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• Code right now, or do we have to make any changes to Century Code to give you the authority to do some
• Current Century Code, everything you've discussed with us this morning is that. current century code
• Non-transport revenue.
• Treat no transport.
• This section one allows the State Investment Board... Section 1 allows the State Investment Board.

Summary: The committee was called to order, a quorum was established, and the minutes from the prior meeting were approved. The first major presentation came from Montana Public Employees Retirement System executive director William Hollahan, who gave an overview of Montana’s Volunteer Firefighters’ Compensation Act plan. He explained that the plan covers volunteer firefighters in unincorporated areas, is funded by 5% of state fire insurance premium taxes, and currently serves 228 departments with about 2,936 active members and 1,242 retirees. He described eligibility rules, annual training and reporting requirements, benefit levels for partial and full pensions, disability, death, medical, and funeral benefits, and said the plan is actuarially sound with roughly $60 million in assets and a funded ratio slightly above 100%. Committee members asked about prior-service credit, whether EMS personnel are included, the effect on recruitment and retention, and whether expanding coverage would require a funding analysis; Hollahan said prior service is not credited, EMS is not currently included, and any expansion would need financial review. Tim Walleen of Workforce Safety and Insurance then presented a draft North Dakota workers’ compensation solution for volunteer firefighters and volunteer EMS personnel. He explained that volunteer responders are already covered by workers’ comp for medical and wage-loss benefits, but the proposal would set a minimum annual wage of $30,000 for calculating wage-loss benefits for qualifying volunteers, with the benefit paid at two-thirds of that amount. Representative Porter suggested tying the volunteer definition to existing code rather than a fixed dollar amount, and Walleen agreed. Questions focused on whether search and rescue or other volunteer emergency services could be included, whether departments would face new paperwork, and whether volunteer organizations can already elect coverage; Walleen said there would be no additional paperwork and that volunteer coverage is already available. The committee also heard from volunteer fire service representatives and the state fire marshal. An Oakes-area firefighter, Mr. Olson, testified that small departments are struggling with retention, communication, and administrative burdens, especially around separate bookkeeping and funding rules for donated or fundraising money, and he said departments need clearer guidance from the state. State Fire Marshal Dr. Matthew Clark introduced himself and outlined a broader effort to improve education, support, and coordination for fire departments, including a planned 10% audit of certificates of existence beginning in 2027, more outreach through his office, and better assistance with training, reporting, and grant access. He said his office is authorized under current law to provide these services, but the role has been vague and underused. Finally, Arnagard Rural Fire District Chief Rick Schreiber testified in favor of new recruitment and retention ideas, including retirement-style benefits, health insurance, tax incentives, scholarships, grants, and more remote or regional training. He said volunteer departments are losing members, that local tax and donation funds are already stretched, and that any new retirement or incentive program should be sustainable and likely involve a mix of state and local support.

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• code proposal packages.
• The bottom picture shows our current code until the next 2025 code.
• The national energy code, which is far less... 2025 building and energy codes.
• energy code at all.
• The Porter-Cologne Act, which governs the Bay Delta Plan, specifically Water Code Section 13241, even

Summary: The Assembly Select Committee on Regulatory Authority held its first hearing to examine how California’s regulatory framework affects housing availability and affordability. Chair Pacheco and Assembly Member Haney framed the discussion around the state’s housing shortage, rising costs, and the need to reduce unnecessary delays and burdens while still protecting public health, safety, and environmental goals. The first panel included housing policy experts and industry representatives, who argued that overlapping state and regional rules, complex code requirements, utility delays, and lengthy review processes add substantial cost to new housing. Bill Fulton described California’s land use system as a “big Rubik’s Cube” of competing goals, while CBIA’s Chris Ochoa and Bob Raymer urged more attention to affordability impacts in code adoption and state agency rulemaking. The Bay Area Council’s Louis Marante called for a statewide cost target for housing and stronger accountability for state agencies, citing project review delays, regulatory costs, and indirect impacts from water, stormwater, and transportation policies. State agency witnesses generally defended their roles as balancing housing with other statutory mandates. HCD said its enforcement of housing element law, streamlining statutes, and technical assistance has helped increase production, reduce entitlement times, and approve tens of thousands of homes that might otherwise have faced discretionary review. CARB said SB 375 does not regulate local land use or reduce housing supply, and that sustainable community strategies are planning tools that could support housing if fully implemented. The Coastal Commission said it has worked with local governments to streamline coastal housing approvals, approve density bonus and ADU ordinances, and support legislation to exempt some affordable housing from coastal permits, while still protecting coastal resources and sea-level-rise hazards. The Energy Commission said its building energy standards are required by statute to be cost-effective and save consumers money over time, though they can add some design complexity and upfront cost. Other agencies emphasized collaboration and early engagement as the best way to reduce delays. Fish and Wildlife said its mission is to protect California’s natural diversity and that better early coordination with developers can improve outcomes. DTSC said brownfield cleanup and vapor intrusion review are necessary to protect public health, but that early engagement, workshops, and site-specific approaches can help projects move forward; it also noted grant funding supporting affordable housing on contaminated sites. The Water Board said it uses general orders and basin planning to streamline permitting while meeting federal and state water-quality obligations, and that its infrastructure grants and loans support housing affordability. In response to Assembly Member Haney’s questions, several agencies said they already coordinate across departments, but he pressed for more cross-agency clarity and less siloed decision-making. No votes or formal actions were taken at the hearing.

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• You realize there's two other pertinent sections of code where that assumption could get us in trouble
• And so these were the sections of code where that assumption could get us in trouble.
• Are those covered in another section of code?
• And it refers to subject to a penalty pursuant to Section 49-504A, Idaho Code.
• And it refers to subject to a penalty pursuant to Section 49-504A, Idaho Code.

Committee: House Transportation and Defense

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• It just does it adds, it renames the current code section after Senator Vivian Figures, who sponsored
• It just renames the current code section after Senator Vivian Figures, who sponsored the initial version
• </c><00:05:34.080><c> It</c> zip code. Why would we do that? It zip code. Why would we do that?
• </c> the emergency ground transport the emergency ground transport assesses<00:15:40.959><c> and</c>
• </c><00:16:27.199><c> 2A</c> in paragraph B section 2A in paragraph B section 2A shall<00:16:29.279><

Bills: SB9 , HB400 , SB9 , HB400

Committee: House Health

Keywords: Alabama Athletic Commission, Attorney General, criminal penalties, unarmed combat, regulation, boxing, mixed martial arts, civil fines, dental insurance, benefit rollover, healthcare, insurance policy, annual maximum, smoking ban, vaping, public health, indoor air quality, clean air, ambulance services, health insurance

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• Article 2, Section 26 says our rights shall not be impaired.
• It's already on point with the Department of Transportation.
• It's already on point with the Department of Transportation.
• It’s page one, starting with line 21, that’s section D: “This section does not preempt a local ordinance
• D this section does not preempt a local ordinance starting with line 21, section D.

Bills: SB1004 , SB1012 , SB1100 , SB1110 , SB1170 , SB1213 , SB1317 , SB1402 , SB1413 , SB1416 , SB1476 , SB1511 , SB1573 , SB1655 , SB1656 , SB1709 , SB1720 , SB1723 , SB1725 , SCR1040

Committees: House Judiciary , House House Judiciary Committee of Reference

Keywords: sex offender registration, sex offender registry, A.R.S. 13-3821, sexual offenses, public safety, GPS monitoring, electronic monitoring, transient offender, homeless registrant, online identifiers, internet identifiers, sheriff notification, Department of Public Safety, DPS, DNA collection, juvenile adjudication, kidnapping of a minor, unlawful imprisonment of a minor, lifetime registration, community notification

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• There's also an intent section in the bill that I didn't mention.
• And the intent section mentions the State Board's ongoing Future Ready initiative to assess graduation
• SB 5849 ensures that financial literacy is not optional or dependent on zip code, but a consistent, equitable
• And frankly, the legislature continues to find it difficult to fully fund MSOC, transportation, special
• There is a proposed substitute labeled A offered by Senator Krishnadasan, which removes the intent section

Bills: SB5849 , SB6278 , SB6130 , SB6222 , SB6206 , SB6260 , SB5346 , SB6263 , SB6268 , SB6247

Committee: Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education

Keywords: financial education, graduation requirement, student curriculum, financial literacy, education reform, teacher preparation, principal preparation, educator preparation, alternative route certification, teacher certification, principal certification, Washington Professional Educator Standards Board, PESB, field placement, student teacher, residency, mentoring, school district partnerships, K-12 education, preK-12

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• This says nothing in this section shall invalidate a driver's license for the purpose of an insurance
• ><00:34:39.760><c> nothing</c><00:34:40.000><c> in</c><00:34:40.159><c> this</c><00:34:40.320><c> section
• </c><00:34:40.560><c> shall</c> this says nothing in this section shall this says nothing in this section
• And so what this does, and when they were going through their code, they found this section here that
• So, what this does is anybody who is unlawfully importing, transporting, or delivers, stores, or sales

Bills: SB7 , SB22 , SB39 , SB40 , SB45 , SB46 , SB86 , SB95 , SB107 , SB7 , SB22 , SB39 , SB40 , SB45 , SB46 , SB86 , SB95 , SB107

Committee: Senate State Governmental Affairs

Keywords: voting rights, absentee ballot, protected classes, Alabama Voting Rights Act, felony conviction, election integrity, preclearance, Alabama Jobs Act, incentives, job creation, economic development, recapture provisions, capital investment, employment, board governance, occupational licensing, Sunset Law, public accountability, training requirements, SB40

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• 39-1118, Idaho Code, relating to immunization, repealing Section 39-4801, Idaho Code...
• Section 39-1118, Idaho Code, relating to immunization, repealing Section 39-4801, Idaho Code, relating
• Amending Chapter 48, Title 39, Idaho Code, by the addition of a new section 39-408-2, Idaho Code, to
• Section 39-4804, Idaho Code, to revise provisions...
• 42-111, Idaho Code, to revise definitions and define terms, amending Section 42-227, Idaho Code, to

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• You got to have somewhere to stay, transportation, then all these other things.
• That's under the new section, and the new part that I'm trying to add only pertains to unpermitted events
• Senator Figus carried it for me last year, and it's just to amend the code with regards to human trafficking
• Its transportation cost involves, if you'll remember last year, I had this same bill.

Bills: SB210 , SB225 , HB280 , HB287 , HB94 , HB88 , SB157 , HB7 , HB8 , HB42

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: hospital liens, medical billing, government healthcare, insurance claims, patient rights, blood tests, DUI, law enforcement, traffic offenses, chemical analysis, public nuisance, event liability, local government, community health, legal action, transparency, reporting, public safety, regulation, accountability

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• The relevant section in the bill is 28111.
• I'll just basically reference line 107, that section where...
• And in section three, section four, this act shall become effective on June 1st.
• It just restores a couple of words back to the code section that we took out in a very large bill that
• We needed to put that guy on a color code... needed to put that guy on a color code and we needed to

Bills: SB210 , SB225 , HB280 , HB287 , HB94 , HB88 , SB157 , HB7 , HB8 , HB42

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: hospital liens, medical billing, government healthcare, insurance claims, patient rights, blood tests, DUI, law enforcement, traffic offenses, chemical analysis, public nuisance, event liability, local government, community health, legal action, transparency, reporting, public safety, regulation, accountability

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• coverage and claims for state property; amending... ...amending Section 67-1085, Idaho Code, to revise
• Amending Section 31-4401A, Idaho Code, to define a term and to make technical corrections.
• generators and municipalities. ...amending Section 31-4902, Idaho Code, to define a term and to make
• Amending Section 31-4906, Idaho Code, to revise a provision regarding powers of the board of directors
• 5, Idaho Code, by the addition of a new section, 5-404, Idaho Code, to establish provisions regarding

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• In section 12, it will be clear that municipalities may implement energy codes if they so desire, but
• So on section two when talking about adopting residential building codes, you've asked the director of
• So on section two when talking about adopting residential building codes, you've asked the director of
• So on section two when talking about adopting residential building codes, you've asked the director of
• So on section two when talking about adopting residential building codes, you've asked the director of

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• Senators, this legislation amends Section 19 of Idaho Code.
• This legislation repeals three outdated code sections related to alcoholic beverages.
• It repeals 23-103, which is a lingering code section from the 1939 Prohibition era.
• So that's one of the clarifications and amendments to this section of code.
• This new section of code, Section 33-512, covers online harassment, threats, or bullying of another student

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• Transportation.
• Transportation.
• Transportation.
• Transportation.
• Transportation.

Summary: The House convened with a quorum, received and accepted multiple resignation notices from members representing Districts 37, 39, 60, 69, 97, and 100, and then recognized the election and qualification of the members-elect who filled those vacancies: Doyle Boudreau, Reese Broussard, Chasity Verrett-Martinez, and Edwin Murray. Each member-elect was sworn in, and the House also appointed committees to notify the Senate and the governor that it was ready to conduct business for the 2026 regular session. The chamber then handled a large number of procedural actions related to prefiled legislation. By motion and without objection, the House suspended rules to refer prefile bills to committee and introduced a broad slate of House bills and resolutions. Topics included the state budget and appropriations, retirement system changes, carbon capture and sequestration, criminal justice and bail, public safety, education, health care, local government matters, transportation, and several memorial or commemorative resolutions. Several resolutions and bills were noted as lying over, and some prefiled bills were withdrawn from the files. The House also received a Senate message that SCR 1 had been adopted, and the resolution was taken up without objection. The chamber then recessed for a joint session with the Senate to hear the governor’s address and a presentation honoring Technical Sergeant Adam W. Brister with the Distinguished Flying Cross. In his remarks, Governor Jeff Landry highlighted his administration’s priorities, including education, tax reform, workforce development, health and nutrition, insurance reform, transportation infrastructure, fiscal discipline, and criminal justice reform, while urging support for his agenda and several related bills and constitutional amendments.

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• So that brings us to our key finding section for non-matrix expenditures.
• Members will take... ...finding section for non-matrix expenditures.
• So I'll wrap up the non-matrix section with some additional key findings.
• Some of our difficulty is when there's not a fund code or an expenditure code attached to a particular
• And so some of our difficulty is when there's not a fund code or an expenditure code attached to a particular

Summary: The House/Joint Education committee continued its adequacy study with a Bureau of Legislative Research presentation on resource allocation, focusing first on matrix spending and then non-matrix spending. Staff explained the methodology for mapping APSCN expenditure data to matrix lines, reviewed district and school categories used in the analysis, and highlighted key findings: foundation funding covered a large share of matrix costs but total spending on matrix items exceeded foundation funding, with classroom teachers making up the largest share. Members asked for additional breakdowns on waivers, superintendent survey responses, trend data, and spending by district type, size, and rural/urban status. Staff also noted limitations in tracking two matrix lines—salary enhancement for other employees and all personnel health insurance—because of coding and definition issues. The committee then reviewed non-matrix expenditures, including instructional aides, facilities, school safety, mental health, dyslexia services, gifted and talented, and career and technical education. Staff reported that non-matrix spending remained above $2 billion over the last three years, with most of it coming from other funds rather than foundation funding. Members raised concerns about dyslexia identification and funding, mental health needs, school safety, food service, athletic transportation, and whether some items should be added to the matrix. The Department of Education clarified that the building fund reflects district-held funds for construction and maintenance projects, while the facilities partnership program is a separate state process for approved projects. In the final discussion, staff summarized total spending as more than $15,800 per student in 2025, with about 69% going to matrix resources and 31% to non-matrix resources. The chair explained the adequacy process and the committee’s role in setting future funding recommendations, and members discussed the recommendations worksheet included in the binder. The chair then proposed postponing the remainder of Part Two of the presentation until a May meeting after the fiscal session, along with inviting the Department of Education back for more detailed questions; with no objections, the committee adjourned.

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• 49-504, Idaho Code, to provide for electronic records of ownership, amending Section 49-511, Idaho Code
• regarding denial of a request for disclosure, amending Section 714-I-O-Code to provide a correct code
• Code to re-designate the section in declaring an emergency.
• denial of a request for disclosure, amending Section 714-I-O-Code to provide a correct code reference
• of code. ...proof of identification, which is actually outlined in a different section of code.

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• Section 28-4411, Idaho Code, relating to cooperation between departments, is repealed, and Section 59
• Amending Chapter 27, Title 67, Idaho Code by the edition of a new section 67-201, Idaho Code, to establish
• Amending Section 26, 2412, Idaho Code, to remove obsolete language.
• Section 284411, Idaho Code, relating to cooperation between departments amending Section 59-904, Idaho
• Code, by the addition of a new section 32-717A, Idaho Code, to establish provisions regarding parents

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• It is legislation to amend and reenact a section of the Code of Virginia related to impersonation of
• Over on page 11, we come to Senate Bill 59, which is legislation amended reenact sections of the Code
• This legislation amends sections of the Code of Virginia relating to the Brown v.
• Senate Bill 515 seeks to amend and reenact various sections of the Code of Virginia and repeal one or
• Third reading regular, SB 515 is legislation seeks to amend and reenact various sections of the Code

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• So, Section A, notwithstanding any other law, this section applies only only to that first section is
• HB 272, aides in the— prosecution of defendants who violate section 32.315 of the Penal Code fraudulently
• In the 86th legislative session created section 32.315 of the penal code and now we're adding that offense
• to the criminal code procedure.
• One is the transportation agreement, the other is basically...

Bills: HB201 , HB272 , HB618 , HB 1094 , HB 1142 , HB201 , HB272

Committee: House Pensions, Investments & Financial Services

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• We can't track the expenditures from it; there's not a separate fund code.
• So that brings us to our key findings section for non-matrix expenditures.
• So I'll wrap up the non-matrix section with some additional key findings.
• So this section will include to we'll go over total spending so this section will include this section
• Some of our difficulty is when there's not a fund code or an expenditure code attached to a particular