Transcript Highlights:

• It's one or the other to comply: either A, all doors and windows that provide direct access to the exterior
• there's an unexpected entry into the swimming pool, or the self-latching lock on all the doors and windows
• I just described, or the locking lock on all the doors and windows I just described, or the alarm, the
• exit alarm that sounds when any of those windows or doors that leads out to the swimming pool opens.

Bills: S0530 , S0658 , S0608 , S1708 , S0680 , S0980 , S0204

Committee: Senate Regulated Industries

Summary: The Committee on Regulated Industries considered and reported several bills. SB 530 on state lotteries was presented with two technical amendments adopted, including changes to lottery department contracting language and machine-purchase flexibility; the committee then reported the bill favorably. SB 204, which increases penalties for illegal slot machine operations to a third-degree felony and creates a declaratory-statement process for veteran service organizations to confirm machine legality, drew support from gaming interests and some soft opposition from a veterans group concerned about implementation; it was also reported favorably. The committee then took up a proposed committee substitute combining SB 658 and SB 608 on water safety requirements for rental and vacation properties. The combined bill would require certain rental properties near water bodies or with pools to install specified alarms, locks, fences, covers, or similar safety devices, with enforcement through DBPR and a grace period for correcting some violations. Senators emphasized the bill as a response to child drowning deaths, including those involving autistic children, and the PCS was reported favorably. SB 980, as a delete-everything amendment, would create the Florida Agegate Act to restrict advertising, promotion, and display of non-FDA-approved nicotine devices in areas accessible to those under 21, with penalties and inspection authority; after questions about counterfeit products and enforcement, it was reported favorably. The committee also approved SB 1708, which removes a three-year out-of-state practice requirement for veterinary licensure by endorsement while keeping other competency requirements, and SB 680, as amended, which creates a sales tax exemption for electricity sold to EV charging station operators and transferred to consumers, subject to metering and affidavit requirements. Several members recorded votes after the roll calls, and the meeting ended with an invitation to return later for another bill before adjournment.

Transcript Highlights:

• Chair and members, HB 2032 as passed the House alters the testing window for the statewide assessment
• It removes the ability for the Department of Education to modify the testing window with approval from
• The Senate amendment prohibits the testing window from being longer than six consecutive school weeks

Summary: The House Democratic Caucus met on Minority Caucus Calendar items and reviewed several Senate-amended House bills. HB 2003 would lower the learner’s permit age from 15½ to 15 and increase supervised driving time; the Senate added a delayed effective date of December 1, 2026, and the sponsor was said to have refused the amendment after previously concurring. HB 2693 would allow chambers of commerce to set up insurance purchasing pools for small businesses, and the Senate added a third-party-funded feasibility study by ADOA on what it would cost for state health insurance to enter the marketplace; members raised concerns that the study could be used to undermine the state self-insured plan, but no action was taken. HB 2133, dealing with synthetic sexual depictions and online sexual material verification, had multiple Senate changes that removed the synthetic-depiction expansion, added parody/artistic-expression exceptions, altered verification and record-retention rules, and removed AG inspection authority; the sponsor was expected to refuse the changes, and members were directed to stakeholder emails outlining concerns.

Transcript Highlights:

• Chair and members, HB 2032, as passed the House, alters the testing window for the statewide assessment
• It removes the ability for the Department of Education to modify the testing window with approval from
• The Senate amendment prohibits the testing window from being longer than six consecutive school weeks

Summary: The House Democratic Caucus reviewed several Senate-amended bills on the Minority Caucus Calendar. HB 2003, which lowers the learner’s permit age and increases supervised driving time, had a Senate delayed effective date added; members were told the sponsor had previously concurred but now intends to refuse. HB 2693, allowing chamber-of-commerce insurance purchasing pools and adding a third-party-paid feasibility study on state health insurance entering the marketplace, drew questions about possible impacts on the state employee health plan and whether the study could be used to undermine the current self-insured system. HB 2133, dealing with sexual material consent and synthetic depictions, generated the most discussion. The Senate removed the synthetic-depiction language from the revenge porn statute, added parody/comedy/artistic-expression exceptions, narrowed and expanded various verification provisions for commercial entities, removed limits on retaining identifying information, and eliminated AG inspection authority; members were told the sponsor intends to refuse the changes and that stakeholder concerns were outlined in emailed comments from the ASEO of Arizona and the Motion Picture Association. HB 2013, requiring ADEQ to submit exceptional-event demonstrations to EPA for certain wildfire impacts, had a Senate amendment limiting it to wildfires over 25,000 acres and tied to smoke or land damage; the sponsor was expected to concur, though stakeholders’ concerns remained unresolved. HB 2226, which requires courts to ask about veteran status at initial appearance and provide information about veterans’ services, was amended by the Senate to have the court rather than the prosecutor provide the information; members said the sponsor likely would concur. HB 2032, adjusting statewide assessment testing windows and related deadlines, was amended to extend the testing window to six consecutive school weeks and move the start of testing for grades 3-8 to the second week of April; the sponsor concurred, and members noted that organizations previously opposed had shifted to support. The caucus then adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• this change does is it just lengthens the runway out and it gives policyholders, instead of a 30-day window
• , they'll have a 60-day window.
• Commercial already has a 45-day window, so it goes to 60 as well.

Committee: House Business

Transcript Highlights:

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• This is for the roof and windows project. $2 million is the amount of this project, funded with $12,697
• This project's going to replace the roof and seal and replace windows on the academic services building
• This project's going to replace the roof and seal and replace windows on the academic services building
• This project's going to replace the roof and seal and replace windows on the academic services building

Summary: The meeting began with routine business, including a quorum call, approval of the April minutes, and several informational reports. Those information items covered upcoming general obligation debt for Bullitt, Jefferson, and Warren counties; Kentucky Communications Network Authority updates tied to House Bill 6; Eastern Kentucky University asset preservation reallocations under House Bill 1; and School Facilities Construction Commission debt activity, including 20 prior debt issues totaling about $386 million with roughly 85% locally supported debt service and 15% SFCC participation. Members then discussed concerns about a Kentucky Communications Network Authority project, focusing on a reported discrepancy between an appropriation of $12.927 million and an apparent payment of about $8.532 million on a project with a cost estimate of $12.449 million. Several members asked for more detailed written information before the next Capital Projects meeting, noting that a lawsuit is pending and that they wanted to better understand the basis for the request and the spending to date. The committee also heard and unanimously approved a donor-funded Northern Kentucky University project to renovate tennis courts, with possible pickleball additions, after questions about why approval was needed, the project’s estimated $3 million cost, and its expected minimal ongoing operating costs. The committee next received Kentucky State University pool allocation reports for three projects: a $2 million McCullen Hall renovation, a $1.75 million walkway and miscellaneous repairs project, and a $2 million academic services building roof-and-window project. A member asked specifically about curb cuts and accessibility in the walkway project, and Kentucky State said existing curb cuts would be repaired and additional accessibility issues would be reviewed by engineers. The lease report from the Finance and Administration Cabinet included one lease modification requiring approval for the Attorney General’s office in Franklin County and one no-action modification for the Board of Cosmetology; the Attorney General lease was approved by roll call vote. Finally, the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority presented five loans and 37 grants, with action taken on the loan and grant items. The loans included a Hodgenville wastewater treatment plant increase, a Grant County sewer district treatment plant loan, a Mount Sterling dam rehabilitation loan, and two Morganfield drinking water loans for granular activated carbon treatment, one with full principal forgiveness. Members asked about the Morganfield project’s purpose and were told it was a remediation effort for a water-quality concern, and they also raised questions about engineering fees, which KIA said are compared against a U.S. Rural Development fee schedule that is industry accepted. The committee also reviewed cleaner water program grant reallocations from county allocation pools.

Transcript Highlights:

• We're opening that window further, with the current statute being four days prior to election day.
• Because we're operating on a much broader window, we don't know what the first day a person would want
• first four weeks, but the last two weeks, they would have to go in four days before that starting window
• I asked the representative that presented the bill about the process on the four-day window to submit
• I asked the representative that presented the bill about the process on the four-day window to submit

Committee: House Local Government, Elections and Pensions

Summary: The Committee on Elections first met in executive session and took up a committee substitute for H.J.R. 122, which combined H.J.R. 122 with related measures H.J.R. 104 and H.J.R. 149. Representative Banderman offered and the committee adopted an amendment limiting leadership terms in the resolution from three terms to two for the House speaker and from two terms to one for the Senate president. The committee then adopted the revised substitute and voted the combined resolution do pass by a 9-1 vote. In public hearing, the committee heard HB 1987, a technical fix to local filing deadlines for declarations of candidacy when the deadline falls on a holiday. Representative Hinman explained the bill was requested by city and school clerks to avoid requiring offices to open on holidays such as New Year’s Eve or Christmas Day. Testimony from city, municipal, and county clerk organizations was unanimously supportive, and no opposition was offered. The committee also heard HCR 23, which urges Congress to recognize state authority over election laws and campaign finance. Sponsor Representative Perkins and supporting witnesses argued the resolution is a federalism measure grounded in the Tenth Amendment and noted that similar resolutions have passed in 24 other states. Some members questioned whether the resolution could conflict with federal election policy or allow inconsistent state approaches, but the sponsor said the measure simply affirms state authority and does not mandate any specific policy. Finally, the committee heard HB 1802, which would allow poll challengers and watchers to be present during in-person absentee voting in first-class and charter counties, with procedures for advance notice. The sponsor said the bill was intended to create consistency after differing county practices and to address issues seen in St. Charles County during the 2024 election. The St. Charles County election director supported the bill as a clarification of existing law, while some members raised concerns about unequal treatment of counties and the potential for disruption. The hearing concluded without a vote on HB 1987, HCR 23, or HB 1802.

Transcript Highlights:

• This is, you know, you're proposing to add $200 million over the budget window to this program, additionally
• now we have a corporate tax giveaway that we're adding to the tune of $200 million over the budget window
• 12:40.880><c> budget</c> tune of $200 million over the budget tune of $200 million over the budget window
• 12:43.920><c> don't</c><00:12:44.240><c> take</c><00:12:44.399><c> us</c><00:12:44.560><c> at</c> window
• and so as I said don't take us at window and so as I said don't take us at our<00:12:44.880><c> word

Transcript Highlights:

• There's a short window of opportunity. There are discussions happening around GGRF funding.
• There's a short window of opportunity. There are discussions happening around GGRF funding.
• And then also on the, again, there's a window of opportunity these next four weeks.
• If you had any comments in terms of, you know, the window of opportunity that we do have in the last
• terms of some of the recommendations for scaling up recharge because I'm interested in the short window

Summary: The joint informational hearing focused on the state of agricultural production in California, with opening remarks from the Senate and Assembly Agriculture Committee chairs and Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry emphasizing agriculture’s economic importance and the need for stronger state investment. They highlighted concerns about water scarcity, labor shortages, rising costs, extreme weather, tariffs, pesticide and regulatory pressures, and the lack of agricultural funding in recent climate-related allocations. Aguiar-Curry also urged immediate action on the glassy-winged sharpshooter outbreak, which CDFA said would cost about $18.5 million annually to detect, monitor, and eradicate. The first panel featured CDFA and the Department of Water Resources. CDFA described California agriculture as a $61.2 billion industry producing more than 400 commodities, but also noted farm bankruptcies, rising input and compliance costs, climate stress, trade issues, and crop removals in vineyards and almonds. DWR focused on hydrologic variability, snowpack decline, groundwater overdraft, subsidence, and SGMA implementation, and discussed tools such as forecast-informed reservoir operations, groundwater recharge, basin characterization, and the 2028 water plan update. Members asked about immediate legislative priorities, flood response after 2023, Prop. 4 and greenhouse gas reduction funding, and regulatory alignment; officials pointed to pest control, science-based water management, affordability, infrastructure, and better coordination across agencies. The second panel examined water, climate, and resource sustainability. PPIC presented estimates that SGMA, climate change, and environmental regulations could reduce irrigation water in the San Joaquin Valley by about 20% by 2040, potentially requiring 500,000 to 900,000 acres of fallowing and affecting billions in agricultural GDP and tens of thousands of jobs. UC Merced discussed practical adaptation tools including FIRO, managed aquifer recharge, on-farm recharge, land repurposing, agrivoltaics, and crop flexibility. The Agricultural Energy Consumers Association argued that energy costs are unsustainable, that electricity and natural gas rates are rising sharply, and that state programs supporting climate-smart agriculture, biomass, and food processing need more funding and coordination. Members and witnesses discussed how limited Prop. 4 and GGRF dollars might be used for recharge, conveyance, subsidence mitigation, and regulatory improvements. The final panel addressed workforce innovation and the future of food production. Industry representatives said food and fiber processors cannot pass along rising costs from energy, labor, workers’ compensation, packaging rules, and compliance mandates, and warned that SGMA-driven land fallowing, pest pressure, and abandoned orchards threaten small farms and processing jobs. The Almond Alliance called for periodic review of regulations, stronger invasive species response, and targeted support for orchard removal, ag burn alternatives, and water efficiency. The California Farmworker Foundation described its work providing health, education, and civil assistance services to farmworkers in multiple counties, including health navigation, field-based clinics, and food support, and stressed the needs of an aging labor force and food insecurity in rural communities. No votes were taken; the hearing was informational, with members and witnesses discussing possible future legislation and funding priorities.

Transcript Highlights:

• Are there specific application windows, or is it year-round? Is it open all the time?
• We've had just windows for these particular grants.
• Application windows are typically about 30 to 60 days long. Somewhere around that.
• We've considered longer and shorter application windows based on some federal rules as well.
• Okay, so does the agency assist the applicant prior to the window?

Bills: HB2 , HB1 , HB18 , HB19 , HB20 , HB1 , HB2 , HB18 , HB19 , HB20

Committee: House Disaster Preparedness & Flooding, Select

Transcript Highlights:

• I know the larger or longer window was a concern because of cost and staffing and capacity, and I know
• was a concern larger or longer window was a concern because<00:26:13.760><c> of</c><00:26:13.960><c>
• We do have some continuing concern amongst our membership about the 14-day response window and whether
• However, uh, we only have a two-day window right now from when we receive those lists to when we'll be
• We do have some continuing concern amongst our membership about the 14-day response window and whether

Committee: House Elections Finance and Government Operations

Transcript Highlights:

• So there's a feasibility window and process at the beginning, which is kind of looking at what the land
• That's also where there's already public comment windows in that permit process.
• So there's a feasibility window and process at the beginning, which is kind of looking at what the land
• That's also where there's already public comment windows in that permit process.
• Going through that comment window doesn't actually provide any substantial project change.

Bills: SB5633 , SB6279 , SB6291 , SB6274 , SB6309 , SB5903 , SB6016 , SB5820 , SB6132 , SB6189

Committee: Senate Local Government

Keywords: land subdivision, zoning, property development, local government authority, real estate, infrastructure, wildfire, wildland urban interface, WUI, building code, fire-resistant construction, defensible space, hazard map, risk map, state building code council, department of natural resources, fire marshal, regional fire defense board, roofing standards, exterior walls

Transcript Highlights:

• A lot of my residents, they can't see through the windows.
• We've requested new windows twice and been denied twice. Attic insulation would help.
• Then I started noticing things like when, because I have double-paned windows... ...years.
• Then I started noticing things like when, because I have double-paned windows and there's moisture in
• So there is mold growing between my windows. I know that's a health hazard.

Bills: SB6124 , SB5652

Committee: Senate Environment, Energy & Technology

Keywords: appliance affordability, cost index, energy efficiency, consumer protection, Washington state, aviation, airport noise, air pollution, environmental justice, health disparities, public health, ultrafine particulate matter, black carbon, nitrogen dioxide, volatile organic compounds, asthma, heart disease, cancer, sleep disruption, hypertension

Transcript Highlights:

• Allowing strikes during immovable harvest windows can destroy an entire year's crop overnight, eliminating
• Allowing strikes during immovable harvest windows can destroy an entire year's crop overnight, eliminating
• How long of a window do you have to harvest those great cherries you grow?
• We have a very small window, just a few days, to keep the pressures of the right time.
• We have a very small window, just a few days to keep the pressures of the right time.

Bills: SB6045 , SB6188 , SB6053 , SB5852

Committee: Senate Labor & Commerce

Keywords: agriculture, collective bargaining, labor relations, public employment, agricultural employees, SB 6188, asbestos, asbestos training, asbestos certification, asbestos worker, asbestos supervisor, Department of Labor and Industries, L&I, rulemaking authority, occupational safety, workplace safety, hazardous materials, abatement, encapsulation, removal

Transcript Highlights:

• Perhaps it was the window glazing exemption, same kind of concept, where there was a distinction made
• conditions that uh perhaps it<00:26:31.960><c> was</c><00:26:32.039><c> the</c><00:26:32.159><c> window
• </c><00:26:32.679><c> window</c><00:26:32.960><c> glazing</c> it was the window window glazing it was
• the window window glazing exemption<00:26:33.960><c> same</c><00:26:34.279><c> same</c><00:26:34.440

Committee: Senate Transportation

Transcript Highlights:

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• and hva systems the Roofing windows and hva systems the Board<00:05:08.360><c> of</c><00:05:08.479><
• The scope of work includes new wiring, windows, doors, wall installation, and HVAC units.
• The scope of work includes new wiring, windows, doors, wall installation, and HVAC units.
• The scope of work includes new wiring, windows, doors, wall installation, and HVAC units.

Summary: The committee first approved the January minutes and then received several informational reports on school district tax levies, revenue bonds, lease advertisements, and previously rejected lease transactions. Members were told that one rejected lease for the Cabinet for Health and Family Services in Hardin County would be canceled and rebid, while a Perry County lease modification for the Energy and Environment Cabinet would proceed. The Kentucky Communications Network Authority also submitted its quarterly capital projects report, and Eastern Kentucky University reported revisions to asset preservation projects. Janice Thomas, Deputy State Budget Director, presented four capital project action items. These included a Kentucky State University Betty White Building renovation funded by USDA grant money, a Department of Education state schools dormitory and cottage renovation appropriation increase because bids exceeded estimates, a restricted-funds scope increase for the Elizabethtown CTC science building expansion, and a pool project report for the Department of Corrections’ KCIW kitchen drain line repair and replacement. Representative Petrie asked about how often the statutory authority for midstream project increases is used and whether bids are typically competitive; Thomas said the increases are used often when bids come in above estimates and that bids are generally competitive, though construction costs have been difficult to gauge. The committee unanimously approved the first three action items, and the KCIW project was reported with no action required. H. Sandy Williams of the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority then presented six loans and one emergency grant. The items included loans for Frankfort’s East Frankfort Interceptor wet weather facility project, Sturgis wastewater improvements, Scottsville inflow and infiltration work, Morganfield wastewater treatment plant planning and design, Western Pulaski County Water District transmission improvements, and Springfield water system planning and replacement work, plus an emergency Kentucky Waters grant for Eddyville following a sewer treatment plant failure and local emergency declarations. After no questions, the committee unanimously approved the seven KIA transactions. Chelsea Couch then presented a Kentucky Housing Corporation conduit issuance for $38.4 million to finance a multifamily rental project in Jefferson County; members asked how the committee participates and were told it was a conduit issuance rather than state debt. The committee approved that item. Finally, the committee heard an informational Turnpike Authority refunding issuance of about $53 million for present value savings, then approved four SFCC debt issues for Henderson, Pulaski, Scott, and Trimble counties to finance school renovations and construction. The meeting ended with notice of the next meeting date and location.

Transcript Highlights:

• If you want, if you leave them a window, they will take advantage, and you're going to see everything
• If you want, if you leave them a window, they will take advantage, and you're going to see everything
• If you want, if you leave them a window, they will take advantage, and you're going to see everything
• If you want, if you leave them a window, they will take advantage and you're going to see everything

Committee: House State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:

• That simply means windows doors and shutters.
• It actually says to your point, if you do impact windows, you might see this savings.
• And I would like I told you last year, there's gentleman on my street who has windows replaced and then
• This is just a specific window of time. How do we market that?
• unlike, you know, the upgrade to bring folks up to current code with hurricane clips or some are windows

Transcript Highlights:

• I think a five-year window of behavior is plenty of time to assess where a person is at.
• I bring this bill because I think a five-year window of time is plenty for a property manager to see
• They do; they have a five-year window to look at to see if this is a repeatable, habitual pattern or
• We are establishing a window of time for where a person is at.
• A five-year window is plenty of time to see behavior, to see if someone's capable of paying rent.

Committee: House House Government, Elections & Indian Affairs

Transcript Highlights:

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• The company expanded its product line to include windows.
• This marked the beginning of their journey into the window and door manufacturer in space.
• In 1993, PT began work with Miami-Dade County to develop window and door building code protocols to medicate
• And a success story of their own PT is known not only for hurricane windows and doors, but also for being

Transcript Highlights:

• Funny story, I got it when Windows XP came out. So, yeah. So, so uh it stuck. Um, but it's cool.
• I</c><00:03:59.760><c> got</c><00:03:59.920><c> it</c><00:04:00.080><c> when</c><00:04:00.720><c> Windows
• </c><00:04:01.120><c> XP</c> Funny story, I I got it when Windows XP Funny story, I I got it when Windows
• </c><00:42:22.480><c> based</c> trying to spy into their windows based trying to spy into their windows
• peek in the windows of your childare<00:43:13.760><c> center.

Committee: House Children and Families Finance and Policy