Transcript Highlights:

• Somebody has got to take the lead on fixing this agency.
• And, you know, those two years of you leading this chamber and leading me, I have memories that I will
• She leads with a rare combination of love and firmness.
• Joshua also wasn't clear on the people he was leading, but the people trusted Joshua to lead them.
• He leads me, and he teaches me every single day.

Keywords: 998, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The five key provisions include allowing providers to negotiate with their lead agency for a housing
• Section four of the bill provides the ability for providers and lead agencies to negotiate a monthly
• </c><00:41:15.960><c> agencies</c> business day timeline for lead agencies business day timeline for
• lead agencies to<00:41:16.720><c> review</c><00:41:17.119><c> and</c><00:41:17.400><c> process</c><00
• </c> exceptions uh particularly when the lead exceptions uh particularly when the lead agencies<00:45

Committee: House Human Services Finance and Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• This is the way I think you view your department and leading your department.
• This is the way I think you view your department and leading your department.
• We are focusing on lead, both in homes and in water.
• </c><00:47:47.280><c> lead</c> focusing on lead lead both in homes lead focusing on lead lead both in
• Like lead screening, it has to be done in person.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee convened an informational Division 3 Finance hearing focused on DHHS programmatic issues rather than budget line items. The chair emphasized that members should avoid questions requiring dollar figures and noted that the coming budget cycle would likely be difficult because revenues are expected to be tighter. Commissioner Lori Weaver said the department wanted to use the session to explain its functions at a high level, with more detailed presentations to follow, and to collect questions for later responses. Weaver outlined DHHS’s mission of supporting optimal health for state residents and described the department’s three main responsibilities: protection and prevention, client service delivery, and regulatory oversight. She said DHHS has eight divisions, a $3.6 billion total budget, about $1.217 billion in general funds, roughly a quarter of state positions, and personnel costs that are less than 11% of the budget. She also noted a recent hiring freeze, explained that the department did not request new positions except where required by law, and said vacancy rates had improved from 22% to 14% over the last two years but could rise again because of attrition and the hiring freeze. Weaver and CFO Nathan White then discussed why the DHHS budget is complex, explaining that it is built from multiple funding sources and is shaped by assumptions made months before the fiscal year begins, actual service demand, and cost allocation rules used to draw down federal funds. White highlighted maintenance-of-effort requirements, including TANF, where state spending is needed to secure federal matching funds and shortfalls can trigger penalties. At the committee’s request, DHHS agreed to provide a simplified historical accounting of TANF contributions to show how the match is assembled across positions, contracts, and other factors. The department also reviewed its roadmap, which Weaver described as a framework developed with staff and stakeholders around three themes: culture, community, and customer service. She highlighted priorities such as Mission Zero to end emergency department boarding, expanding access to community-based and residential behavioral health services, reducing reliance on institutional care, improving contract management with nonprofit and provider partners, using data dashboards to guide decisions, and investing in workforce stability and culture. No votes were taken; the main action was DHHS’s commitment to provide additional follow-up materials, including the TANF contribution breakdown.

Transcript Highlights:

• Reen is going to lead us in the pledge to the flag.
• </c> suffering if passed this bill could lead suffering if passed this bill could lead to<01:08:24.440
• And when we address all of those aspects, it could lead and should lead to fewer trials, quicker resolution
• And when we address all of those aspects, it could lead and should lead to fewer trials, quicker resolution
• For improvement, and when we address all of those aspects, it could lead and should lead to fewer trials

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Honorable Salvador Illa, President of the government of Catalonia, and leading a delegation that includes
• Alma does an extraordinary job leading our labor committee staff.
• He took to the steps of the Tennessee State Capitol in 2020, leading a 62-day sit-in after the murder
• had to prevail upon him to take Art Bolton so he actually had a staff member that was helping him lead
• So he actually had a staff member that was helping him lead to the regional centers.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• At this time, Representative Murray will lead us in the pledge.
• At this time, Representative Murray will lead us in the pledge. I pledge allegiance...
• We were able to hear from more than 35 industry leaders, ladies who lead.
• And here's to many more industry days with women who lead at the Capitol. Thank you so much.
• Holloway for his installation as lead pastor of the Church of Pentecost in Ball, Louisiana.

Bills: HR46 , HR47 , HR48 , HR49 , HR50 , HR51 , HR52 , HR53 , HR54 , HR55 , HR56 , HR57 , HCR31 , HB20 , HB21 , HB166 , HB494 , HB710 , HB795 , HB985 , HB986 , HB987 , HB988 , HB989 , HB990 , HB991 , HB992 , HB993 , HB994 , HB995 , HB996 , HB997 , HB998 , HR42 , HR43 , HR44 , HR45 , HCR22 , HCR23 , HCR24 , HCR25 , HCR26 , HCR27 , HCR28 , HCR29 , HCR30 , SCR13 , HB894 , HB983 , HB984 , SB19 , SB23 , SB26 , SB30 , SB39 , SB45 , SB46 , SB50 , SB51 , SB55 , SB69 , SB71 , SB73 , SB84 , SB85 , SB89 , SB96 , SB98 , SB101 , SB110 , SB148 , SB150 , SB160 , SB164 , SB303 , SB340 , HB28 , HB36 , HB50 , HB52 , HB56 , HB62 , HB68 , HB92 , HB110 , HB117 , HB119 , HB124 , HB140 , HB147 , HB160 , HB171 , HB174 , HB182 , HB193 , HB196 , HB198 , HB203 , HB228 , HB234 , HB237 , HB260 , HB268 , HB271 , HB285 , HB289 , HB316 , HB351 , HB393 , HB400 , HB413 , HB446 , HB469 , HB486 , HB534 , HB551 , HB552 , HB574 , HB576 , HB634 , HB649 , HB677 , HB735 , HB739 , HB779 , HB784 , HB796 , HB807 , HB842 , HB850 , HB919 , HB474 , HB487 , HB503 , HB606 , HB633 , HB707 , HB720 , HB728 , HB733 , HB846 , HB852 , HB856 , HB868 , HB875 , HB129 , HB130 , HB287 , HB489 , HB545 , HB553 , HB555 , HB570 , HB854 , HB952 , HB221 , HB148 , HB331 , HB149 , HB901

Keywords: HR 46, House Resolution 46, water well drillers, water wells, well drilling, driller licensure, licensing requirements, Department of Conservation and Energy, R.S. 38:3098.1, LAC 46.LXXXIX.507, professional references, two years drilling experience, workforce development, barriers to entry, water infrastructure, natural resources, groundwater, public health, state water resources, occupational licensing

Transcript Highlights:

• Under SEPA, new proposals are generally reviewed by a designated lead agency.
• A local government or state agency can be the lead agency, as long as all the agencies with jurisdiction
• Under SEPA, new proposals are generally reviewed by a designated lead agency.
• A local government or state agency can be the lead agency, as long as all the agencies with jurisdiction
• A responsible official represents the lead agency to ensure that the environmental analysis meets SEPA

Summary: The Senate Local Government Committee waived the five-day notice rule and then took up two House bills. HB 2418 would tighten and expand permit-review timelines for residential projects, including requiring “procedural completeness” determinations, adding excluded time periods, extending timeline and refund requirements to certain fee-charging state and local entities, creating review deadlines for special purpose districts and public utility districts, and requiring local governments to designate a permit responsible official and a single point of contact. The sponsor said the bill was intended to improve predictability and reduce delays in permitting; builders and housing advocates strongly supported it, while sewer and water districts and county representatives raised concerns about incomplete referrals, staffing shortages, business-day versus calendar-day deadlines, and the cost of implementing the new contact requirements. The committee heard testimony but took no final vote on the bill in the transcript. HB 2451 would revise Washington’s local tax increment financing program. Staff explained that the bill adds guardrails and transparency, changes notice and hearing requirements, adjusts the assessed-value cap for increment areas, adds public safety facilities to eligible improvements, requires more detailed project analyses and annual reporting, and creates a negotiation/mediation/arbitration process for impacts to taxing districts. The sponsor said the measure was a carefully negotiated compromise intended to address junior taxing district concerns without creating an opt-out. Supporters from the Port of Tacoma, fire chiefs, cities, and counties said the bill improves the earlier TIF framework by strengthening the but-for test, notice, and participation rules, while counties still expressed concern about cumulative impacts and asked for future opt-out discussions. No final committee action was taken in the transcript.

Transcript Highlights:

• Grant him grace to continue leading with integrity, courage, and compassion.
• Lead us, guide us, and keep us in your grace.
• </c><00:03:46.880><c> with</c> Grant him grace to continue leading with Grant him grace to continue leading
• Lead us, guide us, and keep us in Lord.
• Lead us, guide us, and keep us in your<00:04:57.800><c> grace.</c> your grace. your grace.

Keywords: MS Senate Floor - 6 January, 2026; 12:00 PM, 925, all

Transcript Highlights:

• sponsor and those of us who worked together to make sure that these incompatibility of offices didn't lead
• to, or these serving in multiple offices didn't lead to conflicts of interest.
• /c><00:13:33.920><c> or</c><00:13:34.240><c> these</c><00:13:34.560><c> serving</c> offices didn't lead
• to or these serving offices didn't lead to or these serving in<00:13:35.120><c> multiple</c><00:13:35.600
• offices didn't lead to in multiple offices didn't lead to conflicts<00:13:37.839><c> of</c><00:13:38.079

Committee: House Municipal and County Government

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So as a remedy to that noncompliance, the court ordered PED to lead the development of a plan and laid
• Thereby, they called for EliS staff to lead that planning process.
• And the summary here is that PED did not oppose the need for a plan, but they did oppose LESC leading
• And so the judge did not feel that he could compel LESC staff to uh Lead this work.
• OK, as even being prospects of leading this effort.

Transcript Highlights:

• Speaker Damoth and Speaker Hortman came up with some really leading work in this space, and we were able
• And so I'd like to pass to my co-chair or co-lead or whatever we're calling ourselves.
• work in this space and we were leading work in this space and we were able<00:02:54.400><c> to</c><00
• </c><00:03:46.720><c> or</c><00:03:46.959><c> whatever</c> to um my co-chair or co-lead or whatever to
• um my co-chair or co-lead or whatever we're<00:03:47.440><c> calling</c><00:03:47.760><c> ourselves.

Bills: SF2884 , HF1889

Committee: House Ways and Means

Keywords: pension, retirement, omnibus pension, MSRS, PERA, TRA, public employees retirement, state employees retirement, correctional employees, police and fire retirement, State Patrol retirement, teachers retirement, firefighter relief association, volunteer firefighter, state aid, postretirement adjustment, COLA, annuity, disability benefit, duty disability

Transcript Highlights:

• The first thing that I'll talk about is a group called We Lead CS.
• I'll talk about is uh a group<00:16:28.079><c> called</c><00:16:28.319><c> we</c><00:16:28.600><c> lead
• </c><00:16:29.040><c> CS</c><00:16:29.880><c> it's</c><00:16:30.040><c> an</c> group called we lead CS
• it's an group called we lead CS it's an educational<00:16:31.120><c> group</c><00:16:31.399><c> in</
• We Lead CS is one of those service providers, but you'll see on page four that it is not included in

Keywords: Meeting Start: 00:25 Attendance Roll Call: 00:31 HJR 15 (Rep. Baker): 01:15 HB 462 (Sen. Nemes for Rep. Dietz): 09:01 HB 6 (Rep. Williams): 10:18 HB 73 (Rep. Johnson): 15:21 Adjournment: 18:48, 958, all

Summary: The Senate Standing Committee on State and Local Government first considered HJR 15, a resolution to return a Ten Commandments monument to the new state Capitol grounds. Representative Shane Baker described the monument’s history, its removal to storage in the 1980s, and a prior 2000 effort that was blocked by the courts. He argued recent Supreme Court decisions, including Van Orden and Kennedy, support a history-and-tradition approach and said the resolution would direct the Historic Properties Advisory Commission to retrieve and reinstall the monument in Monument Park. Senator Herron raised concerns about religious neutrality and whether other faiths would also be represented at the Capitol. Baker and Chair Petrie responded that the resolution was limited to restoring a specific historical monument and did not bar future proposals for other displays. Senator Armstrong voted no, saying the legal landscape remained uncertain and the state could face costly litigation. The committee approved HJR 15 on an 8-1 vote. The committee then took up House Bill 6, which would limit administrative agencies from issuing regulations with an economic impact of more than $500,000 over two years, with exceptions for imminent public health or safety threats, protection of federal or state funds, and compliance with certain court orders. Representative Wade Williams said the bill would rein in costly agency rulemaking and cited LRC data showing only about a dozen regulations in 2024 would have met the threshold, with roughly six after closer review. Senator Chambers Armstrong expressed concern that the bill could tie the government’s hands in emergencies, but the bill passed 8-1. Finally, the committee considered House Bill 73, which had a committee substitute. Representatives Johnson and Tipton explained that one part would add We Lead CS to the list of educational service providers allowed to administer their own retirement program participation, and the other would require the Teachers’ Retirement System actuary to provide additional information on each employer’s share of unfunded liability. The committee approved HB 73 unanimously, 10-0, and then adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• And and it just ultimately lead into a devastating spiral of medical negligence event and they get under
• parents in Florida, it's lead to my grief.
• I'm going to lead you to a couple minutes. Sure. Absolutely.
• My expertise to lead me to specialize in risk management right now support health care professionals
• This will ultimately lead to an increase in 500 additional wrongful death lawsuits per year, which is

Keywords: 999, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Washington State University is one of the leading public research universities in the nation, with an
• This legislation recognizes what leading states already understand: research investment is economic development
• Our School of Medicine leads a broad and comprehensive research enterprise looking at cancer, diabetes
• And suicide is the second leading Lucas O'Brien: Suicide is the second leading cause of death for people
• And suicide is the second leading cause of death for people ages 10 to 34.

Bills: SB6321 , SGA9245 , SGA9247 , SGA9250 , SGA9252 , SGA9253 , SGA9254 , SGA9259 , SGA9260 , SGA9261 , SGA9262

Committee: Senate Higher Education & Workforce Development

Keywords: scientific research, innovation, economic growth, Washington Institute, public funding, 904, all

Transcript Highlights:

• If you would, I'd like to see if actually Senator Maiden, your new our committee, would you mind to lead
• We ask that you will lead, guide, direct us as we make decisions. We ask you lay your hand on us.
• We ask that you will lead, guide, direct us as we make decisions. We ask you lay your hand on us.
• Tennessee has invested about $95 million in these efforts, and as a result Tennessee has taken the lead
• Tennessee has invested about $95 million in these efforts, and as a result Tennessee has taken the lead

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00 Attendance Roll Call 00:56 SJR 28 Discussion 01:44 SJR 28 Roll Call Vote 03:32 SB 179 Discussion 04:08 SB 179 Roll Call Vote 07:33, 958, all

Summary: The committee opened with a prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, roll call, and approval of the minutes. After no special guests were recognized, members took up a joint resolution carried by Senator Nemes for Senator Adams concerning reformulated gasoline requirements in Jefferson County and parts of Oldham and Bullitt counties. The resolution would direct the Energy and Environmental Cabinet to revise the state air quality implementation plan to remove the reformulated gas mandate. Senator Nemes argued the requirement is outdated and has little practical effect given modern vehicles and fuel standards, and members voted to pass the resolution unanimously. The committee then heard Senate Bill 179 from Senator Danny Carroll, which would create a nuclear energy development grant program within the Nuclear Energy Development Authority. Carroll explained that the bill would set aside $10 million from the previously appropriated $40 million investment for grants supporting nuclear energy development in Kentucky, with grants capped at $2 million and administered entirely by NEITA rather than through Economic Development. He and several members emphasized the need for Kentucky to invest in nuclear energy to keep pace with states like Tennessee, which was cited as having invested heavily and attracting business activity around small modular reactors. Members expressed strong support for the bill, with Senator West and others praising the initiative and calling it important for Kentucky’s energy future. The committee voted the bill out favorably with an expression that it shall pass. Before adjournment, the chair encouraged members to review the other energy bills that had been heard recently and stressed the importance of moving quickly on energy policy measures. A motion was then requested to close the meeting.

Transcript Highlights:

• going to be put under the bed and they're gonna be put to bed for good, because Texas is going to lead
• Uh, the misconception that boys are not trafficked, uh, often leads to overlooking the suffering that
• This campaign with the Texas Trucking Association is another example of Texas leading, you know, with
• um, but with his guidance and his mentorship to be able to bring awareness to this, this is Texas leads
• Be able to go back out into society and lead happy and normal lives and learn how to have healthy boundaries

Transcript Highlights:

• Testifying with me today is Heather Lopez, lead caseworker at Project H.C.V.
• I currently serve as a lead caseworker for Project H.C.
• Out of pocket, even though leading medications are pan-genotypic.
• AB 1887 follows the lead of New Mexico, which implemented a far broader law.
• AB 1887 follows the lead of New Mexico, which implemented a far broader law.

Summary: The Assembly Health Committee heard a long agenda of health-related bills, with most items presented for later vote once quorum was reached. Early in the hearing, the committee adopted a consent calendar of multiple bills with motions for due pass to Appropriations, and it noted that AB 2029 had been pulled from the agenda. The committee also took up AB 1973, a bill by Aguiar-Curry to expand who may provide procedural abortion care. Supporters, including physicians and certified nurse midwives, argued the bill would align law with current training and improve access, while opponents said later-term abortion procedures require physician-level surgical training and raised safety concerns. The author emphasized hands-on training, consultation, and transfer protocols, and the bill was held pending quorum with a motion and second recorded. The committee then heard AB 1558 by Arambula, which would adopt the Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act to speed the use of out-of-state licensed volunteers during declared disasters. Supporters from the Uniform Law Commission and the Red Cross said the bill would reduce delays and clarify legal authority for volunteer health workers; there was no opposition testimony. AB 2282 by Alanis, a temporary rural emergency stabilization center for Patterson while a permanent hospital is built, drew support from local emergency responders and a late opposition from the California chapter of ACEP. The chair praised the bill as a creative local solution and agreed to coauthor it; a motion and second were recorded, with the vote to occur later. Several public health access bills followed. AB 1843 by El-Hawari would limit prior authorization and align hepatitis C treatment coverage with medical guidelines; supporters said it would remove barriers to a curable disease, while health plans opposed it as a mandate, citing premium impacts and the recent SB 306 prior-authorization process. AB 2247 by El-Hawari would create the THRIVE program for mental health services for youth affected by gun violence; Youth Alive and other supporters described trauma-informed, community-based care, and the chair and another member asked to be added as coauthors. AB 2138 by Krell would expand access to certified peer support specialists in enhanced care management and remove automatic disqualifications based solely on criminal history; supporters said peers are essential to engagement and recovery, and the bill was held with a motion and second. Later, AB 1682 by Hart would require coverage of scalp cooling for chemotherapy patients, with emotional testimony from cancer survivors and clinicians; insurers opposed it as another mandate, but the author stressed the modest per-member cost and the bill was moved with a motion and second. AB 1879 by Dixon would standardize data reporting for alcohol and drug treatment facilities, including private providers, to improve statewide information on outcomes and access; the bill drew broad support from recovery organizations and the prior opposition was withdrawn after amendments. AB 1906 by Aguiar-Curry would require coverage of at-home cervical cancer screening kits without cost sharing; supporters cited improved access for rural and working Californians, insurers opposed it on affordability grounds, and the bill passed on a recorded roll call after quorum was established. Finally, AB 1556 by Haney would clarify and support drug-free recovery housing and return-to-use policies; supporters said it would expand sober housing options, while opponents warned it could allow evictions after relapse and conflict with Housing First principles. The hearing ended with the bill still under discussion and opposition-unless-amended concerns noted.

Transcript Highlights:

• Senate File 2511, uh, lead house author, Representative O'Driscoll.
• Senate<00:01:09.920><c> file</c><00:01:10.320><c> 2511,</c><00:01:11.760><c> uh,</c><00:01:12.400><c> lead
• </c><00:01:12.720><c> house</c><00:01:12.960><c> author,</c> Senate file 2511, uh, lead house author,
• Senate file 2511, uh, lead house author, Representative<00:01:13.760><c> O'Driscoll.

Committee: House Rules and Legislative Administration

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• clause 13 of rule one, the journal of the last day's proceedings is approved, and the Chair will now lead
• /c><00:07:32.240><c> chair</c><00:07:32.479><c> will</c><00:07:32.720><c> now</c><00:07:32.960><c> lead
• 00:07:33.280><c> the</c><00:07:33.520><c> house</c><00:07:33.759><c> in</c> and the chair will now lead
• the house in and the chair will now lead the house in the<00:07:34.080><c> pledge</c><00:07:34.400><

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, February 17, 2026, 1012, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• It’s about leading self well and then we lead others well.
• :07.840><c> then</c><01:56:08.000><c> we</c><01:56:08.239><c> lead</c> leading self well and then we
• lead leading self well and then we lead others others others well.<01:56:10.639><c> It's</c><01:56:10.880
• Um because today she leads our today.
• </c> principles leading exceptional schools. principles leading exceptional schools.

Keywords: Meeting Start: 00:00:12 Attendance Roll Call: 00:00:33 Kentucky’s New Assessment and Accountability Model Update: 00:03:50 Federal Education Policy and Its Impact on States: 01:00:55 Educational Leadership Training Opportunities in Kentucky: 01:26:44 Consideration of Referred Administrative Regulations: 02:10:38 Adjournment: 02:13:57, 958, all

Summary: The Interim Joint Committee on Education met for its first interim meeting and established a quorum before taking up its first topic, Kentucky’s new assessment and accountability model. Commissioner Robbie Fletcher, joined by KDE staff and superintendents, described a multi-year effort involving the Kentucky “Now We Learn” Council, more than 50 educators and stakeholders, at least 18 pilot districts, surveys, focus groups, town halls, and four prototype frameworks. He emphasized three priorities for the new model: vibrant learning experiences, innovation in assessment, and collaboration with communities. Fletcher said the state accountability portion would continue to meet federal requirements and identify CSI/TSI/ATSI schools, while shifting toward more emphasis on individual student growth, grade-level equivalency in reading and math, career and technical education, graduation rate, and English language proficiency. He also said science would remain a required assessment but be reported separately rather than counted in the CSI/TSI calculation. He stressed that the model should focus on growth, local flexibility, and meaningful measures that reflect community expectations, while still preserving a statewide framework. The committee also heard from Bullitt County superintendent Jesse Bacon, who described his district’s local accountability work. He said Bullitt County formed a community coalition with broad representation from across the district, business leaders, and community members, met six times during the school year, and worked toward a public-facing dashboard that would show community expectations, evidence of accountability, and areas for improvement. Bacon said the district identified six community-defined pillars, beginning with student learning and foundational academic knowledge, as part of a system intended to communicate strengths and improvement areas to the public.