Transcript Highlights:

• Chairman and members, Senate Bill 1478 makes various changes to statutes relating to liquor regulations
• statute relating to the preemption of federal food safety regulations, and lastly redefining various liquor
• This bill, as the sponsor said, is a culmination of the liquor industry stakeholders coming together
• planning departments could work together to come to some happy medium amongst themselves and do like the liquor

Committee: House House Commerce Committee of Reference

Summary: The committee heard Senate Bill 1566, which would prohibit municipalities and counties from maliciously delaying licensing, permits, or approvals, with expedited court review and AG enforcement. The sponsor and supporters framed it as an affordability and property-rights measure aimed at stopping intentional government delay, while local government representatives and some members raised concerns about the bill’s scope, enforcement, and whether ordinary administrative delays or incomplete applications could be swept in. The sponsor said the county language would be fixed to match the city language in a floor amendment. The bill was moved and passed out of committee on a 7-3 vote, with one present and one absent. The committee then heard Senate Bill 1787, which would require written notice and individualized determinations for municipal or county exactions, allow appeals, and provide judicial review. The sponsor and supporters argued it would curb excessive or unrelated conditions imposed on development and align Arizona law with constitutional takings principles. Opponents from cities and counties said existing law already requires nexus and proportionality, and warned the bill would create a duplicative process, confusion, and a more punitive, winner-take-all system. After testimony from property owners and advocacy groups on both sides, the bill passed on a 7-2 vote, with one present and one absent. The committee also heard Senate Bill 1478, a largely technical liquor-regulation cleanup bill that clarifies interim permits, updates terminology, and makes other conforming changes. Stakeholders described it as a consensus measure developed by industry participants and the Department of Revenue, and the bill received broad support. It passed unanimously, 10-0, with one absent. Finally, the committee heard Senate Bill 1431, which would bar municipalities from dictating certain home design features and from requiring some shared amenities that lead to HOAs. Supporters said it would reduce housing costs and preserve homeowner choice, while opponents argued it would weaken local control, reduce design quality, and limit crime-prevention and neighborhood-character standards. Testimony focused heavily on aesthetics, HOAs, and affordability, but no final vote on SB 1431 was included in the transcript excerpt.

Transcript Highlights:

• I don't—That's an internal policy, I believe, based upon their liquor licenses is the reason that they
• internal policy I believe based upon internal policy I believe based upon their<00:31:31.880><c> liquor
• </c><00:31:32.160><c> licenses</c> their liquor licenses their liquor licenses is<00:31:33.960><c> the

Committee: House Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations

Keywords: 00:00 CALL TO ORDER 00:05 ROLL CALL 01:03 HB 566 DISCUSSION 03:05 HB 566 VOTE 05:10 HB 885 DISCUSSION 08:03 HB 885 VOTE 09:55 HB 904 DISCUSSION 33:10 HB 904 VOTE 34:28 ADJOURNMENT, 958, all

Bills: SB2901 , SB2902 , SB2903 , SB2904 , SB2905 , SB2906 , SB2907 , SB2908 , SB2909 , SB2910 , SB2911 , SB2912 , SB2913 , SB2914 , SB2915 , SB2916 , SB2917 , SB2918 , SB2919 , SB2920 , SB2921 , SB2922 , SB2923 , SB2924 , SB2925 , SB2926 , SB2927 , SB2928 , SB2929 , SB2930 , SB2931 , SB2932 , SB2933 , SB2934 , SB2935 , SB2936 , SB2937 , SB2938 , SB2939 , SB2940 , SB2941 , SB2942 , SB2943 , SB2944 , SB2945 , SB2946 , SB2947 , SB2948 , SB2949 , SB2950 , SB2951 , SB2952 , SB2953 , SB2954 , SB2955 , SB2956 , SB2957 , SB2958 , SB2959 , SB2960 , SB2961 , SB2962 , SB2963 , SB2964 , SB2965 , SB2966 , SB2967 , SB2968 , SB2969 , SB2970 , SB2971 , SB2972 , SB2973 , SB2974 , SB2975 , SB2976 , SB2977 , SB2978 , SB2979 , SB2980 , SB2981 , SB2982 , SB2983 , SB2984 , SB2985 , SB2986 , SB2987 , SB2988 , SB2989 , SB2990 , SB2991 , SB2992 , SB2993 , SB2994 , SB2995 , SB2996 , SB2997 , SB2998 , SB2999 , SB3000

Keywords: geological subsurface characterization, groundwater, geothermal resources, environmental review, Hawaii groundwater and geothermal resources center, scientific research, non-extractive, public trust doctrine, clean energy, greenhouse gas, carbon sequestration, climate change, energy policy, Hawaii state energy office, emissions reduction, sustainable development, fare-free transportation, greenhouse gas emissions, public transit, tax on petroleum

Bills: SB2901 , SB2902 , SB2903 , SB2904 , SB2905 , SB2906 , SB2907 , SB2908 , SB2909 , SB2910 , SB2911 , SB2912 , SB2913 , SB2914 , SB2915 , SB2916 , SB2917 , SB2918 , SB2919 , SB2920 , SB2921 , SB2922 , SB2923 , SB2924 , SB2925 , SB2926 , SB2927 , SB2928 , SB2929 , SB2930 , SB2931 , SB2932 , SB2933 , SB2934 , SB2935 , SB2936 , SB2937 , SB2938 , SB2939 , SB2940 , SB2941 , SB2942 , SB2943 , SB2944 , SB2945 , SB2946 , SB2947 , SB2948 , SB2949 , SB2950 , SB2951 , SB2952 , SB2953 , SB2954 , SB2955 , SB2956 , SB2957 , SB2958 , SB2959 , SB2960 , SB2961 , SB2962 , SB2963 , SB2964 , SB2965 , SB2966 , SB2967 , SB2968 , SB2969 , SB2970 , SB2971 , SB2972 , SB2973 , SB2974 , SB2975 , SB2976 , SB2977 , SB2978 , SB2979 , SB2980 , SB2981 , SB2982 , SB2983 , SB2984 , SB2985 , SB2986 , SB2987 , SB2988 , SB2989 , SB2990 , SB2991 , SB2992 , SB2993 , SB2994 , SB2995 , SB2996 , SB2997 , SB2998 , SB2999 , SB3000

Keywords: geological subsurface characterization, groundwater, geothermal resources, environmental review, Hawaii groundwater and geothermal resources center, scientific research, non-extractive, public trust doctrine, clean energy, greenhouse gas, carbon sequestration, climate change, energy policy, Hawaii state energy office, emissions reduction, sustainable development, fare-free transportation, greenhouse gas emissions, public transit, tax on petroleum

Transcript Highlights:

• Currently, the downtown liquor tax applies if you purchase a beer for a show at the Fine Line, which
• Revenues from the downtown restaurant and liquor taxes, along with the city's sales tax and lodging tax
• ><c> tax</c> Currently, the downtown liquor tax Currently, the downtown liquor tax applies<00:25:12.640
• Revenues from the downtown restaurant Revenues from the downtown restaurant and<00:25:35.919><c> liquor
• taxes along with the city's and liquor taxes along with the city's sales<00:25:38.720><c> tax</c><00

Committee: Senate Taxes

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• But House Bill 538 merely changes the name of one existing position in the liquor commission, adds the
• It's all liquor commission money. It won't affect the general fund at all.
• </c> position in the liquor commission. position in the liquor commission. adds<00:24:01.919><c> the<
• It's all liquor the same labor grade. It's all liquor commission<00:24:37.919><c> money.
• I'm the chairman of the liquor commission. With me is our CFO, Tina Demier.

Committee: Senate Executive Departments and Administration

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Uh, this is a little liquor mini bus that we hope to pass to the floor as a compilation of liquor provisions
• Uh this is a little liquor<00:10:45.920><c> mini</c><00:10:46.240><c> bus</c><00:10:46.480><c> that</
• mini bus that we hope to pass to liquor mini bus that we hope to pass to the<00:10:47.600><c> floor<
• </c> the floor as a compilation of uh liquor the floor as a compilation of uh liquor provisions<00:10
• There would also add another liquor license.

Committee: Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Senator Voino offers Senate Bill 1084, a bill to amend the Michigan Liquor Control Code of 1998.
• Senate Bill 1084, a bill to amend the Michigan Liquor Control Code of 1998.

Keywords: 983, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• for legislation to authorize municipalities to opt in to a temporary pilot to extend the hours of liquor
• for legislation to authorize municipalities to opt in to a temporary pilot to extend the hours of liquor

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Senate first took up several local bills and resolutions. It amended and passed to be engrossed Senate No. 1831, providing line-of-duty death benefits for the surviving spouse of Detective John DeSongy of Rutland, and passed to be engrossed House bills concerning police officer age requirements in Haverhill, Newton, and Stoneham, including exemptions for named individuals and a local age-waiver measure. The chamber also adopted congratulatory resolutions for the Florence Community Band’s 25th anniversary and for the Italian Consulate in Boston on Italian National Day. The Senate then considered House No. 5501, the fiscal year 2027 state budget, after the House nonconcurred in the Senate’s amendment and appointed conferees. On motion, the Senate insisted on its amendment and appointed a committee of conference. The chamber also referred a House petition on a temporary liquor-license/public-consumption pilot to the Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technology after suspending Joint Rule 12. A major floor debate centered on Senate No. 3104, a resolution responding to the Supreme Judicial Court’s May 7, 2026 order regarding the State Auditor’s request for Senate financial records. Supporters said the resolution would provide records in the clarified scope while preserving constitutional objections to broader requests; opponents argued the Senate should comply more fully and seek the court’s guidance earlier. After a roll call, the resolution was adopted 33-6. The Senate then adopted a motion to adjourn in memory of William F. “Bill” Howard of Beverly and adjourned until the following Monday at 11:00 a.m.

Transcript Highlights:

• for legislation to authorize municipalities to opt in to a temporary pilot to extend the hours of liquor
• One matter will be referred to the committee... a temporary pilot to extend the hours of liquor licenses

Keywords: 1212, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Madam Whip, members, Senate Bill 1478 makes various updates to statute relating to liquor regulations
• statute related to the preemption on federal food safety regulations, and lastly redefining various liquor

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The caucus reviewed a long list of Senate bills and memorials across several policy areas, with most items presented as consent or third-read measures and little debate. Topics included special license plates for the Arizona Space Commission, local land-use and housing restrictions, liquor regulation updates, limits on municipal delays in permitting and exactions, election equipment security and timekeeping requirements, precinct committeeman vacancy procedures, assisted living and deed-fraud measures, a Freedom of Speech Monument committee, renaming Wesley Bolin Plaza, and a ban on gender transition procedures for minors. Members also discussed health and human services bills on behavioral health technician standards, Medicaid billing during ownership changes, breast cancer screening cost-sharing, naturopathic IV administration authority, safe-haven newborn surrender at hospitals, and access claim-processing timelines. The Judiciary portion covered probation limits for dangerous crimes against children, a civil cause of action related to prohibited gender reassignment surgery on minors, elimination of the statute of limitations for failure to register as a sex offender, probation incentive calculations, victim-rights expense recovery, unlawful flight penalties, vulnerable adult theft definitions, motor fuel theft, unlawful alerting, and evidence rules in sexual-assault-related hearings. In discussion, members asked for clarifications on several bills, including the definitions of “malicious” delay, internet access on election equipment, the scope of the breast screening bill, and the meaning of unlawful alerting. Supporters repeatedly described bills as common-sense, fraud-prevention, patient-access, or public-safety measures, while one member noted a no vote on extending the Vulnerable Adult System Study Committee. Additional measures in land, agriculture, water, public safety, and transportation included foreign-entity restrictions on land transactions, limits on transporting Mexican gray wolf puppies, water reuse and groundwater fee extensions, a larger water supply revolving fund loan cap, congressional memorials on EPA authority and the San Carlos irrigation project, expanded traumatic event counseling coverage, reimbursement of legal costs for certain disciplined law enforcement officers, data sharing with the federal government on unauthorized aliens, roadable aircraft registration, motor vehicle booting rules, military-property sign placement, a towing and impound study committee, photo enforcement penalties, and highway renaming memorials. No roll-call votes were described in the transcript, and the meeting ended after the transportation items and memorials were completed.

Transcript Highlights:

• And then 23-216 required any attorneys interested in the sale of liquor or wines to provide their name
• and address to the State Liquor Division.”

Committee: Senate State Affairs

Keywords: 989, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Now a lot of you may have seen these virtual currency kiosk in gas stations, liquor stores all over the
• safety concerns beside this Graham, all with a grocery bag full of $30,000 of the cash walking into a liquor

Committee: House Commerce Committee

Transcript Highlights:

• State Liquor Board: Susan Wals.
• State Liquor Board, Susan Wals.

Keywords: 1182, all

Transcript Highlights:

• State Police, ABC, currently a caterer is not able to acquire liquor licensing to sell liquor at their

Committee: Senate State Affairs

Keywords: 989, all

Transcript Highlights:

• THESE ARE LOCATED IN GAS STATIONS, LIQUOR STORES.
• ENFORCEMENT AND IS TOLD TO GET $30,000 OUT OF HER BANK AND PUT IT IN A GROCERY BAG AND GO TO THE LOCAL LIQUOR

Transcript Highlights:

• And Liquor Commission.
• We could see the heat map and the Portsmouth traffic circle and the mall in Nashua and the liquor store
• We could see the heat map and the Portsmouth traffic circle and the mall in Nashua and the liquor store
• We could see the heat map and the Portsmouth traffic circle and the mall in Nashua and the liquor store
• The Portsmouth traffic circle and the mall in Nashua and the liquor store in Nashua were like the most

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The meeting featured presentations from the Department of Administrative Services and the Treasury Department on state revenue reporting and unclaimed property. State Comptroller Dana Call explained DAS’s role in compiling statewide revenue reports, including the annual revenue plan set through the budget process and the monthly revenue focus reports that track cash receipts. She noted that unrestricted general fund revenue is about $2 billion annually, while miscellaneous other revenue is a much smaller and less predictable category, averaging roughly $30 million to $32 million a year. She also described two more material internal revenue lines: statewide indirect cost recoveries and post-retirement benefit recoveries, which are billed to agencies and often tied to federal reimbursement rules. Members asked about the interest line in the revenue charts and about how the figures were presented, and Call clarified that the totals were in millions and that the interest item would be explained by the Treasurer. She also explained that the indirect cost and post-retirement recoveries are internal cost allocations that flow back into the unrestricted revenue pool and are reflected in agency budgets as interagency costs. Treasurer Monica Meissner then outlined Treasury Department functions, including bank deposits, statewide disbursements, banking relationships, investments, debt management, compliance, the FONA College Savings Program, the ABLE Plan, scholarship programs, and the abandoned property program. In discussing unclaimed property, she said holders report property after a five-year dormancy period, the state uses automated systems and outreach to locate owners, and claim activity has increased. In fiscal year 2024, the state returned about $12.2 million to citizens through roughly 12,000 claims; over the last 10 years, about $72.6 million has been returned. She also said the state escheated $19.9 million to the general fund and $1.8 million to counties last year, and explained that securities-related proceeds are harder to estimate because they depend on market conditions. No votes or formal actions were taken.

Transcript Highlights:

• Bill A4666 singles out one specific industry and creates a special liquor license to benefit them only
• while excluding others who must still acquire liquor licenses through the existing process.
• all the others are left to compete at the disadvantage of having to pay the market rate for their liquor
• When we deal with the issues of liquor licenses in the state of New Jersey, With the issues of liquor
• Accordingly, I would encourage others. liquor licenses.

Keywords: 1146, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Senate Bill 3890, Wicomico County Class A Beer, Wine, and Liquor License Alterations, favorable with
• License if a Beer, Wine, and Liquor License was issued before the bill's effective date to a holder
• </c><00:24:55.000><c> License</c> Beer, Wine, and Liquor License Beer, Wine, and Liquor License issues
• </c><00:24:58.960><c> License</c><00:24:59.800><c> if</c> a Beer, Wine, and Liquor License if a Beer,
• Wine, and Liquor License if before<00:25:00.560><c> the</c><00:25:00.680><c> bill's</c><00:25:01.040

Keywords: Senate streaming session for Tuesday, March 10, 2026, 960, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Senate Bill 1258, by the State Affairs Committee, regarding liquor.
• If you haven't had a chance to go speak with the Director of Lottery and Liquor, he's a great guy.
• If you haven't had a chance to go speak with the Director of Lottery and Liquor, he's a great guy.

Keywords: 989, all