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MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:28:01.039><c> with</c> pursue as a State um we support with pursue as a State um we support with
- </c><00:28:46.799><c> with</c> and then lastly we um support with and then lastly we um support with
- </c> critical to our being able to support critical to our being able to support both<01:15:09.560><c
- </c><01:23:17.679><c> and</c> including General funds supported and including General funds supported
- and trunk highway fund-supported.
Committee:
House Capital Investment
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Veterans and Military Affairs Division 2/12/25
Veterans and Military Affairs Division
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> went over the the fall so we supported went over the the fall so we supported that<00:20:45.640>
- </c><00:47:22.319><c> of</c> increase uh we're fully supportive of increase uh we're fully supportive
- </c><00:58:16.280><c> this</c> everyone who was here to support this everyone who was here to support
- ><c> for</c><01:06:43.920><c> hr195</c> express my strong support for hr195 express my strong support
- </c> utilized all their uh State uh support utilized all their uh State uh support and<01:23:56.880><
Committee:
House Veterans and Military Affairs Division
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- I worked as a and support for HF 3714.
- Please<00:13:42.480><c> support</c><00:13:42.959><c> HF3714</c> Please support HF3714 Please support
- We should support are foster families.
- </c> enrich them and provide as much support. enrich them and provide as much support.
- So members I would love your<00:53:29.920><c> support.</c> your support. your support.
Committee:
House Education Policy
Keywords:
foster care, child welfare, enrollment priority, education programs, child care assistance, education, school board, elections, local governance, school district, site-governed schools, education reform, local control, autonomy, interchange, bond issuance, transportation, infrastructure funding, Sherburne County, student eligibility
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> opportunity to testify and to support opportunity to testify and to support SF2729.
- </c> committee today and to voice my support committee today and to voice my support for<00:13:58.800
- </c><00:14:30.240><c> that</c> without the financial support that without the financial support that
- . support. support.
- </c> than $3,000 in state grant support. than $3,000 in state grant support.
Committee:
Senate Higher Education
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Racial Equity, Civil Rights, and Inclusion Mar 31st, 2026
Joint Committee on Racial Equity, Civil Rights, and Inclusion
Transcript Highlights:
- Among the nearly 132,000 job seekers MassHire Department of Career Services supported in fiscal year
- One important area is technical assistance and early-stage business support.
- We have about 500 members, but we are agnostic to the support, so we support more than are actually fee-paying
- The BWWC stands proudly ready to support this committee in any way that would be helpful.
- About 25% of the governor's proposed budget is supported by federal revenue.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on State and Local Government - 03/12/26
State and Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> that support them. that support them.
- Thank you all for your support of this bill.
- I think uh we uh support of this bill.
- So, I I again appreciate your bill and I'll be supporting it.
- </c> I'll be supporting it. I'll be supporting it.
Committee:
Senate State and Local Government
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
02/11/2026 - Senate Public Safety
Senate Public Safety Committee of Reference
Transcript Highlights:
- We are in support of most of this.
- We're rising in support of 1503 today.
- We're rising in support of 1503 today.
- And I'm here in support of 1504.
- We're in strong support of this bill and would really appreciate support from the committee as well.
Summary:
The committee approved the February 4 minutes and announced several bills would be held, including SB 1317, SB 1416, SB 1419, SB 1490, and SB 1493. It then heard SB 1579, which would appropriate about $4.7 million from the general fund to expand a law enforcement data-sharing pilot through the Department of Administration, with funding for DPS, county sheriffs, university police, city/town police, and an amendment adding $125,900 for Scottsdale Police. Supporters, including the Flagstaff mayor, the Eloy police chief, and Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office staff, said the system improves real-time information sharing, officer safety, and efficiency. The committee adopted the amendment and gave SB 1579 a do pass as amended recommendation by a 6-0 vote with one not voting.
The committee next heard SB 1581, which would use the Peace Officer Training Equipment Fund for pepper ball equipment and public safety training simulators. The amendment increased the Nogales Police Department’s pepper ball appropriation and expanded simulator funding so Yavapai County could buy two simulators with a three-year warranty. Testimony from the Navajo County Sheriff’s Office, Phoenix Police, Glendale Police, Flagstaff, and Cochise County emphasized pepper ball’s de-escalation value and the simulators’ role in crisis-response and scenario-based training, including interactions involving autism, mental illness, and hearing impairments. The committee adopted the amendment and passed SB 1581 as amended on a 7-0 vote.
SB 1673 was then heard to appropriate $8.2 million from the general fund to the Law Enforcement Crime Victim Notification Fund, with the sponsor and witnesses describing the automated victim-notification system as constitutionally required and already reducing workload while keeping victims informed through texts and other alerts. The committee passed SB 1673 with no amendment on a 7-0 vote. SB 1544, which would make adult probation records public on request subject to redactions and appeal procedures, drew mixed testimony over transparency versus privacy concerns, especially around risk assessment tools and sensitive records; the committee passed it 4-3, with several members explaining no votes pending amendments. SB 1376, a civic leadership development special plate bill directing funds to a nonprofit focused on youth civic education and leadership, passed unanimously 7-0. Finally, SB 1550, a three-year Queen Creek pilot program to address runaway youth and exploitation through specialized police work, received support from local officials and anti-trafficking advocates but drew a no vote from one member over concerns about how runaway youth are treated in other legislation; it passed 5-1 with one not voting. The committee also heard SB 1504, a public safety retirement bill changing normal retirement and COLA timing for Tier 2 and Tier 3 members, with strong support from police and fire groups and opposition from local government and pension reform advocates, but no vote was taken in the portion provided.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Regular Session Aug 20th, 2026 at 03:47 pm
Transcript Highlights:
- This is a support bill.
- I ask for your support. Thank you.
- Senator Hurtado, you are recognized on this support bill.
- Senator Hurtado, you are recognized on this support bill.
- No opposition, support. Respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you.
Summary:
The Senate convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, then moved through motions and daily file items. Senator Ashby moved AB 2352 to the inactive file and AB 775 off the consent calendar. The body then considered a long series of concurrence and third-reading measures, with most receiving broad support and passing on largely party-line or unanimous votes.
Among the major bills discussed were SB 1192 on domestic violence-related relief, SB 1263 on professions and vocations, SB 872 on water infrastructure and levee/subsidence issues, SB 934 on protecting LGBTQ people from conversion therapy, SB 1159 on artificial intelligence and public comment rules, AB 1573 on housing for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking, AB 52 on farmer equity, AB 1758 on travel seller restitution fees, AB 1544 on court transparency, AB 1738 on virtual inspections for simple home work, AB 1820 on EV charger permit fees, AB 2150 on naloxone training for CPR-certified employees, AB 2274 on limiting secrecy in non-prosecution agreements for traffickers and child molesters, AB 2674 on public access to landfill monitoring data, AB 2010 on high-volume spay/neuter procedures, AB 1793 on cash rounding after the penny’s discontinuation, AB 1818 on CSU bargaining procedures, AB 1655 on CalWORKs support when children are detained by ICE, AB 1743 on firearm trace data sharing, and AB 2011 on preserving mental health parity enforcement. Members speaking in support emphasized consumer protection, transparency, public health, housing, labor rights, and equity; opposition was limited and appeared on a few measures such as AB 1743 and AB 1818.
Votes were recorded on each item, with many measures passing unanimously or by wide margins. Notable roll calls included concurrence on SB 1192 (30-0), SB 1263 (36-0), SB 872 (37-0), SB 934 (27-9), SB 1159 (37-0), and AB 2010 and AB 2150 by unanimous roll call. Several Assembly bills also passed with recorded opposition, including AB 52, AB 1758, AB 1820, AB 1793, AB 1818, AB 1655, AB 1743, and AB 2011. The session ended by returning to motions and consent calendars, where SCR 193 and a large slate of consent items were taken up, with SCR 193 granted reconsideration and the desk noting additional requests from members.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Public Service Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on Public Service
Transcript Highlights:
- In support of Senate Bill 1802, filed by Senator Nick Collins.
- Many, if not most of us, have deployed multiple times to support our nation and the Commonwealth.
- We stand in support of everything that our brothers in blue said today.
- So I support these bills. I support you. We thank you.
- Thank you to Senator Keenan for your support.
Committee:
Joint Joint Committee on Public Service
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Public Service heard testimony on a range of retirement-related bills, with several witnesses and advocates focusing on pension equity, veteran benefits, and recognition for public safety workers. Representative Dennis Gallagher and Mass Retirees supported legislation to increase the long-standing veterans’ bonus from $15 to $50 per year of service, up to $1,000 annually, and described it as a modest, overdue adjustment with minimal fiscal impact. Mass Retirees also backed bills to raise the minimum survivor allowance for public retirees and to address inequities in Option B and Option C survivor benefits for retirees whose pensions were calculated under older mortality tables.
The committee also heard a personal bill from Representative Jim Arceiro and Nathan McKinnon seeking creditable service for McKinnon’s years in the Nevada higher education system, which he said should count toward his Massachusetts retirement. Another individual bill was presented by Roberta Wollins, supported by Senator Keenan, to remedy what she described as misleading retirement advice from UMass Boston that affected her ability to buy back prior service and made her retirement planning inaccurate. Senator Keenan and others framed both cases as unique fairness issues rather than broad policy changes.
A large panel from police, fire, corrections, EMS, and related organizations testified in favor of a COVID-19 retirement credit proposal and a study bill, arguing that essential workers who reported in person throughout the pandemic should receive recognition and a time-based retirement credit. Witnesses described exposure risks, illness, deaths, staffing strain, and long-term effects from COVID-19, and several committee members voiced support and appreciation for their service. The hearing concluded with no votes taken on the bills and a motion to adjourn, which was approved.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Formal House Session 25 Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Those in support will rise.
- Our eyes in support of HB 5264, specifically in support of the provisions which respond to the tax code
- So I would urge every member of this body to support Amendment 43 when a vote is taken.
- I rise today in support of Amendment 43.
- The clerk will display the tally. 25 supporting the amendment, 128 in the negative.
Summary:
The House opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and received a resignation letter from Rep. Fana Howard of Lowell, effective March 17, 2026, as she transitioned to the Senate. The chamber then took up several procedural orders, including multiple unanimous or voice-vote suspensions of rules and concurrence with Senate petitions, such as referrals on housing and student transportation matters, and a suspension of Joint Rule 12 for a petition involving children served by DCF.
The main substantive item was House No. 5264, a fiscal year 2026 supplemental appropriations bill totaling about $1.8 billion. Members discussed its use of Fair Share surtax surplus funds for transportation and education, including major support for the MBTA, special education circuit breaker costs, early education and child care, snow and ice costs, regional transit authorities, and other deficiencies such as GIC and sheriff costs. Members also explained the bill’s tax conformity provisions responding to recent federal tax changes, with debate over whether to delay conformity to limit state revenue exposure. The House adopted a consolidated amendment to the bill and then passed it to be engrossed by roll call vote, 150-3.
The House also adopted a resolution commending the Admetek Foundation on Prostate Cancer Awareness Day. Several local bills were advanced, including a sick leave bank for a Department of Corrections employee, a bill waiving the minimum age requirement for a Boston police officer, a Nantucket charter bill, a Stoneham public safety bill, and a Malden special police officers bill, the last of which was amended before being engrossed. The chamber also considered Amendment 43 to redistribute $100 million of Fair Share revenue more evenly to municipalities for roads and education; supporters argued the current distribution favored statewide priorities over local aid, while opponents said the formula would not adequately address rural road needs. That amendment was rejected 128-25. The House then recessed several times, observed moments of silence for local public servants, welcomed visiting youth sports teams, and finally ordered adjournment to meet the next day at 11 a.m. in informal session.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Minnesota House passes bill to toughen penalties for impersonating police 4/23/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, so MPPOA supports this bill, the Chiefs Association supports this bill, the sheriffs support this
- 56.280><c> the</c><00:12:56.400><c> Chiefs</c> MPPOA supports this bill, the Chiefs MPPOA supports this
- > bill,</c><00:12:58.000><c> the</c> Association supports this bill, the Association supports this bill
- </c> officer in the country would support officer in the country would support this<00:13:02.320><c>
- </c><00:15:06.040><c> today</c> that I am supporting today that I am supporting today but<00:15:07.560
ID
Idaho 2026 Regular Session
Agenda Mar 12th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- This time we're looking at the Division of Indirect Support Services.
- Indirect support services provides policy direction, administrative leadership, and management support
- This time we're looking at the division of indirect support services.
- And indirect support services provides policy direction, administrative leadership, and management support
- Add $106,900 to support Idaho Orchestrating Nuclear.
Summary:
The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee met with a quorum and took up several Department of Health and Welfare and related budget items. On the Commission on Aging, a motion to restore $129,900 in ongoing general funds for senior nutrition failed, but a revised motion to restore the same amount as one-time general funds passed. The committee then approved the Division of Welfare budget items tied to federal and state changes under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and House Bill 345, including SNAP administrative cost adjustments, Medicaid expansion work requirements, and Medicaid eligibility system changes.
For Indirect Support Services, the committee approved a budget that included a fund-source change for the background check unit, replacement items, IT modernization and consolidation, and the fiscal impact of Senate Bill 1314. It also approved a separate motion to exempt several Health and Welfare divisions from transfer limitations, but only for Youth Safety and Permanency and Licensing and Certification after a substitute motion narrowed the original request. The committee then approved a $60,000 general fund restoration for the Domestic Violence Council within Independent Councils, with a senator disclosing a potential conflict of interest for the record.
The committee next adopted revised language for the Idaho Child Care Program Capacity Grant in the Early Learning and Development budget after extensive discussion about clarifying eligibility, investigations, and provider definitions; the motion passed despite concerns from the department and some members that the language remained unclear and policy-heavy. Finally, the committee approved consolidation of the Office of Species, Minerals and Energy Coordination, combining the former species conservation and energy/mineral offices and funding personnel, fisheries projects, and one-time energy resiliency grants. The meeting ended with adjournment to the call of the chair, and no further meeting was scheduled for the next morning except one House Appropriations item at 9 a.m.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Mar 9th, 2026
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- of kindness, support, and determination.
- of kindness, support, and determination.
- Members, I rise in support of ACR 147.
- I also rise in support of ACR 147.
- I was not intending to stand up but I'm rising in support of HR 89.
Summary:
The Assembly met after a quorum call and brief procedural business, including approval of the prior day’s journal, suspension of certain rules for guest introductions, and moving AB 568 to the inactive file. The chamber then recognized several visiting groups, including a fourth-grade class from Marigold Elementary School, representatives of the Pasadena Tournament of Roses and its Royal Court, and students from the University of California Students Association on lobby day.
The main floor actions centered on two resolutions. ACR 147 by Assembly Member Lackey designated March 9, 2026 as California Special Olympics Day. Members from both parties spoke in strong support, sharing personal connections to Special Olympics and praising its impact on athletes, families, and volunteers. The resolution received 70 co-authors and was adopted by voice vote. H.R. 89 by Assembly Member Patterson declared March as Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. Speakers emphasized rising colorectal cancer rates among younger adults, the importance of screening, and new testing options including blood tests. The resolution also received 70 co-authors and was adopted by voice vote.
After the resolutions, Assembly Member Rodriguez offered an adjournment in memory of Bob Yuloa of Chino, a Navy veteran and longtime community servant. The Assembly then announced upcoming committee and floor session dates and adjourned until Thursday, March 12 at 9 a.m.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Ways & Means Mar 9th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- I ask you to support the experts at the DOR and support closing this loophole and restoring the original
- Please support this bill. Thank you. Thank you.
- Well, we are in full support of this bill.
- Please support the bill.
- Well, we are in full support of this bill.
Summary:
The Ways and Means Committee held its last scheduled public hearing of the year on March 9, 2026, taking testimony on House Bill 2487, Substitute House Bill 2689, and Engrossed House Bill 2681. For HB 2487, staff and the Department of Revenue explained that the bill would narrow a B&O tax exemption for insurance-related businesses after a 2024 Supreme Court decision, make several related changes including annuity and assigned risk plan exemptions, adjust the advanced computing surcharge threshold for certain affiliated groups, and allow a penalties-and-interest waiver with a repayment plan. DOR supported the bill as clarifying the original intent and preventing double taxation, while insurers and health plan groups opposed it, arguing it would create higher costs, retroactive tax liability, and uncertainty; consumer and policy groups testified in support, saying it closes a loophole and restores the intended tax structure. Committee members questioned the retroactivity, the number of affected businesses, and the fiscal estimates, and the chair reminded members that amendment requests were due by noon for the next day’s executive session.
For Substitute HB 2689, staff described changes to the Working Connections Child Care program that would keep income eligibility at 60% of state median income, reduce future rate-setting from the 85th to the 75th percentile, block enhanced rates for certain cross-region providers, cancel the planned move to enrollment-based prospective payments, revise attendance-based reimbursement to a full month for absences of 10 days or fewer and half-month for longer absences, and require a 65% market survey response rate for validity. The fiscal note projected substantial savings, offset by implementation and staffing costs. SEIU 925 and Head Start representatives supported the simpler House approach to attendance billing but raised concerns about the new survey threshold and the risk of increased audits and provider burden; they also noted an amendment under discussion to address the 2026 survey issue. Committee questions focused on how a full month is defined under the attendance rules.
For HB 2681, staff said the bill would raise annual issuance and renewal fees for cannabis producer, processor, and retail licenses by $400, generating about $866,000 per year for the dedicated cannabis account with minimal administrative cost. No one signed up to testify, and the chair closed the hearing without a vote on any of the bills. The chair also thanked committee staff for their work and reiterated that amendments for the heard bills were due by noon that day.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- We absolutely want to show support for our graduate Students.
- I'm leaning towards I'm going to support this bill.
- I'm in full support.
- So I really support this bill. I support this program. Let us get it fine-tuned at UNM.
- I support this. I understand How important this is.
Committee:
Senate Senate Education
Keywords:
graduate scholarship, higher education funding, New Mexico, appropriation, financial aid, education, documentary, historical figure, Padre Antonio Jose Martinez, Northern New Mexico State School, SB179, Senate Bill 179, UNM, University of New Mexico, medical Spanish, Spanish-language curriculum, health sciences, health professions education, language access, bilingual healthcare
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee Jan 12th, 2026
Energy, Utilities and Communications
Transcript Highlights:
- We'll take public comment in support now. Support. Do we have any witnesses in support of the bill?
- I know we've had it before us and most of us here supported it.
- I'll be supporting this, monitoring as it goes through the process.
- to support wildfire survivors going forward.
- to support wildfire survivors going forward.
Committee:
Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications heard two bills. SB 742 by Senator Perez would require investor-owned utilities to inventory and remove permanently abandoned transmission lines, update wildfire mitigation planning, and participate in emergency operations centers. The bill was presented as a response to the Eaton Fire and other wildfire risks tied to decommissioned lines. Supporters, including TURN and a wildfire survivor coalition, argued the bill closes a major safety gap and could prevent future disasters. Committee members raised questions about cost, implementation, and CPUC oversight, but generally supported the measure as a safety and affordability step. The bill was amended and passed out of committee 12-0 to Senate Appropriations.
SB 327 by Senator McNerney would prohibit investor-owned utilities from using ratepayer funds to oppose municipal utility formation or expansion and would clarify the Public Advocates Office’s authority to inspect utility accounting records. Supporters said ratepayer money should not be used for political lobbying and that the bill would improve accountability and protect consumers from inappropriate charges. Utility representatives opposed the bill as written, saying some costs were not recovered from ratepayers, the language needed clarification, and the measure could blur regulatory and advocacy roles or create due process issues, though they said they were open to amendments. The committee discussed affordability, utility profits, and the need for clearer statutory language. SB 327 was amended and passed 10-3 to Senate Appropriations.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Agriculture Mar 3rd, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- WE HAVE TRAVIS MOORE, WAIVING IN SUPPORT. DIANA FERGUSON, WAIVING IN SUPPORT.
- BARNEY BISHOP WAIVING IN SUPPORT. KATE McFALL, WAIVING IN SUPPORT. MEMBERS, DEBATE ON THE BILL.
- AND NANCY STEWART WAIVING IN SUPPORT, FLORIDA POULTRY FEDERATION.
- SO I CAN'T SUPPORT IT TODAY IN ITS CURRENT FORM, THANK YOU MR.
- AT THIS MOMENT I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THIS BILL FOR RIGHT NOW.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><01:35:38.239><c> the</c> respectfully ask that you support the respectfully ask that you support
- So, um, this bill was supported by a ratio of 17 to 1 in sign-ins supporting the legislation.
- </c><03:23:54.000><c> this</c> public is asking for and support this public is asking for and support
- This legislation supports setting.
- </c> your support. your support. >> Thank<05:07:37.280><c> you,</c><05:07:37.520><c> Senator.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- I stand in support of Senator Friendly's amendment. I could swear I just heard you say support.
- You were in support? I am in support. Very good.
- You were in support? I am in support. Very good. All right.
- All those in support please signify with an aye. I was opposed with an A.
- It isn't just supporting law enforcement. That's hardly it.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- And so that's why I'm in support of this.
- to support.
- Do you want me to support House Bill 530 or the RS? Mr.
- So I'll be supporting that. Representative Bruce.
- to support.
Committee:
House Business
Summary:
The House Business Committee introduced several RS measures and advanced one bill. RS 33-267, from Rep. Cheatham, would exempt four-plex dwellings from mandatory sprinkler requirements to reduce housing costs and would add heat-detection devices in new construction to address garage fires involving lithium-ion batteries. Members discussed whether heat detection was already being added in the rules package, and some expressed concern about changing prior sprinkler policy, but the RS was introduced. RS 33-022, a travel insurance regulatory framework based on a national model act, was also introduced after testimony that it would standardize consumer protections, disclosures, licensing, and a free-look period. RS 33-208, on third-party litigation financing, was introduced with support for disclosure requirements and a prohibition on foreign adversary participation. RS 33-065, aimed at reducing barriers to manufactured housing by easing zoning treatment and covenant restrictions, was introduced despite questions about consultation with cities and counties. RS 33-274, creating a voluntary portable benefits plan for independent contractors, was introduced after questions about how it would interact with existing benefit plans and whether contributions would be limited to hiring parties.
The committee then heard House Bill 530 on oral chemotherapy parity. Rep. Bruce and Rep. Green described the bill as a response to cancer patients facing much higher out-of-pocket costs for oral anti-cancer drugs than for IV treatments, and several witnesses, including Susan G. Komen, a cancer patient, a St. Luke’s pharmacist, and the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, testified in support. They said the bill would not create new coverage mandates but would require equal cost-sharing treatment for oral and IV anti-cancer medications, helping patients avoid delayed or abandoned treatment. Members debated whether the bill should include a $250 monthly cap on out-of-pocket costs; the sponsors said the substitute RS removed that cap while preserving parity, and some members preferred the cap for predictability. A motion to table the bill failed, and HB 530 was sent to the floor with a do-pass recommendation. The substitute RS 33-222 was then introduced.
Finally, RS 33-262, from Rep. Skog, was introduced to cap interest and fees on loans from non-regulated lenders, targeting payday and title lending practices described by supporters as predatory and trapping borrowers in cycles of debt. Members raised concerns about whether the cap could reduce access to short-term credit, while supporters cited examples of 200% to 300% or even higher effective rates. The committee also noted existing Idaho usury law questions during discussion. The RS was introduced, and the meeting adjourned after announcements about upcoming floor and committee schedules.