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• </c> Seventy members of the House, a quorum is present and the House is ready to transact business.
• affordable housing in Alabama via tax credits for investment in low-income housing.
• </c><00:31:12.920><c> Bill</c> On page 64 of the calendar, House Bill On page 64 of the calendar, House
• House Resolution 201 from the House Rules Committee, the special order calendar. Move for adoption.
• </c> this house and that's okay. this house and that's okay.

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• Yet you can outsource buildings, building a bridge in San Diego or a housing development in Orange County
• Lackey seconds that this House stands adjourned until Monday, March 9 at 1 p.m.
• Lackey seconds that this House stands adjourned until Monday, March 9 at 1 p.m. And Mr.
• Lackey seconds that this House stands adjourned until Monday, March 9 at 1 p.m. Thank you.

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• Testimony on House Bill 2570, sponsored by Representative Smith.
• I move that House Bill 1945 be voted do pass. Any discussion?
• I do have a House Committee Substitute ending in .02C. It's been distributed.
• I now move that House Committee Substitute for House Bills 1945 and 2570 be voted do pass.
• By your vote of 15 ayes and zero noes, you voted House Committee Substitute for House Bills 1945 and

Committee: House Health and Mental Health

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• House can be subsumed for House Bill 1870 and House Bill 1827. We'll move to the informal calendar.
• The House Committee Substitute for House Bill 2819 is adopted.
• You've ordered House Bill 2600, or House Committee Sub for House Bill 2600, as amended, perfected and
• Bill 2105, House Bill 2397, House Committee Substitute for House Bill 2108, House Bill 2818, House Bill
• 1980, House Committee Substitute for House Bill 2710, House Committee Substitute for House Bill 2404

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Summary: The House met after a quorum was established and began with several introductions of special guests, including job shadows, 4-H participants, and interns. The chamber then moved to House Bills for Perfection, taking up HB 1707, which would stop sales tax from being imposed on credit card processing fees charged to vendors. Members asked for clarification about the bill’s scope and the title amendment, and the bill sponsor explained that the measure simply prevents tax from being charged on those fees. HB 1707 was then ordered perfected and printed. The House next considered HB 2819, a bill responding to the end of penny minting by authorizing rounding of cash sales to the nearest five cents. Supporters said the bill would give businesses a clear legal framework and reduce compliance risk. The chamber adopted the committee substitute and ordered the bill perfected and printed. Members then took up HB 2103, a property-fraud and notary-fraud bill aimed at strengthening penalties, requiring warning signs in recorder of deeds offices, and speeding court review for alleged victims. Supporters said it was needed to deter fraudulent deed filings and protect homeowners, while opponents argued it focused too much on notaries and recorders rather than the people committing the fraud. The committee substitute was adopted and the bill was ordered perfected and printed. The House also debated HB 1800, which would lower the inflationary cap on certain property-tax revenue growth from 5% to 3%. The discussion centered on whether the change would protect taxpayers or reduce funding for schools, fire districts, libraries, and other local services. An amendment was adopted that broadened the title and added property-assessment language, and the bill was then ordered perfected and printed. Finally, the House considered HB 2600, dealing with ambulance district consolidation and governance. The bill was described as a response to struggling rural EMS systems, with provisions for consolidation plans, public hearings, and voter involvement. An amendment modified the process for subdistricts, at-large districts, timing, and merger procedures, and the committee substitute as amended was adopted and ordered perfected and printed. The House then moved to announcements and adjourned until the next scheduled meeting.

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• Welcome to the House.
• Welcome to the House. Welcome to the House. Lady from St.
• House Committee Substitute for House Bill 3035 and House Committee Substitute for House Bill 2335 will
• Staying on that same order of business, House Bill 1771 and House Committee Substitute for House Bill
• for House Bill 2050. his motion for the perfection and printing of House Committee sub for House Bill

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Summary: The Missouri House met with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, then approved the House Journal for March 3, 2026 by a 122-0 roll call vote. The chamber also spent a long portion of the morning recognizing special guests, including Special Olympics athletes, occupational therapy and social work students and professionals, teachers, civic leaders, and other visitors in the gallery. On legislation, the House perfected and printed House Committee Substitute for House Bill 2974, which would codify telehealth access within Missouri’s licensed reciprocity law. Supporters said it would help seniors and rural residents access care and ensure reciprocity licensees can provide telehealth services. The House also perfected and printed House Bill 2934, a bipartisan St. Louis convention-center governance bill that would merge existing entities, create a new board with city, county, and state appointments, and clarify funding and tax authority for the convention district. An amendment narrowing governor appointments to two city, two county, and one at-large member was adopted before final approval. The House likewise perfected and printed House Committee Substitute for House Bill 2057, a technical fix allowing Osage Beach to create an entertainment district; supporters said it would promote tourism and economic development and align the city with similar districts elsewhere in Missouri. The most contentious debate was on House Committee Substitute for House Bills 1839, 2921, and 3515, which require age verification for pornographic websites. Supporters framed the measure as child protection and cited the Supreme Court’s Texas decision and the Attorney General’s enforcement rule; opponents raised privacy concerns, questioned effectiveness, and argued it could push users toward less scrupulous sites. A proposed amendment to extend the bill to firearms and ammunition websites was ruled not germane, the previous question was ordered 92-44, and the substitute was adopted. The combined bill package was then perfected and printed by a 104-16 vote with 20 present, and the House recessed until 2 p.m.

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• Now move that we vote due pass House Committee Substitute for House Bill 3111.
• Now move that we vote due pass House Committee Substitute for House Bill 3111.
• By the vote of 21-0, you voted due pass House Committee Substitute for House Bill 3111.
• We will now go to House Bill 20.
• The House bill does not.

Committee: House Professional Registration and Licensing

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• I now move that House Committee Substitute for House 173 and 174.
• I now move that House Committee Substitute for House Bills 32, 31, and 25— I now move that House Committee
• I represent House District 121. I'm presenting House Bill 3230.
• Have access to affordable housing and the type of housing that they want.
• We can't find housing. We kind of want to order a house.

Committee: House Commerce

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• We're going to go with House Bill 2807, sponsored by Representative Herbert.
• Seeing none, that will conclude... ...that will conclude the hearing on House Bill 2807.
• We will now hear House Bill 2598, sponsored by Representative Black.
• John Black, House District 129, Webster County, Missouri.
• I'm the CEO of Bridge to Nuclear, and I'm testifying in support of House Bill 2598.

Committee: House Utilities

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• We will start the public hearing on House Bill 2161, House Bill 1830, and House Bill 1728.
• Anyone here to speak in favor of House Bill 2161, House Bill 1830, and House Bill 1728?
• Anyone to speak against House Bill 2161, House Bill 1830, and House Bill 1728?
• Seeing none, anyone else to speak in support of House Bill 2161, House Bill 1830, and House Bill 1728
• House Bill 1728.

Committee: House Local Government

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• </c> House Bill 2137? House Bill 2137?
• House Bill 1659, House draft 1, measure.
• Bill 2020, House to testify on House Bill 2020, House draft<01:27:24.800><c> 1?
• House Bill 2091. House Bill 2091.
• House Bill 2494. now. House Bill 2494.

Committee: House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs

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Summary: The committee heard testimony on several measures. HB 1957, relating to safe entryways, would create enforcement procedures in large cities to prevent personal property from blocking private doorways or entrances. The Department of the Attorney General supported the concept but recommended moving the offense to the criminal code, adding clearer definitions to avoid vagueness, and including notice, inventory, storage, and property-disposition procedures to address constitutional concerns. No other testimony was offered and no questions were raised. HB 25003/HB 253, relating to fireworks, would expand civil asset forfeiture for certain fireworks offenses, revise the definition of aerial device, and clarify air-delivery offenses. The Attorney General supported the bill but suggested removing the 25-pound weight threshold to avoid unequal treatment of similar offenses. The Department of Law Enforcement also supported the measure, saying it would improve clarity for evolving fireworks investigations and prosecutions. The committee took no action during testimony. HB 2137, relating to artificial intelligence, would prohibit certain harmful uses of realistic AI-generated digital imitations, require disclosures, and create civil remedies and fines. The Commission on the Status of Women supported the bill, while the Hawaiian Islands Republican Women opposed it on First Amendment grounds. The Motion Picture Association, Recording Industry Association of America, and SAG-AFTRA also opposed the bill but said they preferred a different framework, the federal “No Fakes” model, and were willing to work with the committee on amendments. The Attorney General had suggested constitutional amendments, which the chair said would be considered later. The committee also heard HB 2198 on prediction markets, with the Honolulu prosecutor strongly supporting inclusion of prediction markets in the gambling definition because of concerns about speculative betting on events and national security-related outcomes. HB 1511 on consumer protection drew support from the Office of Consumer Protection and the Insurance Division, with OCP proposing clearer disclosure for license and registration renewal solicitations. HB 1897 on condominium alternative dispute resolution received supportive comments from the Real Estate Commission and CI. HB 1642 on crypto kiosks drew strong support from OCP and AARP Hawaii for a ban on kiosks accepting U.S. currency, but opposition from Hill Ventures, which argued for regulation and guardrails instead of a ban. HB 1753 on social media account deletion received supportive comments from DCCA on clarifying deletion of unique identifiers and inferences. HB 1654 on anonymous complaints against public employees drew strong opposition from the Attorney General over implementation and due process concerns, while the Government Employees Association supported it as a way to screen baseless complaints; the committee then moved on to HB 1659 on collective bargaining, with testimony beginning as the transcript ended.

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Summary: The committee continued discussing recommendations for chronic wasting disease (CWD) surveillance and response in Louisiana’s wild and captive deer herds. Members and staff reviewed current surveillance results, noting that LDWF had met goals in 32 of 64 parishes and that voluntary hunter-harvest sampling was falling short in other areas. Several ideas were raised to improve sample collection without making it broadly mandatory, including incentives for hunters, taxidermists, and possibly processors; use of DMAP properties and mobile sampling units; and targeted sampling of older bucks and other higher-risk animals. Members also discussed whether to use parish-level or other geographic control areas, and whether to mirror aspects of Arkansas’s approach, including testing to reduce or remove restrictions when prevalence remains low. The committee also heard from LDWF and LDAF about captive herd surveillance and reporting. LDAF described its licensed deer facilities, a 2024 positive in Jeff Davis Parish that led to depopulation and quarantines, and follow-up testing that has remained negative at quarantined farms. Witnesses said the agencies currently share information informally and through USDA/NVSL channels, but there is no specific law or regulation requiring 24-hour notification between agencies. The Wildlife Federation and several members recommended mandatory enrollment in the USDA herd certification program, mandatory reporting of positives, and clearer coordination between LDWF and LDAF. Members also discussed the cost of testing, with LDWF saying USDA grants covered diagnostic testing for the last two deer seasons, while department self-generated funds covered earlier costs. A major portion of the meeting focused on how to respond when a positive wild deer is found. Some members favored immediate restrictions, while others argued for keeping existing season rules in place through the season and using the positive as a trigger for intensified sampling, with the goal of avoiding unnecessary penalties and encouraging hunters to submit samples. There was also discussion of whether baiting should be prohibited, allowed during hunting season, or phased based on testing results, with Arkansas’s statewide baiting allowance and county-based disease management zones used as a comparison. The chair emphasized that no final recommendation would be adopted at this meeting; instead, staff was directed to compile the discussion and written recommendations for consideration at the April meeting, when the committee expects to vote and the commission may need to act quickly through its notice-of-intent or emergency rule process before the next hunting season.

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• One of the central goals in Virginia was to address housing affordability, excuse me.
• Now, if you want bird-safe windows on your new house, you can, of course, pay to have those installed
• unnecessary training mandates no longer block entry into professions; and where modernized codes make housing
• We created an opportunity, I was about to, but basically allowed both the Senate and the House to generate
• bill that we pre-filed and how we go forward with that, and, you know, getting the votes to pass the House

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Summary: The Special Committee on Regulatory Reform met as a study hearing with a quorum present but no plans to take votes. Chair Mark Wright opened by noting a draft resolution on regulatory reform and introducing Patrick McLaughlin of the Hoover Institution and Pacific Legal Foundation, who was invited to discuss his research on state regulatory accumulation and reform. McLaughlin described his method of measuring regulation through counts of binding terms like “shall” and “must,” and said Louisiana ranks among the most regulated states, with about 183,000 restrictions and faster-than-average growth in its regulatory stock. He argued that regulatory accumulation slows GDP growth, raises consumer prices, and disproportionately burdens small businesses and low-income households. McLaughlin pointed to reform models in British Columbia, Idaho, and Virginia, saying those states reduced regulations through centralized oversight, periodic review, simplified benefit-cost analysis, transparency tools, and AI-assisted comparison of rules across states. He said Virginia’s regulatory management office helped cut requirements and guidance, reduce licensing delays, and lower homebuilding costs, while similar reforms in Louisiana could produce significant economic gains. Committee members asked about the reliability of the research, the distinction between necessary and duplicative rules, the role of federal mandates, and how AI could help identify outdated or “gold-plated” regulations. McLaughlin said AI should assist human reviewers, not replace them, and emphasized that agencies need a process for reviewing old rules, not just issuing new ones. Members also discussed Louisiana’s own reform efforts, including LaDOGE, permit streamlining, and prior legislation creating public hearings and committee review of regulations. Chair Wright said he had filed a broader bill this session and was working with the administration on next steps. Representative Walters requested supporting data and examples from other states, and other members asked for practical comparisons, including how regulations affect housing, occupational licensing, and small businesses. The hearing ended without any votes or formal action.

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Summary: The committee approved the minutes from the September 3, 2025 meeting and then considered a series of banking and account requests from state agencies. Most items involved opening new accounts or transferring existing accounts to different financial institutions to improve payment processing, accessibility, or reduce fees. These included requests from the Department of Conservation and Energy for a new ZBA account at J.P. Morgan Chase and acceptance of a transferred Hancock Whitney account; the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism for a new W.R. Irby Trust account at Gulf Coast Bank; and several Department of Health requests for new J.P. Morgan accounts to handle federal wire draws, interpreter registry deposits, and Safe Drinking Water Program credit card payments. Members asked questions on the Department of Health wire-transfer item, and staff explained that the new account was needed because federal same-day wire transfers could not be submitted in a combined Treasury/agency name format and had been rejected under the prior setup. The Department of Justice received approval to close a Regions Bank account and move to LaCap Federal Credit Union because of lower fees. The Department of Public Safety and Corrections was approved to open an operating account for a new motor vehicle field office at Fort Polk, and the Department of Health’s Central Louisiana Supports and Services Center was approved to move a resident funds fiduciary account from J.P. Morgan to Red River Bank due to policy changes affecting debit card use. The committee also approved an escrow account for the Louisiana Evidence Control Unit under Public Safety Services to collect and settle seized evidentiary funds not pending forfeiture, with monthly reconciliation by financial services. After completing the agenda, the committee took no further business and adjourned.

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• What we saw with the LA firestorm was a wildland fire that became very quickly an urban fire, where houses
• I'm really proud of our progress, but we have real challenges: economic challenges of building more housing
• You would prioritize your housing and cut your Netflix, right?
• partner with some of the efforts around the new Cal Fire station that's going to be out there, the housing

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• It is housed in the State Controller's Office, and since its creation, the CAP has issued several guidance
• The role played by the amortization period is like a house mortgage: it is the period we use to pay off

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• >> Uh, seeing none, I will close the hearing on House Bill 1093.
• And I would like to open an executive session on House Bill 1093.
• >> Uh, seeing none, I will close the hearing on House Bill 1093.
• And I would like to open an executive session on House Bill 1093.
• </c> &gt;&gt; And the motion of ought to pass on House &gt;&gt; And the motion of ought to pass on House

Committee: House Executive Departments and Administration

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• </c><00:12:41.279><c> in</c><00:12:41.519><c> the</c><00:12:41.680><c> entire</c><00:12:42.000><c> house
• </c><00:12:42.480><c> Actually,</c> behind um in the entire house.
• Actually, behind um in the entire house.
• I want to make an amendment from this House in conjunction with a curfew on that road to name that the
• in conjunction with a curfew on house in conjunction with a curfew on that<00:14:05.519><c> road</c>

Committee: House Fish and Game and Marine Resources

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• Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the House Committee on Health, Human Services, and Elderly Affairs
• </c> to House Bill 1117 FN. to House Bill 1117 FN. Madam<00:21:20.200><c> Clerk.
• Um, so, I move ought to pass on House Bill 1797 and move Amendment 1027H.
• <01:45:22.080><c> an</c><01:45:22.240><c> opportunity</c> House an opportunity House an opportunity to
• I move ought to pass with amendment on House Bill 1797. And I will second.

Committee: House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

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• </c> House Bill 43 by Representative Ingram. >> Thank you, Representative Ingram, for being here.
• &gt;&gt; House<00:24:14.880><c> Bill</c><00:24:15.440><c> 216</c><00:24:16.559><c> by</c><00:24:16.960
• We passed this out of the House off of the floor last year.
• Thank you so much. >> Uh, clerk will call the last bill on our agenda. >> House Bill 396 by Representative

Committee: House Education Policy

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• One of them is House Bill 426. We are carrying over House Bill 173 and House Bill 174.
• One of them is House Bill 426. We are carrying over House Bill 173 and House Bill 174.
• Uh, yeah, House Bill 426, House Bill 173, and House Bill 174. So, we're carrying those three over.
• </c> opportunity to present House Bill 47. opportunity to present House Bill 47.
• House<00:22:29.200><c> Bill</c><00:22:29.520><c> 47</c> House Bill 47 House Bill 47 amends<00:22:31.600

Committee: House Judiciary

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