Transcript Highlights:

• The following resolutions are being referred to the Committee on Local and Consent Calendars.
• The following resolutions are being referred to the Committee on Local Consent calendars.
• The following resolutions by Riddell are being referred to the committee and local consent calendars,
• Following resolutions by Schofield are being referred to the Committee on Local and Consent Calendars
• Following resolutions by Hinojosa are being referred to the Committee on Local and Consent Calendars:

Bills: HB17 , HB16 , SB10 , HB27 , HB23 , SB15 , SB18

Keywords: property tax, school funding, enrollment changes, inflation adjustment, tax rate notice, judicial administration, court reform, juvenile diversion, court security, mental health services, drug offenses, constitutional amendments, property tax exemption, ad valorem tax, Texas Tax Code, nonprofit corporation, charitable organization, educational nonprofit, scientific nonprofit, agriculture support

Summary: The House convened, received a message from the Senate, and the chair announced the signing of HB 4 in the presence of the House. The clerk then read a large number of first-reading measures and referred them to committees. Among the notable bills, SB 1 by Senator Perry on campground and youth camp safety was referred to the Committee on Disaster Preparedness and Flooding. Several House resolutions dealing with House rules, quorum, attendance, and penalties for members who missed sessions or broke quorum were referred to the Committee on House Administration, including HR 5, HR 17, HR 18, HR 34, HR 41, and HR 58. The House also referred a broad slate of resolutions to the Committee on Local and Consent Calendars, including measures by Riddell, Craddick, Toth, Leo Wilson, Schofield, Gehan, Bella Montgomery, Hinojosa, Schoolcraft, Little, Meyer, Luhan, Orr, Johnson, Harris Davila, Lopez, Cameron, Gonzalez of El Paso, Wharton, Flores, Dyson, and Harless. These referrals covered many individual House resolutions and concurrent resolutions, but no debate or votes were recorded in the transcript. At the end of the proceedings, the House recessed until noon pursuant to a previously adopted motion.

Transcript Highlights:

• On page 14, advise and consent.
• If there are no objections from the members, we will be taking advise and consent on consent.
• </c><00:04:04.600><c> on</c> will be taking advise and consent on will be taking advise and consent on
• consent. consent. consent.
• Final taking final reading on consent.

Bills: HB1519 , HB1541 , HB1737 , HB1782 , HB1854 , HB1860 , HB2023 , HB2104 , HB2276 , HB2335 , HB2455 , HB2468 , HB2551 , SB177 , SB411 , SB874 , SB2053 , SB2069 , SB2108 , SB2268 , SB2360 , SB2363 , SB2405 , SB2407 , SB2530 , SB2543 , SB2568 , SB2803 , SB2818 , SB2851 , SB2907 , SB2934 , SB2969 , SB2999 , SB3097 , SB3103 , SB3233 , SB3238 , SB3245 , SB3001 , SB3138 , HB1946 , HB389 , HB1510 , HB469 , HB1573 , HB1705 , HB1858 , HB1875 , HB1961 , HB1962 , HB2001 , HB2093 , HB2096 , HB2097 , SB888 , SB2169 , SB2367 , SB2557 , SB2575 , SB2698 , SB3082 , HB344 , HB939 , HB1688 , HB1853 , HB2443 , HCR103 , HCR117 , HCR180 , HCR112 , HCR18 , HCR105 , HCR173 , HCR35 , HCR98 , HCR42 , HCR53 , HCR181 , HCR101 , HCR179

Keywords: campaign contributions, lobbyists, transparency, election funding, ethical regulations, HB1541, Act 057, Department of Health, Hawaii State Hospital, Developmental Disabilities Division, civil service, civil service exemption, HRS 76-16, HRS 334-4, mental health program, state hospital, secure psychiatric rehabilitation facility, associate administrator, project manager, security manager

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> without a person's knowledge or consent without a person's knowledge or consent in<00:18:52.240>
• consent consent and<00:39:02.240><c> 2606.
• consent and then shared without consent.
• </c> consent and then shared without consent. consent and then shared without consent.
• </c> uh sharing those images without consent uh sharing those images without consent regardless<00:45

Keywords: 926, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Madam Secretary, please call the roll for the consent calendar.
• And we should do the consent calendar. Yeah. Yeah, let's go ahead and do the consent calendar.
• And we should do the consent calendar. Yeah. Yeah, let's go ahead and do the consent calendar.
• And we should do the consent calendar. Yeah. Yeah, let's go ahead and do the consent calendar.
• We're going to go for the consent calendar first. Okay. Consent calendar. Consent calendar?

Committee: Senate Military and Veterans Affairs

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Unanimous consent, we go without our business announcements and miscellaneous.
• I ask unanimous consent of the Senate.
• I ask unanimous consent of the Senate.
• Unanimous consent, we go to that our business committee reports.
• Unanimous consent to Senate Senate recess until 11 o'clock tomorrow morning.

Transcript Highlights:

• Unanimous consent has been requested. Is there objection?
• Consent has been requested. Is there objection?
• I ask unanimous consent to cease the reading of House Bill 868. Consent has been requested.
• Speaker, I ask unanimous consent.
• You heard the unanimous consent request? House Bill 871. You heard the unanimous consent request.

Keywords: 989, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Does anybody object to consent? All consent. Second. All in favor of consent? Aye. Any opposed?
• Consent. Will you object to consent? Um, no. No on consent. No. No. I don't... the re-refer.
• You want And you want consent or no? No. You want consent?
• </c><00:49:18.400><c> Consent.</c> opposed? Seeing none. Consent. opposed? Seeing none. Consent.
• Saying none, consent." "I'll second consent. All in favor of consent."

Committee: Senate Energy and Natural Resources

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I ask unanimous consent to cease the reading of House Bill 868. Your consent has been requested.
• Speaker, I ask unanimous consent.
• Speaker, I ask unanimous consent.
• Consent has been requested. Is there objection?
• You heard the unanimous consent request. House Bill 871. You heard the unanimous consent request.

Summary: The House convened with roll call, prayer, and approval of the journal, then received gubernatorial and Senate messages and committee reports. Several new bills and resolutions were introduced and referred, including measures on taxation refunds, county commissioner vacancies, open meetings, data centers and water use, state historic preservation, and multiple Senate bills on vacancies, administrative rules, abortion trafficking, energy resources, irrigation districts, and education. The House also advanced a number of bills to second and third reading calendars and referred House Concurrent Resolution 35 and House Joint Memorial 21 for printing. The bulk of the floor action focused on budget and appropriation bills brought up under suspended rules. House Bills 866 and 867, maintenance budgets for constitutional officers and general government, passed after debate over the size of the appropriations, transparency of JFAC’s cuts, and the inclusion of military pay raises and other baseline costs. House Bill 868, for the Public Employee Retirement System, passed after questions about one-time software and disaster-recovery funding. House Bill 869, for the Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired, passed amid discussion of using dedicated funds to restore cuts and confusion with a separate deaf-and-blind school budget. The House also passed House Bill 870, an Office of Information Technology Services enhancement bill centered on cybersecurity hardware and the final phase of IT consolidation from Health and Welfare, despite objections that it represented government growth and relied on federal funds. House Bill 871, funding the State Tax Commission for tax conformity work, property tax education, and seasonal staff, also passed after debate over necessity and spending. House Bill 835, limiting non-cognizable spending by the executive branch and preserving exceptions for emergencies, military facilities, and tuition-related funds, passed as well. The House then moved to announcements and adjourned until Monday, March 16, 2026.

Transcript Highlights:

• President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate advance to the sixth order of business.
• President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate advance to the 8th order of business.
• President, ask unanimous consent to the Senate advance the 11th order of business.
• President, ask unanimous consent to the Senate advance the 11th Order of Business.
• President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate advance to the 15th order of business.

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, offered prayer and pledge, approved the journal, and received several communications, including substitute legislator designations and gubernatorial appointments to the Idaho Lottery Commission and State Building Authority. Members also made brief announcements and introductions before moving into committee reports and the day’s floor calendar. The chamber advanced a number of bills and resolutions through reading and referral, including measures on the Idaho Child Care Program, Health and Human Services appropriations, elections, development impact fees, hazardous waste, and several House concurrent resolutions and joint memorials. On final consideration, the Senate passed Senate Bill 1285 on occupational licensure for nonpublic school diplomas, Senate Bill 1286 on consumer protections for veterans benefits, Senate Bill 1323 on enforcement of contracts involving gold and silver specie, Senate Bill 1338 on allowing a portion of idle state funds to be invested in gold and silver bullion, and Senate Bill 1342 establishing a limited right for households to keep hens for egg production. The Senate also passed House Bill 531 updating epinephrine delivery system language for schools, House Bill 518 expanding authority for the Attorney General in human trafficking cases, House Bill 512 reinstating an open-book jurisprudence exam for land surveyors, House Bill 551 correcting urban renewal-related property tax treatment for fire and ambulance districts, House Bill 594 codifying a Supreme Court ruling on distribution of late property tax fees and interest, and House Bill 587 clarifying continuous funding for rangeland improvement programs. Debate on several measures included concerns about local control, continuous spending, and oversight, but each bill ultimately received majority support. The Senate reordered the third-reading calendar and then adjourned until Monday, March 9, 2026.

Transcript Highlights:

• President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate advance to the sixth order of business.
• President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate advance to the 8th order of business.
• President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate advance to the 8th order of business.
• President, ask unanimous consent to the Senate advance the 11th Order of Business.
• President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate advance the 15th order of business.

Keywords: 989, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Move consent. consent. consent.
• </c> Any objection to consent? Any objection to consent?
• Consent? >> Second. Is there any problem with consent?
• Consent. And is there anybody who objects to consent?
• All those in favor of consent consent. All those in favor of consent say<01:37:57.280><c> I.

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Also on page 34, advise and consent.
• If there are no objections from consent.
• </c><00:05:10.880><c> on</c><00:05:11.600><c> consent.
• </c><00:05:12.960><c> Standing</c> and consent on consent. Standing and consent on consent.
• </c> consent? Any reservations? Reservations. consent? Any reservations? Reservations.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Move consent. Second. All in favor of consent, I. Any opposed?
• </c><00:11:56.920><c> do</c> consent we have a motion on consent do consent we have a motion on consent
• ><c> of</c><00:13:35.680><c> consent</c><00:13:36.600><c> I</c> second consent all in favor of consent
• Motion consent. I’ll second consent. All in favor of consent? Aye. Any opposed?
• all</c><01:49:25.920><c> in</c><01:49:26.080><c> favor</c> consent I'll second consent all in favor consent

Committee: Senate Commerce

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Senator Mayes consent. So moved.
• </c> entertain a motion on consent. So moved. entertain a motion on consent. So moved.
• Measure goes on consent. Thank you, it. Measure goes on consent.
• . consent. consent.
• Measure goes on consent.<00:08:52.760><c> Seeing</c>

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Roll Call 00:00:007 HB 647 Discussion 00:00:40 HB 647 Vote 00:04:38 HB 651 Discussion 00:05:52 HB 651 Vote 00:06:45 HB 816 Discussion 00:07:03 HB 816 Vote 00:08:12, 958, all

Summary: The Appropriations and Revenue Committee met with a quorum and considered three House bills. House Bill 647, sponsored by Rep. Shawn McPherson, would continue the Grant Ready Kentucky program. Testimony described it as a successful third iteration that leverages state funds to attract federal and other project dollars, with examples cited from Jefferson County and Perry County. Members asked about county participation and the local match structure; the witness explained that the bill doubles the prior match scale based on population density, from 1-5% to 2-10%, to require more local contribution in more populous counties. House Bill 651, sponsored by Rep. Josh Bray, was presented as a cleanup measure for the Waters program, which targets the state’s most distressed water districts and provides financial incentives for system improvements and best management practices. The committee adopted a committee substitute before approving the bill. House Bill 816, the annual claims bill, was described by the chair as covering audited claims against the state that were not previously paid because of lapsed or insufficient appropriations or missing procurement documents; the claims ranged from small amounts to tens of thousands of dollars. All three measures received favorable expression by unanimous roll call votes, with 12 ayes and no nays each time. After each vote, the committee also moved the bills onto consent, and those motions were approved as well.

Transcript Highlights:

• All three measures are on consent. As a reminder, consent items are considered non-controversial.
• We will now take up the consent calendar. Three bills are on consent.
• Do we have a motion on the consent calendar? Yes.
• I would like to lift the call on the consent calendar at this time.
• So that means that the consent calendar is out seven to zero.

Committee: Senate Education

Summary: The Senate Education Committee met to consider three consent bills: SB 892, SB 968, and SB 1017. The chair explained that consent items are considered non-controversial and would not receive formal testimony unless removed from consent. A quorum was established, and the committee proceeded to the consent calendar. Senator Choi moved the consent calendar, and the committee began taking roll votes. The calendar was briefly placed on call and then lifted multiple times as additional members voted. No testimony or debate on the individual bills was presented during the hearing. After the remaining votes were taken, the consent calendar passed 7-0. The committee then concluded the agenda and adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• Let me just ask unanimous consent to, anybody who want to make a motion for unanimous consent to change
• Yeah, let's get a unanimous consent request over me.
• We have a unanimous consent request. Any opposition?
• We have a unanimous consent request. Any objection?
• Do we have a unanimous consent request? Any objection?

Summary: The committee first approved a $3,700 dedicated-fund enhancement for the Endowment Fund Investment Board to replace a high-end laptop. It then took up Department of Lands items, rejecting a $125,000 general fund supplemental for fire preparedness after concerns were raised about prior firefighter bonus spending, but approving a separate supplemental to shift 1.25 FTP and $160,000 between the Abandoned Mines Lands Fund and the Navigable Waterways Fund to align expenditures with statutory uses. The committee then approved the Department of Lands’ FY 2027 budget enhancements, including radio equipment, vehicle storage, a UTV, legal counsel fund shifts, Idaho Geological Survey support, replacement items, and OITS hardware, along with language directing a transfer to the Geological Survey. It also approved a Parks and Recreation supplemental to allow fund transfers after program restructuring, and then approved the department’s FY 2027 enhancements for staffing, trail work, equipment, grant pass-throughs, staff housing, park construction, RV campsite development, and replacement items, with members discussing the use of federal funds and the department’s management of prior appropriations. The committee then considered the Department of Health and Welfare’s Division of Public Health Services. After debate over the Idaho Home Visiting Program, immunization assessment funding, disaster planning, lab testing, ARPA grants, HIV prevention, and hepatitis prevention, the committee rejected a substitute motion that would have restored more funding for home visiting and instead approved the original motion, which included funding for home visiting, immunization assessment restoration, lab testing, ARPA grants, HIV and hepatitis prevention, and a small general fund restoration for suicide prevention, while reducing three FTP. The committee also adopted reporting language for suicide prevention, HIV prevention, hepatitis prevention, and immunization assessment funds. It then moved to the Division of Early Learning and Development, approving a budget that included Idaho Child Care Program capacity funding, replacement items, population forecast adjustments, and the transfer of the Home Visiting Program from Public Health. The committee also approved language requiring an open competitive acquisition process for Idaho STARS after extensive discussion, then adopted language for Home Visiting reporting, Idaho Child Care Program reappropriation, and restrictions on Idaho Child Care Capacity Grant spending after debate over definitions and provider eligibility. Finally, it approved language exempting the division from certain transfer restrictions, and began the next budget for Family and Community Partnerships, which included a kinship navigation grant enhancement.

Transcript Highlights:

• Let me just ask unanimous consent to, anybody who want to make a motion for unanimous consent to change
• Yeah, let's get a unanimous consent request over me.
• We have a unanimous consent request. Any opposition?
• I ask unanimous consent to accept the language on the screen. We have a unanimous consent request.
• We have a unanimous consent request. Any objection?

Keywords: 989, all

Summary: The committee first approved a $3,700 dedicated-fund enhancement for the Endowment Fund Investment Board to replace a high-end laptop. It then took up several Department of Lands items. A $125,000 supplemental for Forest and Range Fire Protection to help stand up firefighters was rejected after concerns were raised that prior firefighter bonus money had gone largely to office staff rather than firefighters. The committee did approve a supplemental shifting 1.25 FTP and $160,000 from the Abandoned Mines Lands Fund to the Navigable Waterways Fund to align spending with statutory uses, and later approved a broader FY 2027 Department of Lands package including radio equipment, vehicle storage, a UTV, legal counsel fund shifts, Idaho Geological Survey support, replacement items, and OITS hardware. A proposed substitute that would have omitted the $140,500 general-fund restoration for eastern Idaho fire preparedness failed, but the original motion including that amount passed. The committee also adopted language for the Idaho Geological Survey and later approved Parks and Recreation FY 2027 enhancements for staffing, trail work, a mower, grant pass-throughs, staff housing, interpretive displays, Farragut entrance work, RV campsite development, and replacement items, after questions about federal replacement-item funding were answered by the director. A FY 2026 Parks and Recreation supplemental allowing program transfers above the 10% cap also passed. The committee then moved to the Department of Health and Welfare’s Division of Public Health Services. It approved FY 2027 funding for the Idaho Home Visiting Program, immunization assessment fund restoration, disaster planning and training, fee-for-service lab testing, ARPA multi-year grants, HIV prevention, hepatitis prevention, and a $19,000 suicide prevention restoration; a substitute motion that would have reduced the home-visiting restoration to $500,000 failed, and the original motion passed. The committee adopted reporting language for suicide prevention, HIV prevention, hepatitis prevention, and immunization assessment funds. It then considered the Division of Early Learning and Development, approving funding for Idaho Child Care Program capacity, replacement items, population forecast adjustments, and the transfer of the Idaho Home Visiting Program from Public Health; a separate motion to require an open competitive acquisition process for Idaho STARS was set aside and the committee instead held the language in committee for further work. The committee also adopted language for Idaho Home Visiting reporting, Idaho Child Care Program reappropriation, Idaho Child Care Capacity Grant restrictions, and a transfer-limitation exemption for the division. Finally, the committee began the Division of Family and Community Partnerships and heard a request for $180,000 in federal funds for kinship navigation services to help relatives and close family friends care for children and prevent foster care entry. The transcript cuts off before the vote on that item, so no final action on it is shown here.

Transcript Highlights:

• I ask unanimous consent to dispense with reading of Senate Bill 1432. Consent has been requested.
• Speaker, I ask unanimous consent... No correction to title.
• Can I ask unanimous consent to dispense with further reading?
• Now, the consent has been requested. Is there objection?
• Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to the roll... Mr.

Keywords: 989, all

Transcript Highlights:

• If there are no objections from the members, we will be taking advise and consent on consent.
• On pages advise and consent on consent.
• If not, do we have unanimous consent?<00:12:49.519><c> Any</c> consent? Any consent?
• </c> unanimous consent? Any reservations? unanimous consent? Any reservations?
• </c><00:15:01.040><c> Any</c> unanimous consent? Any reservations? Any unanimous consent?

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> appointments be placed in the consent appointments be placed in the consent calendar<00:31:05.200
• House Bill 103 be consent calendar.
• </c> consent calendar. consent calendar.
• </c> order, second reading of bills, consent order, second reading of bills, consent calendar,<00:56:
• </c><01:14:09.120><c> calendar</c> bills on every bill's consent calendar bills on every bill's consent

Keywords: 981, all

Summary: The Senate convened, established a quorum, approved the previous day’s journal, and received several committee reports and House messages. Committee reports advanced a number of bills and appointments, including Senate Bill 163, House Bill 1320, Senate Bill 160, House Bill 1210, and several board and commission appointments recommended for the consent calendar. The chamber also received House action on multiple bills, including concurrence in Senate amendments to House Bills 1239, 1262, and 1110, a request for a conference committee on House Bill 1084, and transmission of several other measures to the Revisor of Statutes. The Senate then took up Senate Joint Resolution 22, designating July 12-18, 2026, as Plastic Pollution Awareness Week. Senator Cutter spoke in support, arguing that plastic pollution harms environmental and human health, disproportionately affects vulnerable communities, and cannot be solved by recycling alone. The resolution was adopted on a 25-9 vote, with several senators recorded in opposition, and co-sponsors were noted. The chamber also recognized guests from the Colorado Society of Enrolled Agents and the National Association of Tax Professionals, as well as visitors from the Colorado School of Mines and former Senator John Evans. Later, the Senate considered special orders on the consent calendar, including House Bills 103, 1026, and 1051, and adopted the committee reports and the bills. House Bill 1026 was amended and House Bill 1051 was advanced to third reading and final passage. The Senate also took up Senate Bill 117, concerning permissible methods for the sale of lottery tickets. Senator Bridges explained that the bill was intended to respond to lottery rules allowing online sales and credit card purchases, but said the measure had been narrowed in committee and then raised constitutional concerns under Colorado’s prohibition on slot machines outside limited gaming areas. The transcript ends during that debate, before final action on Senate Bill 117 is shown.