Transcript Highlights:

• The items that we can't complete without funding include two legislative budget requests that I'll go
• And then in September, DMS submitted legislative budget requests to increase fleet transparency and efficiency
• So right now there are that many procurement actions, that many legislative budget requests, that many
• budget appropriations, and that many procurements that go out against the state term contract.
• And we'll submit it to the Legislature for funding requests for next year.

Committee: Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability

Summary: The Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability met for its first meeting of the session, took roll, and heard a presentation from Ken Plant of the Joint Administrative Procedures Committee on SB 108, the 2025 law overhauling Florida rulemaking. The presentation focused on new deadlines for agencies to begin and publish rules, limits on automatic sunset provisions, changes to emergency rule procedures, expanded public input on statements of estimated regulatory costs, a five-year review cycle for existing rules, and new licensing-reporting requirements. Members asked about the review timeline and emphasized the need to keep agencies accountable for meeting the new requirements. The committee then reviewed the Department of Management Services’ response to Auditor General Report 2025-1096 on fleet management. DMS said the audit found 10 issues, most of which it believes it has addressed, and described the statewide fleet system as tracking about 27,000 assets with limited staff. DMS highlighted two major improvement ideas that would require funding: an enterprise telematics system to automate vehicle data and improve tracking, and centralized fleet procurement to reduce duplication and save money. Members questioned the status of FleetWave implementation, missing vehicle records, integration with other state systems, and access controls for separated employees. DMS explained that FleetWave is fully implemented but still relies on manual data entry, that discrepancies with the state accounting system largely reflect mismatched or inconsistent entries, and that policies and procedures were updated after the audit. The department said it now works more closely with People First to deactivate access when employees leave. After discussion, no further business was raised, and the committee adjourned without objection.

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• Speaker, request consent. House for >> Mr. Speaker, request consent.
• This marks the first conference on major appropriations legislation in close to a decade, and it's a
• I request the yeas and nays. >> The gentlelady requests the yeas and nays.
• ><c> secured</c> legislation.
• We've indeed secured legislation.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Friday, September 19, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• That's 500,000 left of that appropriation. appropriation. appropriation.
• This was part of 2024 appropriation legislation.
• This was part of 2024 appropriation legislation.
• </c> the intent of the 2023 legislation. the intent of the 2023 legislation.
• </c><02:30:31.280><c> Uh</c> legislators in a budget year. Uh legislators in a budget year.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Unanimous consent has been requested. Is there objection?
• Unanimous consent has been requested. Is there objection?
• Unanimous consent has been requested. Is there objection?
• Unanimous consent has been requested. Is there objection?
• Unanimous consent has been requested. Is there objection?

Summary: The House convened with 66 members present, approved the journal, and received a Senate message transmitting enrolled House Bill 504 to the Judiciary, Rules and Administration Committee for delivery to the Governor. Committee reports followed, including several bills recommended do pass and referred to the appropriate committees or calendars, along with House Bill 562 being placed on general orders without objection. During third reading, the House first took up House Joint Memorial 14, which urges federal agencies to advance water-storage research and planning in Idaho, including small and medium reservoir feasibility, basin studies, and a long-term goal of 750,000 acre-feet of new storage by 2100; it passed by voice vote and was sent to the Senate. The House then passed House Bills 676, 737, 615, 683, 684, 645, 703, 560, and 637, with recorded votes on several measures. The bills addressed geothermal utility water-right planning, consolidation of state agency functions, disturbing the peace at religious services, sex-offender residency clarification, reimbursement for counties retrieving escaped prisoners, portable benefits for independent contractors, consolidation of DOPL disciplinary provisions, allowing prospective jurors to serve as poll workers, and recognizing foreign gold and silver coin as legal tender in Idaho. House Bill 637 passed on a narrower 55-13 vote; the others passed with larger margins. Members also agreed to hold the remaining third-reading bills one legislative day. In announcements, committees scheduled upcoming meetings, the Energy Caucus and construction industry reception were noted, and members were reminded to submit amendments before the next general orders calendar. The House then adjourned until 10:30 a.m. on Friday, February 27, 2026.

Transcript Highlights:

• Another example is in our waiver request.
• And you can see we're requesting 31.2.
• Legislative Session comes around, there's probably about 20 to 30 different pieces of legislation that
• As we talk about our appropriations, as I said, the FY23 was a partial year, so that was a partial appropriation
• in our appropriation.

Keywords: 914, all

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• </c> The post-secary education budget request The post-secary education budget request includes<00:04
• </c><00:04:45.360><c> for</c> increase in the base appropriation for increase in the base appropriation
• The requested 4.5% the bienium.
• <00:04:58.080><c> inflationary</c> this request because recent inflationary this request because recent
• 09:19.839><c> level</c><00:09:20.080><c> of</c> requesting that the current level of requesting that

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The House Budget Review Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education met without a quorum, so no minutes were approved. The committee then heard a presentation from Western Kentucky University President Timothy Kabone, who highlighted WKU’s recent gains in graduation rate, retention, degree production, graduate enrollment, research activity, and financial stability. He said WKU’s FY 2026 budget is structurally balanced without one-time reserves, and he tied the university’s growth to its strategic plan and to Senate Bill 77, which created a pathway for WKU’s first PhD program. WKU’s initial PhD offering is planned in data sciences for fall 2027, and Kabone said the university continues to pursue R2 research status. Kabone also outlined WKU’s budget requests, including a 4.5% base appropriation increase for each year of the biennium, a $30 million increase in the performance funding pool, a $30 million trust fund for tuition waiver reimbursement, and $2 million per year for the Gatton Academy. He also requested continued funding for the Kentucky Mesonet, 8.9% of proposed asset preservation funding, and support for a $280 million new Potter College facility. He emphasized inflationary pressures, rising fixed costs, and the burden of mandated tuition waivers, and said the university supports performance funding but wants the model adjusted to better reward student success rather than enrollment growth. Members asked about WKU’s student housing situation and the transition away from the former student life foundation model. Kabone said the foundation structure had run its course, that the university had lacked adequate oversight under the old arrangement, and that WKU is moving to a public-private partnership with Gilbane and the College Housing Foundation. He said the new model would not increase the university’s debt load and would replace older residence halls with a roughly 1,000-bed complex, eliminate community-style bathrooms over time, and expand living-learning communities. Representatives McCool and Tipton praised WKU’s graduation and retention results and asked questions about the housing project and its timeline. The committee then heard from CareerVXR and KCTCS about a proposed career exploration pilot. Company representatives said the platform uses web-based and virtual reality experiences to show students real jobs and workplaces, with the goal of addressing an “awareness gap” in workforce participation. They proposed a $1.8 million, two-year pilot to reach 50,000 to 60,000 students in three regions, including Hazard Community and Technical College, Southeast Community and Technical College, and western Kentucky. Members asked about cost, funding source, and locations, and were told the request would come through the KCTCS budget. The meeting ended with notice that the next meeting was scheduled for Thursday, February 26.

Transcript Highlights:

• Persons disrupting legislative proceedings are subject to removal, arrest, or other appropriate legal
• As legislators, we get to vote on policies and legislation, and we hope that it would make positive changes
• And decided to introduce legislation on the subject in the context... ...introduced legislation on the
• Just request an aye vote. Thank you.
• Today, as this legislative term peace and safety.

Summary: The Assembly convened, established a quorum, and opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance before moving through the daily file. Several measures were taken up and passed, including bills on county jail accountability (AB 2257), claims against public agencies (AB 2529), affordable housing management metrics (AB 2689), digital wellness instruction in schools (AB 2071), pedestrian and bicycle safety project streamlining (AB 1976), manufactured home transport permits (AB 2012), a Surplus Land Act amendment tied to an Inland Empire soccer project (AB 2139), a Monterey Bay stewardship authority (AB 1548), online electrician licensing (AB 1707), a Caltrans study of navigation apps’ traffic impacts (AB 2105), coastal resiliency permitting reforms (AB 2051), downtown housing streamlining and financing (AB 2074), Cal Fire compensation (AB 2129), emergency care authority for Del Puerto Health Care District (AB 2282), charter school facilities hardship relief (AB 2316), theft by a peace officer under color of authority as serious misconduct (AB 2337), an Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander-serving institution designation (AB 2374), energy and cannabis support bills (AB 2464, AB 2537), and a suicide prevention plan requirement for treatment facilities (AB 2562). Most of these measures passed with broad bipartisan margins, and several were described as support bills with no opposition. The floor also debated a major criminal justice measure, AB 2727, which would raise the threshold for elderly parole eligibility for people serving sentences for violent sex offenses and add screening safeguards. Supporters from both parties emphasized child protection, survivor trauma, and specific local cases involving offenders who had become eligible for release; the bill passed 66-0. Another significant debate centered on AB 1958, which would clarify procedures under the California Racial Justice Act by refining how disparity claims are established and rebutted; the author said he would take Senate amendments to address concerns from district attorneys. The Assembly also considered AB 2313, a gas-to-electric transition bill allowing customers with planned service line replacements to opt out of gas service and use funds to electrify their homes. Members raised concerns about cost shifts and equity, and the author responded that the bill includes no-cost-shift language, larger credits for disadvantaged communities, and would not proceed if the math does not work; it passed 41-21. The final major item was AB 1709, a high-profile social media safety bill creating a minimum age of 16 for accounts on platforms using addictive features and establishing an e-safety commission. The author and many supporters from both parties framed the bill as a response to youth mental health harms, addictive design, and the need for age-based safeguards, while some members raised concerns about impacts on LGBTQ youth and other isolated young people who rely on online spaces. Supporters said the bill targets addictive design rather than speech and is intended to preserve safe online connection while limiting harmful features. The measure drew extensive bipartisan support and was still under debate at the end of the transcript.

Transcript Highlights:

• Specific to water appropriation...
• I appear before you today to request the committee consider having Legislative Council gather what other
• I appear before you today to request the committee, consider having legislative council gather what other
• Also, periodically during legislative sessions, I would say you've appropriated dollars specifically
• Also periodically during legislative sessions, I would say you've appropriated dollars specifically to

Committee: Joint Energy Development and Transmission Committee

Keywords: 908, all

Transcript Highlights:

• There are eight states that distribute this information upon request.
• Of those states, Delaware is the only one that mandates a FOIA request.
• The other seven states may easily request that information, Mandates a FOIA request.
• The other seven states may easily request that information via an in-person visit or email.
• They reflect read. ...and turnout highlighted in this legislation are not just statistics.

Bills: HB344

Committee: Senate Elections & Government Affairs

Keywords: campaign finance, elections, transparency, political committees, reporting requirements, enforcement

Summary: The Senate Elections and Government Affairs Committee heard several election- and campaign-related bills. House Substitute 2 for House Bill 155 would make Public Integrity Commission reports publicly available on the commission’s website, add a specific travel-expense reporting category, and remove the FOIA requirement for accessing reports; Senator Richardson said he supported the transparency measure and asked to be added as a co-sponsor. The committee also took up House Bill 444, the Delaware John Lewis Voting Rights Act, which would create state protections against voter suppression and vote dilution, expand language access, prohibit intimidation and deception, and allow court remedies for violations. The bill drew strong support from advocacy groups including YWCA Delaware, the League of Women Voters, the ACLU, and the Legal Defense Fund, and several senators voiced support and interest in moving it quickly. House Bill 430, a constitutional amendment proposal, would make explicit that only natural persons may vote in Delaware elections, including municipal elections, in response to concerns about corporate or other artificial-entity voting in some towns. The discussion focused heavily on Fenwick Island, where the mayor testified that the town’s charter has long allowed certain artificial entities to vote in local elections and said the system is limited and has worked for years; other speakers argued the bill was needed to prevent corporate dilution of residents’ votes. Senator Richardson expressed concern about restricting entities with a local stake, while Senator Hoffner and others emphasized the principle of one person, one vote. Senator Townsend presented House Bill 344, which would tighten campaign finance rules by requiring Delaware bank accounts for candidates and committees, recurring training, better documentation of candidate loans, longer record retention, automatic filing extensions, and inactive status for noncompliant committees; one public commenter opposed the bill on cost grounds. He also presented House Bill 448, which would allow campaign funds to be used for reasonable security expenses for candidates and elected officials, with guardrails, and a commenter suggested allowing electronic security systems without a cap. Finally, the committee heard House Bill 472, a local de-annexation measure for Noble’s Pond in Cheswold to remove scattered residential lots from town boundaries and resolve uneven tax treatment; Senator Hoffner noted local law enforcement supported the change. The committee adjourned after hearing no further public comment on HB 472, and the vote to adjourn was unanimous.

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• for overseeing such a large and legislatively important program.
• And I also am a legislator now and am accountable to my community.
• I come from the 24th Legislative District. I'm a single father of two.
• I'm with the Veterans Legislative Coalition.
• I am also here on behalf of the Veterans Legislative Coalition.

Bills: HB2523 , HB2606 , HB2684 , HJM4012

Committee: House Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans

Keywords: community reinvestment, housing, local funding, urban development, economic revitalization, data protection, privacy, performance measures, reporting requirements, office of privacy, social disadvantage, business certification, state guidelines, economic equity, minority-owned businesses, combat veterans, support, military service, injury compensation, veteran affairs

Transcript Highlights:

• I will look forward to moving this at the appropriate time. Thank you so much.
• The motion is due pass as amended to the Senate Committee on Appropriations.
• I would respectfully request your aye vote. Next witness. Thank you.
• The motion is due pass to the Senate Committee on Appropriations.
• At the appropriate time, I would respectfully request an aye. Thank you. You may proceed.

Committee: Senate Labor, Public Employment and Retirement

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The chair thanked her, and roll call was requested. The clerk took the roll.
• with the dollar these Appropriations with the dollar figures<00:16:04.839><c> are</c><00:16:05.079><
• are based on Appropriations that figures are based on Appropriations that were<00:16:07.560><c> provided
• I would request everyone vote on it simply because it is that extensive, and what we're really trying
• I would request everyone vote on it simply because it is that extensive, and what we're really trying

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• Mendes, with the Legislative Analyst's Office, we don't have any prepared remarks for the department
• Specifically, we're authorized upon appropriation from the Legislature to provide grants that expand
• Do we know where we should be drawing lines or when intervention would be appropriate?
• LAO: Frank Jimenez with the Legislative Analyst's Office.
• I'd be happy to go into more detail if requested, and I'm sure the director would as well.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Um, I'm just not clear in what form we're getting this request. Is this a bonding request?
• </c><00:24:51.440><c> Is</c> request. Is this a bonding request? Is request.
• </c> being requested? being requested?
• He joked that the deluxe legislator edition comes with supplemental handouts and said the 2026 request
• This is a legislative cre priority.

Committee: House Higher Education Finance and Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• I may make a slight pitch here at next legislative session.
• I may make a slight pitch here at next legislative session.
• appropriation book.
• And then what is the most appropriate enforcement mechanism?
• Testimony did caution that an RFI is less specific than a request for proposal, and a formal request

Committee: Joint Information Technology Committee

Summary: The Information Technology Committee approved the March 26 minutes and received a series of reports from NDIT on major IT projects, the annual report, mainframe modernization, and cybersecurity services. The project portfolio was reported at 116 major projects with a baseline cost of $546 million, overall under budget but modestly behind schedule. Several projects that had been in variance status last quarter were said to have closed, including HHS bed management, vital records modernization, and DOT roadway capital planning. New startup reports were mostly HHS efforts tied to refugee data management, technical debt cleanup, and legacy application decommissioning, while closeouts included HHS, OMB, DPI, and DOT projects with mixed budget and schedule results. In the annual report discussion, NDIT described its service-fund financials, peer-state rate comparisons, records management reporting, and customer satisfaction efforts. Members asked about how revenues and grants flow through the service fund, how NDIT charges agencies for services, and whether customer satisfaction or CSAT scores are tracked and could be reported more regularly. NDIT said it does track service-team CSAT and survey data, and committee members encouraged more regular reporting of those metrics. The committee also discussed application portfolio management, statewide IT planning, and whether agencies should slow new system replacements while the state pursues an ERP system. The mainframe update focused on the state’s ongoing effort to retire legacy systems by about 2030. NDIT and HHS said the work is being managed as a tech-debt program, but progress is slowed by data cleanup, integration complexity, staff retirements, vendor capacity, and federal requirements. Members asked whether there is a coordinated commitment and whether additional vendor support or consultants are needed; NDIT said it is working jointly with HHS and is seeking an RFP to help accelerate modernization. The cybersecurity presentation then shifted to statewide maturity assessments and services. NDIT said it provides endpoint protection, vulnerability scanning, security awareness training, threat briefings, and penetration testing, and that assessments are based on CIS controls. Members raised concerns about low participation in the self-assessment process, the lack of mandatory reporting or audit authority, and whether insurance incentives through Enderf or possible State Auditor involvement could improve compliance. No formal votes were taken beyond approval of the minutes.

Transcript Highlights:

• In terms of testimony, legislators will be taken out of turn.
• We respectfully request We respectfully request a favorable recommendation.
• All were defeated by our legislators.
• power away from the legislative body undoes nearly 400 years of town meeting,” “...and to take the legislative
• I urge your support of 8.5. legislative body at that time.

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Election Laws

Keywords: 1212, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Just to add to that, I know that when this legislative body approved the appropriation for this new crime
• I've got a couple of legislators got a question.
• I think certainly the number of positions that we have appropriated is appropriate for the amount of
• And as you can imagine, we get requests, multiple requests daily for records.
• So we were able, thanks to this legislative body and their support, we were able to pass legislation

Committee: All ALC-GAME & FISH/STATE POLICE

Keywords: 1204, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Yes, I respectfully request an aye vote.
• I respectfully request an aye vote.
• We'll be happy to move the bill at the appropriate time.
• making it age appropriate.
• The intent of the original legislation was clear.

Committee: Senate Education

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Second, I want to request an analysis from the administration by or... ...to request an analysis from
• A backup request can take six to eight hours of staff time, carefully matching skills, A backup request
• appropriated one-time appropriations as well.
• appropriated one-time appropriations as well.
• So what would be the appropriate appropriation in order to be able to get there?

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So for the work session today, we first have our Attorney General's request legislation and an introduction
• And so we have today as our guest, Adam Eitman, legislative director.
• I'm the legislative director for the Attorney General's office.
• “And this legislation would do three things.
• Good morning, Victoria Hunt, representing the Fifth Legislative District.

Summary: The committee first received an update from the Attorney General’s office on a new workers’ rights unit and two request bills. The office said the unit will focus on wage theft and civil rights enforcement, using existing resources for a small staff. It also described a bill to expand civil investigative demand authority for labor, wage theft, prevailing wage, and discrimination investigations, and an Immigrant Worker Protection Act that would require employer notice when federal immigration authorities request employee records, limit access to nonpublic work areas without a warrant, and restrict disclosure of employee data without proper legal process. Senators asked about costs, funding sources, and the scope of the proposed authority, and the office said it would follow up with more detail. The committee then heard a detailed presentation on Washington’s workers’ compensation system from Labor and Industries, including how claims are filed, how the medical provider network works, and how treatment authorizations and utilization review are handled. L&I said the network was created to improve care quality and return workers to work, and explained that most routine care is automatically authorized while certain procedures require prior approval or review. A question from Senator Conway focused on the role of the medical director and the appeals process; L&I said decisions can be protested and reconsidered, with exceptions reviewed through a complex treatment unit and medical staff. An experience panel followed with testimony from labor representatives, physicians, and an injured-worker attorney, who argued that the medical provider network and treatment guidelines can delay or deny needed care, especially in complex cases such as PTSD, brain injuries, and serious orthopedic injuries. They described long appeals, utilization review barriers, provider shortages, and the impact on injured workers and families, while L&I’s presentation emphasized the system’s structure and review safeguards. The committee then heard a report from the Underground Economy Task Force in the construction industry. L&I summarized the task force’s findings on worker misclassification, unregistered contractors, and unpaid taxes and premiums, and outlined consensus and majority recommendations, including better interagency communication, stronger penalties for repeat offenders, more authority to address successorship, possible contractor notice requirements, and further study of cash payments. The Attorney General’s office, labor, and business representatives generally supported the report’s goals but differed on some recommendations, especially those affecting independent contractors, contractor liability, and administrative burdens. The chair and Senator Conway thanked participants and said the report would inform future legislation.