Transcript Highlights:

• Division of Financial Institutions brings virtual currency kiosks within the purview of money transmission
• The bill modifies the definition for currency transmission to include digital wallets and the business
• The bill requires compliance by any virtual currency kiosk with money transmission statutory requirements
• The bill requires compliance by any virtual currency kiosk with money transmission statutory requirements
• The bill authorizes money transmission and currency exchange through the money transmission kiosk and

Summary: The Senate considered and passed a series of House bills on third reading, with several title amendments and a few effective-date motions adopted. Early in the session, members passed HB 4452 removing acreage limits on land owned by church or religious trustees, HB 4577 creating reciprocal driver’s license recognition agreements with Ireland and Japan, HB 4588 authorizing West Virginia participation in a federal tax credit scholarship program, and HB 4592 requiring higher education institutions to create coordinated campus safety maps. HB 4602 was amended to align with a prior Senate child welfare pilot program, and members discussed its projected cost and implementation timeline before passing it. HB 4603 created a pre-adjudicatory alternative disposition process in abuse and neglect cases, and HB 4606 narrowed bail rules by requiring consideration of residency and community ties while prohibiting personal recognizance bonds for violent felony offenses after an adopted amendment. The Senate also passed HB 4710 changing the party-registration deadline for candidates from 60 to 180 days before an election, with debate over its impact on independents, and made it effective January 1, 2027. HB 4712, known as Bailey’s Law, increased penalties for DUI causing death and related conduct, with emotional testimony from members about the victim and similar tragedies. HB 4765 established a pay raise for teachers, school personnel, and state police and added a market-pay enhancement system based on county cost-of-living differences; an amendment to the amendment capped county differentials and guaranteed at least a 1% increase in every county. HB 4865 created an optional program for high school and homeschool students to serve as election official trainees, and HB 4869 established narrow guaranteed-issue rights for Medicare supplement policies. Later bills included HB 4995, which strengthened video/audio recording rules in special education classrooms and was passed, then reconsidered and passed again; HB 4996 creating a new crime for making threats of violence against schools or children; HB 5048 guaranteeing virtual instruction for foster children in temporary placement; HB 5065 adding recordkeeping and geolocation requirements for hotel marketplace facilitators to ensure proper hotel tax remittance; and HB 5074 reallocating medical cannabis fund revenues to child protection, homeless services, research, law enforcement, and other purposes. The Senate also passed HB 5101, the Joanna Phillips Domestic Violence Prevention Act, which increased penalties for domestic violence offenses and adjusted bail provisions, after amending it to conform with the earlier bail bill. Additional measures passed included HB 5166 requiring notice before political committees are fined for filing violations and allowing limited extensions, HB 5168 directing $12 million in lottery funds to EMS first responders and county EMS support, HB 5182 authorizing certain state treasurer security personnel to carry concealed firearms, HB 5212 streamlining higher-education financial aid rules, HB 5214 allowing court-ordered drug testing of parents before reunification in abuse and neglect cases, HB 5353 regulating virtual currency kiosks with licensing, disclosures, and transaction limits, and HB 5366 exempting J-LAP records from FOIA to protect confidentiality for lawyers and judges seeking assistance. Most bills passed with strong bipartisan support, though HB 5074 and HB 5353 drew some dissenting votes.

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• all the Group 14, 12, CLA, that they cannot get energy for 8 to 12 years because they don't have transmission
• all the group 14, 12, CLA, that they cannot get energy for 8 to 12 years because they don't have transmission
• And also, I think what I also noted in the announcement of that, that it's a lack of transmission lines
• actually... ...of that, that it's a lack of transmission lines actually that is creating that issue.
• So I just think it emphasizes, Zach, and you can again answer the question, that the need for transmission

Bills: SB6013 , SB6291

Committee: House Environment & Energy

Keywords: ski areas, winter sports, terminology, recreation, economic development, SB6291, on-site wastewater treatment, onsite wastewater treatment, septic system, sewage treatment, wastewater inspection, environmental health, local board of health, public health, professional engineer, land surveyor, certificate of competency, inspection standards, design review, supervised practice

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• Clause 11 is for installing measures to prevent transmission of avian influenza, such as the lasers that
• Clause 11 is for installing measures to prevent transmission of avian influenza, such as the lasers that
• Clause 11 is for installing measures to prevent transmission of avian influenza, such as the lasers that
• </c><00:21:34.640><c> of</c><00:21:34.799><c> aven</c><00:21:35.280><c> influenza</c> prevent transmission
• of aven influenza prevent transmission of aven influenza such<00:21:36.240><c> as</c><00:21:36.960><

Bills: HF2446

Committee: House Agriculture Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:

• We have no interstates in District 2. We didn't have any interstates.
• It doesn't have an interstate, and that's what I was trying to get at.
• You'll note we do have interstates.
• Of course, our interstates are our priorities here. So you'll see the next one on the.
• Probably realize is going to be the connection between 550 and Interstate 40.

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• :06.680><c> shore</c><00:08:07.039><c> to</c> transmission line from the shore to transmission line from
• One last point: in terms of the transmission generally, the transmission cost that is intended to support
• <01:43:08.159><c> generally</c><01:43:09.159><c> the</c><01:43:09.280><c> transmission</c> transmission
• generally the transmission transmission generally the transmission cost<01:43:10.360><c> that</c><01

Committee: House Science, Technology and Energy

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• Masking reduces the transmission significantly.
• transmission transmission significantly<00:20:27.200><c> we</c><00:20:27.360><c> need</c><00:20:27.600
• </c> decreased transmission decreased transmission which<05:03:10.600><c> means</c><05:03:11.440><c>
• transmission transmission rather<05:03:40.798><c> they</c><05:03:41.000><c> decrease</c><05:03:41.680
• If these vaccines do not prevent transmission or cannot do so, why should we mandate them?

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• lose their pregnancy and have weak calves, that is when the organism, the bacteria, is highly transmissible
• Consumption of non-pasteurized milk from infected cattle is a major route of transmission to humans.
• Consumption of non-pasteurized milk from infected cattle is a major route of transmission to humans.
• That is why, for the record, our raw milk program does require. ...is a major route of transmission to

Committee: House Agricultural Affairs

Transcript Highlights:

• says Randall, the data center to Randall, the data center to served just our needs and build the transmission
• the National Environmental Policy Act and the Clean Water Act that makes it difficult to build transmission
• There's no investment and transmission or distribution facilities.
• putting multiple s and bars and then existing site because you already have all the control of the transmission
• put multiple units at a single site using technology that we have the control, the water, the transmission

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• constantly issues should be a warning that maybe the utility is not prepared for the increased transmission
• with no problems, but every one megawatt of community solar we put on the line is subject to COIN transmission
• note about community solar or DG generally is that it's And that it's about the perspective of transmission
• Transmission lines cost billions of dollars; they take years, if not decades, to structure on the distribution
• Without this program, there will be further strain pushed onto the transmission system.

Bills: HF2103 , HF2793

Committee: House Energy Finance and Policy

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• drivers of soaring electricity rates, including wildfire mitigation costs, lowering the cost of transmission
• Building transmission lines, wildfire mitigation, and much more.
• The years, the five years or more that it takes to get a transmission line approved is the real culprit
• And in fact, in our very first hearing on how best to build out our transmission and keep costs affordable
• The element of this proposal that is related to public financing for transmission infrastructure would

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• business entities from the extraterritorial application of foreign censorship laws by establishing interstate
• business entities from the extraterritorial application of foreign censorship laws by establishing interstate
• :09:31.920><c> establishing</c> censorship laws by establishing censorship laws by establishing interstate
• 33.920><c> forum</c><01:09:34.560><c> with</c><01:09:34.960><c> clear</c><01:09:35.359><c> and</c> interstate
• So I think that what the bill does is it prevents the outbound transmission of those threats.

Bills: HB0103 , HB0070 , HB0091

Committee: House Judiciary

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• Is it easily transmissible, or not?
• rate out what's the actual transmission rate of<00:35:43.680><c> the</c><00:35:43.920><c> virus.
• ,</c> you know, easily transmissible, you know, easily transmissible, uh,<00:35:53.040><c> you</c><00
• <01:04:08.720><c> but</c><01:04:09.920><c> uh</c><01:04:10.160><c> unfortunately</c> transmission but
• <01:08:14.640><c> is</c><01:08:14.960><c> suspect</c> transmission is suspect transmission is suspect

Summary: The New Hampshire House Special Committee on the COVID Response Efficacy met to continue its fact-finding review of the state’s pandemic response, with the chair restating the committee’s mission and focus on federal guidance, federal funding, emergency use authorization vaccination efforts, long COVID, patient rights, and vaccination policies. The chair said the committee had previously reviewed materials about the U.S. Supreme Court declining to hear a COVID vaccine case and CDC internal emails about vaccine risks, and introduced additional research on CDC testing and communications failures. A large portion of the meeting was devoted to summarizing articles and a recent U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations report titled *Unmasked: How Biden Health Officials Purposely Turned a Blind Eye Toward COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Signals*. The chair argued that CDC testing and guidance were flawed, citing delayed data publication, confusing guidance, a faulty early COVID test, missed opportunities to study silent spread, and alleged suppression of safety information. The Senate report was described as alleging that FDA and CDC officials knew their surveillance systems could mask vaccine safety signals, that officials discouraged internal analysis from being shared externally, and that newer analytical methods identified multiple statistically significant adverse-event signals. The chair also discussed the V-safe system, VAERS, and claims that federal officials downplayed or concealed adverse-event data. Members and the chair connected these federal issues to New Hampshire, noting changes in the state’s health care landscape since the pandemic, including more urgent care facilities and satellite ERs. The chair suggested New Hampshire should develop independent scientific assessment resources to validate federal information in future emergencies. Representative Wheeler noted that the materials would be entered into the committee record and made available on the House website. No votes were taken; the committee discussed the materials, invited further questions, and indicated that a proposed committee communication would be revisited later after additional supporting information is gathered, with a goal of issuing a statement by the end of June.

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• Members, House Bill 3521 is the Oklahoma Money Transmission Modernization Act.
• The main goal is to bring the current money transmission in...
• The main goal is to bring the current money transmission statute into line with 30 other states so we

Bills: HB4284 , HB1250 , HB4190 , HB3086

Committee: House Public Safety

Keywords: animal abuse, offender registry, public safety, animal welfare, criminal justice, Oklahoma legislation, local law enforcement, Public Safety Technology Revolving Fund, grants, state funding, law enforcement technology, cyber crime, fraud prevention, Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, insurance fee, digital forensics, investigative support, revolving fund, prisons, corrections

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• Members, House Bill 3521 is the Oklahoma Money Transmission Modernization Act.
• Main goal is to bring the current money transmission in Main goal is to bring the current money transmission

Summary: The committee took up a series of House bills, adopting several PCS/committee substitutes by unanimous consent before hearing each measure. HB 3521, the Oklahoma Money Transmission Modernization Act, would consolidate money transmission law, add licensing for payment processors and digital asset kiosks, require Oklahoma licensure and home-state licensure, and raise certain fees; it passed 5-0. HB 4153 updated driver licensing language to reference Service Oklahoma instead of the Department of Public Safety and passed without objection. HB 3691 would allow applicants for a Class D license to self-certify medical ability to drive safely, addressing privacy concerns for a constituent with depression; it passed 6-0. HB 3045 expanded an existing prohibition on municipalities charging service fees for emergency responses to include fire departments, with an amendment exempting volunteer/rural fire departments; after discussion about taxing versus feeing for services, it passed 4-3. The committee also advanced HB 2977, which would let deaf or hard-of-hearing drivers voluntarily note that status on their license to help law enforcement during traffic stops; Service Oklahoma said there would be no fiscal impact, and the bill passed 4-0. HB 4408 would codify how the 780-781 Community Safety Fund savings are calculated, using a formula developed by LOFT and the court system; LOFT testified the language would make the calculation definitive, and the bill passed 7-0. HB 3152 would give Corporation Commission officers authority at ports of entry to arrest and transport violators with pending warrants within their current jurisdiction, reducing the need to call other agencies; it passed 7-0. HB 4058, with an amendment correcting “diver” to “driver,” would allow Oklahomans to add their blood type to a driver’s license as a voluntary option to raise awareness and potentially aid emergency care; it passed 7-0. HB 3982 would create temporary tags for commercial vehicles and extend tag periods for certain in-state and out-of-state vehicles to address registration delays; it passed 7-0. Finally, HB 3115 would change Department of Corrections director qualifications to require either certified peace officer status or 10 years of corrections experience, set the appointment term at five years, and limit removal to a two-thirds legislative vote; it passed after brief discussion. The chair noted this was likely the last Public Safety Committee meeting of the session before Senate bills are considered.

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• and regulated by the local natural resource districts, with the few exceptions for non-spoil and interstate
• It is a 24-inch ductile iron transmission line, 7,900 feet that was installed in 1970.
• This line is one of our large transmission mains that To replace this critical line.
• This line is one of our large transmission mains that makes a service connection into Lincoln.

Summary: The Water Topics Overview Committee met with a quorum and received updates from the Department of Water Resources and the State Water Commission, followed by presentations from Deloitte on two legislative studies required by House Bill 1020. Director Reese Haas reviewed major project and budget updates, including the Northwest Area Water Supply and Southwest Pipeline projects, Resources Trust Fund balances, carryover spending, project prioritization, bid conditions, regional water system coverage, and department process improvements. Members also discussed how the commission prioritizes projects, maintenance expectations, and the impact of limited municipal water supply funding. No formal committee action was taken during the DWR update; the commission’s municipal funding decisions were described as pending its April 8 meeting. Deloitte then presented the cost-share policy study, which found that under current policy and forecasted revenues, North Dakota faces an estimated $1.3 billion shortfall over 14 years, with a near-term gap of about $1.8 billion through 2031. The firm outlined seven recommended options, including tighter definitions and a 25% cost share for eligible replacement projects, caps and financing strategies for the Mouse River and Red River Valley projects, aligning cost share with commission priority guidance, delaying lower-priority projects, using available lines of credit, and adjusting reimbursement timing for revolving loan funds. Committee members questioned inflation assumptions, affordability, user fees, and the use of legacy fund earnings for bonding, but no decisions were made. In the governance and finance study, Deloitte said final recommendations are still being refined, with a final report due May 29. The study examined the Southwest Pipeline, NAWS, and Red River Valley systems using governance and finance criteria such as decision authority, transparency, affordability, risk, and access to funding. For Southwest, Deloitte outlined options ranging from improved state-authority coordination to transferring ownership to the Southwest Water Authority; for NAWS, options focused on strengthening the authority’s role and potentially transitioning operations and maintenance; and for Red River, options ranged from enhanced facilitation to formal state oversight or state ownership. Members asked follow-up questions about ownership transfer, capital repayment streams, and why NAWS was not considered for transfer, and Deloitte said NAWS’s limited organizational maturity made that option less viable in the near term.

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• And it violates interstate commerce.
• two years ago, the Integrated Resource Plan is how the utilities plan for generation, plan for transmission
• There's a big employer in Pullman, Washington, and that employer builds transmission lines, transformers
• , breakers, and all kinds of equipment for transmission lines and utility companies for the power lines

Bills: HB2720 , HB2073 , SB5816 , SB5919 , SB5831 , SB6244 , SB6044 , SB5109 , SB5877 , SB6258

Keywords: behavioral health, emergency services, health insurance, provider access, mental health funding, premium assistance, funding, healthcare, subsidies, juice grapes, agriculture, commerce, state regulation, market access, fire safety, insurance incentives, best practices, community protection, voluntary measures, mortgage modification

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• They also provide benefits to the grid, avoiding the need for extra transmission and generation investments
• </c><00:19:10.640><c> and</c><00:19:10.960><c> generation</c> for extra transmission and generation for
• extra transmission and generation investments<00:19:13.039><c> and</c><00:19:13.280><c> I</c><00:19:
• </c> now starting to impact the transmission now starting to impact the transmission grid,<00:54:11.280
• </c> maintenance costs, and transmission maintenance costs, and transmission costs.<01:10:27.679><c>

Committee: Senate Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate

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• We also would need to expedite the pace at which we upgrade our transmission and distribution system.
• Upgrade our transmission and distribution system.
• In addition to that, Our distribution and transmission grid.
• If we needed to build a new substation, for example, or we needed to build a new transmission line or
• a sub-transmission line, the current timeline to do a project of that scale is seven-plus years.

Summary: The joint informational hearing of the Select Committee on Electric Vehicles and Charging Infrastructure focused on California’s EV market, charging infrastructure, and the effects of recent federal actions. The chair opened by emphasizing California’s progress on EV adoption and charging reliability, but also noted ongoing challenges with affordability, access, interoperability, heavy-duty electrification, and federal headwinds. She highlighted interest in technologies such as inductive charging and thanked host organizations and staff before moving to the first panel. State agency witnesses from Go-Biz, CARB, and the California Energy Commission described current programs and priorities. Go-Biz outlined its role in coordinating agencies, supporting permitting, and advancing the state’s ZEV market development strategy and equity action plan. CARB discussed federal attacks on its clean vehicle regulations, litigation to defend waiver authority, and the importance of incentives and regulatory programs such as Advanced Clean Trucks, Advanced Clean Fleets, Clean Truck Check, HVIP, and Clean Cars for All. The CEC detailed its funding and regulatory work on charging and fueling infrastructure, charger reliability, payment methods, roaming, and statewide planning, while stressing the need for more charging in multifamily housing and more public DC fast charging. All three agencies said federal rollbacks and permitting delays are major obstacles, but that California remains committed to expanding ZEV adoption. The second panel featured advocates, local government, utility, and research perspectives. CalETC urged continuous state funding through the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund and emphasized the low-carbon fuel standard, multifamily charging, and managed charging. An EV advocacy group proposed a conquest-style state incentive for new and used EV buyers and argued that multifamily housing is a major untapped market, while also favoring Level 2 charging over Level 1 for most home and apartment settings. Los Angeles County and LADWP described large-scale local deployment of chargers, fleet electrification, workforce training, and the need for sustained funding, agency coordination, and streamlined permitting and grid interconnection. UCS recommended prioritizing replacement of older high-emitting vehicles, using fuel policy revenues to support cleaner cars, and expanding bidirectional charging. The chair closed by asking for more discussion on Level 1 versus Level 2 charging and noted the importance of education, affordability, and practical deployment strategies.

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• </c> avoiding distribution and transmission. avoiding distribution and transmission.
• Those investments transmission lines.
• and distribution deferral, specifically transmission because, you know, transmission is planned out
• and distribution deferral, specifically transmission because, you know, transmission is planned out
• and distribution deferral, specifically transmission because, you know, transmission is planned out

Committee: House Science, Technology and Energy

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• Owensboro was selected because they have a transmission tower there on the river that is due to flooding
• The transmission tower is at risk of collapse into the river, and that would obviously affect service
• tower there on the have a transmission tower there on the river<00:26:08.960><c> that</c><00:26:09.440
• The transmission tower is inundation.
• The transmission tower is risking<00:26:15.440><c> threat</c><00:26:15.919><c> of</c><00:26:16.400><c

Summary: The House Budget Review Subcommittee heard testimony from the Energy and Environment Cabinet on the state-owned dam repair program and Kentucky’s electric grid resilience program. On dams, Commissioner Tony Hatton explained the legal definition and hazard classifications for Kentucky dams, noting there are 975 regulated dams statewide, including 76 state-owned dams, and that hazard ratings are based on potential loss of life or property damage if a dam fails. He described the cabinet’s screening criteria, including inundation mapping, engineering condition, and compliance status, and said the cabinet uses a design-bid-build procurement process to manage public funds responsibly. Hatton outlined current and planned dam projects funded from the prior biennium, including Willisburg Lake in Washington County, where work will address hydraulic capacity, unstable downstream slopes, and likely require a coffer dam, flood wall, auxiliary spillway, and raw water line replacement. He also said Big Bone Lake State Park Dam will be decommissioned, Clemens Lake Dam at Morehead State University is in design for a major rehabilitation, and additional projects include Marion County Sportsman’s Dam, Chenoa Lake Creek/Canning Creek Dam, and a rehabilitation study for the Mud River at Lake Malone. The cabinet also requested $500,000 for routine repairs and maintenance. Members questioned cost estimates, inflation, and whether it would be better to fund design separately; cabinet officials said estimates are current best engineering estimates, costs have generally stayed within about 10%, and the current funding flow requires all funds to be available before bidding. The committee then received a status update on the electric grid resilience program, a five-year federal formula grant under Section 40101(d) of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Officials said Kentucky has received years one through three of funding, which has been allocated to state park facilities and municipal electric utilities, while years four and five have not yet been received and would go to distribution cooperatives and remaining municipal utilities. Projects discussed included upgrades at Ken Lake State Park and Kentucky Dam Village, plus municipal projects in Owensboro, Princeton, Williamstown, and Hopkinsville. The cabinet said the selected projects focus on hardening infrastructure, replacing poles, wires, conductors, and transformers, improving vegetation management, and adding or upgrading outage management systems. Officials reported that all projects are under contract and moving into subcontracting and construction, while the Department of Parks is finalizing an agreement with Western Kentucky Rural Electric Cooperative for the park-related work.