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• So if you have concerns as a tax collector with the accuracy of a return filed, you have to go to each
• A couple years go down the road, we file partnership tax returns.
• Audits usually happen two to three years after a return is filed.
• Under the current law, I would file amended tax returns to all of you.
• They can file a grievance or whatever it is, say, no, we don't owe more money.

Summary: The committee first set aside RS 33066, Health Care Sharing Ministries, and then took up House Bill 733 on income taxes and partnerships. Representative Jeff Ehlers presented HB 733 as a way to let Idaho handle partnership audits at the partnership level, rather than auditing each individual partner, mirroring federal practice and reducing burden for both taxpayers and the Tax Commission. Ken McClure of the Idaho Society of CPAs and Jacob Swigart, a CPA partner, testified in support, explaining that the bill would simplify audits, reduce amended-return filings, and apply to pass-through entities such as partnerships, LLCs, and S corporations. Questions from members focused on interstate effects, limited partners, and how disputes would be handled; witnesses said the underlying audit and appeals process would remain unchanged, with only the payment and reporting mechanism shifting to the entity level. The committee then voted to send HB 733 to the floor with a due pass recommendation. The committee next heard RS 33066 from Senator Ben Taves, which would amend Idaho law to treat health care sharing ministry expenses as eligible medical expenses for medical savings accounts. Senator Taves said the change would allow MSA funds to be used for these ministry expenses, which are not currently treated like traditional insurance premiums under Idaho tax law. After no questions, the committee voted to introduce RS 33066. At the end of the meeting, the committee approved the minutes from February 23 and 24, 2026, and announced that it would not meet the following day, with the next meeting scheduled for the following week.

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• File item number three, SB 993 by Senator Ochoa Bogue, and file item 11, SB 1351 by Senator Eric...
• File item number one, SB 903. Call to absent members, please. File item number one, SB 903.
• File item number two, Blake Speer. File item number two, SB 936.
• Senator Reyes, file item number four. Senator Reyes, file item number four.
• File item number five.

Summary: The committee heard several bills, beginning with SB 936 on nitrous oxide sales. Senator Blakespear and supporters, including Orange County and Humboldt County supervisors, described growing misuse of large nitrous canisters, impaired driving, youth access, and waste and safety problems. There was no formal opposition testimony, and multiple organizations and local governments voiced support. Committee members generally supported the bill but raised questions about enforcement and the role of existing licensing agencies; the author said amendments addressed concerns about balloons and bags. The bill was moved on a due-pass recommendation to Senate Appropriations and left on call. The committee also heard SB 1312 on abandoned cemeteries, SB 1340 on small business procurement reporting, and SB 903 on AI in mental health care. SB 1312 would build on last year’s cemetery workgroup to address abandoned private cemeteries; the author and the Cemetery and Mortuary Association said the bill is intended to use forthcoming recommendations to improve maintenance and oversight. It was moved due pass to Senate Appropriations and left on call. SB 1340 would require state agencies to report contract and payment data involving small businesses to the Office of the Small Business Advocate; the Controller’s office supported the measure, and it was moved due pass to Senate Appropriations and left on call. SB 903 drew the most extensive debate. The bill would restrict the public offering of psychotherapy services through AI unless a licensed professional is involved, require disclosure and informed consent, and preserve confidentiality rules. Supporters argued that chatbots and AI therapy tools can mislead consumers and create safety, bias, and privacy risks, while opponents from the California Medical Association and TechNet warned the definitions were too broad and could hinder beneficial clinical tools, triage, research, and FDA-approved applications. Committee members pressed the author on clarity, administrative uses like note-taking, and whether the bill would allow clinician-supervised AI; the author said the intent is to keep a human clinician in the loop and continue refining the language. The bill was moved to the Senate Privacy, Digital Technology, and Consumer Protection Committee and left on call. Finally, the committee heard SB 1271 on midwifery preceptor data and SB 1327 on EV charger accuracy oversight. SB 1271 would collect data on licensed midwives’ capacity to serve as preceptors to strengthen the training pipeline; supporters described workforce shortages, rural access problems, and closures of labor and delivery units. It was moved due pass to the Senate Health Committee and left on call. SB 1327 would shift EV charger accuracy oversight from CDFA’s Division of Measurement Standards to the California Energy Commission; supporters said this would standardize enforcement and better match the agency already regulating EV infrastructure, while county sealers and others opposed the move as unnecessary, costly, and potentially weakening local consumer protection. The bill was moved due pass to the Senate Energy, Utilities, and Communications Committee and left on call.

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• </c> The timing is right for House File 3940. The timing is right for House File 3940.
• Minnesotans</c><00:05:03.840><c> that</c> House File 3940 tells Minnesotans that House File 3940 tells
• </c> support of House File 3940. support of House File 3940.
• c> that</c><00:12:52.360><c> when</c> House File 3940 ensures that when House File 3940 ensures that
• Um in opposition to House File 3940.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Senate of the following Senate file here Senate of the following Senate file here with<00:04:39.199><
• Senate file number with transmitted.
• </c> Mhler moved that Senate File Number 3196 and House File Number 306, now on the general register,
• Uh, this a bill uh uh House File 2446.
• </c><00:47:38.560><c> Third</c> file number 571 as amended. Third file number 571 as amended.

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• All right, we'll start with Senate File 4. Thank you. All right, we'll start with Senate File 4.
• On to Senate File 12.
• All right, now we're on to Senate File 67. Do we have anybody here for Senate File 67?
• Senate File 67. Do we have anybody here Senate File 67.
• </c> Senate File 67 has very limited scope. Senate File 67 has very limited scope.

Bills: HB0122 , SF0004 , SF0012 , SF0013 , SF0067 , SF0070 , SF0124

Committee: House Appropriations

Keywords: healthcare, rural health, transformation program, funding, incentives, training, access, perpetuity fund, Medicaid, emergency medical services, ground ambulance, healthcare funding, reimbursement rates, military, national guard, reenlistment, extension bonus, Wyoming, Wyoming National Guard, recruitment

Transcript Highlights:

• The agenda for today is House File 7.
• </c><00:01:11.720><c> seven</c> agenda for today is house file seven agenda for today is house file seven
• rank and file peace represent the rank and file peace officers<00:18:42.640><c> in</c><00:18:42.919><
• </c><00:20:53.840><c> have</c> members the rank and file have members the rank and file have encountered
• </c> and disorder efforts such as house file and disorder efforts such as house file 7<00:39:37.760><

Committee: House Public Safety Finance and Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

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• </c><00:09:04.160><c> uh</c> uh Representative Noor's House File uh uh Representative Noor's House File
• </c><00:12:35.600><c> 4638</c> Section 18 comes from House File 4638 Section 18 comes from House File
• </c> Moving to Section 41 from House File Moving to Section 41 from House File 4969, 4969, 4969, um<00
• </c> This article contains most of House File This article contains most of House File 4525<00:14:30.839
• </c> Representative Norris's bill House File Representative Norris's bill House File 2354, 2354, 2354

Bills: HF4207 , HF4338

Committee: House Human Services Finance and Policy

Keywords: housing aid, local housing trust, funding projects, income provisions, technical changes, human services, medical assistance, Medicaid, provider enrollment, provider revalidation, fraud prevention, program integrity, background study, background check, fingerprinting, licensing, license revocation, payment withholding, payment suspension, prepayment review

Transcript Highlights:

• House File 538 is in front of us again.
• I'd like to move the file.
• With that, House File 467, as amended, is laid over. Next bill on the agenda is House File 2812.
• House File 2532 is laid over. The last bill on our agenda is House File 2875.
• House File 2875 is laid over.

Committee: House Public Safety Finance and Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• I move House File 1272 to be before us. Thank you so much.
• I move House File 1272 to be before us. Thank you so much.
• I move House File 2121 to be before the committee. Thank you so much.
• </c><00:29:28.440><c> 2121</c> mind doing that moving house file 2121 mind doing that moving house file
• </c> Schultz moves house file Schultz moves house file 103<01:18:54.239><c> to</c><01:18:54.400><c> bring

Bills: HF339 , HF1272 , HF2121 , HF2122 , HF1216 , HF1003 , HF2319

Committee: House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Keywords: HF339, Nursing Home Workforce Standards Board, nursing homes, long-term care, elder care, workforce standards, certified worker organizations, labor funding, general fund appropriation, worker grants, Minnesota labor law, nursing home staffing, caregiver workforce, section 181.214, HF1272, nursing home, boarding care home, nursing home workers, labor standards, Medicaid-certified facility

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• </c> house file house file 1124<00:01:22.200><c> representative</c><00:01:22.920><c> uim</c><00:01:23.799
• </c> calendars I strongly support house file calendars I strongly support house file 1124<00:05:04.000
• </c> house file house file 1124<00:10:25.600><c> late</c><00:10:25.920><c> last</c><00:10:26.160><c>
• </c> here to express support for house file here to express support for house file 1803<00:57:17.720>
• file file 1457<01:15:28.440><c> and</c><01:15:29.000><c> uh</c><01:15:29.199><c> while</c><01:15:29.400

Bills: HF1124 , HF1457 , HF1803

Committee: House Education Policy

Keywords: school calendar, education, school year, Labor Day, state law, school construction, landfill, dump site, closed landfill, contaminated site, pollution control agency, school siting, public school, charter school, environmental health, student safety, brownfield, solid waste, waste disposal site, site contamination

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• </c> testimony uh in support for house file testimony uh in support for house file 538<00:18:38.559><
• </c><00:35:34.520><c> one</c> our packets the that um house file one our packets the that um house file
• House File 327, as amended, is laid over.
• House File 1399 is laid over.
• <01:27:22.679><c> 141</c> file 141 file 141 zero<01:27:24.719><c> before</c><01:27:25.000><c> the</c>

Committee: House Public Safety Finance and Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• We're proposing calendaring three additional bills for Monday, March 10, 2025: House File 11, House File
• 23, and Senate File 1552.
• The chief author for House File 1552 is Paul Anderson.
• House File 11 is Baker; House File 23 is Robins; and Senate File 1552.
• The chief author for House File 1552 is Paul Anderson.

Committee: House Rules and Legislative Administration

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> readable files uh that means files readable files uh that means files posted<04:58:30.240><c> on
• </c> there are three machine readable files there are three machine readable files that<05:03:55.360>
• </c><05:04:39.718><c> don't</c> these machine readable files don't these machine readable files don't
• And then the third file is essentially a prescription drug file.
• easy files to work with.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee took up HB 297 with a non-germane amendment proposed by the Insurance Department to create the Granite State Home Mitigation and Resiliency Program. Commissioner DJ Beton explained that the program is intended to help homeowners reduce rising insurance premiums and avoid surplus lines coverage by funding proactive home and property improvements such as roof fortification, exterior and foundation work, flood protection, and tree removal. He said the proposal was developed after leadership asked for more statutory detail and for the idea to be vetted through policy committees rather than handled only in the budget process. Beton said the program would be funded by the first $1 million collected annually from the insurance premium tax, with grants of up to $10,000 awarded on a first-come, first-served basis. He described the program as modeled on similar efforts in other states, with means testing tied to the Department of Energy’s weatherization/home heating assistance criteria. He also said the department would administer the program using one existing staff position, with coordination through Treasury, and that unspent funds would roll over for several years before reverting to the general fund. Members asked about the unusual use of a non-germane amendment and how the bill would be handled procedurally, since the underlying bill and the new insurance proposal were unrelated. The chair explained that the amendment was being used as a vehicle to move the department’s proposal through the committee process and that the committee could later accept one part, both parts, or neither. No vote was taken in the portion of the meeting shown; the discussion ended with questions about administration, staffing, and the relationship between the underlying bill and the amendment.

Transcript Highlights:

• Did you file a redistricting bill? I did not. Okay.
• If and when a bill is filed proposing a map, then we would convene a hearing.
• What called you to file the resolution and to kind of take ownership of that?
• What are you seeing right now that prompted you to file this resolution?
• It was filed by the Office of the Attorney General.

Bills: SR5 , SB5 , SB11 , SB12 , SB25 , SB26 , SB28 , SB35 , SB5 , SB11 , SB12 , SB25 , SB26 , SB28 , SB35 , SB5 , SB11 , SB12 , SB25 , SB26 , SB28 , SB35 , SR5

Keywords: redistricting, Senate procedures, public input, Texas Legislature, amendments, Texas Senate, congressional districts, legislative procedures, legislative transparency, Senate rules, public hearings, committee procedures, hemp regulation, consumable products, cannabinoids, occupational licenses, criminal offenses, SB 11, Texas attorney general, election crimes

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• We have three late-file amendments that, um, amendments that, um, We have three late-file amendments.
• They are late-filed, not on the introducer's part.
• We have one timely filed amendment.
• See, we have one timely filed amendment.
• There is a late-file amendment. The late-file amendment barcode is 23022 by Senator Rodriguez.

Summary: The Appropriations Committee met for Budget Day and heard presentations on the Senate’s proposed 2025-2026 budget, SPB 25-200, totaling $117.4 billion. Chair Hooper said the plan reduces overall spending from the prior year, keeps strong reserves, includes a 4% pay raise for state employees, maintains employee health care contributions, and makes major investments in water quality, transportation, and education infrastructure. Committee chairs then summarized their budget silos, including K-12 education, higher education, health and human services, criminal and civil justice, transportation/tourism/economic development, and agriculture/environment/general government. Members asked questions mainly about school funding, AP and dual enrollment support, voucher and scholarship impacts, and the My Safe Florida Home program. The committee adopted a large consent package of amendments and then approved three late-file amendments: funding virtual college tours for high school students, funding the FSU Sunshine Genetics program, and providing money for the Port of Fernandina customs facility. The committee then voted to report SPB 2500, the General Appropriations Bill, as a committee bill. It also favorably reported SPB 2502 (implementing bill), SPB 2504 (state employees placeholder), SB 7022 (Florida Retirement System contribution rates and DROP changes), CS/SB 1320 (recreating the Resilient Florida Trust Fund), SPB 2506 (gaming compact revenue distributions, including water projects and rural lands), SPB 2508 (29 new judgeships), SB 7014 (ending the court mediation and arbitration trust fund), SPB 2510 (K-12 conforming bill), SPB 2512 (higher education conforming bill), and SPB 2514 (health and human services conforming bill). The committee also took up several policy bills. It approved SB 7028 on cancer research, creating grant parameters, reporting requirements, a five-year pediatric cancer research incubator, and the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute VisionGen Initiative. It approved CS/CS/SB 170 on nursing home quality, adding resident satisfaction surveys, medical director standards, safety culture reviews, electronic health record requirements, financial reporting penalties, and a study of best practices. It approved CS/CS/SB 168, the Tristan Murphy Act, which expands mental health diversion options, adds Hillsborough County to a forensic hospital diversion pilot, expands grant uses, and creates a behavioral health data repository. It also approved SB 114 creating the Florida Center for Excellence in Insurance and Risk Management at FSU and moving the public hurricane loss model there. The committee then began considering SB 180 on emergency preparedness and response, including a late-file amendment, but the transcript cuts off before final action on that bill.

Transcript Highlights:

• There could also be federal information in that file as well that's maintained by the FBI CJIS.
• not released. maintained by that clerk's file has this type of information in there.
• I can't get a—I file a request in Alexandria. I can't get a report.
• And that's why, because when you file things, you don't get it from the troopers.
• So if a suit got filed under this, it might not cost much because the person resigned.

Bills: HR9 , HB709 , HB1011 , HB1057 , HB1186 , HB1245 , HB1247 , SB49 , SB425 , SB479

Committee: House House and Governmental Affairs

Keywords: human rights, individual liberties, Magna Carta, constitutionalism, free speech, Uniform Construction Code, building code, construction code, inspector licensing, building inspectors, plans examiners, public inspector, private inspector, private inspector company, building official, code enforcement, Louisiana Uniform Construction Code Commission, state fire marshal, International Building Code, International Residential Code

Transcript Highlights:

• This is file item 1, AB 405, relating to the Fashion Act.
• This is file item 1, AB 405, relating to the Fashion Act.
• This is file item 3, AB 762. Call the roll.
• This is file item number five.
• This is file item number six, AB 1333. Thank you.

Summary: The committee heard several environmental and consumer-safety bills. AB 405, the Fashion Act, would require fashion companies to disclose and manage toxic chemicals in their supply chains; supporters said it would reduce worker and consumer exposure and align with existing industry frameworks, while retailers and business groups argued it would duplicate existing laws and raise costs. After questions about DTSC workload, international standards, and affordability, the bill was moved on a due-pass-as-amended motion to Natural Resources and held on call with three votes. AB 762 would ban the sale and distribution of disposable vape devices; supporters emphasized battery-fire risks, recycling contamination, and waste impacts, while cannabis and convenience-store interests warned it would push consumers to illicit markets and harm legal businesses. The bill passed on a due-pass motion to Business and Professions with three votes and was held on call. The committee also adopted the consent calendar with six votes. AB 794 would direct California to keep in place the federal PFAS drinking-water standard if federal protections are weakened, with supporters citing health risks and the need for certainty, and water agencies opposing the emergency-rulemaking authority and potential costs. Members debated whether the bill was too broad and whether federal funds would cover implementation; the bill passed on a due-pass-as-amended motion to Appropriations with four votes and was held open. AB 1148, the Safer Food Packaging Act, would restrict certain chemicals in food packaging; supporters cited cancer and reproductive-health concerns, while chemical, beverage, and manufacturing groups argued the bill should go through existing regulatory processes and that some chemicals lacked feasible alternatives. The author said she would remove antimony trioxide later in the process after hearing opposition concerns; the bill passed on a due-pass motion to Judiciary with four votes and was held open. Finally, AB 1338 would allow local air districts to recover costs for implementing fence-line air monitoring at metal shredding facilities, building on prior legislation and local air district efforts in AB 617 communities. The author said the bill would preserve local control and improve efficiency, and the South Coast Air Quality Management District testified in support. The transcript ends as the district witness begins testimony, with no vote yet taken on AB 1338.

Transcript Highlights:

• The timely filed amendments have been agreed upon and...
• We have three late filed amendments that are late filed not on The introducers part, it is just the process
• They were in process but they are technically late filed.
• I see we have one late-filed amendment, barcode 83585.
• Objection to taking a filed amendment.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So Amendment 7, which talks about the filing, case management, and related ...talks about the filing,
• So it looks like they're trying to get a plan together for that electronic filing.
• Okay, so it's just how attorneys file, not the filings that are submitted by clerks to the Supreme Court
• We filed a cross-appeal based on field preemption.
• I appreciate it if you filing a card for...”

Committee: House Judiciary

Summary: The committee met with a quorum and heard a series of bills, mostly from the Senate, covering military affairs, courts, veterans’ services, tobacco/vape regulation, and emergency alerts for missing persons with disabilities. Several measures were described as cleanup or modernization bills, including SB 317 adding the House and Senate military committee chairs to the Louisiana Military Advisory Council, SB 357 updating court administration and appellate e-case management provisions, SB 421 modernizing electronic records language, and SB 232 and HB 597 addressing judicial compensation and related funding/commission issues. The committee also heard SB 164, which would add public works employees to the definition of first responders, and SB 510, which would regulate certain licensed establishments that allow on-premises consumption of hemp/THC products and related age restrictions. These bills were generally presented as technical updates or alignment with existing practices, and the committee reported them favorably after brief questions and, in some cases, amendments. A major portion of the meeting focused on SB 208, which revises Louisiana’s law on services provided to veterans after a prior version was struck down. Senator Kathy and LDVA representatives said the bill is intended to protect veterans from unaccredited “claim sharks” by limiting fees and creating state-level safeguards, while an opponent argued the issue is preempted by federal law and should be left to Congress and the pending appeal. The committee also heard extensive testimony on SB 34, which would create “Bryan’s Call” emergency alerts for missing children and adults with cognitive or developmental disabilities, including wireless alerts and responder training. Family members and disability advocates described fatal risks from elopement and drowning, and supporters said the bill would fill a gap between Amber and Silver Alerts; the committee moved the bill favorably. Another bill, HB 302, sought to restrict vape sales near schools; the sponsor and Alcohol and Tobacco Control discussed possible language changes, and public health testimony supported broader protections for youth. Several bills were voluntarily deferred, including HB 1190, HB 1097, and HB 374-1, and the committee adjourned after reporting the remaining measures favorably.

Transcript Highlights:

• The first bill is to modify the North Star Promise: House File 2441 and House File 2634.
• I'm here to support House File 2634 and House File 2241, more specifically, which would help ensure Minnesotans
• To continue on regarding House File 2634 and House File 2241, this really does help communities like
• With that in mind, we appreciate the opportunity to support House File 2241 and House File 2634.
• Because House File 2634 and House File 2241 would achieve these goals, the Chamber Federation urges your

Bills: HF2634 , HF2241 , HF2649 , HF2520 , HF2610

Committee: House Higher Education Finance and Policy

Keywords: North Star Promise, scholarship, higher education, Minnesota Office of Higher Education, in-demand jobs, workforce development, career training, job market, high-demand occupations, high-demand industries, college aid, state financial aid, FAFSA, student eligibility, program of study, degree program, certificate program, community college, university, labor market data