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• That's all in accordance to House Rule That's all in accordance to House Rule 45.<00:11:34.480><c> So
• </c><00:11:38.720><c> 45</c> choices are based on House Rule 45 choices are based on House Rule 45 of
• I don't believe that rule specifies that, and I think that's relatively a new motion in that House Rule
• </c> to members of the committee? to members of the committee? &gt;&gt; Absolutely.
• </c> rules. Uh this is a very difficult one. rules. Uh this is a very difficult one.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The House Finance Division 3 work session opened with routine announcements, including new and absent members, a tribute to former chair Rep. Jess Edwards, and an explanation that Division 3 is advisory and will make recommendations to full Finance. Chair Mooney also distributed a self-created index to the budget binder and reviewed the committee’s options under House Rule 45. Members discussed scheduling a future visit to the Veterans Home in Tilton, with several October dates unavailable, and the chair said she would circulate possible dates. The committee also reviewed the second-year budget context and sources of funding, including surplus monies, existing and new revenue streams, grants, reappropriations, and the rainy day fund. The committee then took up several retained bills and repeatedly heard that their substance had already been addressed in the budget. House Bill 519, funding the Waypoint Youth and Young Adult Shelter, was moved ITL and passed 10-0. House Bill 547, county reimbursement funds, was also moved ITL and passed 10-0 after members noted the reimbursement had been included in HB 2. House Bill 570, repealing the prescription drug affordability board, was moved ITL and passed 10-0, with minority members saying they still believed the board had value but acknowledging the repeal had already occurred in HB 2. House Bill 704, concerning caregiver respite and senior volunteer programs, received the most discussion. Mr. Ripple explained that most items were already funded or suspended in the budget, leaving only the senior volunteer grant program unfunded. Chair Mooney offered amendment 2963H to fund the RSVP program at $180,000 for one year, contingent on surplus funds, and DHHS witnesses explained that RSVP is a federally funded AmeriCorps program that would be added to existing state licensing structures. The amendment was adopted unanimously, and the bill was reported ought to pass as amended on a 10-0 vote. The committee then heard House Bill 751, which would require licensure of outpatient substance use disorder treatment facilities and create an ombudsman-related complaint process. DHHS witnesses said the bill had been narrowed substantially from an earlier certification model with multiple positions and IT costs to a licensing model using existing department infrastructure, reducing the fiscal note to $211,000 for one position. They also said the ombudsman section was no longer needed because licensed facilities would fall under existing oversight. Members questioned how many facilities exist and whether licensing fees would cover costs; DHHS said it did not know the full provider landscape and that licensing revenue across the board does not cover the department’s costs. Rep. Daniels then proposed amendment 2964H to form a study committee because of the remaining questions and lack of a clear revenue stream, and the committee was still discussing that amendment when the transcript ended.

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• Quorum of the Senate Finance and House Appropriations Committee, the committee is ready for business.
• But the chair will rule that motion out of order, because the committee has already taken actions on
• And as I understand it, the ruling was... ...the reflection of committee action already.
• And as I understand it, the ruling was because the committee already acted on that, the substitute motion
• was ruled out of order.

Keywords: 989, all

Summary: The committee first received updates from LSO on the latest green sheet, including the revenue impact of House Bill 559, recent cash transfers, and the Idaho Budget Rescissions Act for FY 2026. Members then moved through a series of FY 2027 maintenance budgets, beginning with the legislative branch. The committee discussed the statewide 2% reduction layered on top of the governor’s recommendation, benefit-cost adjustments, and how those decisions were being built into the maintenance budgets. The legislative branch budget passed, followed by unanimous-consent adoption of related language. The committee next considered public safety, natural resources, health and human services, economic development, judicial branch, constitutional officers, and general government budgets. In each case, analysts explained how rescissions, ongoing base reductions, and statewide adjustments were incorporated. Several members objected to the across-the-board cuts, arguing they would reduce staffing or services in corrections, juvenile corrections, environmental quality, health and welfare, public defender services, crime victims compensation, tax administration, and treatment courts, while supporters said the committee needed a target and would revisit details in enhancement work groups. Most budget motions passed on divided votes and were forwarded with do-pass recommendations. The committee also adopted multiple sections of standard and nonstandard language, including cash transfers, reporting requirements, and agency-specific provisions. In Health and Human Services, members debated language requiring reporting on large acquisitions and transfers, and in Economic Development and General Government they adopted language affecting the State Public Defender, the Department of Insurance, and group insurance premiums. The meeting ended while the committee was still working through a disputed general government language item about funding employee health insurance premiums from reserve accounts, with members debating whether the language should reference specific reserve funds or broader reserve funding and whether the proposal was properly within JFAC’s scope.

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• The Senate Special Committee on Congressional Redistricting will come to order.
• I just want to draw to the attention of this committee that Mr.
• Chase Jr. has been sitting in every committee hearing that we've had since we started this committee.
• They've been ruled unconstitutional. My question for you, Mr.
• Chairman King: ...to take care of before the committee, I believe.

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• As a refresher, House Rule 3, Section 39.
• We'll be hearing bills and we will leave them pending for the full committee to vote on once this committee
• Bill analysis and committee reports will be handled by the Transportation Committee staff.
• Can you explain to this committee what?
• It wasn't even the federal rule, but by people on. the committee.

Committee: House S/C on Transportation Funding

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• House Bill 2573 is withdrawn from the Committee on the Judiciary and additionally referred to the Committee
• Reports of standing committees: without objection, reports of standing committees, as this is on the
• The bills from the Committee on Rules will be placed on the active calendar.
• We will be enforcing the rule in the sessions to come.
• We will be enforcing the rule in the sessions to come.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• Thank you for your testimony in support of the bill. committee to determine that house bill committee
• </c> Newfield thank you chairman committee Newfield thank you chairman committee members<03:28:37.960
• Chair and committee.
• </c> operate on that is in fishing game rules operate on that is in fishing game rules so<04:10:19.800
• You said there have been suggested study committees, but none have ... we haven't had a study committee

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee took up several bills in executive session, beginning with HB 568 on subdivision regulations concerning water supply. Representative Donnelly moved ITL, arguing the bill would create costly studies, that towns already have jurisdiction over needed studies, and that the issue was not widespread. The committee voted ITL 9-7. HB 582, dealing with safety requirements for personal watercraft, was also moved ITL on the grounds that existing law already covers the issue and the bill was unnecessary after recent action on personal flotation devices. Representative Derby opposed the ITL, saying the bill was a common-sense safety measure and would restore a misdemeanor penalty, but the committee voted ITL 9-7. The committee then retained HB 595, relative to coastal resilience zones, after members said the bill was important but needed more work and time because of its complexity. Members noted it should be revisited later, and the motion to retain passed 16-0. HB 607, funding the Hampton Beach Area Commission and making appropriations, received an ought-to-pass recommendation 15-1, with support from members who described Hampton Beach as an important economic driver and one dissenting member saying the state should not bear the full cost. The committee also adopted Amendment 2025-3 on HB 624, establishing a local river management advisory committee grant program, by a 16-0 vote; the amendment shifted funding decisions to the Department of Environmental Services based on demonstrated need and a first-come, first-served process. The bill as amended then received an ought-to-pass recommendation 16-0 and was placed on consent. Later, the committee retained HB 629, funding the operation, maintenance, and repair of state dams, after members said the dams need attention but the bill required more work because suggested amendments had just been received. That motion passed 16-0. HB 644, concerning drones in state parks, was ITL’d because the Department of Parks and Recreation is already working through rulemaking on UAS use in remote areas, and the committee voted 16-0 for ITL. HB 657, the short notice booking act access for New Hampshire residents to state parks, was also ITL’d at the request of the prime sponsor, passing 16-0. The committee then adjourned and announced a later hearing on HB 663, which would allow the Division of Historical Resources to use a portion of Moose plate funds for administering its grant program; testimony from the sponsor and the division supported the bill as clarifying existing authority, and no final vote on HB 663 was included in the transcript excerpt.

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• it's in the finance committee.
• and it's in the finance committee and it's in the finance committee. committee. committee.
• I thank you for the the committee.
• </c><01:35:49.960><c> in</c><01:35:50.080><c> the</c> committee and join this committee in the committee
• </c> thank you, committee. thank you, committee.

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Chairman, and members of the committee.
• Our rules, our Joint Rule 18, talks about the proponent of the bill, which I am, has the responsibility
• Now, I'll remind this committee, we are the Revenue and Taxation Committee.
• Now, I'll remind this committee, we are the Revenue and Taxation Committee.
• Chairman, members of the committee. Thank you, Mr. Chairman, members of the committee.

Committee: House Revenue and Taxation

Keywords: 989, all

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• Additional comments will be ruled out of order.
• Do pass and be re-referred to the committee.
• Seeing none, I'll bring it back to the committee. Any comments, questions? Committee of one.
• First I'd like to accept the committee amendments to narrow the scope of this bill and thank the committee
• years and appreciate the work of the committee and committee staff and we are accepting the amendments

Committee: House Elections

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I'm the reporter of that committee. I'm all...
• Chairman, members of the committee. I'm Judge Jeff Oglesby.
• Thank you, committee. Thank you. All right, Representative Maynup. Thank you, committee.
• Thank you, committee.
• Chair, members of the committee.

Committee: House Civil Law and Procedure

Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 718, which would limit liability for landowners who allow free use of private property for aeronautical activities at non-public airports. The author said the bill was modeled on Arkansas law and was intended to help private airstrips. After brief questions about fees and the effective date, the bill was reported favorably without objection. House Bill 134, dealing with material harmful to minors online, was then amended to clarify that interactive computer services may not deliver harmful material to minor accounts they created, while removing algorithm restrictions and cure language; it was reported as amended. House Bill 410, which would require notification before recording direct in-person conversations, drew substantial testimony. The author said the bill was aimed at privacy concerns raised by wearable AI devices and hidden recording tools, and the adopted amendments changed the measure from consent to notification and added exceptions for first responders, evidence preservation, civil or administrative proceedings, criminal matters, and recordings in one’s own residence. Supporters said the bill protected ordinary people from secret recordings, while opponents warned it could chill family-law recordings, citizen journalism, HOA disputes, and other legitimate uses. The bill was ultimately reported as amended. House Bill 318, which would reduce the presumption of paternity period from 300 days to 150 days, was heavily criticized by family-law practitioners and a law professor who said the current 300-day rule tracks gestation and that shortening it would shift burdens onto mothers; the author then voluntarily deferred the bill. A companion study resolution, HCR 19, directing the Louisiana State Law Institute to study the presumption of parentage, was reported favorably. The committee also heard House Bill 970 on competing custody orders. The author described cases where different courts issued conflicting custody rulings for the same child, but judges and attorneys raised concerns about the bill’s “earliest order controls” rule, its effect on out-of-state orders, protective orders, and the lack of a clear mechanism for judges to discover prior orders. After testimony from judges and committee discussion about possible fixes and a unified filing system, the bill was voluntarily deferred. House Bill 163, another private-airstrip liability bill, was reported favorably, and House Bill 170 and House Bill 194, both dealing with construction/design professional contracts and preemptive periods, were reported as amended or favorably after testimony that they would align design-professional rules with contractor rules and keep Louisiana projects under Louisiana law. House Bill 254, limiting acts of donation of motor vehicles to certain relatives and charities, was reported as amended after discussion about tax treatment and possible loopholes. Finally, the committee began House Bill 485, a proposed constitutional amendment declaring parental rights fundamental and subjecting government restrictions to strict scrutiny. Supporters argued it would protect parents’ authority over children’s upbringing, education, care, and control, while opponents said the language was overly broad and could complicate child welfare, public health, and school safety measures. The author said the amendment would not protect abuse or neglect and was meant to ensure government interference meets strict scrutiny, but the transcript cuts off before final action on the measure.

Transcript Highlights:

• The Committee on Rules reports recommending the following resolutions ought to be adopted.
• The Committee on Rules reports recommending the following resolutions ought to be adopted: resolutions
• Under 33F of House Rules, a roll call is required.
• Under 33F of House Rules, a roll call is required.
• It's not changing the rules.

Keywords: 1212, all

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• I want to thank committee staff for their work, the Rules Committee, Sergeant's Office, Speaker's Office
• Privacy has been a bipartisan value on this committee.
• She is the chair of the Labor Committee.
• Rule in California.
• Good afternoon, honorable committee members.

Summary: The Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee held an informational hearing on California privacy in the age of mass surveillance, with members framing the issue as urgent in light of AI, data brokers, workplace monitoring, and government access to commercially collected data. Opening remarks emphasized California’s long-standing privacy tradition and concern for impacts on Latino, immigrant, LGBTQ+, and other vulnerable communities. The committee heard from experts from UC Law San Francisco, UC Berkeley, UC Irvine, UC Davis, and a worker-organizer from Amazon, followed by a journalist from 404 Media. Nicole Ozer reviewed the history of California’s constitutional right to privacy, tracing it to the 1972 ballot measure and arguing that lawmakers should use that right more fully to operationalize stronger protections against surveillance. Deirdre Mulligan described how surveillance capitalism has expanded through physical-world instrumentation, biometrics, connected devices, and AI, and argued that notice-and-consent models are inadequate because people cannot meaningfully understand or control how data is collected, inferred, shared, and used. Ari Waldman focused on disparate harms to marginalized communities, including queer people, survivors of domestic violence, and people seeking reproductive care, and called for stronger regulation, limits on data collection and sharing, and greater accountability for companies and government access to data. Josh Black testified about Amazon’s workplace surveillance, including handheld devices, time-off-task monitoring, hidden cameras, and driver-facing AI cameras, saying the system pressures workers to skip breaks, rush safety training, and discourages organizing. He said the surveillance is used to increase productivity and suppress union activity. Committee members asked about data retention, injury reporting, cash as a privacy-protective payment option, and whether workers truly consent to surveillance as a condition of employment. Jason Kebler described how police departments adopt commercial surveillance tools through pilot programs and vendor relationships, often without public debate, citing license plate readers and networked camera systems that can spread data across jurisdictions. No votes were taken; the hearing was informational and ended with discussion of the need for clearer definitions, stronger enforcement, and continued legislative action.

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• We'll call this conference committee to order.
• Chair, and committee members.
• </c> The committee did take those changes. The committee did take those changes.
• </c> committee report takes that position. committee report takes that position.
• </c> committee report. Thank you, Mr. committee report. Thank you, Mr.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• If you must take a call, please step outside of the committee room.
• Chairman, committee members.
• Are there any questions from the committee on the amendment?
• All right, introduce yourself to the committee, please.
• Introduce yourself to the committee, please.

Committee: House Insurance

Keywords: 965, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• First order of business: reports of standing committees. The Secretary will read.
• January 23rd, Senate Bill 5720, Uniform Debt Default Act, referred to the Committee on Rules.
• I move that the measures on today's reports of standing committees be referred to the committees as designated
• on Rules.
• , with the exception of Senate Bill 5931, which should be referred to the Committee on Rules.

Keywords: 904, all

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• There is a new committee substitute. Senator King. The committee. Senator Nichols, I'm sorry.
• Senator Nichols sends up the committee to the sub-committee organized in lieu of a substitute: Senate
• the committee substitute.
• advisory committees and rules, providing flexible and timely guidance on cybersecurity, shared technology
• There is a committee substitute; Senator King sends it to the committee substitute.

Bills: HB146 , HB150 , HB1500 , HB1545 , HB1562 , HB2067 , HB2520 , HB2818 , HB3214 , HB3250 , HB3466 , HB3512 , HB3623 , HB4063 , HB4395 , HB4464 , HB4668 , HB4690 , HB5331 , HB3833 , HB146 , HB150

Committee: Senate Business & Commerce

Keywords: HB 146, Texas Capitol, State Capitol, State Preservation Board, Congress Avenue, Travis County, traffic lanes, lane closure, road closure, municipal authority, local control, Capitol area, downtown Austin, special events, construction traffic plan, pedestrian safety, public works, transportation policy, government code chapter 443, cybersecurity

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• ability to petition the Supreme Court or meet with the rules committee, or however it's done internally
• ability to petition the Supreme Court or meet with the rules committee, or however it's done internally
• ability to petition the Supreme Court or meet with the rules committee, or however it's done internally
• ability to petition the Supreme Court or meet with the rules committee, or however it's done internally
• ><c> it's</c> with the rules committee or however it's with the rules committee or however it's done<

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The House Judiciary Committee met in executive session and first took up HB 148, which would allow classification by biological sex in limited circumstances such as multi-use bathrooms, certain athletic events, and involuntary commitment facilities. Supporters argued the bill was needed to protect privacy and safety, especially for women and girls, and said it was consistent with recent federal actions and prior legislation. Opponents said the bill lacked a clear definition of biological sex, could create confusion and discrimination, and was unnecessary because existing law and sports rules already address the issues raised. After debate, the committee voted 10-8 to recommend ought to pass on HB 148. The chair asked for a majority report and noted that a minority report would likely be filed. The committee then considered HB 254, a bill related to end-of-life medical decision-making. Supporters framed it as a matter of liberty and relief from suffering for terminally ill patients, while opponents raised moral objections, concerns about suicide being normalized, and worries about deceptive wording and death-certificate reporting. HB 254 was approved on an 11-7 vote for ought to pass, with the chair indicating he would write the majority report and Representative Perez the minority report. The committee then moved to HB 611 with Amendment 2025-0638, a replace-all amendment restoring prior law on recoupment of appointed-counsel costs from indigent criminal defendants and juveniles. The chair explained the amendment as reversing 2020 changes that had limited cost recovery, and the discussion focused on financial affidavits and the Office of Cost Containment’s ability to review indigency claims. The transcript cuts off before the committee vote on HB 611.

Transcript Highlights:

• Report of a committee.
• The Committee on Rules reports recommending the following resolutions ought to be adopted: resolutions
• Badger of Plymouth moves suspension of the rules. All those in favor say aye, opposed, no.
• Rules are suspended. Question comes on adoption of the resolutions.
• Rules are suspended. Question comes on adoption of the resolutions. All those in favor say aye.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The House opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and then took up a report from the Committee on Rules recommending adoption of several resolutions. These included resolutions commemorating the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution and honoring the Danvers Alarm List Company at the Battle of Monotomy, recognizing March 19, 2025 as National Vietnam War Veterans Day and the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, and celebrating The Literacy Project’s 40th anniversary. Representative Badger moved suspension of the rules, the motion carried, and the House adopted the resolutions. The chamber then observed a moment of silent tribute for Joseph Albert Lebrun of Wellesley, described as a husband, father, grandfather, businessman, and community member who died at age 83. The House also adopted an order to adjourn on Monday at 11 a.m. and a separate motion by Representative Arriaga to adjourn in respect to the memory of former Representative Francis C. LaPointe of Chicopee, who served from 1969 to 1978. Finally, Representative O’Rourke moved that the House adjourn, and the motion passed. The House adjourned to meet Monday next at 11 a.m. in an informal session.

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• of that committee.
• Then it came to this committee, and our committee and the Insurance Committee have been in these conversations
• Then it came to this committee, and our committee and the Insurance Committee have been in these conversations
• It is a better bill coming out of this committee. I think it is narrow... ...committee.
• committee analysis.

Committee: House Privacy and Consumer Protection

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Good afternoon, Madam Chair, members of the committee.
• We appreciate the chairs. of the committee.
• Thank you, Madam Chair, members of the committee. Peter Claudeville, staff of the committee.
• Hi, Chair Walen and members of the committee.
• Thank you, Chair and committee members.

Bills: HB2439 , HB2483 , HB2400

Committee: House Consumer Protection & Business

Keywords: public health, tobacco regulation, smoking cessation, vapor products, health policy, youth prevention, data broker, registry, consumer protection, privacy, data regulation, social media, content creation, online platforms, digital marketing, user-generated content, 904, all