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• An act removing the seating capacity requirements of licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages to
• An act authorizing municipalities to opt in to a temporary pilot to extend hours of liquor licenses and
• Licensees with on-premises alcohol consumption licenses to extend operating hours by one hour.
• Not everybody has a 2 a.m. license and goes till 3.
• Whatever the license is, you have one extra hour.

Summary: The House first adopted several resolutions from the Committee on Rules, including congratulations to four Eagle Scouts and recognition of Sturbridge on the 250th anniversary of the United States. The chamber then took up a series of bills reported by Ways and Means and other committees, repeatedly suspending the rules to move them forward. These included the Massachusetts Consumer Data Privacy Act, a Fall River land conveyance bill, a Belmont alcohol licensing bill, a Reading senior property tax exemption bill, and a Linfield funding transfer bill, with each measure advancing by amendment or being passed to a third reading or engrossment. A major portion of the session focused on the Massachusetts Consumer Data Privacy Act, with multiple members speaking in support. Supporters described the bill as a broad consumer privacy framework that would limit data collection, require consent for sensitive data, ban the sale of precise location data, restrict targeted advertising to minors, create consumer rights to access, correct, delete, and opt out of data uses, and provide enforcement tools for the Attorney General and, in limited cases, a private right of action. Several members emphasized protections for reproductive health, immigrant communities, and neural data, while others argued the bill would not burden small businesses and would instead hold large data holders accountable. The House adopted the Ways and Means amendment and ordered the bill to a third reading, then later passed the bill to be engrossed and enacted. The House also considered and enacted Senate 2563, a bill updating language in the laws concerning individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Members described the measure as removing outdated and offensive terminology and replacing it with person-first language without changing substantive law. After debate, the House adopted an amendment, passed the bill to be engrossed, and then enacted it by roll call. In addition, the House enacted the fiscal year 2026 supplemental appropriations bill, House 5470, and approved a bill extending deadlines for Middleton and Milton, both by roll call votes with no opposition. Later, the House took up a temporary summer 2026 local-option pilot allowing municipalities to extend liquor license hours and permit public consumption in designated districts. Supporters framed it as an economic development and tourism measure tied to major upcoming events, and the House adopted an amendment, passed the bill to be engrossed, and then concurred with the Senate version. The session ended with the House adopting an adjournment order and adjourning to meet again the following Monday in informal session.

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• It just establishes a vehicle.

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• the road or on the sidewalks as a motorist, pedestrian, or cyclist, or as owners of some of these vehicles
• that focuses on reducing crashes and protecting everyone on the road, this makes it clear which vehicles
• This micromobility policy strikes the right balance between providing access to these vehicles and protecting
• fiscal years, that's House No. 5569; and an act authorizing the town of Milton to grant additional licenses

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• House Bill 1526, snack bar liquor licenses. Hearing no objection, so ordered.
• Limited equity co-ops are a vehicle that does exist in current law, and they allow someone to come in
• this would just exempt them from WakaIowa, because it can be argued that WakaIowa is not the right vehicle
• And in committee, WakaIowa is not the right vehicle for these particular types of limited equity co-ops

Bills: HB1160 , HB1289 , HB1339 , HB1798 , HB1065 , HB2125 , HB2134 , HB2140 , HB2185 , HB2191 , HB2205 , HB2245 , HB2283 , HB2343 , HB2406 , HB2501 , HB1544 , HB1834 , HB2188 , HB2206 , HB2478 , HJM4012 , HB1104 , HB1152 , HB1254 , HB1443 , HB1982 , HB2006 , HB2297 , HB2322 , HB2329 , HB2379 , HB2388 , HB2399 , HB2462 , HB2495 , HB2544 , HB2551 , HB2636 , HB2192 , HB2262 , HB2298 , HB2351 , HB2401 , HB2442 , HB2593 , HB2661 , HB1496 , HB1898 , HB2095 , HB2157 , HB2225 , HB2311 , HB2325 , HB2552 , HB1343 , HB1634 , HB1707 , HB2361 , HB2389 , HB2410 , HB2468 , HB2521 , HB2619 , HB2720 , HB1295 , HB1591 , HB2092 , HB2168 , HB2176 , HB2248 , HB2255 , HB2281 , HB2438 , HB2590 , HB2610 , HB2650 , HB2685 , HB1526 , HB1960 , HB2236 , HB2364 , HB2416 , HB1073

Summary: The House convened with a quorum, approved the prior day’s minutes, received a Senate message that Senate Bill 5489 had passed the Senate, and then took up several House bills on second and third reading. The main debate centered on Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2442, which would give local governments more flexibility to use certain local tax tools for public health clinics, housing, veterans’ assistance, and related purposes. Members offered and voted on multiple amendments, including proposals to require voter approval for tax increases and to strip out or narrow several tax authorizations; some amendments were adopted, including technical and limiting changes, while others were rejected. The bill ultimately passed the House 53-44. The House then passed Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1295, a literacy bill aimed at expanding evidence-based reading instruction and teacher training. Members described it as a long-overdue effort to improve reading outcomes, with supporters citing low grade-level reading proficiency and the need for scientifically based methods; a technical grammar amendment was adopted, and the bill passed 96-1. The chamber also passed Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 2636, creating a steering committee and JLARC review process to examine school district regulations and unfunded mandates, with broad support and no opposition in the final vote. Other measures passed included Substitute House Bill 2650, making administrative changes to local tax notification and effective-date procedures, and Second Substitute House Bill 2590, which exempts limited equity cooperatives from certain common-interest-community requirements to support affordable housing. House Bill 2610 also passed, allowing nonprofit housing providers to use property for interim community purposes without losing tax benefits, and Substitute House Bill 2343 passed unanimously to require publicly operated facilities to follow the same water-quality discharge rules as private facilities, prompted by concerns about nitrate contamination linked to a state game farm in Centralia. The House also passed Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2225, regulating AI companion chatbots; amendments added public disclosure of crisis referrals, but a proposal to remove the private right of action failed. The bill passed 69-28 after supporters emphasized child safety and opponents raised concerns about litigation and privacy. The House then adjourned to caucus.

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• collections are beginning to decline that's being driven primarily by fuel efficiency, not by electric vehicles
• You guys are all experienced and heard in the news about commercial motor vehicle drivers And CDL licenses
• We designed how many lanes a highway has based on how many passenger vehicles there are, right?

Committee: House Appropriations and Budget

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• Just wondering, we implemented boating licenses for folks to drive boats probably, I don't know, five
• approved applications are because, to qualify for the sales tax exemption, the improvement to the vehicle
• Whether each of these Whether each of these grants and each of these improvements to vehicles is actually
• This exemption that we're evaluating for vehicles works a little bit differently, but again, the metrics

Summary: The Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee met on September 17, 2025, in hybrid format. After roll call, the committee initially lacked a quorum and deferred approval of the July 15 minutes until Representative Berg arrived; the minutes were then adopted. Members also discussed the proposed 2026 JLARC meeting schedule, including possible changes to address crowded July meetings and the annual tax exemption review workload. Staff presented the annual lodging tax expenditures report, noting that 213 municipalities received distributions in 2024, with 91% reporting compliance, $114 million awarded for more than 1,700 activities, and no independent verification of the self-reported data. Several members questioned the value and usefulness of the report, and the executive committee indicated it may recommend removing the statutory reporting requirement. The committee then heard the preliminary performance audit of the Office of Privacy and Data Protection, which found the office meets its statutory responsibilities and has high user satisfaction, but recommended updating the statute to better match the office’s current capacity and focus and improving performance measures to reflect long-term privacy outcomes rather than outputs. Members asked about FERPA and other federal privacy laws, and OPDP staff said they provide general privacy training and consultation but not law-specific training unless requested. The committee adopted the final report on Washington State recreational boating programs without recommendation, after staff reported that boating revenues support both general government and boating activities and that no participating agencies submitted formal comments. Members asked about boater safety education and possible overlap among the six agencies involved; Parks staff said education has reached more than 500,000 boaters and that fatalities and incidents have declined. The committee also reviewed planned study questions for a JLARC review of Labor and Industries’ enforcement of farm worker laws, with members raising scope questions about the term “farm worker” versus “agricultural worker,” and for DNR’s Eastern Washington sustainable harvest calculation, which JLARC will review as DNR completes its recalculation. Finally, staff outlined the 2026 tax preference performance reviews covering seven preferences, and members asked about racial equity, environmental impacts, disclosure of beneficiary savings, and how the reviews will measure effectiveness; the meeting adjourned before noon.

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• </c> needed the licensers involved. needed the licensers involved.
• </c><01:53:13.280><c> holders</c> We are individual license holders We are individual license holders
• I'm a licensed psychologist.
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Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

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• The Arizona Pharmacy Association is a professional organization representing Arizona licensed pharmacy
• The Arizona Pharmacy Association is a professional organization representing Arizona licensed pharmacy
• SB 1286, veterinary visits; SB 1416, missing, kidnapped children; SB 1549, ultralight vehicles; SB 1602

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• At which stage would an individual have their license suspended for failing to report to the court clerk's
• We're anticipating striking the driver's license suspension language from the bill. Thank you.
• the goal is to modernize the statute, ensuring inspections are conducted efficiently on salvage vehicles

Bills: HB2650 , HB3277 , HB3386 , HB3419 , HB3430 , HB3742 , HB3791 , HB3835 , HB3905 , HB3968 , HB4119 , HB4153 , HB4408

Committee: House Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight

Summary: The committee considered a series of House bills dealing with criminal justice, courts, public safety, housing, and related administrative issues. Early measures included HB 3419, which would extend penalties for sharing bid information before public release and bar violators from contracting with the state or its subdivisions, and HB 4153, which reinstates a repealed driver-qualification statute and updates it to include service in Oklahoma. Members also advanced HB 3430 on court costs, fines, and fee collection, though it drew concerns about terminology, collection practices, and whether it conflicted with earlier reform efforts; the Oklahoma Sheriffs Association testified that the bill would not authorize incarceration absent willful nonpayment and that collection fees have long been set at 20%. The committee also approved HB 3791, a health-care-for-minors bill worked out with the DO and MD boards, and HB 4119, a cleanup measure on VIN inspections for salvage vehicles. HB 4408, a LOFT request bill tied to calculating savings from State Questions 780 and 781 and directing funds to the Community Safety Investment Fund, was presented as a zero-fiscal-impact technical fix after court and DOC data issues were resolved. HB 3905 would allow judges to order GPS monitoring for certain stalking and domestic-violence-related defendants, with the victim able to receive proximity alerts; members questioned the scope of victim notification and the fact that the bill applies in civil VPO proceedings as well as criminal cases, but it was advanced. Later, HB 3968 was presented as codifying a Supreme Court decision, though members raised a late-added fiscal note and possible ODOT/OTA issues; the bill was still passed out of committee, with discussion of striking title on the floor if needed. HB 3835 would create a path for trafficking survivors to seek relief from convictions tied to their victimization, and HB 3386 would require mediation in eviction cases involving minor children; that bill prompted extensive debate over whether it created an affirmative defense, potential Fair Housing Act concerns, and whether it shifted costs to landlords, with the author agreeing to strike title and revise the language. The committee also advanced HB 2650 on summary administrations in probate and HB 3742, a negotiated criminal discovery bill, after adopting a small amendment limiting certain recordings to those directly related to the case and changing “approximate” to “appropriate.”

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• whether it just simply be that they’re prohibited there and whether the student then keeps it in their vehicle
• level... training program at the Master's level, pass the board of certification examination, hold a license
• The bill would fund the MSTEP funds to provide eligible licensed athletic trainers up to $7,500 a year

Bills: SB92 , HB9 , HB9

Committee: House Education Policy

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• Engrossed Committee Substitute for House Bill 4577, relating to driver's licenses.
• This bill directs the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles to enter into reciprocal agreements with the Republic
• of Ireland and Japan, providing for the recognition of driver's licenses from those countries in West
• Virginia and for the recognition of West Virginia driver's licenses in those countries.
• that provides the proprietary information provided to the Insurance Commissioner as part of the licensing

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• </c> of vehicle moving forward. of vehicle moving forward.
• </c><00:53:42.240><c> to</c> and and pay for uh, the license to and and pay for uh, the license to continue
• There's a suite license repeal, the collegiate seating repeal, and the amenities repeal.
• There's a suite license repeal, the collegiate seating repeal, and the amenities repeal.
• >> Um, it says for these, uh, the licenses, right? To buy the season tickets.

Bills: HF4234 , HF3697 , HF1183 , HF4738

Committee: House Taxes

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• They don't Have an applicator's license and they're spraying it left and right all over Taos.
• Chair, you don't have to be Licensed to be a beekeeper, or you do.
• Madam Chair, Representative, you do not have to be licensed to be A beekeeper.
• You may hear this referred to as V2G (Vehicle-to-Grid). or vehicle to.
• during the next license year.

Committee: House Water & Natural Resources Committee

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• I hope that this is another vehicle to keep our young people and everyone, so to speak...
• We do accept out-of-state licenses.
• The term used tangible personal property shall not include motor vehicles, trailers, boats, or outboard
• That wants to have a tobacco license, this is not going to be zoned for that. Okay.
• We're getting killed every time you go to get your license plate.

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• So I'm looking at the notes and I do have a contractor's license and play in this arena a little bit.
• Myself, I'm there at New Mexico Junior College, been there for 25 years on multiple license GB 98, MM
• I hope the regulation and licensing department digitize all of their applications, over 550,000 license
• types and issued licenses.
• Was that, were these people not allowed to get a license or what was the concern? Mr. Moss: Mr.

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• Interpretation, but they don't have to be certified or licensed.
• Without licensed or certified interpreters.
• On how the case goes, including extensive license suspensions.
• Certified or licensed, as opposed to being able to communicate to the defendant in a way that they'll
• Junked vehicles, substandard buildings, and I forget what the third one is, but it's just for those.

Bills: HB 1239 , HB1990 , HB1748 , HB1749 , HB2578 , HB2986 , HB1970 , HB3163 , HB2733 , HB1922 , HB 113 , HB 1088 , HB1938 , HB3004 , HB2637 , HB2960 , HB113

Committee: House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

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• Without an export license.
• Abraham Lincoln didn't have a law license, whatever.
• I hope to establish that licensing board.
• When you go to access or you sign for your driver's license, license plate, the system captures the last
• When you go to access or you sign for your driver's license, license plate, the system captures the last

Bills: SB1003 , SB1060 , SB1134 , SB1275 , SB1327 , SB1429 , SB1618 , SB1634 , SB1654 , SB1803 , SCR1002 , SCR1005 , SCR1023 , SCR1027

Committee: House Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections

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• and see what happens with the other bill, and then if there is more work needed, we have this as a vehicle
• The vote was 15 to 3, and the motion passed. as a vehicle going forward to make as a vehicle going forward
• </c><02:20:33.319><c> needs</c><02:20:33.560><c> to</c><02:20:33.680><c> be</c><02:20:34.200><c> licensed
• </c> Roof the facility needs to be licensed Roof the facility needs to be licensed but<02:20:35.319><
• it has to be an option for not licensed it has to be an option for them<02:21:57.920><c> they</c><02

Committee: House Health, Human Services & Elderly Affairs

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• I do own a license here in town.
• I'm in the industry; I am in compliance and licensing in the cannabis industry.
• These are products for sale by licensed businesses in New Mexico right now.
• I have to give them my driver's license.
• I believe that they're recording license plates.

Bills: HB294 , SB40 , SB43 , SB35

Committee: House House Judiciary

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• account this would electric vehicle account this would enable<00:06:40.800><c> admin</c><00:06:41.199
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• vehicle sales tax, and that's not to fund a State Patrol headquarters.
• vehicle sales tax, and that's not to fund a State Patrol headquarters.
• vehicle sales tax, and that's not to fund a State Patrol headquarters.

Committee: Senate Capital Investment