Transcript Highlights:

• We want them to be going to the direct care workforce to make sure those salaries are high enough to
• I think there is kind of a—I don't really care what the governor recommends we cut or don't cut.
• But what we do have is a direct view of what happens when Idahoans lose access to food and SNAP benefits
• The protection is there for taxpayers, and it's a direct result of the SNAP program working as it should
• They can't get child care. And now we're going to make it harder to eat.

Committee: Senate Health and Welfare

Keywords: 989, all

Transcript Highlights:

• IN WHICH THIS BILL IS MOVING AND THE AMENDMENT THAT WAS JUST FILED, WE KNOW SENATOR TRUMBULL CARES DEEPLY
• AND FEDERAL PROJECTS THAT ARE IN YOUR DISTRICTS SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND HOPEFULLY IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION
• BUT I LIKE THE DIRECTION OF IT SELLING IN SO I STILL HAVE A CHANCE TO SEE IT BEFORE IT GOES TO THE FLOOR
• IF WE CARE ABOUT PROTECTING FAMILIES IN PREVENTING UNNECESSARY TRAGEDY, THIS IS WHERE WE START. >> Sen
• I'M A PROUD RESIDENT OF TAMPA FLORIDA AND I CARE DEEPLY ABOUT THE FUTURE OF ALL WORKING PEOPLE IN OUR

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• The findings can be there is a lack of knowledge about wound care.
• know, people in sober homes, to people who are providing outpatient clinical care.
• Settings that are providing more non-clinical care.
• It's more like our direction on what we're doing.
• Take care.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Working Group on Education and Training of the Special Commission on Xylazine held its first meeting to begin developing findings and recommendations on education and training for first responders, the medical community, the substance use treatment community, and people who use drugs. Members discussed the need for baseline information on what xylazine is, its clinical effects and harms, signs of exposure or poisoning, wound care, and immediate response steps, while also noting that training should be tailored by audience, geography, and role. Several members emphasized that the training should be practical and action-oriented, helping people recognize xylazine exposure and know what to do next, including whether naloxone is relevant and how to reduce risk and mitigate harm. A major theme was whether the group should recommend a needs assessment or survey to identify what different audiences already know and what they still need to learn. Members suggested that BSAS, DPH, local public health departments, licensing boards, and other stakeholders could help gather this information, and that existing resources such as DPH materials, MADS data, Brandeis materials, and trainings already being funded at BMC should be reviewed. The group also discussed the importance of using plain language for non-clinical audiences while still including clinical detail for providers, and of distinguishing between clinical and non-clinical training tracks. The working group agreed to divide into subgroups: Senator Keenan will focus on first responders, Dr. Simon on the medical community, and Millie Batiya on the substance use treatment community, while Chair Domb will focus on people who use drugs. Staff will send meeting notes, an early draft PowerPoint framework, and a shared Google Drive folder for materials. Members were asked to gather sources and ideas by November 25 ahead of the December 11 public meeting. The meeting ended with a motion to adjourn, a second, and unanimous thanks to staff and participants.

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• Enhanced health care options in our rural communities and all over New Mexico, but primarily our rural
• Out-of-pocket costs at the point of service are a barrier to getting appropriate care.
• I'm just curious, why did they remove emergency department visits and urgent care visits?
• have to meet the access to care... standards.
• It will have a phenomenal financial impact on the cost of care.

Committee: House House Health & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:

• We know that personally, in our own lives: to take care of those who rely on us, we need to take care
• We know that personally, in our own lives, to take care of those who rely on us, we need to take care
• I mean, I think we have to be careful about not doing things that require importing refined fuel from
• And we worked closely with the Energy Commission at the direction of Governor Newsom to identify the
• That was the explicit direction of the legislature when they passed SB 846.

Summary: The Assembly Committee on Utilities and Energy heard SB 1259, which would require refineries to provide advance closure and remediation planning information, and SB 1425, which would authorize the High-Speed Rail Authority to create a permit process for encroachments in its right of way. The committee also held an informational hearing on California electricity reliability and the future of the Strategic Reliability Reserve. The chair opened by noting the hearing room change, testimony limits, and that the committee would proceed without a quorum at first, then later established quorum for votes. On SB 1259, Senator Blake Spear argued the bill would give communities and state agencies needed information to plan for refinery closures, cleanup, and land reuse, comparing the requirement to estate planning. Supporters, including Benicia City Councilmember Carrie Birdseye and UC Santa Barbara professor Ranjit Schmook, said the bill would help communities facing refinery closures avoid being left without information and better prepare for redevelopment and remediation. Opponents, including the Western States Petroleum Association, the State Building and Construction Trades Council, and business groups, argued the bill could send negative market signals, create conflicts with federal reporting, and potentially accelerate refinery closures. The committee passed SB 1259 on a 7-3 vote, later reopening the roll and recording additional votes before moving it out as amended to Appropriations. On SB 1425, Senator Cortese and sponsor Robert Pearsall said the bill would help the High-Speed Rail Authority manage utility, broadband, drainage, and vegetation encroachments along the project corridor and reduce delays. Labor and construction groups supported the measure as a way to add certainty and speed project delivery. Utilities and local agencies, including LADWP, Southern California Gas, Southern California Edison, PG&E, and others, opposed unless amended, saying the bill needed clearer language on emergencies, existing agreements, and potential impacts on their own rights of way and service obligations. After discussion about emergency language and utility coordination, the committee passed SB 1425 as amended to Appropriations on a 10-3 vote. In the oversight hearing, CEC, CPUC, CAISO, and DWR officials reported that California’s summer reliability outlook is better than in prior years, with substantial new procurement, storage, and demand-response resources added since 2020. They said the state is projected to meet its summer reliability standard and has not needed a flex alert for three straight years, but cautioned that extreme heat, fire, hydro conditions, and federal policy uncertainty still pose risks. Officials emphasized that the current Strategic Reliability Reserve remains important as a backstop, while longer-term planning must address rising demand from electrification and data centers and the eventual retirement of emergency resources.

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• all and stakeholders across this state to implement that legislative direction.
• And it seems that this is moving in the opposite direction.
• But AB 1207 rightly directed CARB to go back and set those based on, you know, rightly directed CARB
• I mean, that is the direct tradeoff: we have a finite number of allowances.
• The proposed amendments represent small but necessary steps in the right direction.

Committee: House Joint Legislative Committee on Climate Change Policies

Summary: The Joint Legislative Committee on Climate Change Policy heard an overview from CARB on proposed amendments to California’s Cap-and-Invest program, which was reauthorized through 2045 by AB 1207 and SB 840. CARB said the draft rules are intended to preserve affordability, market certainty, and progress toward the state’s 2030 and 2045 climate targets. The agency described the program’s main features, including the declining emissions cap, utility and industrial allowance allocations, offset changes, the allowance price containment reserve, and new reporting and oversight requirements. CARB also said the rulemaking is on a public comment timeline, with board consideration planned for late May and an effective date targeted for September 1, 2026. Committee members focused heavily on electricity affordability, the planned shift of free allowances from natural gas utilities to electric utilities, and whether the proposal would raise rates for investor-owned and publicly owned utilities. CARB said the proposal is meant to protect ratepayers from compliance costs and that the utility allocation is based on updated data showing utilities are greener than before, but members and utility representatives argued the transition should happen faster and that the current draft could reduce expected revenues and disrupt long-term planning. Members also pressed CARB on carbon capture and sequestration, asking that the regulations clearly recognize it as a compliance pathway, and on whether the SB 905 rulemaking for carbon capture should move forward on schedule. A second major topic was industrial allocations, especially for refiners and other sectors at risk of leakage. CARB said it is keeping all industries at high leakage risk through 2030, maintaining the current cap-adjustment approach, and leaving room for additional comments and data on whether refiners need more allowances to avoid economic leakage and preserve in-state refining. Members also questioned how imported gasoline is treated, and CARB explained that transportation fuel is regulated at the rack and through the low-carbon fuel standard, while cap-and-invest covers in-state tailpipe and smokestack emissions rather than full life-cycle emissions. CARB said it is open to using additional data, including SB 253 reporting, to improve fuel carbon-intensity estimates. The panel of outside experts largely agreed that the program must balance affordability, ambition, and leakage concerns, but they differed on how much allowance value should go to utilities, industry, and the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. The Legislative Analyst’s Office emphasized that the Legislature should scrutinize CARB’s allocation choices now because they will be hard to change later. An IEMAC representative said the proposal appears to shift more allowance value to industry and utilities, which could reduce GGRF revenues, while EDF argued the cap could be tightened further in the near term without triggering price containment. SCAPA, representing publicly owned utilities, warned that the proposal would reduce utility allowances and could raise costs for ratepayers and undermine early decarbonization investments. No votes were taken at the hearing.

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• We provide a direct service to the public, owners and operators of a highway system, things that directly
• And the DMV handles very complex programs like commercial trucking, taking care of our identification
• And the DMV handles very complex programs like commercial trucking, taking care of our identification
• We care about efficiency. We care about delivering our projects to you as quickly as possible.
• That was for uncompensated care.

Committee: Senate Transportation

Summary: The Senate Transportation Committee received an agency update from Idaho Transportation Department Director Scott Stokes. He described ITD’s role in highway construction and maintenance, DMV services, and aeronautics, emphasizing public accountability, employee expertise, and the department’s operating priorities of operating, preserving, and expanding the system. He highlighted major projects and emergency responses, including road washouts, bridge repairs, and the reopening of an overpass after a truck crash, and said growth and revenue availability remain the department’s biggest challenges. Stokes also reviewed ITD’s budget picture, noting most funding comes from dedicated state and federal transportation sources, and outlined governor-recommended enhancements for equipment, Highway 16 operations, and roadside tree removal, while saying future project pacing will depend on available funds. Committee members asked about whether lane-mile growth is keeping pace with population growth, how ITD is planning for a new north-south route in the Kootenai County area, the effect of a 2025 law limiting pedestrian and bicycle spending, and how expected budget cuts might affect the department’s five-year project plan. Stokes said congestion is often a local-network issue as well as a state highway issue, that planning for future routes is being done with local communities, that the pedestrian/bike law has had little effect on ITD’s own projects, and that new project bidding will be scaled to available funding while design work continues. The committee then heard a JFAC budget discussion from Chairman Grow, Keith Bybee, and Brooke Dupree on the statewide fiscal outlook and transportation funding. They explained that the state faces a tighter general fund picture than in recent years, with possible 3% governor holdbacks and an additional 1% to 2% reduction being discussed, and that the legislature’s revenue forecast and tax conformity decisions will affect the ending balance. Bybee said the budget stabilization fund remains strong compared with 2009, but the legislature must decide whether to use one-time cash or make deeper ongoing cuts to restore structural balance. Dupree reviewed transportation revenue sources and prior legislation, including gas tax and registration fee increases, TECM bonding authority, and general fund transfers to ITD and local governments, and noted the governor did not recommend the full $275 million general fund transfer requested by ITD. No votes were taken, and the meeting adjourned after questions.

Transcript Highlights:

• Because if my colleagues bring up those causes and care about the zero-sum nature of the budget, if we
• My questions and comments are primarily directed at SB 2X1, which is the immigration services and legal
• It is a thing that people do care about if you are in a mixed status family, and it obviously affects
• We should care about what this administration thinks that it can do, and really what Has no power or
• In particular, the funding for direct legal assistance will help to support the immediate legal needs

Committee: House Budget

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So what we would like to see, and the... ...is taking care of that issue.
• So I believe the NOI process would take care of any regulatory needs that we have.
• And I believe SCR can lead us in that direction.
• force, and they have the opportunity to speak publicly, but we approve and are agreeing with what direction
• task force, you know, to look at how we possibly could get both sides pulling the wagon in the same direction

Keywords: 965, house, all

Summary: The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission/task force met on April 17, 2026, with a quorum present. Members adopted the agenda and prior minutes, then received an update on the chronic wasting disease (CWD) index case in Washington Parish. Staff explained that a hunter-submitted deer tested positive in January 2026, the case was confirmed by the National Veterinary Services Laboratory, and an emergency declaration was issued March 11 to extend the CWD control area into portions of Washington and surrounding parishes. The update also reviewed baiting restrictions in enhanced mitigation and buffer zones, the 180-day duration of the emergency declaration, and the department’s website tools for locating affected areas. The commission then agreed to table its own CWD task force recommendations while Senate Concurrent Resolution 24 was being considered during the legislative session. Senator Womack summarized SCR 24 as a “reset” of CWD policy. He said it would set a 1.5% apparent prevalence trigger, require at least 300 samples, shorten the management zone from 25 miles to 15 miles, and allow baiting/supplemental feeding from the opening of deer season through March 31 unless the trigger is met. He said the resolution would also help address feral hog issues and restore more normal hunting and economic conditions. Commission and staff members clarified that the resolution would not affect deer pens or livestock under the Department of Agriculture, and that if sampling goals are not met, feed bans would apply the following year. Several stakeholders testified on the economic and management impacts. Louisiana Farm Bureau representatives supported the effort to find a workable solution but asked for clarity on how the resolution would be implemented, especially whether emergency declarations would immediately impose new restrictions. They emphasized the need to avoid discouraging deer sampling and to consider impacts on feed suppliers, landowners, and hunting leases. A written statement from Vic Blanchard of the Louisiana Landowners Association opposed SCR 24 and HCR 4, arguing that easing restrictions would worsen CWD spread and undermine wildlife management. Other speakers said the resolution should preserve economic planning for feed businesses and allow the commission to continue monitoring disease prevalence. After public comment, the commission voted to table its recommendations and then adjourned without taking a vote on SCR 24 itself.

Transcript Highlights:

• I would like to first have someone take care of the minutes. Do I have a motion? Mr.
• I guess my thought is this could be a prevention measure for having adequate child care available.
• Seeing that this grant being directed to this, Grant being directed to this council on domestic violence
• That deals with oversight, it deals with accountability, and so that we're taking care of the taxpayers
• Because I think this could be a really great opportunity for us, not only to help with that direction

Keywords: 989, all

Summary: The committee first approved the January 29, 2006 minutes, then spent most of the meeting reviewing Idaho Children’s Trust Fund and related prevention-focused grant requests. Members repeatedly discussed whether proposals fit the committee’s mission of youth substance-abuse prevention, the need for measurable outcomes and oversight, and whether some requests were more like child care or general social services than prevention. Several members also noted that future legislation and a clearer planning framework may be needed so the committee is not simply reacting to applicants’ own goals. The committee then considered individual funding requests. It approved one-time funding for the Idaho Children’s Trust Fund ($692,240), the Idaho Safety Assessment Center Coalition ($1 million through the Department of Juvenile Corrections), the Idaho Network of Children’s Advocacy Centers ($3 million through ICDVVA), a recovery center request ($150,000 ongoing through Health and Welfare), a statewide drug awareness media campaign ($5 million through the Office of Drug Policy), and the governor’s recommended $25 million one-time transfer to the Department of Health and Welfare/Division of Medicaid to help address the Medicaid forecast and general fund impact. The Children’s Bridge request for $3.5 million did not receive a second and died. Throughout the meeting, members emphasized that any approved funding should include intent language for distribution, oversight, reporting, and in some cases procurement or performance measures. There was also discussion that some programs should have a designated state agency “home” for long-term sustainability, and that the committee should better track whether funded programs are actually reducing youth substance use and related harms. The meeting ended after the committee adopted the motions and adjourned.

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• I didn't know that many people even cared about transportation until about two weeks ago.
• Also, this biennium, at the direction of the 88th Texas Legislative Committee on Legislative Affairs,
• Much of this work is accomplished in direct partnership with our County Tax Assessor Collector offices
• How can we not take care?
• I think we need to be taking care of our own down there. in Maitland, Odessa, and Reeves County, and

Committee: House Transportation

Keywords: 1184, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We pray that you’ll watch over us and take care of us, Lord.
• We pray, Lord, that you’ll watch over us and take care of us, Lord.
• I'd like to see legislation directed towards that.
• One of the finest men I know, him caring to the finest people that I know.
• And then the Holy Spirit guides and directs, convicts.

Keywords: 1204, all

Transcript Highlights:

• There's the obvious things: the care and passion that make life better in this state for every person
• She's very, you know, I think she's very direct. involved in her life.
• She's very, you know, I think she's very direct. She knows how she feels.
• He's a family man, a loving husband, a caring father, and a helpful neighbor.
• John, you've cared deeply about the House Republican Caucus and our legislature.

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

Transcript Highlights:

• All these lawmakers pass in your loving care that they may ever serve with the dignity of high office
• Our energy and our care, we do so with the spirits and the DNA of the Greeks who came before us.
• It is deeply satisfying and a great opportunity to give back to your community in a direct way.
• This bill is a practical, common-sense step in that direction, and I urge you to vote yes.
• This bill is a practical, common-sense step in that direction, and I urge you to vote yes.

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Senate convened with a prayer and Pledge of Allegiance, then approved the prior journal and took up motions and resolutions. Senator Gianaris moved to reconsider and restore Senate Print 3179A, an Environmental Conservation Law bill, to the third reading calendar, and amendments were also received on Senate Print 8491. The chamber then considered and adopted Resolution 1716, designating March 2026 as Greek History Month in New York, with remarks from several senators about Greek heritage, Greek independence, immigration, and the contributions of Greek Americans. The Senate also adopted Resolution 1607, proclaiming March 2026 as American Red Cross Month, with extensive testimony praising Red Cross disaster relief, blood donation, preparedness work, and volunteers; several senators highlighted local volunteers and urged greater support for the organization, including budget resources. The Senate welcomed guests, including Red Cross representatives and students from Brooklyn, and later opened the resolutions for co-sponsorship. The chamber then moved through the calendar and passed multiple bills, including measures affecting mental hygiene, elder law, penal law, public authorities, labor, public service, correction, education, election law, alcoholic beverage control, and state administrative procedure. Most bills passed by wide margins, though some drew recorded opposition, including the public authorities bill and several election, public service, and correction measures. Senator Ramos explained her support for the labor bill as a workplace dignity and anti-bullying measure, and Senator Ryan explained his support for the small-business regulatory website bill as a way to simplify access to agency rules and guidance. Senator Skoufis’s Public Health Law bill was also recalled from the Assembly, restored to the third reading calendar, and amended. The Senate then adjourned until Thursday, March 12 at 11:00 a.m.

Transcript Highlights:

• So our bills direct, they create a direct structured homestead exemption for Missouri veterans with a
• The VA was created on the decree from Abraham Lincoln to care for those who've borne the battle.
• Secondly, with taking care of the spouses, there's one thing we haven't mentioned: taking care of the
• Gold Star families, if we can take care of them.
• take care of the community, too.

Committee: House Veterans and Armed Forces

Keywords: 959, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The overuse of AI is the direct opposite of this kind of rehabilitation, and it targets not only our
• And so I think I can bring some strategic direction, some financial discipline, and some guidance to
• So we have a culture of care, and we are really developing our programs around what the needs of our
• But also we do sports fields, lawn care operators, and some specialty agriculture, like strawberries
• This is acute health care workforce shortages.

Bills: S1694

Committee: Senate Appropriations Committee on Higher Education

Keywords: technology education, digital literacy, artificial intelligence, computer science, high school graduation

Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Higher Education met with a quorum present and first took up CS for SB 1694, which would require technology-integrated postsecondary general education core courses to include digital literacy and competency instruction, including use of artificial intelligence tools, and encourage high school computer science courses with AI content to teach how AI systems use data, their benefits and limitations, and responsible use in academic and personal contexts. The bill drew support from several speakers who emphasized the need for students to understand AI’s capabilities, limitations, ethics, and risks, while one speaker raised concerns about overreliance on AI and the loss of skills. Senator Davis said the bill was a good step toward preparing the future workforce and suggested earlier instruction might be worth considering later. The bill was reported favorably, and Senator Leek asked to be recorded in the affirmative. The committee then heard a long series of confirmation presentations for trustees at multiple Florida colleges and universities, including Tallahassee State College, USF, UNF, Palm Beach State College, the College of the Florida Keys, Hillsborough College, Miami-Dade College, Florida A&M University, Florida Gulf Coast University, Florida International University, New College of Florida, Florida Polytechnic University, and the University of Florida. The appointees generally emphasized student success, workforce alignment, fiscal responsibility, access and affordability, and institutional growth; several members and senators offered supportive comments, with some asking about specific issues such as Tallahassee State’s NCLEX passage rates and the need for continued improvement. One appointee’s attendance was delayed or skipped for later consideration, but the committee ultimately took a block vote and reported the confirmations favorably to the Ethics and Elections Committee. Finally, Chair Harrell gave a brief overview of the higher education budget, describing a total of $11.9 billion and highlighting increases for workforce education, Florida College System operating funds, workforce development capitalization, the Rural Incentive for Professional Educators program, the USF Center for Nursing, preeminent research universities, UCF’s community school grant program, UF’s Lassinger Center on Learning, the Florida Center for Autism and Neurodevelopment, and campus security through a postsecondary guardian program. Senator Davis asked about a transfer related to the workforce development capitalization and incentive grant fund, and the chair explained it was a transfer of an existing program with new funds being added. There was no public comment on the budget, and the meeting adjourned after Senator Leek requested to be recorded in the affirmative on SB 1694.

Transcript Highlights:

• SOMETHING THE LEGISLATURE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT. THIS IS FLAT-OUT UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
• SOMETHING THE LEGISLATURE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT. 60 PERCENT VOTED FOR A $15 MINIMUM WAGE.
• UNMASKING YOU OPPOSE WITH ME SB 440 MAKING SURE WE GET WHAT WE NEED WHICH IS ADEQUATE CARE. >> I WANT
• IF THEY WERE ACTIVELY TAKING CARE OF THAT MEMORIAL. >> ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS?
• WE DON'T CARE IF YOU ARE WHITE OR BROWN.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• But and we've done calculations and for every dollar both direct and indirect research funding we get
• And this includes direct support organizations that are legally separate not-for-profit corporations
• We have 8 of those direct support organizations. It's pretty much spends the same category.
• But if that county issues the pledge against the debt, we've got to be careful taking those funds out
• The foster care system has a number of waivers associated with that.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• It adds in care staff, mentoring, detention clinician. And this goes on.
• It adds in care staff, mentoring, detention clinician. And this goes on.
• Five percent, I think, is a modest step in the right direction.
• Again, trending in the right direction, but it really comes down to April.
• We are moving back in the right direction, and it's a necessary move.

Summary: The House opened with roll call, prayer, and the Pledge of Allegiance, then approved the journal and received messages from the governor and Senate. Several committee reports were read, including referrals of newly printed bills and memorials, and the House moved a number of measures to second reading, general orders, or committee calendars. The chamber also advanced multiple bills through first reading and referral, including measures on health insurance prior authorization, budget limits, homestead exemption, Medicaid presumptive eligibility, student enrollment counseling, water districts, and rat control. In Committee of the Whole, members considered House Bill 717 on motor vehicles, Senate Bill 1227 on artificial intelligence in K-12 education, House Bill 668 on child custody interference, House Bill 750 on programmable money, and House Bill 747 on abatement districts. Amendments were adopted to HB 717, HB 1227, HB 668, and HB 750, and the committee reported those bills back without recommendation as amended; HB 530, HB 627, HB 598, and HB 747 were reported as progress. The House adopted the committee report, sending HB 717, HB 668, and HB 750 to engrossing and placing SB 1227 on the first reading calendar. On third reading, House Bill 659 passed 41-27 after extensive debate over requiring local law enforcement agencies to seek ICE 287(g) agreements and whether the bill imposed an unfunded mandate or would improve immigration enforcement and public safety. House Bill 674, dealing with telephone service discontinuance after FCC approval, passed 65-1 with four abstentions. The House also passed HB 566, HB 568, HB 774, SB 1244, and SB 1265, largely as code-cleanup or repeal measures, and held several bills on the calendar until the following Monday. The chamber then began debate on Senate Bill 1331, a 2026 budget rescission bill that would impose across-the-board holdbacks except for certain areas such as K-12, corrections, state police, and Medicaid. Supporters argued it was needed to maintain a structurally balanced budget, preserve fiscal discipline, and set a baseline for later add-backs; opponents said it was an unfunded, blunt cut that would harm vulnerable populations, reduce services, and rely on a process they viewed as constitutionally and practically flawed. Debate continued at length, with no final vote shown in the excerpt.

Transcript Highlights:

• It adds in care staff, mentoring, detention clinician. And this goes on.
• It adds in care staff, mentoring, detention clinician. And this goes on.
• Again, trending in the right direction, but it really comes down to April.
• We'd be careful about disparaging our colleagues.
• Could you know— We are moving back in the right direction, and it's a necessary move.

Keywords: 989, all