Transcript Highlights:

• Pre-design and design work was paused.
• </c><00:36:32.960><c> and</c> to the next stages of design and to the next stages of design and complete
• We've done all of the requisite pre-design and design work, but it's just not likely unless they came
• /c> including interstates and state including interstates and state highways, highways, highways, which
• </c> moving into design on those right now. moving into design on those right now.

Committee: House Capital Investment

Transcript Highlights:

• this would just make a dedicated fund for cleaning up abandoned vehicles, commercial vehicles on interstates
• know, there's been times where you've saw equipment abandoned alongside our state highways and interstates
• Senate Bill 1475 will designate the interchange of I-35 and Indian Hills Road to be known as the Ubby

Bills: SB1966 , SB175 , SB1475 , SB1950 , SB2049 , SB2052

Committee: Senate Aeronautics and Transportation

Keywords: memorial highways, bridge designations, Oklahoma Statutes, commemorative markers, transportation, uninsured vehicles, reimbursement fund, towing services, commercial vehicles, public safety, memorial, infrastructure, dedication, Toby Keith, aviation, aircraft, surveillance, regulations, fees, Oklahoma statutes

Transcript Highlights:

• The most critical transportation corridor, Interstate 2, was shut down in multiple locations, flooding
• That's exactly what the Delta Project is designed to do: adapt our infrastructure to handle both extremes
• That's an interstate, and it is supposed to be our emergency evacuation corridor.
• Some of the design guidelines that currently exist don't account for that amount of water, so that also
• Projects can range from project design and feasibility assessments to early warning systems.

Committee: House Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:

• Compensatory damages are designed to make the patient who's been injured whole.
• These are the benefits of the interstate medical system.
• It's always designed by the incumbent occupation to keep out competition.
• I'd like to talk, if you could go to your slide about the interstate health compacts and ask you just
• This expanding the interstate health compacts, does that increase the risk of medical malpractice, or

Committee: House Courts, Corrections & Justice Committee

Transcript Highlights:

• [clears throat] House Bill 181, an act relating to interstate massage compact.
• [clears throat] House Bill 181, an act relating to interstate massage compact.
• House Bill 217, an act relating to designated income tax refunds to the animal control and care fund.
• House Joint Resolution 12, a joint resolution designating the Charlie Kirk Memorial Highway in Boone
• House Joint Resolution 14, a joint resolution designating the Representative Bob Dwis Memorial Highway

Transcript Highlights:

• So, uh since 2009, MnDOT uh must make an internal bid on any maintenance, inspection, or design work
• We're not going to be designing that type of bridge all the time.
• that type of not going to be designing that type of bridge<00:20:13.560><c> all</c><00:20:13.720><c>
• on staff to to design that type of<00:20:26.880><c> bridge</c><00:20:27.920><c> and</c><00:20:28.120
• </c><01:12:56.560><c> Commerce</c> Um the FRSA and the Interstate Commerce Um the FRSA and the Interstate

Committee: Senate Transportation

Transcript Highlights:

• We represent 1,800 commercial interior designers in California.
• I am a certified interior designer with the commercial designation, and I have my own firm, and I pull
• Interior designer at Two Furnish. I oppose the bill.
• Olga Denevich, interior designer, and I support.
• Sally Midgley, an interior designer at Appadec Architecture and Interior Design, and I oppose.

Summary: The committee heard several bills, beginning with AB 1921 on video game shutdowns. The author and Consumer Reports supported requiring game operators to give 60 days’ notice before ending server support and to offer a menu of remedies, including refunds or playable/offline alternatives, while the Entertainment Software Association opposed the bill as an unwarranted new standard for digital products and raised safety and legal concerns about community servers. Members questioned the scope of refunds, copyright, and community-server issues, and the author said he was open to further amendments. The bill was moved on a due-pass motion to Senate Appropriations and placed on call. AB 1965, dealing with cannabis testing, was presented as a measure to strengthen the Department of Cannabis Control’s authority over testing labs and improve product safety and transparency. The California Cannabis Operators Association supported the bill, saying it would help ensure consistent standards and protect consumers in a market with a large illicit component. There was no opposition, and the bill was moved on a due-pass motion to Senate Appropriations and placed on call. The committee also heard AB 2141, which would allow the Board of Pharmacy to resolve certain disciplinary matters through a voluntary pre-accusation settlement process. The author and a supporting pharmacist said it would speed resolution of smaller, technical cases and reduce costs, while a member raised concerns about transparency and whether the public would have less information about licensee misconduct. The bill passed the committee on a due-pass motion to Senate Appropriations, with Senator Menjivar voting no, and was placed on call. AB 2163, creating strategic clean energy and critical mineral development zones, was supported by the author and Imperial County as a way to prioritize geothermal and lithium development in areas like the Salton Sea region; it passed on a due-pass motion to Senate Appropriations and was placed on call. Later, AB 1990 on compounded weight-loss drug advertising drew significant debate. Supporters argued it would curb misleading ads and require disclosures about risks and non-FDA approval, while opponents from the compounding pharmacy community said it would create burdens, duplicate existing false-advertising law, and could harm patient access. Members questioned whether the bill actually addressed targeting minors and whether it would force use of FDA-approved labeling; the author said the bill was meant to add specificity and guardrails. The bill was moved on a due-pass motion to Senate Judiciary, with some no votes, and placed on call. The committee also heard AB 2783 on court reporters, which would add a national certification pathway and extend a remote reporting pilot; it drew support from court reporting stakeholders and passed unanimously on a due-pass motion to Senate Appropriations, placed on call. Finally, AB 2771, the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education sunset bill, and AB 2772, the interior design certification sunset bill, were presented and heard with mixed testimony: AB 2771 received support from student and borrower advocates and was moved to Senate Education, while AB 2772 drew both support and strong opposition over CCIDC governance and accountability, with the committee hearing extensive public comment before the transcript ended.

Transcript Highlights:

• A bill enacting the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact, providing for the appointment of New Mexico
• Compact Commissioners, requiring the public posting of Interstate Commission bylaws, rules, and minutes
• enacting new sections of the Medical Practice Act, and providing for a contingent repeal of the Interstate
• An act relating to licensure, enacting the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact. of New Mexico Compact
• for a contingent repeal of the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact: Senate Bill 1.

Transcript Highlights:

• This bill is designed to protect minors by...
• This bill is designed to protect minors by requiring notification that the minors are interfacing with
• So the amendment is designed to do two things.
• This bill prohibits the data sharing of federal and interstate systems.
• They're defined by whether a program is operating as designed or if it has defects.

Summary: The committee approved the minutes from March 10, 2026, and then heard several House bills, mostly on appropriations, fees, water, food assistance, technology, and licensing. HB 2056, which would appropriate $100,000 for an Arizona Department of Water Resources feasibility study on brackish groundwater desalination, passed 6-3 despite concerns raised in opposition about increased groundwater pumping, subsidence, and impacts to tribal lands and conservation efforts. HB 2057, reducing the Arizona Centennial Special Plate renewal fee from $25 to $20, also passed 7-2 after one senator objected that the plate’s purpose and discount were not well justified. HB 2224, appropriating $1 million annually to DES for the produce incentive program, drew supportive testimony from food access groups who said the program helps families, farmers, and local markets; members noted the amount was below the prior $2 million funding level and could force site closures, but the bill passed 9-0. The committee also advanced HB 2257, which changes the distribution of watercraft registration and fee revenue, shifting more money to lake improvement and boating safety funds and less to the watercraft licensing fund. It passed 6-3 amid criticism that the bill moved money away from Game and Fish and concern that the boating safety fund increase could support immigration enforcement. HB 2265, which bars courts from charging criminal defendants for public defender services and certain other criminal-case fees and assessments, passed 7-1 after extensive testimony from advocates who argued the fees burden indigent defendants and cost more to collect than they raise; opponents called it a cost shift to counties and other local governments and said more fiscal data was needed. HB 2311, regulating publicly available conversational AI services with disclosure, anti-gamification, sexual-content restrictions, parental tools, and self-harm protocols, passed 7-2 after the sponsor and supporters framed it as child protection, while opponents warned about privacy, surveillance, and overbroad definitions; an Epstein amendment broadening the bill was rejected. The committee then considered HB 2752, which would subject Arizona Commerce Authority trade offices to legislative appropriation and require annual reporting. The ACA said it was neutral but supported the concept of data-driven decisions; the sponsor said the Legislature should approve trade offices and that the bill reflected his prior trade-office initiatives. An Epstein amendment requiring objective research for trade-office appropriations was rejected, and the bill passed 6-3. Finally, the committee heard HB 2957, which would preserve non-Real ID driver’s licenses, prohibit mandatory participation in enhanced ID programs, restrict biometric collection and document retention, and bar government entities from requiring digital or mobile IDs. The sponsor and several supporters argued it protects privacy, state sovereignty, and informed consent, while opponents from ADOT and the trucking industry warned it could conflict with federal Real ID and CDL requirements and jeopardize federal compliance and funding. The discussion was still ongoing at the end of the transcript, with witnesses and members debating whether the bill would change current practice or create federal conflicts.

Transcript Highlights:

• This bill is designed to protect minors by... It does not violate that executive order.
• So the amendment is designed to do two things.
• This bill prohibits the data sharing of federal and interstate systems.
• Once again, just capsulize, which he gave us, because I think that's very important about interstate
• They're to determine whether a program is operating as designed or if it has defects.

Bills: HB2056 , HB2057 , HB2224 , HB2257 , HB2265 , HB2311 , HB2352 , HB2367 , HB2369 , HB2446 , HB2532 , HB2592 , HB2752 , HB2809 , HB2957

Committee: Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Keywords: brackish water, groundwater, desalination, water resources, feasibility study, environmental impact, special plates, centennial, Arizona Department of Transportation, vehicle registration, commercial discounts, Arizona Centennial, produce incentive, agriculture, economic support, funding, Arizona, boating, watercraft licensing, law enforcement

Transcript Highlights:

• The NPDB is designed to improve health care quality and protect the public by improving transparency.
• I believe all of you have received our informational document endorsing the Interstate Medical Licensure
• So I have some questions about the, you know, one of your recommendations is passing the interstate medical
• In 2009, we were designated Designated as the state's health information exchange; primarily that designation
• Under the ADA, public employers with 50 or more employees must designate an ADA coordinator to coordinate

Committee: House Legislative Health & Human Services Committee

Transcript Highlights:

• Do they are they designed to cover the costs for which the funds are used?
• Part of it was the big gist of it came from when we were building Interstate 93.
• Part of it was the big gist of it came from when we were building Interstate 93.
• Part of it was the big gist of it came from when we were building Interstate 93.
• Part of it was the big gist of it came from when we were building Interstate 93.

Summary: The Division 2 Finance Committee heard an overview and budget presentation from New Hampshire Fish and Game, led by new Executive Director Stephanie Simi and Business Division Chief Kathy Leonti. The agency described its mission to conserve and manage fish, wildlife, and marine resources, and emphasized growing pressures from disease, climate impacts, habitat change, and increased public demand. Simi said the department is largely funded by hunting and fishing license revenue and federal grants, is reviewing staffing and internal processes, and faces critical needs including permanent funding for environmental review staff, infrastructure and IT modernization, and possible service reductions if additional support is not found. Members asked about specific program and policy issues, including chronic wasting disease in deer, hemorrhagic disease in rabbits and hares, moose population decline, and a proposed bait-disease bill. The department said it is actively monitoring diseases and did not see a need for the bait bill at this time. Legislators also discussed the Hike Safe program, which the department said has grown from an expected $100,000 annually to more than $300,000, and a possible boating version of that program, which the department said remains under consideration but would involve complex logistics and multiple agencies. Questions were also raised about rescue costs, out-of-state hikers, and whether boat registrations could be used as a revenue source; Fish and Game said boat registration is handled by the Department of Safety, though the department receives $5 per registered boat for the public boat access program. The budget discussion focused on revenue projections, use of unrestricted Fish and Game funds, and dependence on federal reimbursements. Leonti said the department met the governor’s general fund target but not the Fish and Game fund target without using surplus unrestricted funds, leaving only about $100,000 in the fund by the end of the biennium. She said the budget uses more than $18 million in Fish and Game funds annually against about $14 million in unrestricted revenue, and that five of 193 full-time positions remain unfunded. The department warned that if federal grants were halted, it could cost about $5 million over five months and force the Fish and Game fund to cover the gap. Committee members also requested that future presentations be sent electronically in advance, and the department agreed to do so.

Transcript Highlights:

• He said he is a recovering law professor and could talk about the interstate commerce clause, the dormant
• commerce clause I could the interstate commerce clause I could talk<03:33:49.399><c> to</c><03:33:49.560
• </c><03:34:09.640><c> uh</c> that incl that makes it an interstate uh that incl that makes it an interstate
• commerce clause and its interstate commerce clause and its applicability<03:34:28.880><c> uh</c><03:
• designated as First Responders<04:31:07.359><c> and</c><04:31:07.479><c> what</c><04:31:07.600><c> it

Transcript Highlights:

• so today is our day of compacts, and we will start off with House Bill 10, Physician Assistant Interstate
• And we will start off with House Bill 10, Physician Assistant Interstate Compact.
• So moving on to the next one, we have social work licensure interstate compact.
• We have Social Work Licensure Interstate Compact. Representative Herndon, or Sadia Lopez.
• House Bill 31, which is the EMS Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact. And she has come armed.

Committee: House House Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:

• to a temporary pilot to extend hours of liquor licenses and to allow for public consumption in designated
• It also allows municipalities to establish designated public consumption districts for expanded alcohol
• officials determine it is appropriate for their community and allows communities to determine where designated
• And as gut-wrenching lawsuits and firsthand accounts reveal, interstate travel has also become a necessity
• a temporary pilot to extend the hours of liquor licenses and to allow for public consumption in designated

Summary: The House began with ceremonial resolutions, adopting several measures congratulating new Eagle Scouts and recognizing the town of Sturbridge on the 250th anniversary of the United States. It then took up and advanced several local bills, including the Massachusetts Consumer Data Privacy Act (S. 2619/H. 5472), a Fall River land conveyance bill, a Belmont alcohol licensing bill, a Reading senior property tax exemption bill, and a Lynnfield fund appropriation bill. The House also recessed and later returned to continue floor action. The most extensive debate centered on the data privacy bill, which supporters described as a comprehensive consumer privacy framework. Members emphasized rights to access, correct, delete, and transfer personal data; limits on data collection; enhanced protections for sensitive data; a ban on selling precise location data; restrictions on targeted advertising to minors; and enforcement focused largely on large data holders rather than small businesses. Several members spoke in favor, framing the bill as a response to surveillance capitalism and a protection for vulnerable groups, civil liberties, and small businesses. The House adopted amendments and passed the bill to be enacted by roll call vote. The House also passed a fiscal year 2026 supplemental appropriations bill after a separate constitutional vote, and enacted a bill extending Milton’s deadline to appropriate money for a high school or conservation land. Another major item was the bill authorizing municipalities to opt into a temporary summer 2026 pilot extending liquor license hours and allowing public consumption in designated districts; after debate and an amendment, it was passed to be engrossed and the House concurred with the Senate’s referral. The House additionally enacted a bill updating laws concerning individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, with members praising the removal of outdated and offensive language and stressing that the measure changed terminology without altering substantive rights. The session ended with the House adopting an order to adjourn and meet again the following Monday.

Transcript Highlights:

• So first, in 2022, we designed and developed the ILP Data Lake and all the related systems.
• So I guess the question would be, would you want to seek a change to the statute to prioritize interstate
• There are a couple of different ways if you wanted to prioritize interstate travel.
• So there are examples, I think, Las Cruces to... ...interstate travel.
• think, Las Cruces to Albuquerque, where it has funded intrastate travel, but it does also fund interstate

Summary: The Department of Public Safety presented its FY27 budget request, emphasizing three priorities: improving community engagement through a redesigned website and outreach, expanding statewide data and intelligence integration through intelligence-led policing, and improving emergency response and officer safety through fleet replacement, a driving track, and a requested helicopter. DPS said much of its increase is driven by rising health care premiums, and it is also seeking special appropriations for fleet replacement, the website rebuild, and an Honor Guard program created after the 2022 helicopter crash that killed four public servants. Members asked about vacancies, fleet costs, cybersecurity compliance, the real-time crime center, EV fleet participation, and the Metro DPS facility. DPS said its vacancy rate is about 9%, its fleet replacement needs are driven by mileage and condition, it is compliant with federal CJIS standards even though DoIT has raised concerns, the real-time crime center would be built as a regional model to complement Albuquerque’s center, and the Metro facility is moving toward a January groundbreaking. Committee members also discussed several DPS-related capital and IT requests, including the intelligence-led policing data lake, recurring maintenance for critical systems, and a $5.6 million reauthorization for state crime lab DNA backlog work and a $900,000 reauthorization for fingerprinting equipment. DPS explained that the website request is high because the current site must be rebuilt from scratch to support missing-person alerts, memorial updates, ADA compliance, and better communication with law enforcement and the public. Members also raised concerns about speed enforcement, construction-zone cameras, and whether EVs are practical for patrol use; DPS said it is not pursuing speed cameras and is only partially participating in the state EV initiative because patrol needs make full electrification difficult. The committee then received an LFC quarterly update on non-recurring appropriations from the 2025 General Appropriation Act. LFC reported that of the $1.4 billion appropriated in Section 5, $164 million had been expended and $333 million encumbered, leaving $897.4 million unspent, which is a slower pace than the prior year. Staff highlighted a number of reauthorization requests and slow-moving projects across agencies, including AOC cybersecurity funding, DFA housing and public safety grants, DoIT cybersecurity and higher education funds, EDD economic development and energy programs, OSI mitigation and malpractice funds, EMNRD energy and geothermal grants, Health Care Authority behavioral health-related appropriations, DPS crime lab and fingerprinting funds, PED career technical education and special education initiatives, and higher education loan repayment and technology funds. Members questioned why some large appropriations had little or no spending, discussed the need to monitor reauthorizations more closely, and asked for follow-up on several specific line items and project balances.

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> we have made uh a demand of the design we have made uh a demand of the design Builder<00:24:31.559
• Seeing none, let's move on to SB 1365, Interstate Medical Licensing.
• SB 1365, Interstate Medical Licensing. Hawaii Medical Board.
• The bill will enable the board to fully participate in the Interstate Medical Compact as a designated
• Okay, this next bill is SB 365, Interstate Medical Licensure Compact.

Committee: House Health

Summary: The committee first took up SB 1494 on hearing aids. Testimony was generally supportive of expanding hearing-aid coverage, with the Insurance Division raising concern about possible federal defrayment issues, SHPDA supporting the goal of hearing augmentation, DCAB strongly supporting the bill as an important access issue, and health plans and insurers asking for amendments. Kaiser Permanente and the Hawaii Association of Health Plans requested changes to add a medical-necessity standard and clarify annual notice language, while HMSA suggested the proposal should be studied by the auditor. The chair noted concerns about federal preemption and the lack of an audit, and deferred the bill in favor of a related resolution calling for a study. The committee then heard SB 1448, an emergency appropriation for the Hawaii State Hospital. DAGS and the Department of Health supported the measure, with the hospital administrator saying the funding would improve the environment of care, support cleaning, and allow a third-party review of the building. Committee members questioned the size of the request and the status of litigation against the design-builder. Administration witnesses said they were pursuing a comprehensive study involving destructive testing, had made a demand on the design-builder to fund the study, and were using different processes than before. They also said the roof work would be handled through a separate CIP request. No final action was taken in the portion provided. The committee next heard SB 1432, relating to the future responsibilities of the Department of Health and land issues at Kalaupapa after the last patient dies. DOH supported the bill in part but said its long-term role would be limited mainly to environmental cleanup, with operations expected to continue under the National Park Service and land-use decisions left to DHHL and beneficiary consultation. DHHL asked that the measure reflect that any land-use or zoning changes on homeland lands require commission approval and beneficiary consultation. Testifiers from Kalaupapa and Maui County, including Degra Vanderbilt-Papa and Council Member Keani Rollins-Fernandez, supported deferring the bill, saying there had been no meaningful community discussion about provisions affecting Kalaupapa’s future management and possible transfer of responsibilities to Maui County. The committee also read into the record written testimony from Gloria Marks emphasizing that Kalaupapa stakeholders must be included in future discussions. Finally, the committee heard SB 955 on fitness-to-proceed examinations. The Judiciary and the Public Defender’s Office both supported raising pay and standardizing expectations for private examiners, but opposed reducing felony fitness evaluations from three examiners to one and opposed expanding use of expedited reports. They argued that a single examiner would reduce reliability, create a more adversarial process, and likely increase costs and contested hearings, while expedited reports do not contain enough information for a proper fitness determination. The Department of Health also supported the bill’s intent but asked to preserve a three-examiner framework and said the goal was to reduce the number of people sent to the State Hospital, where admissions have reportedly risen about 20% year over year since Act 26. The bill remained under discussion in the excerpt, with no final vote shown.

Transcript Highlights:

• We do have a completed wildlife crossing structure feasibility study that comes with conceptual designs
• So you'll have good examples of major interstate projects across six lanes versus a two-lane highway,
• Where Washington has invested in well-designed wildlife crossings like along I-90 and 97, collisions
• It must design the facility and acquire sufficient right-of-way to accommodate future construction of
• But at its core, it helps fix gaps in how our roads are designed and maintained and make sure safety

Committee: House Transportation

Transcript Highlights:

• So the respiratory care, it just creates a collaborative agreement between interstate compact that we're
• Brown, president, Kentucky Athletic Trainer Society. >> House Bill 628 is the Athletic Trainer Interstate
• <00:01:51.680><c> interstate</c><00:01:52.159><c> compact</c><00:01:52.720><c> that</c><00:01:52.960>
• <c> we're</c> interstate interstate compact that we're interstate interstate compact that we're allowed
• We're working with Interstate Compact.

Committee: Senate Licensing & Occupations

Transcript Highlights:

• students, at least— —three members of the school board must be elected by the voters residing within designated
• Well, my understanding of the compact is that it's an interstate military compact, so the compact commission
• Commission, I don't know if it's the commission, what the name of the group is, would have to agree interstate-wise
• outside the compact, so they're not agreed to necessarily by all of the states that are part of the interstate

Summary: The committee first took executive action on House Bill 1662, which would require the State Board of Education, the Professional Educator Standards Board, the Financial Education Public-Private Partnership, and the Washington State Charter School Commission to make separate administrative arrangements and operate independently. Staff explained a proposed third substitute that delays implementation to July 1, 2027, clarifies independent agency status, and directs OFM and OSPI to support the transition. The prime sponsor and another member spoke in favor, emphasizing agency independence and better use of funds. The committee approved the bill 19-0 and reported the proposed third substitute out with a due pass recommendation. The committee then acted on House Bill 1683, which sets minimum numbers of school directors elected by director district for certain school districts. The substitute changed the enrollment thresholds, clarified the effective date, and removed intent language. Supporters argued it would improve parent and student representation; opponents said it would create an unfunded mandate and micromanage local districts. The committee passed the substitute 11-8 and reported it out with a due pass recommendation. In public hearing, House Bill 2534 was heard first. The bill would expand enrollment flexibility and record-transfer protections for military-connected students, including allowing enrollment before arrival, extending proof-of-residence timelines, and adding protections for students with IEPs or 504 plans. District, military, and advocacy witnesses generally supported the bill as promoting stability, though some asked for changes to a proposed 30-day reevaluation timeline and noted possible compact-related issues. The hearing then moved to House Bill 2557, which would require school districts to provide special education evaluation reports to parents at least five school days before eligibility meetings. Supporters said this would help families prepare and participate meaningfully; district and special education staff warned it could shorten already tight evaluation timelines and create implementation challenges. The committee suspended and later closed the hearing on that bill after time ran out, with the chair noting it could be eligible for executive action the following week. The final public hearing was on House Bill 2594, which would codify McKinney-Vento homeless student protections into state law, assign related duties to OSPI and school districts, and require periodic state reporting. The sponsor and numerous advocates, school district staff, PTA representatives, and individuals with lived experience testified in support, saying it would improve stability, accountability, and access to education for homeless students. One witness asked that grant funding explicitly include community-based organizations. The hearing closed after a large number of pro and some con sign-ins, and the chair also closed the hearing on House Bill 2557, noting amendment deadlines and that the bills could be eligible for executive action the next week.