Transcript Highlights:

• measure would require the California State Bar to adopt the universal bar exam or any successor or replacement
• However, automation cannot replace real and vital workers or be used as a barrier to people reaching
• However, automation cannot replace real and vital workers or be used as a barrier that prevents people
• built around a simple principle: that in health care, AI should support clinical judgment but never replace
• But never replace it.

Summary: The Assembly met in session, established a quorum, approved dispensing with the previous day’s journal, and then took up a long third-reading file. Early procedural actions included moving AB 1589 to the inactive file and continuing reconsideration items. The chamber then considered a series of bills largely focused on immigration enforcement, detention, worker protections, child care, voting access, and related public services. Several immigration-related measures passed, including AB 2393 on damages for false imprisonment/arrest, AB 1994 on an immigrant victims’ rights and resources card, AB 1929 on health plan investment disclosures, AB 1633 imposing a tax on for-profit detention facilities, AB 1650 requiring decals on rental vehicles used for enforcement, AB 1655 protecting CalWORKs benefits when a child is detained, and AB 1896 disqualifying people who participated in immigration enforcement from certain public employment. AB 2230, which would bar immigration enforcement near polling places and child care facilities, also passed after extensive debate. Supporters framed these bills as accountability and protection for vulnerable communities; opponents argued they targeted federal law enforcement, were unnecessary, or raised constitutional concerns. AB 1851 on statewide school mental-health guidance also passed unanimously. After the midday recess, the Assembly returned and continued with more bills tied to immigration impacts and child welfare. AB 2379 passed with urgency, requiring child care providers to be informed of constitutional rights and trained on protections when confronted by immigration enforcement. AB 2460 passed to update school behavioral-health referral protocols for students affected by immigration enforcement trauma. AB 2495 passed to expand prohibitions on employer immigration-related threats, and AB 2662 was presented as a way for California to monitor and document federal enforcement actions and report on their community impacts. Throughout the day, the floor featured repeated exchanges over whether the bills addressed real problems or were political messaging, but the measures that came to a vote generally advanced with majority support.

Transcript Highlights:

• However, by the next download, the election records with decimals had been replaced with integers, raising
• After it was discovered that the original publicly accessible export file differed from later replacement
• The most expensive one is the replacement of the naturalization certificate, which can run as much as
• The most expensive one is the replacement of the naturalization certificate, which can run as much as
• Smaller communities have a smaller pool of candidates to replace the current workers as they age out

Committee: House Elections

Keywords: 1184, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So this is the replacement for it, a commission that they've established. >> Okay, but we're only allowing
• So<00:03:58.960><c> this</c><00:03:59.240><c> is</c><00:03:59.520><c> the</c><00:03:59.720><c> replacement
• </c><00:04:00.600><c> for</c><00:04:00.840><c> it,</c><00:04:01.080><c> a</c> So this is the replacement
• for it, a So this is the replacement for it, a commission<00:04:02.480><c> that</c><00:04:02.720><c>
• The forecast is without the replacement of the funding, the transition that CMS is supposed to be doing

Committee: Senate Water, Land, Culture and the Arts

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The committee heard several gubernatorial nominations for confirmation, beginning with GM 788 for Karen Knudsen to the Hawaii Sister State and International Partnerships Commission. DBEDT strongly supported her nomination, describing her decades of Asia-Pacific and East-West Center experience. Senators asked about the new commission structure, confirming that the old committee was abolished and replaced by a five-voting-member commission with two governor appointees before the Senate, other ex officio and legislative appointees, and one OHA vacancy still pending. Knudsen said the commission would help review new sister-state and international partnership proposals, while existing relationships would remain in place. Members also discussed the commission’s lack of a separate budget and its use of DBEDT international relations funding. The committee then moved to GM 789 for Wesley Fong to the same commission; DBEDT supported him based on his military, legal, and international trade background. A concern was raised that he also served on the State Ethics Commission, and Fong stated he had resigned from that post effective the 20th of the month to avoid a conflict. Senators questioned his reasons for leaving ethics, and he explained that his term was ending and he wanted to continue public service in a role aligned with his background in international agreements, education, and Indo-Pacific relations. No votes were taken in the portion provided. The committee next considered GM 769 for Patrick Branco to the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts. The foundation and the Hawaii Regional Council of Carpenters both testified in strong support. Branco appeared by Zoom and said he was currently on temporary military orders on the East Coast, but had prior experience in public diplomacy as cultural attaché in Caracas and had worked on Fulbright and cultural exchange efforts. The committee then took up GM 770 for Makanani Salā to the same board. The State Foundation on Culture and the Arts supported her nomination, and Noe Wong-Wilson testified in person, citing Salā’s work at Windward Community College and her role in organizing the Best Fest festival, saying she would bring Hawaiian cultural perspective to the foundation. Salā said her county experience included arts, culture, and sister-city work, and that she would emphasize public-private partnerships and helping other agencies use the foundation’s expertise. Members briefly discussed FESTPAC and its rotating international location. Finally, the committee heard GM 767 for Miles Miyatso to the Land Use Commission. The Land Use Commission and the Hawaii Regional Council of Carpenters both supported the nomination, and Avalon Development Company was listed but did not appear on Zoom. The discussion in the provided transcript ended during this item, with no vote or final action shown for the nominations covered.

Transcript Highlights:

• It doesn't replace or reduce existing regulation or oversight and includes key guardrails that were designed
• Uh<01:17:06.320><c> it</c><01:17:06.400><c> doesn't</c><01:17:06.680><c> replace</c><01:17:07.120><c>
• or</c><01:17:07.240><c> reduce</c><01:17:07.600><c> existing</c> Uh it doesn't replace or reduce existing
• Uh it doesn't replace or reduce existing regulation<01:17:08.600><c> or</c><01:17:08.720><c> oversight
• taking out the words psychiatric, mental, cognitive, nervous, emotional, or behavioral disorders and replacing

Bills: SB3302 , SB2061 , SB2050 , SB2102 , SB2694 , SB2089 , SB847

Committee: House Consumer Protection & Commerce

Keywords: SB3302, homemade food products, farm kitchens, home kitchens, Department of Health, DOH, food safety, food labeling, value-added agriculture, small farms, agricultural land, commercial food establishment permit, cottage food, direct-to-consumer sales, local food systems, Hawaii Revised Statutes, chapter 91, farm-to-table, food processing, public health regulation

Summary: The committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce met on April 9, 2026, and heard testimony on several measures. SB 3302 SD1 HD1, dealing with homemade food products, would require the Department of Health to adopt rules for farm kitchens producing homemade food products that are no more stringent than rules for home kitchens. The Department of Health said it supported the bill with technical amendments, and the Hawaii Food Industry Association and Grassroot Institute of Hawaii also supported it. No opposition was heard. A lengthy discussion focused on SB 2061 SD2 HD1, which concerns a 99-year leasehold residential condominium project and HCDA’s rules for sales, income restrictions, and buyback pricing. HCDA supported the bill and said the House draft clarified unclear provisions and would help move the project to pre-sales. Testimony and committee questions centered on whether the project should remain owner-occupied in perpetuity or allow investor purchases after an initial sales period. HCDA explained that the bill was revised to make the project feasible in the market, that 60% of units would be income-restricted for buyers at or below 140% of area median income, and that the remaining units could be sold without owner-occupancy restrictions. Some members and testifiers expressed concern that the bill had shifted away from the original owner-occupancy vision and could become an investment property model, while others argued the changes were necessary for the project to pencil out and compete with fee-simple developments. No vote was taken during the discussion shown. The committee also heard SB 2050 SD1 HD1, which would allow chiropractic students in accredited programs to engage in clinical practice beginning July 1, 2028. The Hawaii Board of Chiropractic and the Hawaii State Chiropractic Association supported the measure, and one testifier described personal experience with student chiropractic care in California. Members questioned why the board requested delaying implementation until 2030, and the board said it needed more time to develop rules because it meets only a few times a year and rulemaking is lengthy. Finally, SB 2102 SD2 HD1, on industrial hemp in commercial feed, was introduced; the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity offered comments, the Department of Health raised concerns about regulating pet food and possible jurisdictional conflict, and a farmer testifying in support suggested narrowing the bill to federally approved livestock feed rather than pet food.

Transcript Highlights:

• Let's take it all the way and pay for no replacement services.
• That is a replacement value, if I had to pay those people, of $600,000 plus dollars a year.
• That is<01:28:39.480><c> a</c><01:28:39.560><c> replacement</c><01:28:40.200><c> value</c><01:28:40.600
• 40.760><c> I</c><01:28:40.800><c> had</c><01:28:41.000><c> to</c><01:28:41.080><c> pay</c> is a replacement
• value if I had to pay is a replacement value if I had to pay those<01:28:41.560><c> people</c><01:28

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• members you have in front of you is the A6 amendment, which actually... ...cleans up the language and replaces
• Uh, we know that the role will be voluntary and not replace other direct care workers.
• that the role will be voluntary<00:52:44.400><c> and</c><00:52:44.520><c> not</c><00:52:44.680><c> replace
• </c><00:52:45.120><c> other</c><00:52:45.800><c> direct</c> voluntary and not replace other direct voluntary
• and not replace other direct care<00:52:46.320><c> workers.

Committee: Senate Human Services

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• legislative visit to Williston, the middle school principal said that the year before Barr she had to replace
• After Barr, she only had to replace four, and that means a lot to them.
• We tossed that item out, replaced it with movie theater.
• We tossed that item out, replaced it with movie theater, brought it back in, and certain groups of students
• country that they have a group of students who didn't score well on it, we tossed that item out, replaced

Committee: Joint Education Committee

Summary: The meeting focused heavily on dual credit programming across North Dakota, with presentations from Valley City State University, Lake Region State College, Fargo Public Schools, and teachers from West Fargo and Drake-Anamoose. Speakers described dual credit as a way to give high school students college-level rigor, reduce future tuition costs, and help students explore academic and career pathways. Several presenters emphasized that strong local relationships between colleges and school districts are central to program quality, especially in rural areas where access to advanced coursework can be limited. Valley City State University outlined its quality-control model, including annual teacher trainings, syllabus and outcomes alignment, faculty evaluations, qualification standards, school visits, and a goal of building 24-credit College Studies Certificates. The university reported about 504 students in the fall and 559 in the spring, with roughly 5,539 projected credit hours and about 130 students expected to earn the 24-credit certificate. Members asked about faculty qualifications, online versus in-person delivery, student retention, revenue, and whether a more centralized statewide model might be more efficient; the presenter said centralization could reduce duplication but might weaken local relationships and choice. Lake Region State College described a broader regional model, with about 913 dual credit students last fall across 44 school districts, roughly half of them taking online college courses and half taking face-to-face courses taught by qualified high school teachers serving as adjuncts. The college said it has paid for graduate credits to help teachers meet credentialing requirements and reimburses districts for teacher support and materials. Fargo Public Schools reported 50 dual credit courses through multiple higher-ed partners, 1,571 enrollments, and a 12.61% increase in participation, while also raising concerns about inconsistent registration systems, credentialing requirements, and transfer clarity across institutions. Teachers from West Fargo and Drake-Anamoose reinforced the value of dual credit, while noting concerns about retention in foundational science courses and the importance of maintaining rigor and support for students.

Transcript Highlights:

• the legislature, members elected by the districts that represent them, members who don't have replacements
• 00:22:17.600><c> who</c><00:22:17.760><c> don't</c><00:22:18.080><c> have</c><00:22:18.600><c> replacements
• </c> members who don't have replacements members who don't have replacements to<00:22:20.320><c> show
• The fact is there is no replacement for us.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• my decreasing amendment is in order to be able to continue to fund a new test that will eventually replace
• As I talked to earlier, the idea is to replace the MAP test that I think we're all familiar with.
• This funding, this $2 million, would help this continue to grow to eventually replace the MAP test.
• As I talked to earlier, the idea is to replace the map test that I think we're all familiar with.
• This funding, this $2 million, would help this continue to grow to eventually replace the map test.

Summary: The House convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, approved the previous day’s journal by a 126-0 vote, and suspended business for the Speaker to sign several bills and substitutes. Members then spent much of the day introducing guests, including county assessors, students, civic groups, and visitors from local schools and universities. The chamber then took up House Bill 2002, the elementary and secondary education budget. Members adopted several amendments, including technical fixes to allow board-operated schools to use personal service funds for career ladder payments, clarifications to child care subsidy language, and changes to Parents as Teachers rules so that enrollment remains voluntary and virtual visits are not reimbursable. An amendment to shift $1 million from one child care facilities line to Child Care Works passed, as did an amendment to fund a new Success-Ready Student Assessment with $2 million to help replace the MAP test. A proposal to pay child care subsidies for foster children based on enrollment rather than attendance failed 53-93, and an amendment to divert $10 million in Title I funds into a competitive grant program also failed. A later amendment to send budget reports to the ranking minority member passed, while an attempt to remove child care subsidy language from the bill failed. The House then moved to higher education and workforce development appropriations. Members approved an amendment broadening a pre-apprenticeship program statewide and supported funding for Coyote Hill Foster Care Ministries through a transfer from dual credit scholarship funds. The most extensive debate centered on House Bill 2003’s higher education funding model, where the chair defended an FTE-based approach as more transparent than the long-standing status quo, while opponents warned it would sharply cut funding for institutions such as Harris-Stowe, Lincoln, Truman State, and some community colleges, and would ignore factors like graduation rates, research, and workforce needs. A compromise amendment to soften the transition was withdrawn, and a separate amendment to restore the governor’s recommendation was also debated at length, with members arguing over the fairness and consequences of the proposed model.

Transcript Highlights:

• Within that system, every hospital plays a role that cannot easily be replaced.
• When surgeons retire without replacement, trauma care disappears.
• When surgeons retire without replacement,<01:05:19.920><c> trauma</c><01:05:20.280><c> care</c><01:05
• </c> replacement, trauma care disappears. replacement, trauma care disappears.

Bills: HF4343

Committee: House Taxes

Keywords: sales tax, use tax, advertising tax, taxable services, digital advertising, online marketing, marketing services, search engine marketing, lead generation, internet advertising, ad agency, media buying, campaign planning, Minnesota tax law, service tax, broadening tax base, web advertising, promotional services, 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• So, for the record, this is a replace all. >> Senator Rosen. >> Thank you. >> I was hoping you'd ask
• So [snorts] you'll see that the printed amendment, the O.S. amendment, replaces section five. >> Okay
• 57:49.520><c> amendment</c> printed amendment the OS amendment printed amendment the OS amendment replaces
• </c> replaces section five. replaces section five. &gt;&gt; Okay. &gt;&gt; Okay. &gt;&gt; Okay.

Committee: Senate Energy and Natural Resources

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• But that's when the AI was being used to support the existing call center workers rather than replacing
• 15:24.239><c> workers</c><01:15:24.640><c> rather</c><01:15:24.960><c> than</c><01:15:25.199><c> replacing
• </c> center workers rather than replacing center workers rather than replacing them.<01:15:26.719><c>
• Um, so the other examples are protecting workers from being forced to train at their AI replacement and

Bills: HF1316 , HF4369

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

Keywords: HF1316, child support, new hire reporting, centralized work reporting system, independent contractors, payors, employers, payor of funds, withholding orders, income withholding, child support enforcement, Minnesota Department of Children, Youth, and Families, gig economy, rideshare drivers, delivery drivers, 1099, W-9, W-4, newly hired workers, rehired employees

Transcript Highlights:

• voters entered the booth at that ever so important moment, all of that nuance disappeared and it was replaced
• Again, for schools like hers, this funding would not replace what they are already doing and overextending
• mine, this Again, for schools like mine, this funding<01:25:05.000><c> wouldn't</c><01:25:05.240><c> replace
• </c><01:25:05.760><c> what</c><01:25:05.920><c> we're</c> funding wouldn't replace what we're funding
• wouldn't replace what we're already<01:25:06.640><c> doing</c><01:25:06.960><c> and</c><01:25:07.120

Committee: Senate Education Finance

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• communities age, more houses fall into that trap of, you know, poor maintenance, they need to be replaced
• communities age, more houses fall into that trap of, you know, poor maintenance, they need to be replaced
• communities age, more houses fall into that trap of, you know, poor maintenance, they need to be replaced
• communities age, more houses fall into that trap of, you know, poor maintenance, they need to be replaced
• More houses fall into that trap of, you know, poor maintenance, they need to be replaced.

Bills: HF3403 , HF2687 , HF2381

Committee: House Housing Finance and Policy

Keywords: HF3403, emergency rental assistance, rental aid, homelessness prevention, housing crisis, imminent risk of homelessness, eviction prevention, county aid, Tribal governments, local government aids, general fund appropriation, Minnesota revenue commissioner, poverty level, low-income housing, housing stability, family homeless prevention and assistance, emergency housing assistance, HF2687, single-family homes, corporate landlords

Transcript Highlights:

• should be thinking about what's next, figuring out, especially as cars move to EVs, what's going to replace
• should be thinking about what's next, figuring out, especially as cars move to EVs, what's going to replace
• It replaces and expands the definition of veterinary practice to include behavioral and dental care,
• Um, so, uh, much like farmers, veterinarians are retiring and there aren't folks there to replace them
• Um, so, uh, much like farmers, veterinarians are retiring and there aren't folks there to replace them

Bills: HF3718

Committee: House Agriculture Finance and Policy

Keywords: veterinary medicine, veterinary technology, animal care, licensing, client consent, continuing education, emergency services, teletriage, 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• It is to allow a victim to be able to recoup the cost of medical bills or to replace stolen property
• We're not even maintaining a replacement rate. And so that population growth is on an arc.
• 37:17.840><c> maintaining</c> is not even maintaining is not even maintaining a<01:37:20.560><c> replacement
• </c> a replacement rate. a replacement rate.

Keywords: 981, all

Summary: The House convened with a quorum, approved the corrected journal, and heard several announcements about upcoming committee meetings, events at the Capitol, and recognitions, including Music Therapy Day, Black History Month activities, adoptable puppies, and a Colorado Agricultural Forum. Members also celebrated Representative Story’s birthday and recognized the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) for its long-running support of arts, culture, science access, and economic impact in Colorado. The House adopted Senate Joint Resolution 12, designating February 20, 2026, as Colorado FFA Day, by a vote of 64-1 with one excused. The chamber then moved to special orders for several bills. The first major bill considered was House Bill 1017, which would prohibit insurers from receiving criminal restitution unless they are direct victims. Sponsors argued the bill prioritizes human victims, prevents restitution from becoming an unpayable burden on low-income defendants, and clarifies the law in response to court concerns and stakeholder feedback. Opponents argued it would shift costs to taxpayers and policyholders and could increase civil litigation and insurance premiums. An amendment, L005, was adopted to clarify the bill’s scope, and the bill then passed as amended. The House also took up House Bill 114, concerning minimum lot size and local land-use rules. An amendment, L002, was offered to prohibit certain local lot frontage, setback, open-space, or coverage requirements that would effectively prevent construction of a single-family home on a 2,000-square-foot residential lot. Supporters framed the measure as protecting housing access, while opponents argued it would override local land-use decision-making and public hearing processes. The transcript ends during debate on a substitute motion related to the amendment, before final action on House Bill 114 is shown.

Transcript Highlights:

• Uh, these grants to the DNR focused on projects removing and replacing ash trees that pose significant
• DNR focused on projects<01:23:31.120><c> removing</c><01:23:31.520><c> and</c><01:23:31.760><c> replacing
• </c><01:23:32.400><c> ashtrees</c> projects removing and replacing ashtrees projects removing and replacing
• removing and planting shade trees on public or tribal land, uh, to provide environmental benefits, replacing

Committee: House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• They are not used to replace clinical judgment, but even the new language may prevent this beneficial
• They are not used<01:19:50.960><c> to</c><01:19:51.360><c> replace</c><01:19:52.000><c> clinical</c><
• 01:19:52.480><c> judgment,</c><01:19:53.199><c> but</c> used to replace clinical judgment, but used to
• replace clinical judgment, but even<01:19:53.760><c> the</c><01:19:54.000><c> new</c><01:19:54.320><
• 01:21:46.640><c> it</c><01:21:46.880><c> doesn't</c> ...how you use AI, and it doesn't necessarily replace

Bills: HF357 , HF3389 , HF1434 , HF2500 , HF1606

Committee: House Commerce Finance and Policy

Keywords: HF357, hasenpfeffer, card games, social skill game, Minnesota gambling law, tournament, contest, prize limit, low-stakes gaming, card game exemption, gambling exemption, cribbage, bridge, euchre, pinochle, Texas hold'em, whist, skat, sheepshead, gin

Transcript Highlights:

• introduced themselves, and seeing that we have a new member, if Representative Lee, if you would want to replacing
• 41.360><c> to</c> Representative Lee, if you would want to Representative Lee, if you would want to replacing
• 44.000><c> our</c><00:03:44.640><c> House</c><00:03:44.959><c> member</c><00:03:45.200><c> that</c> replacing
• um um our House member that replacing um um our House member that went<00:03:45.519><c> to</c><00:03
• So when you're talking about how nurses are replaceable by nurses from another state that do not have

Bills: HF1925

Committee: House Health Finance and Policy

Keywords: nurse licensure, multistate license, healthcare, public safety, interstate compact, nursing regulation, 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• So this bill, this amendment, is a replace-all amendment. since my name is on the amendment, I since
• So this bill, this amendment is a replace<00:59:31.760><c> all</c><00:59:32.160><c> amendment.
• </c> replace all amendment. replace all amendment.
• No, because this is a replace all amendment.

Committee: House Science, Technology and Energy

Keywords: 1189, house, all