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• forefront of carbon capture and storage innovation, investing over $268 million in clean energy research
• <00:04:39.520><c> in</c><00:04:39.759><c> clean</c><00:04:40.080><c> energy</c><00:04:40.479><c> research
• </c> 268 million do in clean energy research 268 million do in clean energy research and<00:04:41.120
• The revisers wrote it with the input from researchers and staff people that are a lot smarter than I
• and staff people that are a researchers and staff people that are a lot<00:13:40.880><c> smarter</c>

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Yes, so as you recall, this bill would set up a Kentucky Parkinson's disease research registry.
• the this bill would set up a Kentucky Parkinson's<00:03:43.959><c> disease</c><00:03:44.400><c> research
• </c><00:03:45.120><c> registry</c> Parkinson's disease research registry Parkinson's disease research
• Research shows that if babies are receiving their hearing screening by one month, identified with their
• shows that if babies are research shows that if babies are receiving<00:11:50.399><c> their</c><00:11

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee first took up Senate Bill 27, as amended by committee substitute, which would create a Kentucky Parkinson’s disease research registry. The sponsor said the substitute was developed with UK, U of L, the Michael J. Fox Foundation, and Parkinson’s in Motion to better define a movement disorder center, add Parkinson’s experts from both universities to the advisory committee, require automated reporting, and delay implementation until 2027. Testimony emphasized the need to track diagnoses and testing while protecting confidentiality and allowing people to opt out. The committee adopted the substitute and then voted unanimously to pass SB 27 with a favorable expression. The committee then heard Senate Bill 93, dealing with hearing aid coverage for children. A parent described the high cost of hearing aids for her son and the financial burden created by insurance limits, while a pediatric audiologist explained that early identification and treatment improve language outcomes and that families can spend about $30,000 on hearing aids from birth to age 18. The committee substitute removed adults from the bill and added an in-network requirement for pediatric audiologists, along with a replacement interval consistent with Medicaid guidelines and repair/loss coverage provisions. After questions about costs, replacement timing, and insurer practices, the committee voted unanimously to pass SB 93 with a favorable expression. Finally, the committee considered Senate Bill 153, a transparency and due-process bill concerning Medicaid prepayment review. The sponsor and witnesses from Addiction Recovery Care and Frontier Behavioral Health said prepayment reviews can be imposed with little notice or explanation, disrupt cash flow, and burden rural and smaller providers; they argued the bill would require clearer notice, reasons, and timelines without stopping legitimate reviews. Members asked about managed care organizations, contract issues, and whether the bill would conflict with existing agreements, and the sponsor said it would not. After discussion and an explanation of vote from Senator Douglas, the committee voted to pass SB 153 with a favorable expression.

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• We strengthen the farm safety net, invest in trade research in rural communities, and help keep innovation
• The best dollar we spend is on educating the American people and the investments in scientific research
• The best dollar we spend is on educating the American people and the investments in scientific research
• The best dollar we spend is on educating the American people and the investments in scientific research
• The best dollar we spend is on educating the American people and the investments in scientific research

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, July 3, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• Two years ago, this body made a bet on Massachusetts, on our workforce, our research institutions, and
• Federal research funding is uncertain, and global competition for advanced industries such as AI, quantum
• for public and private nonprofit institutions of higher education facing uncertainty in federal research
• for public and private nonprofit institutions of higher education facing uncertainty in federal research

Summary: The House adopted a resolution congratulating Fire Chief Timothy Clancy on his retirement from the Whitman Fire Department after suspending the rules. It also concurred with a Senate petition authorizing MassDOT to take easements over certain land in Woburn and Burlington, and then gave final passage to several local bills, including measures on culverts and dams, alcohol licenses in Milford, Salem, and Bridgewater, and firefighter civil service eligibility in Arlington. The chamber then took up several bills on second reading and third reading, including a Norton land parcel bill, a Watertown property tax classification bill for fiscal year 2027 and subsequent years, and a transportation bond bill. In each case, the House suspended Rule 7A, adopted the Ways and Means amendments, and ordered the bills to a third reading or passed them to be engrossed. The transportation bond bill was substituted for a broader bonds bill and advanced as amended. The main debate centered on House 5562, the economic development bond bill. Representative Viola described it as a $425.1 million package supporting applied AI and quantum, defense, robotics, ag tech, downtown revitalization, housing, higher education bridge funding, and business climate changes such as lower LLC fees, a CPA licensing pathway, nurse licensing changes, film tax credit adjustments, internship incentives, and food truck inspection reforms. Representative Haggerty and Representative Kazner spoke in support, emphasizing housing production, site plan review, land use board training, commercial conversion, faith-based housing, and local control. The House adopted Consolidated Amendment A by roll call 142-5, with a second consolidated amendment then made available; the bill remained under consideration at the end of the transcript.

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• This is especially the case for items such as the research and experimental credit, which will help in
• shortfall of over $400 million for FY26, resulting from five main provisions of the OB3: domestic research
• , the bill before us removes the retroactivity from OB3, Section 70302, on expensing of domestic research
• Research and development represents one of the most important pillars of our innovation economy here

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The House opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and received a resignation letter from Rep. Fana Howard of Lowell, effective March 17, 2026, as she transitioned to the Senate. The chamber then took up several procedural orders, including multiple unanimous or voice-vote suspensions of rules and concurrence with Senate petitions, such as referrals on housing and student transportation matters, and a suspension of Joint Rule 12 for a petition involving children served by DCF. The main substantive item was House No. 5264, a fiscal year 2026 supplemental appropriations bill totaling about $1.8 billion. Members discussed its use of Fair Share surtax surplus funds for transportation and education, including major support for the MBTA, special education circuit breaker costs, early education and child care, snow and ice costs, regional transit authorities, and other deficiencies such as GIC and sheriff costs. Members also explained the bill’s tax conformity provisions responding to recent federal tax changes, with debate over whether to delay conformity to limit state revenue exposure. The House adopted a consolidated amendment to the bill and then passed it to be engrossed by roll call vote, 150-3. The House also adopted a resolution commending the Admetek Foundation on Prostate Cancer Awareness Day. Several local bills were advanced, including a sick leave bank for a Department of Corrections employee, a bill waiving the minimum age requirement for a Boston police officer, a Nantucket charter bill, a Stoneham public safety bill, and a Malden special police officers bill, the last of which was amended before being engrossed. The chamber also considered Amendment 43 to redistribute $100 million of Fair Share revenue more evenly to municipalities for roads and education; supporters argued the current distribution favored statewide priorities over local aid, while opponents said the formula would not adequately address rural road needs. That amendment was rejected 128-25. The House then recessed several times, observed moments of silence for local public servants, welcomed visiting youth sports teams, and finally ordered adjournment to meet the next day at 11 a.m. in informal session.

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• I later served as Executive Director for Autism Speaks, continuing the fight for research, for policy
• serve millions of people, helping with everything from the simplest questions to the most complex research
• But their role goes far beyond the books and research. Libraries open doors of opportunity.
• Research has shown that building decarbonization is the most cost-effective way for us to reach our climate

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• I'll talk to research and see, because I'm sure that's probably what happened here when you came up with
• Did you come up with this idea and talk to research about crafting this? Yeah.
• Would, I'll talk to research and see, because I'm sure that's probably what happened here when you came
• Did you come up with this idea and talk to research about crafting this? Yeah.

Committee: House Special Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs

Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 2388 in executive session, considering a substitute that would combine two bills, add counties to the measure, and impose a felony penalty with a $100,000 fine for certain false claims. After Representative Black objected to the size of the fine and members discussed possibly amending it, the sponsor withdrew both the substitute and the motion to do pass, and the bill was set aside for reconsideration later. The committee then heard House Bill 3381, which would allow counties and certain cities to waive penalties on delinquent property taxes in hardship cases. The sponsor and several supporters, including a Clay County commissioner and a state public advocate, argued the bill would give local officials flexibility to help taxpayers who were delayed by events beyond their control, such as illness, theft, postal delays, or banking errors, while still requiring the underlying taxes to be paid. Members raised questions about proof of hardship, how the bill should be drafted, and whether local retirement funding tied to late fees would be affected. A representative of the county employees’ retirement fund testified in informational opposition, explaining that a portion of county tax penalties—about $20 million to $25 million annually—helps fund the retirement system and that waiving penalties would reduce that revenue. He said the fund was not opposed to flexibility for difficult cases, but wanted the committee to understand the fiscal impact and suggested that counties could instead appropriate money directly if they wanted to preserve funding. No final vote was taken on House Bill 3381 before the committee adjourned.

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• This is especially the case for items such as the research and experimental credit, which will help in
• shortfall of over $400 million for FY26, resulting from five main provisions of the OB3: domestic research
• , the bill before us removes the retroactivity from OB3, Section 70302, on expensing of domestic research
• Research and development represents one of the most important pillars of our innovation economy here

Keywords: 1212, all

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• characterize orbital debris and space objects in cis-lunar space for the United States Air Force Research
• Dawn Mission, working with the framing camera team at the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research
• the UA took over this facility, you know, about 15 to 20 years ago, and we've been doing extensive research
• The iconic facility itself is on the right side, and then you can see different other research projects

Committee: House Rural Economic Development

Keywords: 1182, all

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• This was the tax credit for companies partnering with research institutions.
• 18.879><c> with</c> credit for uh companies partnering with credit for uh companies partnering with research
• </c><00:03:20.319><c> We</c><00:03:20.480><c> passed</c><00:03:20.720><c> a</c> research institutions
• We passed a research institutions. We passed a similar<00:03:21.280><c> bill.

Committee: Joint Finance

Keywords: Finance - Room 216, 3 March, 2026; 10:30 AM, 925, all

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• ECAP is a proven, research-based program that works. The challenge is obviously the scale.
• We know from decades of research that high-quality early learning is one of the most effective long-term
• Institute for Public Policy, or WSIPP, is housed at The Evergreen State College and provides nonpartisan research
• Institute for Public Policy or WISUP is housed at the Evergreen State College and provides nonpartisan research

Summary: The Appropriations Committee held a public hearing on several bills. Senate Bill 5109 would raise the mortgage lending fraud prosecution surcharge on recorded deeds of trust from $1 to $5 and remove the 2027 sunset on the surcharge and account. Committee staff said the change would generate additional revenue for county auditors and the Department of Financial Institutions to contract with prosecutors; King County and the Washington Association of Prosecuting Attorneys testified in strong support, saying the current funding has eroded and the bill would better sustain mortgage fraud prosecutions. A question was raised about whether other budget funding could serve a similar purpose, but supporters said the dedicated surcharge/account structure was the best fit. No vote was taken. The committee also heard Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5500, which would require DCYF’s biennial child care report to include a current cost-of-quality study in addition to the market rate survey. Testifiers from Child Care Aware of Washington, child care providers, and the early education design team supported the bill, saying the market rate survey alone does not capture the true cost of providing quality care. Staff said the bill would have a small fiscal impact for DCYF. The committee then heard Substitute Senate Bill 5834 and Senate Bill 5835, both Department of Retirement Systems request bills: one would broaden use of pension fund interest earnings for fund-protection expenses beyond the 2025-27 biennium, and the other would raise the threshold for lump-sum payment of small monthly benefits from $50 to $250. Neither bill drew public testimony, and staff said the fiscal impacts were minimal. Later, the committee heard Engrossed Senate Bill 5872, which would create the Pre-K Promise Account for ECAP funding and allow gifts, grants, and donations to be used solely to expand the program. Supporters including rural health coalitions, the Balmer Group, and Snohomish County said the account would help expand access to early learning, especially in child care deserts; DCYF estimated staffing costs to administer the account. Substitute Senate Bill 6007 would direct WSIPP to study DCYF’s child welfare screening tools and their effects on outcomes, with a reported cost of about $234,000; there was no public testimony. Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 6019 would clarify home care agency rate-setting and require that no more than 20% of Medicaid home care rates go to administrative costs, with DSHS saying there would be no fiscal impact. Labor and caregiver witnesses supported it as a parity and accountability measure. Finally, Senate Bill 6065 would allow school districts in binding conditions or enhanced financial oversight to use transportation vehicle funds more flexibly, including temporary loans or permanent transfers with approval; a rural education representative supported the bill, and staff said OSPI would incur only modest administrative costs. The committee took no final action and adjourned after the hearings.

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• there’s a lot of components, there’s a lot that has to do with conformity on the business side, with research
• What's happening is that they're going to be able to deduct everything that they did for 2025 on the research
• With the corporations, they will still get to deduct everything that they're doing on the research and
• With the corporations, they will still get to deduct everything that they're doing on the research and

Keywords: 989, all

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• the state to have an easement for ingress and egress for the purpose of maintaining and conducting research
• be for access, not to lay anything down, to leave anything, or to take anything away, but to do research
• And we've got to research to confirm whether or not they exist. Are there any more questions?
• we've had conversations about this and some of you asked staff questions that helped me to do more research

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• Lisa Boastaff, criminal justice professor at Boise State, who did some research about these crimes, and
• I have more than 25 years of research experience and 35 years of working in and partnering with criminal
• I'm here with one of our graduate research assistants who helped us on our study, Alyssa Cullen.
• I'm here in my role as a faculty member for Boise State and as a research partner to the Idaho Cold Case

Summary: The Senate Judiciary and Rules Committee first considered gubernatorial appointments to the Pardons and Parole Commission. It recommended confirmation of Alan Kavanaugh by voice vote, and later heard testimony from Amy Anderson, a retired Idaho Department of Corrections employee, on her nomination to the same commission; no vote was taken on her appointment during this meeting. The committee then printed RS 33024, a technical fix sponsored by Senator Nichols to clarify that Idaho’s residency restrictions for registered sex offenders also apply near locally approved or zoned daycares that are not state-licensed. It also printed RS 33058, a large probate/guardianship-related rewrite sponsored by Senator Ruchti that reorganizes the code, adds constitutional protections, and streamlines guardianship and conservatorship processes. Senators expressed support for the work on that measure. The committee spent most of the meeting on Senate Bill 1226, sponsored by Senator Wintrow, which would expand DNA collection requirements to include misdemeanor sexual battery and domestic violence, while also reorganizing the DNA database statute and clarifying that the misdemeanor changes are prospective only. Testimony in support came from Idaho State Police forensic director Matthew Gammon, Boise State professor Dr. Lisa Boe Staff, Women’s and Children’s Alliance CEO B. Black, and Representative Hill, who described the bill as a way to improve accountability, solve cold cases, and catch repeat offenders earlier. After questions about retroactivity and existing DNA collection efforts, the committee voted to send SB 1226 to the floor with a due pass recommendation.

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• Lisa Boastaff, criminal justice professor at Boise State, who did some research about these crimes, and
• I have more than 25 years of research experience and 35 years of working in and partnering with criminal
• I'm here with one of our graduate research assistants, who helped us on our study, Alyssa Cullen.
• And I'm here in my role as a faculty member for Boise State and as a research partner to the Idaho Cold

Committee: Senate Judiciary and Rules

Keywords: 989, all

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• their bargaining relationships, and academic employees, which would be like teaching assistants or research
• Teaching assistants, research assistants, tutors, readers, graders, and similar student employees at
• My name is David McGarry, and I'm the research director at the Taxpayers Protection Alliance, a nonprofit
• , nonpartisan organization that conducts and disseminates research on a host of economic, legal, and

Summary: The House Appropriations Committee held public hearings on several bills related to artificial intelligence, student employee bargaining, and online safety. For HB 1170, staff explained that the bill would require certain large generative AI providers to offer provenance detection tools and include latent or optional manifest disclosures in AI-generated audio, image, and video content, with enforcement by the Attorney General under the Consumer Protection Act. Committee discussion focused on whether the bill would apply to AI-generated text code, and staff clarified that it would not. Testimony from the Washington Technology Industry Association opposed the bill as written, citing enforcement ambiguity, definition changes, and interoperability concerns, while noting support for continued work on the issue. For HB 1570, staff described the underlying bill as extending collective bargaining rights under the Public Employees Collective Bargaining Act to student employees at several state higher education institutions, with a striking amendment narrowing the bill to non-academic student employees at Western Washington University and listing covered job classifications. Staff estimated the original bill’s fiscal impact at about $1.5 million per biennium, reduced to roughly $200,000 per biennium under the striking amendment. Testimony from labor and student representatives supported the narrowed bill, emphasizing student worker safety, organizing support, and the need to move forward after prior union votes. The committee also heard substitute HB 1833, which would create the Spark Act grant program in the Department of Commerce to support innovative uses of AI, with grants requiring a state benefit and shared technology, and with Commerce consulting the Attorney General’s AI Task Force. Staff estimated administrative costs of about $160,000 per year plus grant funding that could bring total annual program costs to roughly $660,000 to $1.6 million. Representative Keaton said an amendment would update dates and incorporate changes. Testimony was generally supportive from industry and retail representatives, who framed the bill as a pro-innovation public-private partnership. Finally, the committee heard a proposed third substitute for HB 1834, which would prohibit addictive feeds for minor users and restrict push notifications during evening and school hours unless parents consent, while allowing all users to limit feeds and privacy settings. Supporters, including the Attorney General’s Office, Children’s Alliance, and a parent who lost a child to social media harms, argued the bill would protect children and reduce behavioral health costs. Opponents from technology, civil liberties, and industry groups raised constitutional, privacy, and vagueness concerns, warning that age determination could function like age verification and that the bill could restrict access to beneficial content. No votes or executive action were taken; the committee concluded public hearings and announced amendment deadlines for upcoming executive sessions.

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• This bill creates a transparent, research-driven process to evaluate the advantages, disadvantages, and
• Moreover, I'm committed to amending AB 1421 to explicitly direct the research to help understand and
• The research required under this bill will examine how to ensure motorists are not charged twice for
• for California, because even in the best-case scenario, whereby AB 1421 passes, we do this great research

Summary: The Assembly Transportation Committee met and first took up AB 1091 on consent, which passed without discussion. The committee then heard AB 647 by Assemblymember Gonzalez, a cleanup/clarifying bill related to last year’s AB 630 pilot program for Los Angeles and Alameda Counties allowing local agencies to dispose of low-value, inoperable RVs that are public safety or environmental hazards. The author and supporters said the bill would clarify which local jurisdictions can use the pilot and help address abandoned RVs, while opponents argued it was a premature expansion that could destroy people’s only shelter and create a patchwork of local rules. Despite the opposition, the bill was approved and sent to Appropriations. The committee also heard AB 1421, which would create a research and information process around California’s long-term transportation funding challenges and possible road user charge or mileage-based funding options. The author and sponsor argued that declining gas-tax revenue from more fuel-efficient and zero-emission vehicles is making the system less stable and less equitable, and that the bill would support a transparent, research-driven transition without imposing a new tax. Many local government, labor, business, and industry groups testified in support, while no opposition speakers came forward during the hearing. Members raised questions about equity, rural drivers, privacy, double taxation, and whether any future revenue would be dedicated to transportation infrastructure; the author said the bill was intended to inform future decisions, not set a tax policy now. AB 1421 passed on a 12-1 vote and was re-referred to Appropriations, and the committee then adjourned.

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• This bill creates a transparent, research-driven process to evaluate the advantages, disadvantages, and
• Moreover, I'm committed to amending AB 1421 to explicitly direct the research to help understand and
• The research required under this bill will examine how to ensure motorists are not charged twice for
• for California because even in the best-case scenario, whereby AB 1421 passes, we do this great research

Committee: House Transportation

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• And so, what that tells us, in conjunction with research done by UNM, is that it reduces the likelihood
• Most of the data that we have is national because there hasn't been a ton of research done in the state
• Is national because there hasn't been a ton of research done in the state of New Mexico.
• Further, if you switch to the third paragraph on page four, you will see that according to national research

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• She did a tremendous amount of research that I think was enlightening to all of us, and as a result of
• She did a tremendous amount of research<00:12:25.120><c> uh</c><00:12:25.200><c> that</c><00:12:25.440
• ><c> I</c><00:12:25.600><c> think</c><00:12:25.760><c> was</c> research uh that I think was research

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee met to reconsider its prior vote on SB 148 and then take up a substitute amendment. The chair explained that members from both caucuses, along with the ranking member, were generally in agreement on the process: first a motion to reconsider, then a vote on amendment 20251922H, followed by a vote on the bill. He also noted late input from the attorney general’s office seeking language to ensure the bill would not affect criminal prosecutions, and said the final floor amendment language would be worked out with that office but would remain under legislative control. Representative Coutab moved to reconsider the committee’s earlier vote on SB 148, and the motion passed by show of hands, 16-1, with the chair not voting. Representative Manos then moved amendment 20251922H, described as a substitute for the Birch-Lin amendment that removed a paragraph on page 2, lines 17-19. The amendment was adopted unanimously, 17-0. The committee then voted on the main motion, to ought to pass SB 148 as amended. Members spoke in support, describing the bill as heavily revised through extensive work and research, with one member crediting Representative Coutab’s research for helping shape the revised proposal. The roll call passed 17-0. The chair said the bill could not go on consent because a floor amendment would be needed, and the committee would keep members apprised of the final language. The meeting then adjourned.