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• Welcome, everyone, to the Senate Judiciary and Rules Committee.
• an order in regard to that ruling.
• Committee, any questions for Senator Lakey? Committee, any questions for Senator Lakey?
• Chairman and committee.
• Chairman and committee.

Summary: The Senate Judiciary and Rules Committee first approved the gubernatorial appointment of Amy Anderson to the Commission of Pardons and Paroles, sending the nomination to the Senate floor with a recommendation for confirmation. The committee then heard and advanced three Senate Resource Statements from Senator Todd Lakey: RS 32894, repealing an outdated capital crimes defense fund provision; RS 32896, removing an obsolete mountain standard time reference in juvenile corrections code; and RS 33120, clarifying the Attorney General’s civil enforcement authority. Each was sent to print without opposition. The committee also took up the judicial council appointment of Michael Kennedy. Kennedy described his background, his service as a non-attorney member of the Idaho Judicial Council, and his view that citizen members help ask practical questions and keep the process grounded. Members asked about the role of citizen members and the judiciary’s proper constitutional role; no vote was taken on the appointment during this meeting. The main policy debate centered on Senate Bill 1232, Senator Tammy Nichols’ proposal to modernize Idaho’s Son of Sam law. Nichols asked to send the bill to the 14th order for technical amendments after consultation with the Attorney General’s office, and the committee agreed. The committee then heard Senate Bill 1233, the Constitutional Courts Act, from Senator Dan Foreman. Foreman said the bill would prevent Idaho courts from enforcing judgments based on religious or cultural law that does not conform to constitutional rights. Testimony was sharply divided: supporters argued it would protect constitutional supremacy and oppose Sharia law, while opponents warned the language was overbroad and could threaten references to common law, natural law, or religious history. A motion to send the bill to the 14th order failed, and the committee instead voted to send SB 1233 to the floor with a due pass recommendation. Finally, Senator Melissa Wintrow’s RS 3293, excluding photographs or images of deceased individuals from public disclosure, was sent to print.

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• ...receive a due pass recommendation and be sent to the Rules Committee.
• I move the bill receive a due pass recommendation and be sent to the Rules Committee.
• I move the bill receive a due pass recommendation and be sent to the Rules Committee.
• I move the bill receive a due pass recommendation and be sent to the Rules Committee.
• I move the bill receive a due pass recommendation and be sent to the Rules Committee.

Bills: SB5816 , SB5838 , SB5930 , SB5960 , SB5971 , SB6075 , SB6097 , SB6104 , SB6216 , SB6233 , SB6318 , SJM8015

Committee: Senate Agriculture & Natural Resources

Keywords: juice grapes, agriculture, commerce, state regulation, market access, tribal representation, natural resources, board of natural resources, environmental policy, community involvement, irrigation districts, director contracts, beneficial interests, transparency, governance, ungulate populations, wildlife management, habitat restoration, conservation, sustainability

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• I move that the bill receive a due pass recommendation and be sent to the Rules Committee.
• Committee.
• committee.
• I move that the proposed substitute A receive a due pass recommendation and be sent to the Rules Committee
• I move that the bill receive a due pass recommendation and be sent to the Rules Committee.

Summary: The Senate State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections Committee met on January 16, 2026, and took executive action on four measures before moving to public hearings on two bills. The committee held Senate Bill 5842 for further discussion, then considered Senate Concurrent Resolution 8406, Senate Bill 5825, Senate Bill 5863, and Senate Bill 5840. SCR 8406 would reestablish the Joint Select Committee on Civic Health and was advanced unanimously to the Rules Committee. SB 5825, which authorizes the Washington State Leadership Board to solicit gifts, grants, and endowments, was amended with a technical change and then advanced. SB 5863, extending the moratorium on destruction of Lakeland Village records and addressing access to certain historical records, also advanced without opposition. SB 5840, which changes campaign finance expenditure reporting schedules, was amended to adjust the implementation date to January 1, 2028 and then advanced after the committee waived the amendment publishing rule due to the short session timeline. The committee then heard Senate Bill 5827, sponsored by Senator Gildon, which would allow veterans to use a pre-discharge certification to claim civil service preference before receiving a DD-214. Staff explained the bill and clarified that the underlying qualifying discharge categories would remain unchanged. Senator Gildon said the bill was prompted by a constituent who could not access preference points before leaving active duty, and the Veterans Legislative Coalition testified in strong support. The hearing record noted 40 people signed in in favor and two opposed. Finally, the committee heard Senate Bill 5968, sponsored by Senator Krishna Dawson, which would codify and expand the governor’s executive order on permitting and licensing timelines, require agencies to publish processing deadlines, phase in coverage of all credentials by 2030, and authorize fee refunds if deadlines are missed. The sponsor and staff said the bill is intended to improve predictability, accountability, and customer service, while agency flexibility would remain through OIRA. Support testimony came from the governor’s office, cosmetology, labor, construction trades, ports, business, and the Department of Health, all emphasizing delays’ impacts on jobs, projects, and access to care. The Department of Health reported substantial recent reductions in licensing times and said it lacked authority to issue refunds without the bill. The hearing closed with 26 people signed in, including supporters and opponents.

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• Good morning, committee members, Madam Chair, Vice Chair, Ranking Member.
• Good morning, Chair, committee members. My name is Eric Bucick.
• Good morning, Madam Chair and members of the committee.
• Thank you, Madam Chair, and the members of the committee." "Minutes.
• Thank you, Madam Chair, and members of the committee. My name is Greg.

Committee: House Economic Development

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• Supreme Court rulings, and the rulings are coming down from the federal circuit courts below that.
• It's rules of procedure and practice.
• committee that looks like this.
• That was the ruling.
• That was the ruling.

Committee: Senate Senate Judiciary

Keywords: 996, all

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• </c><00:20:37.680><c> committee</c> be something that the rules committee be something that the rules
• > a</c><00:21:15.560><c> look</c> for the rules committee to take a look for the rules committee to take
• ><c> to</c> the Rules Committee to the Rules Committee to exempt<00:31:49.440><c> this</c><00:31:49.720
• So, the committee report has been referred to Rules.
• </c> Rules Committee hearing. Rules Committee hearing.

Committee: Senate Rules and Administration

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• House Concurrent Resolution 301 by the House Rules Committee, suspending Rules 47 and 55 of the Uniform
• Concurrent Resolution 302 by the House Rules Committee, authorizing the Senate and House...
• House Concurrent Resolution 302 by the House Rules Committee, authorizing the Senate and House of Representatives
• House Concurrent Resolution No. 302, by the House Rules Committee, authorizing the Senate and the House
• House Bill 3001, by the House Rules Committee by request of the Governor, entitled: An Act relating to

Summary: The House convened with a quorum, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and approved the journal and the prayer for the record. The clerk read gubernatorial messages calling the legislature into a third special session and describing the call around House Bill 381, a major natural gas project bill addressing property taxes, municipal taxes, AGDC, reporting requirements, contract approval, an alternative volumetric tax, municipal impact grants, and related provisions. Messages from the Senate reported passage of a Senate-amended version of HB 381 and transmission of Senate Concurrent Resolution 203 to suspend certain rules related to the bill. The House introduced HCR 301 and HCR 302. HCR 301, which suspends rules on carryover of bills into a special session, passed 40-0. The House then took up the Senate amendments to HB 381. The Majority Leader outlined the Senate changes, including new school funding provisions, reorganization and oversight of AGDC funds, a public project dashboard, stricter bond approval requirements, a heating fuel assistance fund, changes to the alternative volumetric tax structure and distribution of revenues, a permanent rather than sunsetted tax break, new deadlines tied to final investment decision and construction, and a new graduated income tax on certain pass-through entities. He urged members to vote no on concurrence, and the House rejected concurrence 12-28. Because the House did not concur, the Speaker appointed a conference committee on HB 381 consisting of Representative Schrage, the Majority Leader, Representative Edgmon, and Representative Ruffridge. HCR 302, authorizing the House and Senate to recess for more than three days, passed 40-0 after members stated the recess was intended to allow conference negotiations to continue and that the body would return on a time certain. The House also received two governor-request bills, HB 3001 and HB 3002, both referred to the Finance Committee. The House then excused several members for specified absences and adjourned until July 1 at 10:30 a.m.

Transcript Highlights:

• The Judiciary and Rules Committee reports that the Senate Journal, the proceedings of February 23, 2006
• February 23, 2006, the Judiciary and Rules Committee reports that Senate Concurrent Resolution 115 has
• The Judiciary and Rules Committee reports out Senate Bills 1308, 1309, and 1311 and recommends they do
• Senate Bills 1336 and 1337 will be referred to the Judiciary and Rules Committee for printing.
• Senate Bill's 1336 and 1337 will be referred to the Judiciary and Rules Committee for printing.

Summary: The Senate convened with all 35 members present, approved the previous day’s journal, received committee reports, and heard several introductions and page swearing-in ceremonies. Messages from the Governor and House were read, and multiple bills were advanced through first and second reading, including measures on education civics instruction, irrigation districts, state symbols, county jail prisoner costs, foreign laws, police dogs, hospital districts, driver training, agriculture license plates, and forest products commission procedures. On third reading, the Senate passed Senate Bill 1254, which amends the Chiropractic Practice Act to clarify that certain certified chiropractors may prescribe limited products such as vitamins, minerals, fluids, and epinephrine for administration in their offices. The Senate also passed House Bill 533, removing the vehicle registration sticker requirement; supporters cited cost savings and modern plate-check technology, while opponents raised law-enforcement concerns. Senate Bill 1258 also passed after debate over a new distillery license for qualifying agricultural producers, with supporters framing it as a rural business and agritourism measure and critics warning about liquor-law carve-outs. The Senate further passed House Bill 502, which moves Idaho Forest Products Commission rules and related provisions into statute, and House Bill 555, a rewrite of solid waste facility law shifting more regulatory authority to the Department of Environmental Quality and updating landfill oversight. Votes on these bills were largely bipartisan, with HB 502 passing unanimously and the others passing by comfortable margins. The chamber then moved to miscellaneous business, announced a deadline for amendments, and adjourned until the next day.

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• Speaker, your Committee on Judiciary, Rules, and Administration reports that we have read and approved
• It is the recommendation of the committee that all the pending rules be approved in their entirety, with
• Speaker, we, the Committee on Judiciary, Rules and Administration, report that we have printed House
• House Bill 579, by the Judiciary, Rules and Administration Committee, relating to justifiable homicide
• House Judiciary, Rules and Administration Committee will meet Wednesday, February 11th, at 1:30 p.m.

Summary: The House convened with 67 members present, approved the February 11, 2026 journal, and received several communications, including a temporary substitute appointment for Legislative District 19 and a Transportation and Defense Committee recommendation to approve most Idaho Transportation Department rules while rejecting one license-plate provision rule. The chamber also received notice that Governor Little signed House Bill 559 and committee reports on multiple bills and resolutions, including printing and referral actions for new legislation. During third reading, House Bill 540 passed 69-0, expanding juvenile corrections records protections to match those of the Department of Corrections. House Bill 541 also passed 69-0, broadening child enticement law to include 16- and 17-year-olds when the offender is at least five years older, with supporters citing online grooming and sextortion concerns. Senate Bill 1222 passed 69-1, clarifying that prior water-related law applies prospectively and defining subdivisions as five or more lots, and Senate Joint Memorial 108 passed by voice vote urging federal agencies to stop discouraging graziers from seeking wolf and grizzly depredation compensation. House Bill 569, a bill to expand water skiing rules and safety requirements for certain early-morning open-water skiing, failed 31-38 after extended debate over its scope and safety provisions. The House also advanced or held several other measures, including House Joint Memorial 12 and Senate Bill 1225, and announced upcoming committee meetings. The session ended with a motion to adjourn, which passed, and the House adjourned until 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, February 12, 2026.

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• their committees.
• Committee and appointing a member of this body to lead that influential committee.
• Rules will—let's see—the following committees... All right. Announcements.
• Rules will—let's see—the following committees for today, January 12th, will not be meeting: Rules, Federalism
• Natural Resources will meet at 10:30 a.m., or upon adjournment of the Senate Rules Committee of Reference

Keywords: 1182, all

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• My ask to the committee My ask to the committee today is to report out favorably on Somerville transfer
• Questions, committee? Thank you very much.
• Thank you, committee chairs and committee.
• Good afternoon, chairs and committee.
• Three communities in MAPC's region have proposed home rule petitions before this committee.

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Revenue

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Revenue held a public hearing on a series of bills focused largely on local-option real estate transfer fees and housing funding tools for communities facing severe affordability pressures. Testimony strongly favored bills for Somerville, Concord, Martha’s Vineyard, Nantucket, Chatham, and a statewide local-option transfer fee, with speakers arguing that high-end real estate transactions should help fund affordable housing, anti-displacement efforts, workforce housing, and related capital improvements. Elected officials and local housing leaders described rising rents and home prices, investor activity, shrinking year-round housing stock, and difficulty recruiting or retaining teachers, police, health care workers, and other essential employees. Several witnesses emphasized that the proposals would be optional for municipalities, could include exemptions for first-time homebuyers or seniors, and would direct revenue into local affordable housing trust funds or housing banks. Committee members asked questions about who would pay the fee and whether it could make housing less affordable, and supporters responded that the fees would be targeted at higher-value transactions and designed with local flexibility. For Somerville, the delegation and Mayor Katjana Ballantyne backed both a local home rule petition and statewide enabling legislation, saying the city has already used zoning reform, inclusionary zoning, and local housing funds but still needs a new revenue source to address displacement and investor-driven purchases. For Concord, Representative Carmine Gentile and Concord housing advocates supported a home rule petition and the statewide bill, arguing that a modest fee on sales above $1 million could generate predictable revenue for affordable housing production and preservation. One committee exchange focused on whether the fee would affect most Concord sales and whether it would be passed on to buyers; supporters said the policy was intended to shift costs toward higher-value properties and help leverage other funding sources. The committee also heard testimony on House 4105, which would redirect a casino-related revenue stream to the Healthy Incentives Program. Farmers, advocates, and residents said the current funding was originally intended to support horse racing but has not met that goal, and that the money would be better used to support Massachusetts farmers and food-insecure residents through HIP. In a separate bill, Senator Becca Rausch testified in support of Senate 268, which would create a state-level hostile learning environment complaint process for higher education institutions and potentially strip tax exemptions from colleges or universities found to have such environments; she cited anti-Semitic and transphobic incidents on campuses and argued that existing federal protections should be mirrored in state law. The hearing also included testimony on college tuition debt reduction legislation from Senator Michael Moore, who said the bill would allow a deduction for tuition and fees paid to Massachusetts public colleges and universities to ease student debt and support the state’s workforce. A major portion of the hearing focused on Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket housing bank proposals. Hospital, school, housing, planning, and municipal officials from Martha’s Vineyard said the island’s year-round housing shortage is harming health care, schools, and the local workforce, and urged approval of a housing bank funded by a local-option transfer fee. Nantucket witnesses made similar arguments, pointing to a very high median home price, a large seasonal housing stock, and the need for a dedicated revenue stream to preserve and create year-round housing. Supporters repeatedly cited the long-running success of the islands’ land banks as evidence that transfer fees can work without harming real estate markets. Senator Julian Cyr and Representative Thomas Moakley Luddy also backed the Cape and Islands transfer-fee bills, saying the region needs bold action and a sustainable local funding source to address its housing crisis.

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• Members of the Committee of the Whole, the committee is called to order.
• Committee.
• Yes, Rule 19A.
• Yes, Rule 18.
• It's in our rules. We are a part-time legislature. It's in our rules.

Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, a journal approval, and recognitions including the Doctor of the Day and guests. Members also adopted a proclamation honoring National School Social Work Week, with remarks emphasizing the role of school social workers in student mental health, crisis intervention, and family support. The chamber then moved through first readings and multiple Committee of the Whole calendars. On the first calendar, the House considered HB 2123, HB 2140, and HB 2144, all dealing with gold and silver or child support beginning at pregnancy. HB 2123 and HB 2140 were amended and recommended do pass; HB 2144 drew debate over paternity, genetic testing, rape-related pregnancies, and whether support should begin before birth, but it also received a do-pass recommendation as amended. The House adopted the Committee of the Whole report and engrossed those bills. On a later calendar, the House advanced HB 2492 on urban growth boundaries, HB 2875 with clarifying amendments, HB 2946 on housing affordability and construction costs, and HB 4115 and HCR 2051 on ballot initiative petition rules and disclosure. Supporters said those measures would improve transparency and ensure Arizona initiatives are driven by residents, while opponents argued they would make it harder for citizens to qualify measures and would burden direct democracy. The House also considered HB 2175 on hate-crime law, HB 2270, HB 2416, HB 2495, HB 2557, HB 2697, HB 2940, and HB 4010. HB 2175 prompted a failed attempt to add a Garcia amendment that would have included gender identity and removed political affiliation from the hate-crime statute; the House later adopted the Committee of the Whole report without that amendment. HB 2557 was described as a medical-records bill changing timing from calendar days to business days, and HB 2697 was explained as a Good Samaritan-style measure extending protections for expired opioid antagonists such as Narcan. HB 2940 drew substantial opposition from Democrats and health advocates who said it would cut people off SNAP and Medicaid/Access and could violate pension protections, while the sponsor argued it would reduce ineligible enrollment and save money; it still advanced as amended. HB 4010 also advanced as amended. In the final portion, the House took up HB 2324, HB 2573, HB 2601, HB 2876, and HCR 2004. HCR 2004, on photo enforcement, was amended to allow cities with photo radar to put the issue to local voters; supporters framed it as a compromise and a local-choice measure, while opponents argued photo enforcement saves lives and reduces speeding-related crashes. The House adopted the Committee of the Whole reports, then reconsidered earlier failed bills HB 2055, HB 2150, HB 2426, and HB 2755. The chamber also passed several third-reading bills, including HB 2264 and HB 2373, while HB 2413 failed. The transcript ends amid debate and voting on HB 2862, a sentencing bill involving crimes committed while wearing a mask.

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• The Committee on Rules reports.
• Report of the Committee on Rules: The committee reports recommending that the resolutions filed by Representative
• 12 to the Committee on Public Service.
• The rules are suspended. The question now is on suspension of Joint Rule 12.
• Report of the Committee on Steering, Policy and Scheduling: The committee reports recommending that the

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Summary: The House first adopted a Rules Committee resolution congratulating the Sport Fish Restoration Program on its 75th anniversary. It then suspended Joint Rule 12 to allow a Senate petition for a sick leave bank for Carlos Borges, a Department of Corrections employee, to be referred to the Committee on Public Service. The Steering, Policy and Scheduling Committee reported several local bills for consideration, including measures for Quincy, Arlington, Maynard, and Hudson. The House suspended Rule 7A, took the bills through second reading, and ordered them to a third reading. The bills included a Quincy lease extension, an Arlington town clerk appointment and management change, and additional alcohol license authorizations for Maynard and Hudson. The House also took up House No. 801, a bill relative to the town of Cheshire’s special election, and passed it to be engrossed. Finally, the House adopted an order to meet again Monday at 11:00 a.m., and then adjourned to that time in informal session.

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• Our home rule petition is Grafton's request, voted on at town meeting.
• I'm chair of the Groton Trails Committee.
• Thank you, Chair Rausch and Chair Barber and the committee.
• Thank you to the committee for accepting testimony on this matter.
• Good morning, Madam Chair and members of the committee.

Bills: H5113 , H5076 , H4972 , H4917 , H4700 , S2896 , S2961 , S2933 , H5141 , H5140 , H5139 , S2877 , H3920

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources

Keywords: Marion Stoddart, riverwalk, J. Harry Rich State Forest, Groton, Nashua River, Nashua River Watershed Association, Massachusetts Clean Waters Act, Department of Conservation and Recreation, DCR, trail designation, state forest, conservation, environmental recognition, commemorative naming, signage, public lands, toxic pesticides, Eastham, environmental regulation, local control

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• State your name and proceed with your testimony. rule making around here, and rulemaking rule making
• </c> before we go to the active rule making. before we go to the active rule making.
• of certain rule adoptions and amendments.
• It requires agencies to notify relevant legislative committees of certain rule adoptions and amendments
• People ask why I state gov committee.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• The Judiciary and Rules Committee reports that the Senate Journal, the proceedings of January 22nd, 2006
• Senate Concurrent Resolution 114 will be referred to the Judiciary and Rules Committee for printing.
• There is no... 14 will be referred to the Judiciary and Rules Committee for printing.
• The Judiciary and Rules Committee reports the Senate Joint Memorials 106-107.
• Senate Bill 1226 will be referred to the Judiciary and Rules Committee, and Senate Bill 1227 will be

Keywords: 989, all

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• To be reported by the Committee on Ways and Means with the recommended new draft, Senate No. 2900, on
• Duner, moves that the rules be suspended to consider the matter forthwith. Is there objection?
• Duner, moves that the rules be suspended to consider the matter forthwith. Is there objection?
• Duner, moves that the rules be suspended to consider the matter forthwith. Is there objection?
• Duner, moves that the rules be suspended to consider the matter forthwith. Is there objection?

Keywords: 1212, all

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• Conference committee report. Sen. Westlin, for those voting pursuant to Rule 40.7. Thank you, Mr.
• I would say the conference committee, as we heard, wasn't much of a committee hearing.
• I would say the conference committee, as we heard, wasn't much of a committee hearing.
• Members, this resolution will be referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. Now, Sen.
• Pappas, you are trying to Members, this resolution will be referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Members of the Committee of the Whole, the committee is called to order.
• Committee.
• Committee.
• I'm ruling on it. As he started, he has not stepped out. That is my ruling.
• It's in our rules. We are a part-time legislature. It's in our rules.

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• By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up H.
• They were in the Rules Committee last night.
• The VFW the rules committee last night.
• They showed up in the Rules Committee, filled up the Rules Committee hearing room yesterday to show their
• filled up the rules the rules committee, filled up the rules committee<02:58:32.720><c> hearing</c><

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, July 14, 2026, 1012, house, all