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• Electric vehicles, what percentage of your revenue do you think is coming from them, from the highway
• And the electric vehicles, when we made that amount that we put on them, I don't think we calculated
• Um, we had asked last month for the Attorney General to be at last month's meeting to ask questions about

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The Joint Fiscal Committee met on May 15 at 10:00 a.m. and first approved the April 17 minutes. It then took up a consent calendar covering tabs three through seven, with items 089 and 097 removed for separate discussion. The committee approved the remainder of the consent calendar and then adopted item 089, which involved Department of Safety/Homeland Security grant funding for active shooter incident management and school reunification training. Officials said the project is a mandatory Homeland Security grant set-aside, with training for public safety officials and school districts and internal social media used only to promote training schedules; members asked about marketing, outcomes, and how success would be measured. The committee next considered item 097 for the Division of Historical Resources. Agency officials said the request was driven by a decade-long increase in Section 106 and state historic preservation reviews, many tied to disaster-related infrastructure work such as culvert and road repairs, and that the grant would add capacity to handle roughly 1,000 to 1,500 reviews per year. The committee approved the item after brief discussion. Under the regular calendar, the Department of Transportation presented a fuel-related transfer. Members questioned the decline in the highway fund balance, which staff said was being affected by rising expenses, flat-to-moderate revenue, and a rough winter that increased maintenance costs. DOT officials said they were considering toll rate increases and noted the agency pays market wholesale fuel rates; they also discussed prior fuel hedging decisions and said they have authority to hedge again if it makes sense. The committee approved the DOT item, then approved a miscellaneous action item to fill a position at the LBA. Members also asked the chair to remind the Attorney General to appear at a future meeting regarding the YDC claims report. The committee set its next meeting for Friday, June 19 at 11:00 a.m., and adjourned after a brief note of appreciation for recent corrections and changes reported by the liquor commission.

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• question is about the Laconia property, and, um, there's a line in the budget that's called heat, electricity
• budget that's there's a line in the budget that's called<00:10:35.120><c> heat,</c><00:10:35.440><c> electricity
• </c> called heat, electricity, and water. called heat, electricity, and water.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Fiscal Committee met on May 16, 2025, and first adopted a rules-and-procedures change extending online audit approval timelines for American Rescue Plan items through December 2026 and bipartisan infrastructure law items through June 30, 2027. The committee then approved the April 18 minutes and adopted the consent calendar with several items removed for separate discussion, including items from Tabs 4, 6, and 7. On Tab 4 item 2511, members questioned why the state was paying utility costs for the Laconia property while it is being sold. Commissioner Charlie Arlinghaus explained the budget line covered utilities generally, not just heat, that some buildings still require minimal heating, and that the main increase was tied to the Winnipesaukee River Basin Project wastewater charges. He said the charges had risen sharply, the property sale would eventually trigger a utility true-up at closing, and he would provide additional analysis. The committee then adopted the item. On Tab 4 item 25115, the Department of Justice said funding for a temporary fourth pathologist was removed from the 2026-2027 budget because it was no longer needed, and the committee adopted the item. On Tab 6 item 25126, Department of Health and Human Services officials explained the Medicaid managed care “withhold” as a performance incentive: about 2% of capitation payments are held back, then redistributed based on quality and operational metrics, with unearned amounts staying with the state until the end of the program and subject to actuarial requirements. They said the approach has improved performance and helped with Medicaid unwinding outreach, reducing enrollment by about 11,000 people in the past year. The committee adopted the item. On Tab 7 item 25139, the Department of Energy said it no longer needed an additional position because existing staff could handle the work, and the item was adopted. The committee also adopted regular-calendar items 25114 and 25131, noted that one regular-calendar item had been withdrawn, set the next meeting for June 20 at 11:00 a.m. in Room 100 of the State House, and adjourned after a motion and second.

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• Closed down the roads, closed down the electric lines.
• They all went to the local nursing home so that they had a place to stay that had the backup generator
• We know that we’re the next generation of this business that started in the basement of my folks’s house
• We know that we're<00:14:24.320><c> the</c><00:14:24.400><c> next</c><00:14:24.640><c> generation</c>
• <00:14:25.320><c> of</c><00:14:25.840><c> of</c><00:14:25.960><c> this</c> we're the next generation

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• On the roads, President **Trump** has moved to stop up costly and unpopular electric vehicle mandates
• I want to say I do remain concerned about **Project 2025**. in this administration's war against electric

Committee: Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee

Transcript Highlights:

• It was four years ago when I looked up, and we had a majority of PRC faculty members in the electrical
• -based manufacturing facility and continuously undergo rigorous security reviews by the United States
• and what the return on investment is for the state, including fiscal impact through tax revenue generated
• similarly situated residents, workforce alignment, and return on investment, including tax revenue generated

Bills: HR171 , HCR49 , HB632 , HB1084 , SB310 , SB351 , SB399

Committee: House Education

Keywords: HR171, House Resolution 171, M.J. Foster Promise Program, TOPS-Tech, TOPS Tech Award, Board of Regents, Louisiana Works, Louisiana Community and Technical College System, LCATCS, financial aid, scholarship, workforce development, career training, technical education, vocational education, postsecondary credential, associate degree, industry-based credential, high-demand jobs, high-wage occupations

Transcript Highlights:

• Since when we set up the lottery game, those funds that are generated would be going into the overall
• Like, if they've got an electric, the electric's getting ready to be cut off.
• The attorney general of Oklahoma, our chief law enforcement officer, currently There's no requirement
• I mean, we've gone for since 1907 and never required the attorney general to have a law license.
• this would not, number one, this doesn't impact anyone that is currently a candidate for Attorney general

Committee: House Rules

Keywords: 914, all

Transcript Highlights:

• She was part of the greatest generation, living through the Great Depression, World War II, the- HIV
• When she was a little girl, her family's Adobe home had neither electricity nor indoor plumbing.
• And when you To agree with someone, if you come halfway, generally the other person will meet you in
• She was committed to preserving the Pomo cultural heritage for future generations. Ms.
• Continue to guide California Indian. and to the next generations.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• </c><01:12:21.480><c> are</c> infrastructure and public facilities are infrastructure and public facilities
• The Hawaii Attorney General opposes this bill.
• </c><02:54:26.200><c> to</c> testimony from our Attorney General to testimony from our Attorney General
• </c> Department of the Attorney General. Department of the Attorney General.
• </c> powers as a matter of general powers as a matter of general governance. governance. governance.

Keywords: 910, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I'm just grateful they're continuing to represent the electrical industry and the vice chairmanship.
• Generally speaking, it's an understandable situation from the insurance company's perspective.
• There might, as they meet with those general contractors, be changes to that.

Committee: House Business

Summary: The House Business Committee met with a quorum and introduced a new vice chair, Representative Josh Wheeler. The committee then considered three RS measures. RS 33072, by Representative Sauter, would extend notice periods for property and commercial insurance non-renewals from 30 to 60 days, giving policyholders more time to find coverage or work with insurers; members noted the issue is especially acute in some counties with rising cancellations and premium increases. The committee voted to introduce the RS. RS 33048, by Representative Ehlers, would lower barriers to CPA licensure by allowing alternative pathways to the current 150-credit-hour requirement, including a bachelor’s degree with sufficient accounting concentration, and would also ease reciprocity for out-of-state CPAs. Members asked about possible additional competency pathways, and one member expressed concern about reducing standards solely to expand the labor pool, but the RS was still introduced. RS 3303, by Representative Crane, would require initial plan review for school district building permits within 30 calendar days to speed up construction bidding and reduce cost delays. Members asked about the definition of initial plan review, whether exceptions or penalties were included, and how the measure would affect bidding timelines. The committee voted to introduce this RS as well, then adjourned with floor session scheduled for the next day.

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• AB 1016 will increase the generating capacity of geothermal power plants that are eligible to be permitted
• bill creates a five-year pilot program for counties that have adopted a geothermal element in their general
• Sheet Metal Workers, the California Coalition of Utility Employees, and the State Association of Electrical

Summary: The Assembly Committee on Utilities and Energy met as a subcommittee because a quorum was not present, and the chair announced 16 measures on the agenda, nine of them on consent. The committee then took up AB 1016 by Assemblymember Gonzalez, which would create a five-year pilot program allowing certain counties with geothermal elements in their general plans to locally permit geothermal plants up to 150 net megawatts through 2030. The author and Imperial County representatives argued the bill would streamline a duplicative permitting process, support local control, and bring jobs, tax revenue, and clean baseload energy development to Imperial County, which they described as facing high unemployment and poverty and having significant geothermal potential. Supporters included Imperial County officials, Rural County Representatives of California, Independent Energy Producers, and local community representatives. They emphasized the county’s long history of geothermal permitting, its planning efforts, and the economic benefits of projects that could support schools, health care, and community colleges. Opposition came from labor organizations including the California State Pipe Trades Council, Western States Council of Sheet Metal Workers, California Coalition of Utility Employees, State Association of Electrical Workers, and State Building Trades. Their main concern was that shifting permitting from the California Energy Commission to local governments could remove the skilled-and-trained workforce requirement that currently applies to CEC-permitted projects. Committee members asked about that labor issue, and the author said he intended to work with the opposition coalition to ensure local workers are prioritized and that projects use skilled, trained, California-licensed labor. The discussion ended with the bill still under consideration; no vote was taken in the portion of the hearing provided.

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• Oh general. Okay. Yeah. Got it Got it.
• Homeschools or just a student in general that goes to a non-accredited...
• It includes allotments for special education facilities.
• And the most vulnerable. of our elderly in nursing facilities and other places.
• Nursing facility. We did.

Bills: SB2 , SJR36 , SB2 , SB2 , SR29 , SB2

Keywords: Maverick County, recognition, economic development, Texas Senate, community celebration, 1185, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Lauren was a first-generation Latina who earned a master's degree at a private college with financial
• I am a first-generation mixed-race student studying social work at PLU.
• as in the prior amendment, and then it would remove any costs at the Office of the Attorney General
• as in the prior amendment, and then it would remove any costs at the Office of the Attorney General
• The underlying fiscal note had the Attorney General indicating no fiscal impact from the bill because

Summary: The committee heard public testimony on Substitute Senate Bill 5828, which would restore and adjust Washington College Grant and College Bound Scholarship award levels for students attending private, not-for-profit four-year institutions. Staff explained the bill would set the awards at 90 percent of the regional and state college rate rather than 50 percent of the research rate, with an estimated fiscal impact of $3.3 million in fiscal year 2027 and $18.6 million over four years. Testimony was largely in support from private college presidents, students, and school counselors, who said the bill would help low-income and first-generation students and preserve access and enrollment choices; some public college student representatives said they did not oppose the bill but argued that cuts to public-school aid should be restored first. The committee also heard Substitute Senate Bill 5911, which would prohibit DCYF from using benefits or funds of youth in extended foster care as reimbursement for their cost of care beginning in 2027, while requiring support for benefit management and payee arrangements and allowing protected accounts such as ABLE accounts. Staff estimated a net fiscal impact of $608,000 in fiscal year 2027 and $2.2 million per biennium thereafter. Testimony in support said the bill would end the practice of withholding SSI and other benefits from youth in care and better support disabled youth transitioning to adulthood. Members asked questions about fiduciary responsibility and representative payee arrangements. In executive session, the committee adopted amendments and advanced several bills. It adopted Amendment Clark 350 to House Bill 2689, raising the required provider response rate for the child care market rate survey to 65 percent, and then reported the bill out with a due pass recommendation by a vote of 18-11, with two excused. It adopted Amendment H-3743.1 to Engrossed Second Substitute Senate Bill 5395 on retrospective prior authorization denials and reported that bill out unanimously. It also adopted Amendment Pool 272 to Senate Bill 5420 and reported that bill out unanimously. For Engrossed Second Substitute Senate Bill 5496, the committee adopted several amendments clarifying scope and penalties but rejected amendments that would have delayed the bill or replaced it with a study; the bill was then reported out with a due pass recommendation. The committee also heard amendment briefings on other bills, including 5981, 6026, 6160, 6184, and 6211, but deferred action on some items heard that morning.

Transcript Highlights:

• The current Attorney General stated that he was in a battle with state agencies.
• Members, because of this lawsuit, the Attorney General can hide, not close, investigative data.
• One is it was mentioned a moment ago, how would we know what the Attorney General would be doing?
• It's very easy to know what is going on with the Attorney General.
• We got rid of that, and we've generally cleaned up some statutes there.

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• Leavitt: Just to remind members, this is the piece of legislation that will enable Rivian and Lucid, electric
• This bill would enable Rivian and Lucid, electric vehicle manufacturers, to sell directly to Washington
• learning experience programs, changes to Running Start allocations, and bus depreciation schedules for electric

Bills: SCR8410

Keywords: returning bills to house of origin, sine die, end of session, legislative procedure, Rules Committee, third reading, unfinished business, pending bills, joint resolutions, concurrent resolutions, joint memorials, special session, bill numbering, legislative records, House of Representatives, Senate, Washington Legislature, session adjournment, procedural resolution

Summary: The Senate opened with roll call, colors, pledge, and prayer, then approved the previous day’s journal and received gubernatorial appointments and House messages. It also introduced Senate Bill 6362 and referred it to the Law and Justice Committee. After caucus, the President signed a number of bills in open session. The chamber then took up several House-amended measures. Substitute Senate Bill 6225, a transportation bonding bill, was concurred in and passed 49-0 after remarks that it was needed to support the six-year transportation budget and historic maintenance investments. Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 6354, allowing direct sales by electric vehicle manufacturers such as Rivian and Lucid, was also concurred in and passed 47-2 after supporters said the House changes lowered consumer fees while preserving the fiscal effect. Engrossed Senate Bill 6228, dealing with tax preferences and pharmacy-related provisions, passed 26-23 after concurrence; Engrossed Senate Bill 6347, concerning estate tax changes, passed 39-10 after concurrence; Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 6260, which included changes to transitional kindergarten, National Board bonuses, alternative learning experience, Running Start, and electric bus depreciation, passed 26-23; and Substitute Senate Bill 6355, involving transmission authority governance, transparency, and eminent domain-related sideboards, passed 32-17. The Senate also resolved several House/Senate differences by receding or amending bills. Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1408, funding the Seattle Community Development Authority, passed 49-0 after the Senate receded from its amendments. Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1295, on literacy-related teacher standards and technical assistance, was returned to second reading, amended with a striking amendment, and then passed 48-1. Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 2215, concerning Climate Commitment Act compliance obligations for fuel supply, was similarly amended with a negotiated striking amendment to protect good-faith operators and then passed 49-0. The Senate then signed additional bills in open session and recessed for lunch and caucus.

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• We're calling those generations, and we're planning for the generation that's coming next... ...we're
• planning for the generation that's coming next as part of the work that we're doing in the current generation
• So right now we're in Generation 1.
• we see out of these generations?
• So as Ellendale, Or generation of power.

Summary: The committee received several informational reports from NDIT and DPI. Justin Data reviewed the quarterly major IT project portfolio, noting the portfolio was slightly under budget and behind schedule overall, with three red schedule items: Bed Management System and Vital Records were essentially complete and being closed out, and the Roadway Capital Planning Project was delayed by vendor bug fixes after testing. He also summarized recent project startups and closeouts, including the Victim Notification System, Medicaid data exchange, Highway Patrol’s motor carrier permit system, and several completed HHS and RIMS projects. Members asked for follow-up on ADA compliance work, the public-facing RIO website, and the state’s mainframe retirement timeline, and staff agreed to provide updates later. Craig Falkley reported on coordination of services with political subdivisions and higher education, including StageNet, cybersecurity, radio/911 services, and PeopleSoft coordination. He also explained distributed ledger technology as a tool for transparency and fraud prevention, but said it is not widely used in state government and suggested the report be modernized to focus more broadly on emerging technologies such as AI and cybersecurity. The committee generally agreed that the topic should be updated. Chris Gurgan presented the mandatory cybersecurity incident reporting program created by HB 1314, explaining how agencies and political subdivisions report incidents through NDIT’s website or service desk. He said 77 incidents had been reported since 2021, 47 met the statutory definition, and most were phishing-related; most reported incidents were resolved, with one recent ransomware matter still open. He also reviewed notable incidents since the last report, including the PowerSchool compromise, a SimpleHelp intrusion at a school district, a court intrusion, a WSUS vulnerability, a business email compromise, and a recent ransomware incident involving a non-state critical infrastructure entity. Members asked about recovery of stolen funds, early warning signs, smishing, training, MFA, conditional access, and cybersecurity maturity assessments; Gurgan said the state uses MFA and conditional access, provides awareness training to state employees, and would return with more information on maturity assessments. Tony Ambrose then updated the committee on the K-12 student information system bridge project. He said district implementation of Infinite Campus had begun statewide, but the data migration vendor originally selected was terminated for poor performance and replaced by Aurora Educational Technology, which had experience with similar statewide migrations. He also said DPI is migrating special education data from Tynet into Infinite Campus, and that some SLDS-based tools such as e-transcripts and Choice Ready may not function exactly as they do now at July 1, requiring interim or alternative solutions. Members raised concerns about summer school disruptions, the timing of the cutover, and whether the new system would support existing reporting and transcript functions; DPI said it was working on identity, authentication, data-sharing agreements, and post-go-live integrations, and would continue to refine the plan beyond June 30.

Transcript Highlights:

• So the first bill that I have today is House Bill 689, and what it does is allow the Attorney General
• or prosecuting attorneys to subpoena electric service providers to determine the identity of a suspect
• ago, and the Attorney General has found it was never implemented. ...that was passed years ago and the
• Attorney General has found it was never implemented or never used, and so this just takes it off the
• My name is Jeff Nime, the criminal division chief in the Idaho Office of the Attorney General.

Summary: The House Judiciary, Rules and Administration Committee approved the minutes from its February 11, 13, and 17, 2026 meetings, and briefly recognized a page, Paisley, for her service. House Bill 660 was removed from the agenda at the sponsor’s request and was not heard. The committee then took up several bills from Representative Handy and others. House Bill 689 would expand administrative subpoena authority so the Attorney General or prosecutors can subpoena electric service providers to identify suspects in child sexual exploitation and related crimes, including AI-related child sexual conduct offenses. The Attorney General’s office testified that it is a critical investigative tool, and the bill received unanimous due-pass recommendation to the floor. House Bill 690 repeals an obsolete Attorney General program for a 24-7 sobriety and drug monitoring program that was created in 2014 but never implemented; the Attorney General’s office confirmed it had never been used, and the bill also passed unanimously with a due-pass recommendation. House Bill 698 closes a loophole so people convicted of treason in another state cannot regain voting rights in Idaho; it likewise passed unanimously with a due-pass recommendation. The committee also heard House Bill 603, which updates restrictions on camping and temporary structures on the Capitol Mall and clarifies how abandoned property is handled, with the sponsor saying it was a cleanup and security measure and the Department of Administration’s changes were made in response to court decisions. A virtual witness from Cicero Action supported the bill as a public safety and property-management measure. Some members questioned how the bill fits with prior camping laws and how it would be enforced, and one member said he would vote no because of concerns about differing treatment of tents versus vehicles, though the motion still passed by voice vote with a due-pass recommendation to the floor.

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• So the first bill that I have today is House Bill 689, and what it does is allows the Attorney General
• or prosecuting attorneys to subpoena electric service providers to determine the identity of a suspect
• years ago, and the Attorney General has found it was never implemented.
• That was passed years ago and the Attorney General has found it was never implemented or never used,
• My name is Jeff Nime, the criminal division chief in the Idaho Office of the Attorney General.

Committee: House Judiciary, Rules and Administration

Keywords: 989, all

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• I do that as a coal miner, with 32 years in the coal mining industry and coal electric generation.
• I come to this as a lifelong blue-collar person, and so I will generally look at things from the middle-class
• Generally, I'm happy to recognize anyone who wants to speak on the bill.

Committee: House House Energy, Environment & Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:

• Just in support of this general<00:31:28.840><c> topic</c><00:31:29.320><c> and</c><00:31:29.560><c>
• and</c><00:31:29.720><c> making</c><00:31:30.000><c> sure</c><00:31:30.200><c> that</c> general topic
• and and making sure that general topic and and making sure that you<00:31:30.920><c> know,</c><00:31
• Bill Pilger, General Counsel of the State Treasurer's Office.
• These would only be facilities.

Keywords: 916, all

Summary: The joint Minerals Committee met to select interim topics and announced its meeting dates for April 27-28 in Casper, June 4-5 in Casper, and August 27-28 in Cheyenne. Members heard public testimony on several economic development and minerals-related topics and were asked to identify their top priorities for later ranking and consensus. No formal votes were taken during this portion of the meeting. A major topic was removing obstacles to energy development in Wyoming, including possible regulatory, bonding, and permitting barriers. Testimony from the Mining Association and Energy Capital Economic Development supported revisiting barriers to development, similar to the earlier Regulatory Reduction Task Force. Another related topic was industrial siting exemptions on coal mine property, with testimony arguing that mineral-related projects such as rare earths, uranium conversion, and ferroalloys should not have to go through the full industrial siting process when communities have already dealt with similar development. Members also discussed industrial siting bonding requirements, including whether bonding or advance payments should be used to cover impacts on local services and emergency response, especially for projects like solar farms or battery storage. The committee also discussed coal bed methane industrial sovereign zones, tied to House Bill 120, with testimony seeking to include coal bed methane in value-added manufacturing zones. The sponsor said the goal was to create industrial zones that support economic development while protecting scenic values and limiting industrial sprawl. Another topic was sourcing curling stones in Wyoming, which was presented as a lighthearted but potentially useful way to promote Wyoming stone and broader dimension-stone quarrying; a state geologist testified that Wyoming has granite with similar mineralogy to stone used for curling stones elsewhere. Child care as an economic driver was withdrawn. The committee also heard support for a Business Council restructure review, though several members said the Minerals Committee should do the substantive review because the Business Council falls within its jurisdiction, while still coordinating with Appropriations. Finally, the committee heard a proposal for a domestic preference in residential general service contracts, extending Wyoming preference concepts beyond construction into goods and services, with testimony emphasizing local economic multipliers and possible exceptions for federal funding or other procurement limits.

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• going to earmark money that’s going into general revenue.
• And so, yes, it’s taking money that will be out of general revenue in the future.
• So I can see maybe if it's going to general revenue that they...
• If more is spent on the arts in general. Yep.
• I went to the library and I actually learned how to wind and make electric motors.

Committee: House Ways and Means

Keywords: 959, house, all