back to order.
• And that is House Resolution number And, uh, that is House Resolution 29. >> Mr.
• </c> on House Resolution 26. on House Resolution 26.
• The House stands in recess until 5:00 p.m. Let the House come back to order.

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• As with, let's see, House Bill 12 is a result of negotiations between the House and representatives of
• Senator, we're on House Bill 12. I'm sorry? We're on House Bill 12. Oh, okay.
• Is there anyone here in support of House Bill 12, which is a committee substitute, but from the House
• It may be important to note that House Bill 50, which is the social worker compact, I think is a House
• House Judiciary Committee substitute for House Bill 12. And the number is 0.234.052.1.

Bills: HB10 , HB12 , HB34 , SB130 , SM21

Committee: Senate Senate Health & Public Affairs

Keywords: physician assistants, interstate compact, medical services, licensure, cross-state practice, military families, regulatory authority, physical therapy, licensure compact, interstate practice, healthcare, military spouses, criminal background check, HB34, school nurse, school nurses, nurse licensure, charter school, charter schools, school district

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• House Bill 27.
• Madam Chair, I move it do not pass on House Bill 27, but it do pass on House Bill, on Commerce Committee
• substitute for House Bill 27.
• We have our House majority. Whoops. Thank you. For House Bill 96. For House Bill 96.
• know, we need housing.

Committee: House House Commerce & Economic Development Committee

Transcript Highlights:

• Welcome to the Alabama House. Welcome to the Alabama House. Welcome to the Alabama House.
• On page 62 of the calendar, House Bill number calendar, House Bill number calendar, House Bill number
• House resolution number 231 by the House House resolution number 231 by the House House resolution number
• House Bill Speaker. House Bill Speaker.
• I move that the House stand adjourned. House stand adjourned. House stand adjourned.

Bills: SB 1 , HB 500 , SB 1 , HB 1400 , HB 1094 , HB 365 , HB 1109 , HB 647 , HB 500

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• Bill 1157, House Bill 1158, House Bill 1159, House Bill 1160, House Bill 1161, House Bill 1162, House
• Bill 1164, House Bill 1168, House Bill 1169, House Bill 1170, House Bill 1171, House Bill 1172, House
• House Bill 1154, House Bill 1157, House Bill 1158, House Bill 1159, House Bill 1160, House Bill 1161,
• House Bill 1162, House Bill 1164, House Bill 1168, House Bill 1169, House Bill 1170, House Bill 1171
• House House Bill 1151, House Bill 1155, House Bill 1156, House Bill 1163, House Bill 1165, House Bill

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• District 47 and House District 51 before answering and House District 51 before answering the call to
• I move that the House recess subject to call.
• I move that the House stand in recess until 2:00 p.m.
• House stand in recess subject to call.
• And I need to thank them personally and on behalf of the House Um, personally and on behalf of the House

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• Chairman, I request unanimous consent that we pull the trailer to House Bill 793, House Bill 944, Senate
• House Bill 898 passed the House last Friday and was reported out of Senate State Affairs yesterday with
• I brought—I was the one that carried House Bill 898 on the House floor, and really...
• I brought—I was the one that carried House Bill 898 on the House floor, and really what this does is
• For the House, four ayes, six nays, zero absent.

Summary: The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee met with a quorum and first considered a trailer appropriation for House Bill 730, which changes how SNAP eligibility is determined. The committee heard that the bill would require $351,000 one-time from the General Fund for system changes in the Division of Welfare. One member argued the change was unnecessary because Idaho already has a low SNAP error rate and uses existing verification systems, but the motion passed in both chambers and received a do-pass recommendation. The committee then took up trailer actions for House Bill 898, moving the State Historic Preservation Office from the Idaho State Historical Society to the new Office of Species, Minerals, and Energy Coordination. Members discussed whether the move was requested by the governor and whether it would improve coordination and permitting efficiency; supporters said it would streamline federal review and the historical society director supported the move. The committee approved reducing the Historical Society budget by 12 FTP and $1,699,700, then approved adding the same staffing and funding to SMEC, and also adopted language exempting SMEC from certain transfer restrictions. Next, the committee considered Senate Bill 128, creating the Idaho High Need Students Fund for extraordinary special education costs. The analyst explained that the recommended one-time $5 million dedicated fund appropriation would also require a $5 million cash transfer, and that increasing special education spending could raise the state’s federal maintenance-of-effort obligation. The committee approved the $5 million appropriation and two transfers: $1 million from the Idaho Career Ready Students Program Fund and $4 million from the driver training account, all with do-pass recommendations. Finally, the committee revisited the Department of Fish and Game budget. After discussion of habitat projects, Good Neighbor Authority work, fisheries inflation, wolf depredation, communications, OITS replacements, and replacement items, a substitute motion that would have funded a larger package failed in the House, and the original motion passed instead. The committee approved a reduced Fish and Game budget package and adopted language directing the $200,000 wolf depredation enhancement specifically to wolf trapping. The meeting ended with brief discussion of the next day’s agenda and timing, including pending items such as rural health transformation and state police-related legislation.

Transcript Highlights:

• You are now recognized to present House Bill 3942. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
• Representative stairs, you are now recognized to present House Bill 2588.
• House Bill 2588 adds requirements to HOA boards to Be on a board of an HOA.
• You are now recognized to present House Bill 3306. Thank you.
• We have two Bills on the agenda: House Bill 4303 and House Bill 4311 by Representative Blair.

Bills: HB1245 , HB2588 , HB3024 , HB3172 , HB3279 , HB3919 , HB3306 , HB3383 , HB3431 , HB3435 , HB4352 , HB3883 , HB3942 , HB4193 , HB4203 , HB4303 , HB4311 , HB4484

Committee: House Government Oversight

Keywords: retirement, pension, public employees, Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System, benefits, survivorship, contribution rates, disability retirement, owners associations, membership requirements, property ownership, board governance, residency requirements, salary increase, state employees, public finance, bonus limits, job performance, Fair Banking Act, financial institutions