Transcript Highlights:

• </c> care nursing into individualized budgets care nursing into individualized budgets in<00:18:33.440
• Essentially, it's moving some grant budget items from one budget activity under their budget structure
• </c> are slightly modified um at the request are slightly modified um at the request of<00:50:15.440>
• So, sure, we did well with the budget we were given. The budget cuts given are significantly bad.
• </c> balance this budget. balance this budget.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• As our events continue to grow, we are requesting $350,000 from the Legacy budget to assist with funding
• I respectfully request the committee's support for including this request in the omnibus bill.
• requesting requesting $350,000<00:36:55.000><c> from</c><00:36:55.319><c> the</c><00:36:55.480><c> Legacy
• </c><00:36:55.880><c> budget</c><00:36:56.200><c> to</c> $350,000 from the Legacy budget to $350,000
• </c><00:37:49.280><c> the</c> testify today I respectfully request the testify today I respectfully request

Committee: House Legacy Finance

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• Logan is an individual who is the exact person that we're trying to help with the budget and trying to
• This bill allows the capabilities and assets of the Missouri National Guard to help go in when requested
• is subordinate to civilian authority, that they're in support of private organizations that are requesting
• We fund different programs in the budget.
• So tell me, in the past, have you voted on the Department of Social Services budget bill?

Keywords: 959, house, all

Summary: The House convened after a quorum call and welcomed several guests and advocacy groups, including disability rights advocates, American Heart Association volunteers, and special guests connected to public safety, transportation, and Miss Missouri. After quorum was established, the chamber moved into House bills on perfection and formal passage. Members first debated House Committee Substitute for House Bill 2587, which would update Missouri law on unmanned aircraft and give trained law enforcement clearer authority to detect, track, and respond to dangerous drone activity around critical infrastructure and major events such as the upcoming FIFA World Cup matches. Supporters said it was needed for public safety and to align with federal law; some members raised concerns about FAA jurisdiction, commercial drone use, privacy, and possible future expansion. The substitute was adopted and ordered perfected and printed. The House then took up House Bill 1977, which removes notarization requirements for detention and evaluation applications and related documents when completed by certain qualified professionals; members said it would help rural hospitals and streamline 96-hour commitment paperwork. That bill was also adopted and ordered perfected and printed. The chamber next considered House Bill 2593, a Missouri National Guard and military affairs bill modernizing Guard authority to respond to cyber threats, updating awards and emergency relief provisions, and adding veterans’ recognition language. Three amendments were adopted: one creating a living organ donor leave/status provision for Guard members, one providing a monthly allowance to cover TRICARE or similar premiums for certain service members on state active duty, and one extending legal protections to Guard personnel activated for state emergency duty, similar to federal servicemember protections. The amended bill was then ordered perfected and printed. Finally, the House debated House Committee Substitute for House Bill 1948, the fatherhood bill creating a state fatherhood program to support community organizations and nonprofits that help fathers overcome barriers to involvement with their children. Supporters cited child welfare, poverty, incarceration, and reintegration benefits; opponents questioned whether it was an appropriate government role. An amendment was adopted to preserve certain driving, hunting/fishing, and occupational license relief for participating fathers who comply with child support or custody obligations. The amended bill was then ordered perfected and printed. The House also adopted House Bill 2473, which clarifies rules for real estate brokers’ trust accounts by allowing limited personal funds for service charges and permitting interest to be withdrawn within 30 days, and then adjourned after announcements and notice of bills to be considered on the next legislative day.

Transcript Highlights:

• This was an exceptional item in the budget that TECO requested and was granted.
• The Congressional Budget Office 2025 Shipbuilding Plan will grow the United States Navy by 100 ships
• We specifically are getting more and more requests by district attorneys to ask the Department of Public
• Something that the Legislative Budget Board did is they said that this bill would require TMD to establish
• During a state budget shortfall in 2003, the Sheriff's Association of Texas played a key role in securing

Bills: SB 36 , HB 1065 , HB2929 , HB2956 , HB3009 , HB3420 , HB3626 , HB3649 , HB4956 , HB4993 , HB5293 , HB5308 , HB5528 , HCR118 , SB36 , HB4023

Committee: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

Keywords: transportation, regional authorities, mobility, infrastructure, sales tax, employee classification, private security, misclassification, workforce regulations, Texas Workforce Commission, autism, peace officers, training program, law enforcement, intervention, communication, developmental disability, family violence, central database, criminal offense

Transcript Highlights:

• Members, I understand that some of you may need to leave, uh, to, I know there's a lot going on, risk requests
• to be a key piece of, of that facility, uh, I understand because of Congress's inability to pass a budget
• at the end of the day, I understand because the continued resolution, because they couldn't pass a budget
• Approved the $335 billion budget, uh, seems like pennies, which it is, but is TDLR able to absorb that
• So does your bill allow me to request a diploma in the name of Classical Children's Institute or Abilene

Committee: House Higher Education

Transcript Highlights:

• So we're talking about a $300 million hit that, if we can prep for and budget for through a concept like
• There's no budget impact. Secondly, it would ask who would benefit.
• This funding by legislators represented all regions in the state with the goal of fully funding the request
• Requests that had been funded 5, 10 years ago were still brought forward, not fully funded.
• Chair, sorry, Representative, the general fund target was set as part of the overall general fund budget

Committee: House House Taxation & Revenue

Transcript Highlights:

• I'll call this first meeting of the Interim Joint Budget Review Subcommittee on Education to order.
• a little bit more detail in in request a little bit more detail in in those<00:43:16.000><c> types</
• In conclusion, thank you Senator Rawlings and members of the interim joint budget review subcommittee
• review subcommittee on joint budget review subcommittee on education<00:53:15.920><c> for</c><00:53:
• Thank you, Chairs Rawlings, co-chairs Biana and Riley, and members of the budget review subcommittee

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Interim Joint Budget Review Subcommittee on Education met to hear updates from Kentucky public universities and the Kentucky Community and Technical College System on compliance with House Bill 4, which restricts DEI-related activities and requires institutional and viewpoint neutrality. The chair emphasized that the hearing should focus on both compliance and the financial effects of the law. Eastern Kentucky University said its board adopted a House Bill 4 compliance resolution and an institutional neutrality policy. KCTCS reported systemwide reviews of programs, websites, scholarships, personnel, and admissions language, along with board actions removing a cultural competency course requirement, adopting institutional neutrality, and certifying compliance. KCTCS said about $2.5 million annually had been reallocated to other needs, and that no personnel were eliminated, though some roles were reassigned and DEI-related offices closed. Kentucky State University said it had already dissolved DEI offices before the bill passed, ended DEI-specific training, revised policies and gift acceptance rules, adopted a viewpoint neutrality policy, and was conducting ongoing reviews of programs, job descriptions, and web content. KSU said it had achieved substantial compliance, expected full operational integration by August 1, and had not terminated staff or closed academic programs because of the law. In response to questions, KSU said it was broadening outreach to all students rather than targeting specific populations and that its prior diversity finding was tied to not meeting a diversity quota. Morehead State University said it had no DEI office before House Bill 4, amended its non-discrimination statement to include political and social viewpoint neutrality and condemnation of religious and ethnic discrimination, and remained focused on serving its largely low-income student body. Murray State University reported reviewing scholarships, expenditures, training, and academic programs to ensure no differential treatment or indoctrination, revising its neutrality policy, and updating non-discrimination posters and training. When asked about a statement that DEI would “look different,” the university said it meant student support services would continue in a different form. Northern Kentucky University said it dissolved its diversity office and chief diversity officer position in 2024, reviewed programs, events, scholarships, and employee affinity groups, adopted a statement on intellectual diversity and viewpoint neutrality, and reviewed about 2,000 courses for compliance. NKU also said its new Center for Belonging would focus on first-generation and commuter students rather than rebrand prior DEI efforts. The University of Kentucky began its presentation by describing earlier changes made in August 2024, including disbanding its office of institutional diversity, removing diversity statements and mandatory training, adopting institutional neutrality, and ending race-based consideration in admissions and scholarships; the transcript cuts off before the rest of UK’s testimony and any committee votes or formal actions beyond receiving the presentations.

Transcript Highlights:

• But, yeah, it's having a chance. ...that the court on its own motion or the parties can request that.
• And the concept that you would request a check or an amount, that you would request a check or an amount
• And the public records request challenge all of us.
• It's simply a good government request. Okay, thank you for that. We have one question.
• President will provide information if requested.

Bills: HB55 , HB608 , HB997 , HB1035 , HB1045 , HB1048 , HB1049 , HB1057 , HB1131 , HB1177 , HB1201

Committee: House House and Governmental Affairs

Keywords: juror confidentiality, public records, criminal procedure, privacy, court disclosure, intercollegiate athletics, confidentiality, revenue sharing, student athletes, official journal, public notices, government transparency, local government, municipal website, school board notices, parish council, police jury, special districts, levee district, drainage district

Transcript Highlights:

• And so that written request from the defense attorney could be that notification to the prosecutor, so
• A timely discovery request had been made many months before.
• A timely discovery request had been made many months before.
• Third, the bill requires the defense to make a specific written request for information.
• a request?

Bills: SB552 , SB1099 , SB1124 , SB1208 , SB1372 , SB1506 , SB1667 , SB1804 , SB1806 , SB1870 , SB1936 , SB1937 , SB2180 , SB2405 , SB2569 , SB2570 , SB1646

Committee: Senate Criminal Justice

Keywords: community supervision, criminal justice, illegal alien, deferred adjudication, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, SB 1099, undocumented immigrant, unauthorized immigrant, immigration status, felony sentencing enhancement, criminal penalty increase, Texas Penal Code, Code of Criminal Procedure, affirmative finding, judgment finding, deportation, public safety, immigration enforcement, sentencing reform, felony offense

Summary: The Senate Committee on Criminal Justice heard testimony on several bills dealing with criminal discovery, crime lab access, controlled substances, community supervision, interference with officers, oilfield theft, and copper theft. On SB 1124, witnesses split over whether the bill clarified discovery law after the Heath decision or rolled back the Michael Morton Act; opponents argued it narrowed disclosure and shifted responsibility away from prosecutors, while supporters said it restored balance, limited harsh sanctions, and preserved exculpatory-disclosure duties. The committee later voted 4-0 to report SB 1124 favorably and place it on the local and uncontested calendar. The committee also heard and later reported favorably SB 1372, which resolves a statutory conflict over access to the DPS crime lab portal, and SB 1936, which changes how LSD “abuse units” are defined for testing and charging purposes; both were sent to the local and uncontested calendar. SB 1937, which would require a subject-matter expert from the testing lab to participate in pretrial meetings in capital cases involving biological evidence, was also reported favorably and placed on the local and uncontested calendar. The committee then heard SB 552, which would make people defined in the bill as “illegal aliens” ineligible for judge-ordered or jury-recommended community supervision, including deferred adjudication. Supporters said the bill would prevent state-funded early release of people who entered or remained in the country unlawfully, while county officials and immigration advocates warned it would be overbroad, difficult to administer, and costly to local jails and taxpayers. Despite those concerns, the committee voted to report SB 552 favorably, and Senator Huffman requested it be taken to the floor. On SB 1208, which increases interference with a peace officer or public official from a Class B misdemeanor to a state jail felony, law enforcement witnesses said repeat “auditors” and similar actors were creating dangerous confrontations and needed stronger deterrence; opponents argued the bill would chill protected filming and protest activity. The committee voted to report SB 1208 favorably and place it on the local and uncontested calendar. The committee also took testimony on SB 1806, a committee substitute addressing oilfield theft and related crimes. Supporters from law enforcement and the oil and gas industry said organized theft of crude, equipment, and related materials is a growing problem and that the bill would strengthen penalties, allow seizure and sale of stolen product, and improve inspection and forensic tools. The committee substitute was adopted and the bill was reported favorably, with placement on the local and uncontested calendar. Finally, the committee heard SB 1646, which targets copper theft and fiber vandalism by increasing penalties, requiring reporting and recordkeeping for certain purchases, and adding training and enforcement tools. Telecommunications, law enforcement, and emergency-network witnesses supported the bill as necessary to protect 9-1-1 and critical infrastructure, while metal recyclers warned the bill could overregulate legitimate businesses and sweep too broadly. The committee later voted to report the committee substitute for SB 1646 favorably as well.

Transcript Highlights:

• Uh the request of this finished.
• Our board has requested Legacy grants during each phase of RNR, so you've had multiple requests from
• Our board has requested Legacy grants during each phase of RNR, so you've had multiple requests from
• Um, and one larger request amount.
• </c> as schools and rural areas face budget as schools and rural areas face budget constraints,<00:57

Bills: HF2411 , HF2471 , HF1440 , HF1393 , HF1631 , HF1259 , HF280 , HF1281 , HF1459

Committee: House Legacy Finance

Keywords: cultural heritage, funding, White Earth Nation, tribal community, construction, Delano, sesquicentennial, community events, fall of Saigon, Saigon anniversary, Vietnam War commemoration, Vietnamese Minnesotans, Cambodian Minnesotans, Lao Minnesotans, Southeast Asian refugees, Asian American heritage, cultural heritage fund, Minnesota Humanities Center, Council on Asian Pacific Minnesotans, equity funding

Transcript Highlights:

• We’re going to have one more request. Representative Overcast, do you recognize for an inquiry?
• And if we're going to do this, I hope that those on budget will make sure that we have the budget to
• And whenever the formula was revised in 2008, we used to have a line item in the budget just for gifted
• For instance, right now there's $190 million that was in the department's budget request to fully fund
• They're the ones that are going to be playing out right now as we move into this budget year and talk

Committee: House Elementary and Secondary Education

Keywords: 959, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Pursuant to Assembly Rule 96, I request.
• Pursuant to Assembly Rule 96, I request unanimous consent to withdraw SB 119 from the Committee on Budget
• Pursuant to Assembly Rule 96, I request unanimous consent to re-refer the following bills to committee
• I request unanimous consent to suspend Joint Rule 62A, the file notice requirement, to allow the Housing
• I request unanimous consent to suspend Assembly Rule 63 to allow the author to take up this bill today

Summary: The Assembly convened on June 4, 2025, first addressing a quorum call before proceeding with the day’s business. Members handled several procedural motions, including a failed attempt to withdraw AJR 4 for immediate consideration, approval of requests to notice bills pending re-referral, and a successful motion to withdraw SB 119 from Budget and Fiscal Review and place it on third reading. The chamber also rescinded prior action on SB 47, re-referred SB 355 and SB 685 to Appropriations, and authorized notice for a Housing and Community Development hearing on SB 522. On the floor, the Assembly concurred in Senate amendments to AB 369, a measure on emergency services that increases access to life-saving medication for people with seizure disorders, by a unanimous vote. Members then took up AB 1138, the major film and television tax credit measure, with extensive support from the author and other members who described the bill as a response to California’s declining production and job losses; the bill’s urgency clause and Senate amendments were concurred in, and it was sent immediately to the Governor. The Assembly also concurred in Senate amendments to AB 313 on student financial aid. The body adopted SJR 2, which urges Congress to protect the rights of classified school employees, after debate emphasizing the importance of paraeducators, bus drivers, custodians, clerical workers, and food service staff. The Assembly then adopted the second-day consent calendar, including SCR 25 on nuclear fusion and several other Senate concurrent resolutions, and added coauthors to SCR 74 on Flag Day. The session concluded with announcements, birthday acknowledgments, and adjournment until Monday, July 7 at 1 p.m.

Transcript Highlights:

• Budget is our only tool.
• Budget is our only tool.
• Budget is our only tool.
• </c> budget for the University of Minnesota. budget for the University of Minnesota.
• </c><02:56:37.520><c> It's</c> budget. It's not about the cruelty. It's budget.

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• I respectfully request an aye vote. Thank you, Assembly Member Hart.
• I respectfully request an aye vote. Thank you, Assembly Member Hart. Mr.
• I respectfully request an aye vote. Thank you, Assembly Member Hart.
• I'll request that the adjournment in memory be deemed read and printed in the journal.
• Budget Subcommittee 1 in Capitol Room 127 and Revenue and Taxation in Capitol Room 126.

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• shortfall related to the costs of provider services in southern Nevada adult mental health services budget
• Assembly Bill No. 571, Amendment No. 98; Assembly Bill No. 594, Amendment No. 97; and respectfully request
• Assembly Member Howard Watts requested to go to Order of Business 8 and moved that Senate Bill 457 be
• Assembly Member Howard Watts then requested to go to Order of Business 8.
• Shirley Rodriguez, Assistant Secretary of the Senate. ...and respectfully request your honorable body

Keywords: 909, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I respectfully request an aye vote. We've got a motion by Alanis and a second by Sanchez.
• I respectfully request an aye vote. We've got a motion by Alanis and a second by Sanchez.
• I would request that I'd be added as a co-author again. Thank you. And I move the bill.
• request that I'd be added as a co-author again.
• At the request of the author, we're going to pull Item 11, AB 404, Sanchez.

Summary: The committee heard and advanced a series of natural resources and climate-related bills. AB 70 would codify a definition of pyrolysis and allow procurement credit for projects using organic waste to generate pipeline biomethane; supporters said it would help divert organic waste from landfills, reduce methane, and support energy reliability. AB 30 would authorize E15 fuel sales in California, with supporters arguing it could lower consumer fuel costs and emissions, while opponents from boating and marine groups raised concerns about engine damage and the need for clear labeling and continued E10 availability. AB 66 would create a CEQA exemption for emergency evacuation routes in high fire-risk areas; supporters emphasized wildfire evacuation safety, while some members worried the bill lacked sufficient guardrails and environmental review. AB 399 would let the Coastal Commission consider blue carbon sequestration in coastal permitting and authorize blue carbon demonstration projects; environmental groups supported it, while business groups objected to new costs and regulatory uncertainty. AB 491 would codify California’s nature-based solutions climate targets for lands and wetlands, with supporters citing climate and adaptation benefits and the Farm Bureau opposing statutory targets. AB 580 would extend Metropolitan Water District authority related to the Colorado River Aqueduct, and AB 43 would make permanent state authority to protect federally designated wild and scenic rivers if federal protections are weakened. The committee also considered AB 436 to streamline siting and permitting of composting facilities and AB 539 to streamline certain Coastal Act procedures and reporting. Most measures received due-pass recommendations and were reported out on roll calls, with several bills also moving on consent; AB 404 was pulled at the author’s request.

Transcript Highlights:

• After 5 to 10 years of requesting plugging extensions, all vessels, pipes, and tanks have to be purged
• Okay, how is coordination with electric service utilities working in practice when an operator requests
• When an operator requests service termination, but the utility hasn't completed the disconnection by
• But again, there's this natural tendency for... ...money in the budget.
• I mean, clearly as budget riders, we need to think about that.

Committee: House Energy Resources

Keywords: 1184, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The first function we requested to be performed during our test was to determine the emergency's location
• service continues to be the main way that schools can notify law enforcement of an emergency and request
• service continues to be the main way that schools can notify law enforcement of an emergency and request
• Okay, and two did not reply to our request. All right, thank you, Sheriff.
• So the legislature, in the last budget, appropriated $500,000 to the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office

Committee: Joint Joint Legislative Audit Committee

Summary: The committee began with opening remarks about moving to a monthly, two-hour schedule for more timely and focused oversight of Auditor General findings. Members also recognized Melanie Chesney for 32 years of service to the Office of the Auditor General, with several speakers praising her work and her role in strengthening the relationship between the Auditor General’s office and J-LAC. The main agenda item was the Auditor General’s December 2025 special audit on the school safety interoperability fund and interoperable communication systems. Staff reported that about $26 million had been allocated to 14 law enforcement agencies for systems intended to improve real-time communication between schools and first responders. The audit found that all 14 agencies used the money for interoperable systems, but four agencies allowed private or tribal schools to participate contrary to statute, and several agencies failed to submit required annual expenditure reports. It also found that none of the three systems reviewed met every statutory requirement as written, in part because some requirements were vague or interpreted differently by vendors and agencies. The audit recommended that agencies recover and report any improper benefit to non-public schools, avoid using fund money for ongoing costs tied to non-public school participation, submit missing reports, and improve cost planning and contract monitoring; it also recommended that the legislature clarify eligibility for private and tribal schools and revisit unclear system requirements. The audit further found procurement and contracting problems at nine of 14 agencies, including weak or missing sole-source justifications, contracts that lacked accountability and termination provisions, and poor documentation of pricing and deliverables. Several agencies had not planned for ongoing annual costs, which the audit estimated could range from about $16,000 to $382,000 per rural county depending on the system. In the discussion, members expressed frustration with sole-source contracting and lack of documentation, and some said they would oppose future vendor bills without competitive bidding and stronger payment controls. The auditor also described mixed system performance: some agencies reported useful features such as panic alerts, camera access, and map sharing, but other systems were not fully functional or had never been implemented. The committee then heard from the Arizona Sheriffs’ Association, whose president said sheriffs support the goal of improving school safety, described county implementation challenges, and defended the use of local staff to manage the projects, while acknowledging that smaller counties face staffing and connectivity limits.

Transcript Highlights:

• BCI section of code as one of the boards that is eligible to request a BCI background check.
• So we... ...trying to do the right thing with our budget and the right thing for children.
• And I would request a recorded roll call vote on this amendment, on the Clemens amendment.
• The political subdivisions, all the taxing districts know that, and they budget accordingly.
• Otherwise, how do you balance the budget? That's right. So it's likely that's the case.

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The committee first took up Senate Bill 2401, which would require physicians to complete continuing education on nutrition and metabolic health as part of the state’s rural health transformation effort. HHS supported the bill, saying it would help physicians better address chronic disease and preserve federal grant points tied to the state’s application. A member of the public also testified in favor, arguing that better nutrition education could improve diabetes outcomes and reduce costs. The committee then adopted an amendment to add the Board of Occupational Therapy Practice to the background-check statute so the occupational therapy compact could proceed, and it passed the bill as amended on a roll call vote. The committee next heard House Bill 1621, which would require the Presidential Fitness Physical Fitness Test in elementary, middle, and high school physical education courses. HHS said the bill was part of the rural health transformation application and could help preserve federal funding, but members raised many questions about the test’s criteria, adaptive options for students with disabilities, equipment needs, and whether the bill should apply to non-public schools. Senator Clemens offered an amendment to limit the requirement to public schools, but it failed. Senator Hogan then offered an amendment to clarify exemptions and allow DPI to align implementation with federal guidance; that amendment passed. A further amendment adding language allowing DPI to establish criteria for and exceptions to the test also passed. The committee then approved the bill as amended on a roll call vote. The committee also considered House Bill 1622, which joins North Dakota to the physician assistant licensure compact. HHS said the compact would improve access to care, especially in rural areas, support military families, and help preserve rural health transformation funding. Members noted the compact had been discussed in a prior session and that many earlier concerns had been resolved. After brief discussion about the compact process and its consistency with other interstate compacts, the committee voted to do pass the bill. Finally, the committee began Senate Bill 2402, which expands pharmacists’ prescriptive authority and therapeutic substitution powers. HHS and the Board of Pharmacy supported the bill as a way to improve access to care and maintain rural health transformation funding. Senator Roers introduced a detailed amendment negotiated with the Board of Medicine and Board of Pharmacy to narrow and clarify the bill, including notification requirements, limits on certain drug categories, and patient-protection language for therapeutic substitution. The Board of Pharmacy then testified in support of the broader bill and explained the CLIA-waived testing provisions and the repeal of the older, narrower pharmacist-testing language. The hearing and amendment discussion were still underway when the transcript ended.

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><01:10:40.600><c> within</c> $225,000 the remaining requests within $225,000 the remaining requests
• Capacity building was nearly 10 times what was requested.
• </c><01:19:55.360><c> amount</c> heritage um again the requested amount heritage um again the requested
• uh I'm not times uh what was requested uh I'm not requested<01:20:06.320><c> request</c><01:20:07.000
• request was 10 times as much requested request was 10 times as much as<01:20:08.480><c> what</c><01:

Committee: Senate Environment, Climate, and Legacy

Keywords: 1187, senate, all