Transcript Highlights:

• So there's a Senate version and a House version.
• That'll take place in the House chamber.
• proposed by the Speaker that time be allotted to swear in new members of the House.
• that time be allotted to swear in new members of the House.
• one for the House, and the fourth one for the Senate.

Summary: Legislative Management met with a quorum, approved the July 11, 2025 minutes, and then considered recommendations from the Legislative Procedures and Arrangements Committee. Beth Dittes explained proposed special session rule changes, which largely mirror prior special session rules and are intended to speed floor action. The changes would allow faster second readings and transmission between chambers, replace regular standing committees with two joint committees for the special session—Joint Appropriations and Joint Policy—and limit bill introduction methods. The package also included delayed-effective-date changes for the next regular session, such as moving the agency and Supreme Court prefile deadline earlier and advancing several resolution deadlines. Liz Fordall then reviewed revisions to the legislative workplace harassment policy, including clarified definitions, longer intake and review deadlines, an option for informal resolution before a review panel, and clearer disclosure rules. The committee adopted the report and forwarded the rules and policy changes. The committee also approved tentative first-day special session agendas for both chambers, with a Speaker-requested revision to allow time to swear in new House members. Megan Gordon outlined the schedule: early Rules Committee meetings, morning floor sessions, a joint session for the governor’s State of the State, then meetings of the joint appropriations and policy committees, with optional later floor and committee time. Members discussed how the joint committees would handle bills and confirmed the process would mirror the prior special session. The agendas were adopted. Chairman Bekkedahl then reported for the Rural Health Transformation Committee, which had completed its work and recommended five bill drafts for the special session: a Presidential Physical Fitness Test requirement for schools, a nutrition component for physician continuing education, joining a physician assistant licensure compact, expanding pharmacist scope for lab testing and prescribing, and a two-year appropriations bill to cover the program through the next regular session. He explained the federal rural health transformation grant, the state’s application, funding restrictions, and the need to keep the bills aligned with CMS requirements to avoid funding reductions or clawbacks. DHS officials said the department would measure outcomes through required metrics, use templates for awards, and set up an Office of Health Transformation to track long-term impacts. The committee adopted the rural health report and forwarded the bills. Finally, members discussed special-session logistics. Legislative staff said employment committees would approve a limited number of staff, Legislative Management would serve as the delayed-bills committee, and a letter would be sent to legislators explaining the process and a suggested Friday noon drafting deadline for bills to be considered at the January 20 meeting. The committee also discussed how many bills might be introduced and how to assign the rural health bills to the House or Senate for origin. No formal vote was taken on those logistics, and the meeting adjourned with plans to reconvene on January 20.

Transcript Highlights:

• Would you present House Bill 3043? Yes. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
• Members, House Bill 3043 is a request bill from the ODBA.
• Chairman, members, House Bill 3043 is a request bill from the ODBA.
• How about House Bill 3940? Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
• House Bill 4117, how is it do pass?

Bills: HB3043 , HB3044 , HB3078 , HB3940 , HB4117 , HB3428 , HB4275 , HB3257 , HB3901 , HB4298

Committee: House Health and Human Services Oversight

Summary: The Health and Human Services Oversight Committee opened with prayer and then heard a series of bills, most of them request bills from state agencies or related to veterans and military matters. House Bill 3043 would let the Oklahoma Dental Board Association hire temporary or PRN workers during peak periods; it passed 11-1. House Bill 3044 would continue an existing tax-return checkoff for donations and passed 12-0. House Bill 3078 would create an online donation option for the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs during license and tax transactions and passed 12-0. House Bill 3940 made a number of cleanup and policy changes to a prior Oklahoma National Guard measure, including retention, benefits, discipline, museum operations, and state active duty pay issues; it passed 11-0. House Bill 4117 would define family resource centers in statute and emphasize faith-based partnerships, workforce development, and braided funding; it passed 12-0. The committee also advanced House Bill 3428, which would require certain businesses to post information about veterans’ benefits in a conspicuous place to help more eligible veterans enroll in benefits; members discussed raising the employee threshold from 50 to 100, but no amendment was adopted during the meeting, and the bill passed 10-2. House Bill 4275 would allow counties and cities to employ case managers and peer support specialists while maintaining certification, to support sheriffs and first responders, and it passed 12-0. House Bill 3257 would treat 100% disabilities caused by VA medical malpractice as service-connected for state benefit purposes, aligning state law with federal treatment, and it passed 12-0. Two public health bills also advanced. House Bill 3901 would authorize psychological autopsies in suicide and overdose cases to better understand causes and improve prevention; members discussed whether the process should include notifying prescribing physicians when patients die from opioid overdoses, and the bill passed 12-0. House Bill 4298 would allow DHS child care rule changes to be distributed by mail and electronically, reflecting current practice, and it passed 12-0. The committee adjourned after reporting all measures do pass.

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• The Housing, Agriculture, and Tourism Subcommittee will now come to order.
• We are going to have House Bill 675, affordable housing, by Leader Driscoll.
• We are going to have House Bill 675 affordable housing by Leader Driscoll.
• House Bill 675 does the following things.
• The Florida Keys are in the House. You are right. Oh, hello. The Florida Keys are in the House.

Summary: The Housing, Agriculture, and Tourism Subcommittee heard five bills and reported all of them favorably. House Bill 827, by Rep. Anderson, would require online real estate listings to disclose estimated ad valorem taxes based on the listing price rather than the seller’s current taxes, to reduce surprise tax increases for homebuyers. The bill drew support from the Property Appraisers Association of Florida, the Florida League of Cities, and the Florida Association of Counties, and passed unanimously after a technical amendment. House Bill 483, by Rep. Cobb, aimed to support Florida’s manufacturing sector by formally recognizing the chief manufacturing officer, creating a workforce development grant program, launching a voluntary promotional campaign for Florida-made products and manufacturing careers, and requiring biennial reporting. The bill received broad support from manufacturing, economic development, and business groups, was amended with technical cleanup language, and passed unanimously. House Bill 675, by Leader Driscoll, sought to expand affordable housing efforts by limiting Live Local Act incentives to affordable housing, extending affordability periods from 30 to 50 years, lowering the income cap for eligible units, and eliminating documentary stamp taxes for certain first-time homebuyers. After two amendments and supportive testimony from United Way Suncoast, the bill passed on a party-line style roll call with all members voting yes or excused. House Bill 495, by Rep. Albert, transferred golf course best management practices certification from the Department of Environmental Protection to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services without changing the underlying BMP requirements. After an amendment clarified that all BMPs remain in place, the Florida Golf Course Superintendents Association testified in support, and the bill passed unanimously. House Bill 1497, by Rep. Hunschofsky, revised the My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program by narrowing eligibility to lower-income associations, removing a coastal-only requirement, and tying grants to completion of opening protection for all common elements; two amendments further refined eligibility and grandfathered pending applications. The Community Associations Institute supported the measure, and it also passed unanimously. The committee ended with remarks about the prior night’s softball game and then adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• Is there anyone else who would like to testify on House Bill 2791?
• Is there anyone who should testify for or against House Bill 1950?
• House Bill 1397 is the first one.
• for or against House Bill 1397.
• The chair lays out House Bill 1893.

Bills: HB1397 , HB1893 , HB1950 , HB2027 , HB2791 , HB3698 , HB3699 , HB3700 , SB2603 , SB2607 , SB2565

Committee: Senate Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:

• The House will please come to order.
• Welcome to the House. Thank you, Dr. Penhalo. Welcome to the House. Mr.
• Welcome to your House. Welcome to the House. Representative Gutierrez. Thank you, Mr.
• Welcome to the House.
• Welcome to your House. Have you all registered? Thank you. Welcome to the House.

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• Kluf from the House. We have citations for you, and we'll do that after you leave.
• , and House Bill 4774, an act establishing the City of Cambridge Employment and Job Training Trust.
• House bill number 3026. Is there an objection, Chair, here's none? Third reading of the bill.
• bill number 4, 2, 3, 5. of Fire Chief Scott Weigel House bill number 4235 is an objection.
• Papers from the House: Several petitions come from the House under suspension of Joint Rule 12 and are

Summary: The Senate opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and several ceremonial recognitions, including a tribute to the Oliver Ames boys cross country team and girls volleyball team for winning state championships, and a resolution honoring the 175th anniversary of the YMCA in Massachusetts. The chamber also observed a memorial adjournment for Sherry S. Mattel of Brookline, with remarks highlighting her long record of public service, including work with the League of Women Voters, Brookline Town Meeting, and local school and civic organizations. On legislative business, the Senate gave final passage to several local measures, including bills waiving maximum age requirements for two Boston police officer applicants, setting an annual stipend for Bridgewater town council members, addressing temporary absence and appointment powers for the Bridgewater town manager, and establishing the Cambridge Employment and Job Training Trust. The Senate also passed to be enacted a bill on maintenance of private roads in Gloucester, a bill expanding financial eligibility for Williamstown’s senior property tax exemption, and a bill allowing Rochester to continue employing Fire Chief Scott Weigel. The chamber also took up a petition to designate the Marion-Started Riverwalk in Groton, suspending Senate Rule 36 and Joint Rule 12 before referring the matter to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources. Additional House petitions were referred to committees under suspension of Joint Rule 12. The Senate adopted an order to meet again on Thursday at 11:00 a.m. in formal session with the calendar, and then adjourned.

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• Chairman and members, as passed by the House, House Bill 2104 prohibits a county assessor from reclassifying
• Chairman and members, as passed by the House, House Bill 2105 requires the Department of Revenue and
• Chair and members, as passed by the House, House Bill 4117 makes it a class 1 misdemeanor to knowingly
• Chair and members, as passed by the House, House Bill 2311 directs the operator of an AI conversational
• Chairman and members, as passed by the House, House Bill 2477 conforms Arizona's 529 education savings

Summary: The caucus meeting on Friday, June 12, reviewed several bills on Blue Sheets 16, 17, and 18, with sponsors generally concurring in Senate amendments. On property tax and agricultural inspection bills, HB 2104 and HB 2105 were described as creating temporary limits on county assessors’ ability to reclassify or inspect agricultural property after a successful appeal or recent inspection, while preserving assessor authority for changes in use, ownership, splits, or taxable improvements. HB 4117, concerning religious worship assemblies, was amended by the Senate to focus on intentionally obstructing entry or exit from a place of worship or creating a disruptive commotion. HB 2311 would require AI conversational systems to notify users they are interacting with AI and add other consumer protections, and HB 2477 would conform Arizona’s 529 plan rules with federal law and allow certain rollovers to ABLE or Roth IRA accounts. The meeting also covered HB 2114, which directs motorcycle safety fund spending toward education and scholarships and ties motorcycle registration requirements to Class M licensing, with Senate changes narrowing the registration provisions and exempting business-owned motorcycles. HB 2729 was broadened by the Senate from continuing only the Nursing Board to also continuing DES, the Board of Occupational Therapy Examiners, the Physician Assistants Board, and the State Board of Pharmacy, with members noting this kind of consolidation is common at the end of session. All of these bills were presented for concurrence, and no objections or substantive questions were raised. The caucus then reviewed three additional measures that had just come through rules: SB 1618, which revises military affairs statutes, creates procedures for military installation fund property acquisition, changes commission duties and membership, and adds reporting requirements; SB 1110, which creates a Department of Corrections home confinement program for certain inmates nearing release; and SCR 1004, which would, subject to voter approval, restrict photo enforcement systems unless a contract existed before December 31, 2026. Members clarified that the House mirror of the photo enforcement measure had not advanced. The meeting ended with notice that more caucus or rules activity could occur later in the day as the chamber moved bills to the floor on sine die.

Transcript Highlights:

• 3064, comes from the House with the endorsement that the House has amended the bill by striking out all
• The bill will be sent to the House endorsed accordingly.
• The bill will be sent to the House endorsed accordingly.
• Papers from the House.
• House bill relevant to energy, affordability, clean power, and economic competitiveness, House No. 5175

Summary: The Senate opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and recognized guests from the United Kingdom Mission and England Fans Embassy ahead of the England-Ghana World Cup match. The chamber then took up several matters for final passage, including bills on Worcester police officer age requirements and North Adams retired police officers serving as special police for paid details; both were passed to be enacted and sent to the Governor. The Senate also received House action on the Senate’s resilience bill, S. 3064, which the House had amended by striking all after the enacting clause and inserting a new text. Senator Durant moved nonconcurrence and a committee of conference, and the chair appointed Senators Cyr, Rausch, and Durant to the conference committee. The Senate adopted resolutions congratulating Eddie Palladino on his retirement from MassDOT and commending Plymouth on the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, and it suspended Joint Rule 12 to refer several House petitions to committee. On third reading, the Senate adopted an amendment replacing S. 2120 with a new draft removing the term “hearing impaired” from the General Laws, and then passed the bill to be engrossed. It also passed to be engrossed three local bills concerning Haverhill election procedures and a Southbridge alcohol licensing extension. Finally, the Senate adopted an order setting expedited consideration of the House energy and clean power bill, H. 5175, with Ways and Means new text S.D. 3143, and adopted an order to reconvene the following Thursday at 11 a.m. before adjourning.

Transcript Highlights:

• The hour to which the House adjourned having arrived, the House would be in order.
• The group will be touring the State House today with Leader Peisch.
• Welcome to the House of Representatives. Report of Committee.
• House number 4,000. Total appropriation, $61,395,196,208.
• And the House stands adjourned. favor say I oppose no the eyes have it and the house stands adjourned

Summary: The House opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and then took up several ceremonial resolutions. On the Committee on Rules report, members adopted resolutions commemorating the Armenian Genocide and the 50th anniversary of Black April after suspending the rules. Representative Howard also recognized April 17 as the 50th anniversary of the Cambodian genocide, noting the Legislature’s prior designation of Cambodian Genocide Remembrance Day and observing a moment of silence for victims and survivors. The House also welcomed visiting student athletes from Weston High School, including the boys’ indoor track and field team and the boys’ fencing team, both state champions. Later, the Committee on Ways and Means reported House 1, the fiscal year 2026 state budget bill, with a total appropriation of about $61.4 billion. The bill was read a second time and, on motion of Representative Mikelowitz, further consideration was postponed until April 28, with the matter laid on the table. Finally, the House adopted an order to adjourn today to meet again Tuesday at 11 a.m. The chamber then adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• House Bill 1269 concerns a pawnbroker for...
• House Bill 2624. That was heard on February 18.
• And House Bill 1269...
• We will not be taking action on Substitute House Bill 1078 and House Bill 1269.
• And we do have House Bill 2624 before us. There is a striking amendment... House Bill 2624.

Bills: HB1269 , HB2624

Committee: Senate Business, Trade & Economic Development

Keywords: pawnbroker, fees, interest rates, consumer protection, financial regulation, real estate transactions, nonprofit, land conservancies, unsolicited offers, property rights

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• House of Representatives.] The Speaker pro tempore: The House will be in order.
• The Chair lays before the House a communication from the Speaker.
• Signed, Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
• The Chair will lead the House in the Pledge of Allegiance.
• The Clerk: The Honorable the Speaker, House of Representatives.

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• housing bill is going Um the housing the housing bill is going to<01:05:21.920><c> the</c><01:05:22.480

Committee: Senate Finance

Transcript Highlights:

• The House will be in order.
• </c> House, June 9th, 2025. House, June 9th, 2025.
• The House will be in order. The House will be in order.
• </c> to address the House. to address the House.
• and</c><08:34:02.080><c> we</c> before the house before the house and we before the house before the

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• Chair and So, House File 2614, Mr.
• legal aid, the Housing Justice Center, uh<00:03:21.200><c> Housing</c><00:03:21.640><c> First,</c><00
• Housing First Minnesota is a trade group representing nearly 1,000 members of the housing industry.
• House File 2614 has been approved as amended and is moving on to the Housing Committee.
• And I would move House<01:08:22.480><c> File</c><01:08:22.799><c> 3588</c> House File 3588 House File

Bills: HF2614 , HF3587 , HF3589 , HF3588

Committee: House Elections Finance and Government Operations

Transcript Highlights:

• House of Representatives. It seems to me that it would be better for us...
• Senate Bill 1687, an act... ...been to the House.
• There will be additional amendments in the House.
• With the bill to the House. Senate Bill 1216.
• Secretary, record the action, transmit the bill to the House.

Summary: The Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, roll call, journal approval, guest introductions, and recognition of doctors and other visitors. The chamber then moved through multiple Committee of the Whole calendars, considering a large number of bills on topics including public schools and curricula, transportation, health care, child welfare, municipal and county governance, homeowners’ associations, speech, and election-related matters. Several measures were retained on the calendar, while many others were advanced with committee or floor amendments. Among the more notable debates, senators discussed SB 1094, which would impose civil liability related to gender reassignment surgery on minors; supporters said it would compensate minors harmed by such procedures, while opponents argued it would discriminate against transgender youth, raise malpractice costs, and chill access to care. SB 1813, concerning the state hospital governing board and Maricopa County bed limits, drew concern about litigation and the need to expand capacity for people with serious mental illness, while supporters said the bill would remove a legal cap and allow more beds to be used. SB 1496 on Department of Child Safety procedures was amended to clarify representative payee requirements and received generally favorable comments, though some members raised concerns about child safety and DCS discretion. The Senate also advanced SCR 1004, a photo radar ballot referral, after an amendment requiring voter approval in jurisdictions that use photo radar; Senator Leach thanked the sponsor for the change. Other bills moved forward included measures on school firearm safety instruction, civics instruction, chiropractic claims, behavioral health prior authorization, psychiatric evaluations, DCS procedures, AHCCCS procurement contracting, county recorder and HOA-related issues, and legislative qualifications. The chamber adopted the Committee of the Whole reports and properly assigned the bills after each calendar was completed.

Transcript Highlights:

• HCA and our team affordable housing.
• </c><00:31:13.679><c> to</c> when planning and developing housing to when planning and developing housing
• </c> for the four permanent public housing for the four permanent public housing specialist<00:46:59.839
• :11.599><c> for</c><00:49:11.839><c> Senate</c> housing, same recommendation for Senate housing, same
• Uh so the um uh zoning for housing.

Summary: The joint hearing covered several housing-related measures. On SB 2068, which would create an affordable housing land inventory task force within the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development to study how to maximize housing on transit-oriented development and other state and county lands, testimony was mostly supportive from agencies and housing groups, with one opposition witness. In response to questions, OPSD said it was already working on a list of potential parcels but could not yet identify unit counts or a timeline, and estimated about $250,000 would be needed for staffing and contractual support. The committees also heard SB 2227 on rental assistance, which would require HPHA to make monthly rent supplement payments, prioritize certain tenants including kupuna, allow agreements with counties and nonprofits, and create a special fund supported by a transaction fee on recordings. HPHA supported the bill, and the Department of the Attorney General said it recommended amending the measure to describe the fee as a tax. Additional testimony included support from elder and community organizations and one opposition witness. For SB 2061, relating to residential condominiums and the 99-year leasehold program, HCDA and the project developer testified in support of amendments intended to preserve owner-occupant requirements while making the project more marketable and financially feasible. Members focused heavily on parking, affordability, and financing. HCDA and the developer said the parking stalls would be unbundled from the units, that the project would be a 99-year leasehold with 60% of units reserved for buyers at or below 140% AMI and 40% market-rate, and that the state’s $15 million equity contribution would cover only part of the parking garage and commercial component. The hearing then moved on to SB 3327, relating to HCDA and complete communities, but the transcript cuts off before that measure was fully discussed.

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> testify in to House File 3877 today? testify in to House File 3877 today?
• House File 3714 is one of them. And it's House File 3714 is one of them.
• </c> support for House File 3714. support for House File 3714.
• Star House—say it—age six also.
• </c> discuss House File 3024. discuss House File 3024.

Bills: HF3877 , HF3714 , HF3750 , HF3024

Committee: House Children and Families Finance and Policy

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• <00:15:04.839><c> file</c> house file house file 2561<00:15:06.639><c> and</c><00:15:06.759><c> with<
• </c> members is there any discussion to house members is there any discussion to house file<00:17:58.000
• </c> specialized educational programs house specialized educational programs house file<01:09:13.560>
• Please support House File 2767.

Committee: House Higher Education Finance and Policy

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• Members, we will be laying over House File 1901. Chair Mohler moved to lay over House File 1901.
• file 1901 and I will move to over house file 1901 and I will move to layover<00:17:48.200><c> house<
• I renew my motion and lay over House File 2124, and now we're going to move to House File 2099. having
• </c> I renew my motion and lay over house I renew my motion and lay over house file file file 2124<00
• </c><01:35:29.400><c> file</c> keem's house file keem's house file 1163<01:35:31.480><c> which</c><01

Bills: HF1354 , HF1901 , HF2124 , HF2130 , HF2260 , HF2099 , HF104 , HF134 , HF1769

Committee: House Public Safety Finance and Policy

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• So, I support House File 3524 and House File 3525 and the previous one as well.
• House File 25, pardon me, 3524 and House House File 25, pardon me, 3524 and House File<00:04:51.040><
• The back of the house sees the front of the house count their cash, and you know they need it.
• sees the front of the house the house sees the front of the house count<00:08:26.000><c> their</c><00
• </c> &gt;&gt; mean house file 3525. &gt;&gt; mean house file 3525.