Transcript Highlights:

• and a state superintendent of public instruction, we have a unique window to build a coherent state-level
• enforcement staff and volunteers limited authority to operate specified emergency equipment without a Class
• A or Class B driver's license, as long as they complete training and education that's described in the
• for ensuring the work you all are doing here on child care is leveraged and built upon at the local level

Summary: The Assembly Appropriations Committee met on May 6, 2026, with a quorum present and began by approving a large consent calendar of bills on two unanimous-support motions. The committee then heard a series of individual bills, with authors and sponsors generally describing low or absorbable state costs and asking for aye votes. Topics included AI/digital safety education for students (AB 1792), hepatitis C treatment access (AB 1843), rent-now-pay-later consumer protections (AB 2350), retirement information for community college faculty (AB 2417), cannabis regulation changes including tribal commerce, drive-through sales, and beverage labeling (AB 2506, AB 2697, AB 2532), emergency equipment training for law enforcement volunteers (AB 1913), cannery law modernization (AB 2706), child care planning in local governments (AB 1914), EV charger permitting fees (AB 1820), election-record notice requirements (AB 1664), nursing home discharge notices (AB 2135), a San Diego energization-delay pilot (AB 2518), mental health training for school coaches (AB 1665), and education governance and oversight changes (AB 2117). Several bills were described as committee or sponsor measures with technical or clarifying changes, including AB 2780, AB 2615, AB 2121, and AB 2771. Testimony was largely supportive, often from sponsor groups, industry representatives, labor, or advocacy organizations. Notable support included TechNet for AB 1792, the California State Sheriffs’ Association for AB 1913, California Dairies and food manufacturers for AB 2706, the Low Income Investment Fund for AB 1914, EV and environmental groups for AB 1820, the Attorney General’s Office for AB 1664, long-term care ombudsman advocates for AB 2135, and the California State Association of Psychiatrists for the cannabis and mental-health-related bills. Some bills drew limited opposition or “opposed unless amended” positions, including AB 2350, AB 1820, and AB 2506, while AB 2697 and AB 2532 were presented as efforts to support the legal cannabis market and consumer safety. The committee also heard a presentation-only item, AB 2541, creating a lowrider specialty license plate, which drew enthusiastic bipartisan comments and co-author requests from members. Most bills were reported out with due pass recommendations, many on roll call and several with specific members not voting or voting no. AB 1664 was reported out as due pass as amended and placed on call before later being moved out on a B roll call. AB 2350 and AB 1914 were also later reported out from call on B roll calls, with AB 1914 noted as passing despite some Republican no votes. The suspense calendar was then deemed approved without individual action, and the meeting concluded after a brief public comment period in which members of the public voiced positions on unrelated bills, including support for AB 2497, AB 1729, AB 2189, AB 1575, AB 2170, and opposition to AB 1603, AB 2447, AB 2411, AB 2492, and AB 1952.

Transcript Highlights:

• It requires high liquidity and a relatively moderate level of investment return.
• It's existing funds, and you're enabling those funds to invest in... ...these best-in-class assets that
• because the only reason we have money is because you're saying it's smarter if the professional investor class
• Um, could you maybe, perhaps for the experts, talk about what the trauma fund levels are right now and

Bills: HB 104, HB2054, HB3459, HB3745, HB4486, HB4488, HB4601, HB104

Keywords: Texas Future Fund, investment review board, economic stabilization, innovative technology, national defense, HB 2054, Texas volunteer fire department assistance fund, Rural Volunteer Fire Department Assistance Program, volunteer fire departments, wildfire mitigation, wildland fire, rural fire protection, insurer assessment, insurance premium tax, state appropriations, firefighting grants, emergency services, high-risk wildfire areas, Texas Comptroller, Texas Government Code

Transcript Highlights:

• This bill levels the training at all.
• class Americans. class Americans.
• c><02:54:42.560> to working-class Americans live paycheck to working-class Americans live paycheck
• . levels. levels.
• But today, levels the playing field.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, January 13, 2026, 1012, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Doctors have to take law classes, I believe, with regard to the state's laws with regard to restraining
• Doctors have to take law classes, I believe, with regard to the state's laws with regard to restraining
• Doctors have to take law classes, I believe, with regard to the state's laws with regard to restraining
• Doctors have to take law classes, I believe, with regard to the state's laws with regard to restraining
• yourself in the car with the same level yourself in the car with the same level of<02:03:16.760>

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The meeting began as a Committee of Conference on House Bill 194, but the discussion quickly centered on whether to remove an attached bill, 504, because of concerns about a possible fee or tax and a House rule issue. Members debated the procedural posture of the bill, whether the House version had been non-concurred, and whether the conference committee could still resolve the issue by adopting the House amendment or reconsidering the non-concur. The exchange became tense, with one side warning that failing to pass the measure could jeopardize a linked rural health transformation grant worth about $20 million. The committee ultimately recessed without resolving the 194/504 dispute and planned to return the next day. The committee then opened conference on House Bill 609, which dealt with use-of-force/self-defense language and restraint/seclusion authority in health care settings. On the self-defense portion, House members argued strongly for restoring vehicle language, saying people should be able to defend themselves in a car the same way they can in a home, especially in carjacking or assault situations where no weapon is displayed. Senate members expressed concern about expanding deadly-force protections too broadly and suggested narrowing the language to focus on imminent harm to the person, not property, while also questioning where the provision should be placed in statute. The second major topic in HB 609 was who may order restraint or seclusion in clinical settings. House members argued that physicians are not always immediately available, especially in hospitals and emergency settings, and that APRNs and physician associates should be able to act in crises if properly trained and credentialed. Senate members raised concerns about scope of practice and asked whether the language implied patient consent was required; the Senate side explained that consent language was intended to address capacity and informed decision-making, not to require voluntary consent to restraint. The discussion ended with the sides still apart, though the Senate floated a compromise allowing physician associates to order restraint when no doctor is physically on the premises, while not yet extending that authority to APRNs. The committee took a short break to continue negotiations on the firearm/self-defense piece.

Transcript Highlights:

• If you look at your blood tests. 20 years ago, and now you'll have higher levels of inflammation than
• levels of trauma from an early age onward.
• You could get into a discussion on mid-level providers, simple screening tests, and then blood tests,
• I know you have a class to go teach at UT. No, I can't stay here as long as you're here.
• I think on the university level, it would be hard to differentiate.

Bills: HB5, HJR3, HB155, HB513, HB5, HB155

Keywords: dementia, research, health care, Texas Institute, grants, medical breakthroughs, oversight, prevention, funding, healthcare, Texas, autopsy, confidentiality, public records, medical examiner, law enforcement, HB 513, surgical smoke, surgical plume, smoke evacuation

Transcript Highlights:

• Well, you may not be aware that every division within the department has some level of federal funding
• Well, you may not be aware that every division within the department has some level of federal funding
• classes, and the Let’s Go Fishing programs, as well as the Becoming an Outdoors Woman program.
• highest levels of our commission.
• um it it brings it to a whole new level um it it brings it to a whole new level and<05:10:42.040

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• To introduction of special class. Proceed, lady.
• It would allow us to sweep the fund at a lower level, the current statute level.
• You still get to vote if you abuse or neglect a child as a class A felony.
• The fees are based on the level of emissions that they put out.
• So when were those changes made on a federal level?

Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and approval of the previous day’s journal by a 129-0 vote. Members then spent considerable time on points of personal privilege and introductions, including remarks recognizing law enforcement wellness, personal health updates, legislative service and family sacrifices, interns, visiting students, and special guests such as a St. Louis entrepreneur honored with a House resolution and a visiting governor from Samarkand, Uzbekistan. The chamber then received Senate messages and committee reports before moving to conference requests on Senate Bills 835 and 1111 and Senate Bill 1020, both of which were approved for conference committees. The House also passed Senate Bills 977 and 1011, a measure barring international organizations or foreign law from exercising authority in Missouri or being used to deny “fundamental rights,” after debate over its scope and concerns about foreign-law venue rules and its practical effect; the final vote was 99-45. Senate Bill 1470, dealing with legislative research and statutory publication procedures, was amended and passed 148-1 after debate over reducing committee size, shifting publication to a primarily web-based format, and preserving printed archival copies. The House then adopted and finally passed Senate Bill 1940, the public notices/newspaper bill, by 142-1, with discussion focused on modernizing notice publication rules and election-related deadlines. It also took up Senate Bill 1871, which included county clerk and election administration provisions and a Senate amendment incorporating campaign finance language; debate emphasized ballot testing timelines and election transparency. The transcript ends during discussion of that bill, before a final vote is shown.

Transcript Highlights:

• And how do programs at the state and federal levels, like a short fee, fund this initiative?
• We have a pretty full agenda today in order for us to get level set, and I want to begin, before we go
• and there was an outcry at that time from rural constituents who said, "We don't want to be second-class

Keywords: 1184, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I think medium security is the top level that you service.
• , substandard levels of employment.
• , substandard levels of employment. levels of employment.
• , like at sea level.
• Increasing salaries to a reasonable level is important.

Bills: SB1001, SB1035, SB1056, SB1065, SB1138, SB1161, SB1204, SB1207, SB1248, SB1274, SB1284, SCM1002, SCM1006, SCR1020

Keywords: appropriation, economic security, blind individuals, older adults, state funding, Arizona Department of Corrections, ADC, corrections, prison, jail, correctional officers, prison guards, staffing, retention, salary increase, pay raise, wage increase, general fund, state budget, private prisons

Transcript Highlights:

• So we would take that legal liability on at the state level.
• As the chairman stated, this is simply trying to, quote, level the playing field.
• Is there a spur there they can take and then work with one of the Class I railroads to refurbish it and
• in line with what more is national standards of what we really think that the blood alcohol content level
• Standards of what we really think that the blood alcohol content level ought to be.

Summary: The House Transportation Committee heard and advanced a wide range of transportation, public safety, and local infrastructure measures. Several bills dealt with port and commission appointments or authority, including SB 420 adding Vermilion and Iberia Parish representation to the Lafayette Metropolitan Expressway Commission, SB 69 aligning appointments to the South Tangipahoa Parish Port Commission with redistricting, SB 438 increasing per diem for the Greater Lafourche Port Commission, and SB 170 adding qualification and Senate confirmation requirements for Caddo-Bossier Port Commission members. The committee also approved SB 449 to give the New Orleans Public Belt more flexibility in procuring specialized materials, and SB 115 to allow DOTD to assume certain federal NEPA responsibilities to speed project delivery, with testimony emphasizing long permitting delays and the need for faster project completion. Members also advanced multiple safety and enforcement measures. SB 40 expanded move-over protections for emergency and disabled vehicles, SB 55 clarified proper seat belt use, SB 278 required ignition interlock devices for DUI-related license reinstatement, SB 489 authorized third-party verification of insurance coverage through license plate inquiries, and SB 133 updated commercial vehicle parking and autonomous vehicle oversight provisions. SB 151 would flag OMV records for people who owe DNA samples tied to CODIS matches or qualifying arrests/convictions, and SB 48 would create Louisiana-Ireland driver’s license reciprocity. Most of these bills were reported favorably after brief testimony, with support from law enforcement, AAA, OMV, and other stakeholders. The committee also considered several local resolutions and infrastructure studies. Rep. Dickerson’s resolutions on widening Highway 16, studying turn lanes on Highway 1024, and constructing a roundabout on Highway 1019 were all reported favorably. HCR 53 created a study committee on oversized vehicle permits with DOTD participation, HCR 60 asked DOTD to study I-12 and I-55 corridor improvements, and HR/HCR 170 and 68 sought federal funding to remove four closed bridges on US 90 in St. Tammany Parish. HR 191, as amended, requested a DOTD study of mountable median curbs on Range Avenue in Denham Springs. HB 762, amended to make certain OMV debt referrals permissive rather than mandatory, was reported favorably over some concern about debt collection impacts. HB 714, which would have addressed abandoned railroad lines, drew extensive debate over federal preemption, blight definitions, and whether a new commission was needed; the author ultimately moved to defer it, and the committee agreed. SB 330 on school-zone automated speed enforcement markings was amended to grandfather existing compliant pavement markings and rejected an amendment that would have exempted several cities from the law. The committee adjourned after reporting the remaining measures favorably and recognizing a departing staff member.

Transcript Highlights:

• in denial about the safety of a key product and that wants to stifle future lawsuits by demanding a level
• <03:59:21.279> New<03:59:21.520> Hampshire at the local level.
• New Hampshire at the local level.
• My concern is that this bill will effectively fix the problem for one class of person, those who could
• <04:08:21.840> of not fixing it for the other class of not fixing it for the other class of

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• From right now it's $50,000, $60,000, and $70,000 for levels 1, 2, and 3.
• At different grade levels, students essentially generate different amounts of money.
• And so we have some concerns about increasing the factors to this level.
• So whether you have a class of eight or a class of twelve, you probably still need a teacher.
• We have yet, at the state level...

Transcript Highlights:

• It wasn't intended to have this ad hoc amendments on a county level.
• It wasn't intended to have this ad hoc amendments on a county level.
• It wasn't intended to have this ad hoc amendments on a county level.
• It wasn't intended to have this ad hoc amendments on a county level.
• where applied to sort of broad classes where applied to sort of broad classes of<01:51:18.760>

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The Committee on Housing held a public hearing on January 31 and heard testimony on a series of housing and building-code bills. The first major item, HB 1 relating to building codes, drew sharply divided testimony. Supporters, including BIA Hawaii, Grassroot Institute, Dr. Horton, and several builders and trade groups, argued the current code-adoption process is slow, fragmented, and costly, and that reform would help housing production. Opponents, including Sierra Club Hawaii, AIA Hawaii, ICC, and labor representative Kiko Bosi, said the bill would weaken public safety, reduce statewide consistency, and could leave tenants and first responders at greater risk. No vote was taken during the hearing, and members asked questions about the effect of a governor’s emergency proclamation suspending the Building Code Council and about county authority over code amendments. The committee then heard HB 745 and HB 1321, both also relating to building codes. Grassroot Institute supported both measures, saying the system is broken and needs streamlining, while BIA Hawaii and others emphasized the cost burden of repeated code updates. Opponents, especially Bosi and ICC, argued that the bills would undermine the State Building Code Council’s role, create confusion, and prioritize cost over safety; Bosi also said labor should be included in any code discussions. Members questioned whether counties can remove state code provisions and whether the state code already supersedes county codes, and one member noted the need for clarity and consistent enforcement rather than a wholesale overhaul. Later, the committee heard HB 284 on housing, HB 761 on county permitting and inspection, and HB 738 on historic preservation. HB 284 drew support from several housing and real estate groups, while DLNR opposed it. On HB 761, HHFDC supported the bill, DLNR warned that the proposed changes could jeopardize Hawaii’s participation in the National Flood Insurance Program, DAGS said it would likely need to duplicate county permitting staff, and the Department of Planning and Permitting opposed it; Grassroot Institute and NAIOP supported it. For HB 738, HHFDC, DLNR, Grassroot Institute, Hawaii YIMBY, NAIOP, and others supported the measure, with Grassroot and NAIOP suggesting clarifications so expedited review would also cover mixed-use projects and better define the scope of work. The transcript does not show any final votes or committee action on these bills during the hearing.

Transcript Highlights:

• There's sub problems with teachers, but I can put two classes together and I can teach that class.
• There's sub problems with teachers, but I can put two classes together and I can teach that class.
• and I totally am on board with level and I totally am on board with everything<02:19:29.000> that
• says for a school nurse, one registered nurse is defined by RSA 326-B:2 at the associate's degree level
• I really want to keep this at a high level just to highlight some of what was just said.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• You witness firsthand the level of dysfunction on the streets of Sacramento.
• I strongly support laws to streamline and incentivize... ...all income levels in our state.
• I would love to have more conversations with building trades, both at the local level and the state level
• I would love to have more conversations with building trades, both at the local level and the state level
• I would love to have more conversations with building trades, both at the local level and the state level

Summary: The committee heard several housing-related bills, beginning with SB 1003, which would create pro-housing enhanced infrastructure financing districts to help local governments fund infrastructure needed for housing developments. The author and supporters argued that infrastructure costs often prevent projects from penciling out, while the chair expressed support and said the bill would be taken up later when quorum was available. SB 1014 followed, proposing new disclosure requirements for local jurisdictions to provide good-faith estimates of on-site and off-site improvements within 30 days of application, with supporters saying it would reduce late surprises and opposition from several cities citing implementation concerns with the 30-day timelines. The committee then took up SB 802, a Sacramento-region bill requiring a joint powers authority to coordinate housing and homelessness services. Senator Ashby and former Mayor Darrell Steinberg argued that Sacramento’s fragmented system has failed for years and that a JPA would improve accountability, coordination, and use of state funds. The bill drew broad support from local officials, service providers, business groups, and advocates, while some county and city representatives registered opposition or neutral concerns about state-mandated local governance. Several committee members said they were persuaded by the need for regional coordination, though some raised concerns about local control; the chair noted the bill would be moved when quorum allowed. The committee also heard SB 1092 and SB 1093, both focused on mobile home park residents after disasters or park sales. SB 1092 would give residents a right of first opportunity to match a sale offer for a park, with supporters saying it protects vulnerable seniors and preserves affordable housing, while park owners and their representatives argued it would devalue property and raise constitutional and financing concerns. SB 1093 would require more transparent communication, access to property, and consideration of rebuilding or closure after a disaster; supporters cited the long uncertainty faced by Palisades residents, while opponents warned about liability, safety, and burdensome review requirements. Members split along similar lines, with some emphasizing property rights and market impacts and others stressing the need to protect residents and preserve scarce affordable housing.

Transcript Highlights:

• Chair rules that a member of a class can be required to vote. Thank you, Mr. President.
• Chair rules that a member of a class can be required to vote. Thank you, Mr. President.
• of Senate Bill 420 except a provision stating that failure to maintain the minimum 69% utilization level
• of Senate Bill 420 except a provision stating that failure to maintain the minimum 69% utilization level
• program should offer an in-person option at the facility in order to offer live-synchronous virtual classes

Keywords: 994, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We've got a thriving field trip program at the middle school and high school level, where student cohorts
• Um, we consistently see 70 or more classes come through our doors on our Huntsville campus in our teaching
• those resources into classrooms, providing materials that are used by students at the third grade level
• Um, so that's at our K-12 level, some of the things that we've been up to. of the things that we've been

Bills: HB447, HB447

Keywords: HB447, school buses, student transportation, public schools, local boards of education, dual enrollment, career technical education, CTE, community college, trade school, technical college, offsite educational venues, student access, transportation policy, school bus law, Alabama education law, Montgomery County, probate court, judge of probate, will registration

Transcript Highlights:

• Lines, I heard on the classes, 24 through 26 on line 7. And Mr.
• This is the private schools numbers, but it has students over 500 percent of poverty level.
• note states in the detail it says public homeschool and non-public students over the 500% poverty level
• And then also projecting how many kids are actually underneath 300 or 500% of the poverty level.

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The committee reconvened to work on re-engrossed Senate Bill 2400, which dealt with education savings accounts and related school-choice provisions. Members discussed several amendments already incorporated into version 4.006, including changes affecting the Center for Distance Education, homeschool language, marketplace penalties, and an increase in the ESA amount from $500 to $1,000. The committee first reconsidered its prior action, then adopted the 4.006 amendments unanimously, while noting that an updated fiscal note was still needed. A Department of Public Instruction fiscal officer, Adam Tessier, explained the revised fiscal impact. He estimated the bill would cost roughly $124.4 million in the first year, based on assumptions about student participation and utilization rates. He also clarified that the means test at 500% of poverty applied to non-public students in participating schools, and estimated that the private-school portion of the bill accounted for about $5 million of the total cost. Members asked several questions about the assumptions behind the estimate and the scope of the program. After discussion, Representative Conmy moved a do not pass recommendation, citing concerns that the marketplace structure was administratively cumbersome and that direct aid through another mechanism would be preferable. The committee voted 11-3 to adopt the do not pass motion. Representative Hauck was designated to carry the bill to the floor.

Transcript Highlights:

• THE SPREADSHEET IN FRONT OF YOU AND ATTACHED IS A LIST OF MEMBER PROJECTS IN THE PROPOSED FUNDING LEVEL
• >> Chair: YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >> WE DO NOT ADDRESS PAY ISSUES AT THIS LEVEL.
• THERE MAY BE PAY ISSUES AT THE FULL COMMITTEE LEVEL BUT THOSE DECISIONS HAVE NOT BEEN FINALIZED IT TO
• HE WAS DOING COLLEGE CLASSES.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Um, and my frustration level here on Um, and my frustration level here on some<01:11:28.880> of
• the DMV, uh go through a day, uh class the DMV, uh go through a day, uh class for<02:04:18.480><
• Look at the local business level.
• Look at the local business level.
• Look at the local business level.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all