Transcript Highlights:

• … If the question was whether or not we see companies or the department sees companies using the procedure
• and current law to actually request genetic tests, there’s an informed consent procedure and some privacy
• At the same time, the Federal Trade Commission regulates advertising more broadly.
• Well, one of the reasons we, NCL, petitioned the Federal Trade Commission to investigate this advertising
• : we were hoping that the data-sharing agreements between the multiple agencies that are on the commission

Committee: House Privacy and Consumer Protection

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Being licensed by the Texas Real Estate Commission, the Sunset Committee had review of the Texas Real
• Estate Commission a few years ago, and the Texas Real Estate Commission was in deep trouble.
• The Commission doesn't exist anymore, yeah.
• As of now, As of now, as the law is written and applied, the procedural answer to this is yes.
• meaningful due course of law review and then avoid accountability through immunity-based dismissal procedures

Committee: House Governmental Oversight, Select

Keywords: 1184, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The city commission allowed me permission to continue to move forward into phase two.
• I will be going back to the city commission to ask for permission in order to move forward in that way
• And I think we have to define that a little bit more and then present that to our commission for consideration
• program screening for this population and with Health Tracks, because there is a fair amount of procedure
• The overview of a licensing crosswalk study that the department had commissioned a year or so ago just

Committee: Joint Human Services

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The Human Services Committee met in interim session and first approved the previous meeting minutes before receiving a series of presentations on homelessness and housing stability. Jennifer Henderson of the North Dakota Housing Finance Agency updated members on the new Interagency Council on Homelessness, describing its executive-order mandate to review resources, gather input from stakeholders, identify gaps, and develop recommendations. She said the council’s first work is building a statewide program matrix of existing homeless services and funding sources, with attention to youth, tribal communities, and other vulnerable populations. Members raised concerns about youth homelessness, homeless veterans, and how the council will stay focused on a practical framework rather than getting lost in details. The committee also discussed possible connections to the rural health transformation grant and agreed to continue the topic later in the spring. Beth Olson of Presentation Partners in Housing described the organization’s housing-first model in Cass County and Clay County, including homeless prevention/diversion, housing navigation, and Cooper House, a 42-unit permanent supportive housing building in Fargo. She said the organization focuses on people with long-term and chronic homelessness, many with mental health, addiction, health, domestic violence, and Indigenous identity-related barriers, and reported strong outcomes: 85 of 86 people housed in 2025, 91% still housed after one year, and major reductions in emergency room use, ambulance rides, jail stays, detox days, and shelter use. She also explained that state funding has grown from a small share of the budget to about $1.1 million in state-connected funding for fiscal 2026, largely through contracts tied to supportive services. Members asked about vouchers, rent contributions at Cooper House, length of stay, and whether similar projects could be expanded elsewhere. Andrea Olson of the Community Action Partnership of North Dakota outlined statewide homeless and housing-related services delivered through six community action agencies in all 53 counties. She explained the Community Services Block Grant structure, said housing was identified as the top need in the most recent statewide needs assessment, and described programs including Supportive Services for Veteran Families, North Dakota Homeless Grant services, and Home ARP supportive services. She emphasized that the end of North Dakota Rent Help has increased pressure on the system, that the current $2 million annual homeless grant is far smaller than prior rent-help assistance, and that community action is using case management and financial assistance to move households toward self-sufficiency. Members asked about funding formulas, rural service delivery, and coordination with Presentation Partners to avoid duplication. YouthWorks then began a presentation on youth homelessness, describing services for ages 12 to 24, the special needs of youth and former foster youth, and the organization’s use of federal and state funds to support transitional housing, emergency shelter, maternity housing, and diversion services.

Transcript Highlights:

• and Substance Use Disorders, created by President Pasidomo, and she appointed me to serve on that commission
• Within the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, there is funding for artificial reefs, wildlife
• I just have a procedural question.
• I just have a procedural question.
• Lastly, by December 31, 2028, the Florida Building Commission must establish a crane and hoisting equipment

Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several gallery introductions before taking up Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 168, the Tristan Murphy Act, on mental health. Senator Bradley explained that the bill is intended to divert clinically appropriate defendants with mental illness from jail to treatment, create pretrial mental health diversion programs, expand grant uses for mental health and substance abuse reinvestment, require evaluations and treatment follow-up in certain probation and prison settings, add Hillsborough County to a forensic hospital diversion pilot, and establish a Florida Behavioral Health Data Repository. Senators from both parties spoke in support, emphasizing treatment over incarceration, public safety, and the Murphy family’s role in the bill. The Senate passed the bill 37-0 and then recorded 37 co-sponsors. The chamber then moved into presentations on SB 2500, the 2025-26 General Appropriations Act. Chair Hooper said the Senate budget totals $117.4 billion, reduces overall spending from the prior year, maintains reserves, keeps employee health contributions level, and includes major investments in water quality, transportation, education infrastructure, and nearly $1 billion in education capital outlay. Committee chairs outlined their portions of the budget, including increased funding for K-12 schools and scholarships, higher education workforce programs, Medicaid and health services, corrections and courts, transportation and housing, and environmental restoration such as Everglades and water quality projects. Members then asked extensive questions, especially about education funding, school choice, AP/IB and accelerated programs, the Family Empowerment Scholarship, and the FEFP calculations. Senator Burgess repeatedly explained that scholarship funding is being moved “below the line” to improve tracking and that the Senate position is to preserve funding while giving districts more flexibility. Senators also questioned the APD wait list for disability services, opioid settlement spending, arts funding, the My Safe Florida Home condo pilot, and proposed IT and agency restructuring. Several chairs said some issues would be resolved in conference, and no final vote on the budget was taken in the portion provided.

Transcript Highlights:

• Our commission released a series of recommendations.
• Senator Cream, it was great to work with you on that commission and other matters as well.
• Special Commission to evaluate government use of face recognition technology.
• Rules of Civil Procedure, so you lose all those rights as well. We put together this report.
• The Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination enforces these laws.

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on the Judiciary

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The committee opened with procedural guidance for a very large hearing, explaining testimony limits, written testimony procedures, and rules for maintaining order. Members then heard testimony on a wide range of bills, including proposals to define antisemitism using the IHRA definition, regulate facial recognition technology, restrict weaponized robotics and drone use, expand protections for journalists’ confidential sources, address access to decedents’ email accounts, and create or adjust rules around municipal enforcement and animal cruelty fines. Several sponsors and advocates asked for favorable reports, and committee members asked clarifying questions on implementation, costs, and how the bills would interact with existing law. On facial recognition, sponsors and advocates described the technology as a threat to privacy, due process, and civil liberties, and urged adoption of the Special Commission’s recommendations, including warrant requirements, notice to defendants, and limits on untargeted surveillance. Support came from legislators, the ACLU, CDT, EFF, and a UMass professor, while committee members asked about current state law and municipal bans. On robotics, Senator Moore and industry witnesses from MassRobotics, Boston Dynamics, and AUVSI supported a bill prohibiting weaponized robots and requiring warrants for certain law enforcement uses, describing it as a public-safety and trust-building measure. On the shield law bill, newspaper publishers, journalists, NEFAC, and the Reporters Committee argued Massachusetts needs statutory protection for confidential sources, citing costly subpoenas and chilling effects on reporting. The committee also heard testimony on a bill to expand the right of publicity to cover image and voice, with SAG-AFTRA members supporting protections against AI-driven exploitation and some discussion about viral content and consent. Another bill would allow limited access to a decedent’s email accounts, with one witness describing a family’s inability to use a deceased relative’s email to notify friends. The committee then took testimony on psilocybin-related bills: supporters described medical and personal benefits and argued for narrow decriminalization or study, while an opponent warned of public-health risks, impaired driving, and youth exposure; the Massachusetts Psychiatric Society supported limited, safety-based decriminalization. Finally, the committee heard strong support for a “safe reporting” bill for sex workers and trafficking survivors, with advocates saying immunity would encourage victims and witnesses to report crimes without fear of arrest, and members raised questions about how the immunity would work in practice.

Transcript Highlights:

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• Did the commission more license sales.
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• </c> be able to allow I think our commission be able to allow I think our commission does<01:27:40.960
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Committee: House Fish and Game and Marine Resources

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Senate Bill 1056 by Senator Grayson, relating to criminal procedure.
• Senate Bill 1056 by Senator Grayson, relating to criminal procedure.
• Members, for the past four years, the California Public Utilities Commission has been working on reforms
• I present to you Senate Bill 1420, which will improve California's voting procedures and voter awareness
• I present to you Senate Bill 1420, which will improve California's voting procedures and voter awareness

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• know if the LBA can shed any light on this, because it also went through some, let's say, rigorous procedure
• So I don't know if the LBA can shed any light on this, because it also went through some rigorous procedure
• So I don't know if the LBA can shed any light on this, because it also went through some rigorous procedure
• So I don't know if the LBA can shed any light on this, because it also went through some rigorous procedure
• This is a bill relative to the funding of the Hampton Beach Area Commission and making appropriations

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee opened a work session on 17 retained bills and moved through several measures, often with motions to ought to pass or inexpedient to legislate. House Bill 54, allowing alternative treatment centers to operate for profit, was supported as a way to improve efficiency and potentially lower costs for medical cannabis users, and it was recommended OTP by a 9-0 vote. House Bill 97, an appropriation for wastewater infrastructure, drew mixed views: supporters said the Senate’s reduced funding still met the bill’s intent, while opponents argued the funding was inadequate for critical infrastructure needs; the committee voted 5-4 to ITL. House Bill 111, extending the Right to Know Ombudsman and exempting certain assistance from unauthorized practice of law, was recommended ITL 9-0. House Bill 197, concerning state payment of a portion of local retirement contributions, was discussed as a recurring issue; members noted an amendment could fund it starting in fiscal 2027, but the committee ultimately voted 5-4 to recommend the bill itself rather than ITL. House Bill 215, requiring landfill permit applicants to submit a harms-and-benefits report, was amended to narrow its scope to future privately owned landfills only; the amendment and the bill as amended both passed 9-0. House Bill 216, on workers’ compensation credit toward retirement service, was ITL’d 9-0 after the sponsor said the proposal was too open-ended and could affect unknown numbers of people.

Transcript Highlights:

• influence what the fiscal note says, but legally those monies cancel and they are unavailable to this commission
• is that the Attorney General has been unwilling to be transparent in some of their policies and procedures
• So I don't know if this procedurally might send you back to Judiciary to have it reviewed, or maybe some
• So I don't know if this procedurally might send you back to Judiciary to have it reviewed, or maybe some
• So I don't know if this procedurally might send you back to Judiciary to have it reviewed, or maybe some

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Louisville and Jefferson County Planning Commission.
• c> a</c> It places a non-differential approach in three places: one in Kentucky's Administrative Procedure
• Act covering rulemaking, one covering administrative procedure and adjudications, and then also a chapter
• A person made a mistake; they have to go through all the procedures again.
• A person made a mistake; they have to go through all the procedures again.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 90 / Senate Bill 17, a birth-related measure backed by the Kentucky Birth Coalition. Sponsors said the bill had been worked on for several years and described changes including a transfer agreement, insurance requirements, proximity to a hospital, informed consent, and accreditation/medical director standards that helped win neutral or non-opposition from the Hospital Association. The bill was reported favorably after a roll call vote with unanimous support. The committee then heard Senate Bill 65, presented by Senator Steve West and Representative Derrick Lewis. They said the bill would make regulations found deficient through the committee review process null and void by statute, and would bar agencies from reissuing the same or similar language for up to a year. Supporters argued this was needed to hold agencies accountable because deficiency findings alone had not led to action. After questions about specific Medicaid behavioral health regulations and concerns about legislative overreach, the bill passed the committee on a roll call vote, with some members passing or explaining reservations. Finally, the committee considered Senate Bill 84, with a House committee substitute. Sponsors said the substitute was intended to strengthen the bill and reflect the U.S. Supreme Court’s Loper Bright decision by ending Chevron deference and requiring courts, not agencies, to interpret law. Opponents, including Audrey Ernsberger and Katherine Hargraves, argued the bill would intrude on the judiciary, violate separation of powers, and could harm public health, environmental, and workplace protections. Committee members also raised concerns about whether the bill told courts what standard to use; sponsors responded that agencies could still present persuasive arguments, but courts should not defer to them. The committee substitute was adopted, and the bill then passed the committee on a roll call vote, with several members passing or expressing constitutional concerns.

Transcript Highlights:

• The first is procedural. I want to compliment my colleague and my good friend, Stan Barnes.
• At the Arizona Corporation Commission, regulated utilities must charge nondiscriminatory rates to their
• Municipal corporations, on the other hand, are not regulated by the Corporation Commission.
• We have to go to the Corporation Commission for rate recovery, and when we file rate cases, particularly
• The commission usually will approve part of those projects, and they don't approve all of them because

Bills: HB2042 , HB2052 , HB2055 , HB2056 , HB2094 , HB2098 , HB2185 , HB2328 , HB2758 , HB2798

Committee: House Natural Resources, Energy & Water

Keywords: solar radiation management, environment, prohibition, Arizona Revised Statutes, public health, complaint process, Attorney General, groundwater management, water conservation, irrigation, water supply, brackish groundwater, water supply development, desalination, water infrastructure, financial assistance, environmental reviews, brackish water, groundwater, water resources

Transcript Highlights:

• This is the liquor commission. >> Okay.
• They're not regulated by the liquor commission at all, that's why they're...
• </c><01:39:47.840><c> So,</c><01:39:48.080><c> it</c> both cover cover this procedure.
• So, it both cover cover this procedure.
• <04:23:16.319><c> impacts</c><04:23:16.720><c> of</c> commission to study the impacts of commission to

Committee: House Commerce and Consumer Affairs

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Cal Grant eligibility, and thank you so much to Chair Alvarez and to everyone at the Student Aid Commission
• Cal Grant eligibility, and thank you so much to Chair Alvarez and to everyone at the Student Aid Commission
• Cal Grant eligibility and thank you so much to Chair Arvers and to everyone to the Senate Commission
• As part of the recommendations for the audit, one of the asks was for the CSU to implement a procedure

Summary: The committee held an oversight hearing on a state audit examining California’s community college transfer process and whether streamlining it could improve access to bachelor’s degrees. Opening remarks from legislators emphasized that California’s transfer system is central to equity and workforce development, but that only about one in five transfer-intending community college students complete a transfer within four years. Members highlighted disparities by race, region, campus, and major, and pointed to confusion created by differing requirements across the UC, CSU, and community college systems, including limits and inconsistencies in the Associate Degree for Transfer (ADT), TAG, and major-specific prerequisites. State Auditor’s staff said the audit found that while UC and CSU systemwide enroll more transfer students than the Master Plan target, individual campuses and high-demand STEM programs often do not. The audit identified barriers including unclear and varying course requirements, limited counseling and education plans, insufficient counselor staffing at some campuses, and weak equity plans. It also found that many students never even apply because they do not accumulate enough units or cannot navigate the process. The auditor described examples where transfer students with strong preparation were denied at selective campuses and noted that articulation alignment across systems remains limited. Representatives from UC, CSU, and the Community Colleges responded that transfer remains a top priority and described ongoing reforms. UC cited a new public dashboard, data-sharing agreements, new transfer pathways, and an ADT pilot at UCLA, while saying campus-level capacity and program differences limit how much can be standardized from the system office. CSU said it admits more than 90% of eligible transfer applicants, is expanding transfer planning tools and direct outreach, and is implementing SB 640’s Transfer Success Pathway Program. Community Colleges said transfer reform must focus on clearer credit mobility, more consistent articulation, and broader ADT adoption. Members pressed the systems on inconsistent major requirements, the need for better coordination, and whether campuses are fully prioritizing transfer students; no votes were taken during the hearing.

Transcript Highlights:

• That's what we're working like with Regents and Workforce Commission trying to get a longitudinal system
• Can you comment on the coexistence between the work of the Oklahoma Arts Council and the Route 66 Commission
• I'm on the Route 66 Centennial Commission.
• promulgation of our administrative rules to further interpret guiding statutes, following established procedures

Committee: House A&B Education Subcommittee

Keywords: 914, all

Transcript Highlights:

• , presentation, is that we have a state agency right now, which is the Crime Victims Reparation Commission
• Um, and we set policies and operational procedures.
• Supreme Court is dealing with is the The ruling from the 5th Circuit that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
• Do you own your state lands because of the um work of this commission in your office about commissioner

Committee: House Radioactive & Hazardous Materials Committee

Transcript Highlights:

• focus on the California Air Resources Board (CARB), with some proposals from the California Energy Commission
• Knowledge of the Administrative Procedures Act and the regulatory process is a pretty specialized skill
• Damian Minna, Energy Commission. $35 million appropriation in this year and another one projected for
• This is for the California Energy Commission (CEC).

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Was that we we have a racing commission. Was that a request of theirs as well?
• For fiscal year 25, they did, uh, the agency did meet with Texas Racing Commission and the office of
• So the racing commission is receiving, um, drug testing just through, uh, another laboratory, not TBMDL
• The procedures and all those other challenges that go on when other states request aircraft to make sure

Committee: House Appropriations - S/C on Article III

Transcript Highlights:

• Was that, we have a racing commission, was that a request of theirs as well?
• For fiscal year 25, they did, the agency did meet with Texas Racing Commission in the office of the governor
• and did work out a a way to contract with another laboratory, so the Racing Commission is receiving.
• controls the aircraft so that we got a better understanding of the politics, the policies and the procedures

Committee: House Appropriations - S/C on Article III

Keywords: 1184, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• transition procedures, mandatory reporting of detransition claims to the state.
• Health insurers that cover gender transition procedures, mandatory reporting of detransition claims to
• Senate Bill 1177, I am opposed to it because the medical procedures described in this bill for gender
• transition are the same medical procedures that cisgender people receive for the same reason.
• HB 2082, Childhood Cancer Research Commission. Health and human services.

Summary: The Senate convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, then approved the journal and received House messages and first-read bills. The chamber moved through multiple Committee of the Whole calendars, considering a range of measures on solar energy, public safety, insurance, health care, agriculture, gaming, education, child welfare, and real property. Several bills were retained on calendar, while many others were advanced with committee amendments and floor amendments. On Calendar 2, SB 1419 on solar energy inspection contractors drew the most debate. A floor amendment by Sen. Sundareshan sought to require utilities to protect ratepayers from costs associated with large energy users such as data centers; supporters argued it would help keep electricity affordable, while opponents called it a hostile amendment. After a division vote, the amendment failed 12-15, and SB 1419 was reported do pass as amended. SB 1498 (DPS appropriation) and SB 1502 (unlawful flight/reckless endangerment) also advanced. The Committee of the Whole report was adopted, but a later attempt to add the failed Sundareshan amendment to the report on SB 1419 was defeated 13-14. On Calendar 1, the Senate advanced SB 1165, SB 1206, SB 1212, SB 1215, SB 1290, SB 1291, and SB 1347, mostly with committee amendments. SB 1178 on naturopathic physicians and prescription drug pricing saw a contested Sears floor amendment aimed at stopping price gouging on essential generic drugs; supporters said it would lower drug costs, while the sponsor objected that it was not germane. The amendment failed, and the bill passed as amended. SB 1186 on document retention and donations also drew a Sundareshan amendment on transparency and implementation; it failed, and the bill passed as amended. SB 1286 on veterinary visits and electronic prescriptions advanced after a proposed Kavanagh floor amendment was defeated on division. The Senate then adopted the Committee of the Whole reports and moved on to additional calendars. On Calendar 4, the chamber passed SB 1004 on ESA students and interscholastic activities, SB 1116 on AHCCCS access/behavioral health, SB 1162 on health care institution licensing complaints, SB 1179 on developmental disability/health monitoring, SB 1475 on school district governing boards and eligibility, SB 1821 on DCS training and child placement, and SCR 1012. A request to hold SB 1475 for a reinstatement process was rejected. The Senate also took up an additional Committee of the Whole for SB 1077, SB 1479, and SB 1566; SB 1077 advanced with a Payne floor amendment, SB 1479 advanced with a Carroll amendment classifying certain forged real-property recordings as a class five felony, and SB 1566 began consideration with a Petersen amendment to remove part of a prior amendment. Throughout, the chamber repeatedly adopted committee reports and advanced the bills for further action.

Bills: HB20 , HB463 , HB469 , HB649 , HB963 , HB1163 , HB1334 , HB1481 , HB1509 , HB1511 , HB1514 , HB1515 , HB1516 , HB1518 , HB1519 , HB1523 , HB1524 , HB1546 , HB1548 , HB1550 , HB1553 , HB1573 , HB1574 , HB1576 , HB1588 , HB1591 , HB1618 , HB1619 , HB1628 , HB1642 , HB1643 , HB1656 , HB1658 , HB1664 , HB1667 , HB1679 , HB1682 , HB1688 , HB1692 , HB1696 , HB1700 , HB1705 , HB1707 , HB1710 , HB1711 , HB1713 , HB1716 , HB1718 , HB1721 , HB1728 , HB1737 , HB1740 , HB1741 , HB1749 , HB1752 , HB1753 , HB1768 , HB1782 , HB1800 , HB1804 , HB1810 , HB1823 , HB1839 , HB1842 , HB1854 , HB1858 , HB1864 , HB1870 , HB1875 , HB1881 , HB1886 , HB1888 , HB1890 , HB1894 , HB1897 , HB1898 , HB1920 , HB1929 , HB1946 , HB1959 , HB1961 , HB1962 , HB1973 , HB1974 , HB2001 , HB2005 , HB2020 , HB2021 , HB2022 , HB2023 , HB2062 , HB2078 , HB2093 , HB2095 , HB2096 , HB2097 , HB2101 , HB2137 , HB2152 , HB2207 , HCR137 , HCR181

Keywords: lava insurance, homeowners, insurance market, subsidy, Hawaii, eviction, housing access, tenant rights, judicial reporting, disassociation, disability, parking, travel placard, accessibility, mobility, small boat harbors, moorage, harbor permits, commercial use permit, commercial fishing