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ID
Transcript Highlights:
- represent District 16, which is parts of West Boise and Garden City, and this legislation amends Idaho Code
- He loves the commercial registered agent as an address because he knows that is a service.
- Representative Dygert, does that commercial agent have to be in Idaho? Representative Dygert: Mr.
- what is defined here and also in our other legislation that was House Bill H71; I don’t recall the code
- Okay, follow up, and I see down here on line 37, it refers to code 18-1506C.
Committee:
House State Affairs
Summary:
The House State Affairs Committee heard and introduced several RSs and one bill, with most of the discussion focused on election administration, agency structure, business privacy, and parental notification around gender-related issues. RS 332-31 would require in-person canvassers to be qualified electors and wear name badges, with exceptions for volunteers, campaign workers, and phone banking. RS 333-75 would lower the threshold for ballot name rotation from political entities with more than 100,000 voters to those with more than 25,000 voters. RS 334-29 would merge the Office of Species Conservation and the energy and minerals coordinating agency, and members asked for more information later about preserving each agency’s mission. RS 334-38 would allow LLC filers to use an Idaho commercial registered agent address instead of a home address, while still requiring the residential address and consent from the registered agent. All four RSs were moved to introduction and approved by voice vote.
The committee then considered RS 3349, a revised version of a bill restricting what the sponsor described as social transitioning of minors without parental knowledge. The sponsor said the changes narrowed the civil cause of action and shifted any recovered funds to the state general fund, but members raised concerns about the breadth of terms like “appearance,” “dress,” and “social transition,” possible conflicts with confidentiality duties for educators and health providers, and the risk of litigation. Despite those concerns, the motion to introduce the RS passed, with Representatives Church and Haas recorded as voting no.
House Bill 548, a Fourth Amendment bill, was then debated and sent to the floor with a do pass recommendation. The bill would require reasonable suspicion before law enforcement can stop and board a boat on the water, while still allowing safety and related inspections at boat launches. Supporters said it protects constitutional rights without preventing inspections, and the motion passed by voice vote. Finally, RS 33-408 was returned to sponsor at the sponsor’s request, and the committee ended by thanking its page and adjourning for the next day.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Resources, Recreation and Development (02/04/2026)
Resources, Recreation and Development
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> for commercial purposes? for commercial purposes? >> Yeah.<03:32:11.920><c> Okay.
- Yeah. >> I mean it's the most commercially, uh, it makes the most sense commercially, but it's, you know
- most sense commercially, but makes the most sense commercially, but it's<04:27:12.159><c> you</c><04
- legislature has to approve the building code that is recommended by the building code review board.
- There are building code. as well.
Committee:
House Resources, Recreation and Development
Summary:
The committee first took up HB 163FN, dealing with requiring current, verifiable evidence of a species’ presence before land-use restrictions are imposed for habitat protection. Members discussed an amendment that had been worked on with agencies and stakeholder groups. Fish and Game testified that, while the amendment improved the bill, the agency still opposed it because of concerns about citizen science, how the proposal would apply to public versus private property, and how the transition to DES would work. Representative Darby argued the amendment was ambiguous, lacked a full hearing, and did not clearly address record verification or private-property access issues. The amendment passed 8-7, and the committee then voted OTPA 8-7, with a minority report noted.
The committee then moved to HB 1752FN, which would create a chain of custody for timber and carbon credits. Representative Davis presented an amendment saying it would help law enforcement investigate timber theft and add transparency to New Hampshire’s carbon registry by identifying buyers of carbon credits. Supporters said the change would impose little burden and align with practices in other states. Opponents, including Representative Darby, Representative Vale, and the state forester from DNCR, said the carbon market is complex, the amendment was not fully vetted, and a hearing with all stakeholders was needed; they also raised fiscal-note concerns. The amendment passed 8-7, and the committee then voted OTPA 8-7, again with a minority report.
Finally, the committee opened a hearing on HB 1019, which would add an active water treatment professional to the state water well board. Representative Peter Petrino and Representative Wendy Thomas said the board should include expertise on contamination risks and treatment technologies, citing concerns about arsenic, radon, and PFAS in private wells. The chairman of the Water Well Board testified in opposition to the bill as drafted, saying the board supports the general idea of licensing water filtration work but does not currently have authority or rules to oversee that field and believes the proposal would put “the cart before the horse.” Members questioned whether the board’s current mandate even covers filtration systems, and the discussion ended with those concerns unresolved.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- emphasis on the counting than coding.
- </c> emphasis on the counting than coding. emphasis on the counting than coding.
- ,</c><01:21:47.520><c> whether</c> The biggest issue with coding, whether The biggest issue with coding
- All the state if it's coded as a tardy.
- Um, and so uniform across the district.
Committee:
Senate Education Finance
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee Jul 7th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- That changed with the enactment of Revenue and Taxation Code Section 17082 in 2023.
- That changed with the enactment of Revenue and Taxation Code 17082 and 2023.
- This is an egregious example of how the existing penalties under the Revenue and Taxation Code and its
- systems, and larger commercial systems enrolled in net energy metering.
- You know, with this bill, we're recognizing that our tax code should not discourage these investments
Summary:
The Assembly Committee on Revenue and Taxation heard a series of tax-related bills, with several measures referred to suspense and a few advancing. SB 284 would clarify Proposition 19 rules for inherited family homes in probate, including when the one-year residency clock starts and whether title consolidation among siblings triggers reassessment; supporters included the California Association of Realtors, while county assessors opposed the sibling-transfer language as creating ambiguity. The bill was sent to suspense. SB 863 was taken up on the consent calendar and passed 6-0 to the Assembly floor.
SB 333 would let San Luis Obispo County voters consider raising a local tax rate limit to fund transportation projects; supporters said it would help the county become self-help for major road needs, while opponents argued it would make it easier to raise regressive sales taxes. The committee approved the bill 5-2, as amended with a five-year sunset. SB 376, which clarifies that charitable remainder trusts are not treated as incomplete gift non-grantor trusts for California income tax purposes, drew support from the California Lawyers Association and no opposition, and passed 5-2 to Appropriations as amended.
The committee also heard SB 591, which would replace steep penalties for failing to use electronic funds transfer with fixed penalties of $100 for a first violation and $500 thereafter; supporters said current penalties can be excessive and out of proportion, and the bill was sent to suspense. SB 419 would partially exempt hydrogen fuel from the state sales and use tax while leaving the existing road fee in place; supporters said it would help hydrogen adoption and parity with other clean fuels, while one environmental group opposed unless amended, and the bill went to suspense. SB 587 proposed a state tax credit for local sales tax paid on manufacturing equipment to encourage investment and jobs; it had broad business support and no opposition, but was also sent to suspense. SB 710 would extend and update the property tax exclusion for solar installations, with broad support from clean energy and local government groups and some opposition from large energy consumers; it too was referred to suspense. Finally, SB 663 would extend deadlines and exemptions for wildfire victims and certain nonprofit and disabled veteran properties; it received support from assessors and committee members but was also sent to suspense for further work.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Commerce and Consumer Affairs (01/30/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
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Summary:
The committee held a public hearing on House Bill 451, which would create a postconsumer paint stewardship program in New Hampshire. Prime sponsor Representative Karen Ebel described the bill as a bipartisan, broadly supported model based on PaintCare programs used in other states. She said consumers and businesses could drop off leftover paint at participating retailers or municipal household hazardous waste sites, with the paint then collected and recycled by the stewardship organization. She emphasized that the program is intended to reduce landfill disposal, improper dumping, and contamination of groundwater and soil, while also helping municipalities save on hazardous waste handling costs.
Members asked several questions about how the program would work and how it would be funded. Ebel explained that the program would be financed by a small fee charged at the point of sale on paint products, not a general sales tax, and that retailers could either list it separately or roll it into the price. She said the fee would cover the Department of Environmental Services’ administrative costs, which were described as minimal, and that the program’s structure was developed with DES and industry input. Questions also addressed whether cans would be recycled and how collected paint would be processed; Ebel said the ACA and PaintCare representatives could provide more detail, but that the paint and containers would be handled through recycling or other approved disposal methods rather than landfilled.
Representative Judy Aron, a co-sponsor and chair of the House Environment and Agriculture Committee, testified in support, saying the bill had been developed over several years with stakeholders and would keep toxic paint out of landfills while saving municipalities and taxpayers money. Representative Peter Bixby, the ranking member of Environment and Agriculture, also supported the bill, saying his committee had heard it many times and that it had strong bipartisan enthusiasm. No vote was taken during the hearing.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- d'Alene Fire Department, and expressing support for all first responders in Idaho. ...to provide for uniformity
- In fact, there's at least 39 pieces of tax code that it affects that we've looked at.
- hedged their bet based on the historical practice that the state would conform to the federal tax code
- So I just want us to think about that and should we look back to how we have changed our tax code in
- recent... ...to how we have changed our tax code in recent years, considering this bill.
FL
Florida 2026 4th Special Session
January 21, 2026 - 09:15 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- Representative Maggard, you are recognized to explain our code 603,987. Rep.
- Tuck, you are recognized to explain our code 556,269. Rep. Tuck: Thank you Madam Chair.
- It doesn't set new rules, it just says follow the rules the law has set down in state code.
- various concepts, including judicial sales, educational unit notices, retirement system notifications, code
- Establishes uniform recording requirements for all interpersonal violence injunction proceedings, which
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- And what I'm presenting today is House Bill 532, which establishes uniform identity verification standards
- constituents went to court, there still seems to be some vagueness in how this section of the Idaho code
- And so I'm bringing this bill to hopefully shed some light on this section of the code, get feedback.
- And what we did was we bolstered up the official map section of the code.
Committee:
Senate Transportation
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- governing transportation planning code governing transportation planning documents.<00:10:09.800><c>
- But the Minnesota State High School League sets uniform rules for sports.
- </c> neighborhood-scale commercial nodes. neighborhood-scale commercial nodes.
- Neighborhood over here uses the lake over on the other side, the commercial nodes, etc.
- Neighborhood over here uses the lake over on the other side, the commercial nodes, etc.
Committee:
Senate Transportation
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- This legislation builds on the effort undertaken pursuant to the Idaho Code Cleanup Act last year, House
- provisions currently scattered throughout the individual practice acts and consolidates them into a single uniform
Committee:
House State Affairs
Summary:
The committee heard several RS introductions and acted on each one. RS 32873, brought by Rep. Alfieri, would prohibit bulk purchasing of Idaho lottery tickets, which he said allows LLCs and corporations to corner top prizes and deprives Idahoans of winnings. He cited examples of out-of-state entities winning large prizes after buying tickets in Idaho and said the bill would let lottery law enforcement investigate and deny payment for coordinated purchases over $5,000 in 24 hours. The committee voted to introduce the RS.
Rep. Redmond presented RS 32864, a DOPL cleanup measure that consolidates roughly 100 disciplinary provisions scattered across practice acts into one uniform procedure in Title 67. He said it was a procedural consolidation only and would not change substantive practice standards or grounds for discipline. The committee voted to introduce the RS.
Rep. Church presented RS 33012, a resolution focused on political violence and legislative/public safety, describing personal concerns about security and urging support for civility and mutual respect in politics. Rep. Alfieri voiced strong support, and the committee voted to introduce the resolution. Rep. Mitchell then presented a revised RS 33016, explaining that references to planting trees in an endowment had been removed after concerns from the prior day; the committee voted to introduce it and send it to second reading. The meeting then adjourned.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Transportation Committee Apr 20th, 2026
Transportation
Transcript Highlights:
- They never should have had commercial driver's licenses in the first place.
- That they certainly can participate in the Commercial Drivers License Program.
- With housing, we adopt a zoning code. We all have the community input to adopt that zoning code.
- We agree as a community to adopt that zoning code.
- And we didn't have a definition in the code as to what we meant by 750 watts.
Committee:
House Transportation
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Senate Energy and Natural Resources (04/22/2025)
Energy and Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- project in terms of how we could again take all of the energy data in the state and figure out a uniform
- state and figure the energy data in the state and figure out<00:50:37.760><c> a</c><00:50:38.000><c> uniform
- way to feed that into one out a uniform way to feed that into one central<00:50:40.559><c> location<
- 23:12.719><c> reducing</c><01:23:13.600><c> costs</c><01:23:14.000><c> for</c><01:23:14.239><c> commercial
- </c> uh, and reducing costs for commercial uh, and reducing costs for commercial landlords<01:23:15.120
Committee:
Senate Energy and Natural Resources
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
Natural Resources and Environment Apr 8th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- I've color-coded it.
- My commercial license says I'm a commercial fisherman. But I'm a shrimper.
- Were commercial fishermen. I grew up on a shrimp boat.
- of commercial fishermen that were employed.
- Not that I'm aware of unless there's something in the code.
Summary:
The committee took up House Bill 886 by Rep. Orgeron, which would make seasonal catch totals and related reporting for the commercial menhaden fishery publicly available by carving out an exception to confidentiality rules. The author said the bill was intended to align with the original intent of prior reporting legislation and to ensure the public can see how much menhaden is being taken from Louisiana waters. Supporters, including Louisiana Wildlife Federation, CCA, charter captains, and recreational anglers, argued the fishery uses a public resource and that transparency is needed for policymaking. Opponents said they did not object to transparency in principle, but one speaker asked that size-sampling data be removed, arguing it has no scientific value and is already handled through NOAA and Gulf States Marine Fisheries Council processes. The committee reported HB 886 favorably without opposition.
The committee then heard House Bill 855, also by Rep. Orgeron, which would establish a 22-foot depth requirement for the commercial use of purse seines in the menhaden fishery. The author said the bill was based on a state-funded bycatch study showing red drum bycatch rises sharply in shallow water and that the current quarter-mile buffer is insufficient, especially in nearshore areas where recreational fishing and sensitive habitats are concentrated. Supporters emphasized the public trust nature of menhaden, the economic value of recreational fishing, and concerns about bycatch, beach fouling, and localized depletion. Several speakers cited the bycatch study, public comments opposing the recent reduction from a half-mile to a quarter-mile buffer, and the belief that deeper-water fishing would reduce impacts on redfish and other species.
Department of Wildlife and Fisheries staff and the study’s principal investigator, Dr. Scott Rayburn, answered questions about the current buffer rules, enforcement, and the science behind the 22-foot threshold. They explained that the recent reduction to a quarter-mile buffer came from a commission directive and that the department had investigated complaints but found no violations. Dr. Rayburn said the 22-foot figure came from modeling red drum bycatch as a function of depth and that the study focused on red drum because of its economic and social importance, while not analyzing every species in the same way. Opponents of the bill, including West Bank Fishing and Ocean Harvesters representatives, said the rule of three is a standard confidentiality concept, argued the bill should not be framed as anti-transparency, and urged removal of the size-sampling provisions. The committee heard extensive testimony but no final action on HB 855 was recorded in the excerpt.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Science, Technology and Telecommunications Aug 25th, 2025
Science, Technology & Telecommunications Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- Our students learn Nemeth Braille code, which is a separate code from our UEB code and it's specific
- It's a very complicated code to learn; there are very few people actually even in our country who have
- It'll be a commercially available product. a commercially available product to test AI for safety and
- We also sometimes have supplier conferences, which allow any organization or commercial entity to see
- It's in a building that would not meet current code today. So, we have to have that reactor.
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Trade, Workforce & Economic Development May 21st, 2025
Trade, Workforce & Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- And then two, I never voted for the code of ethics 1010.5 rules.
- Which were not required by law in 1913 when the code of ethics began.
- Our code prohibits discrimination. By real estate agents.
- Our, our code of conduct covers discrimination.
- That's not a violation of, of our code.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, January 20, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Chairman of the Board of Veterans' Appeals
- Madam Speaker, our obligation to veterans does not end when they no longer serve in uniform.
- The Clerk will report the title of the bill. >> H.R. 1663, a bill to amend Title 38, United States Code
- Chris is by profession a lawyer with a practice in business and commercial law.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Second reading of bills: HB 2785, conformity with the Internal Revenue Code; HB 2824, capital improvement
- HB 2785, conformity with the Internal Revenue Code; HB 2824, capital improvement financing; HB 2908,
- Otherwise, again, our overseas men and women in uniform will not be permitted to vote in the primary.
Summary:
The House convened, opened with prayer and the Pledge, approved the prior journal, and recognized the Doctor of the Day, Dr. Timothy Beger. Members also introduced several guests and groups in the gallery, including rare disease advocates, community leader Roberto Apodaca Revelez, Lucid Motors representatives, and a pediatrician visiting for Pediatrics Day at the Capitol. Attendance was recorded at 55 present, 0 absent, and 5 excused.
In Committee of the Whole, the House considered HB 2022, HB 2122, and HB 2138. HB 2022, dealing with election procedures, was amended to extend the overseas military voter deadline fix and clarify that party observers may be present at all voting locations; it received a do pass recommendation. HB 2122, a technical reciprocity correction for engineers, also received a do pass recommendation. HB 2138, a cleanup bill clarifying that firefighters are covered under workers’ compensation alongside police officers, was amended and recommended do pass.
On third reading, the House passed HB 2022 as an emergency measure by 56-0, HB 2046 on probation by 56-0, and HB 2116 appropriating $1 million to the Colorado River Litigation Fund by 56-0. Members speaking on HB 2116 emphasized protecting Arizona’s Colorado River water rights and described the fund as a bipartisan effort. The chamber also heard commemorative remarks recognizing Notre Dame Prep’s hockey championship, proclaiming February 2 as Mexican American Heritage Day, and honoring Mary Green as an early Black pioneer in Arizona.
After recess, the House received committee and first-reading reports, announced several temporary committee replacements, and then adjourned until 1:15 p.m. Tuesday, February 3, 2026.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Second reading of bills: HB 2785, conformity with the Internal Revenue Code; HB 2824, capital improvement
- HB 2785, conformity with the Internal Revenue Code; HB 2824, capital improvement financing; HB 2908,
- Otherwise, again, our overseas men and women in uniform will not be permitted to vote in the primary.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- Again, it's a rewrite of the solid waste code, and as you look through this, yes, it's 45 pages, but
- it also reduces and condenses that quite a bit from several codes.
- So, I mean, if there is a hindrance, it would almost appear as if it would be uniformity to the businesses
Committee:
House Local Government
Summary:
The committee met on January 28, 2006, approved prior minutes, and then considered several RS introductions. RS 33076, dealing with mosquito abatement districts, would allow property owners to opt out of spraying by request to county commissioners and add penalties for noncompliance; members raised questions about notice, whether the opt-out affected taxes or only spraying, and whether the bill could hinder abatement, but the motion to introduce passed. RS 33014 would consolidate solid waste regulation under DEQ rather than health districts, with the sponsor saying it would improve consistency and could save money; members asked about fiscal effects, DEQ authority, EPA involvement, and whether the bill affected haulers, and it was introduced.
The committee also heard RS 32909-C-2, which would raise the state reimbursement rate for housing state inmates in county jails from the current $55/$75 structure to a flat $80, citing a gap between county costs and state payments; members requested county-by-county impact data and the motion to introduce passed. Finally, RS 32985 would preempt local anti-discrimination ordinances that go beyond state law, with the sponsor arguing it would protect religious freedom and reduce regulatory burdens on businesses; opponents argued it would override local control and asked for data on economic impacts. The bill was introduced on a 14-2 roll call vote, and the committee noted it would be heard later in the Juden Rules Room.
ND
Transcript Highlights:
- participating school shall do and the list there: comply with health and safety, certification under the code
- , valid occupancy permit, certify the school complies with non-discrimination process per U.S. code,
- So I think the goal is to have some uniformity, allow districts that have existing systems and those
Committee:
Senate Education
Summary:
The Senate Education Committee met with a quorum and first took up House Bill 1540, an education savings account bill. Senator Wobbema presented Amendment 040-003, describing mostly clarifying and reorganizing changes, including eligibility language, administrator duties, school participation standards, assessment provisions, and a correction removing a requirement that the department pay for state assessment materials if a parent selected that option. The committee adopted the amendment 4-2, then advanced HB 1540 as amended on a 4-2 vote and sent it to Appropriations, with Senator Wobbema designated as carrier. One senator opposed the bill, arguing it would divert resources from public schools and conflict with the state’s obligation to provide a free appropriate education while districts still face funding needs.