Transcript Highlights:

• On the surface, sometimes it can look as if, hey, we are asking for a pay raise for ourselves.
• So when you pay for that license, it'll pay for the program.
• I pay full boat. My house is on the historic register.
• We don't have a lot of people paying property taxes in Phoenix, properties now.
• We don't have a lot of people paying property taxes in Phoenix Union and Phoenix Elementary.

Committee: House House Appropriations Committee of Reference

Summary: The committee opened by announcing a heavy agenda and noting that Senate Bill 1176 would be held. It then took up several Senate bills, beginning with SB 1272, which appropriates $5 million for the City of Douglas as a state match for the Douglas Port of Entry project. The bill was amended to draw the money from the Water Supply Development Revolving Fund instead of the General Fund. Senator Gowen, the Douglas mayor, and city staff described the project as a $678 million federal investment opportunity that would support water, wastewater, and broadband infrastructure, create jobs, and improve border security. The committee approved SB 1272 as amended on a 15-0 vote with three present and one not voting. The committee next approved SB 1503, as amended, which expands the state death benefit to include civilian pilots employed by law enforcement agencies and applies the change retroactively to January 1, 2026. Senator Gowen and DPS leadership testified that the change was needed so the family of a pilot killed in a February helicopter crash would qualify for the benefit. The bill passed 18-0 with one not voting. SB 1274, as amended, created a separate timeshare salesperson license and training path; supporters said it would streamline licensing for people who only sell timeshares, while one member objected to the added rulemaking discretion. It passed 17-1 with one not voting. The committee also approved SB 1286, which expands veterinary telemedicine by allowing longer prescription periods for certain medications after an electronic exam, with shorter limits for antimicrobials. Supporters said it would help rural and disabled pet owners and had been negotiated to the satisfaction of veterinarians and telemedicine advocates. The bill passed 18-0 with one not voting. SB 1519, as amended, raised the off-highway vehicle weight threshold from 2,500 to 3,500 pounds and revised related registration and funding provisions; supporters argued it would reflect newer enclosed-cab vehicles and better align Arizona with neighboring states, while opponents warned of trail damage and said the study process was not complete. It passed 10-7 with one present and one not voting. Finally, the committee approved SB 1618, which restructures the Military Affairs Commission, adds members with defense and aerospace expertise, requires more frequent meetings and reporting, and updates the Military Installation Fund and related duties to better attract and retain defense missions. Supporters said the changes would help Arizona compete for military and defense investment, while some members questioned whether the commission’s mission was being broadened too far and whether the existing structure should instead be handled through other agencies. The bill passed 10-6 with one present and one not voting. The committee then considered SCR 1020, which would index legislative salaries to inflation or deflation starting with future officeholders if approved by voters. Supporters argued the current $24,000 salary had eroded significantly since 1998 and limited who could serve, while opponents objected to legislators voting on their own pay or preferred reducing session time instead. The resolution was approved and sent forward for voter consideration.

Transcript Highlights:

• Um the next foreign service worker pay.
• County work is property tax paying.
• And also by those individuals that would have had to pay a personal property tax.
• </c><02:08:30.320><c> The</c> pay a prop a personal property tax.
• The pay a prop a personal property tax.

Committee: Senate Taxes

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• stabilize the organizations that help the homeless, help seniors, provide services to those who can't pay
• /c><00:42:23.200><c> those</c><00:42:23.440><c> who</c><00:42:23.599><c> can't</c><00:42:23.839><c> pay
• </c><00:42:24.000><c> for</c> services to those who can't pay for services to those who can't pay for
• </c><03:09:54.880><c> for</c> talking about um getting more pay for talking about um getting more pay
• Those units never pay back the investment. That's not the point.

Committee: House Finance

Keywords: 910, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:26:02.600><c> rates</c><00:26:02.880><c> and</c> requirements pay rates and requirements pay
• But if you add a service, then you have to pay for that service. Thank you, Mr.
• So yeah, it'd be nice to see how much we actually do pay the bill on that.
• So yeah, it'd be nice to see how much we actually do pay the bill on that.
• So yeah, it'd be nice to see how much we actually do pay the bill on that.

Committee: Senate Human Services

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• share and that a different methodology would result in them not paying their fair share.
• </c><00:54:23.720><c> their</c> properties would needed to pay their properties would needed to pay their
• 32.160><c> a</c><00:54:32.240><c> million</c> someone that pays over 34 of a million someone that pays
• If they need a car, they can pull their phone, they pay Uber $3 to go a few blocks away.
• ROCs want to know the buyer can afford to pay the monthly fees.

Committee: Senate Commerce

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Investment in M.E.Y. has paid off in the past, and we believe this investment will continue to pay off
• off for the future will continue to pay off for the future of<00:22:33.880><c> agricultural</c><00:22
• the tuition necessary to engage at pay the tuition necessary to engage at the<00:58:04.559><c> level
• </c> county egg uh Society do they pay county egg uh Society do they pay property<01:30:54.960><c> taxes
• </c><01:31:24.960><c> property</c> specifically we do not pay property specifically we do not pay property

Bills: HF711 , HF653

Committee: House Agriculture Finance and Policy

Keywords: agriculture, agricultural education, leadership development, Minnesota Agricultural Education and Leadership Council, MAELC, chapter 41D, grant funding, general fund appropriation, commissioner of agriculture, farm education, youth agriculture programs, ag literacy, workforce development, extension education, research funding, extension services, technology transfer, grant programs, 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• that we pay an outside economist to do that we pay an outside economist to do but<00:23:16.320><c> all
• </c> uh the chairs were interested in paying uh the chairs were interested in paying to<00:23:36.400>
• Typically, what it is is they have to pay it back with interest.
• Typically, what it is is they have to pay it back with interest.
• So, I just pay it back with an interest.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Um, anyone can pay for them, but we don’t—we do not commission them. We do not pay for them.
• </c><01:15:48.239><c> for</c> um especially when they're paying for um especially when they're paying
• Who pays for these portraits Yes. Who pays for these portraits initially?
• We do not<01:16:10.480><c> pay</c><01:16:10.640><c> for</c><01:16:10.880><c> them.
• Um, as with the not pay for them.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee opened with Senate Bill 197, which would remove supervision of the legislative facilities committee nurse from the Department of Health and Human Services and instead place the nurse under the Board of Nursing’s scope of practice and the Nurse Practice Act. Ryan Maliti introduced the bill for Senator Pearl, and John Williams of DHHS explained that the current statutory language is outdated, dating back to 1995, and improperly gives medical supervisory authority to a non-clinician. He said the change would align the statute with current practice and that the department, the Joint Legislative Committee’s chief operating officer, and the Office of Professional Licensure and Certification were all comfortable with the language. Committee members asked about the need for the change and confirmed the old supervisory language was no longer being meaningfully used. The chair closed the hearing on SB 197, noting there may be additional amendments before final action. The committee then heard Senate Bill 186, which would authorize the Joint Legislative Historical Committee to accept and display a portrait of former Senator Jeb Bradley in the State House. Max Taylor, speaking for Senator Rashardi, described Bradley’s long public service and urged the committee to move the bill. Members asked whether the portrait was completed, where it would be displayed, and how size and placement would be determined. Taylor said the portrait had not yet been commissioned but would be paid for by Bradley, and that the exact location had not been set. Committee members and staff noted that the Joint Historical Committee is already working on portrait placement and space issues, and that the bill may need to be coordinated with broader updates to the statutes governing portraits and memorials. The committee also heard Senate Bill 200, introduced by Senator Reardon, to allow the Joint Legislative Historical Committee to accept and hang a portrait of former Senator Sylvia Larson. Reardon and Donna Susi, who painted the portrait and had served as Larson’s chief of staff, gave strong testimony about Larson’s legislative record, leadership as Senate President, and bipartisan service. Members asked about the portrait’s status, size, and where it would be displayed; witnesses said the portrait was completed, framed, and currently stored in a box pending approval, and that the committee would decide placement. In the later work session, the chair used the two portrait bills to discuss broader problems in the statutes and the Joint Historical Committee’s responsibilities, including possible size limits, placement rules, and whether New Hampshire should adopt practices used in other states such as waiting periods or moratoriums on portraits. No votes were taken during the work session, but members discussed using the bills as vehicles for larger statutory cleanup.

Transcript Highlights:

• You can pay teacher supplements.
• Somehow or rather, we think we're paying for them.
• Well, if you pay money on a quarterly basis, three months goes by before you're going to pay again and
• . ...a scholarship funding organization that we are paying 3% to, to pay.
• A lot of people are paying attention to this.

Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several gallery introductions before taking up Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 168, the Tristan Murphy Act, on mental health. Senator Bradley explained that the bill is intended to divert clinically appropriate defendants with mental illness from jail to treatment, create pretrial mental health diversion programs, expand grant uses for mental health and substance abuse reinvestment, require evaluations and treatment follow-up in certain probation and prison settings, add Hillsborough County to a forensic hospital diversion pilot, and establish a Florida Behavioral Health Data Repository. Senators from both parties spoke in support, emphasizing treatment over incarceration, public safety, and the Murphy family’s role in the bill. The Senate passed the bill 37-0 and then recorded 37 co-sponsors. The chamber then moved into presentations on SB 2500, the 2025-26 General Appropriations Act. Chair Hooper said the Senate budget totals $117.4 billion, reduces overall spending from the prior year, maintains reserves, keeps employee health contributions level, and includes major investments in water quality, transportation, education infrastructure, and nearly $1 billion in education capital outlay. Committee chairs outlined their portions of the budget, including increased funding for K-12 schools and scholarships, higher education workforce programs, Medicaid and health services, corrections and courts, transportation and housing, and environmental restoration such as Everglades and water quality projects. Members then asked extensive questions, especially about education funding, school choice, AP/IB and accelerated programs, the Family Empowerment Scholarship, and the FEFP calculations. Senator Burgess repeatedly explained that scholarship funding is being moved “below the line” to improve tracking and that the Senate position is to preserve funding while giving districts more flexibility. Senators also questioned the APD wait list for disability services, opioid settlement spending, arts funding, the My Safe Florida Home condo pilot, and proposed IT and agency restructuring. Several chairs said some issues would be resolved in conference, and no final vote on the budget was taken in the portion provided.

Transcript Highlights:

• The cost: who's going to pay for this?
• for it, or are you going to make the 10 voters that sign the petition pay for this?
• The cost: who's going to pay for this?
• for it, or are you going to make the 10 voters that sign the petition pay for this?
• Also, who pays for photocopying a driver's license?

Committee: Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Arkansans, eliminating taxes for tens of thousands, and building a system where the lowest earners pay
• I can't think of a person who dances when taxes are deducted from their paychecks or when they pay their
• I see paying taxes in a similar, though much less sacrificial, vein.
• The pay plan that you passed last year will continue to require investments.
• those things, whether it is investing in our highways and infrastructure, whether it is raising teacher pay

Summary: The committee heard House Bill 1001, sponsored by Representative Les Eaves, which would lower Arkansas’s personal income tax rate to 3.7% retroactive to the current year and reduce the corporate income tax rate to 4.1% beginning in 2027. Eaves argued the bill continued a decade-long strategy of broad-based tax relief, would help working families, and would keep Arkansas competitive with other states. He said the measure would reduce future surpluses rather than cut current services, and noted the average taxpayer could see roughly $800 to $1,000 in annual savings from recent tax changes. Several witnesses testified against the bill. Arkansas Appleseed’s Anna Morchetti, Missy Wyatt Joyce, Pastor Preston Clegg, Michelle Pedro of the Arkansas Coalition of Marshallese, and Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families’ Pete Guest all argued the state should prioritize funding for public schools, health care, supported living services, food assistance, rural hospitals, and early childhood education instead of further tax cuts. They said Arkansas faces significant unmet needs, including underfunded schools, food insecurity, and shortages in disability and community-based services, and warned the tax cut would mainly benefit higher earners while reducing resources for essential programs. After testimony, the committee limited debate time for witnesses to five minutes. Representative Eaves closed by saying the state had been responsible in prior tax cuts and that the bill would return money to taxpayers without reducing services. Representative Bray also spoke in support, saying the legislature has continued to fund major priorities while still providing tax relief to working families. The committee then voted to pass the bill, and HB 1001 was approved.

Transcript Highlights:

• When that system breaks down, it is communities like ours that pay the price.
• When that system breaks down, it is community like hours that pay the price.
• On top of that, When that system breaks down, it is communities like ours that pay the price.
• You cannot mandate your way to safe water without paying for it.
• The people in Cudahy since 1952 have been paying taxes to the Central Basin Municipal Water District

Committee: Senate Banking and Financial Institutions

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The only real addition to what we What we funded was finding some money for upping the pay of these forensic
• One of the reasons for that is that the Department of Human Services pays them considerably more than
• So we upped the pay for them, not to the same level yet of what they're getting paid through DHS, but
• tried to distribute the funds that we had so that we could give them maybe a little bit of a bump in pay
• This money will hopefully allow the court to implement something automated so people can possibly pay

Transcript Highlights:

• I believe that under Section 1, they utilize the term "anticipation note" to pay.
• But we were gonna pay for them through TERS revenue so that TERS revenue would have allowed us to pay
• So tax notes are the perfect instrument to pay for things like that because it's not going to outlive
• It's kind of what are you paying for, how long is it going to be there, and is it absolutely necessary

Bills: SB512 , SB1024

Committee: House Pensions, Investments & Financial Services

Keywords: SB 512, Texas Finance Code, money transmission, money services business, money transmitter, money transmission licensee, terms of service, consumer protection, civil penalty, attorney general enforcement, account closure, refund of balance, financial services regulation, payments industry, fintech, prepaid accounts, remittance, licensee compliance, local government debt, municipal finance

Transcript Highlights:

• Parents will literally pay a family to emancipate the child so they can marry them, and that is what
• Is it against the law to pay to emancipate a minor? It would be.
• So, it's not currently against the law to pay a minor to become emancipated. Emancipated.
• It is my understanding that it's not against the law for, let's say, a benefactor to pay the expenses
• Of entering into some contract where you pay this for that, and you all probably know better than I would

Bills: HB168 , HB 1044 , HB1534 , HB1914 , HB2240 , HB2530 , HB3284 , HB3395 , HB3515 , HB3783 , HB4034 , HB4213 , HB168

Committee: House S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships

Keywords: marriage age, minors, family law, void marriage, rights of minors, Texas marriage law, marriage ceremony, authorized officiants, family code, judges, religious leaders, parent-child relationship, Department of Family and Protective Services, legal rights, notice requirements, HB 1914, Texas Family Code, Chapter 156, conservatorship, custody

Transcript Highlights:

• ready to launch, and if we don't do something today, hardworking Minnesotans and small businesses will pay
• for an employer that's 50 or more, can you utilize the FMLA, which is 12 more weeks of leave without pay
• 55.400><c> without</c> more weeks of paid uh or leave without more weeks of paid uh or leave without pay
• 00:04:57.320><c> do</c><00:04:57.560><c> that</c><00:04:58.479><c> it's</c><00:04:58.680><c> not</c> pay
• can they can they do that it's not pay can they can they do that it's not clear<00:04:59.280><c> yet

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• I really didn't pay a lot of attention to this statement.
• authority, then that would allow them to participate in the employees. ...employees' retirement, paying
• Authority without either one of the municipalities, just the authority. ...paying, that's what I would
• The only way to get around that is actually to pay to have something hosted, so you don't have that restriction
• to do, so now... minutes for the clerk to do, so now we're telling people they're going to have to pay

Bills: HB333 , HB329 , HB362

Committee: House County and Municipal Government

Keywords: law enforcement, training facility, regional authority, municipal cooperation, public safety, military installations, tall structures, local government, construction approval, wind energy facilities, transparency, public meetings, accountability, education, 1136, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• And who pays the price? Families and children.
• And who pays the price, families and children?
• a court fee or paying for necessities like food and housing.
• , you don't have to pay.
• He said he thought he was paying $25, but actually paid $272.

Committee: House Public Safety

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So they lose all the Bright Futures funding, and now we have to pay out-of-state tuition.
• If you don't think domestic terrorists exist in this state, you're not paying attention.
• Fighting for teacher pay, fighting for more trades.
• But they don't have that money to be able to afford to pay. Get.
• But they don't have that money to be able to afford to pay Thank you. get.

Summary: The House convened with prayer, a moment of silence for former member Chester Clem, the Pledge of Allegiance, and quorum confirmation. Members then adopted the special order report and a rules report amending House Rule 15.3 to allow fundraising under certain circumstances during extended or special sessions. The chamber also heard several recognitions and a farewell speech from Representative Nixon, who reflected on constituent service and her legislative priorities. On the floor, HB 1405, relating to a statewide project for missing persons with special needs, passed unanimously. The House then took up CS/CS/CS/SB 290, the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services bill, which drew questions about the handling of surplus conservation lands and agricultural uses; it passed 94-10. CS/CS/CS/HB 905, the “Fire Act” on foreign influence, was explained as a broad package restricting foreign-country influence in government, procurement, gifts, cultural agreements, and related areas. An amendment adding restrictions on surrogacy and adoption involving citizens or residents of foreign countries of concern was adopted after debate over possible impacts on families and adoption practices, and the bill then passed 80-20. The House also passed CS/CS/HB 1197, a bill to modernize state information technology procurement and contracting, unanimously after debate about improving oversight of large IT projects. HB 1103, allowing local governments to fast-track action on derelict vessels, also passed unanimously. The chamber then considered CS/CS/CS/HB 399 on land use development and development regulations, including limits on development fees, changes to local voting thresholds for comprehensive plan and boundary actions, manufactured homes in RV parks, and resort-related provisions. Several amendments were debated, including one on local control and rural boundaries that failed and another strike-all amendment ruled out of order; the bill ultimately passed 71-38. The final item reached before the transcript ended was a local bill for the Pace Fire Rescue District in Santa Rosa County, described as adjusting its assessment formula to provide tax relief.

Transcript Highlights:

• I get I don't pay attention many times. So, it's... Next up, we have OHA in support.
• </c> Sorry, you're not paying attention. Sorry, you're not paying attention.
• I get I don't pay attention &gt;&gt; That's okay.
• I get I don't pay attention many<01:02:28.480><c> times.
• So you already have the ability to pay people or reimburse for necessary expenses, right?

Bills: HB1527 , HB1823 , HB2490 , HB2223 , HB2325 , HB2104 , HB2593 , HB2592 , HB1927 , HB1553 , HB1964 , HB1918 , HB1990

Committee: House Water & Land

Keywords: gambling prohibition, Aloha Stadium, University of Hawaii, amateur athletics, state lands, coastal resilience, Maui, Mantokuji Bay, coastal erosion, environmental protection, Native Hawaiian, spiritual sites, historic preservation, economic development, burial sites, Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, cultural history, archaeology, Hawaii Revised Statutes, civil service

Summary: The committee first heard HB 1527 relating to gambling. The chair outlined hearing rules, including a two-minute limit and a warning that bills not heard would die. Testimony was overwhelmingly in support from a prosecutor, Honolulu Police Department, and Stop Predatory Gambling, all arguing that casinos and sports betting increase crime, sex trafficking, harassment of athletes, and broader social harm. No opposition testimony was presented, and the committee moved on without questions or action taken on the bill. The committee then heard HB 1823 relating to coastal zone management and HB 2490 relating to coastal resilience. For HB 1823, DLNR, the Office of Planning, and Maui County testified, with Maui County supporting the measure and its proposed amendments. For HB 2490, DLNR expressed concern about exempting a proposed Mokuji Bay pilot project from permits and regulation before a long-term plan is finalized, while the County of Maui, the Mokuji Soto Zen Mission, and the Office of Planning supported the bill as a coastal resilience pilot. The mission described severe erosion, sea-level rise impacts, and years of unsuccessful efforts to stabilize the shoreline; its consultant said the study is leaning toward nature-based and hybrid solutions. In questioning, members and DLNR discussed whether the bill should say the project “shall” or “may” be exempt, and the chair indicated the language would be adjusted to preserve DLNR discretion and to change the lead agency reference to OPSD. No vote was taken in the transcript. Finally, the committee took up HB 2223 relating to historic preservation reviews. SHPD said it stood on its written comments, while OPSD and DHHL supported the bill. DHHL argued the measure would streamline reviews, improve transparency, and help address long wait times for its projects, saying it could alleviate burden on SHPD and better serve beneficiaries. Representative Shimizu questioned whether the bill would create redundancy and expand government rather than strengthen SHPD, noting a separate staffing bill already exists. SHPD responded that DHHL is uniquely subject to 6E review and that the bill would not waive federal or state historic review requirements; the discussion also touched on possible federal-style grant support and the existing memorandum of agreement between SHPD and DHHL. The transcript ends during questioning, with no final committee action shown.