Transcript Highlights:

• By failing to renew premium subsidies for the individual market, By failing to renew premium subsidies
• Since the day the law passed, we have been taking steps to expand the federal, state, and private sector
• I would note that UC Berkeley's Labor Center came out with a study just after H.R. 1 was passed about
• I would note that UC Berkeley's Labor Center came out with a study just after H.R. 1 was passed about
• When the safety net fails, the cost doesn't disappear; it gets passed on to all of us.

Committee: House Health

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So I urge the committee to pass House Bill 1124 ought to pass.
• It's passed in three states.
• It's passed in three states.
• </c> they can pass a federal law. they can pass a federal law.
• </c> failed to deliver. failed to deliver.

Committee: House Commerce and Consumer Affairs

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The motion is due pass to the Committee on Appropriations. Ransom? Aye. Hadwick? Aye. Arambula?
• The motion is due pass as amended to the Committee on Appropriations.
• The motion is due pass to the Committee on Appropriations. SB 1263, McGuire. Ransom? Aye. Hadwick?
• The motion is due pass as amended to the Committee on Appropriations.
• The motion is due pass to the Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials on SB 883.

Committee: House Emergency Management

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• you give us a way to know you, that we can get close to you so that you can forgive us because we fail
• Bill passes. All right, that clears our calendar. Announcements by the clerk's office.
• </c><00:14:28.639><c> Bill</c><00:14:28.959><c> passes.
• Clarence Cooper, who passed away at the young age of 98 years old on Tuesday.
• Glenn,<00:17:52.640><c> who</c><00:17:52.960><c> passed</c><00:17:53.280><c> away</c><00:17:53.760><c

Keywords: MS House Floor - 8 January, 2026; 2:00 PM, 925, all

Transcript Highlights:

• To provide some context, back in 2013, during the 83rd regular session, this legislature passed a bill
• Then, in 2013, when House Bill 1020 was passed, it added these online options into 106.115.
• It passed. It's a Senate 30 to 0. I'm working with Senator Perry on this.
• Members, let's pass the Senate unanimously.
• Last legislative session it passed unanimously out of committee and passed the House 148 to 0, then just

Bills: HB1967 , HB3442 , HB5525 , HB5561 , HB5653 , HB5667 , SB1171

Committee: House S/C on Juvenile Justice

Keywords: juvenile justice, correctional facilities, reform, rehabilitation, Texas Juvenile Justice Department, alcohol awareness, court-ordered programs, substance misuse education, deferred disposition, youth, parole reform, inmates under 18, mental health, educational achievement, reintegration, foster youth, behavior intervention, community services, diversion policies, HB 5653

Transcript Highlights:

• Just last year, the Legislature passed HB 7021, a comprehensive package seeking to improve the processes
• The State of Texas passed similar legislation, SB 1578.
• As you heard, Texas and Arkansas have recently passed similar laws.
• I urge this committee to pass this bill and help prevent further unnecessary suffering.
• And several of those recommendations have passed through the legislative process in recent years.

Summary: The Human Services Subcommittee considered three bills and reported all of them favorably. HB 1013, relating to crisis care coordination, would create a pilot program in Polk and Volusia counties to connect people who have had Baker Act-related crises with follow-up counseling, assessments, and outpatient services through partnerships between law enforcement and community providers. The sponsor said the program has reduced repeat Baker Act commitments in Polk County, and the committee adopted a strike-all amendment moving the pilot to a different statute, formalizing partnerships, and requiring an independent DCF evaluation due in January 2029. The bill drew support from mental health and justice advocates and passed unanimously. The committee then heard PCS for HB 511, which addresses child protective investigations involving specific medical diagnoses. Sponsors and several parents, attorneys, and advocates described cases in which children were removed after injuries were initially treated as abuse but later linked to conditions such as Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, metabolic bone disease, or other medical fragility. They argued the bill would require notice of the right to a second medical opinion, better consideration of preexisting conditions and medical records, and more coordination before reports are sent to law enforcement, while still preserving protections for abused children. Members expressed sympathy for the families and emphasized the need for fairness and accurate medical review; the bill passed 17-0. Finally, HB 1439, based on recommendations from the 2025 Commission on Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder, was presented as a broader mental health and substance use disorder measure focused on crisis response, access to care, and workforce development. An amendment aligned the bill more closely with commission recommendations, including assessment tools, trauma-informed practices, school-based behavioral health access, telehealth, discharge planning, and long-acting injectable treatment access. The commission chair testified that the bill reflected a vetted set of recommendations from subject matter experts and commissioners, and the committee adopted the amendment and then reported the bill favorably by unanimous vote. The meeting then adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> passing a a healthy bipartisan bill. passing a a healthy bipartisan bill.
• </c> numbers that I failed to mention. numbers that I failed to mention. 33<01:30:06.480><c> of</c><01
• It was similar language that we passed last year.
• I have a testifier passed last year.
• </c><01:58:50.960><c> it</c> Subsequent Wednesday when we pass it Subsequent Wednesday when we pass it

Committee: Senate Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> knew was never going to pass. knew was never going to pass.
• So yes, they've been heard in committees and they failed to pass every committee they went through.
• </c> like this would be passed. like this would be passed.
• So no, the bill isn't ready to be So no, the bill isn't ready to be passed. passed. passed.
• </c> have failed our children. have failed our children.

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• While I appreciate the governor's sincerity on the topic, I once again failed to see a commitment to
• It takes work to actually get a legislative initiative passed, especially on something as dramatic as
• uh on the topic, I I I I I<01:30:10.680><c> once</c><01:30:10.960><c> again</c><01:30:11.320><c> failed
• to see a commitment I once again failed to see a commitment to<01:30:13.240><c> deliver</c> to deliver
• </c><01:30:27.880><c> uh</c> get a legislative initiative passed uh get a legislative initiative passed

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Free Conference Committee on the 2026 General Assembly budget met to reconcile differences between the House and Senate versions of House Bill 500. Leaders opened by thanking the other chamber’s work, asking members to turn microphones on and off to avoid feedback, and stressing the need to clearly note decision points so both chambers record the same actions. Staff then walked through the bill page by page, explaining that the committee was comparing only House and Senate differences, not the governor’s proposed budget. The discussion covered a wide range of appropriations and language items, including next generation non-911 services, school safety reporting tools, restored funding for brain injury, epilepsy, veteran service, homeless veterans, and rocket docket programs, debt service changes, rural infrastructure, disaster aid caps, Attorney General and Medicaid fraud funding, agriculture and county fair grants, auditor and pension-related appropriations, school facilities and SEEK funding, and numerous education programs. Members also discussed charter-related funding such as Star Academy, Dolly Parton Imagination Library, school resource officers, school-based mental health providers, AP/IB exams, Governor’s Scholars and Entrepreneurs, and several pilot or initiative programs in economic development, energy, and labor. Several items were described as technical corrections or restorations of language and funding, while others reflected differences in amounts or how funds would be distributed. There were several questions and comments from members about wording such as “implement and carry out,” the absence of the governor’s budget from the comparison document, and whether SEEK funding should be tied to teacher raises. The chair and other members emphasized that the committee’s role was to reconcile the two chambers’ budgets, not to adopt the governor’s proposal. Members also raised concerns about opioid settlement funds and the Dolly Parton Imagination Library match rate, with one senator urging restoration of the House language. No final vote or formal action was taken in the portion provided; the meeting primarily consisted of explanation, questions, and discussion of proposed budget differences.

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> to pass. Is there a second? to pass. Is there a second? &gt;&gt; Second. &gt;&gt; Second.
• And I'm happy to uh ought to pass.
• </c> ought to pass. ought to pass. &gt;&gt; I'll<01:14:41.040><c> second</c><01:14:41.360><c> that.
• </c> passes, uh, they'll explore that option. passes, uh, they'll explore that option.
• Don't we move on to pass amendment?

Committee: Senate Transportation

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• As you heard from the bill sponsor, this bill passed your chamber last session 53 to 7 and it passed
• </c><00:17:35.600><c> the</c> last session 53 to7 and it passed the last session 53 to7 and it passed
• </c><00:47:28.319><c> a</c><00:47:28.560><c> house</c> where it passed a house where it passed a house
• </c> veto proof majorities passing veto proof majorities passing legislation legislation legislation
• ,</c><00:54:25.920><c> I</c> given given should this law pass, I given given should this law pass, I

Bills: HB0130 , HB0095 , HB0096 , HB0097 , SF0101 , SF0106 , SF0067 , SF0123

Committee: House Appropriations

Keywords: Second Amendment, firearms, state rights, federal regulation, law enforcement, civil penalties, government liability, concealed carry, public colleges, university facilities, weapons legislation, self-defense, campus safety, weapons, age requirement, permits, HB0097, Wyoming firearms privacy, merchant category code, MCC

Transcript Highlights:

• This section won’t be amended unless this bill is passed and completes legislation.
• [Speaker continues] “Unless this bill is passed and completes legislation.
• So you really can’t fail to comply with those. Those are definitions.
• You read the statutes that the legislature passes, it says resident.
• the previous section failed.

Keywords: 994, senate, all

Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 4198, which would require employers to use E-Verify to confirm new hires’ work authorization and impose escalating penalties for violations, including warnings, debarment from state contracts, loss of business licenses, and other sanctions. Counsel and senators raised extensive drafting concerns, including circular language, conflicts with existing record-retention provisions, unclear references to “seeks to employ,” possible application to babysitters, lawn care, and other casual or household arrangements, and uncertainty about how the bill would work for employers who never actually complete a hire. The bill sponsor defended the measure as a way to strengthen compliance with existing law, protect employers who use E-Verify in good faith, and deter illegal hiring. After debate, a motion to table the bill failed on a roll call vote, 6 in favor and 10 opposed, and the chair then announced the bill would be sent to a subcommittee to be cleaned up, with instructions to resolve the drafting conflicts and other ambiguities. The committee then turned to House Bill 4710, with an amendment, which would require a person to be registered with a political party or as an independent 210 days before filing a certificate of candidacy. Counsel explained that the change would lengthen the current 60-day requirement and would affect both party-switching and independent candidacies, making it harder for candidates to change affiliation shortly before an election. Senators asked about how the 210-day period would work relative to the primary and general election filing deadlines, and counsel clarified that it would be measured backward from the relevant filing dates. The discussion focused on the practical effect of the bill as a “sore loser” measure and on the timing rules for candidacy filings.

Transcript Highlights:

• And that's kind of passed in the Senate.
• And 18 states have passed laws to enable ADUs.
• It also failed to address the labor shortage.
• It also failed to address the labor shortage.
• It also failed to address the housing.

Bills: HF3902 , HF3895

Committee: House Housing Finance and Policy

Keywords: housing tax credit, Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, qualified projects, taxpayer contributions, greater Minnesota, zoning, housing, local government, multifamily development, affordable housing, land use, urban development, 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• DWS also failed to maintain the proper documentation used in the preparation of its estimates.
• I would ask that we not pass over this today and finish this in August and not take a vote on this to
• I don't know that we used the word motion, but that was the motion to pass over, correct?
• So that would be my motion, that we not take or pass this on until after the August meeting.
• applications because maybe the provider had failed to submit some required documentation.

Committee: All LEGISLATIVE JOINT AUDITING

Summary: The committee met to adopt prior minutes and reports from its executive and standing committees, including counties and municipalities, educational institutions, and state agencies. Those reports covered routine audit activity, delinquent private water and sewer audits, municipal accounting compliance issues, education audit findings, and several state agency audit items. The committee also reviewed and adopted the State of Arkansas annual comprehensive financial report for fiscal year 2025 and the related single audit report, both presented by Legislative Audit staff. The state financial report showed unmodified opinions on the state’s financial statements and described total assets of about $41.9 billion and liabilities of about $11.1 billion, along with retirement system assets of $39.9 billion and a net pension liability of $9 billion. Two material weaknesses were identified: insufficient internal controls at the Office of State Technology to monitor threats and unauthorized access, and a Division of Workforce Services methodology change for unemployment-related estimates that was not properly documented or approved. The single audit covered $12.4 billion in federal awards across 469 programs, with 16 major programs reviewed; it resulted in 33 findings, 14 with questioned costs totaling $16.6 million, and qualified opinions for the Summer EBT program, the Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund, and the Child Care Development Fund cluster. Members questioned agency officials in detail about the Summer EBT questioned costs, DHS unresolved findings, broadband grant documentation, cyber security controls, workers’ compensation liabilities, and child care funding and reporting. DHS explained that the Summer EBT issue involved drawing federal funds in advance rather than as benefits were redeemed, and said the process has been corrected. Broadband officials said the questioned $6.6 million reflected documentation-detail disagreements across many invoices rather than missing payments. OST officials described new logging, endpoint detection, and phishing-training efforts, and DFA and Education officials addressed specific audit findings and corrective actions. The committee ultimately moved to hold the two large statewide reports over until the August meeting for further review, with discussion continuing on whether to release some agency staff in the meantime.

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:53:58.319><c> 10</c> I think truly if somebody has passed 10 I think truly if somebody has passed
• </c><01:20:21.280><c> they</c> chances are um if this gets passed they chances are um if this gets passed
• </c><01:20:47.360><c> Um,</c> long you have to be passed for. Um, long you have to be passed for.
• </c> to pass to pass &gt;&gt; uh<01:24:29.600><c> and</c><01:24:29.920><c> then</c><01:24:30.239><c>
• </c><01:31:01.440><c> bill</c> previously passed bill previously passed bill so<01:31:03.440><c> we</

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and then moved into a work session on its remaining bills. The main discussion centered on House Bill 477, which would establish a commission to study safety and security procedures at the New Hampshire State House. Members debated whether a new commission was needed, with several speakers arguing that security is already being reviewed through the bipartisan Joint Facilities Committee and existing security staff, including an outside consultant’s review. Others raised concerns that members do not always know how to report safety or behavioral issues and suggested better communication to the full membership about who to contact and what information can be shared. The House clerk then explained the structure and authority of the Joint Facilities Committee under RSA 17-E, noting that it is a bipartisan legislative committee made up only of elected officials, with publicly listed members, defined duties, and the ability to meet in nonpublic session on sensitive matters such as security. The clerk said members can bring concerns to the committee, its chair, or their caucus leadership, and that some safety briefings are already given to all members when appropriate. Several members said they preferred keeping security matters limited to a need-to-know basis and opposed creating a new commission that could force public discussion of sensitive procedures. The committee then voted on HB 477. Representative Sheen moved ITL, Representative Turkot seconded, and the motion passed 12-0, with Representative Wall voting no. The bill was sent to consent. After that, the committee began discussion of House Bill 314, which would prohibit the use of federal, state, or local funds for lobbying activities, but the transcript cuts off before any action on that bill.

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:12:41.639><c> so</c><00:12:42.639><c> it</c> Funds after the budget had passed, so it really
• in the state of New that's passed in the state of New Hampshire<00:16:15.399><c> we</c><00:16:15.759
• My hand and arm gestures were failing.” “No, I got the signal. It was—thank you.
• They're redundant in the sense that if their server fails, it fails over to another server and it's up
• </c> their server fails it fails over to their server fails it fails over to another<02:41:47.319><c>

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: Finance Division 3 met for a work session on House Bill 519, which concerns funding for Waypoint. The chair noted general support for the organization but said the bill would likely need to be suspended and folded into the budget process because the committee did not yet know available revenues or what amount, if any, could be committed. Kya Fox, director of the Division for Behavioral Health, testified that the department supports the bill and the program, explaining that it had been funded with other available funds, including $100,000 for 2024 and $400,000 for 2025, under a contract running through June 30 of this year. She said the shelter serves a unique population of young adults and is part of the department’s children’s system of care and Mission Zero efforts to reduce barriers to psychiatric discharge and emergency department use. Members questioned Fox and Waypoint representatives about the budget placement of the request, the difference between the efficiency budget and prioritized needs, and whether state budget documents would show any internal Waypoint revenues. Fox said the request appears as a general fund item and that the state would not see Waypoint’s internal financial operations in the budget. A legislative member explained that prioritized needs are critical services already in place but not necessarily included in the efficiency budget, and another member said the distinction is not strictly applied. The committee also raised a separate question about how DHHS would handle any future state or federal restrictions on DEI practices; Fox said that was a question for department leadership and legal staff, but that the department follows state law and contract requirements. Waypoint CEO Bor Alvare and Director Mandy Lancaster then described the shelter and related services. They said the shelter serves ages 18 to 24, is a 14-bed open-room facility with half walls, and is staffed overnight by two full-time workers. They said admission is first come, first served, with some vulnerability factors considered, and that they do not discriminate by race, gender, or sexual orientation. They reported no known incidents of sexual violence, though some youth are turned away each night because the shelter is full. They also explained that Waypoint provides broader services beyond the shelter, including outreach, drop-in centers, housing support, rental assistance, and family mediation, and said they serve about 400 youth and young adults in Manchester alone. The discussion ended with questions about whether lowering the upper age limit would affect the program; Waypoint said most residents are already in the 18-to-23 range, but that housing shortages make the current age span important for helping young adults avoid chronic homelessness.

Transcript Highlights:

• explanation the availability of a district that's doing well to help a district that is not, that is failing
• Some of those districts, if the project just fails to get off the ground altogether, they'll just decertify
• 30:14.640><c> just</c> districts um if just the project just districts um if just the project just fails
• to get off the ground altogether fails to get off the ground altogether they'll<00:30:16.960><c> just
• before you reflects, as you have said, the exact bill that we had before us last year, and it was passed

Committee: Senate Taxes

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We could have passed this legislation last year and had it take effect at the end of this year, which
• And maybe it passes, but you can't...
• And we know that with initiatives, they succeed or they fail at the point of execution.
• And we know that with initiatives, they succeed or they fail at the point of execution.
• This proposal offers the opportunity to ingrain greater clarity... ...governor once laws are passed.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• There's been a number of legislative bills that have been provided, or that have been passed through
• </c> provided, uh, or that have been passed provided, uh, or that have been passed through<00:08:32.159
• I think we have to—deadline is not passed for Senate bill.
• </c> deadline is not passed for Senate bill. deadline is not passed for Senate bill.
• I think that you look at New fail.

Bills: HB389 , HB1166 , HB1510 , HB1541 , HB1605 , HB1661 , HB1663 , HB1678 , HB1769 , HB1785 , HB1801 , HB1802 , HB1815 , HB1824 , HB1838 , HB1840 , HB1853 , HB1860 , HB1891 , HB1952 , HB1960 , HB1969 , HB1970 , HB1972 , HB1976 , HB2050 , HB2094 , HB2104 , HB2158 , HB2165 , HB2171 , HB2208 , HB2246 , HB2271 , HB2300 , HB2310 , HB2315 , HB2319 , HB2338 , HB2339 , HB2343 , HB2443 , HB2498 , HB2551 , HB2599 , HB2606 , SB17 , SB83 , SB99 , SB148 , SB411 , SB709 , SB847 , SB874 , SB888 , SB1032 , SB1166 , SB2001 , SB2014 , SB2031 , SB2041 , SB2050 , SB2057 , SB2061 , SB2074 , SB2075 , SB2089 , SB2095 , SB2101 , SB2102 , SB2108 , SB2109 , SB2110 , SB2125 , SB2135 , SB2138 , SB2140 , SB2146 , SB2151 , SB2152 , SB2175 , SB2203 , SB2239 , SB2246 , SB2247 , SB2253 , SB2261 , SB2268 , SB2271 , SB2272 , SB2320 , SB2340 , SB2347 , SB2353 , SB2363 , SB2367 , SB2372 , SB2376 , SB2386

Keywords: HB389, uncrewed aircraft, drone, drones, UAS, unmanned aerial vehicle, misuse of uncrewed aircraft, criminal offense, felony enhancement, drone crime, public safety, police, deputy sheriff, fire department, intoxicated operation, registration number tampering, property damage, bodily injury, Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Package, Hawaii Revised Statutes

Transcript Highlights:

• And, you know, we're hoping to expand the pot this year, especially if we have Senator Leek's bill pass
• And then all the stuff that goes with it, as far as if they fail to do what they're supposed to do for
• You know, we've passed some stormwater rules in the past, and currently DEP is working on, for three
• years, to pass some rules on water. ...on for three years to pass some rules on a water quality mitigation

Bills: S0544 , S0636 , S0848 , S0546

Committee: Senate Environment and Natural Resources

Keywords: golf courses, best management practices, fertilizer regulation, Department of Agriculture, environmental protection, certification, beach management, beach erosion, beach nourishment, coastal resilience, shoreline protection, critical erosion, critically eroded beach, Florida DEP, Department of Environmental Protection, coastal flooding, compound flooding, storm surge, inlet management, coastal engineering

Summary: The Environment and Natural Resources Committee met with a quorum and took up several bills. SB 636 on beach management, by Senator Leek, would create additional pathways for counties and municipalities to obtain critically eroded beach or area of critical state concern designations, shifting the process toward a more proactive approach. Senator Smith and Senator Harrell raised concerns about local capacity and funding, and the Florida Shore and Beach Preservation Association said the bill was an alternative pathway but emphasized the need for more recurring funding. The bill was reported favorably. The committee then considered SB 544, which transfers the Golf Course Best Management Practices Certification Program from DEP to FDACS and establishes certification and training standards there. Senator Smith and Senator Harrell asked about environmental oversight, taxation, and whether the change would affect state park restrictions; the sponsor said it would not change tax treatment or park rules and that DEP would still handle enforcement if BMPs are not followed. The Florida Springs Council opposed the bill, arguing golf courses are not agriculture and warning of weaker protections for springs, while the Florida Golf Course Superintendent's Association supported the move as a continuity and participation measure. After adopting a technical amendment, the committee reported the bill favorably, with Senator Smith voting no. SB 848 on stormwater treatment, also by Senator Trunow, was amended to clarify the role of water quality enhancement areas while stormwater rules are still being finalized and to make public-land project review forward-looking. Resource Environmental Solutions supported the amendment and bill as providing a clearer market for water quality credits, and the Florida Home Builders Association supported the measure. The committee adopted the amendment and reported the bill favorably. SB 546 by Vice Chair Mayfield would require 30-day public notice before meetings reviewing the sale or exchange of state conservation lands, including at water management districts; after a technical amendment, it received support from conservation groups and was reported favorably. The committee also received a DEP presentation on the State Park Amenities Report, which said Florida’s 175 state parks drew over 28 million visitors and generated a $3.6 billion economic impact. DEP identified nearly $759 million in needed repairs and upgrades over 10 years and $1.39 billion in contemplated new construction and development in unit management plans. No votes were taken on the presentation, and the meeting adjourned after no further business.