Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:03:06.319><c> is</c> do and I was guilty as a legislator is do and I was guilty as a legislator
• Moving on to legislation, in 2021 we did have legislation that mandated that we review the rule, and
• or was not appropriate.
• </c> was appropriate or was not appropriate was appropriate or was not appropriate so<00:55:17.079><c
• Some have been recently requested.

Committee: Senate Taxes

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• As legislators, you can regressive.
• Um, and so with that, I'd like to request a roll call, Madam Chair. Chair Cosnik.
• And the way the bill is written, it requests up to $15 million to fix the bridge.
• So, I request a no vote. change. So, I request a no vote.
• But that's how the new reality is of this year's legislation.

Bills: HF2438

Committee: House Taxes

Keywords: transportation finance, transportation policy, MnDOT, Minnesota Department of Transportation, Department of Public Safety, Metropolitan Council, highway funding, trunk highway fund, county state-aid highway fund, municipal state-aid street fund, state aid roads, local roads, bridge funding, road construction, transit funding, passenger rail, freight rail, aviation, airport development, safe routes to school

Transcript Highlights:

• IT, Record and Information Division, Legislative Service Bureau, and photographers.
• This bill is a request from the Department of Human Services.
• I yield for questions and move advancement at the appropriate time.
• With that, I move for advancement at the appropriate time and yield for questions.
• President, I had a request from the author to lay over Senate Bill 1555.

Bills: SB2102 , SB1940 , SB1625 , SB1442 , SB1623 , SB1242 , SB1949 , SB1592 , SB1913 , SB592 , SB992 , SB1241 , SB259 , SB1928 , SB1426 , SB1531 , SB1561 , SB1122

Keywords: credit card fees, merchant discounts, payment card network, interchange fees, transparency in fees, Oklahoma law, payment card, rebate, merchant, tax compliance, health insurance, mandate, impact analysis, insurance department, public health, access to healthcare, SB1442, alcoholic beverage control, ABLE Commission, liquor license fees

Summary: The Senate convened with prayer, roll call, and several floor and gallery introductions recognizing the Doctor of the Day, Nurse of the Day, Mid-America Christian University, the Oklahoma Truckers Association, Leadership Wagoner County, the Broken Arrow Chamber, and an intern. The chamber then took up several bills in general order. Senate Bill 1426, requested by the Department of Human Services, would limit referrals to district attorneys to substantiated findings of abuse of vulnerable adults; it passed unanimously, 44-0. Senate Bill 1531 was presented as a placeholder vehicle for possible future FAA action on drones and unmanned aircraft, with questions focused on why the bill was being kept open and what language might later be added. It passed 33-12. Senate Bill 1561 would allow EMTs to be subject to progressive discipline for drug or other violations instead of automatic license revocation; it passed 46-0. The most extensive debate centered on Senate Bill 1122, which lowers the ad valorem assessment rate for broadband providers from 22.85% to 15% and was described by supporters as a way to create parity, encourage broadband expansion, and keep providers investing in rural Oklahoma. Opponents argued it would give a tax break to large legacy broadband companies, reduce county revenue by an estimated $20 million, and do little for homeowners, farmers, or other taxpayers facing property tax pressure. After extended questioning and debate, the bill passed 28-19. The Senate also laid over SB 1555, heard announcements, and adjourned until Monday, March 9 at 1:30 p.m.

Transcript Highlights:

• They did not appropriate it.
• We had repurposed those unused prior appropriations to fund a portion of that request for replacement
• We had repurposed those unused prior appropriations to fund a portion of that request for replacement
• to fund a portion of that appropriations to fund a portion of that request<01:31:27.679><c> for</c><
• Um that overall<01:32:51.840><c> request</c><01:32:52.480><c> was</c> overall request was overall request

Committee: Senate Capital Budget

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The contract owner submits a request and a. format that is set by the insurer.
• We do have a couple of minor concerns with the legislation.
• Amendment if this body felt it was appropriate to include utilities like mine.
• We're excluded from the beneficial part of the legislation, right?
• The bill was requested by TDLR in 2024.

Bills: HB106 , HB144 , HB145 , HB252 , HB1732 , HB2221 , HB2467 , HB2468 , HB2517 , HB2518 , HB2963 , HB3016 , HB3689 , HB3960 , HB4386 , HB4490 , HB4751 , HB5247 , HJR175 , HB2213 , HB106 , HB144 , HB145 , HB252

Committee: Senate Business & Commerce

Keywords: HB 106, oil and gas, Railroad Commission of Texas, overhead electrical lines, electrical distribution system, power line maintenance, administrative penalty, Natural Resources Code, oil and gas lease, well operator, energy safety, utility infrastructure, regulatory compliance, cleanup fund, oil and gas regulation and cleanup fund, production safety, leasehold operations, electric utility, distribution poles, inspection

Transcript Highlights:

• At the appropriate time, I would move favorably.
• They're requesting that information directly from the clerk.
• They're requesting that information directly from the clerks.
• I think it may be appropriate if we file an HR or HCR that would urge and request the Federal Bureau
• I think it may be appropriate if we file an HR or HCR that would urge and request the Federal Bureau

Bills: HB63 , HB91 , HB98 , HB108 , HB131 , HB151 , HB161 , HB294 , HB305 , HB310 , HB320 , HB336 , HB622 , HB789 , HB1040

Committee: House Administration of Criminal Justice

Keywords: HB63, Louisiana bail, bail bond, surety, failure to appear, FTA, bench warrant, NCIC, National Crime Information Center, criminal procedure, Article 331, defendant registry, surrender of defendant, rule to show cause, law enforcement records, pretrial release, bond forfeiture, disclosure, criminal records, witness protection

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> on a random Thursday at the legislative on a random Thursday at the legislative session?
• There is a separate appropriation request for funding it.
• There is a separate<00:31:35.440><c> appropriation</c><00:31:36.240><c> request</c><00:31:36.640><c>
• for</c> separate appropriation request for separate appropriation request for funding<00:31:37.279><c
• . appropriations. appropriations.

Keywords: 926, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• time to make re research requesters time to make requests<00:26:01.880><c> and</c><00:26:02.120><c>
• time</c> requests and time requests and time for<00:26:04.039><c> uh</c><00:26:04.200><c> OIP</c><00:
• </c> competitive if you are appropriating competitive if you are appropriating funds<01:03:40.079><c>
• </c> special session or any legislative special session or any legislative recess<01:22:26.480><c> Day
• </c> um there actually is no Appropriations um there actually is no Appropriations in<02:11:06.360><c

Committee: House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The House Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs held its first hearing of the 33rd Legislature and heard several measures, beginning with HB 131, which would allow agencies to disclose government records to researchers for certain purposes and direct the Office of Information Practices to adopt uniform rules. OIP supported the bill, saying it would help researchers access government records, while DLNR questioned whether the bill was necessary, raised concerns about costs and exemptions, and suggested a definition change regarding media. The Public First Law Center and other supporters said the bill would not remove existing exemptions or create new disclosure requirements, but would simply authorize rulemaking to create a clearer process for research access. Common Cause Hawaiʻi raised concern about including news media in the measure. The chair emphasized that the rulemaking process would allow agencies and the public to work through details, and the committee moved on without a recorded vote in the transcript. The committee then heard HB 411, which would create uniform administrative penalty procedures under the state ethics code and lobbyist law, and HB 412, which would expand lobbying definitions to cover certain communications with high-level executive officials about procurement and make some contracts voidable if awarded through unethical lobbying. The Ethics Commission supported HB 411 as an efficiency measure that would streamline the charge process without changing substantive rights, while HB 412 was described as a narrow transparency measure modeled on other states. The State Procurement Office warned that voiding contracts could cause delays, warranty issues, third-party complications, and higher reprocurement costs. The Ethics Commission responded that any contract revocation would be at the Attorney General’s discretion and likely reserved for egregious cases, and that the threat of voiding a contract would help deter noncompliance. The committee also heard HB 413, which clarifies that lobbyist campaign contribution prohibitions apply during periods when both houses of the Legislature are in session; the Ethics Commission and Campaign Spending Commission both supported the bill and the Ethics Commission requested amendments to clarify jurisdiction between state and county lobbyist enforcement. Finally, the committee took up HB 149, which would require domestic and foreign corporations to report independent expenditures and political contributions to shareholders. The only testimony noted in the transcript was written comments from Matson, which said the requirement would be expensive and cumbersome and that the information is already publicly available through existing campaign finance reporting websites. No votes or final committee actions on the bills were recorded in the provided transcript.

Transcript Highlights:

• As Patricia Owen, legislative staff for the committee, as the chair indicated, Legislative staff for
• request. ...independent of any formal legislative request.
• Patricia Owen, legislative staff with the committee.
• I would as a legislator normally.
• Today we had a lot of pieces of legislation.

Committee: Joint Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Interim Committee

Keywords: 985, all

Transcript Highlights:

• That would be silly, but that's our request. Please go ahead, Mr. Nils.
• And a part of that was the $10 million he requested from the IDLA.
• This reduces IDLA's appropriation by passing costs on the families.
• This reduces IDLA's appropriation by passing costs on the families.
• Part of this legislation in its current form sets that work back a bit.

Committee: House Education

Keywords: 989, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><03:29:08.199><c> debate</c> I remember the legislative debate I remember the legislative debate
• ><c> of</c><03:31:20.040><c> legislative</c><03:31:20.479><c> lons</c> enormous amount of legislative
• The legislative liaisons are not just legislative liaisons.
• </c> bureaus and acting as a legislative bureaus and acting as a legislative leison<03:32:37.800><c>
• </c> imagine we get a lot of appeal requests imagine we get a lot of appeal requests and<03:34:05.960

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: House Finance Division III convened a work session on the DHHS budget, with the chair noting there would be no votes and that the committee would spend the day hearing from the commissioner’s office. Nathan White, DHHS Chief Financial Officer, opened with the Division of Finance/Office of Business Operations, explaining that the unit supports the department through daily financial management, AP/AR, audit work, expense projections, transfers, and procurement functions such as contracts, amendments, RFPs/RFAs, and grants management. He also described the division’s revenue and reporting work, including federal draws, CMS-64 reporting, and the public assistance cost allocation plan, and said the department had centralized rate-setting work and a small team handling Medicaid rate analysis and nursing facility rebase work. Members asked about vacancies, turnover, and budget changes. White said the division had 18 positions unfunded in the governor’s budget, reducing personal services from about $10.8 million to $9.9 million, and estimated the division’s vacancy rate at about 11 percent, below the department average. He said turnover was relatively low, with one retirement at the manager level and higher turnover mainly at lower AP-level positions. He also explained that some budget lines reflected reallocations rather than new spending, including fringe benefits centralized elsewhere and an EBT card contract moved into this unit because the staff member overseeing it works in Finance. When asked about a rent/lease increase, he said it was due to higher copier leasing costs under a statewide DAS contract. White highlighted several management and technology improvements. He said a business intelligence tool procured in 2022, using Salesforce and Excel-based data, helped DHHS better track federal revenue and maintenance-of-effort spending, reducing FY24 General Fund lapse by about 70 percent and federal/other revenue lapse by 88 percent compared with FY23; he warned that the tool is not funded in the current budget. He also described Lean Six Sigma efforts in the contracts team, training for vendors and nonprofits on procurement and indirect cost rules, and a Finance Academy to standardize policies and procedures. On the contracts side, he said the department uses Smartsheet for project management and DocuSign for electronic signatures, which cut contract execution time dramatically, but noted DocuSign is also not funded in the governor’s budget. The session ended as the committee prepared to move on to the Employee Assistance Program presentation.

Transcript Highlights:

• House Appropriations Committee will come to order for the purpose of public hearing.
• or possibly legislate—that's not the question, of course.
• legislation.
• legislation.
• A local government note was requested, but is not available yet.

Summary: The House Appropriations Committee heard staff briefings and testimony on four bills. House Bill 2124, a Department of Retirement Systems request, would raise the minimum monthly pension benefit that can be paid as a lump sum from $50 to $250, with future inflation adjustments by the director; staff said it would cost about $11,000 in administrative changes and have no actuarial impact on the pension funds. House Bill 2125 would remove a biennial restriction on using pension fund interest earnings for certain administrative and compliance expenses that protect the funds; DRS said it would have no fiscal impact and would continue existing practice. Seth Miller of DRS supported both bills as efforts to reduce complexity and improve consistency across retirement systems. House Bill 2179 would create a retroactive exemption from PERS membership for certain port district employees who are instead covered by federal railroad retirement or union-sponsored defined benefit plans. Staff said audits found a small number of affected employees, with a one-time administrative cost of about $18,000, and noted possible legal concerns because retroactive changes can implicate vested retirement rights. Testimony from the Washington Public Ports Association and the Port of Ponderay supported the bill as a narrow clarification needed to avoid dual coverage and large retroactive liabilities; the Port of Vancouver also supported it as a fix for building trades workers covered by union plans. House Bill 2160 would change SEBB eligibility rules for school employees, creating a presumption of coverage on day one for returning employees who previously worked 630 hours in prior years, effectively shortening the lookback period and extending it across SEBB employers. Supporters, including substitute teachers, WEA, SEIU, and other school workers, said the bill would reduce disruptive gaps in coverage, help workers and families maintain continuous insurance, and improve recruitment and retention. Opponents, including school administrators, business officials, and school directors, argued it would be an unfunded mandate that could significantly increase district costs and administrative complexity, especially because districts would have to track hours and rebut presumptive eligibility. The Health Care Authority explained that eligibility is determined by local benefits administrators using worksheets and appeals, that the current two-year presumption was built from earlier benefit rules, and that the bill could increase costs and create issues for retirees who currently manage hours to stay below the 630-hour threshold. The committee took no votes and adjourned after public hearing.

Transcript Highlights:

• Nothing in our legislation changes the mechanics of...
• Nothing in our legislation changes the mechanics of current operating.
• We as legislators... thank you.
• I love that type of legislation and would love to sign on with you.
• “AB 1116 is a model for what pro-democracy legislation looks like.

Summary: The committee heard a long agenda of elections-related bills. It first approved three consent items: AB 808, AB 1029, and AB 1072. The committee then took up AB 1249, which would require non-Voter’s Choice Act counties to offer at least one Saturday early-voting location before statewide elections and allow in-person return of vote-by-mail ballots at designated county offices or satellite locations. Supporters said it would expand access for working voters and those with transportation barriers; some members raised concerns about ballot verification and added workload for rural counties. The bill passed the committee on a divided vote and was placed on call for absent members. The committee next considered AB 25, a voter ID and election integrity measure that would require citizenship verification, government ID for voting, tighter voter-roll audits, and a 72-hour ballot-counting deadline. The author and supporters argued it would restore public trust and improve election integrity, while opponents from the League of Women Voters, ACLU California Action, labor groups, disability advocates, and others said it would restrict access, burden vulnerable voters, and amount to voter suppression. After extensive debate, the committee voted the bill out on a narrow split and kept it on call. Members also approved AB 1164, which clarifies when voters are entitled to a replacement ballot and updates the Voter Bill of Rights language; AB 1441, which would create an independent citizens redistricting commission in Merced County despite opposition from the county board over cost and local control; and AB 16, which would clarify county election officials’ authority to begin processing vote-by-mail ballots earlier and clean up outdated code. The committee also heard AB 1411, which would require non-VCA counties to prepare voter education and outreach plans and use a Secretary of State template, with the sponsor saying it would improve voter information statewide.

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> appropriate time. appropriate time. &gt;&gt; Thank<01:17:25.520><c> you.
• </c> hit a certain appropriations committee. hit a certain appropriations committee.
• </c> We're not doing thoughtful legislation. We're not doing thoughtful legislation.
• </c> account, providing an appropriation account, providing an appropriation requiring<02:46:26.240><
• </c> in legislation? in legislation?

Keywords: 916, all

Transcript Highlights:

• My request to this committee is modest and actionable.
• have the means or the appropriate job.
• I'm a program evaluator with the Legislative Finance Committee.
• We have submitted our budget request as required for FY 27.
• You mentioned the legislation that we passed, SB 3.

Committee: House Legislative Health & Human Services Committee

Transcript Highlights:

• We got a<00:05:57.880><c> request</c><00:05:58.440><c> from</c> a request from a request from um<00:06
• Did they do a request for production?
• Did they do a request for production?
• Did they do a request for production?
• </c> Architects to determine the appropriate Architects to determine the appropriate educational<00:19

Bills: SB2607 , SB2031 , SB2043 , SB2623 , SB2876 , SB2396 , SB2964 , SB2089

Committee: House Consumer Protection & Commerce

Keywords: landscape architecture, licensure, educational requirements, examination, professional standards, consumer protection, junk fees, live-event tickets, short-term lodging, transparency, pricing disclosure, deceptive practices, insurance, captives, regulations, policyholders, SB2623, Hawaii pharmacy law, Board of Pharmacy, registered pharmacy technician

Summary: The committee first heard HCR 168 and HR 158, which would create a temporary working group to study utility capacity, coastline infrastructure lifespan, and the costs of needed expansions. Public Utilities Commission staff said the commission was not the right entity to direct all of the work because it lacks authority over many affected agencies. Members discussed whether the study should be limited to a coastal area or broadened to the whole island, and in decision-making the committee amended the measure to focus on the County of Honolulu, correct references to the Public Utilities Commission, and revise the working group membership to include the PUC chair, legislative designees, and directors or designees from DLNR, DOT, HIEMA, and DCCA Consumer Advocacy. The committee then passed both resolutions with amendments; the vote was adopted unanimously, with some members excused. The committee next considered HCR 145 and HR 137, which would convene a working group on climate change impacts on insurance availability and affordability. The Insurance Division stood on its written comments, the Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission supported the intent, and the Attorney General opposed the measure, warning that a working group could create discoverable materials that might complicate the state’s climate litigation and noting a technical ambiguity in the reference to the Hawaii Hurricane Relief Fund administrator. After questions about discovery and the lawsuit, the committee amended the resolutions to replace the administrator reference with the chair of the Hawaii Hurricane Relief Fund Board of Directors, remove the Attorney General as convener while keeping the office as a member, and have the working group share findings and recommendations with the House CPC and Senate CPN committees instead of issuing a report. The committee passed the measures with amendments, with Rep. Martin voting with reservations. In the later agenda, the committee heard SB 2607, SD 1 on landscape architect licensure. The Board of Professional Engineers, Architects, Surveyors, and Landscape Architects supported the bill, explaining it modernizes licensure requirements to align with national standards and clarifies the profession’s design-focused role. The bill was discussed as distinguishing landscape architecture from groundskeeping and from civil engineering drainage work. No opposition was heard. The committee also heard SB 2031, SD 2 on consumer protection and price transparency for live ticket events and short-term lodging. The Office of Consumer Protection supported the bill, saying it largely mirrors an FTC rule requiring all-in pricing and would give the state enforcement authority and remedies. The Hawaii Financial Services Association opposed the bill as drafted and sought a limited exemption for credit card issuers relying on third-party hotel information, while the Hawaii Hotel Alliance supported the measure but asked for language deeming compliance with the federal rule sufficient for short-term lodging. Committee members questioned whether those proposed exemptions would conflict with federal law or weaken state enforcement, and the discussion focused on preemption, liability, and the value of state remedies such as restitution.

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> importantly, it upholds the legislative importantly, it upholds the legislative intent<00:03:44.160
• </c> didn't know what to do with his request. didn't know what to do with his request.
• </c> have is do we really need legislation? have is do we really need legislation?
• ><c> eliminate</c> This this legislation would eliminate This this legislation would eliminate the<00
• c> to</c><01:34:13.760><c> prioritize</c> legislative body's ability to prioritize legislative body's

Committee: Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Reminder: MVD is here again in the House Lounge today to assist legislators.
• In terms of events, the Carlsbad Artesia Chamber of Commerce, Eddy County legislative reception is this
• The materials were very appropriate, and the students were just wonderful.
• President, unanimous consent, we go to that order of business: introduction of legislation.
• President, in a minute, we go to that order of business: introduction of legislation.

Keywords: 996, all

Transcript Highlights:

• That came as a result of legislation passed in 2022 and broadened last year.
• We've requested, and the oversight committee has endorsed. and I introduced appropriations to the Primary
• We also have a legislative side committee.
• So I believe that in that legislation and ask for the special appropriation, I think there's a bill that
• So those are just a handful of the many requests that are wrapped up in our ask.

Committee: House House Rural Development, Land Grants And Cultural Affairs

Transcript Highlights:

• I move adoption of the resolution and request to speak to the motion. The delegate has the floor.
• Speaker, I request to take up out of order H.R. 2172, found on page 5 of today's calendar.
• To move from uncontested to the contested calendar, I'm not aware of any such requests.
• Kindly use your request-to-speak button to get into the queue. Call the calendar.
• This conference report has been received for House Bill 30, which relates to legislation for all appropriations

Keywords: June 22, 2026 - Special Session 1, 976, house, all